Texas’ Hassan Ridgeway celebrates a big hit against Oklahoma State…
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Among Oklahoma State’s strengths early on have been the passing game, defensive line play and covering punts.
Oklahoma State’s Mason Rudolph, right, is pressured by Texas’s… OSU punched it in on the next play with its J.W. Walsh package. OSU has beaten the Steers by an average margin of almost three touchdowns the past three times in Austin.
Texas’ Jason Hall, rear, and Malik Jefferson bring down Oklahoma… The Longhorns were down seven points against Cal before scoring a 45-yard touchdown.
Texas’ D’Onta Foreman (33) scores a touchdown against Oklahoma…
Texas head coach Charlie Strong directs his players before an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State, Saturday, September 26, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Strong received a penalty for the argument.
Texas’ Jerrod Heard (13) is grabbed by Oklahoma State’s Vili Leveni… The sack he took in the first half lost the team 25 yards and pushed Texas out of field goal range.
Nick Rose’s PAT sailed wide right-his first miss of the year.
Texas’ Anthony Wheeler grabs Oklahoma State’s Chris Carson during… Texas rises up and upsets Oklahoma State.
The Longhorns are a handful of seconds and a handful of points from being 3-1 instead of 1-3. The only points Texas scored in the second half came on a pick-six by Holton Hill. The Pokes might want to continue playing in the Texas capital because the Longhorns own an eight-game winning streak in Stillwater. The Cowboys recovered and won the game two plays later on a 40-yard field goal. Texas likely won’t be facing a situation where their senior kicker chokes and loses the game again.
“Obviously it hurts a little worse because it’s the second time in a row”, junior safety Dylan Haines said. The Golden Bears took a 45-24 lead into the fourth quarter. One of those was a 15-yard unsportsmanlike call on Strong himself for arguing with officials.
Strong said it impacted the ability of the booth to communicate down to the field, so perhaps there’s hope for improvement there as long as the headsets function in Fort Worth. “You say that sometimes, and sometimes things don’t work out … but for them to get reward for that kind of fight, that was pretty special”. In 1993, Texas started 1-3-1 but at least had the tie and a win before dropping its third loss.
The Cowboys almost blew their chance at the end. But the punter fumbled the snap and kicked it away for what would be negative yards.
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Grogan trotted back out and calmly drilled the victor. Swoopes, highly recruited out of Whitewright, Texas, has been a bust at quarterback the past two years.
