Reason for Optimism | Sunday 1:55 p.m.

[Your mom loves Arch too]

We certainly are “the Cheesiest”! 

[Beldar]

54 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Opponents national rank in scoring defense on the Texas schedule in 2026:

8. Ohio State (13.2 PPG)
19. Tennessee (15.5)
28. Oklahoma (17.6)
—— still to play ——
113. Florida (29.0)
108. Miss State (28.0)
108. Ole Miss (28.0)
29. Missouri  (17.7)
32. LSU (18.5)
103. Arkansas (27.7)
42. Texas A&M (20.0)

Statistically, the three best defenses on the schedule have been played already. 

Come on C J , you know our fan base is not into optimism. Do wish the three better ones left were not on the road. To add to your post, the three best D C are behind us or most respected anyway.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Beldar

[Little Carmine]

Haha Arkansas shouldn’t count as an actual college football “team”

[John F.]

Some live offenses too. We’ll meltdown on here about the defense for a few weeks. It’ll be a fun change of pace

[.45s]

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

I’m trying to build hope!😂😂

I'm so optimistic now I am about to pee myself.

[HornFanatic]

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

The offensive stats will look better the next three weeks! 

Hope so. After watching yesterday, special teams and offense could continue their trends 

[Realist Horn]

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

Opponents national rank in scoring defense on the Texas schedule in 2026:

8. Ohio State (13.2 PPG)
19. Tennessee (15.5)
28. Oklahoma (17.6)
—— still to play ——
113. Florida (29.0)
108. Miss State (28.0)
108. Ole Miss (28.0)
29. Missouri  (17.7)
32. LSU (18.5)
103. Arkansas (27.7)
42. Texas A&M (20.0)

Statistically, the three best defenses on the schedule have been played already. 

Good thing we won’t see any good defenses to worry about if Texas makes the playoffs. 

[HawkDriver]

Staff needs to realize the players we are choosing to play can’t run the offense as it sits.  We don’t have the o-line or qb to do it on a consistent or even semi-consistent basis.  Shorten the route tree, cut out the complex reads, maybe even cut the field in half….and run the dang ball more man, good grief.  

As for our specials, all of us aren’t wrong.  The product on the field is at best a net nothing.  

[Big Tex]

With the exception of Arkansas all of the upcoming opponents have more dynamic offenses (in some cases, MUCH more dynamic) than those we've played to date ex-Ohio State. I don't think we can count of the defense holding all of these to 14 points or less.

[TheRoJoShow]

I don’t know how we can expect any better than 9-3. Every game has been 50/50. 

[Roy Hinojosa]

At least we're Longhorns and not aggies

[TheRoJoShow]

1 minute ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

At least we're Longhorns and not aggies

That’s a low bar 

[tedsel76]

If they aren’t pushing for 40 burgers over the rest of the month, I’ll be very concerned. 

Even if it’s not real improvement at first, perhaps seeing some inflated scores on the board will give that offense confidence for when they hit the road in November! The important part about predicting a 10-2 record is that you have to lose twice

[Cujonation83]

1 minute ago, tedsel76 said:

If they aren’t pushing for 40 burgers over the rest of the month, I’ll be very concerned. 

Even if it’s not real improvement at first, perhaps seeing some inflated scores on the board will give that offense confidence for when they hit the road in November! The important part about predicting a 10-2 record is that you have to lose twice

That's my hope