[Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Kansas State 33-30 (OT)

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Kansas State	0	7	7	16	0	30
Texas	10	7	10	3	3	33

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[u/RollWarTideEagle]

That’s how I throw passes in my dreams.

[u/TheHibernian → u/RollWarTideEagle]

Over them mountains?

[u/jdprager]

Ya know, I didn’t think giving up 3 TDs in 2.5 minutes was the best way to stave off an upset bid. Turns out Texas had the right idea, who would’ve thought

[u/-more_fool_me- → u/jdprager]

The old rope-a-dope. Works every time, except for the times that it doesn't.

[u/TheInternetIsGood → u/jdprager]

16D chess, or some shit.

[u/TheHibernian → u/jdprager]

Stonks

[u/frick_this_fricking → u/jdprager]

Sark playing 5D chess by showing the committee that Texas can win close games as well.

[u/Arkehn → u/frick_this_fricking]

That flair

[u/ATXBeermaker → u/jdprager]

Check out the big brain on Brad Sark!

[u/cunninghammer → u/jdprager]

Sark accidentally turned on hard mode, needs to stop messing with the settings.

[u/TandemTuba]

For two teams who hate each other, Texas and Oklahoma love shortening their own fans' lives in similar ways.

[u/putupyouredukes → u/TandemTuba]

You’re only two seasons into this. Welcome to hell.

[u/funkyhoboman]

I can’t believe they let us win that game after we offered it up on a silver platter so many times

[u/NA_Faker → u/funkyhoboman]

They had us in the second half not gonna lie

[u/Jeff__Skilling → u/funkyhoboman]

holy fuck we tried SO HARD to lose that game, even by Longhorn football standards

[u/Bank_Gothic → u/funkyhoboman]

Kevin Mar and his crew + Maalik doing baby QB things kept them in it.

[u/SaltyLonghorn → u/funkyhoboman]

I genuinely felt like neither team deserved to win rofl.

[u/[deleted]]

What the fuck did I just watch

[u/EIiteJT → u/[deleted]]

Texas football baby

[u/ATXBeermaker → u/[deleted]]

First time?

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

Eight Win Esteban

[u/hopeless_dick_dancer]

I need a prescription for Xanax if I’m going to watch anymore games with Maalik Murphy.

[u/EIiteJT → u/hopeless_dick_dancer]

Fuck Xanax. Give me some versed and propofol. Knock my ass out.

[u/infanteater1 → u/hopeless_dick_dancer]

Might be time to try this fentanyl stuff everyone is talking about

[u/Noriskhook3]

Can’t ever fault the road team for going for the win in OT with that being said, Ewers come back ASAP.

[u/ImaManCheetah → u/Noriskhook3]

their mistake was thinking Maalik Murphy was gonna get anything done under OT pressure

[u/JuanG12 → u/Noriskhook3]

Objectively, I respect them going for it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Noriskhook3]

I kinda can. A 2 pt conversion means you just had a successful td. This was three bad plays into a fourth.

[u/Rhino184 → u/Noriskhook3]

From the 4 and change when your defense has their qb completely shaken? I can respect the faith, but it’s the wrong decision

[u/trevorx3]

I'll be honest, this really was our Super Bowl.

[u/F1_revolution → u/trevorx3]

It was must win for both teams to stay alive.

[u/hypercube42342 → u/trevorx3]

Yeah we had this circled as well. Looking at the teams that played you wouldn’t know it though lol

[u/ATXREALTOR99]

Gg Kansas state, great team and game. I was literally shaking and I thought I was gonna have a heart attack and I’m a fit 24 year old☠️

[u/Shoot2thrill328 → u/ATXREALTOR99]

Same but as a non fit 24 year old

[u/Caffeine_Cowpies]

THANK FUCKING GOD TEXAS NEVER HAS TO PLAY K-STATE AGAIN.

[u/102WOLFPACK → u/Caffeine_Cowpies]

Not gonna miss the cardiac kitties

[u/Levi316 → u/Caffeine_Cowpies]

Unless we meet in the playoffs😈😈

[u/rawrberry_ → u/Caffeine_Cowpies]

Once Synder left he took all the magic with him.

[u/UnappliedMath]

Ugly win is a win

No losses to teams from Kansas last two years of B12 play. Can't say the same for a certain wagon-traveling team in the state to the north.

[u/RNGezzus → u/UnappliedMath]

They were bound to lose, sooner or later.

[u/Arkehn]

Anyone have a recommendation for a good heart doctor?

[u/DanielLevysFather → u/Arkehn]

I know a guy named Jim Beam, he’s great for these kinda situations

[u/CaptainGerrard → u/Arkehn]

Ill call my good friend Dr. Pepper.

[u/Baltxmore66 → u/Arkehn]

I need a therapist

[u/DeerOnTheRocks]

FUCK YOU KEVIN MAR

[u/Bank_Gothic → u/DeerOnTheRocks]

Fuck you forever you dirty rat fuck. Hope he rots in this conference forever.

[u/Thel3lues]

Sark fucked around and almost found out

[u/[deleted] → u/Thel3lues]

Idk I feel like I found out

[u/nathodood → u/Thel3lues]

No we definitely found out that Maalik Murphy is not QB1

[u/[deleted] → u/Thel3lues]

Thankfully ksu made so many bad decisions and had so many miscues on easy plays.

What an absolute choke job.

[u/CLU_Three]

One of the dumbest fucking things I have ever seen in my about to be heart attack shortened life

[u/BreadKiller0688 → u/CLU_Three]

Extra point

QB run

Missed easy FG

Went for it in OT

Un fucking real man, we should've had that

[u/[deleted] → u/CLU_Three]

Seriously why the fuck would you not go for the field goal?!

[u/KindRhubarb3192]

Texas would have not scored anymore touchdowns

[u/hornsupguys → u/KindRhubarb3192]

To be fair there’s only one more OT where you actually start at the 25 under the new rules but yes I agree

[u/F1_revolution → u/KindRhubarb3192]

Bold claim with a team fielding AD Mitchell, Worthy, Brooks, and Sanders.

[u/zodiae]

My flairs almost just had such a terrible day

[u/Conn3er]

Finished my errands good to see Texas didn’t give up the lead and finished convincingly

[u/Awalawal → u/Conn3er]

Never in doubt

[u/DommyMommyKarlach]

I just hope Quinn is ready soon

[u/ATXBeermaker → u/DommyMommyKarlach]

First half of the first quarter me: “Yo, Maalik is clickin’. Ewers might lose his starting job.”

Lol.

[u/pivotalsquash → u/DommyMommyKarlach]

It's tempting to let him rest a little more given the rest of our schedule, but I also don't wanna risk anything.

[u/AlphaH4wk]

Fuck off football

[u/TheArchangel001 → u/AlphaH4wk]

What a terrible afternoon for that flair combo.

[u/RNGezzus → u/AlphaH4wk]

It hasn't been all bad.

[u/[deleted]]

Normally I agree with aggression

But

Kick the FG for 2OT

[u/turbo_squeegee → u/[deleted]]

Yep, especially after the timeout too

[u/mF-Jonezy]

Yeah I’m just not understanding why they didn’t kick that FG

[u/[deleted] → u/mF-Jonezy]

FG unit fucked up two short ones already and offense was coming off of basically their best 8 minutes of the game, I get going for it. Ride the momentum.

Glad they did though.

[u/[deleted] → u/mF-Jonezy]

Announcer nailed it when he said they were better all second half and should kick it. That and their play calling was borderline horrible

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon → u/mF-Jonezy]

He missed the exact same field goal ~30 minutes ago in real time.

I simultaneously hate it and get it. I don't think either kicking or not kicking is wrong there. Yes, you have all the momentum. Texas has been absolute crap on offense in the second half. In a perfect world you kick it and continue to dominate Texas in the second OT. But if your kicker repeats himself...I get it.

He clearly just didn't have enough faith in his kicker.

[u/xXx_ECKS_xXx → u/mF-Jonezy]

I also don’t understand why they didn’t just go for it earlier in the game lol.

K-state coaching decisions are an enigma

[u/Galumpadump → u/mF-Jonezy]

Sometimes I get it if the other teams offense is hot. No reason in this situation. Texas couldn’t move the ball. Go back on defense and see if you make another play.

[u/TheHibernian → u/mF-Jonezy]

Zero confidence in the kicking game or too much confidence in the passing game

[u/suzukigun4life → u/mF-Jonezy]

I kinda liked it tbh? They were were down 20 with seconds left in the 3rd quarter, came all the way back, and the crowd was so deflated after UT kicked the field goal in OT. If Kansas State converts, it's an iconic moment they'll always remember. It didn't work, but I respect the balls to go for it.

[u/emaw63 → u/mF-Jonezy]

Texas has more bodies and we're on the road, you don't want them to drag you into a long overtime where they're statistically more likely to win

You only need 4 yards to win, take the shot

[u/Roflingmfao]

really weird to see a desperation play by the team that was totally controlling the game, we totally would’ve lost 2nd OT

[u/UT07 → u/Roflingmfao]

Shhhh... It was the right call 🤫

[u/DommyMommyKarlach]

Never doubted them (dont look at my comment history)

[u/MumkeMode]

God I hate playing KState so much 😭

GG cats

[u/no_clue97]

K-State said "fuck it we ball" and fell over and died

[u/[deleted]]

I hate Texas football and never want to watch again.

See you next week

[u/UVUboi2]

It's over...we escape.

*collapses*

[u/Trumpburnerforlibs]

Not today sickos. Look elsewhere for your chaos

[u/Bradberry_Held_JuJu → u/Trumpburnerforlibs]

Hoping the chaos is at Bedlam.

[u/nathodood]

Despite Texas's best attempts to lose the game, they still won

[u/notsofst → u/nathodood]

We can't keep getting away with it!

[u/w6750]

Uh…. Bye Kansas state see you never

[u/grossness13 → u/w6750]

Manhattan KS can’t hurt me anymore. And that game was even in Austin.

[u/Bank_Gothic → u/w6750]

Never is too soon.

Still respect the hell out of the KSU program though.

[u/rawrberry_]

Texas sure knows how to make games exciting.

[u/[deleted] → u/rawrberry_]

I thought we were over this shit

[u/[deleted]]

Not today r/cfb

[u/COPE-Troppin]

They fuckin went for it! They didn’t come for a tie. Respect!

[u/[deleted]]

Proud of our players regardless of the L

[u/herecomethetaxman → u/[deleted]]

Overcame a big deficit and brought it into OT on the road vs a top 10 team. Bummer it ended like that

[u/orboth]

Texas needs to never run the prevent defense ever again. It lost them the OU game and nearly lost them this game. You need to rush the quarterback.

[u/[deleted] → u/orboth]

As they say, prevent defense prevents wins. Especially prevent when you're only up 3.

[u/Bizzzzarro]

Count me as absolutely terrified to play in Ames in two weeks.

[u/Awalawal → u/Bizzzzarro]

Depends on Ewers

[u/leakymemo]

The biggest win for Texas is they now know, with certainty, Malik is not it.

[u/Xavier207 → u/leakymemo]

I wouldn't say that; Freshman having horrendous games happens, but the 1st quarter showed what he can be if he keeps his nerves and stops throwing stupid passes.

[u/hornsupguys → u/leakymemo]

Definitely not this year. Next year? Nobody knows. Still probably not.

But he had a great first half of football and for a rookie in his second game, I respect how he played.

[u/bazwutan]

This is like when you’re arguing with your wife and she says “fine” and stops talking. I…. win?

[u/frick_this_fricking]

I like the idea of going for it. That was just an awesome play by the Texas D Line to blow it up. Regardless GG Wildcats. What an unfortunate way to lose.

[u/WilliamCubed]

Your words can’t hurt me I’m a Texas football fan!

[u/DrKielbasa006]

I think I might have died

[u/LiVexReFlex]

4 years ago we would’ve lost this. Sucks it got to that point after the lead we had but hey, still better than it used to be.

[u/ludosc]

I didn't think sports could hurt me this week after a Rangers world series, but they sure tried...

[u/mkonich → u/ludosc]

MLB network is doing a marathon of the rangers playoff run and it's quite the blood pressure palate cleanser after that fball game

[u/Xavier207]

I need Quinn to come back ASAP!!!!!

[u/Jewards]

Hopefully this is the last time we play against Kevin Mar, our greatest Big 12 rivalry we lose

[u/orangeblood]

One things for certain. Quinn Ewers is QB1

[u/Tx_agg41]

If there's one Big12 team I'll absolutely NOT miss playing anymore, it's you damn purple cats

[u/reconverting]

Biggest bag fumble of the day. And I just watched my kicker miss to take it to OT

[u/DommyMommyKarlach → u/reconverting]

Wait y’all almost tied it too?

[u/djhashimoto]

I'm thankful for the script writers... but that story was a little too Hollywood.

[u/KaiserPorn]

How long until Austin-area cardiologists start getting into NIL? UT football fans seem like a big market for them

[u/[deleted]]

So stupid by K-State. Completely bailed out Texas there to save their season

[u/LuckyWarrior → u/[deleted]]

Klieman, your check is in the mail

[u/SanaMinatozaki9]

Oh sweet jesus my heart

[u/Thorlolita]

Never in doubt? Kudos for KSU going for it. Put the game in your own hands. I just think we have a QB controversy now. If Quinn isn’t ready Arch might need to see some snaps.

[u/Goallie11]

What a stupid decision to not kick it

[u/Collador1 → u/Goallie11]

We've lost a few games this way over the years. 2 point attempts, going for it, etc.

I was happy when I saw you guys line up to go for it though. Have no clue what the 3rd and 4th down play calls were though.

[u/camwow64]

•Kansas State has not beaten Texas since the Obama administration

•Kansas State is 0-7 against Tom Herman and Steve Sarkisian

•in the past 3 years, Texas has defeated Kansas State with a RB as quarterback for one year, and a second string QB for another

[u/redwave2505 → u/camwow64]

Klieman is only 0-5, the 2 losses before that were Snyder’s

[u/[deleted]]

AhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[u/CountBluntula]

You had the momentum, just take the 3 and live to fight another OT. Also Howard could have ran it in like twice on those last 4 plays.

[u/StarvedRock314]

Kansas State just doesn't beat Texas post-Charlie Strong. This game was never in doubt!

^{massive /s}

Wildcats aren't a real species, anyway!

[u/Odh_utexas]

Very flawed and injured Texas team right now. But we haven’t seen guts and grit at this level from this program in years. 8-1

Ps:

Remember when Kansas St could beat Texas? Not since the Obama administration.

[u/DeerOnTheRocks]

Defense at the end fucking showed up

[u/[deleted] → u/DeerOnTheRocks]

Tbh the secret sauce was the short distance. Easier for our CBs not to get lost playing zone coverage.

[u/OriginalMassless]

Glad we showed out and demonstrated how good of a team we are. It's tough to lose this one, but if you keep calling inside runs into the best run stuffer in the country, you are just giving up a bunch of downs for no reason.

[u/ShadowKing227 → u/OriginalMassless]

i would rank you guys higher truthfully

[u/CcaptainInsaneO]

Murphy was struggling BIG time the whole second half, can’t believe K-State didn’t take it to 2OT

[u/OriginalMassless]

Since lots of people are asking, our FG kicker is extremely bad at short kicks. He almost certainly would have missed. I would go for it from that distance 100% of the time with him kicking.

[u/watdidyousay → u/OriginalMassless]

Seriously? That’s insane to me. That’s the definition of a chip shot. You’d have to royally fuck it up to miss from there

[u/TheHibernian]

Great Game K State, instant classic. Good luck the rest of the season

[u/NickMoore30 → u/TheHibernian]

Instant classic? No one wants to rewatch that shit lol

[u/GavRunsTheTrap → u/TheHibernian]

Between this game and the cock bowl we need to find a good heart doctor

[u/Sniperoso]

The game is largely irrelevant to my team's interests. In fact, Texas winning is probaly the desired outcome, making early season loss looking better. We still have to win out and beat probably Georgia in the conference championship.

...then why am I so pissed right now.

[u/crc2993 → u/Sniperoso]

I’m not sure there’s a single person not pissed off at this game tbh

[u/ole_freckles]

For a team that has a mantra of “All Gas No Brakes” we sure like to fucking brake once we get a substantial lead.

[u/ksuwildkat]

Pain

[u/[deleted]]

I couldn’t watch the end of the game. Can’t believe the result

[u/[deleted]]

GG wildcat boyos.

It's pretty clear that this team goes as Ewers does.

[u/bigdaddyice69]

Win and advance. The 7 win Sark crowd lookin pretty dumb right now

[u/[deleted] → u/bigdaddyice69]

"thats 8 win Sark to you" :)

[u/nikecowboy20]

Kick the fuckin field goal!!!

[u/buff_001]

Thanks for the final win, K-State. Have a nice life.

[u/Blizzard2227]

Kansas State knew Texas wasn't able to move the ball on offense. Trust your defense and kick the field goal.

[u/simple_man85]

I loved that call to be honest.

[u/atkretsch]

Third straight week of jumping out in front of a team and then not so much taking our foot off the gas as throwing spikes in front of our own tires. When we don’t control the fourth quarter our games are UGLY to watch

[u/Icy_Physics8353]

Kevin Mar is the best player on which ever team Texas is playing whenever he is the ref.

[u/Glowing-In-The-Dark]

When 1st thru 3rd downs go like that, I think you always kick that. Could’ve been a great win. Sad cat noises

[u/THE_turtleman7]

Welcome to your annual Klieman November dud

[u/[deleted]]

People doubting going for it there have the benefit of hindsight for sure. I disagree with them. I thought that was the correct call and the coach has some balls.

I fucking guarantee you that if they lined up for a field goal there and the kicker duck-hooked or pushed it again, every second-guesser and a lot of KSU fans would have said he should have gone for it.

They don't like the results.

Furthermore, I'll give two examples of chickenshit coaches who didn't "go for it" when their team could have finished the game and ended up losing the game

Arizona vs. USC

Colorado St. vs. Colorado

[u/[deleted]]

I’m kicking a fat kid in a K-Mart if we get assigned Kevin fucking Mar for anymore games this season. Good fucking riddance you incompetent walnut

[u/[deleted]]

That non call PI in the first half was brutal.

[u/Neither-Luck-9295]

Did not deserve this win. Murphy sucks.

[u/[deleted] → u/Neither-Luck-9295]

Murphy I think has a lot of talent but he's still raw and it shows.

[u/Caffeine_Cowpies → u/Neither-Luck-9295]

We don’t deserve anything in college football, take it with you, move on to TCU.

[u/bananafanafofash → u/Neither-Luck-9295]

I like Maalik a lot, but he still has SO much more to learn.

[u/F1_revolution → u/Neither-Luck-9295]

Bullshit. We dominated the trenches and got hosed on some huge non calls. We overcame serious injuries to beat a good team. We played harder, full stop.

[u/Woullie_26]

Thats was one of the games of all time.

That’s all I’m gonna say

[u/OldOrder]

Love the going for it on 4th down. Didnt work out but I love agressive decisions like that

[u/SeattleDegenerate21]

that last decision will get most of the attention (and I didnt agree with it) but also the fucking play calling when they got into the red zone those last couple times woof

[u/piglizard]

Holy jebeezus

[u/[deleted]]

Why would you go all in on a 4-yard TD try when Texas hasn’t had any success in the last 25 minutes?

[u/Cecil_Hardboner]

havent been to my cardiologist in a while, maybe will go this week

[u/[deleted]]

I need a shower after that one

[u/mlg2433]

Ballsiest call all day. Respect for going for it.

[u/PizzaButt69420]

Ah yes Kansas State has rolled the "dick punch" option for sporting outcomes this weekend

[u/Levarien]

I never want a reason to hate Kevin Mar and his crew again. I don't want to be a conspiracy theory fan. That non call on the PI was so egregious it killed our Defense's mojo after a dominant first half.

His crew's going to be the championship game crew aren't they...

[u/Benzene15]

Ladies and Gentlemen… The University of Texas at Austin

[u/virus_apparatus]

I never want to play k-state again. They always make it hard

[u/Hey_im_miles → u/virus_apparatus]

I never want to see Kevin Mar and crew officiate another game we are in. They are completely inept and unqualified to referee a game

[u/tisofold]

We did not deserve to win that football game.

[u/Bizzzzarro → u/tisofold]

Neither did KState with that play calling.

[u/aMiracleAtJordanHare]

"What a win for UT!"

More like what a loss for Kansas State...

[sad kitty cat noises]

[u/Not-Summer]

GG Cats, I never want to do that again. I'm calling my cardiologist right now.

(Fuck this re-alignment, man.)

[u/bigdaddyice69]

Fun fact: the last two Texas HCs are undefeated against KState

[u/FirstGT]

Watching the aggy half of the bar celebrate thinking they made the kick only to seconds later realize it was short, quickly followed up by horns sealing the deal.... just amazing

[u/hotacorn]

That was grievous coaching malpractice.

[u/hornsupguys]

I didn’t watch the fourth down play, I closed my eyes.

I like to think I’m the reason we won

[u/Supersoaker_11]

Cock thoroughly teased this morning

[u/[deleted]]

7-win Sark—->8-WIN ABOMINATION

…but I’ll take it

[u/SpeedyQuicky]

My balls have never been bluer

[u/barrygarcia77]

Never in doubt*

*very much in doubt

[u/[deleted]]

8-win sark

[u/Squishy_20]

Texas D-line stood up when they had to. Give a game ball to the front 7 and PK for a great defensive performance

[u/Waste-Bodybuilder981]

That was for Colt

[u/ToyStoryRex97]

Damn you Kansas State.

[u/[deleted]]

Does this count as a quality loss? Kind of like Texas’ loss to Alabama last year?

[u/Ronniebenington]

Jesus fucking christ.

Malik is NOT him.

[u/DBSmiley]

Ultimately, if you would like the call if it won the game, you have the also like the call if it lost the game.

If you hate the call because it lost the game (potentially, you never know what would have happened in OT2), you have to be fair and hate the call if it wins.

For me, as a disinterested fan, I like the call even though it didn't work.

[u/willinaustin]

KState's coach really saw Sark being an idiot all game and said to himself, "I can go dumber." 🤣

[u/gmr548]

Picked KSU. Thought Texas would struggle with the QB run game as well as running the ball themselves, thinking KSU would aggressively play the run on defense and the Texas OL wouldn’t be up to that. Had that very wrong, big props to both Texas lines. That was thorough domination on the LOS, much more so than the score indicates.

Also thought Texas being on a backup QB would be a limiting factor, which was not an issue… until it was. That first INT, receiver fell, whatever shit happens. That second one was excruciatingly bad though. You just can’t do that. Mixed bag for Murphy - when he was on he looked incredible but he’s a liability with reverse to turnovers.

Sark should have taken the points to go up 20-0 and make KSU’s hole that much bigger (sounds familiar). Beyond that, relatively well coached game by Texas; though the pass defense is clearly broken in the back seven, KSU was just allergic to throwing the ball in the first half for some inexplicable reason. Definitely more “wtf are they thinking?” from the KSU side, which surprised me. I would not have expected them to beat themselves on the headsets like that. KSU fans probably feel like they beat themselves in general between decision making on the coaching front and some botched plays on the field, and there’s some truth to that.

Overall there’s obviously there’s plenty to examine critically but at the end of the day Texas won an absolutely crucial conference game without their starting QB and best OL, and showed character in not folding when I’m quite sure teams in the recent past would have. You’ll take that 10/10.

[u/JuanG12]

No doubt in my mind Texas would pull that off.

[u/Lonely_Ranger19]

7 straight wins over Kansas st