What Texas players said after UT's 57-7 win over Texas Tech
Texas Tech wanted to send Texas out of the Big 12 Conference in style. Texas had other plans. The Horns moved to 11-1 and clinched a berth in the Big 12 Championship Game after blowing out the Red Raiders, 57-7, at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
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Texas prevailed in all three phases of the ball. Offense, defense, and special teams all scored in the complete team effort over Texas Tech in its Big 12 conference finale.
Quinn Ewers, QB
ON THE MINDSET HEADING INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
“I think this whole year, we’ve really taken a stand and said we want to be enamored with us and what we do, and we’ve made it this far. So you know why change now? We’re going to continue to just control we can control. And again, focus on the opinions inside these four walls.”
ON THE COMPLETE TWO WINS
“I think we played some good complimentary football today. You know, defense was was playing tremendous and Keilan (Robinson) scoring on that kickoff return in the second half is huge, and it’s cool to see things like that, especially for a guy like him and a guy like Jett Bush. You know, those plays in DKR always are always pretty awesome and to get the crowd rocking is always fun when different guys touch the ball on offense.”
Jaylan Ford, LB
ON WHEN IT CLICKED THEY WERE GOING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
“It clicked in my mind when Jett got that wild pick six. That was really my last drive out there, and just seeing all the excitement the guys had on the sideline waiting for him, and just seeing how excited everybody was, I loved it. Especially being a senior and being my last game at DKR, man it
doesn’t get any better.”
ON THE CONFIDENCE OF THE TEAM
“Week in and week out we just build on each other. I know everyone understands how good we are. I think for us it’s just we have to go out there an execute the way we want to execute, and sometimes we look back on film and see we missed little things or made little mistakes and it kind of hurts us. I feel like today we played that sound game we’ve been waiting for all year. We were able to go out there and kind of dominate through all four quarters.”
Bert Auburn, K
ON HIS RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE
“It’s crazy to look at all the records and to see your name up there with some of the greatest to ever do it. So, it’s unreal.”
ON THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE CROWD
“It’s awesome. I mean, our crowd was amazing tonight. That’s up there with one of the best atmospheres I’ve ever been a part of. I mean, what CDC has done with all the lights and drones, it’s unreal.”
T’Vondre Sweat, DL
ON SHUTTING DOWN THE TEXAS TECH OFFENSE
“It felt awesome you know, we preach on having shutouts as a whole defense. To play with the group of guys that we have is just awesome and
I’m so grateful to play with those guys and getting to do what I can do best.”
ON GUYS BUYING INTO LONGHORN CULTURE
“Really just believing. That’s what we all preached on, just believing in each other and building close bonds with each other and everything will pay off. As you can see, we’re eleven and one.”
