Kansas beats Texas for first time since 1938, 24-21 in OT

Kansas marched downfield for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and Steven Sims won the race to the pylon to convert the 2-point conversion and get within a field goal.

Likewise, No. 6 Washington (10-1) and No. 22 Washington State (8-3) will gather for an afternoon of loathing on Friday in Pullman, Wash., with the victor heading for the Pacific-12 Championship Game, where it may well find the most lovable new titan, this resolute bunch from Colorado, which beat Washington State 38-24 and docked the Cougars’ usual 517 total yards to a manageable 462.

In crunch time, however, Foreman wasn’t able to come through for the one-dimensional offense, fumbling twice, including late in the fourth quarter, then failing to pick up a fourth-down attempt late in the game. Kansas, S.Sims 7-79, Kinner 7-68, L.Gonzalez 3-41, Barbel 2-17, Brewer 1-9, Bates 1-6. With more than 10 minutes left in regulation, the offense had only produced six first downs.

There have been questions about his ability to manage his staff after demoting a play-caller mid-season for the second straight year. They respect him and believe he does things the right way.

Suddenly, Texas couldn’t stop KU.

This time, Kansas quarterback Carter Stanley hit Ke’aun Kinner on three straight plays to get the Jayhawks into Longhorns territory. We wanted to play well.

Even KU’s defensive players couldn’t claim the play surprised them. “I feel like even though we haven’t had the best season, I’ve been consistently productive trying to help my team win”. The loss – with 51 carries for 250 yards and two lost fumbles from running back D’Onta Foreman – said all that was needed. I’m going to leave my reactions because a final wonderful drive to tie the game and an awesome OT didn’t invalidate those points.

“What a cool deal, man”, Beaty said. “Coach Strong told us, ‘If you’re really up to the challenge, it’s now or never next week'”. “They’ve continued to work through some really, really hard situations, and I’ve said it before, I feel like we have the right kind of kids in our program”.

Strong came to Texas after an extremely successful stint at Louisville taking the Cardinals to a Sugar Bowl win over Florida.

Texas finishes off the season next Friday night against TCU in what could very well be Charlie Strong’s last game. A sack pushed the ball back to KU’s 19-yard line, but senior kicker Matthew Wyman gave the Jayhawks a 10-7 lead on a 36-yard field goal heading into halftime.

To say that Strong is on the hot seat would be a massive understatement.

We’ll definitely get more analysis of this game shortly, but for now, the comment section is yours.

“I watched a few of them”. Texas took a knee to go to overtime.

Brandon Stewart had a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown, and Fish Smithson picked off Texas quarterback Shane Buechele in overtime to set up the Wyman field goal. “But who knows?” Another high-ranking UT source said, “It’s over”. “Those guys were in there working”.

The defense got the ball back, but Buechele still wasn’t right, throwing another interception on a ball that fluttered badly out of his hand.

It was the school’s first time beating the Longhorns since 1938, so the celebration was justified (more so than past celebrations). “That kid can play, and I’m excited to see what he does not only in his career in college, but after. That was pretty sweet”. “They’ve been through some struggles, some adversity, so it means a lot”. Coach Beaty got teared up a little bit. Coaches were dancing to our music.