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Texas 28, Oklahoma State 24. Texas has to finish its schedule before it gets to be a great team, but if/when it gets there, this will be that game, the one that turns into a triumph of the championship spirit rather than a mistake-strewn, near giveaway. The Longhorns' last three drives -- all chances to go up two scores and possibly put the Cowboys away -- ended interception, fumble and turnover on downs, respectively, giving OSU the ball near midfield, prematurely ending an epic 15-play drive that might have clinched the game and setting up the Cowboys' final, desperate opportunity out of their own end zone. This felt more like survival at the end than dragging a bloody carcass through the street, a la Missouri. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I would say Kendall Hunter's big game on the ground against a previously impenetrable UT front is a bad sign going forward, but not when the only serious hurdle over the last four games is next week's visit to Texas Tech. And late game sloppiness notwithstanding, Colt McCoy is still fully In the Zone, as they say, dominating a top ten opponent for the third week in a row. Defensive zones and his receivers' hands both must seem the way the basket looked to Michael Jordan, like big ol' buckets: 11-of-14 on third down, fueling 93, 91, 80 and 84-yard touchdown drives, is as precise and in-command a performance as you can ask for, despite the second half turnovers. Texas Tech can throw some pretty gaudy numbers around, but if anyone can match them blow for blow right now, it's obviously McCoy. He still looks like a 13-year-old kid, but a 13-year-old kid you can set your watch by.

I do have a small problem with Brad Nessler saying after Oklahoma State's final hail mary fell short that Texas is "still number one." According to who? Penn State and Alabama still have big games to play tonight, and both deserve a debate. The votes aren't tallied until Sunday morning. Probably Texas will remain at the top, but the "Win 'n Stay" attitude is a kind of disease at this point in the year. There's no default pecking order, and nobody's owed anything. As always, the only assumption going forward is some degree of chaos.