ARLINGTON -- There was a pause, for emphasis undoubtedly, after the reporter grabbed the star quarterback's attention.
"Sam," a reporter said before pausing, "do you like Baker Mayfield?"
There were laughs from the media contingent on hand, but Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger stayed calm.
"Yeah, I do," he said. "I respect his game a lot."
The question was something many expected before Tuesday's Big 12 Media Day session at AT&T Stadium, considering what Mayfield -- a former Heisman Trophy winner at Oklahoma and the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns -- said about his Red River rival on Norman's SportsTalk 1400 (KREF).