Matthew McConaughey with a letter to Texas fans

[Beldar]

16 hours ago, Garrett Rapport said:

The Florida game certainly got loud on the big plays... Maybe it was just where I sat?

However, if you expect the crowd to be loud in any stadium when the offense is 3 and Out for 7 straight drives and the visiting team holds the ball for entire quarters, I'm not sure what to tell you. It's an unrealistic expectation.

Not supposed to be loud when on offense. Would be nice if we were loud when on D . They have been playing their hearts out. Saturday with injuries and who we are facing, home field crowd can be huge.

 

[AusMOJO]

Alright, alright, alright....but if we lose, go back to Longview and don't come back....I kid, I kid.

 

[Grant Ward]

13 minutes ago, Beldar said:

Might be less chance turning recruits by not booing. Know we were very lucky but Ohio State game should tell our Fair weather fans there is a chance at home if crowd don't quit.

 

$$$ is all they listen to, bro.

[Joe Z]

8 hours ago, Jordan91 said:

Basketball is almost here!!!!!

[Longhorns1]

Football, like life, is a journey. This team isn’t a finished product. Suck it up and stand. The bandwagon can leave. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Longhorns1

[Dr. Love]

On 10/23/2026 at 12:01 PM, Jaybird said:

Did y'all even read it? It's pretty true. That Florida game was silent, and I was in the cotton bowl, and our side was notably quieter.  

I was at last weeks game.  After the first two drives it felt like the life was getting sucked out of the place.  There was a long lag there until Nibblet ran that punt back.  Florida scoring right before half right after the 4th and 2 stop really sucked the life out.  Everyone in my section felt like, oh no, here we go again.  My wife even said it feels like we’re gonna lose this game.  

[HonkEm]

I was at the Florida game, and let's be honest, the crowd wasn't exactly setting decibel records. The atmosphere definitely felt flat compared to Ohio State and even OU. So McConaughey isn't wrong about that part.

What cracks me up is how many people read a letter that basically said, "Show up, be loud, support the team," and responded with:

"RIP Sark."

"It's never been more over."

"Basketball starts soon."

"Fire everybody."

Criticizing the offense is fair. Criticizing Sark is fair. Criticizing Flood is fair. Lord knows there has been enough bad football lately to go around.

But reading some of these posts, you'd think Texas was 3-9, recruiting had collapsed, Arch transferred to LSU at halftime, and Bevo entered the portal after the fourth quarter.

The crowd and the team fed off each other. The offense couldn't sustain a drive, and the crowd gradually lost energy. Both things can be true at the same time.

What I don't get is the dramatic jump from "the offense has serious issues" to "the Sark era is over." The man goes to back-to-back CFPs and suddenly some folks are conducting a funeral service after a couple bad weeks.

Meanwhile McConaughey is sitting on a glacier in Iceland at 1 a.m. watching Texas football on one bar of cell service because he can't miss a game.

Half this fan base is ready to transfer to basketball after the second three-and-out.

Good grief. 🤘