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Gerry’s 2nd post said the hi is for football.

Georgia by 70.

He better hope he wins that game because you don't want Ole Miss fans rushing the field lol.

The extended replay was enjoyable to watch. Hopefully they are physical this weak and also fundamentally sound.

Oregon State took it to Texas Tech, I thought Cody said they were going to run it up on everyone? I guess the Beavers didn't get the memo lol.

People get outraged at the dumbest stuff. Couldn't even get people this outraged about the Epstein files lol.

I think I remember Bobby saying that we didn't get any football commits but we had like 3 baseball commits after the game or something like that?

Like I said in another thread. I know he didn't mean anything by it. But I knew it would be all over the news and it has started now. Just another distraction not needed. If you comment on any video AI or not of slapping a woman well you know.... They are gonna get their pound of flesh here I suspect. Hopefully it dies, but Arch has commercials and such out there. Just clarify what you meant, apologize and move on . Because the social media universe seems ready to take this to another level. Maybe Sark can jump in and nix this . Again I understand so I'm good. But just address it and make it a one day story or well you know. Hate it for sure.

Not that it matters, but I think the media team will release a proper mini movie from this game, that was just an appetizer.

Get a life @NTXHornsFan

Ok…..Cool….hookem…….

hmmm...if he has control with that 96 mph, not so sure we ever see him

I can’t imagine it matters

People look for a reason to be upset ! Who cares 🤷🏻‍♂️

We have former guys that love UT. KD is chief among them. Love that guy.

Now my timeline is flooded with people mad that Arch thought AI videos of Sark and Holly Rowe were funny. Is she gonna haunt us the rest of the year?

Brooks is good. I also like Landon Tengwell. Here is his video:

Forty carries might be an arbitrary number of official rushing attempts (sacks are included). Still, it's been a significant number for Texas under Sarkisian. Sark clearly didn't trust the running game last season. That wasn't the case against Ohio State. He was either going to win with physicality on Saturday or die trying.

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s time to revisit On Texas Football's “One Burning Question,” where we ask a question about the Texas Longhorns heading into a game. Entering Saturday’s 24-23 win over No. 1 Ohio State, our burning question was: Can the Longhorns win the line-of-scrimmage battle against the Buckeyes? They did. In emphatic fashion. Winning in the trenches played, arguably, the most significant role in the program’s first home victory over the Associated Press’ No. 1-ranked team since a 23-20 win over SMU on Nov. 4, 1950. From the time Texas took possession after an Ohio State punt with 5:47 to go in the third quarter, the Longhorns had a plus-28 play differential over the Buckeyes. Forty of the Texas offense’s 83 snaps came on the unit’s last three possessions: touchdown drives of 15, 13 and 12 plays, respectively. Even though Arch Manning sparked the first two scoring marches with a pair of fourth-down conversions (a desperation throw while on the move to Emaree Winston and a dart to Emmett Mosley V), Steve Sarkisian put the 20-point comeback on the shoulders of Kyle Flood’s much-maligned offensive line. Including the 34 yards Manning picked up on the five times he called his own number, the Longhorns toted the rock 22 times for 96 yards on their last three drives, including Hollywood Smothers’ over-the-top, game-winning 1-yard touchdown with 25 seconds left on the clock. The 22 late-game carries accounted for more than half of Texas' 41 official rushing attempts. After rushing for 140 net yards (3.4 yards per attempt), the Longhorns improved to 23-2 in 40-carry games under Sarkisian. Texas’ only two games with 40 or more official carries last season came against UTEP (56) and Sam Houston (41). The Ohio State game was the Longhorns' first with 40 or more official rushing attempts against a Power Four opponent since a 48-carry, 292-yard outing in a 2024 College Football Playoff first-round win over Clemson. Whether it’s been a lack of trust in the position groups responsible for making the running game go (the offensive line, running backs or both) or a desire to hunt big plays through the air, Sarkisian has, more often than not, abandoned the run in big games. That wasn’t the case against the Buckeyes. The belief in the ground attack can be linked to Sarkisian’s trust in the offensive line and running backs after both groups underwent massive offseason overhauls. The line is playing well together, Sarkisian said Monday while recapping the win over Ohio State and looking ahead to No. 1 Texas’ non-conference finale against UTSA on Saturday (7 p.m., SEC Network+), because of Connor Robertson’s veteran presence at center. While acknowledging that Robertson’s experience helps communication flow better on game day, Brandon Baker and Trevor Goosby have a full season as starters under their belts and seasoned transfer portal acquisitions Melvin Siani (859 snaps at Wake Forest last season, according to Pro Football Focus) and Dylan Sikorski (444 snaps as a sophomore at Oregon State) have exceeded expectations since joining the program. “I think there's a lot of experience and I think they're just working cohesively well together, but what I liked was the physicality that they played the game with,” Sarkisian said. “They moved the line of scrimmage and they created running lanes.” For their part, Smothers (74 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries) and Raleek Brown (10 carries for 54 yards), “didn’t go down on contact," Sarkisian said. According to PFF, Smothers and Brown combined for 80 rushing yards after contact, with nine missed tackles forced. between them. “We made guys miss; we ran through safeties,” Sarkisian said. “They were physical.” The running back group’s toughness translated to much-needed pass protection for Manning, who was pressured on just 11 of his 44 dropbacks, according to PFF. Manning was the sixth-most-pressured quarterback in FBS last season (165 total pressures, on 35.6 percent of his dropbacks), with Ohio State pressuring him on 14 of 34 dropbacks (41.2 percent) in last season’s 14-7 loss in Columbus. The Longhorns flipped the script in Austin. While Texas kept Manning relatively clean, Will Muschamp’s in-game adjustment to play man coverage against Jeremiah Smith and put another defender in the box to bolster the run defense paid off with a winning effort against the run (94 yards and three yards per attempt by the Buckeyes, who didn’t have a run from scrimmage longer than 11 yards) and more consistent, effective pressure on Julian Sayin. After the Longhorns only pressured Sayin on five of his 20 dropbacks last season, Muschamp’s defense pressured the 2025 Heisman Trophy finalist on 15 of his 36 dropbacks (41.7 percent), mirroring what Indiana (pressured Sayin on 12 of 34 dropbacks in the Big Ten championship game) and Miami (pressured Sayin on 17 of 40 dropbacks in the Cotton Bowl) did last season in wins over the Buckeyes. When Texas faced critical downs and needed a defensive player to step up and make a play, Alex January, Hero Kanu, Maraad Watson and Ian Geffrard won must-win battles at the point of attack. Muschamp went with heavier fronts featuring three and sometimes four tackles on the field, the latter being the case when January led the charge to stuff Ja’Kobi Jackson on fourth-and-2 from the Longhorns’ 13-yard line early in the second quarter. Winning the rushing yardage battle, providing adequate protection for Manning and bringing the heat on Sayin more than Ryan Day and Arthur Smith wanted (Sayin overthrew Devin McCuin on a potential game-clinching touchdown in the third quarter, with Justin Cryer forcing a hurried throw as an unblocked rusher coming off the edge) added up to the Longhorns winning the trench battle and the game. They won the way Sarkisian hoped they could against elite opponents after spending the offseason trying to get Texas to play with more of a physical edge by putting the fulcrums of the running game through competitive, intense inside-run periods in practice. With the trench battles sharpening both lines of scrimmage, Texas delivered when and where it mattered against the No. 1 team in the country. “As a coach, you get what you emphasize, right? And we've been emphasizing being a more physical football team, being a more physical offensive team and running the football when they know you're going to run the football and having the ability to do that and having the ability to have confidence to call it that way,” Sarkisian said. “At the end of that game, when we were down there first-and-goal, it was like, 'We're running it, man.' And they knew we were running it. There wasn't a secret. We weren't going to call a bootleg or a tight end corner route or something. The ability to get that ball in the end zone is gratifying as a coach that your players have bought into what you're asking of them to get accomplished." View full news story

...Brian Austin does a great job going over the hits and misses throughout the game. Sark called a magnificent game. Arch missed a few wide open receivers, and took off running rather than letting it rip. But he also shows how Arch does the unbelievable because of his arm strength and athleticism. I learn a lot watching his show.

Both Ivanna Wilson Manyacka and Jezelle "GG" Banks were on campus at Texas (and attended the Texas vs. Ohio State football game) over the weekend.

Same. Stoked! 🤘

I can assure you they’ll be drunk by 9 am.