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The case for Texas starts with a seven-point defeat in Columbus last season and ends with a home game, a sharper Arch Manning, and an Ohio State defense that has shed key personnel since that meeting.
What complicates it is the team arriving to play them. Ohio State is ranked first in the country, and the Buckeyes opened this season by handling Ball State 56-3 in a display that left almost nothing to criticize.
Julian Sayin threw for 320 yards on 21 of 25 attempts with three touchdowns against Ball State, and both of his backups added scores, each going 5-for-6 with more than 50 yards and a touchdown.
That kind of depth at quarterback tests any defense. Texas enters ranked fourth in the nation and will need to show it can contain a team with those options at the position.
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