The Texas Longhorns nearly stole one from USC last season at the Coliseum, taking the lead with 45 seconds left on a touchdown drive that spanned 91 yards on 14 plays. A year later, USC coach Clay Helton has simmered on it long enough to diagnose the problem.
“I looked at the difference in those first three quarters and that fourth quarter,” Helton said, “and we wore out in that fourth quarter.”
Texas’ offense under head coach Tom Herman employs an up-tempo, no-huddle attack that aims to get the number of plays into the 80s and push a defense to the brink of exhaustion.