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Washington will meet Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 1. 2 seed Washington (13-0) won the Pac-12 championship with a 34-31 win over Oregon in the conference championship game on Friday. 3 seed Texas (12-1) jumped four spots from No. This will be the sixth all-time meeting between Washington and Texas, and fourth straight in a bowl. The semifinal will be a bowl rematch of quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. of Washington and Quinn Ewers of Texas.

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers and the Texas Longhorns are leaving the Big 12 with bookend championships and still hoping for a chance at the College Football Playoff. Longhorns fans heartily booed and chanted “S-E-C!, S-E-C!” while Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark addressed the crowd before presenting the championship trophy to Ewers. It was the fourth Big 12 title for the Longhorns (12-1, No. 18 CFP) had won seven of eight games to get to its second Big 12 title game in three years. Murphy and Manning both took snaps on the final drive for Texas over the final 6 1/2 minutes against Oklahoma State.

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7 Texas overwhelmed Texas Tech 57-7 on Friday night to reach the Big 12 championship game. Leaving with Oklahoma for the Southeastern Conference after this season, Texas (11-1, 8-1), has won six straight since a loss to Oklahoma. We couldn't afford to stub our toe again.”Every Monday after the loss, Sarkisian told his players that their game that week was a Big 12 championship game. Texas Tech, which converted 6 of 8 fourth-down attempts while beating Texas last season, failed on its only attempt of the first half Friday. Texas: Awaits an opponent for the Big 12 championship game Dec. 2.

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☆ Arch Manning, nephew of Peyton and Eli, makes long-awaited Longhorns debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Arch Manning’s uncles – Peyton and Eli – have won four Super Bowls and three Super Bowl MVP awards between them, were both selected as the No. And Arch, the latest quarterback in the Manning dynasty, made his long-awaited, much anticipated debut on Friday for Texas Longhorns as they dismantled Texas Tech 57-7. “I’ve never seen a quarterback go into the game as a backup … when Arch went in, I mean the crowd was buzzing,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said, according to ESPN. Before committing to Texas, he broke his high school’s records for career passing yards and touchdowns in 2022, which were previously held by his uncles, Eli and Peyton. The Longhorns’ blowout victory on Friday secured a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game on December 2 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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QB Quinn Ewers to Return From Shoulder Sprain for No. 7 Texas and Start Against TCUQuarterback Quinn Ewers will start for No. 7 Texas against TCU after missing two games with a sprained shoulder

Persons: QB Quinn Ewers, Quinn Ewers Organizations: Start, TCU, Texas Locations: Texas

☆ Oklahoma Gets a Signature Win Over No. 3 Texas—With Its Defense
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The moment it became clear that things had changed at Oklahoma came at the top of the fourth quarter of the Sooners’ annual Red River Showdown against Texas on Saturday. With the Longhorns trailing 27-20, quarterback Quinn Ewers threaded a 28-yard pass to Jordan Whittington, who was tackled at the one yard line.

Persons: Quinn Ewers, Jordan Whittington Organizations: Oklahoma, Sooners, Texas, Longhorns

DALLAS (AP) — Dillon Gabriel knew he couldn’t take a sack as the pocket collapsed around him in the closing seconds of his Red River rivalry debut, the kind of big game he went to Oklahoma to play. 3 Texas on Saturday in their last matchup at the State Fair of Texas as Big 12 members before moving to the Southeastern Conference. Gabriel completed 23 of 38 passes for 285 yards and ran 14 times for 113 yards and a score. And we will.”They could play the Sooners again, if both make it to the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 2. UP NEXT Oklahoma has an open date before hosting Big 12 newcomer UCF on Oct. 21.

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3 Texas got a dominant game from its defense to overpower Baylor in a 38-6 win Saturday night to launch the Longhorns into their final Big 12 season. Texas will join the Southeastern Conference next year and will be finishing out the Big 12 with several last matchups with old rivals. Baylor: The Bears are two seasons away from winning a Big 12 championship and this one is unraveling fast. The Jayhawks beat the Longhorns in double overtime in Austin in 2021 to break a 58-game road losing streak in the Big 12. Baylor plays at new Big 12 opponent Central Florida on Saturday.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The hype is coming for the Texas Longhorns like it hasn’t in years. That's what happens when you knock off Alabama on the road and get your first win over a top-five team in 15 years. “Game over with,” Longhorns receiver Xavier Worthy said, after it had been over with for an hour or so. In essence, Texas bullied an Alabama team that’s been doing that to opponents throughout coach Nick Saban’s tenure. “I think there’s a lot of people out there that based on the games we’ve had in the past or the seasons we’ve had in the past, some people try not to believe the hype,” Brooks said.

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The Pac-12's previous high was six ranked teams, achieved multiple times including last week. After Washington State beat Wisconsin on Saturday night, Cougars coach Jake Dickert noted his school's unfortunate position. OUTFalling out along with Texas A&M were Wisconsin, which lost at Washington State, and Tulane, which lost at home to Mississippi. CONFERENCE CALLWith Tulane dropping out, there are no ranked teams from conferences outside the Power Five. RANKED vs. RANKEDNo games match ranked teams this week.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 victory over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a huge win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention. This amounted to a welcome-to-the-Southeastern Conference moment for a program set to join Alabama & Co. next season. Alabama had its 21-game home winning streak snapped along with a 57-game regular-season binge against nonconference teams dating to Nick Saban's debut season, 2007. Alabama's Jalen Milroe delivered big plays passing and running, but also was picked off twice on bad decisions.

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