It's not often the defending national champions enter their season opener as the C or D plot line.

That happened Saturday with No. 3 Ohio State hosting No. 1 Texas . Not only were the Longhorns the top-ranked team in the preseason polls, but they were also led by ARCH MANNING . You know, the preseason Heisman favorite (more on that in a bit) and the dude you keep seeing in every other commercial on Saturday afternoon.

ESPN's College GameDay was also on site to say goodbye to Lee Corso, the TV legend who provided so many fans their gateway into college football each Saturday for over three decades.

Ohio State? You didn't really hear a lot from those in the national media. Guilty over here, I wrote three stories on Texas this week. For that I blame my editors -- though I did pick

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