Preparing to face one of the nation's premiere rushing attacks, Steve Sarkisian preached all week leading up to Kansas State that his team needed to be the more physical side. After holding them to just 33 yards on the ground, you can definitively say they were,
“I was thoroughly impressed with the physicality in which we played that game,” Sarkisian said. “For us to come out and rush for over 230 yards and to hold [Kansas State] to 33 yards was a huge impact on the game.”
From the first possession, the Texas defensive line made their impact felt with T’Vondre Sweat to Ethan Burke to Byron Murphy.