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Updates on the Secondary from the First Padded Practice **** Intel from fall camp with a focus on the Texas secondary. – Praise went to Bo Mascoe for his coverage ability. Right now, it appears the Rutgers transfer is the top corner on the roster. – There are sky high expectations for Kade Phillips going into year two. Will he reach those expectations? Obviously that remains to be seen, OTF has learned there remains room for improved consistency with the glimmers of brilliance scattered in. I would not say that's a reason for panic, just consider who Phillips is battling with every single day in practice at receiver. Keep in mind Phillips is a year tw…

Texas took the day off yesterday. Well, not “off” entirely. They had team meetings, participated in a culture Wednesday activity, etc. But they were “off” the football field at least. ** Some folks have asked whether the so-called “Mini Moody” remains in the future plans of the athletic department. I’m told it most certainly does. It’ll be a new venue for the volleyball team and smaller concert events. There are also plans for an athletic village near the area for 500+ student athletes. The trend in major sports is to create entertainment venues around stadiums and arenas. Texas is not doing that in the same way perhaps an NFL or MLB tea…

Texas’ 12-game schedule features 10 teams that don’t have quarterback competitions, at least not in the scope of who QB1 is entering the season. Texas State — Brad Jackson Ohio State — Julian Sayin UTSA — Owen McCown Sr. Oklahoma — John Mateer Ole Miss — Trinidad Chambliss Mississippi State — Kamario Taylor Missouri — Austin Simmons Jr. LSU — Sam Leavitt Texas A&M — Marcel Reed That leaves Tennessee and Florida still figuring things out under center. Who better to get the local buzz from as to where each battle stands than boots-on-the-ground reporters in Knoxville and Gainesville. Florida — Aaron Philo or Tramell Jones? …

Texas Hoops: Final Summer Workout Report The Texas Longhorns will wrap up summer workouts Friday. OTF continues to hear Sean Miller and staff are extremely pleased with the work this summer, and where this top 10 ranked Longhorns are at headed into September. The team will take next week off, before intense strength and conditioning in September (key month and a half for Marcus Spears Jr.) and skill work. Practices will begin in late September for the 2026-27 season. OTF relays some notes from the month of August... David Punch has ended summer workouts in impressive fashion. Texas issues a gold jersey for a week for the player of the week the prev…

Portal After Dark The OnTexasFootball team will be adding and talking about names of interest in this thread when said players officially enter the portal. The January 2-16 portal window officially opens at midnight ET. View full news story

Portal After Sunrise The Portal After Dark thread was easily one of the best and most entertaining threads I have ever been a part of in my two decades+ in this business. The OTF community is both tremendous and hilarious! With the first weekend of the portal madness 2026 now complete, OTF is turning to the week ahead in the portal with more visits to come, and decisions to be made. The January portal window officially opened at 12:01 a.m. ET January 2 and names have to be entered by 11:59 p.m. ET January16. Loins girded! Coffee maker just turned on. And away we go. View full news story

Tracking Portal Entrants from the Texas Roster *** Ongoing thread of portal entrants from the 2026 roster. Latest update: RB Jerrick Gibson – 10/4/2025 K Will Stone – 10/4/2025 RB CJ Baxter – 12/8/2025 QB Trey Owens – 12/8/2025 DL Melvin Hills – 12/8/2025 WR Aaron Butler – 12/9/2025 DB Santana Wilson – 12/9/2025 OL Connor Stroh – 12/9/2025 LB Liona Lefau – 12/15/2025 RB Rickey Stewart – 12/18/2025 WR DeAndre Moore – 12/22/2025 RB Tre Wisner – 12/26/2025 WR Parker Livingstone — 1/1/2026 DL Lavon Johnson — 1/1/2026 OL Neto Umeozulu — 1/1/2026 CB Caleb Chester — 1…

OTF Official Visit Weekend Live Thread: It's a huge one Let's get this OV weekend live thread party started a little early. This is Texas' final OV weekend in June for the 2027 cycle. Tyler Knutson, QB, Spring Branch (Texas) Smithson Valley #AllGasNoBrakes Landon Williams-Callis, RB, Richmond (Texas) Randle OV schedule: Indiana, LSU, SMU, Houston, Oregon May 28-30, Missouri June 5-7, Texas A&M June 12-14, Texas June 19-21 Easton Royal, WR, New Orleans (La.) Brother Martin #AllGasNoBrakes OV schedule: LSU May 28-30, Florida June 12-14, TexasJune 19-21 Monshun Sales, WR, Indianapolis (Texas) Lawrence North OV: Indiana April 24-26, Alabama…

Weekend Official Visit Live Thread Getting the party started early! Dia Bell, Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Kaydon Finley, WR, Aledo (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Commitment date: July 4 Chris Stewart, WR, Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star OV's: Texas and Tennessee Kaiden Prothro, TE, Bowdon (Ga.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ OV's: Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Alabama and Texas Keawe Browne, TE, Corona (Calif.) Centennial OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++ In it: Texas, USC and Boise State John Turntine I…

Texas Huge Official Visit Weekend Live Thread Steve Sarkisian and staff will wrap up three mid-week official visits today, and immediately get ready ready for a final huge visit weekend of the 2025 cycle. Texas is set to host at least 17 official visitors this weekend, headlined by 5-star's Jaime Ffrench and offensive tackle Michael Fasusi. June 21-23 (17) K.J. Lacey, QB, Saraland (Ala.) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star James Simon, RB, Shreveport (La.) Calvary Baptist #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Official visit schedule: Texas June 21-23 Jaime Ffrench, WR, Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin OnTexas…

OTF Official Visit Weekend Live Thread We are getting this starter early! It's that time. Gird up your loins ... Hank, CJ, Jordan and myself will be flooding the thread with all things official visit weekend the next four days. View full news story

Texas and Sean Miller Thread: Portal, staff and team news Starting a thread for you guys because there will be a lot moving fast. Sean MIller's staff ... OTF is thinking/hearing this will be the majority of the staff. Adam Cohen - Associate Head Coach (seen in Austin) David Miller - Assistant coach (thought to be in Austin) Brandon Chappell - assistant coach (60% chance) Ryan Reynolds - Special Assistant to the Head Coach Cam Miller -Director of Operations (thought to be in Austin) Andy Kettler - Head of strength & conditioning Chris Ogden - GM (75-80% chance) Possible: Ryan Anderson - Assistant coach/D…

- As we have been reporting, there is a lag between when a player files to go into the portal and when his name actually appears. The lag is typically two business days. So while the portal officially closed to outgoing players at 11:59pm last night, there still could be some uncertainty surrounding a few current Longhorns. - One of those players you can cross off your concern list is freshman defensive end Justus Terry. Terry is staying at Texas for the 2026 season. Terry was one of only a few Longhorns who had not made a final decision as of late yesterday. But he re-signed with the Longhorns. - We are told that at least one Longhorn has filled out the paperwo…

Texas Men's Portal Thread: Week 2 The Texas staff heads into week 2 of portal combat in a terrific spot. After reeling in the top target at lead guard and four man, the staff is now in best remaining fits at positions of remaining need or possible need. Texas has four starters next year in Isaiah Johnson, Austin Goosby, David Punch and Matas Vokietaitis. And they have key role players off the bench in Bo Ogden and John Clark, plus 7-foot smaller role player Lewis Obiorah. With that defined, OTF takes a look at what are the needs remaining. Projected starters: Isaiah Johnson, lead guard/PG, 6-1, sophomore (16.9 ppg, 2.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists at Colorado)…

We'll use this thread to track all portal news that pertains to Texas baseball. I'll start with the news I broke yesterday: Texas landed a commitment from Penn pitcher Eli Trop. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound RHP has one year of eligibility remaining. Trop has a 3.07 career ERA, along with 82 strikeouts during those three years. I know some outlets reported this happened a couple of weeks ago, but Trop originally committed in the fall, as Ivy Leagues don’t allow a fifth year. So he entered his name into the portal in October. We've sat on it until he was okay with us going public with it after the coaching change.

EDIT: Coleman is now slated to visit Texas tonight and tomorrow. Also expected to visit Texas A&M and Alabama. ** Auburn wide receiver Cam Coleman is a major target for the Longhorns. Coleman, a Phenix City, Ala. native, caught 56 passes for 708 yards and five TDs this past season for an Auburn offense that struggled most of the year. He’s considered the no. 1 prospect in the portal overall. Coleman, who is 6-3, 200+ pounds, is said to be heavily considering Texas, Texas A&M and Alabama. Coleman will likely visit all three schools before making a decision. Texas, of course, has a major need at the position with two of its top fou…

Texas begins the day with the No. 3/4 class ranking across the industry The Longhorns have a legit shot to move into the No. 1 spot at some point Wednesday, but are likely to finish No. 2 or 3 by Friday. Texas targets announcing Wednesday… Michael Terry III - 8:15am CST Kellen Wiley - 9am CST Javion Hilson - 11am CST Michael Fasusi - 2pm CST Friday … Justus Terry - 11am CST View full news story

Let’s get this going early!!! June 14-16 (14) Dakorien Moore, WR, Duncanville (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Official visit schedule: Ohio State May 31-June 2, Texas June 14-16 and Oregon June 21-23 Where it stands: OTF still believes Texas is the team to beat with two OV's remaining. The only way Moore doesn't end up at Texas is if he truly just wants to be somewhere else. Kelshaun Johnson, WR, Hitchcock (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Official visit schedule: Arkansas May 31-June 2, Texas A&M June 7-9, Texas June 14-16 and USC June 21-23 Where it stands: OTF spoke with Johnson Monday evening. He and Sarkis…

Texas Men's Portal Thread: Week 1 Here we go. The portal is open! The Texas staff has met with the current team members, and OTF has the latest below. The staff has also established some targets, with the understanding all player that would interest are not in the portal. Texas is looking more at the college level first and foremost, with looks internationally as well. While the portal is now open, there is a dead period that runs through April 9 at 11:59pm ET. OTF believes Texas will host at least three visitors beginning Friday the 10th through the weekend. Texas needs ... Four-man that has versatility - Face up ability is just as key, as …

Texas Official Visit Weekend Live Thread: June 12-14 And we’re off!!’ Some OV’s begin today … Easton Royal at Florida for one. This weekends OV's... WR Briceson Thrower, WR, Forney (Texas) North Forney #AllGasNoBrakes Kyron Brown, WR, Amarillo (Texas) Palo Duro Official visits: Northwestern May 8-10, Kansas State May 28-30, Texas June 12-14 Note: Texas will accept a commitment from Brown, as of Tuesday. OL Brian Swanson, OT, Dallas (Texas) South Oak Cliff Official visits: Oklahoma May 28-30, SMU June 5-7, Texas June 12-14 Note: Texas leads headed into the weekend, as the Horns have for months or more. Caleb Siler, OT, Gunte…

The Longhorns baseball season came to an abrupt end on Sunday afternoon following a 10-2 loss to Louisiana. Despite beating the Ragin Cajuns on Friday with relative ease, Texas turned into Jekyll and Hyde yet again and looked like a completely different team. Maybe it was due to a post-Texas A&M hangover like a couple of players mentioned in the post-game press conference. Maybe it wasn't. We'll never know, but it's something Horns fans have grown accustomed to over the course of a season that was filled with plenty of questions and little answers. One question that was asked the most over the majority of the season was what will become of Texas Head Coach David…

College Basketball Portal Thread: Texas already at work When Sean Miller was hired last year on March 24, it was the same day the transfer portal opened. So Miller was hiring a staff, evaluating the Texas roster fully which included conversations with players to see who could fit, dealing with the continued upward movement in NIL spending across the sport and thus working from behind on building a roster for 2025-26 in a short window of time. Fast forward 368 days, and Miller and staff just wrapped up a Sweet 16 appearance in year one, a very solid high school class signed and on the way, and a year to prepare for April Madness (OTF's new name for the basketball tran…

Texas and Sean Miller Thread: Portal, staff and team news (Updated) Updating this thread for you guys because things will continue to move very fast. Sean MIller's staff ... Chris Ogden - General Manager Adam Cohen - Associate Head Coach David Miller - Assistant coach Ulric Malagi - assistant coach Ryan Anderson - Assistant coach/Director of player Development Ryan Reynolds - Special Assistant to the Head Coach Cam Miller -Director of Operations Andy Kettler - Head of strength & conditioning Texas current 2025-26 roster... Tramon Mark, CG, 6-6, Gr. (10.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists) Jordan Pope, C…

National Signing Day Live Thread The Texas Longhorns head into today with 25 commitments and a class that ranks No. 3 by ESPN, and No. 7 by others. OTF is watching a couple of Texas commits today, both defensive tackles, while also seeing if the Longhorns have a flip or a late surprise up the sleeve. QB ... Dia Bell, QB, Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star RB ... Derrek Cooper, RB, Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Jett Walker, RB, Georgetown (Texas) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++ WR ... Kohen Brown, WR, Waxa…

This will be the final day players can be entered into the transfer portal. One big name has already come up. Ole Miss defensive end Princewill Umanmielen, who recorded nine sacks last year, has entered the portal. It’s believed he is likely to head to LSU but Texas will at least throw its hat in the ring. ** Watch for offensive linemen today. That’s almost certainly what Texas is hoping for. ** Lots of post-season lists are being published. For example, the final AP Poll was released and the Horns came in at no. 12. The results of that poll are ridiculous. I think voters made their mind up about Texas after the Georgia ga…