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I have a serious question: What more could a Longhorn fan want from a season opener? The Longhorns dominated Colorado State from about eight minutes into the game until the very last minute of it. It was the most complete season-opening performance a Texas team has displayed under Steve Sarkisian. It may be the most complete opening-game performance for a season since... well, since VY or Colt were in the captain's chair. Texas out-gained Colorado State 545 yards to 190. The Texas defense did not allow 100 yards passing on the day. The Texas offense was a perfect 7-for-7 in the red zone on touchdowns. Perhaps there were a few nitpicks some could f…

Let’s get this going at 5:17 am September 1st!!! The who: No. 3 Texas at No. 9 Michigan Game time: 11 am central Television: Fox nationally televised. Additional on site coverage by Big Noon Kickoff and ESPN College Gameday Where: “The Big House” in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Capacity 107,601 Surface: FieldTurf Betting line: Texas -4, with an O/U of 47.5 View full news story

Texas pitched its second largest shutdown in the season opener in school history Saturday afternoon against Colorado State. My five biggest takeaways from the afternoon at DKR. *** 1. Texas Lived Up to Its No. 4 Ranking That was a dominant performance. All around. Texas scored on seven straight possessions and found the end zone on six straight drives in the middle of the game. It was a clinical performance offensively after the first quarter. Texas got all of its playmakers involved, Ewers did a great job of distributing the football and the running backs were running physically between the tackles and making plays in space. The Longhorns were 50% on 3rd d…

The season opener took place at DKR in front of 99,171 spectators where the Longhorns put on an absolute clinic defensively and the offense found a scorching hot rhythm as the game progressed. ---- Pregame – It is much cooler than I expected about a week ago. My weather app says 94º is the high, though it is about 88º at the time of kickoff. Much cooler and plays to the advantage of CSU just a bit. Overall, it should not be that large of an impact, but worth noting regardless. – Credit to the student section as well, they filled up immediately after gates opened. The kids are excited for some Texas Football, something that has been a constant under Sar…

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It’s Gameday! ** Today is the real start of 2024, and, for me, the importance of this season for the Texas program can not be understated. The goal of this season - beyond winning any championships - is re-establishing Texas among the nation’s best college football programs. Texas wants to be thought of in the same breath as Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State, the teams who have been the best the past 5-10 years. To make that happen, it’s time to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. That means Texas has to win and win big in consecutive seasons, in multiple seasons on a consistent basis. Winning seasons can not only be expected, they have to become…

Sarkisian's out of state wins on the recruiting trail Steve Sarkisian and staff have brought national recruiting to the Texas program. With the commitment this morning of Jaime Ffrench, the Longhorns have seven commitments from out of state prospects in the 2025 class with a chance at 10 for a third straight class. Ffrench's pledge is a big one, as this is the first national recruiting win in the very talented Jacksonville (Fla.) area in the last 30 years, if not ever. Texas now has a 36 combined out of state signees in the 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 classes. The Longhorns have a total of 96 signees/commitments in the classes, meaning Sarkisian and …

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Momentum continues! Texas adds five more stars to its 2025 recruiting class with the huge addition of WR Jaime Ffrench out of Mandarin, Florida. The Longhorns come away victoriously and hold onto what had been a solid lead dating back to the summer official visit period. Ffrench left Austin following his OV and immediately sources told OTF that the Longhorns were going to be the team to beat in this recruitment and sure enough, Sarkisian and Chris Jackson pull it off for another OOS five-star. Credit to Texas dating back to the spring football season is also deserved. The tide began to turn in April when Ffrench visited Texas and left with the Longhorns in …

The SEC has announced injury reports will be required prior to every conference game this season on the gridiron. Players can be designated as: “Available” “Probable” “Questionable” “Doubtful” “Out” Prior to game day, those availabilities will change to “available,” “game time decision,” or “out." View full news story

A few final notes on the offensive side of the ball in regards to what to expect for Saturday's opener against Colorado State. *** – The first team guards that trotted out for practice this morning were indeed Hayden Conner and DJ Campbell. The offensive line should be as expected – Banks-Conner-Majors-Campbell-Williams (left to right). With that said, I have continued to hear positives about the Texas tackles, Kelvin Banks and Cam Williams. As Bobby Burton alluded to earlier, there is plenty of confidence in that tandem. – As for the wide receivers, I am expecting Sarkisian and Chris Jackson to deploy platoons at times on Saturday. Texas will be …

Best Class Scenario August 29: Top 5 Class? Looking good The Texas Longhorns have 18 commitments following the commitments of Nick Brooks and Jonah Williams last weekend. With the pair of pledges, Texas has moved up into the top 8 ranked classes in the country with another huge announcement Friday morning. In the latest Best Class Scenario, OnTexasFootball lists 23 prospects with defensive line, defensive back, wide receiver and linebacker in the balance. Reminder, there will be prospects added to this during the season - whether it's prospects committed elsewhere that come back into play or senior evals and offers. The OTF prospect ranking system used fo…

Some tidbits I've picked up in the last 24-48 hours: * Expect Tre Wisner to be a more important piece to the offense than perhaps many realize. Wisner has had a very strong fall camp. And while his size may not be entirely different than Jaydon Blue, his running style is distinctive. He's definitely more of a slasher than Blue and seems to glance off tackles more easily, I am told. On a down note, the loss of Cedric Baxter is very real. There are those behind the scenes who felt like the sophomore from Orlando was poised for a breakout year. * There are rumblings about who will be starting along the OL, particularly at offensive guard where both Cole Hutson…

Jaime Ffrench: Decision Countdown Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin wide receiver Jaime Ffrench is set to announce his commitment in 24 hours. The ceremony will take place at Mandarin High at 7:25 a.m. central time on Friday. Ffrench, 6-1 and 185 pounds, will announce out of Texas, Miami, Tennessee and LSU. The Texas Longhorns have been trending in this recruitment since an unofficial visit in the spring with his parents. Wide receivers coach Chris Jackson and head coach Steve Sarkisian have built very strong relationships during the recruitment. The official visits LSU - May 31-June 2 Miami - June 7-9 Tennessee - June 14-16 Texas - J…

This week in the SEC: The Tickle me Elko era begins OnTexasFootball takes a look at SEC games weekly this season, and that begins this week with a full slate of out of conference games beginning Thursday. SEC Game of the Week The Tickle me Elko era gets going Saturday night in College Station with over 100,000 Aggies paying for Jimbo's lifetime contract looking to Bush push Elko to a 1-0 start against No. 7 Notre Dame. The No. 20 ranked Aggies have a new staff and a lot of new faces out of the portal. Notre Dame will start a true freshman left tackle in a very hostile environment. The line: Texas A&M -3 O/U: 46.5 Kirby looking to make Clem…

Wanted to get a few notes on the board in regards to where prospects will be visiting this weekend. *** Additional Colorado State Visitors Texas will mostly be hosting area 2026 recruits and some committed members of the 2025 class. It is not expected to be a heavily-attended weekend on campus, after all it is a 2:30 kickoff, right in the dead heat of the afternoon and the marquee matchups later in the season at home provide better opportunities to impress. A few Central Texas 2026 prospects who have been invited to attend the game on Saturday: 2025 TE Eddie Robinson – Manor (TX) High ... offers from UMHB, Lamar, Austin Peay 2026 WR Brock…

Congrats to Jaylan Ford, Jordan Whittington, Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell, Byron Murphy, T'Vondre Sweat and JT Sanders who all made their respective NFL teams' opening day rosters. Christian Jones, Jonathon Brooks and Keilan Robinson were all placed on one version or another of their team's injured list. Unfortunately, Ryan Watts suffered a season-ending injury in a pre-season game. What was first thought a stinger may actually be more serious. ** Several Horns were also cut yesterday, including: D'Onta Foreman, Collin Johnson, Caden Sterns (who never really made it back from injury) and Lil'Jordan Humphrey. ** Steve Sarkisian has a brief m…

Texas Longhorns commits: Week 1 Schedule The Texas Longhorns 2025 class begins the 2024 season for the most part this week with 19 commitments on the field. The games begin on Thursday night with both Texas defensive back commitments beginning their senior seasons in the Houston Area. Jonah Williams, S, Galveston (Texas) Ball Galveston Ball High takes on Manvel High in Alvin on Thursday, August 29 at 6:30 pm CST. Caleb Chester, CB, Missouri City (Texas) Marshall Marshall High hosts Friendswood High Thursday, August 29 at 7 pm CST. The game will be played at Mercer Stadium. Dia Bell, QB, Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage - 2026 Americ…

Texas QB commits first game of the season The Texas Longhorns quarterback commitments in the classes of 2025 and 2026 played the first game of their 2024 season Friday. As expected, both K.J. Lacey and Dia Bell showed exactly why Steve Sarkisian and A.J. Milwee coveted them in each class. OnTexasFootball takes a look at game on for each. K.J. Lacey, Saraland (Ala.) High - 2025 Lacey completed 14 of 26 passes for 326 yards with 4 TD's with one INT in a 35-27 win over Jackson (Ala.) High. http://www.hudl.com/v/2PtUuT Lacey is now over 7,000 career passing yards with 87 TD's. Dia Bell, Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage - 2…

One final opportunity to get some predictions in for the 2024 season and that is what we will do here for the entirety of the SEC conference. I will drop three recrods below each team – a ceiling, a floor and my final prediction with a brief description of how each record could be met. *** Alabama Ceiling: 11–1 Floor: 8–4 Prediction: 10–2 The fall off for Alabama won't be coming anytime soon, especially with the hiring of Kalen DeBoer. I do think there will be some bumps in the road for Milroe/DeBoer and their cohesiveness. However, there is still so much talent on this roster and Milroe was playing his way into Heisman considerati…

Four days away. And, appropriately, Roy Williams is expected to join us for Coffee & Football this morning. What was your favorite catch by Roy? I think mine was his very first. It was a juggling deep ball over the middle, a catch that he made that no other Longhorn on the roster could have. It showed everyone in the stands that day just what a special player Texas would have on its hands for the next several years. ** We continue to hear more and more about Texas likely platooning receiver units, at least in this very first game. ** Sark made it very clear yesterday that this initial “depth chart” for the game against Colorado State…

Texas will be hosting 2025 Grayson (Ga.) DL Joseph Mbatchou for a visit Septmeber 14 for the UTSA game. Mbatchou was offered by the Longhorns August 14 and quickly the two sides worked to get a visit set up. The 6–5 and 275-pound interior defensive lineman has been committed to Florida since July 31, though received an offer from Georgia this Monday evening. The late riser was born in Cameroon and received his first offer from Florida the final week of July. His recruitment has plenty ways to go despite the commitment at the moment as his five offer mark is set to quadruple over the next few weeks. Mbatchou also plays basketball. View full news story

Texas Hoops Recruiting In Focus: 2025 official visits The Texas Longhorns basketball staff is set to host at least five official visitors in the 2025 cycle in September, beginning with a 5-star shooting guard this weekend. OTF takes a look at the three prospects expected to make official visits with a high school class of two or three expected in the 2025 class. Isiah Harwell, SG, Mount Pleasant (Utah) Wasatch Academy - August 31- September 2 The 6-6, 200 pound shooting guard will make an official visit to Texas this weekend. Harwell also has Houston, Gonzaga and California amont the top four. The Cougars have been confident here for a while, and Gonz…

Just a few random nuggets I wanted to pass along for the evening as we get closer and closer to kickoff. *** Number Changes – Ryan Niblett will be wearing the No. 21 this upcoming season for the Longhorns, moving from #18 he wore last fall and in the spring. Junior quarterback Joe Tatum is now listed as the No. 18 on the offensive side of the ball. – New Texas RB Velton Gardner will be wearing No. 24 for the Longhorns this season as well. He is officially on the Texas roster as well. *** Texas Wants the Heat I spoke with a source earlier this afternoon who hinted at the Texas team wanting something a lot of the fans and attendees on…

An updated look at defensive line recruiting The Texas Longhorns made three new offers on the defensive line since the start of the 2024 season. And a fourth could be on the way, this time inside the state line. Kenny Baker continues to eye three or four high school defensive line prospects in the 2025 cycle. The Longhorns have one commitment, and it's a huge on in Josiah Sharma. Texas remains in the mix for a potential flip or two as well. OnTexasFootball takes a look at defensive line board with the three new offers in the Atlanta area extended, and Malcolm Simpson entering the picture for Texas. Commitment (1) Josiah Sharma, DL, Folsom (Cali…