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Top-ranked Texas survived a hostile Neyland Stadium in a twenty to seventeen thriller over number fourteen Tennessee, and the story of the game was edge rusher Colin Simmons, who tied the program record with five sacks in a single afternoon, absolutely wrecking the Volunteers' offensive line in the Longhorns' first-ever visit to Knoxville.
Shifting to baseball, and a moment that stopped everyone cold — Justin Verlander's final major league start ended not with a strikeout or a standing ovation, but with his seven-year-old daughter walking out to the mound to pull her dad off the field. The future Hall of Famer got his farewell, and it hit differently than anyone expected.
And some tough injury news out of Texas — not the Longhorns, but the Rangers — as third baseman Josh Jung was placed on the ten-day injured list with a broken right hand, and here's the brutal timing: two games left in the regular season, with the AL West race still very much alive and every roster move carrying enormous weight down the stretch.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
