NEW ORLEANS—No small amount of effort was expended by some media members at the Sugar Bowl this week trying to goad the Washington offensive line and Texas defensive line into a war of words. For the most part they resisted, but it was fairly easy to read into some true feelings by what was (and wasn’t) said.
Texas defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat was asked about the Huskies, who won the Joe Moore Award for the best offensive line in the country. “Let me see how I can say this,” Sweat began, then cleared his throat—a preamble that hinted he was going to try to be diplomatic when he didn't really want to be. “They’re a great group of guys as an O-line. I mean, yeah, like I won awards [too]. Those are just awards to me. We’ll see (Monday) at 7 o’clock how it goes down.”
Washington offensive tackle Troy Fautanu, on whether the Huskies are sufficiently physical to take on Texas in the trenches: “Just turn on the film. Yeah, just turn it on.”
