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Steve Sarkisian speaking now.

That’s all for Day.

“He was one of the first 8th graders I ever offered.” Ryan Day says Ewers had an incredible release. Says Ewers showing up in the middle of camp was a bit strange.

Ryan Day mentions the Ohio State winning a national title ten years ago at AT&T Stadium, as well as Will Howard winning a Big 12 Championship at AT&T as well.

“There are a lot of things we are going to need to do better to beat Texas.” Says Day.

Ryan Day says there’s been an added emphasis on starting quickly on offense in the CFP. Says they have taken the ball first in both games and done well executing the gameplan to finding points early on.

Nothing previously is going to affect what we’re going to do other than learning from our experiences. — Ryan Day

“I have a great amount of respect for Sarkisian and the way he calls games.” - Day Says he knows Texas wants to be balanced and find success in the run game. Shoutout to the Texas OL as well from Day.

After giving up playcalling duties, Day says it has allowed him to get more involved with football activities as the head coach. Says he’s been able to be with the team more and look at things from a wider lens.

Ryan Day says he has a tremendous amount of respect for Texas, Sarkisian and the Longhorn players.

Both Ryan Day and Steve Sarkisian are set to speak with the media for roughly 20 minutes today. Day will speak first at 11:00 am and then Sarkisian will follow up at noon. Notes and quotes in the comments below.

There we go!

The 4th quarter was the only quarter on Wednesday where Texas outgained Arizona State. Texas did so 179-167, yet were outscored 16–7.

Time of possession in 1st and 3rd quarters: 1st: ASU: 12:55 Texas: 2:05 3rd: ASU: 12:38 Texas: 2:22

Arizona State had – • 135 more yards than Texas • 15:48 more time of possession • Ran 37 more plays than Texas • More tackles for loss (8-6) ... and lost.

Rushing direction for Texas.

Ewers' passing chart.

A quick look at the snap counts for the Longhorns after their 2OT victory over Arizona State in the Peach Bowl. *** Defensive Snap Count Out of 102 possible snaps. 102 – Andrew Mukuba 101 – Jahdae Barron 98 – Michael Taaffe 94 – Anthony Hill Jr. 86 – Malik Muhammad 76 – Barryn Sorrell 73 – Trey Moore 68 – Liona Lefau 66 – Jelani McDonald 61 – Vernon Broughton 54 – Jermayne Lole 53 – Alfred Collins 46 – Colin Simmons 31 – Jaylon Guilbeau 30 – Bill Norton 26 – Ethan Burke 24 – Gavin Holmes 17 – Morice Blackwell Jr. 16 – David Gbenda – Texas wanted to get bigger in the box against ASU, hence why there was double the Jelani McDonald snaps vs. Jaylon Guilbeau. – Mukuba and Barron each over 100 snaps on Wednesday. – Most snaps of the season for Broughton, Norton, Lole and Collins. *** Offensive Snap Count Out of 63 possible snaps. 63 – Quinn Ewers, Jake Majors, Trevor Goosby, Kelvin Banks, Hayden Conner, Gunnar Helm 54 – Matthew Golden 52 – Tre Wisner 42 – Ryan Wingo, DJ Campbell 38 – DeAndre Moore 22 – Isaiah Bond 21 – Cole Hutson 20 – Juan Davis 15 – Jaydon Blue 7 – Silas Bolden 1 – Jerrick Gibson – Interesting splits between Hutson and Campbell. It was Hutson who finished the 4Q.

Incredible.

That's all for today.

I really enjoy listening to Kenny Dillingham. He gets it as a coach, I can see how it would be fun to play for him.

Dillingham on the confidence of his players this week: Sam (Leavitt) probably thinks he can beat Michael Jordan, because that is Sam. Skat probably thinks he is the best running back in the country, because that is Skat.

Sarkisian on his seniors: "I don't think any of them forget being in New Orleans at the end of the game last year."

The play in reference.