Texas kicked a last second field goal to defeat Nebraska 13-12 in the Big XII Championship Game in Arlington, Texas. Nebraska's defense was superb, but the offense suffered, only seeing two first downs in the first half.

Nebraska's Alex Henery kicked four field goals and the last kick put Nebraska up 12-10 with 1:45 to go in the game. Adi Kunalic's kickoff went out of bounds so Texas would start at their forty yard line. Texas QB Colt McCoy completed a pass, plus Nebraska committed a horse collar tackle penalty and Texas found themselves deep in Husker territory.

The Longhorns then ran the clock down to seven seconds when Colt McCoy rolled out and threw the ball away. The clock clicked an extra tick and read 0:00 and Nebraska thought victory was theirs. After review, however, one second was returned to the game clock and Texas' Hunter Lawrence kicked his second field goal of the game, this one a 46-yard kick that gave Texas the 13-12 victory and sent the Longhorns to the BCS Championship game against Alabama.

Before Nebraska can look to thier bowl game, DT Ndaumkong Suh has a weekend visit to New York City planned where he will be one of the five finalists for the Hesiman Trophy award, awarded to the 'best' player in college football, usually a QB or RB that has easy to follow stats. Joining Suh will be RB Mark Ingram of Alabama, RB Toby Gerhart of Stanford, QB Tim Tebow of Florida [2007 winner] and QB Colt McCoy of Texas, who almost made a Chris Webber-sized mistake at the end of Big XII Championship game.

Next up for 9-4 Nebraska is a trip to the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl in San Diego on December 30. The Arizona Wildcats of the Pacific Ten Conference will be the opponent. The game will be televised on ESPN. Audio via Huskers.com or the Husker radio network.