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The SEC race: Five teams for two spots in the championship game The race to advance to Atlanta December 7 to play for the SEC Championship is essentially down to five teams, barring the unforeseen. After No. 14 Texas A&M physically beat No. 8 LSU in the second half en route to another victory, they have the upper hand in the conference race. With No. 5 Texas winning a survive and advance type of game performance, the Longhorns remain very much in the hunt. A two-loss Alabama beating Missouri knocks the Tigers into a low probability position with their schedule remaining having another loss expected. OnTexasFootball takes a look at the the race to adva…

The latest AP Top 25 has released and the Longhorns have fallen a spot to No. 6 in the rankings. *** 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Penn State 4. Ohio State 5. Miami 6. Texas 7. Tennessee 8. Notre Dame 9. BYU 10. Texas A&M 11. Clemson 11. Iowa State 13. Indiana 14. Alabama 15. Boise State 16. LSU 17. Kansas State 18. Pitt 19. Ole Miss 20. SMU 21. Army 22. Washington State 23. Colorado 24. Illinois 25. Missouri View full news story

College Football Playoff: Where it stands The first even 12 team college football playoff is beginning to truly take shape. Four and five games into conference play around the country, the cream is rising to the top. And with that, means it's easy to see which teams have the least margin for error to get in. It's going to take 10-2 from the SEC and Big 10 to get in with the month of November leading to survive and advance, and elimination games. OTF likes your chances! These teams in Power 4 conferences can lose one game and still get in: Oregon (8-0) - at Michigan, vs. Maryland, at Wisconsin and vs. Washington remain. Penn State (7-0) - v…

Texas Basketball Schedule The Texas Longhorns beat TCU 80-52 in a closed door scrimmage Saturday, and will take on Colorado October 26 in Austin in a second closed door scrimmage. With the regular season opener two weeks away, OTF takes a look at the Texas schedule with a look at predicted win-loss by two of the best that cover college basketball. There are 364 teams in Division I basketball. Texas is ranked No. 18 in KenPom and No. 11 in Bart Torvik. Bart Torvik predicts Texas to go 21-9 and 11-7 in SEC play. That does not include the second round game of the Legends Classic. Hall of Fame Series Nov. 4 - Ohio State (in Las Vegas) KenPom…

If I could complete the 2025 class Every remaining game is a huge game on the field for the No. 5 ranked Texas Longhorns with one more loss in the margin for error to make the CFP. But that is also the case in recruiting to keep the ascending momentum working to close out a fourth straight top 5 class. OnTexasFootball begins your Saturday with the class if I could complete it: This class with 29 signees would end up ranked No. 3 more than likely, with shot at No. 2 Quarterback (1) K.J. Lacey, QB, Saraland (Ala.) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Running back (2) James Simon, RB, Shreveport (La.) Calvary Baptist #AllG…

Rain showers are moving through Nashville right now. They’re expected to clear off in the next hour, leaving us with a cool temp at kickoff of 70 degrees. ** As we look at Texas right now, even at 6-1, there is so much left to prove, an inordinate amount for a team with their record and ranked in the top 10. First and foremost, Texas has to prove its quarterback play is befitting of the ranking. Quinn Ewers and/or Arch Manning need to get back on track. It doesn’t matter which one. Ewers will clearly get the first crack. But there are smaller issues that are concerning me down the stretch. Texas continues to have a makeshift RB room. With the inju…

Let's get into it – the keys of the game for the Texas Longhorns as they prepare to take on the No. 25 ranked Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday. *** Start Quick I feel like a broken record at this point, but it has to happen at some point right? Texas has failed to achieve this goal in all three SEC games they have played and depending on who gets the rock first, it might happen again against Vandy. The Commodores love to play keep away with the ball. Owning time of possession is a huge trait for their offense and their ability to protect the ball in the process is quite impressive. With that said, the best way to get Vanderbilt to abandon their game plan i…

High school or portal?: Positions of need The Texas Longhorns staff will be back on the road next week looking to continue to close out the 2025 top 5 level high school class. The majority of targets remainig will announce decisions on December 4-6. On December 9, the portal window will open. That window closes on December 28. This morning, OnTexasFootball takes a look at which positions the staff will likely look at in the portal after the season. HIGH SCHOOL AND PORTAL The defensive line position is one in which OTF fully expects the staff to bring in at least one (probably two) players from the portal to go with a four man high school class. …

Competitors compete. And Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is the very definition of a competitor. It doesn’t matter who else is on his team or how deeply the cards are stacked against him, you’re going to get his best effort no matter the stakes. He’s going to try win, no matter the personal toll. Pavia won two state championships as a high school wrestler. He won a junior college national championship as quarterback at New Mexico Highlands. He led lowly New Mexico State to a 10-5 record a year ago. And now he has Vandy sitting at 5-2, on the precipice of a bowl bid for the first time since 2018. I rarely root for players on other teams. But Pavia, I…

The Thursday night SEC Availability report has been updated. Texas WR Isaiah Bond has been downgraded to doubtful for this weekend against Vanderbilt. I have alluded to seeing more of Ryan Wingo and Silas Bolden on Saturday earlier in the week. View full news story

Where Texas stands with top remaining targets OnTexasFootball begins Tuesday with a look at where Texas stands in the key 2025 recruitments remaining. EDGE and DL Javion Hilson, EDGE, Cocoa (Fla.) High OTF ranking: 4-star++ The decision: December 4 is currently the decision day, with Texas leading. Joseph Mbatchou, DL, Loganville (Ga.) Grayson OTF ranking: 4-star+ The decision: First week of December is when Mbatchou is scheduled to announce a decision. Texas, Auburn and USC are battling it out. Walter Mathis Jr., DL, Savannah (Ga.) Calvary Day - LSU commit OTF ranking: 4-star++ The whole enchilada: If Texas doesn't get Mathis and fa…

Wednesday Morning Recruiting Nuggets: DL and more DL How well the 2025 recruiting class finishes will be largely dependent on the defensive line position in the eyes of many Texas fans. This morning, OnTexasFootball provides the latest on the defensive line. Javion Hilson, EDGE, Cocoa (Fla.) High Those in Austin continue to feel good about where The Longhorns sit with 4-star++ EDGE Javion Hilson out of the Sunshine State. Hilson, 6-4.5 and 230-pounds, is expected to continue on with the recruiting process with a current decision date of December 4. An official visit to Syracuse November 2-3 weekend is on the books. Florida State hasn't given up. Flor…

The Texas availability report has been released ahead of this weekend’s matchup against Vanderbilt. Isaiah Bond has been hobbled with an ankle injury he suffered against Oklahoma. Bond had just two receptions against Georgia. Mukuba is doubtful as expected. I do not expect him to be available this Saturday. View full news story

At 21 commitments, Texas is trying to get to 26 or 27 in this recruiting class. Michael Terry and Javion Hilson are obvious targets at athlete and defensive end that Texas has every reason to feel good about. They would take Texas to 23 and leave 3-4 more spots available. And that leads us to defensive tackle where, as Gerry wrote this morning, Texas continues to purse more than a half dozen others to get at least two, possibly three. Gerry’s done a thorough job of discussing the DLs and the possibilities there. But what other position(s) is Texas really looking for? Clearly Texas wants another piece in the secondary, be it a corner or someon…

Lunchtime Recruiting Nuggets: Texas A&M commit and 2026 leans These lunchtime recruiting nuggets are being published from the Chick-fil-a in Baton Rouge on College Street. I'm en route to Florida, Georgia and maybe one more state for the next couple of weeks. Lets get started the latest on a Texas target from the Houston area. Chace Sims and Texas The Texas A&M defensive line commit out of Richmond (Texas) Randle and OnTexasFootball 4-star attended the Texas-Georgia game Saturday with his family. He had the opportunity to sit down with Kenny Baker and talk for a while on what Texas could do for him. The visit well, with the exception of not ge…

A couple of recruiting updates on some elite 2026 and 2027 prospects in attendance for the Georgia game this weekend. *** A few notes on 2026 visitors: – 2026 Miami Trace (OH) OL Adam Guthrie was able to spend time with Kyle Flood prior to the game. A big attraction for Guthrie prior to his Texas offer was the commitment of QB Dia Bell in the 2026 class and the two were able to catch up a good bit during the afternoon. "We got to hangout and take it in together," Guthrie said about his time with Dia Bell. "I spoke to Coach Flood pregame and then after the game." Guthrie stuck around for a campus tour on Sunday as well. – 2026 Port Arthur Memo…

Move forward. Enough about pocket presence. Enough about turnovers, bad field position, missed opportunities and poor execution. The focus for this team needs to be solely on Vanderbilt. Because seven games into the season, everything the Horns had hoped for is still on the table for the taking. So what do the Horns need to do? Listening to Sark yesterday, there’s one particular word that he used that struck me: “execution”. Texas is not executing at the level they need to. At least they didn’t against Georgia and they really haven’t since UTSA, at least not on offense. Whether that’s dropped passes by running backs, procedure penalties,…

Let's take a step back. Some realistic expectations and a look back to just two months ago shouldn't hurt anybody? Texas is 6–1 on the season with the lone loss come to the Georgia Bulldogs. Yes, the Georgia Bulldogs. The Same program that has won two of the last three National Championships, a team that is 51–3 in their last 3.5 seasons of football and the one that is currently the undisputed Gold Standard in all of the sport. Preseason predictions would have told us that Texas was right on pace to be the team they were expected to be. Now, I understand the bumps in the road during the season don't come always come at the same level and in some cases,…

Recruiting: What remains after the Georgia game The Texas Longhorns hosted a number of 2025 targets Saturday night for the Georgia game. That list included Texas A&M DL commit Chace Sims, Oregon CB commit Dorian Brew, 4-star++ EDGE Javion Hilson, 5-star DL Justus Terry, Florida 4-star+ DL commit Joseph Mbatchou, Texas A&M 4-star+ WR commit Kelshaun Johnson and Nebraska 4-star DL commit Malcolm Simpson. OnTexasFootball takes a look at what remains on the board with 45 days until December 4. Quarterback (1) K.J. Lacey, QB, Saraland (Ala.) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Running back (2) James Simon, RB, Shreveport…

Texas Hoops: Scrimmage report after 80-52 win over TCU The Texas Longhorns took on TCU in a closed door scrimmage Saturday in San Antonio. Texas won the scrimmage 80-52 against a TCU team that isn't considered quite as strong as the last 2-3 teams in Fort Worth. With that being said, OTF was told that Texas played very well in a lot of aspects. OTF notes from the Texas-TCU scrimmage Five players in double figures. Tre Johnson and Tramon Mark led Texas with 13 points apiece. Tre Johnson scored 13, and that included going 0-4 from three. Which won't happen very often. Johnson is expected to be a 38-40% three-point shooter this season. Texas shot the b…

This is Quinn’s team. Sark has said that multiple times. But… It’s only Quinn’s team until it’s not. ** For two consecutive weeks, Quinn Ewers has wilted under pressure. Yes, the Georgia pass rush was overwhelming, getting to Ewers multiple times. But too often Ewers either exacerbated the problem or failed to react quickly enough to counteract the rush in the best way possible to help his offense. Similar things happened against Oklahoma. Ewers has looked timid, unsure, slow-footed, slow-thinking, and unwilling to step into the pocket and play in the traffic, all while either throwing off of his back foot or not even taking a full step …

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There’s a lot to digest from last night. - We could spend all day dissecting what went wrong in pass protection for the Horns. - The Longhorn offensive line was clearly overwhelmed way too often. - Yet Quinn Ewers did his teammates no favors. In the face of a legit pass rush, Ewers folded as easily as a piece of paper in a book. - He repeatedly bailed backwards instead of stepping into the pocket. In doing so, Ewers gave the Georgia pass rushers an even larger target. Georgia could use the wide pass rush and therefore make the Texas OTs protect more space. The Georgia DL did NOT need more space to operate. That space also gave Georgia ed…

Texas drops to No. 5 in the latest AP Top 25. The Longhorns are also set to play No. 25 Vanderbilt this weekend in Nashville. The Commodores are ranked for the first time since 2013. Oregon Georgia Penn State Ohio State Texas Miami Tennessee LSU Clemson Iowa State BYU Notre Dame Indiana Texas A&M Alabama Kansas State Boise State Ole Miss Pitt Illinois Missouri SMU Army Navy Vanderbilt View full news story

Texas vs. Georgia visitor list The visitor list for the Texas-Georgia game October 19 is setting up to be one of the best ever for a Texas home game. There are now more than 35 combined 5-star and 4-stars expected to be on campus this weekend in Austin with three more additions, including a 2026 out of state WR target. OnTexasFootball brings the latest on the visitor list. We will continue to update the list, and make changes where needed throughout the week. 2025 Prospects Michael Terry III, ATH, San Antonio (Texas) Alamo Heights OTF ranking: 4-star++ Javion Hilson, EDGE, Cocoa (Fla.) High OTF ranking: 4-star++ Joseph Mbatchou, DL, Lo…