Best part about that game was it really allowed us to dump Sherman. Great talent evaluator, great guy, but horrible game day coach.
On that subject, my brother and I were at the OU @ A&M game in 2006. OU was 6-2, A&M was 8-1. OU made a 4th-down conversion late in the game and preserved a 17-16 win. A lot of Aggie fans told us on the way out that Stoops had outcoached Franchione, and that they wanted a new head coach.
For myself, I didn't think that Stoops coached all that well in that game. After OU went up 14-3, he made what I thought was an ill-advised decision to try an onside kick. I said it was a bad call even before the kickoff, which failed. My brother thought it had been a good decision even after it had failed. A&M used the momentum boost and the short field to score a quick TD to make it 14-10. After that, it was just a grinding stalemate, where any mistake might be critical.
On the other hand, I thought that we should have punted (we were at our own 29) rather than try to convert the 4th-down play. My brother disagreed again, and this time it worked for OU. I think that we converted on the play, but A&M was called for a personal foul and we took the penalty. IMO, had we not gone for the onside kick, I don't think that the game would have come down to having to make a crucial call on 4th down.
So Franchione got fired after the following season, and you guys got Sherman.