College
The 411: UTSA's for real, Horns & Red Raiders pass first tests, Mordecai dazzles for SMU
Jeff Traylor's UTSA Roadrunners showed they are for real after an impressive victory over Illinois. Steve Sarkisian passed his first test as the Texas Longhorns' head coach; Texas Tech showed maturity in a win vs. Houston and Tanner Mordecai shines in SMU debut.
Football season arrived in full force Saturday with each of Texas’ 12 FBS schools in action. The group went 9-3 collectively, with two of those losses (Houston and Texas State) coming against in-state competition. The only loss suffered by an in-state FBS school was Rice’s 38-17 loss to Arkansas, and even the Owls entered the fourth quarter of that contest tied at 17 with the Razorbacks heading into the fourth quarter.
The Longhorns looked formidable in Steve Sarkisian’s first game in charge. Texas A&M slept through the first half in its win over Kent State before turning it on in the second half. Baylor and Texas Tech beat in-state teams, while TCU rolled past Duquesne.
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