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Failed toss sweep part of further red-zone woes for Texas in loss to Ohio State

ARLINGTON, Texas — Without T’Vondre Sweat, the jumbo package for the Texas Longhorns just doesn’t have the same jumbo to it.

On Friday, that helped lead to another failed effort in the red zone for head coach Steve Sarkisian’s program at AT&T Stadium, ending a second straight season in the College Football Playoff semifinals because of an inability to score touchdowns in the red zone.

This year, the failure was more egregious than the loss in the Sugar Bowl that required Texas to score a touchdown against the clock from the Washington 12-yard line and 13-yard line, but also reflective of struggles that surfaced in recent weeks — the Horns failed to score a red-zone touchdown in three trips in the SEC Championship game loss to the Bulldogs and went 1-of-3 in red-zone touchdown rate against the Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl.