The betting public have to be hammering the offshore sportsbooks over on Monday night when Texas faces Washington in the Sugar Bowl. This could be a 5-hour game the way the Longhorns (36.2 ppg) and Huskies (37.7 ppg) can put up points at will – mostly through the air. These two teams met in the Alamo Bowl last year in what was a 27-20 Washington win – but they may hit that amount of points by halftime the way each program is dialed in right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Washington is getting points on Monday night, which has to seem like an insult to a team that has gone 13-0 this year, answering every challenge put in front of them. The Huskies have won 20 straight games heading back to last season, and have a Heisman finalist in QB Michael Penix, Jr. <\/strong>that has maybe as good of a grasp on an offense as we’ve seen in the last 10+ years in the FBS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We thought Penix, Jr. was solid last year when he threw for 4,641 yards with 31 TDs and 8 INTs, but that was no fluke as he topped that with 33 TDs this year<\/a> (with more to likely come) to go along with 4,218 yards and a 69.9% completion rate. The Huskies have a 1,000 yard rusher in Dillon Johnson<\/strong> and an argument could be made that WR Rome Odunze<\/strong> (1,428 yards, 13 TDS) is the best in the nation along with Marvin Harrison, Jr. and Malik Nabers<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n