Week 1 of the college football season delivers a tremendous quarterback showdown between Ohio State's Julian Sayin and Texas ' Arch Manning . The Buckeyes named Sayin their starter Monday, bringing an end to a lengthy and tight position battle between him, Lincoln Kienholz and Tavien St. Clair . With the clarity at Ohio State finalizing the matchup between a pair of former five-star recruits in the season-opening showdown with Texas, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian offered an initial scouting report on his Week 1 opponent.

Sarkisian is quite familiar with Sayin. He extended a scholarship offer to the former No. 20 overall recruit just months into his Texas tenure and pursued him up to his commitment to Alabama . Sayin, of course, lasted just a few weeks in Tuscaloosa befor

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