Longhorns Daily News: Texas’ Arch Manning reportedly declines EA Sports College Football ‘25 video game offer

Multiple outlets are reporting today that Texas Longhorns incoming redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning has declined EA Sports College Football ‘25’s opt-in offer.

The offer itself includes $600 and a free copy of the video game for each athlete opting into being included in its roster. Texas returning starter and incoming redshirt junior Quinn Ewers opted into the EA Sports’ updated game, as well as other Texas football athletes.

Under Texas Longhorns head coach new contract, it would cost a lot of money to fire the head football coach, according to a recent report at Inside Texas.

In fact, the head coach—who’s currently earning more than $10 million annually—would cost the university more than $54 million if he was fired following the 2024 NCAA season.

The buyout decreases by about $9 million each year, and down to some $9 million if the incoming fourth-year head coach is fired after the 2029 college football season

Any regular-season matchup between SEC heavyweights Georgia and Alabama would be circled on fans’ calendars for months. But with the Crimson Tide retooling after Nick Saban’s retirement, Georgia fans will spend the summer dreaming about the Bulldogs’ Oct. 19 trip to Texas. The Longhorns might be the most difficult opponent this season after winning a Big 12 title and reaching the CFP for the first time in 2023, and it will also be Georgia’s first trip to Austin in 66 years. Georgia hasn’t played at Texas since a 13-8 loss on Sept. 20, 1958. In fact, the teams have only played once since 1984, when the Longhorns won 28-21 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl following the 2018 season. — Mark Schlabach

As with every year, all eyes will be focused on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. Three straight losses against Michigan has Ohio State wanting to prove itself. With Jim Harbaugh having won a national title at Michigan and back in the NFL with the Los Angeles Chargers, Ryan Day is under pressure to restore order in the sport’s biggest rivalry. An 11-0 start wasn’t good enough in 2023. If the Buckeyes are fortunate enough to enjoy similar success in 2024, it won’t matter if they come up short against the Wolverines on Nov. 30. — Blake Baumgartner