Last Saturday Night (11/2/08), The #1 ranked Texas Longhorns faced their long time rival, #7 Texas Tech Raiders. This was the second meeting of the two teams this season and was a highly anticipated one. Not only was this game a big rivalry game but there was sub-plots to go with it including the Heisman Trophy race between Texas QB Colt McCoy and Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell. The game was predicted to be a game of big offenses and high scores and fans of both sides were not disappointed. The Longhorns fell behind 19-0 at halftime but cut the lead to three points at the beginning of the fourth quarter with a 91 yard TD pass to Malcolm Williams. Texas Tech marched back down the field and extended their lead to six. But Texas was not ready to give up and answered with a four yard TD run to capture the lead. It seemed like Texas had won the game but after a big kick return, the Raiders went right back to work. They steadily drove down the field and entered field goal territory. Then with eight seconds left Harrell went for it all heaving the ball down field to WR Michael Crabtree for the winning TD with one second to spare. The Raiders beat arch-rival Longhorns 39-33.
I liked both teams coming into the game but I was very happy to see the underdogs win the game. This was one of the best games I have watched all season and for sure the most exciting. Since Texas Tech won the game they have a shot at the National Championship game and could possibly take the #1 ranking in the country. After his amazing performance, I think Graham Harrell deserves the Heisman Trophy more than any other player in the country. Him and Michal Crabtree have put up amazing number all season and will be playing football for a loooong time to come.
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