Texas football has squandered much of the preseason hype it inspired and does not presently look like a Playoff-caliber team, but the campaign is not dead yet. The Longhorns scratched and clawed their way to an SEC road win for the second week in a row, working especially hard to defeat snake-bitten Mississippi State in overtime, 45-38. They had to finish the game without quarterback Arch Manning , who suffered an injury in OT, but they got the job done in Davis Wade Stadium.

While it was a collectively resilient effort that helped erase a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit, one play stands out most in this heroic feat. Redshirt sophomore Ryan Niblett returned a punt for a game-tying, 79-yard touchdown with less than two minutes remaining on the clock. Once he reached the end zone, th

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