ATLANTA – Arizona State doesn’t lack confidence heading into its College Football Playoff quarterfinal game against Texas in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, especially when it comes to the Sun Devils’ two best offensive players.

“There’s nobody out there that can stop me,” running back Cam Skattebo said during Monday’s availability.

Sam Leavitt, meanwhile, stood behind his comments that he would prove he was the better quarterback in Wednesday’s game.

Skattebo, who finished No. 5 in the Heisman Trophy voting, was asked repeatedly about facing the No. 1 defense in the country and how the Longhorns’ plan to stop him would affect him.

“They continue to say that people will try to stop me,” Skattebo said. “There is no one out there who can stop me. We played 13 games and I was the target in every single one, so I’m not too worried. We’re going to play our game and play ball and see what happens.” There.

“If they study hard, there’s a reason. I have complete respect for them because they understand what they are playing against and that’s why I love playing in games like this because they constantly see me as a threat. “And that’s what I’ve always wanted to be. And if I’m a threat on the football field against an SEC team that finished second in their conference, then I think I’m in a pretty good position.

Skattebo had a breakout senior season, rushing for 1,568 yards and 19 touchdowns and catching 37 passes for 506 yards and three touchdowns. However, he was not invited to the Heisman ceremony in New York, but instead watched the ceremony with his girlfriend.

“I thought we had bigger plans. There are still more goals to achieve,” said Skattebo. “I was a little upset, but I’m not too worried.”

Arizona State offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo said facing this Texas defense will be the biggest challenge for his offense yet.

“We’ve never played against a defense like that,” Arroyo said. “They are good from top to bottom. This is the best defense in college football right now, but to know what our guys are going to do in the games against them, we have to be patient. “To find our spots, you have to be disciplined because you can’t with this group may deviate from the plan. They won’t allow for extra yards that you think you can find elsewhere.

Skattebo said the Sun Devils’ size and physicality are key.

“We can outwork them a little bit sometimes,” Skattebo said. “And if we continue to do that and be more physical than them, I think this game is certainly what we want.”

Leavitt, meanwhile, said Saturday that he’s looking forward to taking on the Longhorns’ Quinn Ewers and proving “why I’m the better quarterback.”

These comments went viral, which Leavitt himself noticed when he looked at his phone.

“Cool,” Leavitt said of the reaction. “You know, get my name out there a little bit more. I don’t feel like advertising is bad, especially if you don’t say anything.”

“…It’s just an opportunity for me to prove myself. … I hope that every player on the field feels like they are the best. Why shouldn’t you believe that yourself?”

Leavitt, a redshirt freshman, transferred from Michigan State to Arizona State and has developed into one of the best young quarterbacks in the country. In his last six games, he threw 16 touchdown passes and just one interception.

“We have a quarterback who believes he is really, really good, one of the best in the country — if not the best in the country,” Arroyo said. “Believe he will play on Sundays. Believes in everything he does. It wasn’t until the microphone was in front of him that he had a chance to let everyone know, and that’s okay.”

“He tells us that all the time. We already knew that. This is no surprise to us. It just makes for good topics of conversation. I bet Quinn says the same thing because those are the quarterbacks who are at that position most of the time. “They have this weird belief in themselves all the time.