Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (laterals sold separately in Kalamazoo):
FIRST QUARTER: TEXAS AND AUBURN, A STUDY IN CONTRASTS
On Saturday, Texas (1) did what one would reasonably expect a school to do in the midst of a budget-draining pandemic. It avoided adding a $24 million expenditure to its athletic bottom line by retaining embattled coach Tom Herman. While his tenure has been underwhelming, Herman does have a winning record (a .632 overall winning percentage, .595 in the Big 12)—and if you can’t land Urban Meyer, give the man another chance to do better rather than spending a fortune on a new hire you can’t be sure about.