Used to be, the Aggies’ three most hated words were “Hook ’em Horns.” That’s been replaced with a new phrase.

After further review.

As in, after further review, No. 3 Texas has an SEC-championship caliber defense and an exceptional running back in Quintrevion Wisner.

After further review, Arch Manning indeed got the ball over the pylon and Jaydon Blue had one foot down inbounds for two touchdowns.

After further review, what was A&M coach Mike Elko thinking on back-to-back goal-line plays from the 1-yard line that Texas had no problem stopping?

The third-ranked Longhorns were more dominant than the 17-7 final score would indicate against the 20th-ranked Aggies. The rivalry is alive and well. But now, Texas (11-1, 7-1 SEC) is headed to Atlanta to face Georgia in next week’s SEC championship game in its first year in the league.

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A&M had just 244 yards as coach Mike Elko said, “Hats off to them. They physically annihilated us.”

“How good does this feel?,” UT safety Michael Taaffe said. “All the Longhorn football players who didn’t get to play in this game, 13 years of waiting out in this game and how special this game is, how special that environment was, and it felt really good to hear silence at the end.”

An announced crowd of 109,028 — the third-largest in Kyle Field history — had been lulled to sleep as the Horns took a 17-0 lead and looked to score the knockout blow in the third quarter.

But Quinn Ewers threw a ball that got tipped and intercepted by Will Lee, who returned it 93 yards for a touchdown. Ewers then lost a fumble while trying to slide inside the A&M 10-yard line. If that wasn’t enough, the Horns had a punt blocked in the fourth quarter, giving the Aggies a short field at the 19-yard line.

Time and time again, the Texas defense rose up and made big stops, none bigger than Ethan Burke’s huge stop on the goal line for a three-yard loss with 4:36 remaining.

Other than a few second-half hiccups, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said, “I really thought we dominated the football game.”

ABC showed the Texas players rushing to celebrate on the midfield logo. But Sarkisian wasn’t having any of that. Sarkisian jogged back out to midfield to shoo the players off the logo and toward the locker room.

Asked if he thought Texas had clinched a spot in the College Football Playoff, Sarkisian said, “I’d probably be surprised if we didn’t get in. But really, I want to go try to win an SEC championship.”