Mike Gosnell

Born and raised in Western Pennsylvania. Now live in Eastern Pennsylvania. Growing up, my mom would work on weekends so my grandparents would babysit me. My pap played high school football in the 1930s and won a state championship. He loved football. We’d watch Gameday and watch Penn State and other games. One day a team with orange jerseys appeared on the TV. My eyes were fixated immediately on the screen. The rest is history. I turned 32 on August 27. I may not be a Texas Ex but the university and the Horns mean a lot to me.

I’m glad they are retiring the headgear pick with Lee.

We're less than 2 weeks away from the matinee in Columbus with Ohio State. I wanted to ask the OTF community, who has the edge (position group vs. position group) going into this game? Let's hear your final score predictions as well as some bold predictions! Hook'em!

This on loop: https://youtu.be/rXFIWcpLPr8?si=npDD7p45s-S9n7qq also the Gameday Coming to your City intro is also a must listen

Offense - Emmett Mosley Defense - Colton Vasek (if healthy)

Best Longhorns community and team out there!

This is my Slack avatar at work. Love it! Hi Gerry! 🤘

Regardless of his decision tomorrow, this is a December recruitment. Even if Texas lands him tomorrow, they will need to fend off the Dawgs.

How are we looking here?

Texas gets on the board first with a 25-yard TD pass from Manning to Mosley

Literally fighting the feeling of our recruiting is slowing down and we’re missing on key players but also realizing that this staff has earned some rope and we have depth at key areas. would’ve loved to have Calicut. But onto the next. Recruit through the whistle and don’t give up on the guys you want in the program.

In any case, no recruitment is over in July. Recruit through the whistle

This made my Tuesday. Let’s hope for good news on the 4th!

In Gerry We Trust! Dynamite recruiting weekend. Need another one next weekend

Facing Clemson was a great viewing experience. I love it when teams who have never faced each other meet. Was great to see two teams with iconic logos and solid programs square off. Hope to see UT schedule more “unique” opponents like Penn State or Florida State. Something new. SEC opener against Miss State was also up there

From Western PA originally and Central Catholic is a powerhouse program in the Pittsburgh area. Great to see the Horns tapping into PA!

Born and raised in Johnstown, PA but currently live near Syracuse, NY.

What are some of your favorite Christmas songs? White Christmas by Bing Crosby ranks up there for me but I have to go with Fairytale of New York by the Pogues

Proof is in the pudding. While Bo Davis is an excellent developer of talent, he left a lot of meat on the bone in DL recruiting and put us behind the 8 ball. We can only hope Kenny Baker has a better hit rate. Keeping Sharma and Charles in the class and securing Justus Terry was an excellent start. Let's see how he does.

Could be nothing. But could be something. It's probably nothing. But maybe it's something? This is the loop in my head. In any case, tomorrow is gonna be nuts. Gird up your loins.

Disaster of a start for Tennessee. Kick return for a TD for Vandy and an opening drive fumble.

Appears to be considering official visits to Colorado and Florida Hopefully this is just him enjoying the recruiting process but definitely not a great thing to see this close to signing day. Any smoke to a flip?

With our return to College Station on the horizon, I wanted to bring this up to our OTF family. Many of you were born into Texas fandom. Others went to the University of Texas and fell in love with the Longhorn logo. For me, that fandom started in my grandparents home in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1990s. Unlike many of the OTF family, I did not have the pleasure of being from Texas or attending the University. Rather, my upbringing is in a modest home in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Far closer to Pitt and Penn State than Austin, Texas. My grandpa didn't have a particular favorite team (aside from the Pittsburgh Steelers), but he would watch Penn State and Pitt when he could. And when my mom would work weekends, my grandparents would babysit me. Saturdays were for college football. My grandpa and I would watch Gameday on ESPN and then wait to see what games were on that day. We'd have to look in TV Guide or our newspaper (the good old days). On one day in particular we landed on a game where a team with orange uniforms were playing. Now me all of six years old was transfixed on the screen. I remember asking my grandpa who that team was? "Oh, that's Texas," he said. "They're the team in orange." I've been a fan ever since. It's a simple story with no frills but for a six-year-old kid the burnt orange uniforms racing across the TV screen was enough for me. And for this now 31-year-old man, the love for the Texas Longhorns will never waver. Hook'em! I wanted to ask my fellow OTF members when your fandom started as we gear up for the Lone Star Showdown this Saturday. Thanks for making this non-traditional Texas fan feel welcome!

Who loses their job first Brian Kelly or Brent Venables?

Is Myron Charles visiting Florida again this weekend?