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The way Texas is stopping the run and rushing the passer makes the issues on the back end feel fixable. I think it's more of an issue regarding personnel than scheme.

God Bless, prayers work. Your son is a living example of the power of prayer, as am I from my own near-death experience during COVID.

Thank you for sharing. I love this tribe.

Will Texas challenge Vanderbilt for any of these guys?

That is incredible. Thankful to hear how God carried your family through such a dark time and brought healing to Colt. Grateful for answered prayers and for the strength, faith, and perseverance He gave all of you through it.

Blake, One year....goodness! What a difference a year can make in folks lives. So happy for you and your family. Colt is a fighter for sure. Take care of your family! All the best, Adam

If they have to play an extra game, I'd rather it be a playoff game vs. a CCG.

You have one hell of a son sir.

He's been doing that according to the staff here as well as elsewhere.

Great post @Blake Munroe. Continued prayers for you and your family as well as Colts health.

Could totally happen again like Clemson. Say Tech loses this week and gets revenge on BYU in the CCG, I think the Big 12 gets 2, SEC 4, B1G 3, ACC 1 (I think this is almost guaranteed due to last week), Notre Dame (they're likely to win out), and 1 G5.

Blake, God bless you and your family, brother. Reading this and seeing how far Colt has come is nothing short of incredible. Your strength, faith, and perspective through it all are truly inspiring. We’re all still praying for continued health and blessings for Colt and for peace and strength for your whole family.

All GREAT points Jeff! We also had 3 of our DB's out and back in at any given point in the second half. Hate to even mention the POOR officiating but it didn't help. This team is making huge strides and being battle tested for a playoff run. Hook Em! 🤘🏈

I agree and that’s very sad for the sport. The best way to the playoffs is the easiest way to the playoffs.

Yeah but the potential problem with this happens when the regular season champ has a good record but loses the CCG to a team with a lesser record (like last year when Clemson snuck in) and suddenly that league gets two bids ... in basketball we call 'em "bid thieves" for a reason Say BYU goes undefeated and then loses the CCG ... what then, for example? Would they get left out at 12-1 with a regular season championship while a 9-3 team goes?

Amen to your amen! Thank you for the update @Blake Munroe so grateful and thankful to hear Colt and your family are doing well despite all the horrible challenges you all faced! Much love!!

What shouldn’t get lost in the shuffle of Texas coming uncomfortably close to squandering a 24-point lead in last Saturday’s 34-31 win over Vanderbilt is the way the Longhorns put the Commodores in a four-score hole through three quarters. Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC) won the line of scrimmage battle in a landslide, something it hasn’t done consistently in 2025. Steve Sarkisian might’ve said it best during his weekly news conference on Monday when he pointed out how the Longhorns minimized Vanderbilt’s strength “and made it a strength of ours.” The remarkable effort by Clark Lea’s organization to turn a perennial SEC doormat into a contender for a berth in the College Football Playoff has centered around winning in the trenches. The Commodores came into the game with the third-best rushing offense in the SEC (203.4 yards per game, ranked 24th in FBS) while allowing only 26 tackles for loss (3.25 per game, ranked fourth nationally) and seven sacks (0.88 per game was tied for the top spot in the SEC and 11th in the country) through eight games. Vanderbilt was a top-25 defense nationally in tackles for loss (6.8 per game) and sacks (2.63 per game) and boasted a top-20 ranking against the run (101.9 yards per game allowed). Facing a formidable opponent up front, Texas dominated the game at the point of attack. “That's why I didn't think the score was indicative of how the game went,” Sarkisian said. We’ve got to play better in the fourth quarter, don't get me wrong, but we're playing better football right now.” The Longhorns kept Arch Manning upright, preventing the opponent from recording a sack for only the second time this season. The Commodores ended the game with one tackle for loss, tying Ohio State for the fewest tackles for loss allowed by Texas through nine games. Only four of the Longhorns’ 27 official rushing attempts were stopped for no gain or netting negative yardage. The 15 percent stuff rate allowed is the second-best mark Texas has recorded in 2025, topped only by a five percent stuff rate by the Buckeye defense (just two of 37 official rushing attempts in the season opener failed to get back to the line of scrimmage). The line of scrimmage play on offense came as close as it has to matching the continued excellence displayed by the defensive front. After sacking Diego Pavia six times (Vanderbilt allowed only seven through eight games) and recording 10 tackles for loss (one shy of a season high 11 notched in a road win over Kentucky on Oct. 18), Texas has racked up 23 sacks and 37 tackles for loss during its four-game SEC winning streak. The Longhorns currently own the top-ranked run defense in the SEC (78.2 yards per game allowed, No. 2 in FBS) and their 34 sacks lead the conference and the country (No. 2 in FBS with 3.78 sacks per game). Pete Kwiatkowski’s defense is also 18th nationally and fifth in the SEC in tackles for loss per game (6.8). The team's trench success came on a day in which the offense enjoyed a 7-for-11 performance on third down (tied for the season high with an identical 7-for-11 effort in a 55-0 win over Sam Houston on Sept. 20). Combine those aspects of the win with Mason Shipley’s 39-yard field goal in the first quarter on the heels of a strip sack and fumble recovery by Colin Simmons and Sarkisian is excited about the momentum Texas will look to capitalize on coming out of the bye week. Specifically, Sarkisian wants to see his club build on what he described as "a level of confidence right now with our team of, ‘Man, we're getting better.'" "We're taking care of the ball better. We're creating turnovers. We're stopping the run. We're starting to run the ball better — we need to run it better. We're converting third downs. We're doing a lot of things really well," Sarkisian said. "We're playing better at the line of scrimmage now on both sides of the ball. “There was a lot of things to point to in that game where it's like, ‘OK, we're starting to hit our stride a little bit more,” he added. “There's some things to clean up, we're not a finished product, but we're getting better." View full news story

I’m here if a need arises- spiritual, physical, emotional, anything. Thank God Colt is better.

I do not want to take the chance that a 10-3 Texas who loses to Bama would be safe when we know a 10-2 Texas who sits out the CCG would be.

I don’t see how we’d overtake Ole Miss.

Last year the committee was clear that a CCG loser won’t be penalized. But they also said they would give more weight to SOS and clearly that’s hogwash.

Awesome. I love to hear stories like this. God bless you all.

Ok I was just making sure because I had never seen his name before

Interestingly enough, if Alabama loses to OU specifically and they along with Aggy, Mississippi, and Texas all finish the regular season 7-1 in SEC play, it would mean Texas finishes at the top of the conference standings facing Bama in the SEC Championship game. So basically Texas has to win out and either have Bama lose to OU or Mississippi lose to either Florida or Mississippi State. Those are the two most likely ways Texas makes it to Atlanta.