AUSTIN - The Texas Longhorns just made a massive statement. Coming out of their bye week following a close win over Vanderbilt, Texas needed to send a message

The Texas offense entered Saturday with 11 plays of 40 yards or more on the season ‒ which equates to roughly 1.4 plays a game. The Longhorns (8-1, 4-1 SEC) broke off four such plays against the Gators (4-5, 2-4).

While Texas has won four national titles in football, most recently in 2005, Florida has three, the last in 2008. The Longhorns would rather no one mention ’08 while they stick pins in the Michael Crabtree doll. The Longhorns do, however, rank fourth in ...