While the offense was great, the Texas defense made huge strides in WVU win

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns had been nonetheless pissed off by their loss to Texas Tech final week, so their plan is to take their anger out on the following workforce.

Are available, West Virginia.

“Final week was a slap within the face for us as a result of we didn’t really feel like we had been enjoying at our greatest,” Longhorns linebacker Jalan Ford mentioned after a 38-20 win over the Mountaineers. “Particularly going on the market and feeling like you need to have gained… It’s extra painful than dropping a recreation outright. Everybody has a chip on their shoulders and so they all play to their benefit.

West Virginia entered the sport averaging 217.5 speeding yards per recreation and placed on a robust efficiency in opposition to Virginia Tech. The Longhorns held the Mountaineers to 61 speeding yards on 30 carries and largely dominated West Virginia’s passing offense. Quarterback JT Daniels threw for 253 yards with only one landing. He tried 48 passes, his most all season, and that will need to have been affected by his lack of ability to play in opposition to Texas’ prime seven.

Ford mentioned the line of defense performed nicely, which is why he had a team-high 14 tackles, together with seven unassisted saves.

“These are my folks,” he mentioned. “Linebackers can’t get by with out them. If I steal, it’s due to them and so they’re doing their job. Nobody on this workforce is egocentric.

Texas led 28-7 at halftime thanks largely to an efficient offense, however the protection didn’t enable the Climbers to attain till the final drive of the primary half. Even so, the climbers take a very long time to attain, whereas the assault continues to build up factors, the protection doesn’t enable for explosive play. West Virginia had just one recreation over 20 yards, with Daniels throwing a 32-yard cross to Bryceford Wheaton within the third quarter as Texas took a 35-7 lead.

Working again Billy Robinson’s Longhorns rushed for 101 yards and touchdowns on 20 carries, and he felt the workforce was enjoying with an perspective as nicely.

“That loss final week damage,” he mentioned. “It’s nice to see us seem as we got here after.”

Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian echoed Robinson’s sentiments throughout his post-match press convention.

“Defensively we got here out within the first half and performed complementary soccer,” he mentioned. “Jaylan Ford may be very energetic, Barryn Sorrell runs behind the quarterback. I feel our protection this week, our corners are higher related. I feel when issues go flawed we make key saves more often than not. Ball.”

West Virginia went to 3rd down 18 occasions, with 9 transitions, and the Climbers additionally transformed three fourth downs to 5 makes an attempt. These don’t have the identical influence as Texas Tech as a result of the protection doesn’t enable a bunch of those transitions in a row.

“I feel we labored higher collectively on the back-end and the front-end to take a number of the strain as a result of our protection is tighter,” he mentioned.

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