No Sam, no Big 12 title, no more magic

A defensive touchdown, the only possible way the Sooners could win this kooky game, suddenly seemed possible.

On the other side of the field, Jeremy Beal saw Jackson jump the pass route and dared to believe that his buddy was about to make one of the biggest plays in OU-Texas history.

"Hey,” Beal thought, "we’re taking that thing to the house.”

But no. Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, mad that his receiver had cut behind Jackson, mad that Jackson had grabbed the ball, mad that the Sooner defense was about to ruin his day after already dashing his Heisman Trophy hopes, didn’t sulk.

That’s how ballgames are won.

McCoy sprinted to the sideline, dove at Jackson’s legs and upended the Sooner cornerback at the 30-yard line.

OU was 70 yards away from victory, which on this afternoon meant the Sooners were at least 350 days away from beating the Longhorns. Seventy might as well have been 700.

Texas beat OU 16-13 Saturday in a game the Sooner defense was going to have to win on its own and darn near did.

The Oklahoma D was sensational. Played about as good as any Bob Stoops defense ever has. The Sooners turned high-scoring Texas into an offense clawing for table scraps. Bumfuzzled McCoy and his army of receivers.

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