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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian expects close to 20 million people to watch Saturday night's game against the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Sarkisian gave the figure Monday during a press conference previewing the Sept. 12 matchup. Ohio State-Texas is the kind...

AUSTIN, Texas — Jeremiah Smith is arguably the best player in college football, Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday, five days before Texas hosts the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Sarkisian compared the junior receiver's build to Julio Jones and A.J. Brown during Monday's...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that freshman running back Derrek Cooper is still in a walking boot and will remain in one "for the foreseeable future." Cooper hurt his right ankle in Saturday's season opener and did not return to the game. Steve Sarkisian Says Derrek...

AUSTIN, Texas — The NCAA has ruled Texas offensive lineman Cole Hutson ineligible, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday. The ruling is not tied to the court case that brought Hutson back to the Texas Longhorns for a fifth season. Something else is behind it, according to what the NCAA...

AUSTIN, Texas — Dan Orlovsky said Monday on ESPN's Get Up that Texas quarterback Arch Manning has his upper body and lower body in sync in a way they were not last season, and that the film from Saturday's season opener would make him the best quarterback in America. Get...

AUSTIN, Texas — Paul Finebaum said Monday on ESPN's Get Up that Arch Manning has to play a monster game when Texas hosts Ohio State on Saturday, and that the result will fall on Texas coach Steve Sarkisian. Finebaum said Sarkisian told him a couple of months ago that the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State Buckeyes coach Ryan Day gave his team 15 minutes to celebrate Saturday’s 56-3 win over Ball State at Ohio Stadium before turning the program to next Saturday’s game at the No. 5 Texas Longhorns. The top-ranked Buckeyes visit Austin on Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m....

AUSTIN, Texas — Rasheem Biles forced a fumble and intercepted a pass in his first game for Texas, and coach Steve Sarkisian said afterward that the forced fumble was an elite play. Texas beat Texas State 59-7 on Saturday at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Biles finished with 5 tackles,...

AUSTIN, Texas — Ryan Wingo said he started catching 500 balls a day on the jugs machine this year because he felt he was dropping the ball too much last season. Wingo caught 7 passes on 8 targets for 121 yards and a touchdown in Texas’ 59-7 win over Texas...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said the third-quarter touchdown pass to Cam Coleman was Arch Manning’s best throw of Saturday’s 59-7 win over Texas State at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Manning finished 20 of 27 for 305 yards with 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. The four touchdown...