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I’m pumped to see what our defense looks like if i trust one coach on the whole staff it’s coach Boom

I could've gone with the running game, but the Texas State passing game poses a legitimate challenge. I love this test for Muschamp's defense right out of the gate.

It’s time to tackle “One Burning Question,” an On Texas Football in-season feature where we’ll examine a significant question facing the Texas Longhorns entering a game. On Sunday, we’ll revisit the question to see whether Steve Sarkisian’s team answered it successfully. This week, with No. 5 Texas hosting Texas State in the 2026 season opener on Saturday (2:30 p.m., ESPN), the question is: How will the Texas pass defense fare in its first test under Will Muschamp? Had his reasons for moving on from Pete Kwiatkowski and bringing Muschamp back to the Forty Acres to run the defense. Arguably the most significant reason why Sarkisian pulled the trigger on the most notable staff change of his tenure after the Longhorns were officially left out of the College Football Playoff, however, was Kwiatkowski’s inability to tie his fronts and coverages together consistently. Other than the 2024 season, when Jahdae Barron emerged as an All-American en route to winning the Jim Thorpe Award, with a healthy Andrew Mukuba further elevating a secondary that was the defense’s Achilles’ heel in 2023, Kwiatkowski never found the front-to-back synergy at Texas that he had when Chris Petersen paired him with Jimmy Lake at Washington a decade ago. Things came to a head last season in SEC play. The Longhorns allowed 92 completions of 10 or more yards in eight conference games, with Vanderbilt’s 94 preventing Kwiatkowski's defense from falling to the bottom of the SEC in that category. The 32 completions of 20 or more yards Texas surrendered tied Mississippi State for the league's second-worst mark. Kwiatkowski’s unit intercepted 16 passes in 2025 (the second-most in the SEC), including nine in conference play. Still, the Longhorns were saddled with the SEC’s second-worst pass defense in league games (280.8 yards per game allowed). Only Sarkisian knows which straw broke the camel’s back. When push came to shove, the opportunity to hire Muschamp, whose specialty is the secondary, superseded the changes needed to make it more conducive for Kwiatkowski to return for a sixth season. There was more than one way to interpret Sarkisian declaring Muschamp as the head coach of the defense upon his hiring. One of the most significant changes is that while Kwiatkowski handled the defensive front and left the back end to his defensive pass game coordinator (Terry Joseph for four seasons and Duane Akina in 2025), Muschamp is responsible for calling fronts and coverages on game day. One message coming from one voice could be what the Longhorns need to field a championship-caliber defense. The 2026 season isn’t conducive to succeeding on defense amid communication breakdowns, with Texas set to face the best regular-season slate of quarterbacks the program has had to deal with since Muschamp’s first season with the program in 2008, when the Longhorns faced two eventual Heisman Trophy winners (Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford and Baylor’s Robert Griffin III) and five other quarterbacks who went on to play in the NFL. The run of difference-making signal callers begins on Saturday, when Texas goes up against Texas State’s Brad Jackson. With a pair of 1,000-yard wideouts at Jackson’s disposal in Beau Sparks (1,200 yards last season) and Chris Dawn Jr. (1,007 yards in 2025), the Bobcats will test the Longhorns more than a typical Group of Six offense in an opening game. Texas handling the Texas State passing game comfortably won’t signal that Muschamp’s defense is destined to dominate its competition. It would, however, be a massive step in the right direction and should give Muschamp’s unit a shot in the arm ahead of Julian Sayin, Jeremiah Smith and the Ohio State aerial attack coming to town. An offseason in which the defense showed flashes of being the havoc-causing unit capable of making more plays when the ball is in the air than it gives up is in the books. On Saturday, it’ll be time to see if Muschamp’s second tour of duty in Austin has the potential to be as successful as his first and whether Sarkisian’s call to bring him back was the right one for the Longhorns. View full news story

Choad with a choad HC...I asked a TT grad coworker this week if he had purchased his cody campbell jersey yet...dude thinks he's playing on the team.

I'm really curious to see how coach Muschamp calls plays against this style of offense. Wide WR splits, fast tempo, and a running QB can force a DC into some interesting decisions. Of course, we have the athletes to line up, play vanilla, and win going away. But...it took us an entire half to figure out Mississippi State a few years ago.

With all due respect to X-man, Colin is my pick.

John Burt

Worthy with Simmons on his heels

That is a lot of words to not say anything

One day until kickoff and we’ve finally made it to No. 1, which gave us one of the rare countdown lists where two current Longhorns have already done enough to make the cut. Xavier Worthy finished his Texas career with 197 receptions, 2,755 yards and 26 touchdowns. He was a two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection, the 2021 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and helped Texas win the 2023 Big 12 Championship before becoming a first-round NFL Draft pick. Mike Davis caught 200 passes for 2,753 yards and 18 touchdowns during his four years at Texas. He earned All-Big 12 honors twice and finished his career ranked fourth in school history in both receptions and receiving yards. Donnie Little passed for 2,067 yards, rushed for 1,334 and added another 338 as a receiver. He went 15-5 as a starting quarterback and played quarterback, receiver and returner during his time at Texas. Colin Simmons is only entering his third season and already has 91 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss and 21 sacks. He was the 2024 National Freshman of the Year, earned second-team All-America and first-team All-SEC honors in 2025 and already owns the Texas record for most sacks through a player’s first two seasons. Ryan Wingo has also made the list before his Texas career is finished. Through two seasons, Wingo has 83 receptions for 1,306 yards and nine touchdowns and earned second-team All-SEC honors in 2025. It’s pretty rare for one current player to make one of these countdown lists. No. 1 has two of them, and both still have plenty of time to climb even higher. Who y’all taking? One. Day. Away. 🤘

Looks like ou just added an NFL player to their roster this morning.

38-10 Texas

I am asking because I have zero knowledge of LSU's internal workings. I wonder how much of this is being generated and driven by the athletic department vs. how much is coming from the $$$$$ men? We know Tech was Cambell'$ war. Their coach was just a duckling......... To me, the LSU thing has a slightly different smell. Help me understand.

Saving the best for last, I understand completely!

i'm shocked that the nepotism isn't going well

The penalties established by the SEC are: Kiffin suspended for half the season, lsu football loses half its operating budget (10’s of millions!), and lsu loses voting rights. But they also gave Sankey himself absolute discretion. LSU dragging their executioner through a humiliating kangaroo court was a stupid move. I can see him going beyond the stated punishments but still won’t expel them.

Statement from LSU President. Maybe worried now haha! Complying with the law and rules of the Conference. Nobody to blame but themselves, when Lane pushed these guys to sue. https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2095852917773271092?s=20

Awesome insight, would love to peek at that playlist 🤘

66-7 Texas 🤘