How two hometown heroes pushed Texas past OU

DALLAS -- Texas landed its biggest victory this decade behind a pair of hometown heroes Saturday.

Sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger, whose lifelong dream was to play for Texas.

And true freshman placekicker Cameron Dicker, who not all that long couldn't have cared less about the Longhorns, the Red River Showdown or even college football.

Yet despite their differing paths to this pivotal moment in Texas football history, Ehlinger capped off a methodically mesmerizing performance to push the Longhorns into field goal range.

Then Dicker, with the aid of a true freshman deep snapper and a true freshman holder, calmly booted the ball through the uprights from 40 yards out with 9 seconds remaining,…