One of the biggest compliments to give a redshirt freshman quarterback making the first start of his career against the No. 1 team in the country is that he did nothing to lose the game for his team.
That was Julian Sayin’s performance against Texas on Saturday. The stat line wasn’t gaudy. He finished 13-of-20 (65%) for 126 yards and a touchdown, though those numbers would have been better if his receivers hadn’t dropped three passes. But he was willing to take checkdowns. He threw the ball away a time or two.
"I said in the locker room, I thought he handled himself well," Ryan Day said after the game.