FORT WORTH -- Steve Sarkisian's noble attempt to threaten the sport of college football is the 4-year-old who promises to stay awake all night to meet Santa Claus.

The Texas coach wants everyone to know he won't schedule big time nonconference opponents if his team is not invited to the College Football Playoff. His future nonconference schedule already includes dates with Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame twice and Arizona State twice. This runs through 2033.

The chances that Sarkisian will be Texas' head coach in 2033 are about as high as the chances he'll cancel any of these nonconference games.

It's the first week of December, which means we are in the middle of campaign season for college football coaches. Part of the unwritten job description of a major college football coach is pr

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