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New 2026 LB offer update Texas linebackers coach Johnny Nansen extended an offer to Michigan State verbal Braylon Hodge (Denver/Cherry Creek). OnTexasFootball exchanged messages with the 6-3, 215-pounder since the offer was made. Hodge tells OTF that he is working out visit details with Nansen and the staff right now. It’s likely that Hodge will visit Texas September 20 for the Sam Houston State game.

He was only a redshirt freshman? That feels like a name from about 2014.

LFG!

I would say I'm shocked, but im not...

Meh... Too much for my taste, but that team has sucked for a long time. Whatever it takes, I guess.

Two of our top three RBs are coming off injuries that have ended other football careers. I'm waiting for more game reps.

Can remember back in 2001 when it was "Greg's holding back for OU".

Sark is going to have some growing pains this year with such a young roster. I blame the media for using the Arch hype train to prop up expectations for this team where people are impatient that we don’t look like national championship contenders right away. I’m one to think Sark is really keeping it pretty vanilla with his offense until SEC play and letting the guys get reps in. Still need to see a week-to-week improvement making sure we are on the right track.

Cardinals not Cardinal (Stanford)

The portal makes it likely we never see teams hitting on all cylinders early in seasons again

Good read! Thanks, Jeff.

And if your aunt had balls she’d be your uncle

OU was not a top 10 team in 2023. They were ranked 12th.

Offense hasn’t been up to the task against top 10 teams. Defense has. The one exception might be Washington but even then the turnovers are what killed us.

That OU game started so weird but yes we should have won that one. The Georgia SEC CG, too. We win by 10+ if Beck stays in the game and doesn't get injured. We took way too long to figure out Gunnar Stockton and it put us behind. I actually think we could / should have beaten Washington if we don't fumble the ball twice. That's a hard one.

I’ve seen Sark’s record of 2-8 vs the Top 10 since 2021 get thrown around as evidence he can’t win big games. I think it’s a little misleading. We were just rebuilding/not good in 2021-2022. We did good to beat anyone those years. Sark has clearly brought us back 2023 to present. Record since 2023: 2-5. Not great, but let’s take a look at the losses. 2023- OU and Washington 2024- Georgia x2, tOSU 2025- tOSU Which of these games “should” Sark have realistically won? I’d argue OU, UGA in SEC CG and (maybe) tOSU this year. Washington in 2023 and tOSU in 2024 were just better teams (than almost everyone in the country for UW and everyone for tOSU). I’d argue Sark is 2-3 in Top 10 matchups he “should have” realistically won. Also, ASU and Clemson were two of the top 10 teams in the country last year imo (ASU actually finished #7). So I’d say really 3-3 or 4-3 vs teams in the 3-10 range since 2023

Great article, Jeff! Improve week over week. Let’s enjoy the journey

Many of the top ranked teams have inexperienced QBs this season. Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia and Notre Dame all chose to go with a QB who was developing on their roster last year but didn't really play much. I'm sure some of it came down to QBs available in the portal. Many of those teams had portal QBs last year that were fifth and sixth year players. Not available now.

Speaking of growing pains, I'm going to go a bit off character and ask a question for thought that I know could illicit some "stop over-reacting" comments. It's not a criticism of Sark, or Arch, or how the offense has looked the last couple of games, but rather something that I started pondering after thinking about how other teams have won or played for championships lately. Sarks QB strategy is clearly to recruit a HS QB he likes every year and develop them. Hopefully for a year or two before they have to start. Is this the smartest way to go? The Pros: Before a QB has to start a game, they have had a year or two to sit and learn Sark's complicated offense. It's also likely to be more sustainable and build more depth than relying on transfers. The Cons: Inevitably, even if a 5 star prospect has spent a couple of years learning the system, at some point you are going to be relying on a QB with little to no game experience to start. There are growing pains for at least the early part of the season. Also, you can project what a HS QB could develop into in college, but you don't really know until they are on the field. Some are just misses (Weigman, Arnold, Nelson, Uiagalelei are just a few of the 5 stars lately that didn't exactly flourish at their initial destination) Both teams that played in the national championship game last year did so with portal QBs. Oregon has been a top 5 team the last 3 years with Nix and then Gabriel, and looks to be very good again this year with Moore. OU is unfortunately looking better than I would like with Mateer. I have always liked Sark's recruit and develop the best HS QB strategy (Quinn wasn't a traditional experienced portal transfer), but I can see what some teams are preferring to take the route of bringing in a proven transfer each season and trying to avoid the inevitable growing pains of a first-year starter.

It's silly to give up on anyone on this roster right now, those who do, will always be looking for the next best thing.

During the Quinn years, I never had the confidence we had the roster to win a championship. I did believe we were talented, but I felt there were teams we didn't match up well against. This year I have that confidence in the roster, that doesn't mean I think they will win it all just that they can. There are some things I need to see to shore up that confidence, but I realize this is a young team and there will be ups and downs. So buckle up buttercups 🤣 it's going to be a wild, bumpy ride🤘🏿

re: clark, i'm hoping it was first game jitters. Gerry said he had the most violent one-cut ability of any of the backs we had last year. That was pre-injury, so hopefully, it will come back as he gets more comfortable. wouldn't give up on him just yet, but hopefully, james simon gets some touches as well!

this. 💯