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Alamo Bowl: #20 Texas Longhorns vs. #12 Washington Huskies Preview
Thursday’s Alamo Bowl will function the No. 20 Texas Longhorns lead by Steve Sarkisian, going through off towards the nation’s second-best offense in complete yards per sport within the No. 12 Washington Huskies.
After a hopeful begin to the season, losses to Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, and TCU left Texas outdoors of the Large 12 championship sport.
Expectations have been excessive for the Longhorns when it was introduced that former five-star quarter again Quinn Ewers from Southlake, Texas would switch from Ohio State. Including Ewers to an offense that includes Bijan Robinson and Xavier Worthy appeared very appetizing to a workforce that completed 5-7 in 2021. After narrowly shedding to on the time No. 1 Alabama in Week Two with Ewers out many of the sport, the expectations solely grew for the Longhorns. Nonetheless, they completed the season 8-4 and threerd place within the Large 12.
The Huskies come into the Alamo Bowl averaging 521.7 complete YPG, solely bested by the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers. Washington’s first-year head coach Kalen Deboer was employed from Fresno State after the Huskies completed 4-8 in 2021. In his first yr on the helm, Deboer lead his squad to a formidable 10-2 document. Their success was in no small half to Indiana-transfer QB Michael Penix Jr., who lead the nation in passing with 4,354 yards.
The Longhorns will probably be shorthanded Thursday as star working again Bijan Robinson from Tuscon, Arizona introduced that he will probably be coming into the NFL Draft and won’t take part within the Alamo Bowl. Moreover, senior working again Roschon Johnson and fifth-year senior linebacker DeMarvion Overshown may even sit out of the competition in line with 247 Sports activities.
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Whereas they aren’t anticipating to have any affect gamers sit out of Thursday’s contest, the Huskies are at the moment underdogs in line with a number of betting platforms.
This sport may even function Texas’s head coach Steve Sarkisian going up towards his former faculty for the primary time since his two-year stint at USC. Sarkisian coached at Washington from 2009-2013 the place he lead the Huskies to a 34-29 document in his 5 seasons, along with his greatest season being 2013 (8-4) earlier than departing to USC in 2014.
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, middle, stands along with his workforce as they sing “The Eyes Of Texas” after defeating Kansas State 22-17 in an NCAA faculty soccer sport in Austin, Texas, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian on Monday, oct. 24, 2022, apologized for not staying on the sphere to sing “The Eyes of Texas” after the Longhorns’ loss to Oklahoma State and promised it could “by no means occur once more.”
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Kickoff will probably be at 8:00 p.m. CST from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Dec. 29.
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