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4 takeaways from Texas's gutsy win over Texas A&M

No. 3 Texas fended off a second-half effort from No. 20 Texas A&M in a 17-7 win in College Station for the first time in over a decade at Kyle Field.

By Andrew Miller

Quinn Ewers, Texas football
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Third-quarter red zone offensive mistakes cost Texas in a massive way

In SEC play, the Longhorns' offense has left way too much meat on the bone for the regular season's second half. Costly mistakes and turnovers by the Longhorns has kept Texas from closing out games on offense much earlier than it should be in the SEC this regular season.

The costly mistakes and turnovers showed up again for Ewers and the Longhorns whey they could've been putting the Aggies away in the third quarter. Texas had multiple scoring opportunities to take a three possession lead over Texas A&M in the third quarter that resulted in devastating turnovers for the Longhorns.

Around the halfway point of the third quarter, Ewers tossed a pick-six on a deflected pass when Texas was within A&M's 10-yard line in the red zone. That Ewers pick-six brought the Aggies back within 10 points when it looked like Texas was about to take a three-score lead early in the second half.

The second costly turnover by the Longhorns was also when the offense for Texas was within the 10-yard line for Texas A&M's defense in the red zone. Ewers fumbled the ball on a QB keeper, which kept Texas's lead at just 10 points in the third quarter.

It makes these mistakes by Ewers and the Texas offense even more glaring when you consider the way that the Longhorns' offensive line and the defense has played. Texas gave the Aggies life when it looked like it could put the game away with over 20 minutes left in the second half.

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