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I’m not sure what one would consider a meaningful snap of football. If you like share a little more insight into the meaningful snaps you’ve played. Does that start at the college level?

I heard people including @CJ Vogel saying Colin got snubbed on defensive player of the week. He rightfully didn’t earn it by his one action. I do credit him for playing the rest of the game under control. But you don’t get that reward when you do that. Learn from it and get better big fella!🤘

This nails it, and shows why the team still makes a ton of penalties. There’s no discipline.

While those stats tell a story, watching the actual game tells another. I’ve watched the tape at least 4 times now along with watching ball knowers like Film guy and Landon Tengwall, all agreeing that the constantly collapsing pocket and continuous pressure greatly affect the QBs ability to make the to made decisions. If you’ve played a meaningful snap of football , then you would know how those two factors affect your game. On top of that, I’m not even sure those statistics are remotely correct either. What, are they sitting there and calculating every single football game? Lastly, Watching the game back doesn’t tell me Faizon Brandon played bad. The tape tells me his offensive line was trash, he got hurt on a designed run, and was rattled the rest of the game. Give our defense credit, they made plays all day. PFF also rated the Tennessee Dline higher than Texas

I'm not sure this is about a total lack of discipline. It was stupid and misguided. But Colin Simmons has been nothing but a great example to Longhorn Nation up until this point. The question now is: how does he respond? Then we can get into character questions. It was stupid. Colin Simmons is 20 years old. He will learn and grow and be fine.

Thanks Del Conte - I agree 100%. This ain’t just a standard celebration penalty. I wonder what DKR would do?

Crazy

….you looked and Raleek’s celebration and that’s the conclusion you drew? A modern dance? Really?! Dude…he literally smelled his balls, took a whiff of it, then presented to pass out from the stench.

Yikes

Stats/data all need to be taken in context. In 2021 is when I became particularly intrigued with PFF. I do feel as though I’ve gained some knowledge each year. And often as I see one data point, it brings about a different question for me. I never take one data point in isolation. For average time to throw, the overall time has less value than the categorization of it. For all of 2025, the QB with longest time to throw for the entire season was 2.86 seconds when kept clean. Faizon’s was 3.27 seconds when kept clean. His average depth of target on those throws was 7.8 yards. Of 168 qualifying QBs, that ranks 101st in deepest down the field when kept clean. Arch was 2.48 seconds and 8.6 yards down the field. So about 8 tenths of a second faster at almost a yard further downfield. Faizon was not good. These numbers indicate that Faizon is not being decisive with the ball or that he’s waiting to attack downfield. He held it too long for too little reward. For 2025, the worst rate of pressures converted to sacks was 36%. He was at 43%. If you’d like to add a little context to that Arch was at 13.3% last year. So not sure how you to spin that to say Faizon was not responsible for his share of the blame. So rather than complaining about the information I made a concerted effort to understand it better. I’d encourage others to do the same.

So Raleek's unpenalized modern dance performance is being equated here with Simmons's 15-yard restroom simulation? I don't think the two are on nearly the same level of offensiveness.

Coach Erwin nailed it on lunch with the coach. This type of conduct reveals a fundamental lack of discipline that if not addressed, will lead to us not achieving our goals for this team such that even the 5.5 sacks won't make up for it. Beyond that, treating it as being about just a 15yard penalty when it was a fundamentally wrong, indecent, and disrespectful action is an exercise in missing the point.

Eh, I feel you, but nah. Although if I was the opposing team or fan base, I would be more offended of giving up 5.5 sacks, than what he did as a celebration.

I hope it does not happen again. A) It’s vulgar and just no, B) I don’t want to see something like from Texas, C), I don’t want the penalty that will hurt the team, and D) I’m not sure I want to see what CDC could or would do if it did occur again.

Call me crazy but if he’s giving me 5.5 sacks every week I’ll take the 15 yards……

Wow no shutout…

In his newsletter: https://texaslonghorns.com/news/2026/9/29/forty-acres-insider-september-29 "Gritty, gutsy, driven and determined … our Horns dug deep, stood tall and delivered some TENACIOUS TEXAS FIGHT in Knoxville on Saturday! We can all agree it was a heck of a game and an incredible performance on the field, but I also know we had some major issues to address with inappropriate celebrations from our players. I'm not happy about that, I know none of us are, and it was embarrassing to our proud and widely respected football team, athletics program and university. It certainly raised very warranted concerns that many of you shared with me, drew a lot of attention, and I understand why. Rest assured, Coach Sark has addressed both situations with the players individually and with the team, and he discussed them after the game and again in Monday's press conference. As he said, it is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. The message is clear — the players conduct did not reflect the values of Texas Athletics or our university and cannot happen again. I also want to add my apology to our Longhorn community and everyone who expects better from Texas. We should represent this university with class, dignity and respect at all times, and in those moments, we fell short. I do recognize that these are young men who made mistakes, and this is a meaningful learning experience. They have owned their mistakes, and those actions are not reflective of who they are. They are good people who made poor choices — they know it, we know it, and they, along with our entire team, will grow from this. What matters now is that they do just that and that our entire team understands the responsibility that comes with representing The University of Texas. We are proud of the team and what it accomplished Saturday and thus far this season, and we will continue to hold ourselves to the standard that all of you rightly expect from Texas. Thank you for your passion, your candor and your unwavering support of our Longhorns."

also, how do apply?

@ArizonaLonghorn thanks, really appreciate the info. The last time I tried to look up their methodology was a couple of years ago and I couldn't find anything (might have been behind a paywall at that point?). I'm still skeptical how they can employ 600 quality analysts, but I'm encouraged they're being more transparent and appreciate you sharing that info 🤘

Appreciate the insight.

Haha they do employ a lot of people I believe. They grade the games live and by quarter. And they have at least 2 people per game. One charting and one reviewing. I don’t know much more beyond that.

On the bright side, even if they fire Elko this season, the buyout will still be less than Jimbo’s.