I know that if I found myself watching my favorite team, and saw that they were trailing 21-0 at the end of the first quarter — against an unranked team they should have no trouble with — I would be a bit worried. I know that if I found myself watching the same game, and my team was still trailing, 35-14, at the start of the fourth quarter, I would be sitting on my hands to avoid destroying anything out of anxiety.

The fans at the University of Texas don't seem to possess the same problem. Not against Oklahoma State, anyway:

2004 — Oklahoma State takes a 35-7 halfway trough the second quarter, but Texas comes storming back to score 49 unanswered points and leave with a 56-35 victory.

2005 — The Cowboys take a 28-12 lead into the locker room, and the Longhorns come out and score 35 unanswered points for a 47-28 victory.

Last weekend, Texas trailed Nebraska 17-3 two and a half minutes into the second half, then came charging back for a 28-17 lead before Nebraska added a late touchdown for appearances' sake.

Those games were different, though. First of all, those were halftime deficits, and they had the great Vince Young to lead them back to victory those first two times. Vince is in Tennessee now, they aren't playing lowly Nebraska any more, and this one was looking bleak.

Oklahoma State drove right down the field for a touchdown on the game's opening possession, then intercepted Texas QB Colt McCoy's first pass attempt for a touchdown, and before everybody had a chance to sit down with their nachos, it was 14-0 Cowboys. Another interception and then another touchdown drive, and OSU was leading 21-0 twenty seconds into the second quarter.

Texas found its legs, notching two quick touchdown drives and forcing an Oklahoma State fumble inside the Texas 30 to cut the lead to 21-14, but the Cowboys buckled down and finished off the first half with a 12-play, 64-yard drive to put the lead back to 14 points.