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AUSTIN, Texas — As is the case with most spring games, regardless of the format, there wasn’t enough on display in Saturday’s open practice to draw finite conclusions about the Texas Longhorns in 2026. Still, what could be gleaned from a thud tempo scrimmage on a cold, dreary day at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium answered a few questions on a day when the curtain fell on a productive spring for Steve Sarkisian’s program. And, obviously, there are also things we won’t know about until Texas kicks off its sixth campaign under Sarkisian against Texas State on Sept. 5. Three questions answered at the end of spring practice 1. What’s the deepest position on the team? While the answer is debatable, the wide receivers made a strong case for being the deepest group on the Forty Acres throughout the spring. That continued on Saturday with Sterling Berkhalter, Jermaine Bishop and Daylan McCutcheon flashing, most notably McCutcheon on an outstretched touchdown catch inside the front pylon against Kade Phillips. With Cam Coleman, Emmett Mosley and Ryan Wingo getting no snaps during the live periods of practice, the second unit made plays for KJ Lacey (when he had time to throw the football) and consistently challenged an aggressive secondary. Even with a defensive line (both on the interior and out on the edge) that’s as deep and talented as any in the country, Sarkisian might be forced to expand his rotation of wideouts, given the number of playmakers in Chris Jackson’s room. 2. How different will the defense be under Will Muschamp? Although the live portion of Saturday’s action was void of exotic pressures and the kind of looks Muschamp will dial up during the regular season, it was clear that the Longhorns are going to be an aggressive, attacking defense under the new regime. Specifically, Saturday’s practice featured numerous A-gap pressures by the linebackers (Rasheem Biles, Tyler Atkinson and Kosi Okpala destroyed plays with pressure in the quarterback’s face) and tight, man coverage on the back end. With a few exceptions, defenders were on top of intended receivers when balls were caught, either forcing incompletions or eliminating yards after the catch. 3. Is the running game going to be better than it was in 2025? With little seen of Raleek Brown and Hollywood Smothers, and the offensive line missing Trevor Goosby and Melvin Siani (Brandon Baker, Jaydon Chatman and Connor Robertson saw few snaps), it was hard to get a full picture of the state of the running game. Nevertheless, Derrek Cooper ran with a different level of wiggle and maximized runs better than anyone (other than a healthy Tre Wisner) did last season, including on his short touchdown run and a gain of about eight yards in which he pushed the pile forward for a few yards before going down. Michael Terry had a good practice to close out spring practice, squirting loose over the left side of the line for a first down on a third-and-short run to highlight his day. James Simon, who Jabbar Juluke says is perhaps the best natural runner in his room, popped the longest gain of the day over the right side of the line late in the scrimmage. There’s no question that Texas has upgraded at running back. That alone gives the running game a much higher ceiling than it had last season. Three questions that remain unanswered at the end of spring practice 1. Will the offensive line be better than it was last season? Nobody should take what happened on Saturday as a sign of things to come, considering how many key pieces were held out of action or limited. Regardless, it’s hard to assume things will be drastically improved in the trenches without the group passing the eye test in a game. More than any other position, the offensive line needs a lot of time playing together for things to mesh well when it matters. Until the bullets are live, the jury is out on Kyle Flood’s group turning the page from a 2025 showing that fell short of expectations. 2. What will the tight ends’ role be on offense? Other than a catch-and-run by Michael Masunas late in the scrimmage and Spencer Shannon making a catch over the middle before Phillips took him off his feet, there wasn’t much to write home about regarding the performance of the tight ends on Saturday. Sarkisian’s offense often operates out of two tight ends, but the volume of 12 personnel snaps could decrease given the depth of the running back and wide receiver groups. It seemed like when Nick Townsend was in a position to catch the ball and do something with it in his hands, pressure forced the ball to come out of the quarterback’s hand too quickly or be thrown behind Townsend. Townsend has the tools to be a tremendous weapon, but the group’s role within the offense seems to be a work in progress. 3. What do we know about the kicking game? Not much after Saturday, which has been the case throughout the spring. Gianni Spetic had at least one missed field goal during the live portion of practice, Mac Chiumento’s punts didn’t move the needle and returns weren’t fully live (even though Raleek Brown looked the part on a kickoff return down the sideline to start the scrimmage). View full news story

Georgia 5 Texas 1

Teagan Kavan throws way too many pitches right over the plate when she has two strikes. She’s a highly overrated pitcher. Georgia is going to win this series. And yes, Mike White should’ve brought in elite juniors or seniors to fill the gaps at third base, etc. That’s what Tech and Nebraska did. We could also use a good LHP. Patty Ruth Taylor and this new hitting coach are subpar hires. We need elite coaches.

Good on the bullpen not costing Riojas another W. Really need a sweep and we will be back in the hunt

He's dead to me.

Both!! 🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

Are you talking the horns or J Howe?

https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/article/oliviyah-edwards-lady-vols-commit-253890129/ guess we are going the calipari Kentucky roster management strategy this year?

Oliviyah Edwards has reopened her recruitment after being granted a release from her National Letter of Intent with Tennessee.

She was committed to Tennessee.

Luckily the flag released it's backup parachute.

Probably an Aggie skydiver

We could have used a few more hits, but it was a good win and a series clinch.

Will be dubbed M&M day on the forty. Monshun and Meredith ?

M&M day on the forty! Monshun and Meredith?

Thanks @82horn for the posts today! 🤘

Both Hi are football per Gerry.

WRONG THREAD - APOLOGY OFFERED BON says Jurian Dixon is visiting from UC Irvine and Texas likes him. [hoops]

One of my favorite wins this year. Ruger gets punched in the mouth, battles to only give up 1. Offense couldn't cash in early, then couldn't get anything on Adams, but were competitive enough to limit him to only 6 innings — then we capitalized. Leffew threw strikes, Walker and Burns threw strikes, and Cozart was absolutely dominant the day after 35-some pitches. Wow!

“this is how legends are made”