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Texas QB Sam Ehlinger named Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week

Once again Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger picked up weekly honors. He was named this week’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

Following Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger’s performance against the UTEP Miners, many wondered what he would do for an encore. Against UTEP, Ehlinger threw five touchdown passes to five different receivers and totaled 426 yards. Many felt he could do more against a defense that gave up almost 600 yards on defense.

Against the Red Raiders, the Longhorns scored a total of eight touchdowns. Of the eight, six were courtesy of the team captain, Sam Ehlinger. He didn’t throw for 400 yards again but he made plays when the team needed him most. On the final two touchdown drives, he completed 6/7 for 93 and touchdown passes to Joshua Moore and Brennan Eagles. Ehlinger found Moore in overtime to leave with the win.

Ehlinger totaled 332 yards of offense and six touchdowns. Not only that but he became the first player in school history to throw for five touchdowns, twice. Even more impressive that he did it in back to back games to start the 2020 season. For his efforts, Ehlinger was named Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

This marked the third time that Sam Ehlinger has earned that honor. He shared the award these week with Kansas State’s Skylar Thompson who threw for a career high 344 yards in the upset win over Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday. Next up for the senior is retribution against the Texas Christian Horned Frogs at 11 am CDT. The Longhorns will have their conference home opener in front of nearly 25,000 fans at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Chasing Colt McCoy

Player Yards Touchdowns
Colt McCoy 13,253 112
Sam Ehlinger 9,558 78

 

Down goes Oklahoma! What Kansas State upset means in big picture

The Big 12 has had a rough start to the 2020 season and that only got worse when powerhouse Oklahoma fell at home to Kansas State Saturday

For the second straight fall it’s Kansas State that has ruined Oklahoma’s hopes for an unbeaten regular season.

Oklahoma entered the day ranked third in the nation and a four touchdown favorite against Kansas State, who knocked them off last fall in Manhattan.

Despite Kansas State playing without eight players who were kept home due to positive COVID-19 tests, the Wildcats walked into Norman and managed to pull the upset.

Quarterback Skylar Thompson not only threw for 334 yards and a touchdown but also finished three Wildcats drives with his legs as he ran for three scores on the day.

Perhaps the most important thing Thompson did on the afternoon was not turn the ball over as Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler had some big-time growing pains, throwing three interceptions on the day.

Oklahoma’s defense had trouble stopping the big play most of the second half as Kansas State erupted for 31 second half points after putting up just seven in the games first 30 minutes.

In what is an incredibly strange year of 2020 it’s hard to speak in absolutes just a few weeks in but it really is feeling like it’s Texas or bust for the Big 12 this fall.

Kansas State lost their only previous game this season to Arkansas State before pulling the upset today while the conference has already had it’s fair share of embarrassing losses to the Sun Belt early on.

Oklahoma will undoubtedly drop like a rock in the new polls on Sunday and have a ton of work cut out for themselves if they hope to be in the College Football Playoff yet again this winter.

If there is good news for the Sooners it’s that the loss came so early on but when considering resumes a few months from now, this loss to a Kansas State team that lost on their own home field to Arkansas State will be difficult to look past, even if the Sooners run the table from here out which is going to be difficult enough on it’s own.

Is it time to start thinking the Sun Belt Champion should warrant more consideration for the playoff than the Big 12 winner?

You may have laughed but it’s getting to be worth a conversation.

Four Ohio State women’s golfers earn WGCA All-American Scholar honors

Four members of the Ohio State women’s golf team earned WGCA All-American Scholar status on Monday.

Four members of the Ohio State women’s golf team have earned Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar honors for the 2019-20 academic year, according to a release from the school’s athletic department Monday.

In order to be considered for the All-American Scholar Team, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average. Congratulations to these four ladies.

Ohio State WGCA All-American Scholars

Junior Yukie Sasaki (1st selection – Hospitality Management)
Junior Sofia Seldemirova (2nd selection – Marketing)
Senior Adeena Shears (3rd selection – Human Development and Family Science)
Sophomore Skylar Thompson (1st selection – Speech and Hearing Science)

Senior Adeena Shears becomes the ninth Buckeye in program history to earn the honor three times, while junior Sofia Seldemirova has accomplished the feat twice. Junior Yukie Sasaki and sophomore Skylar Thompson each received the recognition for the first time.

Big 12 Football: Ranking all 10 quarterbacks

When it comes to Big 12 football, quarterbacks get all of the glory and all of the blame when it doesn’t go well. Let’s rank the passers.

In the Big 12 Conference it has been all about the offense. Of course that all starts with the gunslinger at each school. Over recent years the names of Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Colt McCoy, Bryce Petty and many others have led high-powered offenses onto the field.

With so many quarterbacks ready to be the next great Big 12 quarterback, we ranked each one to determine who reigns supreme.

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