Texas vs Ohio State 2026 match up Way too early edition

[Cujonation83]

What's ya'll way-too-early thoughts on this year's match up in Austin?

[Burnt Orange Horn]

Still too early.  Winter workouts have barely commenced.

[LonghornFan4Ever]

Must win game for Texas given the difficulty of their 9 game SEC schedule.  If they lose, there’s a really good chance they go 9-3 and miss the CFP again unless it expands to 16 or 24 teams.  A win gives them much more margin for error.

[Austalgia]

We beat them.  They cry a lot. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Austalgia

[Austalgia]

1 hour ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

Still too early.  Winter workouts have barely commenced.

Thus the “way too early”. in the title. 

[Glass Joe]

Ohio State’s defense was gutted by graduations and early NFL entries.  They lose 7 starters, including 4 NFL first rounders…and all 4 played in the middle of the defense (Caleb Downs, Arvell Reese, S.Styles, and K. McDonald).  
 
Add losing both starting CBs, and one can see Arch / Cam / Wingo doing a lot of damage and scoring a bunch of points.

On the flip side, Ohio State returns 8 starters on offense, including 4 OL.   They have Sayin, J.Smith, and Bo Jackson as headliners at the skill positions  (but also lose Carnell Tate and Max Klare).  They will score some points on our defense too.

Take the over.  Texas wins 38-24.

[Texas fan in Georgia]

Call me crazy… but I think Texas makes a statement in this game and sark leaves no doubt. The plus side to this is the fact we get a game to get our feet wet instead of just walking into the fire right out of the gate. Way too early prediction is 35-17

[Mark Futrell]

I agree with all the points above. I would like to add that I think it is Huge that this will be the 2nd game of the year versus coming out of the gate in '25. I don't think it can be under estimated the impact of a Test Run for Sark, Arch and the skilled Players on Offense and then of course on Defense Muschamps and Gideon get a Game with The Leader wearing the Green Dot under their Belt. And it all gets to be done at Home! Hook'em!!!

[Cujonation83]

1 hour ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Call me crazy… but I think Texas makes a statement in this game and sark leaves no doubt. The plus side to this is the fact we get a game to get our feet wet instead of just walking into the fire right out of the gate. Way too early prediction is 35-17

Hope this is the case 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾