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Fun read. Thanks!

Another fun fact - No QB doing their first game as a starting QB has beaten a team ranked #1. Ever. 0-18. Saw it on RJ Young's channel, but I think it came from Orangebloods originally.

Ah good call on Tate, I had completely forgotten about him being a stud in that game. Either way, we'll definitely have our hands full. Will really test the communication and skill of the secondary. Good thing is, all of them are 3+ year guys now. That helps a lot and having been in the same system. Should be a fun battle. If the pass rush can get home and rattle Sayin, will be a long day for the Ohio State O. I'm kinda disappointed it's not a night game but it'll still be awesome to see our Longhorns go in there and battle hard.

Gotta be on my A game.

Not so much six man (no offense to six man, but we just don't have the time), but we will cover 2-6A for sure. Haha yeah that's a little nicer on my part for sure.

Extra chance every week for "blake, you're muted"

If someone has a noteworthy performance, I'm sure we'll discuss it. This won't just solely be looking at Texas commits performances, but more what's happening in TXHSFB and what surrounds it. Every now and then they get a good team. I think they just closed a HS there not too long ago!

I think it's going to be phenomenal. I also learned yesterday that Shipley and Buc played at Abilene Christian together. Buc said he sat the bench while he watched Bob play.... can't wait for the stories!

ESPN took a look at the Top 10 recruits from the last recruiting cycle and gathered intel on how they'll fit in this year... Justus Terry, DT, Texas Longhorns Vitals: 6-foot-5, 268 pounds 2025 ESPN 300 rank: No. 8 overall, No. 2 DT, No. 2 in Georgia Position outlook: The bulk of the defensive line unit that helped carry Texas to a national semifinal last season is gone with 2024 leaders Alfred Collins, Vernon Broughton, Barryn Sorrell, Jermayne Lole and Bill Norton all out of eligibility or off to the NFL. Syracuse transfer Maraad Watson, an 11-game starter as a freshman last fall, and Purdue transfer Cole Brevard lead a deep group of portal newcomers at defensive tackle that includes Travis Shaw (North Carolina), Hero Kanu (Ohio State) and Lavon Johnson (Maryland). Sophomore Alex January and Terry will also factor into the interior rotation, while Terry is also expected to get snaps on the edge alongside senior Ethan Burke and redshirt sophomore Colton Vasek. How he projects: Terry's size and ability to play across the defensive line will get him on the field in 2025. The question is where and just how significant of a role he can forge this fall. A powerful interior talent at Manchester (Georgia) High School, team sources told ESPN that Terry carries immediate potential as a pass-rush option up the middle, but questions hover over his readiness to contribute as an impact run stopper as a freshman. Terry's ultimate positional landing spot at the college level will hinge on the development of his range of pass-rush moves. First-year Longhorns defensive line coach Kenny Baker said earlier this month that Texas was working Terry at both defensive tackle and on the edge, and team sources suggest that Terry's optimal role in Year 1 with Texas would come as a situational mismatch option in either spot. "He can do multiple things," Baker said. "He's been blessed and gifted with that type of ability and talent. But on the flip side, you have to make sure you're not giving him too much. We want this guy to be able to settle a little bit, experience a little bit of success. It's not a perfect balance, but then it's also continuing to poke and prod and get him going in another direction, as well." -- Jonah Williams, safety, Texas Longhorns Vitals: 6-foot-3, 213 pounds 2025 ESPN 300 rank: No. 9 overall, No. 1 safety, No. 4 in Texas Position outlook: Texas returns 2024 second-team All-American Michael Taaffe but has a major hole to fill at the other starting safety spot following Andrew Mukuba's jump to the NFL. Third-year defensive back Derek Williams Jr. is back after a season-ending knee injury kept him from the Longhorns' final 12 games a year ago. He's the most likely contender to claim the starting job alongside Taaffe. Junior Jelani McDonald -- who is expected to feature elsewhere in the secondary -- and sophomores Xavier Filsaime and Jordon Johnson-Rubell are among the experienced returners also in the mix. Williams and fellow freshman Zelus Hicks are a pair of intriguing unknowns at the position who could feature in Texas' early season safety rotation. How he projects: Williams joined the Longhorns' football program in June after hitting .327 with eight RBIs over 20 games in his debut season with the school's baseball program this spring. He projects as a potentially special secondary talent for the future, but Williams had ground to make up this summer and patience might be required before Texas sees his best on the football field. "We'll just kind of wait and see because we missed a lot of spring ball and all that," Longhorns safeties coach Duane Akina told reporters of Williams' progress earlier this month. "So I haven't really had a chance to work with him. He's intent in meetings and that's a good start." Williams' ability to get onto the field this fall will be dictated by the pace at which he picks up the defense and the speed of the college game after sitting out the back half of his senior football season last fall because of an injury. A big-bodied safety, team sources say they believe Williams will ultimately become a multipositional defensive weapon whose earliest opportunities might come on special teams in 2025. -- Full article here: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46038104/college-football-2025-top-recruits-play-alabama-ohio-state-michigan

Man! I wanted to come hang out but I had church stuff I needed to do. Maybe I’ll catch y’all at OSU next weekend. Friday night happy hour somewhere???

This story is an excerpt from the book "American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback," which will be available on Sept. 9 from Disney Publishing's Hyperion Avenue. SENIOR NIGHT AT Isidore Newman School in Uptown New Orleans. Class of '23. A warm October sunset. A tunnel of cheerleaders under the lights, with a line of football players waiting to have their names announced and to meet their parents at midfield, and little surprise over who will be called first. He's in full uniform, wearing a kelly green jersey, with a white number 16. He stands, slightly tilting back and forth, waiting. The field is bright and clean. He turns to his coach beside him. "Do I run?" Arch Manning asks. He is the top-rated high school quarterback in America. His talent and production and work ethic merit the status, but it's his name that makes the future feel inevitable. He's a Manning. His grandfather is Archie, a Southern icon. His Uncle Peyton is a two-time Super Bowl champion, a national icon. His Uncle Eli is a two-time Super Bowl champion, which in New York gets you pretty close to icon status. Arch knows no other kind of life. There's no hiding. The crowd buzzes. A fervor awaits. The structures framing the stadium at Newman seem to mirror stages of his life. He'd started playing, almost as soon as he could walk, on the playgrounds behind the north end zone. Parallel to the sidelines are classrooms and buildings where he went to elementary school and then high school. As he approaches the south end zone, seventeen years old and at the beginning of something, he stands in the shadows of Manning Fieldhouse, named in honor of his father and uncles, all Newman alums. Tonight, as a senior, he commands the stage with little left to prove. In three months, he will be a freshman at the University of Texas. Anything other than a college career that ends with him being the first overall draft pick will seem like potential unfulfilled, an expectation both comically unfair and a reality of the life he has chosen. This is a really long article, so to read the rest of it, go here: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46022536/ruthless-recruitment-arch-manning

25 days in the books and I couldn’t have done it without all of your support… except @Joe Zura.

Wrap up your work week the correct way and join us for Coffee and Football beginning around 8:15 AM. We'll answer your questions and talk the latest Longhorns news and notes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhvC370p_F8&ab_channel=OnTexasFootball

Was there a video shot last night? If so, I cannot find it.

Great article Jeff !

Case2Jaxson?

No doubt. Nothing but respect for the Long Horns.

I am going off what I have read Re: Klare as he will suit up for OSU for the first time on 8/30 but he is being compared to Bowers and a first round pick. Only time will tell. That is an upgrade for OSU at the TE position which will benefit a young QB. Tate had 7 catches for 87 yards vs Texas, he is also projected as a first round pick. Innis is new as a starter but was a 5 star recruit and the # 3 ranked receiver nationally. I think Hartline does as good aa job as anyone developing receivers at OSU to make it to the NFL. You are 100% correct Texas needs to make Sayin uncomfortable, Texas Edge rush is what worries me with our Tackles both new starters. Going to be a great environment. Frankly one of the best games I have ever been to at the shoe was 2005 when Young hit Limas Sweed at the end of the game to beat us. I have never heard the stadium that loud. That was a night game so the fans had all day and were pretty juiced.

https://youtu.be/gBahqaUWk-s?si=FKTG2Gq6QiGUf8yi

Shipley donuts

Think my handle speaks for itself

That 2008 ou kickoff return