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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 specialists at The Athletic under.
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Q2 2:00 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
…and this time, Ohio State should punt from its personal 23-yard line.
Can Arch Manning and Texas’ offense get a much-needed spark earlier than halftime?
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Q2 3:33 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
What a throw and catch from Julian Sayin to Carnell Tate!
Sayin had a blitzing defender in his face and needed to retreat into the tip zone. He slings one down the sideline — and Tate comes again to the ball to get the primary down!
Large conversion as Texas had seemed to pressure a three-and-out.
Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese may be turning right into a family identify 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 pieces. 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.
Matt Patricia’s Ohio State protection is doing all the pieces it might to maintain Arch Manning within the pocket and pressure him to undergo his reads. Safeties preserve enjoying excessive, solely leaving brief passes out there. Manning has been extraordinarily flustered. He obtained one deep try off, however it was incomplete into double protection.
Q2 5:05 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
Texas’ offensive line is de facto 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 operating recreation occurring this drive. A lot of Steve Sarkisian’s offense thrives off the run recreation through the play motion go. That will give Arch Manning some respiration room.
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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 go 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 recreation clock.
Working again C.J. Donaldson was an ignored huge get for Ohio State, which needed to exchange TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins. He scored 30 TDs in three seasons at West Virginia and obtained the Buckeyes' first of the season on a do-or-die 4th down. He is probably not as explosive as final yr's guys however he runs exhausting between the tackles.
Vouri, one among Arch Manning’s sponsors, wasted no time getting a business in throughout this recreation. Perhaps not the timing they'd like proper after an Ohio State rating however attention-grabbing nonetheless on this period of CFB.
Texas got here into this recreation ranked No. 1 within the preseason for the primary time. The final time a workforce ranked No. 1 misplaced its first recreation? Miami was upset by No. 16 BYU 28-21 in 1990.
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West Virginia switch C.J. Donaldson is exhibiting why the Buckeyes have been so desperate to go get him out of the portal, he's extraordinarily exhausting to carry down. He had 22 yards dashing 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!
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 workforce’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…
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Texas’ protection hurting itself with penalties proper now. Ohio State’s within the crimson 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 referred to as for a blatant maintain on Jeremiah Smith. Ohio State is within the crimson zone, at Texas’ 19-yard line.
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