The Craig Way Show
Quinn Ewers delivers in overtime to lift Texas over Arizona State, will face Ohio State up next
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VGW Group, voidware prohibited by law. 18+ Terms and conditions apply. Cameron Parker with you filling in for Craigway. Glad to have you with us here on this Thursday, afternoon. Hopefully your heart rate is back to normal after Texas is 39, the 31, double overtime victory over Arizona State to advance to the college football playoff semi-finals, or they'll face Ohio State, the eighth seed, but ranked six in the final college football playoff rankings next Friday at the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, a 6.30 pm kickoff time. Of course, we will have the coverage for you in pregame coverage as well. Myself, Mike Hardball Harge and Mark Kenner will be out there for a very special show on Friday afternoon, beginning at 3.30 pm till 5.30 pm and then Craigway, Rogers Wallace and Will Matthews will take over at 5.30 for their broadcasts as I'll bring you Texas and Ohio State live from AT&T Stadium, winner advancing to the college football playoff national championship, where they'll face the winner between Penn State and the winner of Georgia in Notre Dame, which is about to begin right now on ESPN in that bowl game, the sugar bowl game tip off, sorry, kick off time about 3.10 pm. Of course, it was delayed a day after the terrorist defense in New Orleans earlier this week where many lost their lives and first like to say condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to the family members of those affected by that terrible tragedy that happened in New Orleans on New Year's Eve. Again, thoughts and prayers for those families and look forward to the day where Revelation 21, 3, and 4 do come true. But the game has been moved to the day where it will take off just about 10 minutes on ESPN. Notre Dame actually favored in this game by one point, of course, Carson Beck, Bulldog starting quarterback out for the entire season with that shoulder injury, had surgery on it, declaring for the NFL draft. So coming in, we'll be gunner stocked in the backup quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs. Remember, he came in for back against Texas and the SEC championship did a fine job, helped the Bulldogs win that championship game over the Longhorns. But now with Marcus Freeman and the fighting hours having a chance to prepare for him fully, what can Georgia do against his Notre Dame team that put the whip on Indiana when he was a 27 17 in a game that was pretty much over with in the first half. The score did not indicate truly the outcome of that game. Notre Dame was by far a better team in that one. It was not really a 10 point game late touchdown from the Hoosiers. So a lot of people riding with Notre Dame in this one, the winner of this game will take on Penn State. He was able to hold off Boise State, the Fiesta Bowl to advance the semifinals. And so they'll await the winner of Texas and Ohio State next week. So a lot of fun college football to get to again, Georgia and Notre Dame about to kick off on ESPN. Real quick, some more thoughts on this Texas Arizona State victory. Um, I said in the beginning of the show, it felt like in on our, on our pregame show, a Longhorns game. But thank you to the Taco Deli for having us out yesterday, a fantastic spot, fantastic location, a really real fun show. I felt that like that text would be able to control the line of scrimmage in this game would be able to run the ball and Texas will be able to be able to stop Kim Skadibu. And effectively when this game by double digits, I did not think you would be that close. And the way it started, it looked like that, right? Arizona State got the ball first, had of course, we could not go again without some sort of weird special teams, Miss Gil. We had what three in this game against Arizona State beginning with Maurice Blackwell, Jr. failing to block the Arizona State punt. I still have no idea how he did not block that punt. It was third and four running into the kicker, five yard penalty, automatic first down for Arizona State. They would be able to get in the field will range and score their only points of the first half. Texas offense comes out to place. Boom, boom. Quinn, you were some Matthew Golden and then DeAndre Moore, Jr. seven, nothing. All right. This game I'd be over with pretty early. Texas would go three now later on, but then Arizona State, nothing going. They would punt. And finally, Silas Bolden with a punt return touchdown. We've been waiting for it all year long. We knew he would finally break one and he did it. Texas up 14, the three, the betting live line went from 13 and a half to 25 and a half. And I think a lot of Texas then thought, all right, Arizona State's not going to be able to move the ball against Texas offensively. This is playing right into the hands of the long corns. But after that tick return touchdown, we'll get the ball back forcing another actually, they would force an Arizona State turnover on downs. Fantastic stop from the tax of defensive line stopping Kim Scott Abu would move the ball down the field at a great screen pass to Trey Weisner, but got inside the 10 yard line through some sort of not really a goal line. Fade the man to golden kind of an out route could not confer. Would settle for the field goal 17, three. All right, you know, you feel like it should be 21, three at that point. And then things got a little bit weird in that second quarter. Texas could not capitalize on offense, Arizona State when it would have a couple chances in that first half, believe a second turnover on downs. Actually, they would have three overall. So no, sorry, two overall in that first half, they would turn the ball over on downs. They would have a field goal. The temp blocked. I think it was Ethan Burke, the Westlake product, getting his hands on it. Texas would get the ball back one more time in the first half, end up punting it. Just you know, it felt like it should be a lot larger than a 17, three, three and a half time. But hey, horns are getting the ball back the second half, but a three now in an Arizona State, well, it would move down the field. 11 plays 60 yards. Another turnover on downs. We'll get down to the Texas two yard line, but offensively, Texas is just not running a lot of plays. Arizona State, however, was controlling time of possession and plays at one point. I think they had run 68 plays to Texas is like 20. The time of possession was so skewed. Arizona State had 20 more minutes of the football than Texas did. And we saw that they start to play in, right? Texas finally would go up 24 eight in the fourth quarter, felt like this game was finally over. This spite having that safety following the turnover on downs to the Texas defense, getting another goal line stand next play, Trey Weisner popped, ball comes back to Quinn Ewers. Nothing you can do there has to just fall down. If you, you know, if he throws it away, it's a, it's a safety that the ball gets recovered by Arizona State to touchdown. Best thing to do is just fall down on the ground. Again, Texas not getting a great push on the offensive line, but would go up 24 eight in that fourth quarter felt like, okay, Texas finally going to have some breathing room, but then Arizona State would continue to pull out the tricks cam scataboo with that touchdown pass. Again, not sure what Malik Mohammed was doing there. I guess he just did not see the ball in the air. Turns into an Arizona State touchdown. Texas gets the ball back. And Quinn Ewers on second down just through, which is a really, really bad interception in the double coverage. Looking for Isaiah Bond did not work out well in an Arizona State. Cam scataboo on that go route down the sideline. I thought you could have called offensive pass interference. I mean, he kind of stopped running and Michael Taft checked into him and then scataboo used that momentum to break away from Taft and make the catch. Now, of course, there was the face mass penalty on the catch anyway. Arizona State would ultimately punch it in, would convert to two point conversions to make it 24 24. But here's the thing, despite some frustrating moments from Quinn Ewers in that game, he was nails to end up folks 11 to 14 in the fourth quarter. He led two, two drives in the fourth quarter that resulted in what could have been the game, winning fuel goals, and bird Auburn would miss from 48 yards, and then he would miss from 38 yards. So do not want to hear anything about Quinn Ewers not delivering the clutch because folks he did it twice yesterday in regulation. And then when we get to overtime, right? Third, it was what a third and 14 for Sam Levitt somehow escapes what could have been a Barron Sorrell sack and then got away from David Benda and Michael Taft. I think before getting the first down and then Skadibu would score the touchdown 30 was at 31 24 now. I think a lot of Texas fans thought it's over with. This is it, but fourth down fourth in 13, yours recognizes Arizona State's gonna blitz Brian Robinson said on his post game showing on on on Texas or sorry on on Texas football. They sent six guys, yours recognizes that checks in the max protect offense and delivers an absolute beautiful ball, the Matthew Golden, who by the way, guys, go back and watch Golden's route. He had the safety doing spin cycles, breaks free, beautiful ball from yours steps in delivers a great throw goal and makes the catch tie game. Then first play of first play of stubble overtime, yours again steps up into the pocket delivers another fantastic throw on the run, the gunner helm was able to slip into the secondary. Arizona State, I believe was expecting a tray wise to run. Nope, helm touchdown. They go for two, Matthew Golden, who else 39 31 and then Andrew McCuba steps up and gets the interception on third down. What a way to end it and who better than Andrew McCuba. I think there's two guys on the defensive side that think Texas fans will like to see make a game winning play. Probably Shiny Baron or Andrew McCuba or the two of them. McCuba obviously moved here from Nigeria as a kid, but grew up in Austin played in LBJ Austin with the Clemson and comes back to Texas and has been one of the best defensive players in the country and continues to bring it hit after hit after hit in Texas, able to get the victory 39 the 31 and will take on Ohio State next week. Ohio State led what 34 nothing early on that game against Oregon. A real ugly first half for the Ducks. You know, the first meeting between the two schools, Oregon able to hold on, but that was played in Eugene. You felt like there's Ohio State team. Something has changed since their loss to Michigan, right? That ugly loss, 13 to 10, still not sure how they lost that game, but something has changed because through two rounds to cost you a playoff. I don't think there's any argument. The best team playing their best football right now is the Ohio State Buckeyes, a huge credit to what Ryan Day and Chip Kelly and Jim Knowles have done on both offense and defense. Jeremiah Smith is a freaking cheat code. Mecha Abuka is a fantastic wide receiver. Traving on Henderson, the fantastic running back when Sean Judkins, they have all the talent. They have the best talent in college football. I think from top to bottom, they have the best roster in college football from top to bottom and they're playing like the best football team on top to bottom. So for Texas, I don't know if we've seen them play a full four quarter game against the top 25 opponent this season, but if they want to beat Ohio State next week, they're going to have to play a complete game because they cannot beat the Buckeyes with that up next. We're going to hear from Steve Sarkees and Quinn Ewers in shy day bearing from the post game as the Craigway show continues on this Thursday afternoon. Breaking news and this one is almost unbelievable. 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Hour 2 of Thursday's show begins with a recap of the Texas-Arizona State game and a look ahead to the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State.