https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49621644/cardinals-rookie-joshua-baez-makes-history-3-hrs-debut

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49596211/daniels-sends-cease-desist-lsu-pickett-given-no-5

As has been reported, linebacker Tyanthony Smith has missed recent practice time (non-injury). 

OTF was told it's in question if Tyanthony Smith will take part in the scrimmage. To add further, one source told OTF in the last few hours they don't expect Smith to take part in today's scrimmage. 

OTF was told Muschamp didn't conversate with offensive coaches at all this morning prior to the scrimmage (before team took the field). 

The scrimmage was treated like an everything on the line SEC or CFP game by Muschamp. Extreme intensity for his defense to see Saturday morning.

Like one person in the building told me late last spring, "It's 4th and inches, 24/7 under Will"

Team workouts begin June 1, I believe 

If any San Antonio ‘Horns want to help clean it up with me, let me know

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Hook’em

here’s a cool video posted by Jordan Shipley. Arch, Colin Simmons, and Cam Coleman stayed on the field after the scrimmage to toss the ball around with Jordan and Jaxon Shipleys sons. Awesome video here.

First sport up is Soccer!

And with the hiring of a New Coach (National Champion at UCLA) Coach Bates.

schedule has already been released and Texas has infused a bunch of new transfers into the program. Expectations are to compete in the SEC and win some tournament games.

I am born/raised/reside in Ohio so all I'm surrounded by is Buckeye talk and it's exhausting. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss Texas football to refresh my mind. 

When I was little I loved Ricky Williams and Cedric Benson in the NFL which led me to watching Vince Young at Texas and I've been hooked (pun not intended) since.

You guys do some incredible work and I appreciate it. Keep it up.

Hook Em 🤘🏻

Bobby Layne is the headliner here for obvious reasons. A two-time consensus All-American, College Football Hall of Famer, Pro Football Hall of Famer and one of the most important players to ever come through Austin. He threw for 3,145 yards and 25 touchdowns at Texas, went 28-6 as a starting quarterback, helped lead the Longhorns to the 1945 SWC title and eventually had his No. 22 retired by the university.

Behind Layne, Selvin Young gave the number a strong modern-era representative. Young finished his Texas career with 1,713 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns, averaged 4.7 yards per carry, scored three return touchdowns and was part of the 2005 national championship team.

Billy Dale rounds out the group from the Darrell Royal era. Dale was part of back-to-back national championship teams and scored the game-winning touchdown against Notre Dame in the 1970 Cotton Bowl, one of the biggest plays of that championship run.

At No. 21, you’ve got Rod Babers, Blake Gideon, Duke Thomas and Ryan Niblett.

Babers probably has the strongest peak of the group, earning First-Team All-Big 12 honors in 2002, finishing that season with 21 pass breakups and becoming a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist.

Gideon was the model of consistency, starting 52 games during his Texas career while piling up 276 tackles, 10 interceptions and 20 PBUs. He was also a two-time team captain and a fixture on some of the best Texas teams of the late 2000s.

Duke Thomas put together a very solid final two seasons, earning Honorable Mention All-Big 12 twice, starting 25 games over that stretch and finishing 2014 with 3 interceptions and 10 PBUs.

And Ryan Niblett has already added a major accolade to the No. 21 legacy, earning FWAA First-Team All-America honors in 2025 as a return specialist while also being named Second-Team All-SEC.

So who yall got?

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The SEC preseason poll will release at some point next week during the tail end of SEC Media Days in Tampa. 

As a result, I wanted to get a start on the conversation with the ballot I plan on submitting.

— Texas and Georgia are the two leaders for me. Texas gets the nod with the offensive star power with Coleman, Wingo, Mosley, Smothers and Brown. 

— I am very much a believer in LSU. It goes beyond Sam Leavitt as well. That LSU front seven should be a top 3-4 group in the conference with Princewill Umanmielen and Jordan Ross off the edge.  I am a big fan of their defensive line. 

— Speaking of defense, Oklahoma’s is not going anywhere. Will likely be a top two defense in the conference once again. The biggest Q for me isn’t Mateer, but if OU can run the football. As I look at it now, that running game is far from intimidating. 

— Florida at 5!?! Yes. Florida at 5. The Gators are physical in the trenches and that group of playmakers makes my mouth water. If the quarterback can keep the train on the tracks, Florida will have a great year one under Jon Sumrall.

— Texas A&M lost 170+ starts from a year ago and while they did a phenomenal job in the portal, that is a lot of ground to make up. This 2026 A&M team reminds me of 2025 Texas, where if the quarterback doesn’t play Superman, it’s going to be a grind. And by now, I don’t envision Marcel Reed being faster than a speeding bullet or being powerful than a locomotive. 

— I can’t get a pulse on Alabama. Truly this is the team I expect to be the most incorrect on. Will the continue the trend of being the least physical Alabama team in 20 years? Or can Kalen DeBoer right the ship — with a first time starting quarterback? I just can’t picture it right now. 

— Maybe the biggest surprise of the bunch, but Ole Miss comes in at 8. I do believe Chambliss is the best quarterback in the SEC, at least to begin the season. He was magical towards the back half of last year. But that’s where I struggle with the Rebels — how much of last year was just catching lightning in a bottle with brightened emotions bringing out the best each week towards the CFP.

— Missouri, with or without Ahmad Hardy, is going to be a tough battle. The best running game in the conference will be even more threatening with a more capable quarterback in Austin Simmons. 

— I do not believe in Tennessee. That team does not strike fear in me one bit. And that will not change when they drop 70 points during their preseason buy games against the nearest directional school they can find.  

At the top, two of the most iconic players in Texas football history separated themselves from the rest of the field.

Vince Young finished No. 1 overall, narrowly edging Ricky Williams for the top spot. Young totaled 247 points across the 10 ballots, while Williams finished just four points behind with 243.

Young received seven first-place votes, while Williams received the other three. Every voter ranked both players either first or second.

Behind them, Colt McCoy came in at No. 3 with 227 points, followed closely by Derrick Johnson at No. 4 with 223.

The top four created a clear consensus among the OTF staff, but the rankings became much tighter from there.

Cedric Benson rounded out the top five, followed by Bijan Robinson, Casey Hampton, Michael Huff, Kelvin Banks Jr. and Brian Orakpo.

Banks, Orakpo and Earl Thomas were separated by just one point, with Banks finishing ninth at 160 points and Orakpo and Thomas tying at 159. Orakpo earned the No. 10 spot through the composite tiebreaker (using the highest individual placement on any ballot).

The list features players spanning more than three decades of Texas football, from stars of the early 1990s to members of the Longhorns' recent College Football Playoff teams.

It also highlights just how difficult it is to compare players across positions and eras.

Quarterbacks and running backs dominate the very top of the ranking, but the Top 25 also includes elite linebackers, defensive backs, offensive linemen and defensive linemen who helped define their respective eras.

Still, the biggest debate may be the one at the very top.

Williams owns one of the greatest individual résumés in college football history, including the 1998 Heisman Trophy, while Young delivered perhaps the most iconic season and championship performance Texas football has ever seen.

When the votes were totaled, Young had just enough support to claim the title of On Texas Football's No. 1 Longhorn.

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Some cool clips here. I believe it shows what Bobby was referencing in his post this morning about throwing it up high for Coleman on purpose. 

Props to Billy for always accepting the punches but he really needs to think a bit before he speaks sometimes 🤣

Texas offered and tried to recruit him heavily. 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2027/story/_/id/49583503/2027-nfl-draft-prospect-heavy-college-teams-texas-oregon-notre-dame-miami