One problem, uhh they didn't.
In fact, they almost lost.
After a really boring half of football in which the only players to score were huge national draws Aaron Pettrey, Ryan Pretorius, and Hunter Lawrence, the Longhorns finally came out and had one hell of a third quarter to make it actually look like they were trying to get a split national title.
Texas dominated the third quarter, turning a 6-3 halftime deficit into a 17-6 lead going into the fourth quarter. Colt McCoy showed up large, throwing for one TD and rushing for another.
But then, in a shocking development, Ohio State began to look like they belonged in the BCS, adding a field goal, a Terrelle Pryor receiving TD from Skip Bayless's 2007 Heisman favorite Todd Boeckman and a Daniel Herron rushing TD with 2:05 left to take a 21-17 lead over Texas.
Then Colt McCoy really showed up large. Guiding his team down the field, grabbing a clutch first down by the nose of teh football and then...
O! H!..... no!
Quan Cosby cut through two Ohio State defensive backs like they were hot chicks in a horror movie, and scored the game winning TD with 16 seconds left.
So what does this mean? A question you have to ask after all bowl games except for the National Title game.
For Ohio State it's obvious. Sure they came close, and they played well, but the fact is they lost. They haven't won a bowl game since their Jan. 06 victory over Notre Dame. Since then, both Boise State and Utah have won BCS games! Ohio State was embarassed two years in a row and left their fans with a bad taste in their mouths yet again this year.
Texas is a little tougher to figure out. This is a team that should arguably be playing Florida on Thursday for the whole-damn-thing, and unarguably was a dropped pick and a subsequent hell of a catch by Mikey 'Bug Eyes' Crabs from being undefeated and in the title game anyway.
There was talk of Texas possibly getting enough momentum to snag the AP national title, but that has to be gone now. After seeing Ohio State get eliminated by Florida and LSU the past couple years, seeing them lose a tight one to Texas can't be good for Texas's chances. Texas needed to have an Operation Iraqi Freedom like 'Shock and Awe' demonstration to accomplish that, and they didn't.
Add into this equation, the fact that USC made Penn State look like they were not only coached by an octogenarian, but were, in fact, playing like octogenarians, and Utah beating Alabama, a team that was number one for five weeks, and you have a mess for Texas. Texas is a team left in the dark, USC is hotter, Utah is undefeated, and Florida and Oklahoma are where Texas wishes it could be.
A win is a win, but here a win just wasn't enough.
So what does this mean? A question you have to ask after all bowl games except for the National Title game.
For Ohio State it's obvious. Sure they came close, and they played well, but the fact is they lost. They haven't won a bowl game since their Jan. 06 victory over Notre Dame. Since then, both Boise State and Utah have won BCS games! Ohio State was embarassed two years in a row and left their fans with a bad taste in their mouths yet again this year.
Texas is a little tougher to figure out. This is a team that should arguably be playing Florida on Thursday for the whole-damn-thing, and unarguably was a dropped pick and a subsequent hell of a catch by Mikey 'Bug Eyes' Crabs from being undefeated and in the title game anyway.
There was talk of Texas possibly getting enough momentum to snag the AP national title, but that has to be gone now. After seeing Ohio State get eliminated by Florida and LSU the past couple years, seeing them lose a tight one to Texas can't be good for Texas's chances. Texas needed to have an Operation Iraqi Freedom like 'Shock and Awe' demonstration to accomplish that, and they didn't.
Add into this equation, the fact that USC made Penn State look like they were not only coached by an octogenarian, but were, in fact, playing like octogenarians, and Utah beating Alabama, a team that was number one for five weeks, and you have a mess for Texas. Texas is a team left in the dark, USC is hotter, Utah is undefeated, and Florida and Oklahoma are where Texas wishes it could be.
A win is a win, but here a win just wasn't enough.
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