Quite a game. It ended up where I thought it would (close), but for three quarters I thought my prediction was cooked. I did not see the 4th quarter coming. When it was 20-3 or whatever, I had virtually zero faith Texas could score three unanswered TDs.
I was halfheartedly trying to watch another game on my phone simultaneously, so I feel like I need to rewatch that 4th quarter to more fully understand exactly what happened. A buddy texted me right near the end and said he saw Texas had come back and asked how it happened. I texted him--truthfully--I'm really not sure. I've been watching, and I'm not exactly sure what to say. They started scoring, OSU quit. Why, exactly, I might need another pass.
That was one of the most "what-if" games I've seen in a while. What if Texas didn't repeatedly shoot itself in the foot for half+ the game? What if OSU made the FG? Some other what-ifs I can't think of atm.
My wife probably needs blood pressure medication after that. She's a talker when she's nervous about games, and she chattered incessantly through the whole thing. I told her to hush up at one point, thankfully I managed to avoid having to sleep on the couch.
I watched it, almost in it's entirety. I remember thinking, when the score was still 20-3, that it could end up being a blow-out on the score board but OSU hadn't really impressed me and they weren't really dominating, they just got really lucky on a couple of plays.
The interception in the 1st quarter. The Texas receiver was in a diving catch, ball hit him in the chest/hands, somehow bounces up (very low % catch and he almost pulled it in), and the OSU DB was right there to pluck it out of the air. They still had to move the ball down field, which they did. I'd almost say it was like the outcome of a punt with maybe a 20 yard return.
OSU had a couple of good drives in the first half, but they were gifted a fumble on Texas' first play, and then a fluky INT on the next series. OSU still had to drive 80 yards for the score, it wasn't an INT and easy score.
It almost seems like OSU kinda of relaxed a little bit on both O and D, like they felt like the game was in hand. In the 3rd quarter, they were mostly punting but had a good drive that ended in a FG. It should be noted here that thy went for it on 4th down in the first half and did not succeed.
I think on one of the drives in the 3rd quarter the QB had a man open for a TD, maybe on the last FG or maybe the last FG attempt. It would have been a sure TD, dude was wide open and the ball was high, missed him by 5-10 yards or whatever. You could tell the QB knew it too, I think if anything it messed up his confidence.
I remember thinking at this point, if those boys from Ohio think this is over, it ain't. Not by a long shot. If Texas can get momentum, they can score 2 TD and make a game of it. Which they did. I think by this time OSU was almost out of gas on D, but Texas had to convert 2 4th down plays on separate drives.
