NEW ORLEANS—It wouldn’t be a Washington Huskies game if it didn’t go down to the wire. But even for a team accustomed to stressful finishes, this was an extreme case.
Here were the Texas Longhorns, all but dead and buried, suddenly back alive and within range of scoring the winning touchdown in the Sugar Bowl. They were on the Huskies’ 13-yard-line, down six points, with a chance to absolutely steal a College Football Playoff semifinal game at the very end.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers threw the ball into the end zone once … twice … three times.
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With 430 passing yards, Penix was dominant in guiding Washington to a win over Texas in the CFP semifinal.
NEW ORLEANS – Washington became the first Pac-12 Conference champion team in history to not get to play in the Rose Bowl this season.
But the Huskies will gladly take the College Football Playoff championship game next Monday in Houston instead. Washington will play No. 1 Michigan, an overtime winner over Alabama in its semifinal, in what amounts to a retro-fitted Rose Bowl between the Pac-12 and Big Ten.
No. 2 Washington beat No. 3 Texas, 37-31, in the CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl Monday night in front of 68,791 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to reach the title game.
The Washington Huskies have booked their tickets to the National Championship after winning a wild affair against the Texas Longhorns during Monday night’s Sugar Bowl, 37–31.
Washington didn’t make it easy, but managed to survive a hectic final few minutes of play, during which Texas was inches from mounting a shocking comeback victory.
The No. 2 Washington Huskies advanced to college football’s national championship game after beating the No. 3 Texas Longhorns 37-31 in the Sugar Bowl.
The Huskies were able to hold off a furious Longhorns comeback attempt, stopping a fade by quarterback Quinn Ewers to Adonai Mitchell on fourth down at Washington’s 13-yard line on the final play of the game.
The Huskies, who improved to 14-0, will face No. 2 Michigan at NRG Stadium in Houston at 7:30 pm ET on Jan. 8.
Immediately after the game, oddsmakers installed Michigan (14-0) as 4-point favorites with a game total of 55.
PASADENA, Calif. — We may never get another Rose Bowl quite like this … so let’s marvel at it.
Monday’s 27-20 overtime win by Michigan, defeating the Crimson Tide, turned into a game worth etching into the College Football Playoff pantheon. In the final year of its four-team format, a Rose Bowl Semifinal is how you go out.
After a back-and-forth first half, the Washington Huskies held off the Texas Longhorns in the second half of the Sugar Bowl on Monday night in New Orleans, securing their first berth in the CFP final, where they will take on the Michigan Wolverines.
Michael Penix Jr. threw for 430 yards, leading the Huskies over the Longhorns, 37-31, in the Sugar Bowl and setting up a date with Michigan for the national championship.
Alabama Crimson Tide standout linebacker Dallas Turner shared his NFL Draft intentions with conviction following his team’s 27-20 overtime loss to the No.1 Michigan Wolverines in Monday’s Rose Bowl.
Regarded as a high first-round pick in April’s NFL Draft, the junior stalwart told ESPN’s Alex Scarborough he will be leaving Tuscaloosa early.
“I’m gone,” said Turner. “Ain’t no if, ands or buts about it.”
No surprise but Alabama standout edge Dallas Turner tells me he’s turning pro. “I’m gone. Ain’t no if, ands or buts about it.
PASADENA, Calif.—An hour after the Rose Bowl ended, with nobody in the stands and few people still on the field, Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy crouched alone in the end zone to take in what had just happened. When he got up, eyes still wet with tears, he hugged a Michigan employee and headed for the exit. It wasn’t the first time McCarthy had stopped to feel the emotions that come at the end of a College Football Playoff semifinal, but it is the first time he wasn’t processing a searing defeat.