Will commissioner Brett Yormark have to hand the trophy to Steve Sarkisian? Or will Mike Gundy get the satisfaction of sending Texas to the SEC with a loss?
No. 3 Washington is in and No. 7 Texas did all it could to make a case for inclusion in the College Football Playoff on championship weekend. “Texas certainly deserves to be in the CFP,” Brett Yormark said Saturday after the 'Horns routed No. 19 Oklahoma State 49-21 in the Big 12 title game.
Max Abmas scored a season-best 26 points and No. 16 Texas beat Texas State 77-58 on Thursday night in a game the Longhorns dominated early before falling behind. Abmas made a season-high five 3-pointers, one of them completing a 13-0 push that gave the Longhorns a 12-point lead with 8:18 left after they trailed by four earlier in the half. “It don’t matter what uniform he has on,” Texas State coach Terrence Johnson said.
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Line: Texas by 14½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. SEC-bound Texas looks to leave the Big 12 with a fourth conference title. The Longhorns won the championship game in the Big 12's inaugural season in 1996, and again in 2005 and 2009.