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Did not know him personally but I am truly surprised how things turned out for him. From all the interviews he gave and how people at Desoto high school talked about him, I would not have thought it would had gone sideways so fast. I know people change and you never truly know someone unless you spend time with them. It’s just really shocking and sad. He was my favorite recruit in his class outside of Arch of course.

If this happens, then Terry Joseph would more than likely move to the safeties coach?

CJ or Gerry, When covering him in high school, was this type of attitude observed. I know sometimes a person can change, but I was just curious if this was something he has been dealing with or if this is recent. It does seem like he is spiraling out of control.

Is this the same high school that Jeremiah Smith attended?

I know Caleb Downs will be the odds on favorite next year for the Thorpe, but I still think Taaffe should at least be a finalist if he plays like he has done the past three years. Texas needs to put a video together of all Taaffe’s game changing plays over the years to help promote him for next year. Downs may be more explosive, but Taaffe has got to have more interceptions and more tackles than him. At least i would think he would as he has been at Texas longer than Downs at Ohio State. Plus, Taaffe’s journey is not like any other DB ( walk-on to scholarship player).

As good of a head coach Kirby Smart is, Sark has NFL experience. He has called plays in the NFL and he knows what it takes to win it all. I don’t know if the Atlanta team he coached on made it to the playoffs while he was there, but I know the Alabama team he was on did. I believe Sark will have the team ready for the next game. Hoping he was just saving Arch for the playoffs. Give the team a whole new identity over the next four games. As much as I would love to have woke up this morning and read how Texas was SEC champions, I would be just as thrilled to read how Texas is national champions in a few weeks. Hook’Em!

Just need to get this off my chest. I am conflicted on how I feel. On the one hand, I am extremely disappointed in the loss. We had a chance to win this game. It’s frustrating because that was a beatable Georgia team. We could have and should have beat them. If we had not missed those field goals or turned the ball over. As Brian Robison said earlier, we should have sucked the life out of them in the first half. To lose to a back up quarterback is irritating. He did not do anything special, but we allowed them to hang in the game and they were able to pull it out. On the flip side, to be competing for an SEC title in our first year was a blessing. Just think where we were three years ago. I am very thankful for where we are now. 11-2 and in the college football playoffs for the second year in a row. We also finished with the number 1 recruiting class, obtained a five star tackle from Georgia and a five star receiver from Florida. I can’t be too upset; however, I just know that when you have an opportunity like today, you have to seize the moment. Last year was a 4 team playoff. We lost to Washington in the semifinals, but we had a chance to win that game in the final seconds and play for a championship. This year we had a chance to win the SEC championship with a stop in overtime. Unfortunately, the game slipped through our fingers again. At some point, we have to take control of the moment, as you never know when you will get another shot at it. Watching Georgia celebrate tonight and listening to the broadcast announcers praise the backup quarterback for playing well in the second half was tough. Their backup did not have a 2021 Caleb Williams type of game tonight. So for us to lose that game is depressing. I hope Sark can figure out what it is that this team does best and maybe we can hit our stride and win the next four games. I am truly excited about Texas’ future next year with Arch. He maybe the missing piece of the championship puzzle. With our nucleus on defense (Hill, Simmons, Muhammad) returning and some missing pieces on offense coming back (Baxter & Clark) maybe our team can be better than this years team. We will need to bring in the right pieces through the portal ( kicker, punter, d-tackles). This is why I say I’m conflicted on how I feel. I believe we will have more opportunities for success in the future, but I sure wished we had seized the moment these past two seasons, as it was there for the taking. Thanks for letting me share.

Gerry, with Terry coming to Texas, does that make it harder or easier for Texas to get Tyler in 2026? I know Kirby will be extra motivated to keep him in state now with everyone talking about the upset of losing out on Terry.

So it was once about winning on the field. Check! Then it was about building relationships. Check! Now it’s about NIL. It’s so true that recruiting is not for the weak at heart. Please explain to me how we are losing recruits with a 11-1 record and a playoff birth two years in a row, but Florida is poaching our recruits and LSU is hanging on to Brandon Brown and Walter Mathis

If Quinn is not full go, then should Arch be the starter Saturday? We were already worried about Quinn when he did not have a bad leg going up against the A&M defense. Now he will really be a sitting target for the A&M pass rush. Would Arch gives us a better shot to put points on the board? His deep throws and running ability, paired with the Texas defense should give us the best chance at winning this game.

Great article and great young man. Hoping for a speedy and successful recovery. Hopefully he will be back on the field soon and still able to obtain those goals he set for himself. With that said, sure wish he was available this season. I have no doubt that we would have beat Georgia with a healthy Cedric Baxter. Nothing against Wisner or Blue, but Cedric is just a different RB. With him in our line up, I would think we would be the favorite to win the CFP.

That’s Highway robbery! In a year when there is no generational backer, Hill was heads and shoulders above everyone else including the finalist. Why they left him out as a finalist is just wrong.

Exactly why I now feel that he is looking for a reason not to come to Texas. It would set up perfectly for him, but yet he still keeps looking at everyone else. Ffrench even told people that one of the reason he liked Texas so much was because he would be catching passes from Arch Manning. I don’t think DK cares who is throwing him the ball. If he did, then I don’t feel LSU would still be getting visits or Oregon would have his commitment.

This is how I have felt as well. I would also add that prior to him picking Oregon over the summer, some people around Duncanville thought Ohio State was going to be his pick. He never came out publicly in favor of Ohio State, but prior to his announcement, he had told a few people it was going to be Ohio State. As much as I hate losing out on him, I am happy with the three that we have committed. If Dakorien wants to be at Texas it’s a different story, but like you stated earlier, he has turned us down twice officially and three times unofficially.

CJ, wasn’t DK Moore just at LSU for the Alabama game? I have always gotten the vibe that his family wanted him at Texas but Dakorien would rather go somewhere else to play college ball.

Would Mbatchou carry the same NIL asking price as Terry? Or would Terry be more expensive. If they would be the same, then UT should extend an offer that Terry could not refuse. After what we witnessed Saturday night, we may need to reset the market for top notch linemen out of Georgia. I always knew that we needed to recruit the trenches better, but witnessing Georgia players first hand really shows me that we still got work to do in order to have that next level d-line like them.

Don’t Auburn have a great defensive line haul already? They need to fall back. Same can be said for Georgia.

If we had a healthy Cedric Baxter Saturday night, do you think the outcome of the game would have been different? Maybe we still would have loss the game, but maybe the game would not have gotten away from us so fast. With Quinn struggling the way he was, would having that 5 star running back to hand off to have been the answer? A heavy dose of down hill running. I know Sark likes to set up the run with the pass, but just wondering if having Cedric healthy would have made a difference. Wisner runs hard but there is a difference in Baxter and Wisner’s abilities. Blue is super fast, but he is not the most reliable back as far as holding onto the ball, plus he is not built to deliver hits like Gibson, Wisner or even Baxter. I remember in Sarks first and second year, he relied on Bijan a lot when the quarterbacks were not getting the job done. I think Bijan had some 30 touches against TCU to win that game for us. That was Sarks first year. Then in his second year against Baylor, Bijan ran the ball the entire second half. Quinn I don’t think attempted a pass. I know you cannot do that against a team like Georgia, but just wondering if things might have been different if Baxter was available.

I signed up with Sling so I would be able to watch the Michigan game and ESPN. Unfortunately it did not give me access to SEC network.

Ok, I got rid of Direct TV. How can I stream the Texas vs Michigan game this weekend? The game will be on Fox. Can I purchase an App or something? I thought I had ESPN, but I only have ESPN + with my Hulu bundle. What a complete waste of my money. ESPN + has no good live games. Can I purchase just the app or do I have to subscribe to a service? I only want to watch the longhorn games. Most of their games seem to be slated for ESPN. I tried to watch the replay of the game Saturday, but it seems I have to have ESPN and not ESPN +. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated!

Did Sanchez just sour on Texas? I could have sworn he was really liking Texas his sophomore season. Then all of a sudden he stopped even mentioning UT. Is he like D.K Moore and wants to leave the state for college. I mean we only have one corner committed in our class. Our best corner (Muhammad) will probably only have one season left after this season before he goes pro. I can understand Brew not picking UT , but never understood what happen Sanchez.

How tall is Turntine? He sure looks like a defensive prospect right now. Thick lower half and muscled up top half. I know he is only a junior so he will fill out more as he gets older.

I remember Ben Gay, but I was not into recruiting the way I am now. Think I saw his name on the local news or something back then. What was his recruitment like? Did Texas pursue him? I remember he committed to Baylor when Baylor was awful (pre Art Briles).

Exactly. I only said KJ & Dia because there is a lot more hype around them than there was Trey. Plus, they seem to have a lot more pull with other recruits than Owens did coming out of high school. Which does not mean anything once they are on campus. Owens could be the starter after Arch is gone and with enough talent around him, lead UT to a national championship. I would welcome any form of the above as our future starter if that means we are competing for championships.

With each of those quarterback’s listed above, they did not have a lot of time to develop. They were kind of thrust into a situation that was not great for them or us. As Sark has said, you need time to mature as a quarterback. Long gone are the days of a quarterback taking there first meaningful snaps their redshirt sophomore or junior season. Now, if they are not starting by their freshman or sophomore year they are hitting the portal. David Ash had a lot of potential, but he had multiple concussions during his time at Texas. That was do in part to how bad our offensive line had become and him having no protection. Swoopes could have been good if he had more time to develop and mature. But that was not the case back then. Same for our offensive linemen. Back then, if you were somewhat serviceable you were starting for us. Sark has Texas on the right track now.