To Steve Sarkisian’s pleasure, Texas outgained Clemson by more than 200 yards on the ground on Saturday afternoon. Following an SEC Championship Game appearance in which they only ran the ball for 31 yards in a 22-19 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs, the game plan for the Texas Longhorns in their first game of the College Football Playoff against the Clemson Tigers was simple, and could be summed up in just three words. Actually, that is the incorrect ‘run’-related three-word phrase. Apparently, I have Tom Hanks on the brain. Let me try it again.
“Run to win,” Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian remarked during the Longhorns’ 38-24 victory over Clemson, according to Dave Wilson of ESPN.com. “We needed to run the football to win this.”
game, and we’ll need to run the ball to advance in these playoffs. “That’s what playoff football is about.” The four College Football Playoff first-round victors — Texas, Notre Dame, Penn State, and Ohio State – outrushed their opponents by an average of 120 yards per game, proving Sarkisian correct. The Longhorns were the most dominant team on the ground this weekend.
On Saturday afternoon, the Longhorns outrushed Clemson by 216 yards, thanks to Jaydon Blue and Quintrevion Wisner’s 256 yards rushing and four touchdowns combined. Blue and Wisner made history by finishing a postseason game with at least 110 yards rushing, two rushing touchdowns, and multiple receptions. the past 25 years. After the game, Blue stated that this had been a priority since Texas’ loss in the SEC Championship Game.
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