AUSTIN -- Maybe all it took for Texas to look like, well, Texas was a historic comeback in Starkville.

The preseason No. 1 Longhorns largely stumbled into November with a 6-2 record: Technically alive for all their preseason goals but having provided little evidence that a SEC Championship or playoff appearance was truly possible after a series of listless performances, including back-to-back overtime wins over conference bottom-feeders Kentucky and Mississippi State, the latter of which required breaking a 429-game losing streak for teams down 17 points with 10 minutes remaining.

But sometimes it takes a view of one's own mortality to create a spark, and No. 20 Texas on Saturday looked like the contender everyone believed them to be against No. 9 Vanderbilt in a 34-31 victory , a

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