It wasn’t the offensive drought or even the fourth-quarter collapse. Both Texas and Ohio State fans were fuming for one reason after the Longhorns’ season-opening loss in Columbus. That story everyone was talking about on Sunday morning was Steve Sarkisian ’s preseason All-SEC edge rusher. He was supposed to be a game-wrecker but ended up as the game’s cautionary tale after a penalty that flipped momentum.

On September 3, an X post threw light on the main flashpoint when Ohio State junior right tackle Phillip Daniels recounted how it all went down. “ Phillip Daniels said Colin Simmons called him “trash” moments before Simmons was penalized for a hands-to-the-face penalty. “I was like, huh? Me? I know you not talking to me. Hemmed him up, he took my helmet off, still going — I

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