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What Longhorns players said following their 22-19 overtime loss to Georgia

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Dec 7, 2024; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Chaz Chambliss (32) sacks Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) during the first half in the 2024 SEC Championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images

So far in the 2024 season, Texas has beaten every team on its schedule aside from one: Georgia. The No. 2 Longhorns lost to the Bulldogs, 22-19, in overtime of the SEC Championship game from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday. Here’s what the players had to say.

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Quinn Ewers, QB

Quinn, the windows get tighter in the red zone. Did it seem like anything that Georgia was doing that made things tough down there? Or your guys’ inability to capitalize on opportunities?

EWERS: “No, I mean, I feel like we had a good plan going in, for sure. We just didn’t capitalize at the end of the day. I think it was all on us. We had plenty of opportunities to go capitalize. Some games go that way. We’re definitely going to take a look at it and go from here. It’s cool, the new 12-team Playoff, we get to keep playing ball.”

Quinn, with their pass-rush being pretty effective, how do you feel you handled their pressure today, considering your ankle?

EWERS: “Starting with the O-line, I think they did a good job of handling all that stuff they do on defense, especially with their backers, all the stuff going on in the front seven. I think they did a good job. I think we moved pretty well in the pocket. Again, that just goes back to the O-linemen making pocket for me.”

Coach alluded to it. Now you got the shot. You have to win an extra one to get back here. Do you feel like you’re built for this because of the way you are made?

EWERS: “Again, our culture is battle for this. We’re built for the moments we’re going into. I have no doubt each and every guy in that room believes the same thing I’m saying right now. I said it earlier this season, it’s 10% what happens, 90% how you react to it. I think we do a good job of handling adversity.”

Quinn, from on the field, was there anything you saw at the line of scrimmage that was difficult to run the ball against? Anything you saw from the line of scrimmage that they were doing differently?

EWERS: “No, I mean, they do a good job of crafting one-on-ones in situations like that. We’ll watch it and check it out.”

Jahdae Barron, CB

When you looked down on the interception, what did you see?

BARRON: “Yeah, I seen green grass.”

Jahdae, how difficult is it to deal with a backup quarterback who you had not prepared for, a different skill set than the starter?

BARRON: “I mean, we just got to go to adjustments and trust PK’s plan. I think we just lacked tackling the second half. That’s something we have to correct on our end. It’s just a one, two thing.”

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Coach alluded to it. Now you got the shot. You have to win an extra one to get back here. Do you feel like you’re built for this because of the way you are made?

BARRON: “Yeah, everything we been through, it started off in spring ball, going into fall camp. We built something here, culture. It’s not building a relationship on the field, it’s building something off the field. Knowing what we’ve been through together. Even when adversity strikes, you have to get back up. He always tell us it’s how we respond. We just have to respond in the right fashion.”

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