Ohio State's Narrow Victory Over Texas: A Detailed Analysis

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00:00A game against Texas, by the way, that was probably closer than the score would indicate.

00:04It was really that final play, the strip, sack, fumble, all the way back for a touchdown

00:09that really put the game away, 28 to 14 in this one.

00:14What did you make of Ohio State's performance?

00:17And I guess the follow-up to that, do you think they had a more impressive performance

00:22against Texas than Penn State, Notre Dame did against Penn State?

00:27It feels that way to me, but I still think that this could end up being a close game

00:32on Monday.

00:33I do, too.

00:34And I think Ohio State had a bunch of self-inflicted mistakes, you know, a personal foul on Travion

00:40Henderson.

00:41Two drives in the first half that ended because of penalties, and you know, this game really

00:45came down to two huge plays that are going to be iconic.

00:47The screen pass at the end of the half, I don't know, Craig, why you would send a safety

00:52blitz in that situation, but that's what Texas did.

00:55And then Jack Sawyer's play, and I live in Pickerington, where Jack Sawyer is from.

01:00He is a great kid, always takes pictures with the local kids around here.

01:05I couldn't be happier for somebody like him to make that play, but that was somewhat brought

01:09on by Texas's play calling at the goal line.

01:13So I think the Longhorns will look back at this game and say, we had a good plan, we

01:17limited Jeremiah Smith to one catch for three yards, but those two plays that I mentioned

01:23really defined what was a great, tough, hard-fought game between two very good teams.