AUSTIN, Texas — Considering the amount of hype leading up to Saturday’s matchup between the No. 9 Texas Longhorns and No. 6 LSU Tigers, it was always going to be difficult for the game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to leave up to it all. And yet, it did.
Unfortunately for the Horns and the sellout crowd made up largely of burnt orange partisans, Texas fell, 45-38, after scoring 31 points in a second half that featured 56 total points and 627 total yards.
After all of the discussion about which school is really DBU, it was the offenses that dominated the proceedings, as LSU standout Joe Burrow answered questions about his performances in big games by going 31-of-39 passing for 471 yards and four touchdowns.