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00:00I think it was rather clear to see on display in the SEC
00:07Championship game that Texas offensively the final month of
00:11this season has not looked fully fit. Perhaps it is the
00:15health of Quinn Ewers. Perhaps it is not the right quarterback
00:19under center for UT. What do you think Steve Sarkeesian's plan
00:24is now in the college football playoff with additional time
00:27to prep at the quarterback spot between Quinn Ewers and Arch
00:31Manning? I am sure his plan is the same it has been under less
00:36ideal circumstances and that's deliver die by Quinn Ewers and
00:41look there are instances when you say look, we're going to
00:45we're going to go with the guy who got us there and you can't
00:47blame him, right? I'll make the comparison. Do you mention the
00:50Georgia Bulldogs? All of those back struggles were tough and
00:55you think man, could Georgia move on to somebody else but
00:58behind Carson Beck is Gunnar Stockton who's nobody has ever
01:02heard of and Jaden Rashad who's seemingly not beat Gunnar
01:06Stockton out on the depth chart behind Quinn Ewers is maybe the
01:11most heralded quarterback prospect in the history of
01:16football. Who has played for Quinn Ewers this season and
01:24looked like he's had the goods. That is again why it is such
01:29a talking point. You sometimes have to just make the difficult
01:33call and instead Sark is making a conservative pregame decision
01:42to go with Quinn Ewers when you look I understand like we now
01:46probably think Texas is going to be in the playoff every year
01:49for the end of time. You don't know that right? There's
01:53nothing Alabama didn't think they weren't going to be in the
01:55playoff after they beat Georgia and they're getting ready to
01:59play Michigan. Well, I think he takes a different approach
02:01today. I think he starts off with Quinn if Quinn is turnover
02:05prone. I think we'll see what played out in the first meeting
02:08against Georgia going to Arch Manning for a spark because if
02:11they're struggling as a 13 and a half point home favorite and
02:15all odds and eyes are on this team to to make it to a national
02:18championship game and they're built that way offensively and
02:22defensively if you're not getting the consistent quarterback
02:25play, he'll make the switch especially after playing in the
02:28semi-final playoff game last year against Michael Pinnock's
02:31in Washington. The expectation and bar is set. So we'll see
02:34how that plays out. I will say this when you look at the
02:37quarterback situation and you look at Quinn Ewers in the SEC
02:41championship through for 358 just, you know, two interceptions
02:44they couldn't get, you know, red zone opportunities. They took
02:47socks, you know bad decision-making by the quarterback
02:51put them in a position to kick field goals and not touchdowns
02:54that cannot be today. If you're looking at the stats though,
02:57Ben, they are a much more dominant home team and I understand
03:00opposition plays into that but you look at the stats Texas at
03:04home this year averaging 305 passing yards per game on the
03:08road 269 a little bit of a drop-off in terms of the rushing
03:12attack. They average 180 at home in terms of on the road.
03:15They're averaging a buck 39 significant drop-off. So they
03:18expect to start fast and this is why Steve Sarkeesian was
03:22brought into Austin to out game plan Dabo Sweeney and that
03:26defense tonight. Listen, Texas has zero wins over teams that
03:29are currently ranked. The Longhorns only have three wins
03:33against power conference teams above 500 Clemson in five games
03:37against power conference foes above 500 one and four straight
03:41up one and four against the spreader two and three straight
03:44up rather one and four against the spread four of those five
03:47games under we showed you the numbers on Quinn Ewers Arch
03:51Manning has not attempted a pass despite playing in multiple
03:54games since the blowout victory over Florida back in early
03:58November. Lisa, you think we are going to see points. We'll
04:01get to the game in Columbus in just a moment, whether it's
04:04Kate Klubnick or somebody else on that Clemson offense who
04:07has to contribute to the scoring output for a Clemson team
04:11that against the best of the best has struggled offensively
04:13can't just be Kate Klubnick. It has to be Phil Moffin. The
04:16reason why I say that is again, you look at that matchup
04:18against SMU Klubnick throws for 262 for touchdowns, but they
04:23couldn't run it consistently in terms of the second half. They
04:25were held to 62 yards on the ground, right? We know that
04:28Texas has the one of the best secondaries in all the college
04:31football holding opposing offenses to 143 passing yards
04:35per game. If they can limit Carson Beck in back-to-back
04:38games, right for basically five quarters, they can do so
04:42potentially with Kate Klubnick has to be Phil Moffins plus
04:45130 to anyway is to score a touchdown, but you need
04:49productivity out of the rushing attack. 66 yards on the ground
04:52for the veteran Moffin or fewer in the last three games for
04:56Clemson against FBS foes. Texas is the best passing defense
05:00in the sport still top 15 defending the run.