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Texas thrilling double-overtime victory over 10th-ranked Notre Dame last Sunday turned enough heads to push the Longhorns into the AP rankings, at No. 11, for the first time since December 2013.Now that the Longhorns have earned the respect and the notion from the college football world that Texas is pertinent again, theyll have to work not to throw away all theyve gained. That quest continues Saturday when the Longhorns host Texas-El Paso at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.It was a great team win for us, Texas coach Charlie Strong said of the Notre Dame game. It was a fun night -- Im so happy and so proud. Probably last year we couldnt have won this game. Now we have to continue to build on how we got here because one game does not make a season.Texas (1-0) won because the two quarterback system adopted by the Longhorns at the 11th hour worked almost flawlessly against Notre Dame.Freshman Shane Buechele (16 of 26, 280 yards, two touchdowns) did just about everything right, save for a third quarter interception that almost cost Texas the game. Senior Tyrone Swoopes, a player who would rather not be in the spotlight but whos had little choice, exceled in the power running package, rushing for three touchdowns including the game winner.Texas running back DOnta Foreman had 131 rushing yards and wide receiver John Burt caught six passes for 111 yards, 72 of which came on a touchdown pass from Buechele on the second play of the third quarter.The Longhorns have already matched the number of 100-yard receiving games they had during the 2015 season.Hey, were 1-0, Strong said. We wanted make a statement and we did. There are so many things we can clean up and get better at. You have to grow from game to game, and you have to get better from game to game. Youve got to take this game, correct the mistakes, move on to the next one, and we cant have the same ones.UTEP is coming off a 38-22 victory over Interstate-10 rival New Mexico State in its season opener last weekend. The Miners 38 points were the most to open a season against an FBS program since 1965.This is very exciting for our players, an opportunity to play a Big 12 team in front of 100,000 fans, UTEP coach Sean Kugler said at his Monday press conference. These guys have probably dreamed of playing for Texas growing up. We have a lot of competitive kids on our team; they need to play with a chip on their shoulder. Our kids are going to go up ready to fight.UTEP heads into the game with the nations leading rusher in Aaron Jones, back from an ankle injury he sustained in a Week 2 game at Texas Tech last year. Jones racked up 249 yards on a career-high 31 carries with a pair of scores against New Mexico State. His rushing total was the third-most in Miners history.The Miners amassed 518 yards of total offense against NM State, the third-most during the Kugler era in El Paso.Defensively, UTEP surrendered only 5-of-15 third down conversions against New Mexico State. Last season, the Miners ranked no. 1 in Conference USA and were tied for fifth nationally in third-down conversion percentage allowed (.357).Texas, which is a 28-point favorite, leads the series 4-0.UTEP and Texas met twice previously in the 1930s in Austin, with the Longhorns victorious 28-0 in 1930 and 22-6 in 1933. The series was renewed in 2008 as Texas won the inaugural matchup in El Paso 42-13. A year later, the No. 2 Longhorns topped the Miners in Austin 64-7. Al Tucker Jersey . 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SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Mackenzie Hughes figured he was down to his last chance to stay alive in a four-man playoff Monday morning in the RSM Classic.The Canadian rookie with pluck and a pure putting stroke poured in an 18-foot par putt from off the 17th green at Sea Island, and that last chance turned into his first PGA Tour victory when the other three players all missed from 10 feet or closer.I made the putt of my life right there, Hughes said.He calmed his nerves and came up clutch in the 42-degree chill, becoming the first PGA Tour rookie in 20 years to go wire-to-wire for his first victory. The final day of a long year on the PGA Tour brought a most unlikely finish.Hughes had a chance to end it Sunday night until his 10-foot birdie putt in the dark on the 18th hole turned away. The next morning, he was the only player who was never on the green at the par-3 17th until his ball was in the cup.Blayne Barber, Henrik Norlander and Camilo Villegas narrowly missed their par putts to extend the playoff.Hughes was watching from off the green, and the prospect of winning became more real with each putt that missed -- first Barber, then Norlander. When Villegas missed his 7-footer, Hughes dropped his putter, turned his back on the green and knocked off his cap as he rubbed his head in disbelief.If I didnt make, I thought I was probably out, Hughes said. Before I hit it, the thought was, Just make them think about it. Put this putt in first, and if you can be the first guy in, put the pressure back on them. And thats what happened.The victory sends the 25-year-old Canadian to the Masters. One of his most vivid golf memories as a kid in Ontario was watching Mike Weir win the green jacket in 2003.He was texting me last night a little bit, Hughes said. Its pretty cool to have a guy like that to lean on for advice.Billy Horschel was eliminated from the five-man playoff on the first extra hole Sunday night when he narrowly missed a birdie putt then shockingly missed a 2-foot putt. Hughes putts so well it was mildly surprising when he missed his 10-foot putt on the second playoff hole.It ate at me a little bit knowing that I had 10 feet to win it, he said. But I came out here to try to clear my mind, tell myself that I have a one-in-four chance.ddddddddddddThe odds looked worse when his 4-iron bounded over the green and down a steep slope. Making the pitch shot even more difficult was that the pin was 15 feet from the back edge and the green ran quickly away from him. His pitch was a few feet from being perfect, but instead it stopped short of the green.Norlander was in the front bunker, while Barber was left of the green and Villegas was just over the back. Barber and Villegas used putter for their second shots.The last rookie to go wire-to-wire for his first win was Tim Herron at the 1996 Honda Classic. Hughes started this week with a 61, and he led after every round until he was posing with tournament host Davis Love III with the trophy.Hughes, who closed with a 69 and finished at 17-under 265, capped a memorable fall season.He began his rookie season by playing the final two rounds with Phil Mickelson and tying for 13th at the Safeway Open. Mickelsons caddie Jim Mackay said in a text message Saturday night, I really like his moxie, hes got guts.In his only week off this fall, Hughes and his longtime girlfriend from Kent State, Jenna, were married. They planned a honeymoon in the offseason, and now he gets to plan a schedule that includes Kapalua, Augusta National and the PGA Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he lives.Hughes earned $1.08 million.Villegas and Norlander do not have full PGA Tour cards, and a victory would have changed that. Villegas got into the field as a past champion, while Norlander has no PGA Tour status and received a sponsors exemption.Villegas had made every big putt, from his birdies on the 16th and 17th in regulation to his 6-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to join the playoff to another tough 4-foot putt in the dark Sunday night to stay alive. He missed from 7 feet Monday.I just pushed it a tiny bit, Villegas said. But once again, Im proud of myself. We want to win a golf tournament, so you go with a little bittersweet, but youve got to look at the positive and keep moving forward. ' ' '