OTF Premium New Portal Entry Likely (Friday 7:34 am) | UPDATE: Wisner Enters Portal

[thesenator87]

I don't know about y'all but I just watched some Adam Mohammed tape and I'm a big fan.

Add Hollywood Smothers and could be lethal combo.

[TexasFanatic]

1 minute ago, Jeff Howe said:

For me, he’s in the Fozzy Whittaker category of folk heroes in the history of the program. Nobody will remember Wisner as one of the best running backs Texas has ever produced, but they’ll remember the big moments he had in the biggest games on the schedule.

Unfortunately I think he will be remembered for portaling. 

[whereiend]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

My take on this won’t be popular with some folks (and that’s OK), but I simply don’t believe in this line of thinking.

If Lefau, Moore and Wisner had their druthers, they’d all be back at Texas for one more seasons. But them deciding what’s best for their future and the staff deciding what’s best for the construction of the 2026 roster shouldn’t bring about questions of either side’s loyalty.

I wish it were different, but it’s where we are in college football.

There is nothing morally wrong with players making purely business decisions but that says that their relationship with UT is purely transactional. It's fair for us fans to be prefer those who go deeper than that.

We'll see if guys like Wisner and Moore even have the NIL market they are looking for. Seems doubtful to me. Those guys aren't superstars.

[Jujujuice]

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

There it is. 

Tre Wisner is entering the portal

Is it a sign Baugh Is coming?  Or he just got paid?

[Here for the Wins]

4 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

My take on this won’t be popular with some folks (and that’s OK), but I simply don’t believe in this line of thinking.

If Lefau, Moore and Wisner had their druthers, they’d all be back at Texas for one more seasons. But them deciding what’s best for their future and the staff deciding what’s best for the construction of the 2026 roster shouldn’t bring about questions of either side’s loyalty.

I wish it were different, but it’s where we are in college football.

I believe it is an indicator that loyalty is a non-factor.  And we’re just getting started so loyalty will mean even less over time.  For my fandom, that is not a positive.  One reason I care nothing about college basketball anymore is because of the roster turnover.  Maybe there aren’t many that care anything about loyalty, I don’t know.

Heres the thing, there will be days when those guys you mentioned would be more effective football players than their replacements.

[drag worm]

We sure have a lot of starters to add. Gonna be a crazy few weeks after NYE. Also worth noting that Goosby hasn't declared his intent to stay.

 

[whereiend]

2 minutes ago, Jujujuice said:

Is it a sign Baugh Is coming?  Or he just got paid?

Asked for big money and we said no, so taking his ball and going home. I'm skeptical somebody else will pay what he wants. He had as much value to us as any other team.

Guy just doesn't have the ability to break tackles or run away from defenders. Great vision but not a #1 RB.

[texcoyote15]

I don’t think these kinds of things catch the coaching staff off guard. I am confident that if Texas wants to keep someone they will keep them. Having said that……they have a number they value a player at a certain dollar number and if the player/agent have a much higher number Texas lets them walk. It’s like professional sports now. 

[alrightalrightalright]

Wish Wisner all the best. Rival killer 🤘🏽

[UT_Ro]

13 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

My take on this won’t be popular with some folks (and that’s OK), but I simply don’t believe in this line of thinking.

If Lefau, Moore and Wisner had their druthers, they’d all be back at Texas for one more seasons. But them deciding what’s best for their future and the staff deciding what’s best for the construction of the 2026 roster shouldn’t bring about questions of either side’s loyalty.

I wish it were different, but it’s where we are in college football.

Tre's not worth a M bro lets be real he got bad advice & would make way more in life if he stayed & finished his career a Longhorn, just off of the relationships & Legend he made himself killing ou & lil brother.. He want after the quick dollar & wasn't thinking long term

[UTxhorns]

With Wisner not coming back, let me look into my Crystal Baugh! 

Edited 1 hour ago by UTxhorns

[Chinadoll10]

Does he stay in the SEC?

[UT_Ro]

53 minutes ago, FaxMachine said:

Maybe and this is a very loose maybe before NIL but even going back 10-20 years you still had processing of players. This is a business now and you should adjust your thoughts as such. 

Bruh I know how this day & age is what's one more year gonna hurt making 4-500k & having lifetime connections graduating a longhorn.. It's a marathon he got bad advice & played himself

[Deadhead_Horn]

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

Any report this month about Wisner returning was quite inaccurate. There was a consistent gap between Texas and Wisner’s camp which was obviously never bridged. 

It’s also why I maintained “all three avenues” were on the table for the Longhorn RB throughout this process.

A significant gap in terms of NIL, playing time, or both> 

[Migas & Fajitas]

11 minutes ago, UTxhorns said:

With Wisner nit coming back, let me look into my Crystal Baugh! 

[GoHorns1]

Thank you Tre Wisner and good luck on and off the field.

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

I hate losing Wisner but this is the nature of the business. 
 

Also, you let Wisner walk when he’s commanding a lot of money and you have Moby Dick on the hook. I got my wish. I wanted the most overpaid room in college football to be culled and it was. Now Wisner and Simon I hoped to keep at the right price. 
 

All In 

Edited 1 hour ago by CoachBobbyFinstock

[J_Ram411]

I absolutely hate to see Tre go but I completely understand both sides. 
 

Looking onward though, I’m a little concerned about the leadership for next year. Tre was a significant leader to this team as was Taaffe. Do you see us struggling from a leadership perspective without them and who do you think could be in line to step up and fill in those gaps? 

[SB21]

1 hour ago, FootLaw said:

This one stings. That dude stepped up in a big way when C4 went down. Seeing him in another uni is going to suck. I'm assuming his agent said he needed another year for his draft stock and Texas want paying feature back money.

While it will suck for sure, as I was a fan of his and he showed up for us in big games consistently the past two years….. but if it comes down to he wanted more money or he wasn’t happy hearing us “going after another RB1” then I get it. He deserves to get paid and he will flourish if he finds the right fit for his next stop. 
 

sounds like we couldn’t guarantee what he wanted to hear and he felt it was best to move on. More power to him for betting on himself and trying to get paid. Can’t be mad at that no matter who it is.

thank you Tre for what you did for us and good luck out there. 🤘

[Bunk Moreland]

@Jeff Howe here’s my theory: the coaches want to recreate the RB combination they thought they were getting in 2024 with Baxter and Blue (before Baxter’s injury): the bigger, do-everything back as RB1 complemented by a homerun hitter with blazing speed who can score from anywhere on the field. Unfortunately, Wisner doesn’t fit either role. I suspect he would have seen his touches diminish if Sark gets the RB combination he’d like out of the portal.

Edited 52 minutes ago by Bunk Moreland

[PaulieD]

2 hours ago, CJ Vogel said:

There it is. 

Tre Wisner is entering the portal

It's a good move all around; he can be #1 at any number of colleges.  

On the other side we are probing the portal for a power back, and have one coming in (Cooper).

[whereiend]

7 minutes ago, Bunk Moreland said:

@Jeff Howe here’s my theory: the coaches want to recreate the RB combination they thought they were getting in 2024 with Baxter and Blue (before Baxter’s injury): the bigger, do-everything back as RB1 complemented by a homerun hitter with blazing speed who can score from anywhere on the field. Unfortunately, Wisner doesn’t fit either role. I suspect he would have seen his touches diminish if Sark gets the RB combination he’d like out of the portal.

I think speed at RB is kind of overrated, because really the passing game is always going to be better for finding explosive plays.

What you really need at RB is the ability to keep the chains moving, pick up short yardage and run in the red zone, and unfortunately Wisner wasn't good at the later two of those.

[whereiend]

2 minutes ago, PaulieD said:

It's a good move all around; he can be #1 at any number of colleges.  

On the other side we are probing the portal for a power back, and have one coming in (Cooper).

Wisner can be #1 somewhere, but will that somewhere pay more than Texas would pay for a #2? That seems doubtful to me.

[thatdude2]

Or Manning is not handing the ball off in 2026.

[Lnghrn]

1 hour ago, whereiend said:

There is nothing morally wrong with players making purely business decisions but that says that their relationship with UT is purely transactional. It's fair for us fans to be prefer those who go deeper than that.

We'll see if guys like Wisner and Moore even have the NIL market they are looking for. Seems doubtful to me. Those guys aren't superstars.

It goes both ways.  UT having to make tough decisions and players also.  It’s the system we currently live with.