Burnt Orange Nation · Sep 27, 2020
No. 8 Texas pulls off improbable comeback to topple Texas Tech in OT, 63-56
Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images The No. 8 Texas Longhorns weren’t just on the brink of an embarrassing loss in Lubbock to a Texas Tech Red Raiders team nearly upset two weeks ago by the mighty Houston Baptist Huskies.
The Horns were hanging over the void, about to plunge into the abyss.
After Texas Tech running back SaRodorick Thompson broke multiple tackles to race for a 75-yard touchdown run with 3:13 remaining in the fourth quarter — the type of racing that doesn’t result in an arrest — ESPN’s win probability put the odds of a Red Raiders victory at 99.8 percent.
Sometimes, though, that 0.2 percent looms large.