The Texas Longhorns got their signature win of the season Saturday night in Austin, storming back from a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun top-ranked Ohio State, 24-23. Trailing 23-3 in the fourth quarter, Texas closed the game on a 21-3 run, capped by Hollywood Smothers' 1-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds remaining, to complete one of the largest comebacks over an AP No. 1 team in the past two decades. Now the Buckeyes are getting called out by one of their own legends, Urban Meyer.
"There's one big alarm going off when I saw this, and that's the last three drives. You had 15 plays, 91 yards," Meyer said. "Arch [Manning] did a good job, but I'm telling you they ran the ball right at them ...
There was no mistake that they were going to score. I kept watching this and saying, 'Make a play, make a play,' and they couldn't. Of all the concerns, that's number one.
And I would say number two is, all those talented receivers — understand you've got the freak Jeremiah [Smith], the best player in college football, had I believe eight catches. Every other receiver combined had two." More news: Ole Miss AD Says Lane Kiffin Worked Behind the Scenes to ‘Hurt’ the Program Smith entered the 2026 season as the odds-on favorite for every major national award at the receiver position. He's widely projected to be a top-five pick in the 2027 NFL Draft and has proven to be a generational talent.
Through two games, he already ranks fifth nationally with 315 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns, averaging 19.7 yards per catch. The issue, to Meyer's point, is that Ohio State's second-leading receiver in the loss to Texas was running back Bo Jackson, who had four catches for 37 yards. On the season, only one other player has topped 100 receiving yards: senior wideout Devin McCuin, with 102, almost all of which came against Ball State in Week 1.
More news: Florida State President Sends Clear Message About Mike Norvell’s Future More news: SEC Team Turns to True Freshman QB After Just 2 Games Luckily for the Buckeyes, they'll get a get-right game against Kent State this Saturday, a game in which Ohio State is favored by 52.5 points. After that, they'll face a tough Big Ten gauntlet against Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Indiana, USC, and Oregon.
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