Texas 13 Nebraska 12 Texas is the Big 12 Champion

Wow.  In an unbelievable (in many ways) ending to a grueling game, Hunter Lawrence kicked a field goal as time expired and the Longhorns are the 2009 Big 12 Champions and are all but assured a trip to Pasadena to play Alabama for the national championship.

First of all, I have to give it up to the defense for an outstanding performance.  They held the Cornhuskers to a dollar menu-like McDonald's order in total offense last night, and they needed every bit of that to win the ballgame.  The defense faced a lot of criticism after last week's Texas A&M game, and they rebounded quite nice.

As for the offense, I'm not sure who I was most upset with:

A.) James Kirkendoll for an absolutely horrid game, dropping at least two passes, a false start and a missed hot route where McCoy threw a shorter slant and Kirk ran a deeper slant.

B.) The offensive line. They were horrible. No way to spin it or sugarcoat it, they were awful. Ulatoski and Hall should be running steps at DKR this morning because they didn't do any work last night.

C.) Colt McCoy made some awful plays that a Heisman Trophy caliber player does not make. The penultimate play was baffling, but so was the decision not to throw it away on first down when he spun out of trouble. The second interception was a turnover that a freshman quarterback makes. They blitzed several times last night and I don't remember many hot route plays where we took advantage of it.

D.) Greg Davis had easily the worst game in several years last night. Suh and their DL was dominating our OL all night, and not once did we make any adjustments for it, such as getting McCoy out of the pocket, or a screen pass, or a draw, nothing. I'm a Davis defender, but that was an embarrassment of a performance last night, and as the offensive coordinator he needs to take the blame for it.

There is a lot more to talk about. I think I'm going to have to do an Army/Navy TWTWB just to let it all out.

But what's done is done, and what is done is that the Longhorns are going to Pasadena, and there is nothing that anyone can do about it.