Kevin C

https://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/39584775 Curious what others think about the updated rankings of Top 90 QBs over past 25 years. No real changes at the top. A couple of things that stood out when looking at the ilst. 1) Wow, forget how crazy Case Keenum's stats were when he threw for 5000 yards and 40 TDs in 3 consecutive seasons with 19,217 total yards completed and 69% completion rate. That's 2000 yards more than any other QB in history. Art Briles had that offense humming before he jumped to Baylor. 2) Hoping Arch outperforms his Uncle Eli who threw for 10,119 yars, 81 TDs, 35 INTs and 61% completion rate. 3) How is Eric Crouch at #50 among all QBs with only 4481 yds passing, 29 TDs, 25 INTs and only 52% completion rate. Clearly the 3434 rushing yards and 59 rushing TDs outweighed his far below average arm. Hard to compare running QBs to pure passers side by side. 4) Looking back through the list, there have been some really fun seasons with incredible QB play. Even though I root against many of these teams, these QBs were impressive for what they did on the field. Joe Burrow (#5), Deshaun Watson (#6), Lamar Jackson (#8), Trevor Lawrence (#11), Manziel (#13), Matt Leinart (#17), Bryce Young (#20)

Well said and I agree completely @Drunk randoke. The other sites (including their video reports) are a distant second. Hook em! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Agree CJ. Even though football is the primary focus, I’m enjoying the increased OTF coverage on baseball especially with the way they’re playing. Hook em! 🤘🏼🧡🐂

So many exciting things happening on the 40 acres right now between spring football starting, pro day, women's basketball in the sweet 16, baseball is crushing it, excitement with the men's basketball upgrade in coaching, basketball and football recruiting / portal this spring, women's softball, the list goes on. Even though football season is 5 months away, you guys seem busier than ever. Much love, respect and appreciation to @Bobby Burton @Gerry Hamilton @CJ Vogel @Jeff Howe @Blake Munroe @Rod Babers @Bob Shipley for all the great work to not only bring us your unique insights and breaking news about our Texas Longhorns, but the way you all do it with class, credibility, authenticity, passion and optimism while keeping it real and making it fun is AWESOME. I try to start every morning I can with Coffee & Football then enjoy catching other updates throughout each day, both via the YouTube video updates and on the OTF site. I know alot of us feel this way and it hit me this week how much OTF has become a part of my weekly routine. Hard to believe ontexasfootball.come was only started about 16 months ago (Am I remembering correctly, Bobby?) and all of you were working with other sites at that time (not counting the YouTube streaming video platform). Looking forward to seeing what's next on OTF. Keep up the great work!! You've made being a Texas Longhorn Fan even more fun for me and many others. Hoping to get by the OTF tailgate with the family this fall. Hook em! 🐂🤘🏼🧡

Agree. Contracts, buyout terms are the 'guardrail' for coaches.

The post by Bilas feels like it's something from 10 years ago before portal was launched in 2018, enabling ease of player transfers, etc. In today's college basketball, players are free agents and can evaluate coaches moves before they decide where they want to go play next. The post doesn't make any sense and why he chose to single out Texas' decision to fire Rodney Terry as his example, is illogical.

Jay Bilas typically has better takes than this. He comes across like an idiot. Might be one of the worst most bizarre takes I've heard in a while. Nothing about this makes sense. Both Texas and Xavier seasons are over. RT will be just fine with his $5m buyout. Portal opens on Tuesday. There was no question that CDC would be making a change afte Texas finished 14th out of 16 teams in the conference. Regarding Jay's rant against UT on the timing of the hire, Xavier was knocked out of tournament on Friday then news broke unofficially 2 days later on Sunday of Texas hiring Sean Miller. Many teams are hiring their new head coaches with similar timing. Most of those coaches are currently under contract thus a buyout is triggered. Am I missing something here? I might understand this rant if it were against NC State for interviewing/offering/hiring Will Wade while McNeese State was still playing in the NCAA Tournament. Wade did a good job of acknowledging the move and getting his team focused in first round for win. Maybe Jay doesn't want to slam another ACC school, given his personal allegiance. Btw, news broke this morning that Minnesota is hiring Colorado State head coach Niko Medved, barely 12 hours after Colorado State lost on last second shot to Maryland. No idea why he'd refer to this hire as 'tampering' or 'poaching'. Idiotic.

Love seeing the Horns play agressive full-court press on inbounds pass. WEAR THEM OUT!!! Hook Em Horns!! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

Awesome series win in conference against one of the best in country. hook em horns!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Great win. Clutch 5 runs in 7th and 8th. hook em! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

Thanks Jeff!

Dumb question. What website is best for seeing realtime scoring (hits, walks, errors, scores, pitches, etc)? Easy to view for mlb games on ESPN.

That hit was insane, scoooed 99mph fastball 8 inches off the ground for RBI!!! Wow!! hook em! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

Great inning for the Horns! hook em! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Agree.

One additional question on the topic of TE usage anticipated in 2025. If Washington and Shannon both show strong progress through spring plus expectation for full offensive facelift as CJ put it this week on State of the Program, with more deep passing routes, more Arch running, etc will we likely see more 2-TE sets with both Washington and Shannon on the field together?

I trust what @Bobby Burton @Gerry Hamilton @CJ Vogel and @Jeff Howe see and hear when it comes to our Texas Longhorns far more than what the national media puts out there. Sharing the latest ESPN ‘Breakout Player’ predictions as something that will be interesting to file away and see as the season progresses. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/44315654/college-football-2025-breakout-players-top-25 It’s exciting to hear on OTF how strong Jordan Washington could potentially be at TE this season. More athletic and faster than Gunnar Helm with potential to be a favorite target of Arch’s. When hearing Spencer Shannon’s name mentioned, I recall hearing optimism as well but thought it was more as a blocking tight end (I may be mistaken or mis-remembering, 🤪). While reading this Top 25 list on ESPN (hope this preseason order holds with Ohio State 1 and Texas 2 in advance of big game on Aug 30), they predicted the ‘breakout player’ for each Top 25 team. Of all the Longhorn players ESPN chose from as most likely to ‘breakout’ in 2025 (Arch is too easy and Wingo probably doesn’t qualify given freshman performance, they could have gone with 10-12 different options from Jordan Washington, Jerrick Gibson, Jaime Ffrench, Parker Livingstone, James Simon, Trevor Goosby, Brandon Baker, Neto Umeozulu, Ty’Anthony Smith, Jelani McDonald, Warren Roberson, Kobe Black, Alex January plus the DL transfers like Hero Kanu). Instead, ESPN selected 6ft 7in Spencer Shannon as our most likely ‘Breakout Player’ this season and a favorite target of Arch Manning’s. Whether it’s Jordan Washington or Spencer Shannon that has a breakout year at TE this season, time will tell. Maybe they both have a breakout year. Either way, I’m beyond excited to see our young TEs play this coming season. Sounds like both guys have put in the work and taken big strides over the past year. It makes me really appreciate how Sark and Jeff Banks have completely turned the TE room around into a position of strength (and depth) on the 40 Acres. With Winston and Townsend just getting started this season, the TE position is well stocked for years ahead (barring transfers). Hook em! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

2 years in a row, they were pre-season #1 only to be exited early from the tournament . Kansas seems to have lost its way and their dominant mojo is gone. https://apple.news/AtHjyXV1bTE6J4MzHevijgg

After giving this more thought over past couple days, it seems clear the the answer is no, if solely looking at both schools history, fan support and living on the past success in Bobby Knight era. Looking forward at facilities, resources, likely NIL and other benefits from being at flagship in Texas, brand exposure, SEC trajectory, ability to recruit and retain best players, anticipated broader fan support once team starts winning (see women’s team), I’d argue Texas is likely to be a better coaching job over the next 20 yrs. Hook em! 🧡🤘🏼🐂

Crazy how quickly these professional sports valuations have ballooned over past 10 yrs. Great article on ESPN about the Celtics sale. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44328557/sources-bill-chisholm-agrees-buy-celtics-61-billion

These continued stories reflect the exact opposite culture and team discipline that Sark emphasizes. Not saying all our players are boyscouts or don't make mistakes in poor judgement at times, but the issues at Georgia go beyond simple 'poor judgement'. It's reckless and out of control. Feels a lot like what Urban Meyer had at Florida in the late 2000s. Proud to be a Longhorn. Keep doing it the right way Coach Sark!! Hook em!! 🐂🤘🏼🧡

CDC is gonna make the Texas MBB job a premier place to coach with combination of total comp for coaching staff, facilities, additional resources, NIL commitment, creative in growing fan support.

Schools are locking in with their new head coaches before portal opens on Monday. Will Wade to NC State. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44318784/sources-mcneese-wade-take-nc-state-job-ncaas

Agree that Indiana fans care a whole lot more about basketball than Texas and also agree with @Hashtag that Indiana Basketball = Nebraska Football. They've both been in a very long drought. All that said, if Texas makes the investment in our basketball program with elite coaching staff and top 10 level NIL investment to secure quality players, Longhorn Fans would get behind the team and we'd see a significant surge in fan support. Looking forward to seeing how the next few weeks unfold. Scenario 1: Texas goes on a run and gets to Sweet 16. Unlikely but we haven't seen the team at full health with Mark at PG for many games so will be interesting to see if this could happen. Scenario 2: More likely, we lose tonight or against Illinois and RT moves on to USF or other similar program after CDC declares it's time to step up and make a big upgrade at HC. In either scenario, there's reason to be enjoy the moment. Hook em! 🧡 🐂 🤘🏼

While listening to Bobby, Gerry and CJ this morning on Coffee and Football, the discussion of Sark's NIL approach came up. Sark doesn't lead with NIL, like Oregon, USC and others. He leads with culture, the city, the university and wanting players who really want to be longhorns. The comment was made by Bobby or Gerry that it's easier to go with Sark's strategy of talking money later in the recruiting process when the Horns are playing elite football and making it to the CFP Semi-Finals in back to back years. Thinking back to 2022 when Arch committed to Sark and the Horns in late June of 2022 after our 5-7 season is even more impressive in retrospect. Then with Arch having many options to leave for significant money after Quinn decided to stay another year, Arch stayed true to his commitment. He wants to be a Longhorn. Arch had total confidence in Sark and the Horns back in 2022 that they were on the right trajectory before there was any proof to back up Arch's confidence. When teams like Georgia and Alabama looked like much safer (and maybe even smarter) choices 3 years ago, Arch shows that he really wants to be a longhorn and play for Sark. Can't wait to see his passion for the longhorns pay off in 2025. Hook em! 🧡 🐂 🤘🏼