A couple days in, the initial shock has pretty much settled. For now, at least, SEC football has taken a national backseat as the Southeastern Conference will not have a participant in the national championship game for the second straight season.
That’s a relief to most Arkansas fans considering the Texas Longhorns, in their inaugural year in the league, were the last chance on Friday night in the Cotton Bowl national playoff semifinals at AT&T Stadium – home of the Dallas Cowboys and nicknamed Jerry World after their Arkansan owner. They had their shot against Ohio State, but choked it away late in the fourth quarter with a chance to tie the game at 21.
After having first-and-goal at the Ohio State 1-yard line, the Longhorns went backwards and ultimately Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers fumbled on fourth-and-goal and his former Buckeye teammate, Jack Sawyer, picked it up and ran it back all the way to the house to seal a 28-14 victory. That play will come to haunt the Texas football fanbase in the same way that Clint Stoerner’s “Stumble and Fumble” against another orange-clad team still makes Hog fans go to dark, dark places today.
Clint Stoerner Foresaw Shrinking from Texas Football
Stoerner, the former Hogs quarterback more known for captaining Arkansas to many great wins in the 1998 and 1999 seasons, grew up in Baytown, Texas…