College
An in-depth look at Second Half Sark
Steve Sarkisian's coaching career with the Washington Huskies, USC Trojans and Texas Longhorns has been marred by an inability to close games. Is this Texas team talented enough to overcome it?
For a program whose mantra is "All Gas No Brakes," Texas has started games hitting the nitrus and ridden the brakes to nail-biting wins several times this season. Saturday's near-debacle in Fort Worth is the latest example.
Texas took a 26-6 lead against an overmatched TCU into the fourth quarter. Then, Josh Hoover piloted three consecutive touchdown drives as Texas's offense stalled in neutral with 151 second-half yards and three points. But facing a 3rd-and-12 up 29-26, Quinn Ewers lofted a 35-yard pass to Adonai Mitchell to ice the game.
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