When the defense wasn't gassed, they shut him down. Stuffed his ass on a 4th and goal. The 3rd qtr where our offense only ran 4 plays, this was the undoing of our defense. They got tired. Good for him for taking advantage of that but he piled that up with volume at the end, Yes, it all counts the same in the end but his offense had 0 TDs with like 7min to go in the game. They could have used more production from him earlier on so they weren't needing a drastic comeback at the end. I hate doing the ifs and buts but if his terribly underthrown ball didn't connect, he would have been a footnote in these playoffs and Texas wins easily. Arizona St got desperate on that play and it worked.
But the better team won. Texas has the talent to keep up with Ohio State. Arizona St not even close. Grind and grit only get you so far once you start playing talented teams. And it was true against Texas until we shot ourselves in the dick all 2nd half and allowed them to hang around. Arizona State wasn't hanging around because of their talent.