Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams on cover of EA Sports College Football ’26
EA Sports chose Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith and Alabama’s Ryan Williams to be on the cover of College Football ’26. We talk to the athletes about what this moment means to them.
Fresh off its second straight College Football Playoff semifinal appearance, Texas football enters the 2025 college football season as one of the most looked-forward-to and hyped around teams in the country.
The leading contributing factor to that is Arch Manning, the presumed favorite to win the Heisman Trophy and a preseason frontrunner for No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, officially running the Longhorns offense.
But as the hype surrounding Manning and Texas continues to build up, former Florida and South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier isn’t so sure about those expectations. He appeared to have said that much during a recent appearance on the “Another Dooley Noted Podcast.”
“Most people (are) picking Texas to win the SEC (this year). They’ve got Arch Manning already winning the Heisman too. My question is: If he was this good, how come they let Quinn Ewers play all the time last year? And he was a 7th-round pick,” Spurrier said on the “Another Dooley Noted Podcast” on June 23.
“You only have to ask Coach Sark how come you played that one instead of this one. Hopefully, he will say, because he was better than that one.”
Arch, a New Orleans native, is currently listed as the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy according to oddsmakers on BetMGM at +600 odds. Texas has not had a Heisman Trophy winner since Ricky Williams won it in 1998.
Manning, the nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning, has waited out his opportunity to take over the Longhorns offense…
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