As is almost always the case, this game comes down to physicality.
Both teams were timid for most of the first half.
At the VERY end of the first half, both teams started fighting, started getting chippy, even starting getting some unsportsmanlike penalties.
I was delighted to see it. Because the main thing that has been missing for Texas all season long, has been passion. Intensity. Will.
Once Texas finally got THAT going at the end of the first and into the second, the game was over.