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Animal House joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVY7w9DqZ_A

“Forget it - he’s rolling.”

I was at the game … it look like he was in the shotgun the whole time, no under center. The story before the season was he was comfortable under center and it would help the run game and play action. However yesterday, seeing the coverages instantly seems to have helped.

Arch played like he watched this commercial and understood the message and assignment. Don't show up for anyone but your team and you. Trust your work and I'll all come together, because no matter what Arch does, he plays quarterback at The University of Texas. Everything he does or doesn't do will be put under a microscope. Don't just have a seat on the hate train, drive that mfer and own the track. And when you do those same doubters will be clamoring for a piece of your success. Thats when Arch should look to the guys to his left and right and say WE did it! https://youtu.be/MyeHdAAcJO0?feature=shared

Will check.

Billy Napier. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

How did visits go with Sean Miller & Co.? Seems like it would be opportune for him to bring in a bell cow.

Aaliah Spaight From a month ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaaVS3wlrTI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui3PF6jb6Rk Jacy Abii from last fall.

Vic Schaefer and Texas WBB hosted a pair of five-star prospects for official visits on Saturday for the game against Sam Houston State. 2026 Frisco (Texas) Liberty forward Jacy Abii was on campus to watch the Longhorns under the lights at DKR. Abii, a 6-foot-3-inch forward, is the No. 10 player in the country per the 247Sports Composite ranking. Abii dropped a top five on August 5th of UCLA, Tennessee, LSU, Notre Dame and the Longhorns. In seven games with the U17 Women's World Cup, Abii averaged 5.7 PTS, 4.7 REB and 1.9 AST. Additionally, Texas also hosted five-star Bishop Gormon (NV) PG Aaliah Spaight for an official visit as well. The 5-foot-6-inch point guard is ranked as the No. 21 overall player in the class of 2026, and the No. 4 point guard. Spaight has a top ten of LSU, South Carolina, Texas, Texas Tech, North Carolina, Arizona State, Arizona, Rutgers, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech. The two took official visits to LSU on September 12

View from the Cheap Seats-Sam Houston State Slumpbuster When we reviewed the preseason schedule, this game was circled as essentially meaningless, glorified scrimmage against a former FCS power that was struggling badly with the transition to D1 football. Not sure anyone had “season salvaging game” on their bingo card, certainly not the Cheap Seats. After 3 weeks of struggles and lackluster performances by the TEXAS offense and Arch Manning, this game might be what salvages the season. We believe the Texas offense and Arch’s #1 problem was trying to live up to the absurd pre-season hype as National title contenders and Heisman favorites. Arch has been pressing, at least from our view up in the Cheap Seats, he has been pressing too hard, trying to make too much happen. Now, Arch is not mentioned in Heisman discussions, and the Horns can focus on winning the SEC and making the playoffs, the playoffs being the bigger priority of the two. And we appreciate Sark taking the Cheap Seats advice. Give the kid some quick, easy throws to get into a rhythm, let him have some success. Let the game come to him instead of forcing everything. One of our concerns about Arch had been his body language and the way he interacted with his teammates. Saturday night gave him a chance to get back his swagger, to embrace the joy of the game that he has enjoyed in the past. Forget the hype, forget the fans, go out and play for your teammates, play for yourself. Mission accomplished in spades. Once again, it was Texas's defense that set the tone early. Talk about “announcing your presence with authority”, the TEXAS D sacked SHSU’s QB on the game's first play, forcing a 3 and out, they then followed up with four straight three-and-outs, before finally giving up a first down on the Bearcats' last drive of the first half. It was a clinic on defensive dominance. The defense would record its first shutout of the season. And Coach PK, who was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award in 2024, should be the favorite in 2025. This team will go as far as its defense will carry it, and as good as this defense is, that might be pretty far. Not to be outdone, the offense took out 3 weeks of frustration on the outmatched team from Huntsville. TEXAS would score a touchdown on their 1st three offensive drives, a holding penalty in the red zone forced TEXAS well behind the chains, forcing a FG before they recorded another touchdown on TEXAS’ last drive of the 1st half. Not skipping a beat, TEXAS would start the 2nd half with back-to-back touchdown drives before another FG drive. Arch would then give way midway through the 3rd quarter to Matthew Caldwell, who would lead TEXAS on their longest drive of the night, 91 yards, which included Caldwell’s 50-yard run that even faked out the cameraman. Glass half empty The quality of the defenses our offensive line will face in the weeks to come is going to improve significantly, and the OL remains a work in progress. Is it odd to say we are not crazy about the timing of the bye this week? The Horns will not play at DKR again until November this year. ESPN+ sucks. How we miss LHN Glass Half Full It was everything the Horn fans and team could expect. The offense got into a much needed rhythm while the defense feasted on an outmatched opponent. Arch clearly was clicking on all cylinders, and Ryan Wingo had his biggest day of the year. Good to see those two on the same page. Have we mentioned this D is REALLY good? Offensive player of the Game Arch Manning-18 of 21 for 309 yards and 3 passing TDs to go with 2 rushing TDs and a bowed up in the end zone moment that should have been called for taunting, which we’d have taken in a heartbeat. More importantly, the swagger is back. Defensive Player of the Game We’re going with the linebacker corps this week. All American Ant Hill, Ty’Anthony Smith, Liona Lefau, and Brad Spence were the top 4 tacklers on the team and added 3 of the 10 tackles for loss and a sack. Special Teams Player of the Game Ryan Niblett had three punt returns, including a 49-yarder, to go with a rushing attempt and a pass reception, where his nifty moves netted a 39-yard gain. Stats that Matter 11 TEXAS had 11 drives, the 1st nine resulted in 7 touchdowns and 2 FGs. You win a great many games with those numbers 0 SHUT OUT, D allowed ZERO points 10/5 10 tackles for loss and 5 sacks by the TEXAS D 9/1/1 TEXAS D forced 9 punts, 1 turnover on downs, one interception and an end of the game 2 play drive. 7 of 11 On 3rd downs, TEXAS moved the chains 2 of 14 TEXAS D denied SHSU 12 of the 14 times they faced 3rd down. On Deck The bye week before traveling to Gainesville, Florida, to take on the reeling Gators. The last time the Horns traveled to Gainesville was December 6th, 1941. The next day, the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, oh wait, Bluto had it wrong. In some ways, Florida’s season resembles TEXAS, a strong defense and an uber-talented but not yet clicking offense. TEXAS has more talent, Florida/Jimmy Napier might be playing for their season. SEC play begins, and if the Horns want t o make the playoffs, their margins are slim. Some thoughts on OU, we are concerned about their front 7 against our offensive line. They beat Auburn with the help of some blown/non-calls. Their secondary can be had, and we will need Arch’s legs to loosen up their D. Their O struggled vs Auburn’s D, while ours is better. The Red River War is shaping up to be another battle, though today, we see the Horns putting it away in the 4th. Game Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgXd5UROlFg

Upside: they won’t get away with it again anytime soon. Like three weeks from now!

Tom Herman?

Bielema is on my mount Rushmore of most punchable faces in college football. Dabo. Freeze. Pat Mcaffee. Indiana coach may parlay himself into a bigger job.

Still stunning to me we didn’t portal an Olineman or two. Honestly everything put a good taste in my mouth but that position and maybe Niblett in the return game. They are going to be greatly tested in the next two weeks by Fla and OU. Good thing Arch can run.

People forget how bad Vince’s first season was. Vince didn’t turn it around until his 4th and 17 play against Kansas midway through his redshirt sophomore season.

Some guys just need more time to grow up. I bet the change of scenery to upstate NY where no one heard of him did him some good.

Part of the goal of high school athletics is to teach sportsmanship. Postgame interaction with the opposing team is part of that.

I’ve been thinking a lot about early VY the last couple weeks. He was awful early on. Adjustments had to be made and it paid off…

It took Mack Brown time to get the best out of Vince; it may be the same way with Arch. As Sark said, Arch is less like Peyton or Eli and more like his grandfather. Arch needs to run some and make off schedule plays. He needs to show his emotions, the team feeds off it. Arch’s issues arise when he tries to be robotic. Let Arch be Arch.

Ou did a modified version of hideout which you can’t do in today’s game with the sub rule. They knew it and practiced it. Can’t believe Stoops was dumb enough to say they worked on it in practice. Surprised as a former coach he had that slip of the tongue.

In my opinion they are bs. And when you don’t do it in a line, they aren’t lineups, are they? They seek out other players, often friends and former teammates, and wish them well, just like they do in college.

That was the worst officiated game of the year to this point. The reversal of the Auburn scoop and score was inexplicable. Guy clearly had possession before the fumble. The later ruling of a catch inside the five that set up a TD for the criminals was egregious too. Receiver clearly didn't have possession in bounds. That's 21 total points!

Good stuff Jeff. Awesome way to finish non-conf play, going into the bye with lots of positive momentum. Excited for Arch and the receivers who looked much more in rhythm.

No, a general statement about our collective weakness. I was just using football as an example.