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Up to date 53s in the past
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 beneath.
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Q2 0:35 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
And with the Buckeyes getting the second-half kickoff, they’ll probably simply kneel this one out.
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Q2 0:43 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
Ryan Day calls timeout with 43 seconds left as Steve Sarkisian retains his offense on the sector on fourth-and-3…
…and now Texas calls a timeout.
Q2 1:50 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
One other missed throw from Arch Manning. This one goes excessive.
Sure, there are plenty of components working in opposition to him, however Manning owns plenty of blame for his struggles throwing downfield up to now.
Q2 2:00 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
…and this time, Ohio State must punt from its personal 23-yard line.
Can Arch Manning and Texas’ offense get a much-needed spark earlier than halftime?
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 top zone. He slings one down the sideline — and Tate comes again to the ball to get the primary down!
Massive 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 every little thing. The junior linebacker leads Ohio State with 4 tackles and has a sack, certainly giving the quite a few NFL scouts right here loads to be enthusiastic about.
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Matt Patricia’s Ohio State protection is doing every little thing it may to maintain Arch Manning within the pocket and pressure him to undergo his reads. Safeties maintain taking part in excessive, solely leaving quick passes obtainable. Manning has been extraordinarily flustered. He acquired one deep try off, however it was incomplete into double protection.
Q2 5:05 – Ohio State 7, Texas 0
Texas’ offensive line is actually 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 recreation happening this drive. A lot of Steve Sarkisian’s offense thrives off the run recreation through the play motion go. That might 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 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) discuss 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.
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Operating again C.J. Donaldson was an neglected massive get for Ohio State, which needed to substitute TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins. He scored 30 TDs in three seasons at West Virginia and acquired the Buckeyes' first of the season on a do-or-die 4th down. He will not be as explosive as final yr's guys however he runs arduous between the tackles.
Vouri, one in all Arch Manning’s sponsors, wasted no time getting a industrial 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 group ranked No. 1 misplaced its first recreation? Miami was upset by No. 16 BYU 28-21 in 1990.
West Virginia switch C.J. Donaldson is exhibiting why the Buckeyes had been so wanting to go get him out of the portal, he's extraordinarily arduous to deliver 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!
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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. No hesitancy from Ryan Day — the offense stays on the market.
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…
