What took place with 10:31 remaining in the second quarter of the 42-31 win for the Texas Longhorns over the West Virginia Mountaineers was borderline miraculous.
It was a simple six-yard run on 2nd and 10, but the fact that the chains didn’t move didn’t matter. In that moment, all that really mattered was that after suffering injury after injury and continually enduring the seemingly countless hours of effort and perseverance that have since become the story of his days in burnt orange, senior running back Kirk Johnson enjoyed his first carry since 2015.