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Michael Penix Jr. throws Washington past Texas in Sugar Bowl, into championship game
Washington Huskies quarterback Michael Penix Jr. torches Texas Longhorn secondary to win Sugar Bowl, advance into College Football Playoff championship game against Michigan
NEW ORLEANS – One team had Michael Penix Jr. The other did not.
Football isn’t always complicated. In fact, the sport is reliably predictable most of the time. That was true again at the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day as Washington danced past Texas, 37-31, because of a simple truth – Penix is the best player in college football. The Heisman voters were wrong.
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