{"id":794085,"date":"2026-07-30T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794085\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:18:10","slug":"colin-simmons-sends-message-to-texas-footballs-2026-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794085\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Simmons sends message to Texas football\u2019s 2026 opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">SEC Media Days came and went a couple weeks back, but comments made by players and coaches alike still weighs heavy on our minds. That includes comments made by senior defensive end and edge Colin Simmons, who has emerged as one of the program\u2019s go-to leaders ahead of the 2026 college football season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">During an interview with media, Simmons was asked about Texas\u2019 preparation prior to notable rematches, such as Ohio State, which beat the Longhorns to open the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cEvery game is a must-win,\u201d Simmons said during SEC Media Days, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/texas\/football\/texas-football-colin-simmons-sends-strong-message-ahead-of-ohio-state-showdown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated<\/a>. \u201cIt ain\u2019t no game that we looking down on. It don\u2019t matter if you\u2019re Ohio State or Texas State. We\u2019re taking every game with the right preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Per ESPN\u2019s College Football Power Index, Ohio State has a 17 percent to win a national championship this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Meanwhile, the Index estimates that Texas has a nearly 13 percent change of winning it all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ohio State travels to Austin this year, where they\u2019ll face off against the Longhorns on September 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Kickoff is set for 6:30pm central.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEC Media Days came and went a couple weeks back, but comments made by players and coaches alike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,197014,99,305251,41661,85233,85234,289043],"class_list":["post-794085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-nfl-horns","tag-sports","tag-texas-longhorns-discussion","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-longhorns-football-injuries","tag-texas-longhorns-football-recruiting","tag-texas-longhorns-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}