The Ohio State Buckeyes and Texas Longhorns will open the upcoming college football season against one another on August 30. Texas comes into the game ranked as the top team in the country in the first Associated Press poll, while Ohio State, which won last season's national title, comes in at third.

Texas football travels to Ohio State for a top-five matchup to begin the season. Here's what Steve Sarkisian thinks of new OSU starting QB Julian Sayin.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day announced Monday that Julian Sayin will start at quarterback for the Buckeyes in the season opener against Texas. The game will mark his first-career start. Sayin had been in a position battle with Lincoln Kienholz, a former four-star recruit in the 2023 class.