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Texas-Oklahoma is more than just an obstinate outlier in the modern era of college football. It is also one of its symptoms. I’ll see you at the Texas State Fair next year. All teams, however, will play in the SEC.
Where to begin with the Texas-Oklahoma game, which is the final Big 12 contest? The 34–30 Sooners victory is summed up in one play. The Longhorns trailed by seven points going into the fourth quarter. At the Sooners’ 2-yard line, it was fourth and goal. The Longhorns had the opportunity to put an end to the hilarious “Texas is back” joke that has the country laughing.
Quinn Ewers, the quarterback for the Longhorns, quickly found receiver Xavier Worthy with a ball. Worthy attempted to cross into the end zone, but the referees stopped him short.
The press box reporters at the Cotton Bowl waited for the ABC rerun to come on. Then the crucial picture appeared: Worthy was sitting on the incorrect side of the goal line. Someone said, “Naw.” “He had his ass down.”
It’s recollections like that that bring me to Dallas for the yearly Texas-OU football game. When the inaugural Big 12 version of this match took place in 1996, I was a freshman from Texas, age 18. I moved to Texas in part because of the Big 12, which, in light of Kevin McCarthy’s speakership, now sounds like a summons to enter politics.
It was entertaining and nearly educational to return to the Cotton Bowl this year before Texas and Oklahoma made their way into the SEC. There’s been a lot of anxiety regarding the future of college football.
in its future realigned. In my opinion, the Texas-OU game provides a clear picture of the future of the sport.
But let’s begin with the game on Saturday. There won’t be a more spectacular or screwier opening to a football game this year. Ewers passed to Oklahoma defensive back Gentry Williams on the team’s second attacking play of the match. Subsequently, OU quarterback Dillon Gabriel rushed a touchdown.
The Longhorns then staged a phony punt. Then, on the same play, they converted a fourth down and had a fumble call reversed by review.
Then tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders intercepted another throw from Texas to force an OU touchdown. After that, Texas stopped a punt and ultimately recovered the ball.
zone, and the game was tied 7–7. There was still 9:02 remaining in the first quarter after all of that.
