NEW ORLEANS — With the clock at the Sugar Bowl reading double zeroes, Washington Huskies cornerback Elijah Jackson had commanding position on Texas Longhorns wide receiver AD Mitchell and all the vertical necessary to make the game-winning swipe at the football delivered from Quinn Ewers to send the Huskies to a 37-31 win over the Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl on Monday to advance to next week’s national championship game.
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HUSKIES TO THE NATTY pic.twitter.com/9cXldB8yCR— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 2, 2024“The resiliency our team showed in that fourth quarter to find a way to have an opportunity to win the game is indicative of the character that we have on this team and the men that we have in that locker room — those guys are fighters,” said Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian.