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Top-ranked Texas football hosts the recent standard bearer for the SEC on Saturday, when No. 4 Georgia visits Royal-Memorial for the first time since 1958.
Texas (6-0, 2-0 SEC) and Georgia (5-1, 2-1) entered the season as favorites to play for a national championship, and each remains on firm footing for one of the 12 spots in the College Football Playoff. The game, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m., drew an appearance from the College GameDay crew.
We ask three key questions for Texas before the game against the Bulldogs and will answer them postgame.
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Texas defensive linemen Barryn Sorrell, left, and Vernon Broughton celebrate a stop in last week’s 34-3 win over Oklahoma. The Longhorns’ line will have its hands full Saturday against a stout Georgia offensive front.
How will the Longhorns hold up against an elite quarterback?
Pregame question: Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, one of the preseason Heisman favorites, has thrown for 1,818 yards and 15 touchdowns with five interceptions on 67.9% passing this season. His QB rating of 79.7 is 19th in the nation, and he’s coming off his most productive game of the season with 459 yards on 36-of-48 passing with three touchdowns and two interceptions in a 41-31 win over Mississippi State.
The Longhorns have taken on a litany of quarterbacks that includes two true freshmen with Oklahoma’s Michael Hawkins Jr. and Mississippi State’s Michael Van Buren Jr., collegiate journeymen General Booty of ULM and Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi of Colorado State, a first-year full-time starter in UTSA’s Owen McCown and a quarterback who has since been benched in Michigan’s Davis Warren.
Texas ranks second in the nation with 126 yards passing allowed per game, but Beck offers the biggest challenge of the…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-10-19 09:11:34
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