DALLAS — The ball floated out of Sam Ehlinger’s exhausted arm and was cradled by Oklahoma’s Tre Brown in the corner of the end zone, ending a game that had almost refused to end.
Ehlinger did everything humanly possible — maybe super-humanly possible — but his heroics weren’t enough to stave off the most stinging of all losses and perhaps an era-changing result for his head coach.
A loss to Oklahoma. Yet another one.
It took four overtimes on this hot, muggy Saturday, but the unranked Sooners’ epic 53-45 win in the Cotton Bowl only extended the eventual misery for a 22nd-ranked Texas team that is suddenly reeling with a 2-2 record and a 1-2 mark in Big 12 play with a coach who may be dealing with marked time.