In the most dramatic game of the first 12-team College Football Playoff so far, No. 5 seed Texas squandered a 16-point lead, missed two field goals in the final two minutes of regulation and still somehow escaped with a 39-31 double-overtime win over No. 4 seed Arizona State in the Peach Bowl, advancing to today’s semifinal.
Arizona State got the ball first in overtime and found the end zone on a bruising run from star tailback Cam Skattebo, who was hoisted across the goal line by his teammate, right guard Kyle Scott. After an incomplete pass, a run for no gain and a 2-yard completion to open their possession, the Longhorns were called for a false start that left them facing a fourth-and-13 from the 28, but quarterback Quinn Ewers found Matthew Golden behind the Sun Devils defense for a season-saving touchdown.
Ewers hit Gunnar Helm for a touchdown on the first play of the second overtime, then found Golden again in the corner of the end zone for the two-point conversion. Arizona State drove to the Texas 10 on its possession, but Longhorns safety Andrew Mukuba picked off quarterback Sam Leavitt just in front of the goal line.
