Texas Football vs. Georgia: 5 burning questions ahead of Sugar Bowl

4. Can Texas control the possession and turnover battles?

If Texas football can take control of two points as important as the possession and turnover battles, the Sugar Bowl will be more within reach. For most of the season, the turnover battle was key to the Horns winning the game. Thankfully, Ehlinger became much more adept to managing the game and making good decisions when it matters most.

Four of Ehlinger’s five interceptions this fall came in just two halves of football against the Jayhawks and Maryland Terrapins. The other came near the end of the Big 12 Championship Game when the Horns needed something big to happen. You can’t fault Ehlinger for that too much when he was also getting a ton of pressure in his face.

However, winning the turnover battle is going to be extremely important if the Horns want to keep pace in this game. If you give the Georgia offense some extra drives, winning the possession battle then become a near impossible task to achieve. Georgia’s ground game is very overpowering, and can throw any number of looks and running backs at you.

The top two running backs for the Horns need to be productive, along with Ehlinger in the ground game. True freshman running back Keaontay Ingram is soon to assume the full starting duties in the backfield, so he could use a nice showing in the Sugar Bowl. Controlling the clock with a steady ground game, while Ehlinger manages the passing game well can help the Horns get a victory push here.