Inside the Numbers: A Texas comeback for the ages against Texas Tech

Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports The No. 9 Texas Longhorns once again survived a trip to Lubbock.

It was downright ugly at times, but it seems Texas has finally transitioned from needing to play its best to being able to win ugly. It took a Herculean effort in the fourth quarter and overtime to come away with a win, but not everybody came out of Saturday unblemished.

Fourth quarter and overtime: 22 points, 2:33

Texas boasts one of the fastest offenses in the country and it came in handy Saturday against Texas Tech in the comeback. Heading into the weekend, the Longhorns led the country with five scoring drives shorter than two minutes. Texas added two more with the game on the line, in…