Mississippi State football could be 7-1, but its failures in the fourth quarter have it on a four-game losing streak.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/mississippistate as Bulldog Roundup: Mississippi State falls in regular season finale. It was a weekend of tough losses for Mississippi State’s teams.

Joseph Tugler led the way with 18 points and the Cougars' heralded freshman trio debuted in the exhibition finale against an SEC opponent.

No. 22 Texas battled back from a 17-point deficit and scored 24 points in the fourth quarter to eke out a 45-38 overtime win on the road against Mississippi State. Saturday's result represents the Longhorns' largest comeback win since they erased a 21-point deficit in 2007 against Oklahoma State .

Many of the Bulldogs' fans will believe their team should already have six wins, if not more, but they don't. And the road ahead won't be easy.

Let’s get to the observations from this wild-ass comeback against the Bulldogs — a 45-38 overtime victory by Texas during which the win expectancy reached 98.6 percent in favor of Mississippi State.