The School Soccer Playoff quarterfinals supplied numerous intriguing matchups Wednesday because the Texas Longhorns survived a tough fourth quarter and defeated the Arizona State Solar Devils in double-overtime. In the meantime, the Ohio State Buckeyes utterly dominated the Oregon Geese. Now, fourth-ranked Texas and sixth-ranked Ohio State are set to satisfy within the Cotton Bowl within the semifinals.
On Thursday’s version of “First Take,” the Longhorns got here up and host Stephen A. Smith made it recognized that he isn’t feeling the Longhorns reaching the nationwide championship recreation as they’ve a tricky matchup with the Buckeyes.
“They have been sloppy. As formidable as (ASU operating again Cam Skattebo) was, he is just one dude, and he gave you nightmares. … Based mostly on the sloppiness that I’ve seen from Texas, I am scared they are going to get blown out by Ohio State,” Smith stated.
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In line with DraftKings Sportsbook, the Buckeyes (12-2) are six-point favorites greater than per week forward of the Cotton Bowl, which shall be performed on Jan. 10.
How did Quinn Ewers do within the School Soccer Playoff towards Arizona State?
Whereas there have been some questions relating to how quarterback Quinn Ewers was doing within the large recreation for the Texas Longhorns, he stepped up and completed 20 of 30 (66.7%) for 322 yards with three touchdowns to 1 interception whereas including a dashing landing.
There have been some head-scratching choices, such because the move that wound up being intercepted in addition to among the playcalling. Nevertheless, it is troublesome to name Ewers out for the performs. On “The Colin Cowherd Podcast,” former NFL scout John Middlekauff stated he was not too impressed with the outing regardless of the field rating trying effectively.
“This can be a nationwide championship roster with no nationwide championship quarterback,” Middlekauff stated.
Breaking down the sport, Ewers made errors, however proper now the one factor Texas (13-2) must do is survive and advance.
Edited by Joseph Schiefelbein