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I was notified through UT that I received Tenn tickets. Booked my flights and hotels over the weekend. I am flying into Nashville on Thurs. Will drive over to Gatlinburg on Friday. Then drive to Knoxville from Gatling on Saturday. Any recommendations you can provide on parking areas, time to allow for travel on Sat morning, etc would be great. We do have a friend who is living in Knoxville (her husband is doing residency at the University of Tennessee) who said we can tailgate with them.

So much of run blocking on the interior are basically double teams. It’s very possible Seymore grades out lower because he had crappy double teams due to someone else. I don’t think grades are necessarily helpful. Fall camp will tell us everting.

Last fall we heard reports of the defense dominating pretty much the whole camp. That was a red flag to me, and it showed with the terrible o line play this past season. I expect defense to be a step ahead to start but hopefully it becomes much more of a battle as camp progresses.

First time coming in to Knoxville, first game at Tennessee - can't wait. Other than tickets, haven't planned out much yet. 🤘

I think he’s got more flip potential than jacobs’s even though he said it was between georgia and ohio state on tv

This is exactly what I’ve been saying he has to have something massive on everyone just me tho @Gerry Hamilton care to say anything since you defend flood more than anyone 👀👀👀👀😭

Through this drill is about the # while at Texas and no where else.

So this is all on Seymour's shoulders and we are not putting any of the pressure on Flood to figure it out? What does he have on people?

Unless he picks it up this season i see a portal candidate in him

I am hoping seymore can pick up this offense quickly, the speed of the game and size difference because he had no problem against LSU.

Could he play LB we seem to be coming up a little short there in recruiting... 🤷‍♂️

Nothing like an offensive line article to trigger @Joe Zura to kick off the week of camp!

That's going to be awesome.

College football’s talking season is rife with hyperbole. Thankfully, Steve Sarkisian shelved coachspeak last month after praising Laurence Seymore for the strides he’s made since joining the Texas program in June. It painted the most realistic picture of what to expect from Seymore when the Longhorns hold their first preseason practice on Wednesday. “It’s difficult in the summertime. We’re in underwear,” Sarkisian said during his press conference at the Texas High School Coaches Association Convention in Houston. “We'll find out a lot in training camp, especially when we get into the second week, when we're really in full pads and we're getting going. But so far, so good with him.” If Seymore, a 2025 second-team All-American with 27 career games played and 21 starts over parts of four seasons at Miami, Akron and Western Kentucky, wins the starting job at left guard, he’ll fill the biggest need Texas had on either side of the ball coming out of spring practice. But Seymore must win the job. It won’t be given to him. Seymore has to prove to Sarkisian and Kyle Flood that he’s the best option to protect Arch Manning and elevate the running game over Jaydon Chatman, Jackson Christian, Dylan Sikorski and any other challengers Seymore might face in camp. Before the 6-foot-2-inch, 316-pound Seymore hits the field for the first time in a formal practice with the Longhorns, there are three things to consider regarding the left guard competition: — Seymore’s presence as a pass blocker could be the most significant upgrade any of the transfer portal additions on offense will bring to the table in 2026. Seymore’s Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade of 82.6 ranked 30th among FBS guards with at least 100 pass-blocking snaps last season (eight pressures allowed on 503 opportunities). While he dominated the competition in Conference USA, Seymore also allowed just one pressure on 48 opportunities against LSU and was charged with only one penalty on 840 snaps for the season. Those are important numbers against the backdrop of what Texas got out of the left guard position in 2025. According to PFF, the left guard position was responsible for 26.5 percent of the dropbacks on which Manning was pressured. That was the highest percentage of any position on the Texas offensive line and the highest percentage for any FBS offensive line’s left guard spot among the 136 quarterbacks in the country who were pressured on at least 50 dropbacks. — One of the legitimate questions regarding Seymore’s potential impact is how he’ll operate within Sarkisian’s zone running game. PFF’s run-blocking grades rated DJ Campbell (73.6) and Cole Hutson (71.6) as better overall run blockers than Seymore (63.9; PFF considers a grade of 70 above average). Of Seymore’s 308 gradable run-blocking snaps, 62.7 percent of them were on gap schemes; on zone runs, Campbell (81.2) and Hutson (74.5) graded out significantly higher than Seymore (60.2). Seymore should help the Longhorns improve as a gap/power running team. Still, Seymore must be well-rounded enough to keep opponents from successfully attacking a vulnerable part of the line. — Whether Hutson rejoins the team or not, Chatman, Christian, Sikorski and the other contenders for playing time at left guard have an advantage over Seymore with their varying levels of experience in Sarkisian’s offense. How fast Seymore absorbs the offense and takes to the field could be the biggest factor in how long the competition lasts. If Seymore needs time to get things down, Sarkisian and Flood could look at other options, some of which could significantly alter the projected depth chart as camp progresses. Andre Cojoe, Jonte Newman or John Turntine III emerging as a viable third tackle option behind Trevor Goosby and Melvin Siani could lead to Jordan Coleman, who spent the spring at left tackle while Goosby was recovering from shoulder surgery, getting a look at guard. Not only would Seymore winning the left guard job put the starting five for the Sept. 5 season opener against Texas State in stone, but it would also let Sarkisian and Flood get their depth pieces in order. Maximizing the available depth by turning to the best possible combination in a pinch is pivotal to the offense maintaining consistency and potency during a potential 17-game season, to say the least. View full news story

you right! I pictured him wearing #7 in my head lol.

Huff Daddy!

I don't know that any of those guys are true disruptors. When I say disruptor, I mean a guy like Lamarr Houston, Byron Murphy or Alfred Collins. I don't know that there are any of those guys in that group. But that's why it helps to have guys like Terry, Lance Jackson and Zina, who can play multiple shades and allow you to create matchup problems.

That's the gift and the curse about guys who are recruited as "athletes" without a position. As enticing as those guys are, it might take some time for them to find a home and get used to playing one position. Patience is required.

Yeah I couldn't come up with another besides him.

Aaron Ross. Who didn’t wear #7. He was #31.

Good stuff! Besides Terry, who do you feel might be a disruptive interior DL who really gets push into the backfield? Kanu & Watson should. For some reason I feel January might surprise.

Good deal. I'm picking up Sandman (his name on youtube lol) from the airport. I live far west, so almost 6 hour drive for me. My whole family is Tenn grads so I have had a lot of crap talking to back up haha.

Who's the third Thorpe winner?