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3 Stars of the Game After the 16–13 OT Win Over Kentucky *** *** Star #1 EDGE Colin Simmons Whatever has gotten into Colin Simmons over the last two weeks, sign me up for it! He has been spectacular and it has been desperately needed by the Longhorns. Simmons racked up three more sacks to his tally and took over the game at times in the 2nd half. He was a quick whistle away from a fourth sack on Cutter Boley as well. Simmons is playing like the All-World EDGE we expected, and deserves his flowers for it. Star #2 PR Ryan Niblett Perhaps the only reason Texas put points on the board on Saturday was because of the efforts of Ryan Niblett. Also, credit to the Texas punt return team for setting blocks here as well. But two straight weekends now, Ryan Niblett has grown into a star. Massive, game-changing moments helped put the Longhorns in a position to score immediate points and change the complexion of a game. Credit to Niblett, what a development this season. Star #3 LB Anthony Hill Jr. Like Simmons, Hill is really beginning to turn up the heat on the field. An interception, a team-leading 12 tackles and an additional pass break up, Hill was everywhere. One knock for Hill was obviously the fumble on the ground that he tried to scoop, rather than fall on, but hey, he was everywhere. HM1 Hero Kanu: Over 50 snaps on the interior of the defensive line, a forced fumble and a tackle for loss, quite the day on the inside. HM2 Trey Moore: It's been a rocky road for Moore over the last few weeks, but he had a great day Saturday. Moore had a 5 solo tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss while adding another QB hurry.

I have eyes.

Carson Beck is an average college QB. Same struggles we pointed out for Arch all year continue to show.

@Blake Munroe heard any news on this? Crazy to even think this could happen but if so it could obviously open up a lot of talented players to the portal. Could the Horns benefit? I'm thinking they are already maxed out on scholarships. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46641299/tennessee-vitello-favorite-land-giants-job

Getting a healthy Cedric Baxter back would help tremendously…

Btw, most teams in the SEC this year are considerably less dominant on the road than at home

We have not had a full body of conditions to say how the offense will perform in every situation. What other team in the country doesn’t play a P4 team at home until November 1st? We have had one game that people were satisfied with the offense- which just so happened to be the one game we were wearing orange against a P4 team. It’s a possibility. Of course, everyone is really enjoying crapping on the team so it’s not a possibility anyone wants to consider

Has Dan Mullen been mentioned in any chatter to jump back into a Power 4 job?

Bull Gators (richest alums) want Lane Kiffin Kiffin, Marcus Freeman and Eli Drinkwitz are mentioned most. It should be 1. Freeman, 2a Drinkwitz and 2b Kiffin IMO

Arch sold my 400$ buyout😭, part of the reason why I was so salty about everything Saturday

Behind the scene is that Eli Drinkwitz would take Auburn, assuming he's not the pick at UF.

The projection systems like FPI and SP+ still have us rating fairly highly, and I think Vegas reflects that. But, I don't think this is "we've been better than it looks", it's just that these systems have a ton of preseason input in the form of previous seasons and recruiting rankings. Basically they are saying "Texas can't actually be this bad, right?". Unfortunately I think we just may be..

The reality is that the offense was below the bar for Kentucky. Defense did what they are capable of doing but was probably on the high side. Special teams over all was probably at the ceiling. We can’t expect ST to always perform at the ceiling. The offense must do better.

Caldwell has come in twice and both times been on time with moderate depth passes - you can win with that. And he has good feet.

it amazes me that we can’t find 5 human beings in this country that can block someone in front of them consistently. we can’t find people who can consistently produce big on big blocking and driving people off the ball

So caldwell will magically make this offensive line more competent? I don’t get it and it seems you don’t either. Arch is apart of the problem but not the main one. From bench quinn to bench arch. Crazy how history just repeats itself.

So you have no clue. Thanks for playing.

i just feel Sark gets off for free on the failures of the offense that are his decisions. i don’t believe any raises or extensions should be discussed in the near future. we have had 2 5 star #1 qb recruits in the nation over the last 4 years and neither has been developed by the guy who is suppose to be a whisperer for this position. other coaches without a qb guru background are developing3 stars at a much better rate to be honest. i truly sark came in saying all gas no breaks in his intro conference and now in year 5 we have still not seen it. at this point it feels like an over compensation.

yea this offense right now sure doesn’t look like something an elite offensive playmaker would want to commit to

It's kinda funny that Napier beat Miss State, got booed and later fired. That's a wild series of events. Be interested to see who the names are being floated around.

Jeff, great analysis. Pouring a little salt in the wound in the wound might help it heal. This is one of the most inept performance by the entire offense side (yes, GA's you're in there too) with so much talent. DKR recognized what he had at running back & created an offense with Emery Ballard to get them all on the field. Fred Akers switched to the I so that Earl could start 6 yards deep and get full loaded by the time he hit the line. Look at how the offense evolved to fully utilize VY. Right now, I'm not seeing coaches that are putting schemes to maximize the talent we have. OU gave us a hellova blue print. Did someone lose it or are we just too hard headed? Anyway, my $0.02!

Thanks, good information. Is the last bit just for Texas or all P4 teams? wouldn't surprise me if it were for all.