As the noise around college football continues to get louder pertaining to what is transpiring at Texas right now for Steve Sarkisian. It's starting to become clearer that the Longhorns head coach is feeling the pressure regarding the ongoing situation with Arch Manning.

There are problems with the Texas offense that many thought would be fixed by the time its quarterback reached his second season as the starter.

Unfortunately for those in Austin, the problems have only increased since the Longhorns put together a fourth quarter comeback to beat Ohio State in early September.

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Now, coming off their second straight loss, this time to unranked Florida, the college football world is wondering whether Sarkisian is ready to make the tough decision to bench Arch Manning if the quarterback cannot start putting together consistent play on the field.

But, it should come as no surprise that Manning will be leading his team onto the field in Austin this weekend against Ole Miss as the starting quarterback.  Though that doesn’t mean the Texas head coach is ready to risk the chances of them making the CFP if Arch cannot show progress in the first half on Saturday.

"I think there’s no doubt about it, Arch can play better for us," Sarkisian said on Monday. "He’s our starter, but I need to see a better version of Arch Manning like I need to see a better version of a lot of guys on our offensive football team right now, but we need to see a better version of him this week."

Sarkisian can say this until he's blue in the face, but actually replacing the starting quarterback for 2nd-stringer KJ Lacey is going to be a decision that will come with ramifications.

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Even though it would be undoubtedly the hardest decision Steve Sarkisian has had to make during his time in Austin, there are plenty of folks wondering if the Longhorns coach is prepared to yank his starting quarterback out of the game if the situation calls for it.

And I promise you there is plenty riding on the decision if it comes down to it.

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Steve Sarkisian cannot risk losing his job over Manning, even if it comes across as a coach falling on the sword.

Nor should he in this situation. I know it might shock folks, but one player cannot take precedence over a team fighting to make the postseason and compete for a title.

The problem for Texas is that it's one loss away from losing out on all hope of the college football playoff.

But, if the Longhorns fail to capitalize on the amount of talent they have accrued via the transfer portal and recruiting, there will be a number of other decisions that need to be made from within the Texas athletic department regarding the future of this program.

So, what in the world does this staff do in this situation besides riding out the storm and hoping it gets better this Saturday against Ole Miss?

Encouraging one the most high-profile players in college football to keep pushing, but also realizing that this is a business that comes with high-stake decisions.

"I think that’s our job as coaches, and that’s partly for Arch, the player, right? There are two parts to this, right? It’s continuing to pour into him and coaching him and putting him in the best frame of mind to be successful," Sarkisian said.

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"Sometimes that’s patting him on the back. Sometimes that’s tough love, and we've got to be honest with him of where he needs to improve. And like I said earlier, we need to see a better version of him this week in practice and in game, because ultimately the player is in there, and it’s our job to try to get it out of them.

That is the million-dollar question right now that has spurred plenty of conversation within the college football community.

There is nothing Arch has done this season that proves he is worthy enough to be a first-round pick in next year's NFL Draft. But, that also doesn’t mean Manning is ready to test the professional waters rather than returning for another season.

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If Texas were to make a decision to go with KJ Lacey, would that then mean that the Arch experiment is over? Could Manning look to the transfer portal if things continue trending south in Austin?

These are questions that are being asked behind the scenes right now within the collegiate world, and they are becoming louder by the weekend.

Nobody really knows what the future holds for this Texas football program, but the evidence is starting to mount that Manning might not actually be the answer everyone thought he could be at some point.

And by the way, that's ok. Arch does not have to live up to the hype, though it's understandable why he feels the pressure.

But at the same time, Steve Sarkisian is risking his job with this Texas offense that is not producing results 

So, the real question is whether the Longhorns coach is prepared to make one of the boldest decisions of any coach's career and bench a 'Manning'.

Sarkisian is hoping it doesn’t come to that, though I can assure you he's at least starting to think about it.

Golfing in Estes Park, Colorado is already an adventure even when you're not shanking tee shots in the direction of nearby large bull elks. That's partly due to the antics of one of the bull elk named Smash.

He's been known to give chase after trucks and golf carts that get too close for comfort. If you hit a golf ball in his direction, like this woman unfortunately did, it's best to take whatever penalty may come and reach for another golf ball.

She took a quick look down the fairway, lined up her shot, then hit the ball right in Smash's direction. She reached for a new tee and had another ball tossed her way. Even with her golf club in hand, she wasn’t about to take her chances.

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Playing it where it lies was off the table. Her second shot was a much better one, according to Good Bull Outdoors:

"Golfers trying to get back (unintentionally) at Smash for all his antics this year!" they wrote. "She had to abandon her original drive because it landed right next to Smash but her second shot looked good!"

The golfer had a good excuse for shanking her tee shot. A woman claiming to be the one who hit the ball toward the feisty elk bull responded with, "That was me! Lol I might have been a bit distracted everyone likes a nice rack."

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It's hard to argue with that. Being distracted by a nice rack happens to the best of us. Good Bull Outdoors reiterated that she made up for the shanked shot when she had a chance to redeem herself.

They wrote in response, "Smash is definitely distracting. That follow up shot looked pretty good though!"

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If you're going to golf around bull elks you don't have to take the horns. Know when to ask for another ball and try your best not to be distracted by a nice rack.

A newly engaged New Jersey man was critically injured after he reportedly jumped into the sea from a height of nearly 100 feet while vacationing in Italy with his fiancée.

Jacob Fleig, a 22-year-old from Berlin, New Jersey, was visiting Fiordo di Furore, a narrow inlet along the Amalfi Coast, on Oct. 5 when he jumped from the coastal road above the water, according to U.S. and Italian reports.

He has undergone multiple life-saving procedures and surgeries and was in intensive care, his brother, Jimmy Dorner, wrote in a GoFundMe campaign about him earlier this week.

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"Currently, our main priority is getting him medically stable and strong enough to be transported back to America where he can continue with future surgeries, therapy and ongoing care," Dorner wrote.

A day after the incident, a cousin wrote on Facebook that Fleig was in a medically induced coma at a Salerno hospital as his mother and brother traveled to be with him.

She also said Fleig proposed to his girlfriend after they landed in Italy — and she said yes.

Fleig struck the water in a bad position and suffered a cut to his back, Italian outlet RaiNews reported. 

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Emergency medical responders took him to a hospital before he was transferred by helicopter to Salerno. 

The day after the accident, Fleig’s injury was determined to be serious but not life-threatening, the same outlet said. 

Fleig is currently studying electrical engineering, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Dorner described his brother as "a light in every life he encounters," adding that his humor and charisma are among the first things people notice about him. 

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"Jacob has persevered through many adversities in life and has always come out a stronger man," he added.

The fundraiser took in more than $47,000 of its $50,000 goal as of Saturday afternoon.

Fiordo di Furore is a scenic gorge and popular stop on the UNESCO-listed Amalfi Coast, with a small beach beneath a bridge.

Italy’s tourism site notes that professional divers leap from the cliffs during organized events.

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The broader coast also attracts thrill-seeking tourists who jump from rocks and bridges, according to the New York Post. 

A woman slipped and fell at the cove in 2023, which was caught in a viral video, the outlet reported. 

It also quoted a local resident who criticized the mass tourism in the area.

Government agencies warn that hidden rocks or shallow water can cause serious injury or death, and advise visitors not to dive into unfamiliar water and to follow local warnings.

Fox News Digital reached out to Fleig's family for comment.

Michele Tafoya, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Minnesota and a former broadcaster, aggressively sought to put her opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, on the defensive during a debate Friday afternoon over the billion-dollar fraud schemes that drew national attention to the state earlier this year.

Early in the debate, Tafoya pressed Flanagan on her qualifications for federal office, pointing to her record as lieutenant governor.

"My opponent has been second in command in this state for eight years, drawing a taxpayer-funded paycheck. And what do we have to show for that? We have massive fraud, historic fraud. We have test scores down. We have crime spiking. We have a massive surplus turned into a deficit," Tafoya said.

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"This election is about Peggy Flanagan."

Local and federal investigators have uncovered myriad fraud schemes involving daycare centers, food programs, health clinics and other operations accused of defrauding the state of up to $9 billion. Investigators say fraudsters either inflated the number of people they allegedly helped or fabricated their services altogether — all while receiving government dollars.

When the issue resurfaced later in the debate, the moderator asked Flanagan directly whether, in her view, she had "any ownership over the fraud."

Flanagan sought to distance herself from the issue, pointing to Walz's acknowledgment that responsibility for oversight rested with him.

"The governor has been very clear that the buck stops with him," Flanagan said.

"He was the one who had oversight here. I've led on issues like paid family and medical leave, nation-leading child tax credit, making sure that kids get breakfast and lunch at school. Those are the things and those are the areas where I took the lead."

When Flanagan then redirected the conversation to criticism of President Donald Trump, Tafoya went on the attack.

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"Peggy, Donald Trump isn't on the ballot. You and I are on the ballot, and only one of us let $9 billion walk out the door to fraud to suggest that we that she somehow is going to be a fraud czar all of a sudden," Tafoya said.

"My goodness, she was second in charge in this state, and she's just going to point her finger at Gov. Tim Walz when she demanded to be in the room where everything happened. But, suddenly, she has nothing to do with this. Again, sell it to someone else," she added.

Flanagan has served as Minnesota's lieutenant governor for nearly eight years, taking office in 2019. By the time Walz announced that he would not run for re-election as governor amid political scrutiny for the fraud, Flanagan had already announced her bid for U.S. Senate.

Responding to Tafoya, Flanagan doubled down on her criticism of Trump, noting that the president had recently endorsed Tafoya.

"Donald Trump doesn't just endorse anybody. In fact, he endorses against people in his own party if they dare to take him on. Michele Tafoya passed his litmus test with flying colors," Flanagan said.

Tafoya then laid out her own proposals for combating fraud, including tougher consequences for noncitizens who defraud Americans.

"No. 1, if you're a guest of this country, and you defraud Americans, you must leave. You must leave, and you should have no pathway back," she said.

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"No. 2, if you're an American and you defraud your fellow Americans, we should be talking about mandatory prison minimums. Tough sentences, not an easygoing slap on the wrist. 

"And No. 3, if you're a state like Minnesota who cannot keep your financial house in order, why would the federal government release billions and billions of dollars to you, only to see it go to fraud?"

After securing their respective parties’ nominations earlier this year, Flanagan and Tafoya will face off in the state’s Nov. 3 general election.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's staff is reportedly furious at New York Democratic House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier over her verbal attacks against NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch after a recent shooting, according to the New York Post.

After Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot an illegal immigrant earlier this month, the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which Chevalier belongs to, called on Mamdani to remove Tisch. 

Though Mamdani said he was reviewing the circumstances of the shooting, he had no plans to remove Tisch.

"Jessica Tisch is the police commissioner. I have no plans to change that," Mamdani told reporters Tuesday.

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Despite previously receiving an endorsement from Mamdani, Chevalier was among the critics calling for Tisch's removal, something his staff reportedly called a "direct undermining" of the mayor.

"They were p----- about what she did on social media and her public rhetoric on NYPD," one source told the New York Post. "City Hall was like, ‘What the f--- are you doing!’"

"She is throwing her own fireball rhetoric to rally the folks," another source added. "But instigating doesn’t help."

According to the New York Post, these sources described Chevalier as a known "potential liability" for the Mamdani administration for a while and were surprised as to how soon she became a problem.

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"She’s a loose cannon," a source said. "They are sick of her, and she’s not even started in Congress."

Fox News Digital reached out to Chevalier's campaign and City Hall for comment.

While appearing with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, Chevalier took issue with Tisch highlighting the criminal history of Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old Dominican Republic national shot during an immigration operation, during a news conference on the shooting.

"You know, I was just so angry as I was listening to it," Chevalier said. "I have gone back to her remarks to make sure that I was correct in our statement about it. But, to me, it doesn’t even matter, right? It doesn’t even matter."

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The NYPD stood by Tisch's statements in a comment to Fox News Digital.

"The Police Commissioner was giving a factual update on the incident, and we always provide criminal history in incident updates, if we have it. It’s also one of the first questions that every media outlet asks the NYPD," the statement read.

New York State Republican Party Director of Communications David Laska denounced the Democratic Party as a whole for leaving Mamdani as a voice of reason.

"Zohran Mamdani helped create this monster with years of anti-American, antisemitic rhetoric, and now it's eating him alive. History reminds us that even Robespierre was guillotined in the end," Laska told Fox News Digital.

Certain medical conditions may signal early-onset Alzheimer’s disease several years before diagnosis, a new Finnish study suggests.

Researchers found that depression, vertigo, headaches and other conditions were more common during the five years preceding diagnosis, potentially offering clues for earlier detection.

The researchers analyzed medical records from 407 people with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and 4,035 people of similar age and sex without the diagnosis, focusing on the 15 years prior to diagnosis.

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The average age at diagnosis was 60. Early-onset disease is diagnosed in people under 65.

The findings were published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

The following conditions were found to be significantly more prevalent among those who were ultimately diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

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Differences in medical conditions were most pronounced in the five years before an early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis, the study showed.

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The researchers also found that healthcare visits increased substantially among early-onset Alzheimer’s patients immediately before and during the time of diagnosis, which may indicate emerging symptoms.

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"It is well-known that the neuropathological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease begin at least 15 to 20 years before clinical cognitive symptoms appear," Suvi-Johanna Krüger, M.D., Ph.D., study co-author and clinical lecturer at University of Oulu, said in a press release.

"Most previous studies have focused on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, and considerably less is known about early-onset Alzheimer’s disease."

Because the study was observational, it only establishes associations and cannot demonstrate that these conditions can reliably predict Alzheimer's disease.

"Our study cannot determine whether these conditions cause early-onset Alzheimer’s disease or whether they are consequences of the underlying disease process," Krüger noted.

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"Some conditions may represent risk factors, while others may reflect early symptoms or changes occurring during the prodromal phase of the disease."

It is also possible that genetics, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors played a role in the patients’ outcomes.

Also, the researchers could not independently verify all medical diagnoses or assess the severity of the patients’ disease. Additionally, the findings may not apply to populations outside Finland.

Larger studies looking at disease biomarkers, genetics and clinical assessments could help determine whether there is a casual relationship between the medical conditions and Alzheimer’s incidence and whether these medical patterns could be used to improve early detection.

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For people experiencing any persistent medical symptoms, including issues with memory or cognition, experts say it’s important to see a healthcare provider.

"Early diagnosis is important because more treatment and support options are available in the early stages of the disease," Krüger advised.

"Early diagnosis also gives individuals and their families more time to plan for the future and access appropriate support services."

The Dallas Cowboys are visiting the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night and that has awoken a memory for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones that had little to do with football, but a lot to do with a big moon rising near Lambeau Field.

And by moon, we don't mean the natural satellite.

We're talking about a butt — and a "hefty" one at that, to hear Jones tell it – going full monty.

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The subject came up during Jones' regularly scheduled Tuesday appearance on 105.3 The Fan in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

And, here's a warning: Turn off your imagination now because the recounting of this story will leave a visual one might not want in one's head.

"One of my greatest memories, and this is not the area you're talking about, was after the game against Green Bay, maybe 25 years ago," Jones shared. "All of my grandchildren were very small, four or five years old, and I had a car full of them."

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"We'd been up to watch Green Bay in Green Bay," Jones continued. "It was so cold, and as we left the stadium, we won, as we left the stadium, we were in a long, big car, and I saw this lady headed toward the car ...

"... And she comes up beside the car running. She's so upset as a Green Bay fan. And, she was, uh, pretty, hefty."

Picturing this yet?

Well, as Dak Prescott says, here we go ...

"And she turns around and pulls it all down and just plants it right up against the window," Jones said.

"Everybody inside was in horror and couldn't believe it. And then her skin, her skin stuck to the window, it was so cold. And when she pulled away, there was just a big print."

This, ladies and gentlemen, is definitely a rich person problem because most fans don't take a limousine ride to a game. But it resonates because, yes, some people attending NFL games have been known to moon the opposing team buses or other fans before and after games.

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Scarred? So was Jones.

"Sitting there, I was like, oh no," he said. "There were about 10 or 11 of us in the car, and we can still see it today."

The image lives with Jones and now that he's shared it, what are the chances some intrepid Green Bay fans will go for a repeat on Sunday night?

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