Anthony Hill Jr. and Michael Taaffe named AP All-Americans

[Jeff Howe]

Anthony Hill was a second-team selection at linebacker. Taaffe was a third-team selection at safety.

Colin Simmons was not named to the AP All-America team.

[Flynn]

No Simmons is pathetic 

[McCoy2Shipley]

There's no way a majority of these goobers actually watch football on Saturday's

[Shane]

Just now, McCoy2Shipley said:

There's no way a majority of these goobers actually watch football on Saturday's

I’ve thought the same thing for a while 

[Jeff Howe]

What makes the Simmons snub indefensible Is that the AP actually distinguishes between edge rushers and interior defensive linemen. I refuse to believe there are six better edge defenders in America than Colin Simmons.

[yoyocc]

Interesting the SEC first team left tackle isn't on there.

[Flynn]

7 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

What makes the Simmons snub indefensible Is that the AP actually distinguishes between edge rushers and interior defensive linemen. I refuse to believe there are six better edge defenders in America than Colin Simmons.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

9 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

What makes the Simmons snub indefensible Is that the AP actually distinguishes between edge rushers and interior defensive linemen. I refuse to believe there are six better edge defenders in America than Colin Simmons.

First team was David Bailey and Cashius Howell. I think Simmons is better than either of them, but I can at least understand it.

Second team was John Henry Daley (okay, I get it…he had a ton of production this year) and Rueben Bain. Bain makes NO sense. They clearly wanted to reward his career, not his season. The dude had 4.5 sacks!!!! Great talent, but Simmons had a demonstrably better year.

Third team was Caden Curry (I get it, awesome player, but they are clearly rewarding him for being a senior) and some dude from Western Michigan with 14.5 sacks (let’s see him do it against P4 competition).

You can rationalize all their selections, but the reality is that it’s a joke.

[alrightalrightalright]

Fuel for the fire for 2026 for Simmons

[Jc Dobbs]

46 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

What makes the Simmons snub indefensible Is that the AP actually distinguishes between edge rushers and interior defensive linemen. I refuse to believe there are six better edge defenders in America than Colin Simmons.

 

Just my observation after watching CFB since 1968... the table was set for the Longhorns after the '23 and '24 seasons because Texas was "close," and the CFB media ranked them #1 in anticipation of the Ohio State matchup.

Then... after playing fairly well at Ohio State, the OL and the Offense were slow to "Jell," and Arch inexplicably got the Yips.

Even more inexplicably, the team was a No-Show against Florida.

Texas was focused vs OU and things came together in the RRR.

Then again, some focus and momentum was lost in subpar performances in SEC games, even in wins like Kentucky and Mississippi State.

At that point, all the early season goodwill was gone as the media and sports pundits wrote off the Longhorns and stopped paying attention. The media meme was Texas blew it, so see you in '26.

Then the Offense played better but the Defense blew some coverages and although Texas was winning, they probably needed to be blowing out opponents in order to get back into CFB playoff contention.

Georgia was just a better team... and that was that for '25. A big Meh from the media and pundits.

Inside of all that, Simmons was just overlooked. I think if Texas was playing well and winning handily headed for the CFP... Simmons would have been First Team AA.

I'm thinking he'll use this as motivation for '26 and if the team plays well dealing with a difficult schedule he will be a First Round DC and win some CFB awards.

 

Thanks for your excellent ongoing coverage. Hook 'Em!