The drama on the field came to a climax in the 4th quarter. A brilliant call by coach Bill Callahan resulted in a 25-yard touchdown toss by Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky giving Nebraska a slim lead. Texas was stopped on their next drive, handing the Cornhuskers a chance to run out the clock. However, a pass out to Terrence Nunn on third down was dislodged by corner Aaron Ross.

Texas recovered the fumble and took the opportunity to drive into field goal range. Longhorns kicker Greg Johnson had already hit two field goals in the game, but he had also missed two others, and had an extra point blocked. So, instead of Johnson taking the field, it was walk-on Ryan Bailey. Callahan tried to ice the kicker in the cold weather but the freshman from Austin nailed his first ever attempt through the middle of the uprights to seal the victory for Texas.

Missouri continued its impressive season and moved closer to setting up an important game with Nebraska in two weeks. The Tigers beat up on Kansas State, 41-21. Quarterback Chase Daniel threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns in the victory. The win by Missouri was their first victory over Kansas State since 1992.

Should Missouri want to be facing Nebraska with the North Division title on the line, they will have to get past Oklahoma next week. The Sooners, without star Adrian Peterson, had no trouble with disappointing Colorado, winning 24-3. Junior back Allen Patrick filled in for Peterson with 110 yards and a touchdown. Even with those great statistics, the big loss for Oklahoma comes in Peterson’s big play ability. Patrick’s longest run of the day was only twelve yards. Peterson hadn’t had a game this season where his longest run went for less than 29.

In other action, Texas A&M blocked a potential game tying extra point in overtime to survive against Oklahoma State, 34-33. Baylor matched a school record for the largest comeback in history, scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter, to win their first homecoming game in nine years, downing Kansas, 36-35. The Bears remain tied for second in the South division with A&M. Those two teams meet next week in Waco. Texas Tech rebounded from last week’s horrendous loss to Colorado with six touchdown passes by quarterback Graham Harrell. The Red Raiders beat the Iowa State Cyclones, in Ames, 42-26.

Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. His Big XII recap appears weekly on Blogcritics.org as part of their NCAA Tailgate Cleanup. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com