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‘Legitimate Playoff Threat’: Dallas Cowboys Land No. 14 In Week 1 NFL Power Rankings
FRISCO, Texas — Bleacher Report ranked the Dallas Cowboys 14th in its Week 1 NFL power rankings, published Monday, with Kris Knox writing the Dallas entry. Four Bleacher Report NFL analysts ordered all 32 teams from worst to first entering the regular season. Gary Davenport, Knox, Maurice Moton, and Brent Sobleski made up the panel. […]
‘That Was Probably The Difference’: Steve Sarkisian Identifies What Cost Texas vs. Ohio State
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said the Longhorns’ inability to score inside the 10 was the difference in both of their losses to the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Sarkisian made the assessment Monday at a press conference previewing Saturday’s game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Ohio State’s coaches and players are […]
‘Close To 20 Million’: Steve Sarkisian Sets Stage For Texas-Ohio State Showdown
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian expects close to 20 million people to watch Saturday night’s game against the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Sarkisian gave the figure Monday during a press conference previewing the Sept. 12 matchup. Ohio State-Texas is the kind of game Sarkisian wants to […]
Arguably The Best Player In College Football’: Steve Sarkisian On Jeremiah Smith Before Texas-Ohio State
AUSTIN, Texas — Jeremiah Smith is arguably the best player in college football, Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday, five days before Texas hosts the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Sarkisian compared the junior receiver’s build to Julio Jones and A.J. Brown during Monday’s press conference. “I think, one, […]
‘For The Foreseeable Future’: Steve Sarkisian Gives Derrek Cooper Injury Update Before Ohio State
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that freshman running back Derrek Cooper is still in a walking boot and will remain in one “for the foreseeable future.” Cooper hurt his right ankle in Saturday’s season opener and did not return to the game. Steve Sarkisian Says Derrek Cooper Remains In A Boot […]
‘Technically Ineligible’: Steve Sarkisian Reveals New Cole Hutson Eligibility Issue At Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — The NCAA has ruled Texas offensive lineman Cole Hutson ineligible, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday. The ruling is not tied to the court case that brought Hutson back to the Texas Longhorns for a fifth season. Something else is behind it, according to what the NCAA told Texas. Sarkisian did not […]
‘Might The Cowboys Have A Big Swing Coming?’ NFL Insider Reveals Context Behind Jerry Jones Trade Talk
FRISCO, Texas — Jerry Jones was freelancing when he raised the idea of a big trade at the start of Dallas Cowboys training camp. That is what people inside the organization told Sports Illustrated senior NFL writer Albert Breer, who published the account Monday morning in a team-by-team file on all 32 clubs, six days […]
Dallas Cowboys Projected To Add 6-Foot-5 1st-Round TE Despite Jake Ferguson
FRISCO, Texas — Bleacher Report’s NFL Scouting Department sent Oregon tight end Jamari Johnson to the Dallas Cowboys at No. 17 overall in a 2027 mock draft published Monday. Draft order came from FanDuel’s reverse Super Bowl odds rather than projected records. Those odds put the Miami Dolphins at No. 1 overall and Dallas at […]
‘A Downhill Hammer’: ESPN Says Don’t Overlook Javonte Williams In Dallas Cowboys Offense
FRISCO, Texas — Matt Bowen’s fantasy note on the Dallas Cowboys in ESPN’s 2026 NFL team previews, published Sunday, is that Javonte Williams should not be overlooked in an offense that scores as much as this one does. Bowen, an ESPN analyst, wrote that Williams averaged 15.2 fantasy points a game last season and found […]
‘We Gonna Get You All-Pro’: Michael Irvin Works With Dallas Cowboys Rookie Camden Brown
OXNARD, Calif. — Michael Irvin ran a workout with Camden Brown at Dallas Cowboys training camp, with footage posted to the Instagram account for Irvin’s Netflix podcast. The Cowboys practiced at River Ridge Playing Fields from July 29 through Aug. 18 and closed the Oxnard portion of camp with a joint practice against the New […]
ESPN Makes Bold Brandon Aubrey Prediction After Dallas Cowboys’ Record Contract
FRISCO, Texas — Seth Walder’s bold prediction for the Dallas Cowboys in ESPN’s 2026 team previews, published Sunday, is that Brandon Aubrey leads the NFL in field goals over expected. Walder, ESPN’s analytics writer, wrote that Aubrey is an elite kicker who signed a record extension this offseason and still has never led the league […]
‘It’s Still Right There For Us’: Jake Burger Says Texas Rangers Still Believe In Playoff Push
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers finished their homestand at 71-73 with 18 games left, two games behind the Houston Astros in the AL West and two games out of the third and final American League wild card spot. Sunday’s 8-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays split the four-game series and secured a winning […]
He Was Fighting Me To Go Back Out’: Skip Schumaker Explains Jacob Latz Decision Against Tampa Bay Rays
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jacob Latz worked a scoreless eighth inning on Sunday and then argued to stay in the game. Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker sent Jakob Junis out for the ninth instead, and Junis retired the side in order in an 8-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Schumaker said he went into the […]
‘I Guess It Stays’: Jake Burger’s Goatee Bet Pays Off With 2-Homer Texas Rangers Game
ARLINGTON, Texas — Between batting practice and first pitch on Sept. 3 at Globe Life Field, Texas Rangers first baseman Jake Burger shaved his beard down to a goatee. He cleared it first with his wife, Ashlyn, who approved the change on the condition that it produced home runs. “Two home runs, to be specific,” […]
ESPN Projects What Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys Offense Could Look Like In 2026
FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott has four seasons with more than 4,000 passing yards and at least 30 touchdown passes. Only Tony Romo has as many in Dallas Cowboys history, according to ESPN Research, which published the note Sunday in the network’s 2026 NFL team previews. Prescott threw for 4,552 yards and 30 touchdowns in […]
‘Best Quarterback In America’: Dan Orlovsky Sees Different Arch Manning Before Ohio State
AUSTIN, Texas — Dan Orlovsky said Monday on ESPN’s Get Up that Texas quarterback Arch Manning has his upper body and lower body in sync in a way they were not last season, and that the film from Saturday’s season opener would make him the best quarterback in America. Get Up posted the breakdown before […]
‘He Has To Have A Monster Game’: Paul Finebaum Raises Stakes For Arch Manning, Steve Sarkisian vs. Ohio State
AUSTIN, Texas — Paul Finebaum said Monday on ESPN’s Get Up that Arch Manning has to play a monster game when Texas hosts Ohio State on Saturday, and that the result will fall on Texas coach Steve Sarkisian. Finebaum said Sarkisian told him a couple of months ago that the 2025 opener at Ohio State […]
ESPN Reveals Dallas Cowboys’ 2026 Playoff Odds Entering Season Opener
FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys came in 11th in ESPN’s 2026 NFL team previews, which the network published Sunday evening for all 32 teams. ESPN’s Football Power Index gives Dallas a 51.9% chance of making the playoffs. The same model puts the Cowboys at 33.9% to win the NFC East. It projects 9.2 wins. […]
‘Not This One’: Ryan Day Gives Ohio State 15 Minutes To Celebrate Before Turning To Texas
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State Buckeyes coach Ryan Day gave his team 15 minutes to celebrate Saturday’s 56-3 win over Ball State at Ohio Stadium before turning the program to next Saturday’s game at the No. 5 Texas Longhorns. The top-ranked Buckeyes visit Austin on Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. CT on ABC. Ohio State […]
‘It Was Beautiful’: Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott Reveals QBs Who Shaped His Throwing Motion
FRISCO, Texas — On the Coach2Coach podcast with Jason Garrett, Dak Prescott named Donovan McNabb, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, and Michael Vick as the quarterbacks he watched throw growing up, and called Vick’s left-handed release beautiful. Garrett coached the Dallas Cowboys quarterback in Dallas from 2016 through 2019. Prescott grew up in Haughton, Louisiana, throwing […]
‘My Middle Brother, Jace’: Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Reveals Who First Taught Him To Throw
FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott‘s first throwing coach was his middle brother. On the Coach2Coach podcast with Jason Garrett, who coached Prescott for his first four NFL seasons, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback said Jace Prescott taught him in the yard and in the street, and that the laces never came into it. Garrett opened the […]
‘That’s Hard To Coach’: Steve Sarkisian Raves About Rasheem Biles After Texas Debut
AUSTIN, Texas — Rasheem Biles forced a fumble and intercepted a pass in his first game for Texas, and coach Steve Sarkisian said afterward that the forced fumble was an elite play. Texas beat Texas State 59-7 on Saturday at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Biles finished with 5 tackles, half a tackle for loss, […]
‘Next Man Approach’: Dusty May Brings Michigan Championship Lesson To Dallas Mavericks
DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks coach Dusty May said Thursday that the approach that carried Michigan through injuries to a national championship is what he has been preaching in Dallas since the summer began. May spoke in studio at 105.3 The Fan on “K&C Masterpiece,” on the day the Mavericks named the station their flagship radio […]
‘I Had A Few Tears’: Quinten Joyner Opens Up After Scoring TD In Texas Tech Return From Torn ACL
LUBBOCK, Texas — Quinten Joyner scored on his first carry as a Red Raider, a 14-yard run with 12:14 left in the first quarter that opened the scoring in Texas Tech’s 33-10 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday. Joyner tore an ACL in the preseason of 2025 and missed the year after transferring from USC. […]
‘The Knee Felt Great’: Will Hammond Clears Biggest Question After Texas Tech ACL Return
LUBBOCK, Texas — Will Hammond said his surgically repaired right knee felt great in his first start since tearing an ACL last October, and that he came out of Texas Tech’s 33-10 win over Abilene Christian able to run. Hammond’s last start before Saturday came Oct. 25, 2025, against Oklahoma State, the game he left […]
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