The Longhorns lastly put Arizona State (11-3) away when Mukuba picked off Sam Leavitt’s go on the 3 to finish the sport.
After a bunch of lopsided outcomes by the primary 5 video games of the expanded 12-team playoff, the format lastly produced a basic that sends Texas again house for a Cotton Bowl semifinal on Jan. 10 towards No. 1 Oregon or No. 6 Ohio State, who had been dealing with off within the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
Regardless of being dominated on the stat sheet a lot of the recreation, the Longhorns had a seemingly snug 24-8 lead after scoring two early touchdowns and getting a 5-yard scoring run from Ewers with simply over 10 minutes remaining.
However Skattebo and the Solar Devils had been simply getting warmed up.
The working again who calls himself the most effective within the nation, Skattebo backed up his bravado with a efficiency for the ages, exhibiting each side of his all-around recreation.
First, he took a pitch on fourth-and-2 and heaved a 42-yard landing go to Malik McClain that gave the Solar Devils an opportunity after they made the 2-point conversion.
Then, Skattebo broke unfastened down the sideline and hauled in a 62-yard throw from Leavitt — getting his helmet ripped off on the finish of the play, which appeared like the one option to carry him down.
That arrange a 2-yard landing run by the bowling ball of a again, and it was solely applicable that Skattebo additionally powered in for the 2-point conversion that tied the sport at 24 with 5 minutes remaining.
Texas had a pair of possibilities to win in regulation, however Bert Auburn was huge proper on a 48-yard subject purpose try and clanked one off the left upright from 38 yards away as time expired.