r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 13 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Ohio State 24-23

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Ohio State 10 10 3 0 23
Texas 0 3 0 21 24
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u/Squishy_20 Kansas State Wildcats • Big 12 Sep 13 '26

Props to Texas for never quitting. They could’ve easily folded after being down 23-3

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u/manabanana21 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

For real. Some real coaching criticisms for Texas but you can’t argue their fight. The boys gave it all tonight.

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u/emoney_gotnomoney Texas A&M Aggies Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

As soon as y’all muffed a punt inside the 10, recovered it, converted a 4th and 9 in your own territory a few plays later, fumbled it again a few plays later and recovered it again, then finally scored your first touchdown to cut it to 13 (all in the same drive), I knew y’all were 100% going to win.

You just can’t make this shit up.

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u/ATXBeermaker Texas Longhorns • Stanford Cardinal Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Well when you put it that way …

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u/No-Builder-1038 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Fail upwards!

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u/Unofficial_Salt_Dan Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

In the Navy, we called it "rising to your level of incompetency" lol

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u/d-nihl Sep 13 '26

As soon as ya'lls scored, scored again, again and again, I knew it was over.

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u/NecessaryMoons UCLA Bruins • Texas A&M Aggies Sep 13 '26

Really?  I was still on the edge of my seat until that last penalty on Ohio State’s final drive.

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u/PepsiRacer4 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

It's a Ryan Day team in the regular season, he's fantastic at shitting the bed and throwing high profile games like this

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u/LiveNvanByRiver Texas Longhorns • Texas State Bobcats Sep 13 '26

Except the last two times we played

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u/PepsiRacer4 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Those are very small and insignificant at the end of the day when you look at his whole body of work outside of the NT season and even that was marred by the horiffic Michigan loss

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u/cjgozdor Michigan • Eastern Michigan Sep 13 '26

It makes me feel so happy to hear you say that ❤️

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u/brucewayneaustin Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

omg!!!

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u/Dr_Findro Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

When I saw us fumble the first snap on a throw to the flat and the ball bounce off of Cam Coleman for an interception I thought there was divine energy against us

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u/TheFlyingBoat Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 13 '26

I literally threw up my hands, said it was the Ted Cruz Curse and gave up. Thankfully a more powerful force came in to save us

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u/TempSpee Jackson State Tigers Sep 13 '26

I'll say this. The longhorns and running flat outside passes or (check downs) is so exhausting and funny. Coach Steve didn't have any 10+ post routes for us lol despite the recovery the defense made.

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u/Dr_Findro Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

I am so tired of horizontal passes haha. They work when our team is vastly more talented that our opponent. But not elite competition

I like to think that our fans Boo’d Steve in to stop calling those plays

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u/_Football_Cream_ Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Idk man Arch also was not seeing some wide open stuff. I know it's easy to armchair coach as I watch from the upper level, and it's a great defense, but lots of instances the play developing correctly but holding it too long and missing the windows.

Sark is one of the absolute best at drawing up screens, they're not as problematic as people make them out to be and a huge part of our offense. Most of the bad behind the line throws last night were Arch taking too long and settling for a bad check down rather than a designed horizontal throw (though there were some of those).

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u/CowApprehensive9459 SMU Mustangs Sep 13 '26

I knew it too haha. I was like yeah they gonna win from behind aren’t they? And the beginning felt scripted too, first play being a fumble.

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u/LiveNvanByRiver Texas Longhorns • Texas State Bobcats Sep 13 '26

The energy blew that missed field goal in our favor

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u/Treskelion2021 Texas Longhorns • India National Team Sep 13 '26

Especially the insanity of the first two turnovers in the first quarter.

The dropped TD by Wingo add 4 more points too.

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u/TeeDeeTeeEcks Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Man, that's the sort of thing that would sound fucking ridiculous in a movie script. What a bizarre win to cap off a wonderful day of college football. I love this sport

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u/Lonetrek Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors • Aloha Bowl Sep 13 '26

Hawaii kicks off in 15. You can catch us potentially embarrassing ourselves.

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u/Doc_McPuffins_ Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Do you guys have Dr. Pepper in your vending machines yet?

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u/mutingantiwork Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Against who

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u/Iernt Sep 13 '26

The Aggies! The New Mexico State chapter

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u/LiveNvanByRiver Texas Longhorns • Texas State Bobcats Sep 13 '26

As I tell my son “this is why we play the game. You never know what will actually happen.”

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u/GuidanceMaleficent82 Sep 13 '26

It goes both ways. Wingo dropped a sure fire TD for us, Cam drops that bomb at the beginning as well..

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u/love_that_fishing Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Reminded me of the A&M / USC game last year down 27 and once they scored that 2nd TD you knew it was over.

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u/Jackson3125 Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Sep 13 '26

I think that was two years ago in a bowl game.

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u/love_that_fishing Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

No it was last year A&M was down 27 to South Carolina. They’re called USC as well.

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u/Jackson3125 Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Sep 18 '26

Ah. You’re right. I guess when I hear “Aggies” and “blown lead” I revert to the usual suspect…

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u/Fountain_Of_Euth Sep 13 '26

That's football. If the defender doesn't luck out on the first play of the game and backheel the ball for a fumble; if coleman's deflection didnt go straight to the DB; if wingo doesn't drop an easy TD. That's football.

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u/Bank_Gothic Sewanee Tigers • Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

You were infinitely more confident than I was then

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u/the_jobernaut Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Lucky breaks go both ways. They got theirs in the first half with the weird fumble on the first play and the fluky interception off Coleman. Football is weird man

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u/Artistic-Spirit-8516 Sep 13 '26

Almost makes up for the first two turnover flukes imo

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u/philleferg Arkansas Razorbacks • Oklahoma Sooners Sep 13 '26

It was like watching the Razorbacks....except they won. God damn it, I can't wait for basketball season.

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u/Fountain_Of_Euth Sep 13 '26

Maybe try for a TD this year!

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u/philleferg Arkansas Razorbacks • Oklahoma Sooners Sep 13 '26

Nah, not getting my hopes up on a long shot.

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u/meatmacho Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

At the beginning of that drive, I looked at my FIL and said, "This is it. If they can't get a touchdown on this drive, then the whole season is in question."

Then they gave themselves every opportunity to fail to score a TD. But damn if they didn't turn the train completely around after that.

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u/Waste-Bodybuilder981 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Its all to counter-balance thr crazy bounce on the interception 

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u/Beautiful_Idea6200 Georgia Bulldogs • William & Mary Tribe Sep 13 '26

Yeah I took some flak for saying both teams were poor in the second half, but this drive is exactly what started my line of thinking.

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u/TheFlyingBoat Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 13 '26

I need to figure out who buttered our team’s gloves

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u/Pogball_so_hard Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

To be fair that interception Arch threw in the first quarter which squirted right into the CB’s hands made me feel like Texas was just cursed

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u/badlydrawnzombie Notre Dame • Jeweled Shillelagh Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Exactly. Because that's the type of bullshit that haunts you as an opposing fan. College football is cursed like the monkey paw and it will fucking wrap it's stupid little fingers on you. But if you get too close to it and think oh shit, we converted this 4th and 16, we're gonna win! Then you lose. It's a fine line of stupid shit that needs to be tread and I can guarantee that it's probably all due to some Ohio State fan that finally switched his underwear after they got too itchy.

Edit. I don't need to prove this, these messages are sent through Saint Francis. He says shut up.

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u/jgregers Michigan Wolverines • Oregon Ducks Sep 13 '26

Whattheeverlivingfuck. I watched the Iowa game from this point!???

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u/bro69 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

i’m sorry what did you say? A ball just bounced off of my hands and into yours

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u/HoustonTrashcans Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Pretty much everything had to go right in the 2nd half for Texas, but it did.

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u/Brimstone11 Sep 13 '26

And the game opened with a fumble, and the luckiest INT I’ve laid my eyes on in a long time

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u/EpiphyticOrchid8927 Sickos • Hateful 8 Sep 13 '26

damn missed an insane quarter

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u/TempSpee Jackson State Tigers Sep 13 '26

That's why I said pray and look at the stat sheets. Sure enough the longhorns are rank 4 with plenty time to play at the half. And exactly what you would think really happened. Besides what coach Steve Sarkisian has been known to do when bringing in new players with a pretty solid quarterback.

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u/FalseSearch3873 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Looks like you chose the wrong school. Or the other way around…

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u/ozymandais13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 13 '26

After yall won I knew you were gonna win

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u/captainant Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

I think my favorite stat is only TWO penalties the whole game. I think that's the best game in a decade for us

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

That is unreal.

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u/mbdtf9 Alabama Crimson Tide • Missouri Tigers Sep 13 '26

The depths to which I would stoop for a two penalty game…

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u/_Football_Cream_ Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

The refs were very lax yesterday in general though. Hopefully this is a trend for us but they were really letting the boys play (which in general I don't mind, even if there were some missed calls)

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u/ASadDrunkard Iowa State Cyclones • MIT Engineers Sep 13 '26

I turned on the espn YouTube clip of the last few minutes, and the first play shown was a blatant DPI with the Texas corner shoving the WR out of bounds.

Getting few penalties when they're not being called isn't worth feeling good about.

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u/captainant Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Lol. OSU was holding and false starting the whole game lol. Some even start

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u/AuK07 Texas Longhorns • Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 13 '26

Yeah I think refs were going light on penalties the whole game except for egregious ones

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u/Final-Carob-5792 /r/CFB Sep 13 '26

I know the OSU false start you mentioned, but Texas was holding a lot too. Glad they let them play regardless

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u/OnTheFenceGuy Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Of course a Big XII guy, used to seeing flags fly every two plays, would bring this weak shit.

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u/KongUnleashed Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

My dude I am a certified Longhorn Hater but that was one of the most insane and impressive comebacks I’ve ever seen. Your boys put the Fight in Texas Fight in that 4th quarter.

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u/revanisthesith SEC • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

The play calling improved, but that wouldn't have been enough if the players hadn't decided to fight like hell.

And when you don't like one of the teams, sometimes you just have to let yourself be a football fan ahead of being a fan of your team.

This game was a great example of why this sport can be so much fun. It was certainly entertaining.

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u/KongUnleashed Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

That’s a great way to put it. I actually dislike both schools, but I love college football and that was a great game to be a football fan.

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u/revanisthesith SEC • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

It's can be similar for me for The Game. I don't like Michigan or Ohio State (my mom's from Wisconsin), so I usually cheer against whoever would be lose the most with a loss (like being eliminated from the playoffs or losing the #1 seed/a bye).

Or, I cheer for the funniest outcome. Like when Michigan sucked and still won.

But mostly I just want an entertaining game. Preferably with hilarious mistakes and/or fluky plays on both sides. I want to see stuff like that crazy INT in this game happen in The Game. They're both really talented teams and just weird stuff happens that basically out of their control. Keep it interesting.

I'm 100% team chaos for that game, but I still want to see good football being played.

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u/KongUnleashed Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 14 '26

1000% with you on cheering for the funniest outcome. Hell, I’ve even enjoyed the funnier outcome when it was to Bama’s detriment. When Vandy popped up and whooped us a couple of years back I was pleased as could be to watch them carry the goalposts to the river. That year’s Bama team didn’t look like it was going to be a contender anyway and they got to have their biggest football moment ever and the celebrations were hilarious,

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u/KongUnleashed Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

You and me both, homie. Texas spent most of the game moping around with a limp little dick then they 4th quarter viagra hit and it was just rampaging Johnsons all over the field

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u/Hurtbig Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Bruh….. that’s some vivid imagery. Got a legit laugh

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u/ccroz113 Trinity (TX) Tigers • Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Going to be hilarious when we lose to a bottom half SEC school later now

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u/AggressiveWolverine5 Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

You have to have a few quality losses tho… 

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u/SolidTrout Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Yeah a bad loss will happen that’s why it’s important to win this one so there’s more margin for error.

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u/revanisthesith SEC • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Mississippi State didn't look like a bottom half team today, but they still might be coming for revenge.

It was supposed to be a pretty even matchup at Minnesota and they crushed them.

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u/molecular_methane Texas A&M Aggies Sep 13 '26

Is that what we're calling Oklahoma after today?

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u/Confident_Throat_457 Sep 13 '26

I do feel like Sark is good at second half adjustments. I thought for sure it was going to be a blowout, and I committed the cardinal sin of turning off the TV. Congrats. Heck of a win.

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u/reap3rx Ohio State • North Carolina Sep 13 '26

All of Texas' coaching criticisms just got foisted onto Ryan Day after that horrendous coaching performance.

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u/yoitsthatoneguy Billable Hours • /r/CFB Sep 13 '26

I think Sark and Day have different issues. Day plays scared way too much for how much talent he has. Sark’s offense is just way too inconsistent. For both of them it leads to offense disappearing for large stretches, but the why is different.

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u/rick_ferrari Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Ive spent the past few hours totally offline and wallowing in sadness. One of the worst ways to lose. Experienced many brutal blowouts but this game, along with Clemson '19, were more painful than any others. Excluding '06 Florida.

I didnt find relief until I finally considered the UT perspective. What a win for you guys. What a way to come back. What a story.

UT needed this a whole lot more than we did, I knew that coming in and also expected to lose. When they showed Sark before the comeback in the 3rd I sang "sound of silence" and got a lot of laughs.

Losing the way we did was extremely painful, but man the jubilation you guys must be feeling is awesome. Im genuinely happy for you.

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u/Jimbos_Buyout Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

The amount of whiteboards broken tonight will never be forgotten

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u/Aeon1508 Michigan State Spartans Sep 13 '26

The heart of a Manning

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u/revanisthesith SEC • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Specifically Eli in that game. Just good enough when it really mattered.

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u/TickleMyIvory Michigan Tech • Michigan Sep 13 '26

In brutal weather too. Damn

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u/Pogball_so_hard Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

I have to admit I had my doubts about whether Sark could win some games like this but Texas’s adjustments at halftime were excellent.

Arch didn’t let the first half affect him, run game got going, and the defense found ways to unsettle Sayin.

Day also horribly botched the last minute of game clock. Should have saved his timeout and let Texas score with 50 odd seconds remaining to give them a chance.

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u/maiL_spelled_bckwrds Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 13 '26

That 4th and 6 was BALLLSY

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u/TempSpee Jackson State Tigers Sep 13 '26

Yeah. But we can't forget y'all won coming towards week 6 and recent records. That's my initial thought.

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u/iwtfkg Florida State • Ohio State Sep 13 '26

Yep. Instead Ohio State folded after being up 23-3.

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u/Tome_Bombadil Sep 13 '26

Only worse lead to keep is 28-3

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u/swammeyjoe Texas Longhorns • Verified Referee Sep 13 '26

Arthur Smith brought some Falcons DNA with him, I guess.

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u/revanisthesith SEC • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

I had forgotten that's where he ended up until it was mentioned during the game. I then expected some.dumb play calling later in the game. And I was right.

What a pair him and Ryan Day make. Whew.

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u/LostOnTheRiver718 Texas Longhorns • Ohio Bobcats Sep 13 '26

That’s what happens when you look ahead to Kent State before the game is over

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u/revanisthesith SEC • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Well, yeah. They need to score a lot of points against weaker teams to make a strong statement and show off how talented they are.

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u/QuackNate Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Yeah, it's really going to hurt our rank struggling like this against (checks notes) the number 1 team in the country.

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u/slimthecowboy Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

I work in a hangar with no air conditioning, in Texas. You adapt or you die. Home field is a big deal. I’m betting Texas sees OSU in the playoff. I’m also betting Texas wins again. Not because of heat-related fatigue, but because Texas is a better team that will only be tougher in December.

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u/slimthecowboy Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

For sure. We can start with, when your QB hits you in the hands, catch the ball.

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

You think? Ohio state left 21 points off the board and you were just unlucky?

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u/CzechHorns Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Texas gave y’all 10 points of fluke plays in the fist 5 minutes.

Where exactly did OSU leave 21 points off?

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

We drove the ball up and down the field on you for almost 3 quarters, we took three fgs and our coaches called it a day, but sure, go off king.

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u/chapeauetrange Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Maybe the reason OSU kept attempting FGs was that the one time they went for it in Texas territory, they got stuffed?

And it's hard to deny that your defense was fortunate not to give up two long TDs in the first half.

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Fortunate? What were archs numbers before the 4th quarter?

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u/jlucaspope Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Sep 13 '26

What were his numbers at the end of the game when Texas won?

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u/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins Sep 13 '26

OSU fans crack me up. So salty.

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Congratulations on the win 👍😊

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u/slimthecowboy Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Yes, fortunate. Arch hit two open receivers in the hands deep in OSU territory — one in the endzone. One ended in a super improbable pick, the other was dropped.

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u/chapeauetrange Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

They'd have been a lot better if his WRs on those two deep balls had brought those passes in. OSU was very fortunate that Texas kept shooting itself in the foot offensively in the first half.

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Yeah, we didn't have any drops. 🤔

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u/Fun-Benefit116 Sep 13 '26

I love how you just ignore the other part of their comment about Ohio State get stuffed when they tried to score the td lol.

What were archs numbers before the 4th quarter?

What exactly is your point here? Do you think you get credit for having a lead after the 3rd quarter? Man, so many people turn into illogical, grumpy dicks when their team loses, instead of just accepting it and moving on.

You lost. You won the first three quarters, but that doesn't matter because Texas won the game. That's it. That's all there is to it. Why do people like you turn into such jerks when their team loses? Either you're always an asshole, in which case you need help. Or you are immature and you let a game that you're literally not even a part of turn you into an asshole, in which case you still need help.

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u/w6750 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

That’s called red zone defense bb, maybe you’ll learn about it someday

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Sounds like after 21 years you guys have at all figured out. Enjoy your championship 😊

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u/w6750 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Thank you soooo much!!!❤️❤️❤️

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u/Fun-Benefit116 Sep 13 '26

Lmao the classic, most pathetic of all coping "They didn't beat us, we beat ourselves" 😂

You "left points off the board" because Texas was better than you in those situations and stopped you.

but sure, go off king.

God I love when fans of the losing team are so angry that they become absolutely children. The best is when losers like you act like everything that went wrong for the other team is because your team earned it and made it happen, but everything that went wrong for your team is because you did it to yourselves and the opponent didn't actually earn any of it lmao.

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u/jlucaspope Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Sep 13 '26

Scoreboard!

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Congratulations on your well earned win. Definitely nothing but smooth sailing for you the rest of the year! 😊👍

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u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss Texas Longhorns • Virginia Cavaliers Sep 13 '26

Imagine not being 2-0

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

It's a weird feeling for sure. Any tips?

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u/nothingsnootyplz Alabama Crimson Tide • UAB Blazers Sep 13 '26

y’all really are never beating the allegations

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u/Weak-Bid2774 Michigan • Northwestern Sep 13 '26

Osu also got 10 points off some really unlucky Texas turnovers to start the game

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Turnovers are on the team who committed them,and you still have to convert them into points... Wtf is happening here, did you guys just start watching the sport? Mind - boggling

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u/Dirk_Benedict UCLA Bruins Sep 13 '26

Please don't put in the newspaper that I got mad

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u/ech01_ Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Eh both teams probably feel like they left points on the board

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u/RunnyKinePity Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

I am amazed at our grit, I thought we were broken

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster Sep 13 '26

You guys did good!

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u/namonite Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I folded after being up 23-3

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u/Overtons_Window Auburn Tigers • Ole Miss Rebels Sep 13 '26

And for going for it on 4th and 9 in their own territory. Some coaches keep their head in the sand like they're not losing until the 4th quarter and have to do a Hail Mary.

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u/Kingof40Acres Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Charlie Strong and Tom Herman coached teams would have packed that shit in.

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u/UT49-0U Texas Longhorns • Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Herman played up against big teams so we actually would have been the ones to go up 23-3 and then blow it when he did his turtling haha.

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u/Rhynosaurus Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I was pissed Day didn’t take the points when we were 4th-3. But mad props to Texas for just playing their game.

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u/Few_Musician7370 Western Michigan Broncos Sep 13 '26

very hard fought game. reminds me of the 2026 western mich broncos. We are making the playoffs. i will be returning to this comment when that happens.

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u/shartnado3 Arizona • West Virginia Sep 13 '26

Especially with the rough breaks already. I thought that dropped tuddy that only lead to a field goal was gonna be the dagger

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u/ricepail California Golden Bears • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Rofl I left to go to dinner in the 3rd when it was 23-3 and it had seemed like Texas had nothing going on either side of the ball. Wtf happened, can't believe Texas turned it around after that

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u/Wematanye_92 Houston Cougars Sep 13 '26

Who would of thought Ohio State would be the ones to fold up 23-3

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u/Lefthook16 Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

I bought Paramount+ at halftime but kept the game on tv switching with the other games. Really great clock management too by Sark at the end.

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u/dinosaurkiller Oklahoma Sooners Sep 13 '26

You mean like Ohio State?

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u/OSUmiller5 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Turns out it was Ohio State that folded after being up 23-3

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u/Bones12x2 Sep 13 '26

Sark has his faults but his team doesn't give up and they never get blown out. I think in the last 4-5 years they onky have like 1 or 2 losses that didn't come down to one posession

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u/thephotoman Houston Cougars Sep 13 '26

Yeah, I was half expecting a blowout when I walked into the bar and saw the game on the TV.

And then as I drank and the fourth quarter played out, I saw one helluva comeback that was too enjoyable to not watch.

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u/PinkyCloudBunny Sep 13 '26

Ohio state lost by one point again they really do collect Ls like Pokémon cards

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u/icemankiller8 Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

I went to bed after that …..

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u/olcrazypete Georgia Bulldogs • Georgia Bulldogs Sep 13 '26

I called them frauds and turned the game off since my main affiliation with both schools is wanting a hole to open up and swallow them both.
Who knew!

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u/ElJacinto Texas • Middle Tennessee Sep 13 '26

I know I did. Turned off the game when it was 20-3

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u/monkeyman_31 Sep 13 '26

The comment doing more for the narrative of the game than the article. 23-3 holy shit.

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u/HawkeyeTen Iowa Hawkeyes Sep 13 '26

Well said, makes me think of the 2015 Cotton Bowl where Michigan State was down 20 to Baylor in the 4th Quarter and although they ALMOST lost twice, they executed everything JUST enough to come back and win (including blocking a BU field goal and converting a 4th Down on the way to the winning TD with under 30 seconds remaining).

The takeaway from that win by the Spartans and now this one by the Longhorns is NEVER quit, and if you have a big lead in a big game, NEVER assume it is safe.

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u/BigAVD Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Fuck, we folded ahead 23-3

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u/Mapex_proM Nicholls Colonels • LSU Tigers Sep 14 '26

I just went and watched, they zoomed in on arch before the first 4th down conversion and he had that classic deer in the headlights look. After that he regained his composure and just looked so much better. Really bad ass 4th quarter

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u/rydan Texas Longhorns Sep 14 '26

I fully expected the final drive to be us just fumbling the ball into the end zone turning it over.

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u/cluckinho Texas Tech Red Raiders Sep 13 '26

Good insight

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u/WildFire97971 Stephen F. Austin • Texas A&M Sep 13 '26

I don’t like Sark sober, but he might need to give a call to his old coworker in Eugene.