With the dangerous Kansas State matchup looming, head coach Steve Sarkisian stayed positive about his redshirt freshman quarterback Maalik Murphy and team following a commanding win over BYU. “I think he stayed consistent, and that’s that’s a great thing,” Sarkisian said about Murphy. “You develop the habits that you develop for consistency and he’s developed.
With Quinn Ewers in front of him and hotshot freshman Arch Manning closing from behind, Maalik Murphy could have easily bolted from Texas for somewhere else to play quarterback. Murphy chose instead to stay in Austin and wait for a chance like he is getting Saturday. With Ewers recovering from a sprained throwing shoulder, Murphy will likely get his first career start when the No. 7 Longhorns (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) host BYU (5-2, 2-2).
At the halfway mark of the regular season, the Longhorns have underperformed in the red zone. In the second piece of a two-part analysis, come decipher where Texas went wrong in the red zone.