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Noticed that, too. Explains why he's been swooning over the beauty of the waterfront all week 🤘

Great attitude from maybe your most talented player on a loaded roster??. I imagine that tone is consistent in the locker room, if so. Look out…imo. Hook em

On those sack totals, the only Texas defenders who've had better seasons than Simmons' 12 sacks since 1982 are Alex Okafor (12.5 in 2012) and Jackson Jeffcoat (13 in 2013).

@Gerry Hamilton had a good interview with Colin Simmons that should be on the YouTube channel and podcast feed at some point. They dive deeper into Simmons' growth and how his perspective on individual goals has changed to a team-first approach.

That's what I came here to say.

TAMPA, Fla. — The best sign of Colin Simmons’ growth as a player, a man and a leader are his personal goals for the 2026 season. After making it known that he was aiming for Kiki DeAyala’s single-season school sack record (22.5 in 1982) heading into 2025, Simmons isn’t concerned with splattering his name all over the Texas record books. Instead, Simmons would rather put a number on the wall signifying how the Longhorns fulfilled their promise in what’s expected to be his last season on the Forty Acres. “Honestly, my individual goals are the team goals,” Simmons said at SEC Media Days in Tampa on Thursday. “It's the team's success. Winning. Winning a national championship. "Everything that comes with it.” Thanks to a furious finish, which saw him racking up 10.5 sacks over the last eight games of the season, including a career-high three in a 16-13 overtime road win over Kentucky on Oct. 18, only Jackson Jeffcoat and Alex Okafor have gotten closer to DeAyala’s seemingly untouchable mark than Simmons did last season. The second-team All-American and first-team All-SEC defender’s 12 sacks tied him with DeAyala (1981), Steve McMichael (1977) and Tony Degrate (1984) for the eighth-best single-season sack total since 1975, which is when Texas began tracking sacks as an official statistic. While Simmons was noticeably pressing early in the season, the sacks started to come when his focus shifted from piling up numbers to loving the game. The approach also helped Simmons come into his own as a leader with a style that’s positioned him to be everything Will Muschamp needs him to be in the first season of his second stint as the program’s defensive coordinator. “Being myself, showing my teammates that they can just be themselves,” Simmons said when describing his leadership style. “They don't have to change. They don't have to impress nobody. People are going to have opinions regardless of what it is, good or bad, but at the end of the day, as long as you stay true to yourself, nothing can move you.” The only person who should be able to move Simmons is Muschamp, who has unleashed top-notch edge rushers like Simmons throughout his career as a defensive coordinator. With 21 sacks through two seasons, Simmons is nine away from joining DeAyala, Degrate and Tim Campbell as the only Longhorns to record at least 30 career sacks, highlighting the Duncanville product’s pass-rushing prowess. Steve Sarkisian hired Muschamp to ensure the Longhorns play defense with more of “an aggressive, in-your-face, tighter coverage kind of approach to things,” he said Thursday. Simmons stands to benefit the most from the leadership change; according to Pro Football Focus, Simmons’ 74 coverage snaps were tied for the 26th most among FBS edge defenders and the fifth most among edge rushers in the SEC. Simmons attacking downhill toward the line of scrimmage more often should be a net positive for the Texas defense. The mindset change Muschamp promotes, and the physicality he demands, have Simmons champing at the bit to show what he can do in the new scheme. “I'm not going to lie, I'm happy to be part of this defense,” Simmons said. “I'm happy to be coached under him.” Even then, Simmons remains steadfast in maintaining a team-first approach to what could be a historic junior season. “Representing the Longhorns is like representing the name on your back,” Simmons said. “You've got to represent it with pride because at the end of the day that's your family and you're representing your family. Just like I represent my mom, I’ve got to represent the Longhorns.” View full news story

I believe 2010 was the last time correct?! I do know we’re up like 73-37 on them all time so almost lapped them there haha

Jackson Jeffcoat was a great Longhorn, but this should always just be "Cole Pittman Day".🤘

Preseason rankings are out for this upcoming season: No Texas. Expected. I expect they’ll get into the final ranking in the end of the season if all goes according to plan.

So if we 1) hit the portal last year and 2) played as a unit, what could the result have been? But hey, glad to hear it's fixed.

Haha, tricks on you, Jeff. @Joe Zura can’t read!

Let's put this on a throw pillow for @Joe Zura: "I was originally committed to TCU. I went on my official to Texas and just kind of hearing what Coach Flood had to say and how he broke down my film, that's kind of what got me to Texas. That's what has had me stay at Texas despite the transfer portal."

I appreciate it...but as an outsider looking in, I saw it. So let's see change.

How long has it been since the Aggies beat Texas in football?

What I think we are hearing is that this line is ready to be accountable and accept responsibility for themselves. I love that he blamed himself and his fellow lineman for not being physical enough. He didn’t pass the buck. Love this. That’s leadership.

Kiffin isnt exactly a savant at employing effective defensive coordinators which is why i am not a believer in him at LSU. To me he’s just the Lincoln Riley of the SEC.

The fact that he said he is already best friends with melvin and seymore was very positive.

@Joe Zuraso mad when goosby talked about he came to texas because of flood lol

Awesome post. Thanks!

#fireflood

I just hope seymore is what we expected he was. Last thing i want is the left guard spot in influx.

He’ll see the light at Kyle field and immediately transfer. It’s the yell leaders that’ll get it done.