Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. defeated the middle of Texas’ defense

Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had a robust efficiency in opposition to Texas. His second half put the sport out of attain.

The Huskies did a masterful job of spacing the sphere. Because of this, Penix discovered large open receivers all recreation.

The Washington sign caller feasted over the center. He accomplished 18 of 19 passes in the course of the sphere on makes an attempt that traveled lower than 10 yards. If that sounds acquainted, it’s as a result of Texas has been beat like that earlier than.

The Longhorns struggled to defend shallow passes over the center price them in opposition to the Texas Tech Purple Raiders earlier this 12 months. Towards a defensive coordinator like Pete Kwiatkowski, you’re not going to get many downfield chunk performs. You’re going to need to persistently full brief passes time and again. Penix executed to perfection.

Kwiatkowski had an incredible season for Texas. Opposing groups are going to attain much less factors than they’d in opposition to one other protection because the Longhorns restrict harm. Nonetheless, Kwiatkowski’s group might want to discover a option to disrupt to get stops late in video games.

Story initially appeared on Longhorns Wire