During the back half of the season there was a constant refrain from analysts that the Arizona State game held the blueprint to stopping Michael Penix Jr. All it takes is consisting and unrelenting pressure in his face from multiple rushers while UW has reshuffled their interior offensive line, Penix has the flu, it’s raining, and the defense gets multiple turnovers off fumbles and tipped passes at the line. Easy peasy.
Texas had one player, Byron Murphy II, who got consistent pressure inside but Penix was almost always able to sidestep him and still have a stable pocket to step up into in order to find an open receiver.