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It’s lastly right here. Arch Manning begins his tenure as Texas’ beginning quarterback in opposition to defending nationwide champion Ohio State.
Ohio State leads 7-0 within the second quarter on a CJ Donaldson 1-yard TD run. Observe all our protection from our consultants at The Athletic under.
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Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese is perhaps turning right into a family title proper in entrance of us. Ohio State has used him as a defensive lineman, in protection, as a blitzing linebacker and in opposition to the run and he's had success doing all the things. The junior linebacker leads Ohio State with 4 tackles and has a sack, certainly giving the quite a few NFL scouts right here so much to be enthusiastic about.
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Matt Patricia’s Ohio State protection is doing all the things it might probably to maintain Arch Manning within the pocket and pressure him to undergo his reads. Safeties preserve taking part in excessive, solely leaving brief passes obtainable. Manning has been extraordinarily flustered. He bought one deep try off, but it surely was incomplete into double protection.
Q2 5:05 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
Texas’ offensive line is basically struggling proper now, making issues worse for Arch Manning. The Texas quarterback can’t scramble out of that third-down strain and will get introduced down by Arvell Reese.
One other Texas drive stalls out close to midfield, and the Longhorns punt once more.
Texas must get the working sport happening this drive. A lot of Steve Sarkisian’s offense thrives off the run sport through the play motion move. That will give Arch Manning some respiration room.
Q2 6:35 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
Arch Manning makes use of his legs to arrange a second-and-1 that’s simply transformed, however he badly misses one other downfield throw in his subsequent move try.
However he responds with a brief completion to Ryan Wingo on second down and scrambles for simply sufficient first-down yardage on third-and-3.
For all of the (extraordinarily legitimate) speak of how a lot school soccer has modified, that was a throwback drive from Ohio State on its final posession.
The opening landing drive went for 13 performs, 80 yards and eight:01 of sport clock.
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Working again C.J. Donaldson was an missed huge get for Ohio State, which needed to substitute TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins. He scored 30 TDs in three seasons at West Virginia and bought the Buckeyes' first of the season on a do-or-die 4th down. He is probably not as explosive as final 12 months's guys however he runs onerous between the tackles.
Vouri, considered one of Arch Manning’s sponsors, wasted no time getting a industrial in throughout this sport. Perhaps not the timing they'd like proper after an Ohio State rating however fascinating nonetheless on this period of CFB.
Texas got here into this sport ranked No. 1 within the preseason for the primary time. The final time a group ranked No. 1 misplaced its first sport? Miami was upset by No. 16 BYU 28-21 in 1990.
West Virginia switch C.J. Donaldson is displaying why the Buckeyes have been so wanting to go get him out of the portal, he's extraordinarily onerous to deliver down. He had 22 yards speeding on that drive, however carried the pile on a couple of essential runs, then caps the drive with a 1-yard landing run.
Q2 8:57 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
C.J. Donaldson has his first landing as a Buckeye!
An old-school energy run out of the I formation.
Ohio State takes the lead in entrance of a roaring Buckeyes crowd!
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Q2 9:20 – Texas 0, Ohio State 0
C.J. Donaldson can’t get in from two yards out.
Fourth-and-goal Ohio State from the 1. Right here we go.
Q2 9:41 – Texas 0, Ohio State 0
Ohio State is right down to the Texas 2-yard line, however Ryan Day doesn’t like what he sees in his group’s energy run formation and calls timeout.
A pivotal early third down looms…
Q2 11:40 – Texas 0, Ohio State 0
Again-to-back good runs from West Virginia switch C.J. Donaldson have the Buckeyes right down to the Texas 6, knocking on the door…
Texas’ protection hurting itself with penalties proper now. Ohio State’s within the pink zone for the primary time thanks to 2 Longhorn miscues, a facemask by Colin Simmons and a defensive holding penalty by Manny Muhammad.
Q2 12:35 – Texas 0, Ohio State 0
One other dangerous penalty in opposition to the Longhorns as Malik Muhammad will get known as for a blatant maintain on Jeremiah Smith. Ohio State is within the pink zone, at Texas’ 19-yard line.
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Q2 13:23 – Texas 0, Ohio State 0
Again-to-back downfield pictures to Jeremiah Smith and Brandon Inniss fall incomplete. The Buckeyes crowd needed a move interference on the play in opposition to Smith — however Ohio State is bailed out on the following play by a silly facemask penalty from Longhorns star Colin Simmons.
Ohio State is on the Texas 29…
Q2 14:14 – Texas 0, Ohio State 0
Lastly some indicators of life from the Ohio State offense as a Julian Sayin move to Bennett Christian inches the Buckeyes into Texas territory.
