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SSEECC EEaasstt FFoooottbbaallll PPrreevviieeww Sept. 4 - Sept. 10, 2020 Vol. 19, Issue 2 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 September 4, 2020 - September 10, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 2 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 2 | September 4, 2020 - September 10, 2020 3 Sept. 4, 2020 - Sept.10, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 2 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 SMU and Texas St. square off Saturday Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA day basis. Every home Big 12 football game is available for telecast, in accor- 5 RANGERS REPORT dance with the Conference’s 13-year joint BY DIC HUMPHREY agreement with ESPN and FOX Sports. 6 SMU REPORT Games may also be assigned to Big 12 BY DIC HUMPHREY Big 12 Football Opening Week Television Now on ESPN+, the Conference’s sub- Selections Finalized scription-based digital platform. QUICK LOOK THE TOUR SMU travels to San Marcos Saturday to CHAMPIONSHIP square off against Texas State at 3:30 p.m. Television selections for the opening 7 Big 12 Football Television Selections BY PGATOUR.COM on ESPN. The Mustangs have won three week of the Big 12 football season along with other select dates have been finalized (as of September 1) of its last four season openers, including Friday, Sept. 11 8 EIGHT THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT two on the road (2019 at Arkansas State, by the Conference’s broadcast partners. EAST LAKE GOLF CLUB The Big 12 will play a modified schedule SMU at TCU (FS1), 8:00 p.m. BY PGATOUR.COM 2016 at North Texas). Saturday, Sept. 12 in 2020 with nine league games and one This is the third meeting between SMU Louisiana Tech at Baylor (FOX),11:00 a.m. SEC FOOTBALL PREVIEW - EAST and Texas State, and the first in San non-conference home contest per school. Saturday, Sept. 12 10 DIVISION Marcos. The Mustangs won the 2019 meet- All non-conference games will be Louisiana at Iowa State (ESPN),11:00 a.m. BY ROBERT CORTINEZ ing, 47-17, and defeated the Bobcats, 47- played in the first week of the season with Saturday, Sept. 12 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND TCU hosting SMU on Friday, September E. Kentucky at West Virginia (FS1),11 a.m. 12 NOTES 36, in 2008. BY BO CARTER Texas State is coming off a 3-9 cam- 11 in the Big 12 opener. The remaining Saturday, Sept. 12 paign with a 2-6 conference mark. The nine games will be contested on Saturday, Arkansas State at K-State (FS1), 2:30 p.m. AUTO REVIEW Saturday, Sept. 12 15 BY KBB.COM Bobcats posted wins over Georgia State, September 12. Missouri St at Oklahoma (PPV), 6:00 p.m. Nicholls and South Alabama a season ago. FOX has announced two selections for 2020 NFL SCHEDULES BY TEAM the beginning of league play on September Saturday, Sept. 12 16 BY STAFF The team returns all-conference honorable 26 as well as the Red River Showdown in Tulsa at Ok. State (ESPN/ESPNU),6:30pm mention selections Caeveon Patton, Saturday, Sept. 12 Dallas between Oklahoma and Texas on 18 THE TICKET WINDOW Khambrail Winters and Jarron Morris. UTEP at Texas (LHN), 7:00 p.m. Sonny Dykes is in his third year on the October 10. ESPN has selected the Iowa Saturday, Sept. 12 RESTAURANT REVIEW Hilltop and is 15-11 as head coach of the State at Texas matchup to be played on Coastal Carolina at Kansas (FS1),9:00 p.m. 19 BY RICHARD POLLAK Mustangs. In 2019, Dykes led SMU to an November 27, the Friday after Saturday, Sept. 12 historic season that saw the Mustangs go Thanksgiving. The network will be HBU at Tex Tech (Big 12 Now on 10-3, winning the most games since 1984 announced when available. 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He Lyles was the Rangers’ primary pitcher. did allow single runs in the fifth and sixth Manager Chris Woodward chose to open innings to push his ERA up to 2.67. He the game with Luis Garcia before bringing threw 111 pitches to keep his streak alive in Lyles in the second inning. Garcia at 33 consecutive starts throwing at least retired the Astros without a score in the 100 pitches. first inning, and Lyles started his stint on 8-4 was the final score, and Lynn is 4-2 the mound against Houston’s six, seven with the loss. and eight hitters in the second inning. The Rangers’ road trip continues with A week ago, Rafael Montero was four games in Seattle this weekend. The thought to be the most likely Ranger to be announced starting pitchers for Texas are traded.