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Chad Scott is a legit option for UF lol

In a perfect world, Lefau and Moore would be back at Texas as seniors in 2026. Unfortunately, that's not the way college football is operating right now.

Monday’s news of Liona Lefau’s departure from the Texas football program, along with DeAndre Moore Jr.’s intention to declare for the 2026 NFL Draft, is collateral damage amid the persistent roster volatility permeating throughout college football. The Longhorns planned to use the transfer portal to bolster the linebacker position before Lefau’s decision to enter the transfer portal went public. With Lefau’s production over 42 career games played and 22 starts gone, Texas will look for proven commodities to overhaul the second level of Pete Kwiatkowski’s defense. Moore, who wasn’t expected back on the Forty Acres in 2026, according to what team sources told On Texas Football in recent weeks, will join Lefau, Ethan Burke, Jaylon Guilbeau, Anthony Hill Jr., Trey Moore, Malik Muhammad and Michael Taaffe in opting out of the Citrus Bowl against Michigan in just over two weeks. Lefau’s decision to head into the portal, and Hill and Moore focusing on the draft, leaves Texas thin at linebacker for the bowl game, to say the least. The short-term pinch means a bigger role for Ty’Anthony Smith against the Wolverines, who lead the Big Ten with 32 rushing touchdowns, are second in the conference in yards per rushing attempt (5.51) and rank 16th nationally in rushing yards per game (213.2). Brad Spence could log more playing time at linebacker instead of as a pass rusher off the edge and, potentially, there could be more snaps available for Bo Barnes and Marshall Landwehr. For better or worse, that’s the price Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns are willing to pay to ensure they’ve got their ducks in a row long before the transfer portal officially opens for business on Jan. 2. Sarkisian didn’t want to outright say during his signing day press conference on Dec. 3 that following “an NFL draft model” is the best way to approach roster construction. Still, he laid out why the need to be fiscally responsible leads to tough calls on which players to acquire and retain. “You can only have so much money,” Sarkisian said. “There’s rules, there’s caps and we play within the confines of what the rules (are) that they put in place, so you’ve got to decide what’s the value at the position and what’s the value of certain players. When School B offers more money that’s outside of the value — it’s not endless. You can’t just keep throwing money on top of money on top of money. “We have to be very specific in (addressing) what are our needs, looking long term as well as short term, of where do you allocate that money?” Viewing the early signing window as the equivalent of the NFL draft (presumably, that would make the February signing period college football’s version of the supplemental draft, which is a fair comparison because it's becoming less relevant from one recruiting cycle to the next), Sarkisian said Texas landed some “elite first-round picks” in the 2026 class (Tyler Atkinson, Dia Bell, Jermaine Bishop and Richard Wesley are among those who look the part). He also made note of the Longhorns welcoming “high-level second, third and fourth-round picks” into the program ahead of his sixth season as head coach. Eventually, the newcomers become veterans on various career trajectories. Like NFL rookies, when their contracts are winding down and franchises must decide whether to extend them on longer, more lucrative second contracts or let them become unrestricted free agents, the rising third and fourth-year college players must accept their role for the coming season (even if it’s diminished and comes with a pay cut) or bet on themselves, either as a transfer or in the draft. Those are the discussions Texas and every other Power Four program eying a championship run are in the process of having with their players. The freedom of movement from which players benefit is the same mechanism that allows coaches to dictate the terms and conditions a player must accept to remain a part of the program. Between defections to the portal and NFL draft departures, only 10 of the 25 high school signees from the 2023 recruiting class are on track to be a part of the 2026 squad. Trevor Goosby, Jelani McDonald and Quintrevion Wisner are among the 10, meaning the number will go down should any of them declare for the draft. While the staff has a group of young players they’ll look to develop behind the scenes, the bulk of the roster movement ahead of what figures to be Arch Manning’s last season with the Longhorns will be moves the organization makes with an all-in mindset. It’s not ideal, and it can lead to decisions neither side of the table wants to make, but it’s the nature of the beast given college football’s current structure (or lack thereof). View full news story

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Going to be hard to keep him, when their HC is in the playoffs and they have no position coach or anything lined up yet. Unless I'm not in the loop and he has been hiring staff at Florida while working on the playoffs at Tulane. Either way, I'd be stoked with Baugh or Lacy, both are amazing, imo.

It sounds like UF is throwing some serious money at Baugh to try and keep him. Need that Lambo of Austin to step up!

Why would they promote from within? I guess back to 8 & 4 next year lol.

I'd say they'd want at least 3 guys with starting experience at G, C, G before they go looking at guys like Carter. We have a bunch of guys with no starting experience already. Would much rather grab some beef from the portal that has said experience first.

I have an aversion to depreciating the value of regular season games to the point of no return, which is what your idea would do 😂

What are his run blocking #'s?

Leaving Simmons out is a crime.

This to go with the 6'7 G posted beforehand. Some interesting guys to look at.

I think it depends on what Robertson does, but this guy would be an intriguing take for C. Then again I don't know anything about him. Lol.

I guess you have an aversion to quality football games all season haha 😂

No

No no no no no 😂 I can’t emphasize how much no 😂

Will have zero effect on recruiting.

Below is a list of projected Michigan players headed for the 2026 draft based off the Mock Draft Consensus - no one in the first two rounds, five off the defense but none projected to go before Round 4. Ace is right ...

I can’t wait to watch this team put belt to ass on blOwU and Aaliyah Chavez. She had a chance to join the greatness coach vic is building but chose otherwise.

The story is kinda weird. It said Walmart tried to refund some of the charged items to an EBT card but it didnt work. They were shoplifting a bunch of febreeze air fresheners and paper towels. Is that some kind of drug thing to cover weed smoke? I wonder if they were high and got confused on how to use the self checkout aisle. I remember the good ole days when football players went for king crab legs.

Texas 7.5 point favorite...started about 4.5, fyi