P: No. 15 Texas begins 2019 by dumping Sugar on No. 5 Georgia – CollegeFootballTalk

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A No. 15 Texas team that will play the 2019 season with Big 12 championship and College Football Playoff expectations showed exactly why, showcasing superior physicality and execution to dump No. 5 Georgia in a 28-21 win that wasn’t as close as the final score.', ), '2.p' => 'After spending the past month — and Saturday night specifically — chirping about how they belonged in the Playoff over Notre Dame and Oklahoma, Georgia (11-3) backed that talk up by playing its worst game of the season. The Bulldogs fell into a 17-0 hole early in the second quarter and never recovered. The SEC’s best rushing team was out-rushed by a team that entered the game No. 95 in the country on the ground — and out-rushed emphatically, 180-72.', '3.p' => 'But this night was about Texas, and right from the start.', '4.p' => array( 1 => 'The Longhorns accepted the ball to open the game and rolled 75 yards in 10 plays to open the game with a touchdown.', '2.strong' => 'Sam Ehlinger', 3 => 'completed all five of his passes for 61 yards — including a 3rd-and-7 to Humphrey to set up a first-and-goal, which Ehlinger converted with a 2-yard keeper.', ), '5.p' => array( 1 => 'Georgia’s first possession saw', '2.strong' => 'Jake Fromm', 3 => 'convert a 3rd-and-6 with an 11-yard strike to', 4 => ', but a following 3rd-and-9 saw pressure from', '5.strong' => 'Charles Omenihu', 6 => 'and', '7.strong' => 'BJ Foster', 8 => ', forcing a throw away.', '9.strong' => 'Jake Camarda', 10 => 'blasted the ensuing punt 53 yards to the Texas 6-yard line, but replay showed Camarda brought his knee to the ground as he corralled a low snap from', 11 => ', flipping the ball from the Texas 6 to the Georgia 27 — a 66-yard change in field position. Georgia’s defense forced a three-and-out, but instead of a Texas punt from its own end zone,', '12.strong' => 'Cameron Dicker', 13 => 'converted a 37-yard field goal to put the Longhorns up 10-0 at the 6:05 mark of the first quarter.', ), '6.p' => array( 1 => 'Georgia actually got off a punt on its second possession, but Camarda shanked this one for just 11 yards, handing Texas (10-4) the ball at midfield. UT pushed to the Georgia 32 but went backward from there and punted. However, Georgia was not done giving Texas first quarter gifts, as', '2.strong' => 'D’Andre Swift', 3 => 'fumbled the ball to Texas defensive tackle', '4.strong' => 'Gerald Wilbon', 5 => 'at his own 12.', ), '7.p' => 'When Ehlinger rushed in on a 3rd-and-7 for his second score of the game at the 14:53 mark of the second quarter, Texas had a 17-0 lead and a 110-8 total yardage advantage.', '8.p' => array( 1 => 'Georgia snipped at their yardage deficit on their first drive of the second quarter with a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive. The score came on a 17-yard Fromm pass to', '2.strong' => 'Brian Herrien', 3 => ', but the key completion was a 12-yard strike to', 4 => 'on a 3rd-and-11 from the Texas 29.', ), '9.p' => 'Texas answered Georgia’s score, but not with a touchdown. Dicker’s second field goal, a 30-yarder, pushed the UT lead to 20-7 with 4:37 to go in the first half. The key play of the drive came on a 1st-and-10 from the Texas 37, when Ehlinger ducked a blindside sack and turned it into a 17-yard scramble.', '10.p' => array( 1 => 'Swift fumbled the ball inside his own territory on Georgia’s next possession, but the Bulldogs hopped on this one and eventually reached the Texas 31, but', '2.strong' => 'Anthony Wheeler', 3 => 'sacked Fromm on a 3rd-and-10, giving Texas just their third third down stop on eight first-half tries.', ), '11.p' => array( 1 => 'After a scoreless third quarter, Ehlinger’s third rushing touchdown of the game put Texas up three scores with 11:49 left, but it didn’t come easy. After Ehlinger kept a 4th-and-1 rush from the Georgia 13, Texas called his number on six straight snaps — a 5-yard run on 2nd-and-15, a 10-yard conversion on 3rd-and-10, and then four straight quarterback runs up the gut from the Georgia 1. Finally, on fourth down, Ehlinger got in, and replay review showed he had the nose of the ball on the first white blade of the Superdome’s goal line FieldTurf when his knee hit the ground, upholding the touchdown call on the field. Texas went for two and gave Ehlinger a break, hitting', 2 => 'with a fade to push its lead to 28-7.', ), '12.p' => array( 1 => 'Georgia needed a quick response and got one, moving 66 yards in six plays and 84 seconds to pull within 28-14 at the 10:25 mark of the final frame on a 3-yard toss to', '2.strong' => 'Mecole Hardman', 3 => '. Texas put together a brief drive but punted back to Georgia at their own 15, with exactly half the fourth quarter to play and momentum on their side.', ), '13.p' => array( 1 => 'Instead, Georgia punted — immediately.', '2.strong' => 'Gary Johnson', 3 => 'sacked Fromm on first down, and pressure forced two incompletions on second and third down. Texas burned all but the final 70 remaining seconds and both of Georgia’s available timeouts. A plethora of penalties — Texas had two defensive backs ejected for targeting on the drive — helped Georgia pull within one score on a 5-yard pass to Swift, but with just 14 seconds remaining. Collin Johnson recovered the ensuing onside kick to seal the win.', ), '14.p' => 'Ehlinger closed a fantastic sophomore season by hitting a modest 19-of-27 passes for 169 yards while carrying the load in the Texas rushing game with 21 carries for 64 hard-fought yards and all three of his team’s touchdowns.', '15.p' => array( 1 => 'He will enter 2019 as a Heisman Trophy candidate and his team, which just won a New Year’s Six game for the first time since', '2.strong' => 'Colt McCoy', 3 => 'and company did so in 2008, will enter the year with championship expectations. Tuesday night’s game showed exactly why.', ), ), '3.footer' => array( '1.span' => array( 1 => 'Tags:', 2 => ',', 3 => ',', 4 => ',', ), '2.div' => 'Scroll Down For:', ), ), '2.article' => array( '1.header' => array( '1.h2' => 'Florida State apologizes for MLK Day tweet', '2.div' => 'Getty Images', '3.div' => 'By', '4.div' => 'Share this:', ), '2.div' => array( '1.p' => 'As the old adage goes, the best-laid plans of mice and men’s Twitter accounts often go awry.', '2.p' => 'On Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, Florida State’s official recruiting account on Twitter posted an inspirational quote from the slain Civil Rights leader. It would’ve been fine for all involved if the account would’ve stopped there; unfortunately for all involved, they didn’t stop there.', '3.p' => array( 1 => 'Instead, a photoshopped image of Dr. King wearing a football glove and', 2 => 'was included as part of the tweet.', ), '4.div' => array( '1.p' => 'How many people gave this tweet the green light before somebody actually got to hit the publish button on it?', '2.p' => '— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB)', ), '5.p' => 'Not surprisingly, the Twitter account caught significant heat and flack for the image on social media. Just as unsurprisingly, the tweet was deleted less than an hour after it was posted and an apology subsequently issued.', '6.div' => '— Seminoles Recruiting (@FSU_Recruiting)', ), ), '3.article' => array( '1.header' => array( '1.h2' => 'Rutgers hires Andy Buh to coordinate defense', '2.div' => 'Getty Images', '3.div' => 'By', '4.div' => 'Share this:', ), '2.div' => array( '1.p' => array( 1 => 'Rutgers has hired', '2.strong' => 'Andy Buh', 3 => 'as its defensive coordinator, the program has announced.', ), '2.p' => array( 1 => '“We are excited to add Andy to the Rutgers football family,” head coach', '2.strong' => 'Chris Ash', 3 => 'said in a statement. “He is an outstanding linebackers coach and has extensive experience in the Big Ten. Andy and I share a defensive philosophy and he is very familiar with the scheme we run, which will benefit the continued development of our defense.”', ), '3.p' => 'Ash and Buh worked together previously at Wisconsin, where Ash was the defensive coordinator and Buh the linebackers coach. He spent the past three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Maryland and has previous coordinator experience at Stanford, Nevada and Cal.', '4.p' => array( 1 => 'Buh replaces', '2.strong' => 'Jay Niemann', 3 => ', who served as the Scarlet Knights’ defensive coordinator for the first three seasons of the Ash era. Rutgers was 69th in total and yards per play defense and 89th in scoring in 2018, surrendering 31.4 points per game. Buh’s Maryland defense placed 78th, allowing 28.7 points per outing.', ), '5.p' => 'Rutgers is 7-29 under Ash and 3-24 in Big Ten play.', ), ), '4.article' => array( '1.header' => array( '1.h2' => 'North Texas inks home and homes with Baylor, Tulane', '2.div' => 'Getty Images', '3.div' => 'By', '4.div' => 'Share this:', ), '2.div' => array( '1.p' => 'North Texas celebrated MLK Day by announcing a slew of future football opponents.', '2.p' => 'The Mean Green announced Monday it will play home-and-homes with Baylor and Tulane in the 2028 and ’29 campaigns. North Texas will visit the Bears and Green Wave in 2028, then host both in 2029. UNT will visit Baylor on Sept. 2 and Tulane on Sept. 23 in 2028, while the Mean Green will host Baylor and Tulane in back-to-back weeks to open 2029, with the Bears coming on Sept. 1 and the Green Wave on Sept. 8.', '3.p' => 'A previously scheduled home game with Army was bumped from 2027 to 2028 in conjunction with Monday’s announcements. North Texas also announced a home game with Texas Southern for Sept. 24, 2022.', '4.p' => 'Baylor will be the fourth Power 5 program and the second Big 12 opponent to visit Apogee Stadium, which opened in 2011. Indiana visited in Apogee’s opening season, Cal will make a visit in 2022 and Texas Tech will come to Denton in 2027.', '5.p' => array( 1 => '“I am thrilled to announce two quality home-and-home series have been added to our schedules,” Mean Green AD', '2.strong' => 'Wren Baker', 3 => 'said in a statement. “Baylor joins Cal and Texas Tech as Power 5 conference teams coming to Denton over the next few years. Tulane is a quality American Athletic Conference team that will be a fun trip for our fans when we return to New Orleans. I appreciate (COO)', '4.strong' => 'Jared Mosley', 5 => '‘s diligent efforts to find compelling games for our fans.”', ), '6.p' => 'North Texas and Baylor have met 13 times previously. The Bears have won 12 of those meetings but North Texas took the most recent meeting in Denton, a 52-14 thumping in 2003. That remains UNT’s most recent win over a Big 12 opponent.', '7.p' => 'The Mean Green and Green Wave have played just once previously, a 21-14 Tulane victory in New Orleans in 2013.', '8.p' => 'Baylor has a previously scheduled trip to Oregon slated for 2028, a return trip for the Ducks’ flight to Waco in 2027. Tulane also has a home-and-home with Iowa State in 2028-29, with the home dates flipped from the UNT series.', ), ), '5.article' => array( '1.header' => array( '1.h2' => 'Boise State to replace iconic blue turf (with more, newer blue turf)', '2.div' => 'Getty Images', '3.div' => 'By', '4.div' => 'Share this:', ), '2.div' => array( '1.p' => 'Boise State became a household name through playing on its trendsetting blue turf (and winning a lot), such that the school now owns a trademark for any non-green collegiate field.', '2.p' => 'The current blue playing surface is set to go away this spring, only to be replaced by a newer, bigger, bluer (probably) version.', '3.p' => array( 1 => '“It’s needed,” Boise State AD', '2.strong' => 'Curt Apsey', 3 => 'told the', 4 => '. “We’re not just doing it to do it. It’s near the end of the usual lifespan.”', ), '4.p' => 'The current playing surface was installed ahead of the 2010 season; FieldTurf surfaces usually have a lifespan of eight to 10 years.', '5.p' => array( 1 => '“The field is shredding,” Broncos head coach', '2.strong' => 'Bryan Harsin', 3 => '. “It’s just old. It needs to be replaced. It’s just time.”', ), '6.p' => array( 1 => 'Boise State has played on a blue surface since 1986, when then-AD', '2.strong' => 'Gene Blaymaier', 3 => 'put in blue AstroTurf at a cost of $750,000. The school did not even join FBS until a decade later.', ), '7.p' => 'The new surface will extend beyond the playing field to cover the area that previously held the Broncos’ track. It is expected to cost between $600,000 and $1 million, but the school is approved to spend $600,000 as of now.', ), ), ), '2.div' => array( '1.div' => 'Latest COLLEGE FOOTBALL TALK', '2.div' => '|', ), ), ), '2.footer' => array( '1.div' => array( '1.div' => 'FOLLOW US', '2.div' => 2019 NBC Universal', ), '2.div' => 'GET NEWSLETTERS & ALERTS', ), ), '2.div' => array( '1.label' => 'Send to Email Address', '2.label' => 'Your Name', '3.label' => 'Your Email Address', '4.div' => 'Post was not sent - check your email addresses!', '5.div' => 'Email check failed, please try again', '6.div' => 'Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.', ), '3.div' => 'Powered by', ), )