Sarkisian: Ohio State Should Not Be Punished for Playing Texas
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Steve Sarkisian is the football coach at Texas.
He says Ohio State should not be punished for a loss.
Ohio State lost a game at Texas this year.
Sarkisian says the committee should reward Ohio State for playing a strong team.
The committee is a group that picks teams for the playoff.
The playoff decides the best college football team.
Sarkisian thinks a hard game should help a team's ranking.
A ranking shows how good a team is.
This story is also about Arch Manning.
He plays football for Texas.
Manning laughed at an AI video about Sarkisian and Holly Rowe.
AI means artificial intelligence, a smart computer program.
Holly Rowe is a sports reporter.
Some people got angry about Manning's laugh.
This is called backlash, or strong anger from people.
Vocabulary5 words
- committee
- a small group of people who decide something
- playoff
- games that decide the best team
- ranking
- a list that shows how good something is
- AI
- a computer program that can act smart like a person
- backlash
- strong anger from many people about something
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Answer key
1. The Texas football coach 2. A reward 3. True
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Steve Sarkisian is the football _____ at Texas.
He says Ohio State should not be _____ for a loss.
Ohio State lost a _____ at Texas this year.
Sarkisian says the _____ should reward Ohio State for playing a strong team.
The committee picks teams for the _____.
The playoff decides the best college football _____.
Sarkisian thinks a hard game should help a team's _____.
This story is also about Arch _____.
He plays football for _____.
Manning laughed at an _____ video about Sarkisian and Holly Rowe.
Some people got angry about Manning's _____.
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