The Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes are set to clash in a highly-anticipated College Football Playoff Semifinal matchup. Coach Sarkisian acknowledges the challenge posed by Ohio State, while Coach Day emphasizes the need to contain Texas's running game. Both teams possess strong offensive and defensive capabilities, making this a thrilling contest.
In exactly one week, the Texas Longhorns will head to the Cotton Bowl to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in Arlington in the College Football Playoff Semifinal s. “It's a heck of an opponent in Ohio State,” said Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian. The Texas head coach believes his team to be the underdog after Ohio State toppled undefeated Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. “Nobody's going to give us a shot,” he said. “So we're going to need all that we can to try to win this game.
”“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Sark and the way that he designs his offenses, the way he calls the game,” said Day. The Longhorns defeated Big-12 Champion Arizona State 39-31 in the Peach Bowl. It came down to double overtime and a game-sealing interception from Andrew Mukuba.These two will meet one week from Friday in Arlington. Right out of the box, Day knows they’ll have to contain the Texas running game. “Our defensive staff is going to be working around the clock to put a great plan together, and then our players in terms of executing the plan,” said Day. After rushing for a mindboggling 292 yards against Clemson in the first round, Texas only mustered 53 yards against Arizona State. “Everybody's kind of got to take some responsibility for that,” said Sarkisian. “But we're at our best when we can run it and that gives us balance.”“They're ferocious up front. They've got a great pass rush, big on the inside, big edge players that are very talented,” said Sarkisian. Defensively, Texas has its hands full. Ohio State has one of the best one-two punches at wideout in the country with Emeka Egbuka and Jeremiah Smith.“These guys are impactful players that are real issues, and we're going to have a hard time guarding them,” said Sarkisian. It’s not just the wideouts, but Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard has earned the respect of the Longhorns as well.This will be with fourth all-time meeting between these two programs with the last matchup coming back in 200
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