And welcome back to the cover three podcast here on CBS Sports Network.

That's Danny Cannell.

That's Bud Elliott.

I'm Chip Patterson coming to you live for the next hour,

getting you set for week one in the big 10. This is going to be just a thing to flag on your

calendar, you know, circle it, set a meeting for noon Eastern time on Tuesdays because we are

going to have you rocking and rolling with game breakdowns, latest news analysis, and so much more each and every week on CBS Sports Network.

Now, today, obviously, we've got our hands full.

Why?

Because we've got a massive matchup with the reigning champion Ohio State Buckeyes,

as they welcome in the number one team in the country, the Texas Longhorns.

We'll be giving you a tale of the tape, the storylines, the matchups, and of course some game picks.

Plus taking a look at UCLA hosting Utah, the Nebraska-Cinthagnotty matchup in Arrowhead.

And before we get out of here, we will give you a player to watch for the weekend in the Big Ten.

Before we get in detail of the tape, D.K. Bud, Danny First, what is it like to go into a college football season a week one and to have a matchup of this magnitude Ohio State hosting Texas?

I love it. I do think it's one of the thing that really helps

these coaches in training camp to get their team pretty fine-tuned and focused on a huge game.

Like sometimes when you have an easier opponent, they might have a tendency to look ahead and

you hear that coaches say that sometimes. We can't overlook our first opponent. You don't have to

worry about that at all with either one of these teams overlooking the opponent. This has been circled all season long as a significant matchup. And it also allows you to game plan a little bit more specifically, have a little bit more of an enhanced game plan with a little extra time to prepare for them, throw some new wrinkles at them. So I cannot wait for this matchup just like all of college football fans across the country. I think it's going to be an all-time banger. Totally agree with D.K. I mean, both teams have to come out here. They have to throw their fastball. You really can't hold anything back. A lot of teams we see kind of load manage early in the year. They play all these, you know, lesser-level teams. this is big boy ball on day one. All these players know each other. Ohio State recruits against Texas quite frequently. They're all at the same elite camps that like they've all kind of grown up, you know, being on the camp circuit and the seven on seven circuit. So like what a fun game, a bunch of elite athletes. I'm ready to watch this. Yeah, it's funny that you mention that because we discussed that with in-state rivalries, right? You know, the guys that went to high school together. It's always familiar. But the very few that are in that upper, upper tier of recruiting, yeah, they all know each other too. They've all been on the visits. They've all been to the camps, as you mentioned, another cool angle that we have right here.

Okay, on to Tail of the Tape.

We have gone through and we have identified six different categories that we are going to be comparing when it comes to Ohio State and Texas.

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