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Texas bids farewell to Big 12 with title win over Oklahoma State

AP photo by Tony Gutierrez / Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, named most outstanding player of the Big 12 title game against Oklahoma State, holds up the prize belt presented to him by WWE star the Undertaker, left, on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Ewers threw four touchdown passes to lead the Longhorns to a rout of the Cowboys.
AP photo by Tony Gutierrez / Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, named most outstanding player of the Big 12 title game against Oklahoma State, holds up the prize belt presented to him by WWE star the Undertaker, left, on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Ewers threw four touchdown passes to lead the Longhorns to a rout of the Cowboys. AP photo by Tony Gutierrez / Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, named most outstanding player of the Big 12 title game against Oklahoma State, holds up the prize belt presented to him by WWE star the Undertaker, left, on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Ewers threw four touchdown passes to lead the Longhorns to a rout of the Cowboys.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS / The Associated Press 5 min read

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Longhorns are leaving the Big 12 with bookend conference championships and still hoping for a chance at the College Football Playoff.

As for their fans, it was good riddance to the commissioner they felt was rooting against them.

Longhorns supporters heartily booed and chanted “S-E-C! S-E-C!” while Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark addressed the crowd before presenting the league’s championship trophy to their team Saturday afternoon. Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers set a career high by throwing for 452 yards and four touchdown passes, one of those to 362-pound defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat, as the seventh-ranked Longhorns won 49-21 over No. 19 Oklahoma State in the league championship game.

It was the fourth Big 12 title for the Longhorns (12-1), and their first since 2009. They also won the championship game in the league’s inaugural 1996 season and in 2005, a season they capped with their most recent national title during the era when the Bowl Championship Series settled it.

“I know it’s been a long time coming. Everybody’s been starving for this championship,” third-year Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. “To get it in our final game in the Big 12, I hope everybody enjoys it as much as we do.”