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Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Roy Miller sounded like an Ohio State infomercial. Minutes after No. 3 Texas posted a dramatic Fiesta Bowl win, Miller began talking up the team his Longhorns had just beaten. "Great team, great players, Terrelle Pryor , [ Chris "Beanie" ...
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Texas 24, Ohio State 21 . The fourth
quarter of this game was miraculous in two specific...
ways: a) Texas rallied from behind for a dramatic, game-winning two-minute drill, on which it was an inch or so from going home a loser on a key fourth down ...
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The Fiesta Bowl's little miracles
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Fast Facts •Quan Cosby's 26-yard touchdown reception with
16 seconds remaining gave Texas its fifth straight bowl...
victory, tied for the second-longest active streak in the FBS. •The Longhorns (3-0) are one of five schools undefeated in BCS bowls ...
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Longhorns squash Buckeyes' upset dreams with 26-yard ...
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Headlinin': Texas wins poll of Texas coaches
Dr. Saturday —
... it's going to happen after the Longhorns' too-close-for-comfort win in the Fiesta Bowl. Based on just a quick run through the morning opinions, John Bridges and Kirk Bohls (despite what I think is a misleading headline, "Texas has look of a champion") in the Austin American-Statesman, Berry Tramel in the Oklahoman as well as national observers Dan Shanoff, Mike Freeman (who is a terrible writer but has a forum), Olin Buchanan and Adam Rittenberg all go with some variation on, "Nice win, but not nice enough."
Bohls ...
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Burnt Orange Nation —
... a tortoise-slow Ohio State team with its overrated coach who can no longer win a big postseason game. Nice work.
Now comes the tough love. The Longhorns were victorious and losers at the same time. Yes, both these things are true. They won the game and lost a chance to tell college football that they belong with the big boys this season. They choked away a long shot at history.
ESPN's Adam Rittenberg thinks we made our case, despite the cose win.
The Longhorns won by only ...
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