LUBBOCK, Texas _ No. 19 Texas, with no more wiggle room for its hopes at making the Big 12 championship game, escaped with a wild 41-34 victory Saturday night at Texas Tech.
Ten years ago, Michael Crabtree broke the Longhorns' hearts with a last-second touchdown catch.
Saturday, Lil'Jordan Humphrey returned the favor.
This one looked like Texas was on cruise control in the fourth quarter, up 34-17 with 10-and-a-half minutes left in the game. But Tech roared back with 17 unanswered points to tie it up 34-34 with 1:45 left.
Then the Longhorns, with overtime in their back pocket, instead went for the win _ getting it on Sam Ehlinger's gutsy 50/50 pass to a well-covered Humphrey for a 29-yard score with 23 seconds to go.
"At the end of the day, offensively you learn as a young coach: Think players, not plays, at critical moments," Texas coach Tom Herman said immediately afterward.
As expected, Tech went without quarterback Alan Bowman, who was hospitalized last Saturday night after the loss to Oklahoma with problems from a collapsed lung injury. Jett Duffey, the redshirt freshman who looked electric against the Sooners, sure looked like a redshirt freshman against the Longhorns. He committed three key turnovers, all in the red zone, one at the goal line.
