Instead, the Bears are likely headed to Orlando, Fla., for the December 29 Russell Athletic Bowl against an ACC opponent.
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The Texas Longhorns (5-7) were 21-point underdogs against the Baylor Bears (9-3) today in the season finale for both teams.
“It escalated quickly, but I don’t think anything happened out of it”, Drango said. “Just be smart about it”. But with no timeouts and after a wide receiver pass meant to go to emergency quarterback Lynx Hawthorne, Baylor eventually fell short of the touchdown needed to win the game. Knowing the outcome relied completely on them keeping us in the game, they did just that by limiting Texas to 3 points and a total of 117 offensive yards after the half. Coleman is the FBS leader with 20 touchdown catches.
“Courageous is a great word”.
“This is a springboard for the spring now, ” head coach Charlie Strong said. “He’s got nothing to be sorry about, but he played from the inside-out”.
Coleman hadn’t broken the 100-yard mark in Baylor’s final four games. Shock Linwood left the game, too. And I think those guys will be ready to play.
UT scored again on its next possession on a 9-yard run by Swoopes to push the lead to 17-0 with 1:11 left in the first quarter. But Rose increased Texas’ lead when he booted a 53-yard field goal with 2:01 left in the second quarter. “I would have liked to have had a more successful season, but I’m not going to complain”, Coleman said. Despite the big wins over Baylor and Oklahoma, Texas finishes the regular season with a 5-7 record. On the day, the junior completed 12 of 19 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown. “This was big for us”. In his career, Coleman has 166 receptions for 2,960 yards and 33 scores.
“I’ve been in a bad one, that wasn’t anything”. That’s in the mall, I’ve been in an alley…. I don’t like saying it but we had a young team and now they got the confidence. That was not a scary situation at all. But sophomore kicker Chris Callahan couldn’t break the scoreless drought.
The Longhorns limited Baylor to 84 passing yards. You look at it, you go beat Oklahoma, you bounce back and go on the road and go beat Baylor. “It would have been easy to do so, but we didn’t”, Swoopes said. CB Duke Thomas and DE Bryce Cottrell ended up getting hurt, too.
With Texas celebrating the play and Baylor players trying to protect Hawthorne, a melee ensued.
“After they started coming back, we didn’t get down on ourselves”. So let’s take care of what’s in front of us.
After what many would describe as an abysmal first half by the No. 1 offense in the nation, Briles and the coaching staff will look to regroup during the intermission. The Longhorns defeat the Bears 23-17. With 9:40 still to play, this was suddenly a game for the taking.
Texas survived a Baylor comeback to hold on for a 23-17 win. “Literally, it was a blur….”
That’s where things went sideways. The Bears were unable to convert and turned the ball over on downs, though. Heard got in a few plays, but had no impact against the Bears.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Brandon Doughty finished off his final home game for Western Kentucky with something he didn’t believe was possible when he came to the school in 2011 – a conference championship. It worked, and Texas’ defense was, at times, a little confused.
