Okay, NCAA or whatever dark cabal is manipulating these games behind the scenes - if you're going to script the endings of these games, at least use different scripts. This game ended just like the previous Sun Bowl between Duke and Arizona State did.
Michigan (9-3) of the Big10 scored a TD in the fourth to take a 27-24 lead. I had the Wolverines as 4½-point underdogs, so I didn't worry even when Texas responded with a TD of their own and took a 4-point lead. Michigan got the ball back but threw an interception on their drive, and Texas capitalized on the turnover with another TD and an 11-point lead in a single play, an open-field Arch Manning rushing TD. Michigan still had a chance to score again and at least beat the spread, but they got intercepted AGAIN, resulting in a Texas FG.
So just like the last game, the underdog took a fourth quarter lead, turned the ball over twice, and lost the game. Same script, different teams.
I should be glad that the SEC finally got a win, and over the Big10 at that, but not this SEC team, not only a Texas team, but the Texas team. Georgia beat these guys, 35-10, back in November, and there was even a time when they were out of the Top 25 before they weaseled their way back in. I hate Texas and I hate the Longhorns, and now that they've just handed me my fifth consecutive loss in my picks, I take no joy in their SEC victory. At least this wasn't a playoff game and we won't be seeing these guys any more this season.
Another game's already in progress and the big game, the Miami-Ohio State quarterfinal, begins shortly.
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