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Texas may need QB Sam Ehlinger to approximate his Cotton Bowl performance

No Texas Longhorns quarterback in the storied history of the rivalry with the Oklahoma Sooners has ever put up more yards of total offense in that game than Texas sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger.

For the Austin product and the lifetime Longhorn to move to 2-1 against Oklahoma and secure the first Big 12 title for Texas by winning Saturday’s championship game in Arlington, he may have to approximate his other two performances against the Sooners.

Oklahoma’s offense is that just that good, and every aspect of the Texas offense depends on Ehlinger — from the passing game to the running game to pre-snap decisions made at the line of scrimmage, it’s all on No.