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PK says Texas went more into a "post-style" of defense. Basically a cover-4 look or two high safety look. Says they were unsure how they would be able to play the run with a lighter box coming into the season.

Pete Kwiatkowski calls Cam Scattebo a "big physical back" with great contact balance. Says he has really good hands in the passing game as well. Skattebo is ASU's 2nd leading WR.

Players are getting off the field currently, should get started here in the next five minutes or so.

Several Texas Longhorn defensive players will be available for comments ahead of the trip to Atlanta for the Peach Bowl. Pete Kwiatkowski, LB Anthony Hill Jr., DB Jahdae Barron, DB Michael Taaffe and DL Alfred Collins will all be made available this afternoon. Notes and quotes in the comments down below.

Navy takes a 21–14 lead with 4:34 left. Oklahoma led this game 14–0 in the 1st quarter.

Haha, fitting right in.

These portal additions aren't moving the needle for you?

Horvath has overthrown 3 wide open touchdowns today. No hyperbole. Three wide open receivers that he has missed.

Entering the 4th quarter, it is 14-14 between Navy and Oklahoma.

Not sure who is watching the OU-Navy game, but I can't figure out which QB has had a worse day.

Plenty of good football on today. Let's talk about it. Armed Forces Bowl: Navy vs. Oklahoma Birmingham Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas Holiday Bowl: Syracuse vs. Washington State Las Vegas Bowl: USC vs. Texas A&M

Couldn't agree more. Pound the rock time and time again.

Iheanachor is a good ball player.

I love this. Win them all!

Nah

Hahaha. It wasn't on purpose!

The spill everything to their LBs and Safeties have incredible quick triggers to run the alley. Xavion Alford is their leading tackler.

If Texas runs for 240, I would put their win probability at 98%. Realistically, a good run goal against this team should be around 175 or so. I don't have CFB numbers, but NFL win % for teams that rush for 200 sits around 60% and jumps to 77% if you rush for 250.

The Black Eyed Peas made a song back when I was about six years old that just kept saying "And Runnin' Runnin', and runnin' runnin'" on and on and on. It was catchy as hell and one of the biggest songs of whatever year it was. Maybe 2004, I couldn't quite tell you off the top of my head. When I look at this Texas-Arizona State matchup, for whatever reason, that song comes to my brain. Because, well, that is exactly what Texas should do against the Sun Devils. It comes together even more full circle when the name of that song above is "Let's Get it Started" and then it all makes sense. Texas has figured out its running game against anyone not named Georgia. The Longhorns have hit the 240-yard rushing mark in three of its last four ballgames and the other included a 7-minute drive with 12 of the 14 plays on the drive being run plays. Even with some nicks and bruises suffered by the #BigHumans in round one of the College Football Playoff, there should not be much dropoff, if any, at all moving forward. I went through the Arizona State Sun Devils depth chart when doing some research for this game. What I found is a defensive line that, though is scrappy, is going to be completely outmanned when facing the Longhorn OL. The five leading snap-getters for the Sun Devil interior defensive line have an average weight of 289 pounds. Zac Swanson 6’4” & 290 CJ Fite 6’1” & 295 Jeff Clark 6’1” & 285 Jacob Kongaika 6’2” & 290 Blazen Lono-Wong 6’4” & 285 For those keeping track at home, Jake Majors weighs 315, Hayden Conner weighs 320 and DJ Campbell is listed at 330. Do the math there and it comes out to a 30-pound average difference in favor of the Longhorn interior. Even when you add in Cole Hutson, that average sits just south of 320-pound average amongst the four. Texas will be able to run the ball all over the Sun Devils in Atlanta on Wednesday. The mass is just too significant to ignore and the momentum this bunch is playing with will carry over as well. To Arizona State's credit, the Sun Devil rushing defense comes in at 23rd in the country, allowing 117.8 yards per game and 33rd in the country at 3.8 yards per attempt. But I reckon they have not played an offensive line with the size of this Texas unit in 2024. With all of the talk about the quarterback being the one who will take Texas to the promised land or begin the winter conditioning sessions early, I think Texas will be just fine with Ewers being a passenger for this round of the playoffs. The magic number over the last month has been 240 rushing yards. It is a lot, I will admit that. However, knowing the success this unit has had recently and the opponent they are set to face in Round 2 of the CFP, I like their chances to hit the mark.

Hazelton was hired by Texas in late July. During fall camp, he was often seen working with the STARs (nickels) on the defensive side of the ball for Texas.

Wake Forest head coach Jake Dickert has nabbed Texas special assistant Scottie Hazelton off of the Texas coaching staff and named him the Demon Deacons new defensive coordinator. The move was rumored last week and made official earlier Friday morning. Hazelton had previously been a defensive coordinator at Kansas State and Michigan State before joining Steve Sarkisian's staff for the 2024 campaign. Best of luck to Coach Hazelton next fall.

Dylan Stewart had 100more snaps than Simmons this year. Simmons still finished with more sacks and 2x the tackles.

More hardware for Texas!