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I like Kelly more than most, but I'd suggest he concentrate on finally winning an opener this year against Clemson rather than worry about Arch. As for Nussmeier, cut down the ints, play defense and establish a run game to help him out.

One of our OL ran into Comer, You are the one who mentioned Street and his pass. Street didn't play in the O line. I don't care to mention the lineman's name because it was an accident, and it happened a long time ago. He probably wouldn't want his name mentioned as being involved in the knee injury that wrecked Comer's career. Capiche?

Uh, simple answer is … yes

He's not wrong. Arch has a lot to prove. Nussmeyer has much more experience. I'll take Arch's upside and bet the experience he gains through the year has Arch ready for the playoffs.

https://www.si.com/college/texas/football/lsu-tigers-brian-kelly-questions-arch-manning-preseason-hype-texas-longhorns

He had a fantastic year. Agree, well deserved.

Colin Simmons is gonna make our defensive backfield's job easier with opposing QBs fearing for their life.

Reminds me of Chris Sale. What a season congrats to Texas and Mr Volantis

And 2nd Team All American Michael Taaffe will be playing in the NFL a year from now. Until then, he's determined to have this secondary playing 'LIGHTS OUT" and win a Natty on Jan 20, 2026.

I think there is the potential. I think the secondary gets protected a little early bc we will be getting pressure. The talent is there. Just has to gel.

Everyone was nervous last spring, given our secondary being abysmal in 2023 and getting torched by Penix and the Washington receivers. People were calling for the secondary coaching staff to be replaced. Nansen helped stabilize things between the front 7 and back-end of the defense. With Akina back plus all the athleticism combined with strong LB and Edge play, QBs are gonna be throwing on the run more often, no clean pockets. That's gonna help our defensive backs. Jelani McDonald is a beast.

It is absolutely mind boggling impressive when you think about how far Sark, PK, Johnny Nansen and the rest of the defensive staff have come over the past 4+ years. Looking at several ranking sites, including NCAA, CBS and ESPN, whether you focus on yards per game, points per game or other computer generated rankings, Texas Longhorns Defense has improved more in the past 4 years than any other team in D1 and it's not even close. Wasn't that long ago in 2021 when Texas was giving up more than 31 pts per game (Georgia only gave up 9.5 pts per game that season) and Texas was giving up 425 yards per game that year compared to 283 yards and 15 points per game last season. Can the defense actually be better next season? Let's keep it going to a #1 Defense (and #1 Offense potentially) in 2025. We're gonna need that defense to overcome big time offenses at Ohio State, Florida, Georgia and we want to shut down OU and A&M. Texas Longhorn Total Defensive Ranking by Year: 2021: 100th 2022: 54th 2023: 35th 2024: 3rd 2025: TBD? https://cfbstats.com/2024/leader/national/team/defense/split01/category10/sort01.html https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22 https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team/_/view/defense/season/2024/table/passing/sort/yardsPerGame/dir/asc

I am very concerned about the defensive backfield. All new coaches, only returning two starters and one that got burnt multiple times in the playoffs.

Dronnett, tough, mean and a leader on a truly great defense (until they ran into Miami)

ESPN's FPI, which runs 20,000 simulated games for each team has projected Texas' Defense #1 going into the season as well. They've been on this bandwagon for the past 2 months. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45284359/2025-college-football-fpi-power-index-best-matchups-title-odds

I’ll answer that after game one.

Greg McElroy thinks so and he doesn't think it's close. Texas is loaded at every level with explosive playmakers coming back on the defensive side of the ball, giving the Horns tremendous ceiling, combined with depth from #1 recruiting class. 61% of defensive production returns for 2025 season.

Pat brought the TE position out of the dark ages. Dronett was a stud and spent time with my Broncos.

UGA dropped a bag

Blake where do you see him next year? Starter or still the closer?

Pete Thamel talks about the ruling and everyone agrees the new sports commission's focus on approving for compliance seems virtually impossible to avoid litigation in the future.

That's awesome! Well deserved and good for Dylan Volantis. No doubt, he was huge for the Horns and quickly established himself as the shut down closer. Hook em!! 🤘🐂🧡

Very intrigued to see how he will hold up without a generational player like travis. His two sons were serviceable, But nothing like travis is.