What a swing of emotions in Starkville! Down 21-38 in the fourth quarter, Texas fans were already doomscrolling through another “what went wrong” Saturday. Steve Sarkisian looked cooked, Arch Manning looked shaken, and the Longhorns looked anything but SEC-ready. But college football has a way of flipping the script when you least expect it. Because somehow, the Longhorns clawed their way back from the edge and into bowl eligibility with a six-figure cherry on top.

When the dust settled at Davis Wade Stadium, Texas walked off with a 45-38 overtime win over Mississippi State. Meanwhile, Steve Sarkisian received a bounty. On October 25, USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz dropped an update on X. “ Texas coach Steve Sarkisian set for $100,000 bonus as Texas overcomes 17-point fourth

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