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Ohio State and Texas are delivering the closest thing college football has to a playoff atmosphere in September, and it's only Week two. The Buckeyes roll into Austin as the top-ranked team in the country to face the fourth-ranked Longhorns, with College GameDay setting up shop in Austin and actor Glen Powell along for the ride. Last time these two met, Ohio State won fourteen to seven, and that result ultimately kept Texas out of the playoff. The stakes feel even higher now.
Shifting to the NFL, Jonathan Taylor may be about to surprise some people in Indianapolis. ESPN analyst Seth Walder is predicting that Taylor will make his mark through the air rather than on the ground in the Colts' Week one matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, projecting at least four receptions for the star running back. If Taylor becomes a dual threat out of the backfield early, the Colts' offense could be tougher to scheme against than anyone expects.
And in San Francisco, the forty-niners sent a message to the rest of the NFC West. A dominant Week one win over the Los Angeles Rams, widely considered Super Bowl favorites, put the league on notice. While Seattle barely scraped past New England thirteen to ten, San Francisco looked like the class of arguably the toughest division in football.
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