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Steve Sarkisian changed responsibilities for his game day coaching staff on Saturday in Starkville. I reported prior to kickoff that co-offensive coordinator and QB coach AJ Milwee moved from the sidelines to the coach's box for the first time this season. As a result, Co-passing game coordinator and assistant QB coach Mike Bimonte roamed the sidelines and commanded the quarterback huddle when the defense was on the field. It is a subtle switch. Not something that would be picked up on by the vast majority of Texas fans. However, I have been told by team sources that the change paid significant dividends in the Longhorns' 17-point come from behind vic…

With their backs against the wall, down 17 points in the final quarter, the Texas Longhorns fought and clawed their way back to tie the game at the end of regulation before winning in overtime 45-38. I use the terms “fought” and “clawed” purposefully because that’s exactly what they did. It wasn’t always pretty, but this team would not give up. They fought every second even after what looked like a nail in the coffin 62-yard touchdown from Mississippi State early in the fourth quarter. Yet rather than folding tent, Texas fought back behind the arm of Arch Manning and a fleet of receivers that had a breakout game for the first time this year. But i…

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1st Quarter: That is a fantastic start for the Texas defense. A quick three and out which began by a tackle for loss for Anthony Hill Jr. Let’s see what the Texas offense can do to capitalize. How about this start! 2 plays, 63 yards, 7 points. The offense goes back to the well for a simple swing screen which goes for 60 and the Longhorns immediately are on the goal line. Feel like plays like those have been completely missing and not utilized enough. Two straight three & outs for the Texas defense. That’s fantastic. No luck offensively. So far, the Texas run defense has been stout. The outside zone game has not worked for Miss State so …

No. 22 Texas at Mississippi State Live Game Thread Here we go. The game ... Where: Starkville, Miss. at Davis Wade Stadium Time: 3:15 CT TV: SEC Network The Line... Texas -7.5 O/U: 46.5 View full news story

College Football Live Thread: Week 9 Major Applewhite's South Alabama (1-6) squad vs. Georgia State (1-6) tonight on ESPN2. Applewhite's offense was gutted by the portal, including Mississippi State stud RB Fluff Bothwell and UNC QB Gio Lopez. Games of note Saturday: Not much nationally. UCLA at Indiana, I guess. Heisman Trophy race. SEC has some juice: 8 Ole Miss at 12 Oklahoma 15 Missouri at 10 Vanderbilt 3 Texas A&M at 20 LSU View full news story

On Texas Football has made it to StarkVegas! View full news story

No change on the Thursday night availability report for the Horns. View full news story

FSU commit to officially visit Texas November 1 The Texas Longhorns offered Florida State linebacker commitment Karon Maycock (Miami, Fla./Central) Thursday night. And an official visit has already been set. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound linebacker told OnTexasFootball that he has scheduled his OV to Texas for next weekend. That means Steve Sarkisian and staff will host at least one official visitor November 1-2 for the Vanderbilt game. Maycock committed to Florida State in February of 2025. He then made official visits to Florida, Syracuse, Alabama and FSU before sticking with the Seminoles. Now with the future of Mike Norvell and staff up in the air, Texas a…

Ask me anything Can't imagine what the topics will be haha Some things I have had on my mind ... Will Texas sign a top 5 class if the seasons ends up 8-4 or 7-5? How many points does Texas need to score to win the remaining games? At Mississippi State - 24'ish Vanderbilt - 24-27 at Georgia - 28'ish Arkansas - 24'ish Texas A&M - 28'ish Duke should beat Texas in Sean Miller's first game at Texas, but will this Texas team exceed the national expectations? I firmly believe Texas hired a terrific basketball coach that will build really strong and balanced rosters in the future. This season is all about Miller and staff ge…

The Week of Practice Ahead of Mississippi State Game The Longhorns board for Starkville Friday afternoon for what is hoping to be a bounce back performance against Mississippi State. Defensively, after seeing 89 snaps on the field in Lexington, the staff ensured a lighter workload at the beginning of the week. Texas practiced Monday, and did so without helmets. Basically a longer walk-through to try and save some energy on the legs while installing the game plan for the week. Texas got back to work as the week progressed, but there is an obvious intent to play a more complementary style to protect the energy and snap count of the defense. Look for Dere…

For one final time this week, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian will meet with the local media to discuss the upcoming game against Mississippi State. Texas and Miss State will kick off at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday in Starkville. Notes and quotes in the comments down below. View full news story

No. 22 Texas at Mississippi State Game Week Thread Texas heads to Starkville Friday for a Saturday afternoon game against an improved Mississippi State team under head coach Jeff Lebby. The Longhorns have been poor on the road in SEC play on offense in two games with the performance in Lexington as bad as the program has seen since 2015. The Bulldogs are riding the longest SEC conference games losing streak, but they have been right there with chances beat Tennessee in Starkville and last weekend in Gainesville. The game… Time: 3:15 central TV: SEC Network View full news story

- Many of you asked if Texas will pursue Tennessee players due to Tony Vitello leaving for the San Francisco Giants. I wouldn’t expect that to happen when it comes to the portal or recruiting. When it comes to the portal, in baseball, players aren’t eligible mid-year (unless they are a HS senior like Jonah Williams). On the recruiting side, I believe Texas is happy with what they have OR they feel like the ones they’d want are pro type guys. - For the same reasons above, I wouldn’t expect anything to happen with Florida neither. - As for the team side of things, it sounds like pitching is easily going to be the strength of this year’s team. Texas has…

News broke yesterday that safety Michael Taaffe had surgery on Monday on his thumb. The injury and procedure are likely to keep Taaffe out this week and possibly next, with the potential of a return for the Georgia game, according to CJ Vogel. Of course, we won’t know the plans for sure until we receive Steve Sarkisian’s injury report later this afternoon. We expect experience veteran Derrick Williams to start in place of Taaffe. But the position all of a sudden looks somewhat thin. After all, not only is Taaffe expected to be out but key back-up Xavier Filsaime has missed the last two weeks with an injury. That means Jordon Johnson-Rubell and potentia…

Sarkisian: Changes Are Coming to Texas Offense Another day, another mention of the Texas offense and its struggles so far in 2025. The hot and cold nature of this unit has no doubt been frustrating, and following the Kentucky game last Saturday, there has not been a louder conversation regarding Sark and his abilities as a play caller since his arrival in Austin. Even with a W in the pocket of the Longhorns on the flight back to Austin, the Texas offense returned with only 178 yards of total offense and one of the more dismal performances in recent Texas memory. However, when the team boards the plane for their trip out to Starkville this weekend, they will…

The Wednesday evening injury report has been released. *** • No Cole Hutson for 2nd straight game. • DB Michael Taaffe is OUT. • RB CJ Baxter is PROBABLE, a great sign. • Good to see DB Xavier Filsaime is probable. He has missed three games this season, but will be relied upon with Taaffe sidelined. • No mention of OL Connor Stroh, who missed last weekend. View full news story

Injury news incoming. More later. Per CJ Vogel (Tuesday 5:15 PM) Hearing Georgia is the targeted return date for Taaffe from his thumb surgery. That would mean he would be sidelined for Mississippi State and Vanderbilt, then have the bye week to get back to speed for UGA in Athens on November 15. View full news story

Steve Sarkisian Shoots Down Idea to Give Up Play Calling You can expect a lot of change on the offensive side of the ball for the Texas Longhorn offense in the coming weeks according to Steve Sarkisian. One thing that will not change is who will be calling plays. Texas head coach, and play caller, Steve Sarkisian was asked on Monday if he had thought at all about giving up play calling duties given the responsibilities of a head coach in games. It was quickly shot down. "That's why I got hired," Sarkisian said of his play calling abilities. "I was a really good offensive coordinator." Texas currently sits 80th in the country in points per game at …

If you didn’t hear Colin Simmons post-game or Ethan Burke yesterday afternoon, you missed a real pleasure. The two veteran defensive ends were having none of the “woe is me” pity party about the Texas offense. Instead, they were genuinely excited about the “team” win in Lexington. We hear Michael Taaffe talk about this stuff all the time. But it’s clearly not just Taaffe who has bought in to the team-first culture. It was really exciting hearing that sort of talk from Burke and Simmons. We often say football is the ultimate team sport. Those two are clearly believers in that. If that is what is being said about the Kentucky win inside the locker r…

Texas offers 2026 DB out of Colorado Texas cornerbacks coach Mark Orphey extended an offer to senior riser cornerback Toray Davis (Boulder, Co./Fairview) Monday. The 6-foot-1, 185-pounder was committed to UCLA until the firing of Deshaun Foster. Since de-committing September 22, Davis has picked up offers from Wisconsin, Arizona State, Indiana, Iowa and now Texas. Davis made an official visit October 11 to Wisconsin. http://www.hudl.com/v/2SzKUA View full news story

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is on the podium to recap the overtime win in Lexington and to preview the upcoming game against Mississippi State in Starkville. Should be an interesting press conference and notes and quotes will be posted in the comments down below. View full news story

A week ago, I was genuinely surprised by the Longhorns’ offensive performance against Oklahoma, as were many of you probably. I thought Texas would win that game, but I didn’t foresee such an encouraging outing from the offense. Fast forward one week, and I didn’t see this unbelievably poor performance coming. Chances are, many of you didn’t either. The only thing the offense did right on Saturday night was not turn the ball over. Other than that, they were downright horrible. They couldn’t run, they couldn’t block, they couldn’t hit wide open receivers, they couldn’t even stay in bounds when they needed to. Hell, in overtime, with the game on the…

Rehashing the Good and the Bad following the Horns win in Lexington Let's get to it. While I don't tend to sunshine pump, I will try to focus on some positives here today. I think the board may need some uplifting nuggets. *** Good Horn It Was a Win It is not often the result of a game is overshadowed by the process in which it occurred, but Saturday was one of those situations. The win over Kentucky is nearly completely looked over in regards to how the 60 minutes and changed played out before the game winning field goal. But let's not forget – this win keeps the hopes and dreams alive for the Texas Longhorns in 2025. Now, you can argue whether or n…

Texas won a football game this evening, but it didn't feel like it. And for the next week or so, it probably won't be viewed as such a win inside the facility or on the plane ride home. It was an abysmal evening for the Longhorn offense. Abysmal. The worst in the Sarkisian era, and the worst in probably over a decade. Kentucky doubled up Texas in the following: Time of Possession: 39:23 to 20:37 Total yards: 395 to 179 First Downs: 8 to 24 Yards per rush: 3.0 to 1.7 It was ugly in every single facet. But there was a win. I saw a tweet from Brooks Austin, The Film Guy, introducing Texas fans to an SEC rite of passage by …