College Football

AUSTIN, Texas — DraftKings Sportsbook priced Arch Manning at +950 on its Heisman Trophy board Saturday morning. That is second, behind Miami Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah at +490. The latest odds come hours before the fourth-ranked Texas Longhorns host the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Manning...

AUSTIN, Texas — Cardale Jones picked Texas to beat Ohio State on the most recent episode of THE SCRIPT, the Ohio State podcast he co-hosts with Beanie Wells and Dave Holmes, days before the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes play at the No. 4 Texas Longhorns. Jones played quarterback at Ohio...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Aggies coach Mike Elko pushed back this week on the idea that an unranked Arizona State Sun Devils team is a soft nonconference date. Arizona State reached the College Football Playoff quarterfinals two seasons ago and has had a run of players drafted, including...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Aggies coach Mike Elko was working at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, on Sept. 11, 2001, directly across the water from lower Manhattan. Elko said he walked down to the water and saw the city when the first...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Aggies coach Mike Elko spent part of his game-week press conference arguing that Marcel Reed does not get the credit his record warrants. Elko said Reed is 12-1 as a regular-season starter over the last two seasons and is moving past quarterbacks already regarded...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said the biggest unknown in Saturday’s game at Texas is what Will Muschamp does as a play caller, because there is little current film of him doing it. Muschamp returned to Austin this year as defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Julian Sayin said the ball has not gone to Jeremiah Smith in Ohio State Buckeyes games against Texas, and that he had chances to change that last season and did not take them. Smith has 7 catches on 13 targets for 46 yards in two meetings with...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian was asked Thursday whether he feels pressure before the Texas Longhorns host the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, and he answered by listing what is attached to the game. Sarkisian’s position is that the sellout, the ESPN “College GameDay” set in Austin, and the...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said the Longhorns have to know where Jeremiah Smith is on every snap Saturday night, a level of attention he does not give every opponent. Smith has 7 catches on 13 targets for 46 yards in two career games against Texas. In the...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham answered with one word and a laugh this week when the topic turned to defending Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed: “Pray.” Saturday’s kickoff at Kyle Field is set for 11 a.m. CT on ABC. Both teams are 1-0. Texas A&M fell...