Texas Longhorns' Narrow Victory and Future Challenges

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00:00How about the Longhorns?

00:0133-1 long shot.

00:03They did knock out Vanderbilt.

00:05They have two losses, one of them in conference,

00:07the other one to Ohio State,

00:10the top team in all of college football.

00:13Thoughts about that victory on Saturday afternoon

00:15because they jumped out yet again to a big lead,

00:18had to hold on for dear life.

00:20They win it but don't cover.

00:21In some spots, they were a 3.5-point home favorite.

00:25They win it exactly by three points Saturday afternoon.

00:28Well, Texas, I think we see why people keep betting on them,

00:33why people, they have such talent.

00:35And for the first half of that football game,

00:37it looked like to me, here we go again,

00:39the talented upper echelon of the conference

00:42playing against a wannabe,

00:45a team that really played hard but didn't have the talent level.

00:48That's the way it looked.

00:48You took the first pass,

00:50a little swing pass behind the line of scrimmage.

00:53The receiver makes two people miss,

00:55run 75 yards for a touchdown.

00:57But then we saw Texas kind of not just slow down,

01:01lose their momentum,

01:02and we saw why Bandy is so good.

01:04So Texas, again, they have the talent.

01:07We saw that in the first half,

01:08but they also lack that killer instinct

01:10that you got to have to go out there

01:12and win week in and week out

01:14for them to win the national championship.

01:15But we'll see,

01:17because right now the important thing is

01:18getting into that final 12.

01:20Absolutely, and Arch Manning now back-to-back consistent performances.

01:26He stepped up with a 300-yard performance against Miss State,

01:29had a very solid performance against a very good Vanderbilt defense.

01:34We'll see how it plays out in the month of November

01:36for Steve Sarkeesian and the Texas Longhorns.

01:39An SEC elimination game took place last Saturday night

01:43in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

01:44Knoxville, Tennessee was a 2.5, 3-point home favorite over Oklahoma.

01:51Oklahoma had lost the week before

01:53as a 5.5-point home favorite over Ole Miss,

01:55but they brought their lunch pail on Saturday night in Knoxville.

01:59They grind out a victory coach, 33-27,

02:03and we saw John Matier potentially bounce back into form.

02:07Oklahoma could be a very dangerous team

02:10heading into the month of November.

02:12Yeah, I think you have to look at the total product

02:14that John Matier gives you,

02:15because you look at the yardage passing,

02:17it doesn't look like that much,

02:19but then he's rushed for 80 yards,

02:21making critical plays, scoring a critical touchdown,

02:24and being a leader at the right time.

02:26And it was a great challenge of the defense of Oklahoma

02:30against the outstanding offense at Tennessee.

02:33And although Tennessee has all the stats,

02:35they had tons of yardage,

02:37they had three critical turnovers that all led to points.

02:40Two interceptions led to field goals,

02:43then the fumble, scoop, and score

02:44that really was a seven-point score,

02:47all those by Joey Aguilar.

02:49It was a case of a mature veteran,

02:51John Matier, doing what he had to do.

02:53Joey Aguilar throwing in front of a ton of yardage,

02:56making great plays,

02:57but turning them all over at critical times.

03:00Now,

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