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Georgia moves to No. 1 after Alabama’s struggles with Texas

Georgia moves to No. 1 after Alabama’s struggles with Texas

There’s a new No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Georgia surpassed Alabama for the top spot after Week 2 following an easy win over Samford while the Crimson Tide struggled against Texas. Alabama was a 20-point favorite over the Longhorns and won 20-19 on a field goal in the final seconds. Texas was unranked entering that game and is now ranked after giving the Tide a contest while playing most of the game with a backup quarterback. Texas is now at No. 21 and is set to be without starting QB Quinn… Source link

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Bryce Young’s heroics help No. 1 Alabama escape with 20-19 win over Texas

Bryce Young’s heroics help No. 1 Alabama escape with 20-19 win over Texas

Bryce Young was not going to let Texas beat Alabama. The No. 1 Crimson Tide survived a major scare from Texas after scoring with 10 seconds left in a 20-19 win. Texas took a 19-17 lead with 1:29 to go on a Bert Auburn field goal but Young continued to show why he was the 2021 Heisman winner with a fantastic fourth quarter. “When his best was needed, it was really good,” Alabama coach Nick Saban told Fox after the game. Young was absolutely phenomenal over the final 15 minutes and his 20-yard… Source link

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Nick Saban thanks reporter for heads-up about ‘Horns Down’ penalty vs. Texas

Nick Saban thanks reporter for heads-up about ‘Horns Down’ penalty vs. Texas

You might have heard Alabama head coach Nick Saban has a somewhat tenuous relationship with reporters, but he was grateful for at least one of them on Wednesday. During a news conference ahead of Alabama’s road game against Texas, a reporter asked Saban how he addressed the possibility of a “Horns Down” penalty against the Longhorns. Big 12 commissioner Greg Burks had confirmed the hand gesture mocking Texas’ own signature gesture would continue to be a taunting penalty earlier in the… Source link

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Can Texas overcome double-digit spread?

Can Texas overcome double-digit spread?

Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer Race For the Case Week 2: can Texas overcome a double-digit spread? Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger make their picks for Week 2 of the college football season. The fellas choose their winners against the spread in #1 ranked Alabama @ Texas, Tennessee @ Pittsburgh, Iowa State @ Iowa in the Cy-Hawk rivalry game, Kentucky @ Florida, Baylor @ BYU and as always give their locks of the week. 1:40 Alabama @ Texas 15:30 Tennessee @ #17… Source link

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Ewers’ QB debut at Texas included touchdowns, towed car

Ewers’ QB debut at Texas included touchdowns, towed car

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Quinn Ewers had quite the debut as Texas quarterback, even if it was a little rough around the edges. The freshman threw his first interception before his first completion. He recovered nicely to throw for 225 yards and two touchdowns in a 52-10 victory over Louisiana-Monroe. But there were a handful of missed deep balls and at some point, campus parking services towed away his car, which he discovered after leaving the stadium that night. Next up: No. 1 Alabama, and a… Source link

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Aqib Talib’s brother Yaqub wanted in connection with fatal shooting at Texas youth football game

Aqib Talib’s brother Yaqub wanted in connection with fatal shooting at Texas youth football game

(Associated Press) Police in Texas are searching for the brother of former NFL cornerback and broadcaster Aqib Talib in connection with a fatal shooting at a youth football game. The Lancaster Police Department announced on Sunday that Yaqub Salik Talib is wanted as a suspect in the shooting that took place after a reported disagreement between between a coaching staff and an officiating crew at a youth football field at Lancaster Community Park on Saturday. Per the LPD: “Upon arrival, officers… Source link

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Brawl erupts, spills into stands at Texas arena football game

Brawl erupts, spills into stands at Texas arena football game

A Texas arena football league game devolved into chaos and violence that spilled into the stands on Saturday, evoking shades of the Malice at the Palace. The incident occurred at the end of an interleague game between the Texas United Football League’s Dallas Prime and the Arena Football Association’s West Texas Warbirds at Odessa’s Ector County Coliseum. Jackob Brandeburg of CBS7 shared video of the brawl that broke out between players in multiple locations along the end zone concourse. A… Source link

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5-star QB recruit Arch Manning commits to Texas

5-star QB recruit Arch Manning commits to Texas

Arch Manning is heading to Texas. The five-star quarterback tweeted Thursday that he was verbally committing to the Longhorns. Manning is the nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning and the top-rated recruit in the high school class of 2023 according to Rivals. Manning’s commitment to Texas is a massive win for the Longhorns and coach Steve Sarkisian. Texas was competing with the likes of Alabama and Georgia — the teams that played for the national title in January — to secure Manning’s services…. Source link

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Google Cloud opens a new region in Texas – TechCrunch

Google Cloud opens a new region in Texas – TechCrunch

Google Cloud today announced the launch of its new cloud region in Dallas, Texas, as it continues to expand its data center footprint around the world. The new region marks the company’s 11th region in North America. Globally, the company now offers 34 regions, all of which feature three zones for additional redundancy. With this, Google now offers a local region for the expanding tech ecosystem in Texas and, as always, existing Google Cloud users can now offer lower latency access to… Source link

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Texas teacher whose 11 students were killed says active shooting training set the children up ‘like ducks’ for the shooter

Texas teacher whose 11 students were killed says active shooting training set the children up ‘like ducks’ for the shooter

Flowers and photographs are seen at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on June 3, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images A Uvalde teacher said active shooter training set children up “like ducks” for the gunman. Arnulfo Reyes told Good Morning America that he had his kids hide under a table before the massacre. The shooter killed 11 of his students, as well as another 8 children and two adults. A wounded Texas teacher whose 11… Source link

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