OTF Premium Snap Judgments: No. 19 Texas does enough to get a much-needed win over No. 7 Ole Miss

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, TexShoe said:

not taking it out you Jeff.  the whole injury designation thing is a a joke.

No offense taken. There’s a level of gamesmanship on those deals, for sure.

[Jeff Howe]

9 minutes ago, charlie990 said:

If I was as bad at my job as Jeff banks I would be athletic director rn 

He doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt anymore.

[Jeff Howe]

18 minutes ago, akrupa23 said:

#BringBackKevinMar

That’s never the answer!

[SouthTexasEx]

22 minutes ago, kren said:

Penalties are an issue. That being said I cannot stand this officiating crew. Nobody in the SEC likes them, and worse yet the lead ref has an incredibly punchable face.

I’m sure I have a bias lens but that 3Q roughing the passer and then the PI in the end zone were bad calls, handed them 7 points.

[camridleyfan]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

Their efforts made Saturday’s win the first Texas game with a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver since Jonathon Brooks and Xavier Worthy did it against TCU on Nov. 11, 2023.

[Thorn007]

horns only team to hold ole miss under 400 yards

 

 

 

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, camridleyfan said:

Couldn’t believe it when I heard it the other day.

[Horn365]

3rd quarter should be a run Arch quarter. 

[Bradford]

Thought Cojoe played very well for being thrown in for goosby. Also, that sack fumble for a td, I suspect arch’s clock wasn’t sped up yet because he usually doesn’t have to worry about the blindside. 

[bourbasted]

Only team in FBS to beat 3x top 15 opponents.  It's easy to get down on them, but they can beat any team at any time.  They can also blow a lead like no other Texas team I've ever watched.

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[Battrayal]

25 minutes ago, bourbasted said:

Only team in FBS to beat 3x top 15 opponents.  It's easy to get down on them, but they can beat any team at any time.  They can also blow a lead like no other Texas team I've ever watched.

It’ll be interesting to see where we are ranked. While I think we should move up 7 (ahead of LSU, USC, Iowa, Tenn, TTU, Ole Miss, Houston), I think we will likely only move up 5 spots to 14.. I think they’ll keep TTU and LSU ahead. Maybe Ole Miss.

but ultimately ranking this week won’t matter too much

[AusMOJO]

Boy, they got a lot to clean up still but I was glad to get the win. Would love for them to actually step on a teams throat for once and keep it there. 

[Califashorn75]

Kade Phillips was picked on quite a bit. He needs to get better. 

[FforFake]

6 hours ago, HonkEm said:

Just got home from the game.

First, the crowd was outstanding. Way louder than the Florida game. The fans in the stadium showed up.

Second, this team has an incredible ability to turn a comfortable situation into a blood pressure test. Every time it feels like we're about to put somebody away, we spend a quarter trying to revive them. That third quarter was brutal.

Third, I made the mistake of reading part of the game thread. Holy hell.

Some of you don't actually watch Texas football hoping Texas wins. You watch hoping your favorite complaint gets validated. The second something goes wrong, you're sprinting to the keyboard like you've been training for it all week.

Think about that. Texas wins, and your favorite part isn't the win. It's board politics.

That's when you know some people have completely lost the plot.

Criticize the coaches. Criticize the players. Criticize the third quarter. That's fair game. But if a Texas victory leaves you angry because it ruins your weekly doom-and-gloom routine, maybe you're more invested in being right than seeing Texas succeed.

The crowd in DKR sounded like they wanted Texas to win. A chunk of the game thread sounded like they were rooting for evidence.

The folks in the stadium were trying to help Texas win. The folks in the game thread were trying to win arguments they started three months ago. That's a pretty telling difference. 😏

Other than the fact this reads like it was assisted by ChatGPT, this community has a real knack for attracting self-righteous types.

[SuperDave0805]

6 hours ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

Did this team show anything tonight that we can build off from? Did we see enough growth in this game from Arch Manning?

Looked like the same Arch to me. When Sark was calling short quick pass plays in the 1st half Arch was pretty effective but when Sark went back to slow developing deep pass plays in the 3rd Arch looked like the QB we saw against OU and Florida 

[MarkInAustin]

Looking ahead, I am assuming life without Goosby and Coleman and Simmons and Hollywood next week.

The drop off to Cojoe and Zina/Vasek/Spence is not catastrophic, but Goosby and Simmons will truly be missed.

On the other hand, I think the starters may gain by Having Bishop in for Coleman.  With Moseley and Bishop on the field Texas has three guys who beg to be hit on the quick game, but still provide a deep threat - not a deep threat with as much potential as Coleman but three with a lot surer hands and better blocking.  Arch was perfect in the quick game in the first half and sticking with that opens up an occasional open deep opportunity.  

The team has developed a fourth RB who is also a power back in Terry III.  I credit MT3 for great progress since he first moved to RB.  He gives me hope that Sark will be less reluctant to stick with the running game.  Mix a real running game with the quick passing game and don't go away from it until that occasional deep threat opens because the defense has adjusted, right?

If Cooper is healthy next week that would brighten the outlook for running coupled with the quick passing game even more.

I am not expecting great improvement on the toll penalties take on this team, at this point.

So, a mixed bag, but not without bright spots and positive scenarios.

[HookemChappy]

7 hours ago, TexShoe said:

So the probable label was pure BS

He had 1 play. 

[Beldar]

8 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

Forget the SEC championship, the College Football Playoff or anything besides No. 19 Texas hanging on for a 34-27 win over No. 7 Ole Miss.

The Longhorns stopped the bleeding from a two-game losing streak.

It wasn’t pretty.

Texas (5-2, 2-2 SEC) tied the Steve Sarkisian-era single-game record with 14 penalties and set a new single-game high with 121 penalty yards.

A 24-3 halftime lead evaporated in the second half. The Rebels scored 21 points to tie the game while the Longhorns were mired in an all-too-familiar lull, with five consecutive possessions ending in a fumble, three punts and an interception.

For the second time in SEC play, the hands team couldn’t recover a late-game onside kick. The botched recovery made this Texas' third conference game decided on the last play.

Nevertheless, the Longhorns overcame their second-half struggles to get a much-needed win. The offense ended the game with a pair of scoring drives and the defense, although things got leaky in coverage, forced a punt, blocked a field goal and intercepted Trinidad Chambliss for the third time on three of Ole Miss’ (5-2, 3-2) last four possessions.

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Sarkisian, to his credit, was committed to the run down the stretch and it paid off. Raleek Brown and Michael Terry III carried the ball on the first five plays of a 6-play, 80-yard touchdown drive to regain the lead in the fourth quarter.

Other than a short pass to Ryan Wingo on the first play of the Longhorns’ last drive, Arch Manning was involved in two plays: his 1-yard touchdown run (on a bootleg that was wide open, similar to his first touchdown, both of which were good calls by Sarkisian, since Manning hasn't been the ball carrier in those situations) and a 2-yard scramble on the play before Gianni Spetic’s 33-yard field goal.

With 207 yards on 42 official rushing attempts, Texas improved to 25-2 under Sarkisian when recording at least 40 official rushing attempts in a game. Although the 40-carry mark includes plays like sacks and kneel-downs, it reflects a dedicated effort to run the football.

That’s what Sarkisian did to get the offense in gear in the fourth quarter.

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Brown’s 157 yards (6.8 yards per carry) is the best yardage day by a Longhorn since Tre Wisner went for 186 yards in the 2024 regular-season finale against Texas A&M. Wingo’s 111-yard performance included a 50-yard touchdown catch from Manning.

Their efforts made Saturday’s win the first Texas game with a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver since Jonathon Brooks and Xavier Worthy did it against TCU on Nov. 11, 2023.

Even though the offense mustered just 19 net yards in the third quarter, the Longhorns finished the game with 419 total yards (5.8 yards per play). Since joining the SEC, Texas is 9-0 when it records at least 400 total yards.

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Brown’s ability to read zone runs and hit open cutback lanes helped Texas avoid a third consecutive loss. Brown ran with vision and violence, two things he hasn’t shown consistently as a Longhorn.

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When Texas needed some thump in the running game, Terry delivered (41 yards and a touchdown on eight carries). Terry’s two explosive runs (12 yards and 19 yards) on the 80-yard touchdown drive made him the big, physical back between the tackles the Longhorns figured they'd miss with Derrek Cooper not yet back to 100 percent.

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Rasheem Biles was all over the field. It’s hard to believe he was credited with only four tackles (one tackle for loss, two pass breakups, and four quarterback hurries).

Biles’ fourth-and-goal interception was one of the game's pivotal plays. He also pressured Chambliss on a critical third down in the first half, forcing a rushed throw that fell incomplete as the Rebels settled for a field goal.

On a day when Will Muschamp manufactured pressure with the absence of Colin Simmons, Biles pressured Chambliss and was around the ball on critical downs.

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Along with Biles, Justin Cryer (five tackles, an interception and a pass breakup) came up big for the Longhorns. Chambliss tested the Texas linebackers in coverage and they were up for the challenge.

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Muschamp deserves a lot of credit for Chambliss’ rough start. He dialed up different pressures, but showing blitz and then dropping defenders seemed to throw off Chambliss’ timing in the first half.

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Things are by no means fixed on the Forty Acres.

Sarkisian must resolve the team’s third-quarter woes (I still don’t know why he gets away from things that work early). The kicking game is still way too feast-or-famine. Penalties remain a problem. Manning had moments of brilliance mixed with critical mistakes and the offense left points on the field. Ole Miss had 162 of its 364 total yards (44.5 percent) in the fourth quarter.

Still, the Longhorns deserve credit for pulling it together and executing well enough, long enough to win. While this team shows no signs of getting off the rollercoaster any time soon, Saturday’s win was one in which their stretches of good play outweighed the bad.

 

 

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That ref crew is the Gomer Pyle crew. If you see him, will get flagged out of stadium. Only thing different last night is he called 8 on the other guys. Usually on two or so. We need to fix the issue but his crew sucks. Going forward, we seem to be on a tough run on injuries. Know all teams nationwide are beat up but we are losing our best players.Proud of how hard they played. and got us a win. Damn we make it hard on us old folks. 

 

[HookemChappy]

No one is mentioning our second leading receiver on the day. Masunas. Arch finally figured out that TEs are eligible receivers. 

[Oldest Horn]

2 hours ago, FforFake said:

Other than the fact this reads like it was assisted by ChatGPT, this community has a real knack for attracting self-righteous types.

If you want to see some real self righteous types check out the game thread during the second half. 

[Roy Hinojosa]

2 hours ago, SuperDave0805 said:

Looked like the same Arch to me. When Sark was calling short quick pass plays in the 1st half Arch was pretty effective but when Sark went back to slow developing deep pass plays in the 3rd Arch looked like the QB we saw against OU and Florida 

Well, how is that Arch's fault if Sark went away from what worked?

[Waxahorn]

We need a psychiatrist to come talk this team about their Jekyll and Hyde tendencies. 

[mcwast]

8 hours ago, kren said:

Penalties are an issue. That being said I cannot stand this officiating crew. Nobody in the SEC likes them, and worse yet the lead ref has an incredibly punchable face.

lead ref = slingblade

the field judge was horrible 

[Oldest Horn]

24 minutes ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

Well, how is that Arch's fault if Sark went away from what worked?

It was Arch’s fault for looking deep on plays where there were better options underneath. That int throwing to Winston of all people deep with the safety practically calling a fair catch jumps out to me. Was the play calling 100? No, but it never is. Doesn’t mean the QB gets a pass either. 

[bevocbs]

8 hours ago, JimR6 said:

What is the deal with Cooper? What did he injure? No snaps for two straight games? Terry showed he can play.

He did play one snap early and caught a screen pass, I believe. I think it is a lower leg injury and he just doesn't have the confidence to go hard on it. I was in the stadium and down on the front rows very early watching the team warm up. Torre worked with Cooper individually for a good amount of time to see if he could go. As they ended, I obviously couldn't hear what he was saying, but his facial expressions and body language were very positive, like he was either confident Cooper could go, or trying to convince Cooper he could go.