Babe Ruth hit a home run for a little boy in the hospital.
Notre Dame once pulled it together for George Gipp.
"When the team is up against it," the story goes, "and the breaks are beating the boys…just go out and win one for the Gipper."
Well, Texas (1-4) was up against it after last week's horrendous loss at Texas Christian. The Horned Frogs led 30-0… in the first quarter.
Charlie Strong had become the most besieged second-year coach east of Steve Sarkisian.
The team's training table menu was changed to "Tex-mess.