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Agree with ya there. That was sloppy and hard to watch. Hopefully that was the only poor offensive performance for us cause we can’t afford to have those in conference play at all

Through the 11:26 mark of the second quarter in Saturday’s 30-6 win over UTSA, No. 1 Texas picked up where it left off in the fourth quarter of last week’s 24-23 comeback win over Ohio State. The Longhorns led 17-3 after Arch Manning’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Cam Coleman capped a seven-play, 57-yard drive. Steve Sarkisian’s offense was averaging 5.5 yards per play, with Manning’s 9-for-12, 102-yard effort (two touchdowns) balancing a rushing attack that churned out 57 yards on 11 carries. Unfortunately, it was downhill from there. Until Derrek Cooper ended an eight-play, 66-yard drive in the fourth quarter with his first career touchdown (a 1-yard run over the right side of the line), there was no semblance of consistency. Manning completed seven of his final 20 pass attempts. Texas (3-0) went 4-for-13 on third down the rest of the way and failed to move the chains twice on fourth down (0-for-2). Obviously, if the Longhorns execute at a similarly forgettable level against Tennessee in the SEC opener next Saturday (11 a.m., ABC), it’ll be a different story on the scoreboard. While Saturday’s clunker came in a lopsided win, Monday’s film session will show a lot of meat on the bone against Jeff Traylor’s scrappy Roadrunners. *** Manning wasn’t good. There’s no sugarcoating his struggles. He still struggles to find consistency on the crossing routes in Sarkisian’s offense. While the Longhorn receivers struggled to get open at times, Manning either misfired or didn’t pull the trigger on plays that could’ve gone for big yardage. For now, it’s fair to put Manning’s performance (16-for-32 for 161 yards and two touchdowns, with 50 yards rushing on nine official attempts) in the column of a bad night. It’s too early in the season (and too soon after his late second-half outing against the Buckeyes) to hit the panic button. Nevertheless, the version of Manning on display Saturday looked more like the one who struggled through the first half of the 2025 season instead of the guy who played as well as any quarterback in the country down the stretch. *** UTSA deserves credit for crossing up the Texas offensive line with various blitzes, games and stunts and making the Longhorns play behind the chains. That led to Manning bailing the pocket more than anybody wanted him to, which exposed him to too many hits in a game Texas won comfortably. *** \Late, hard-charging runs by Cooper (44 yards on 11 carries), Hollywood Smothers (10 carries for 54 yards) and Michael Terry III (seven carries for 39 yards) helped Texas finish with a season-high 228 yards (4.8 yards per attempt). Still, the Longhorns did a solid job running the football; only seven of the 39 carries by the running backs were stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage and seven of the team’s 47 non-sack rushing attempts went for 10 or more yards. *** Sarkisian doesn’t need to call a jump ball in the red zone unless it’s going to Cam Coleman. *** The most disappointing aspect of the offense’s performance was how they wasted outstanding field position. Five drives that started at their own 43, 45, 48 and 49 and the UTSA 39-yard line resulted in Texas only scoring 13 points. *** Maybe Saturday’s offensive performance will be in 2026 what the Wyoming game was in 2023. After the Longhorns went on the road and handed Nick Saban his largest margin of defeat in Tuscaloosa, Texas was tied with Cowboys, 10-10, going into the fourth quarter; a 44-yard touchdown pass from Quinn Ewers to Xavier Worthy kickstarted a 21-point fourth quarter in a 31-10 victory. Time will tell. Still, if we’re judging this offense against the offseason expectations of it potentially being Sarkisian’s best on the Forty Acres, Saturday’s effort fell woefully short. *** I’ve lamented on the offense long enough. The Longhorns’ overall margin for error was significant because Will Muschamp’s defense put the clamps on UTSA (2-1). After the Roadrunners kicked a field goal at the end of a 13-play, 59-yard drive, one on which Will Henderson III had success running off-tackle, Muschamp’s adjustments suffocated Henderson, Owen McCown and the rest of the Roadrunners’ offense. From the 7:05 mark of the first quarter, UTSA had 146 yards of total offense (3.04 yards per play), three first downs and an 0-for-9 mark on third down. Although the offense looked as unappealing as possible, Texas played championship-caliber defense. *** The game was so tightly officiated (both teams combined for 20 penalties) that I don’t know what to make of the Longhorns finishing the game with eight penalties for 88 yards. It was a sloppy performance, but the SEC officiating crew contributed to the clunky flow. View full news story

They should have. Total S^%t show on O tonight. Arch was really bad. UTSA didn't improve from last week! But, Texas didn't at end of the day.

That's the last I want to hear about Sam Leavitt being some kind of wonderboy quarterback. He can join the same scrap heap in which John Mateer resides.

Congrats to @Budtexas, you Hold the Mayo this week! Full results will be posted tomorrow.

The forces of evil have been defeated and/or repelled for now.

OLE MISS WINS

He wasn’t wrong if we had okayed up to our standard this would have been one of those games. Arch looked meh, o-line looked meh, rb meh, wr meh, te meh, and we get a meh offensive output.

Going for 2 takes some stones

Lolol. Waste of my time. What are you 6? Texags? Love the block feature. ✌🏽

Manute Bol wouldn't have been able to catch most of the passes Manning has throw Wingo's way tonight and people will still find a way to blame Wingo.

That kid hits the portal, we take him.

He was right about that fast guy getting the edge a few times though.

Texas state gained 481 yards on UTSA last week so I would have thought we would gain 500+ too. Our offense is sloppy today.

They sure were talkin a lot of BS last week to turn in that “performance.”

Still gets brought up every time the old takes thread pops back up.

Texas will be able to score at will? 😣

Missouri just barely holding on against Troy 24-17 in the 4th quarter now. Simmons just a touch over 100 yards passing. Also OU is struggling with New Mexico but got another passing TD. Still they have looked terrible on both sides of the ball lol.

Love LSU losing and the Aggies. I am in China it's Sunday morning and the Aggies still suck.

Midteer with two more picks and struggling with New Mexico

You think it's because of the Kiffin hate? They're playing their ass off right now.

Aggie suffrage is funny.