The impossible in college football was happening.
Kansas, with only a narrow win over South Dakota this season, was a 31-point underdog playing at Texas. The game had gone to overtime, tied 49-49.
The Longhorns had never led in the game, while the Jayhawks led by 21 points at halftime.
But in overtime, Texas had the ball first and scored a touchdown for its first lead of the game, 56-49. Kansas matched the touchdown, then surprisingly decided to go for broke with a two-point conversion try. It needed a miracle play to pull off the nation’s biggest upset.
That’s when an unlikely hero made the play. It was Jared Casey, a walk-on fullback who had not caught a pass this season.
Scrambling quarterback Jalon Daniels found Casey going across the middle of the end zone. When Casey cradled the throw, it secured the 57-56 win, ending a 56-game losing streak in Big 12 road games, going back to 2008.
Casey’s touchdown reception has been chosen as the U.S. Farm Raised Catfish “Catch of the Week.”
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