Bunk Moreland

This is the first time since Ohio State that the national sports media is acknowledging that Texas could be for real if they put it all together. There’s an opening for Texas to seize hold of that narrative in Athens and become the center of the college football world again. If Texas beats Georgia on the road, it will drown out every other story in CFB. Suddenly, there will be a hurricane of momentum behind Texas and the resume will look incredibly formidable with wins against 3 ranked teams. Sark needs to get his guys ready to play the game of their lives, because Georgia is hard to kill—especially at home. The O-line looked really good against Vanderbilt, but they have STRUGGLED on the road this year. They need to dominate the LOS. If they lose, the season is more or less over. But if they win, the entire narrative about this team completely changes. The Tom Fornellis and Danny Kanells of the world are suddenly singing a different tune. And in the CFP era, perception is everything.

Yeah, it’s odd how little they want to do with Texas. I suspect that might change if we go to Athens and win in two weeks.

I seem to remember a bunch of Ags last year whining about our schedule, no matter the fact that ours was harder than theirs. But this year it’s a complete joke. “Dang SEC will do anything to protect the sips.” I guess all those years praying to dead dogs finally paid off for them.

Even if it means you lose some good players to the portal, Coleman is worth it. That’s a top-5 WR in the nation. A true difference maker. Pay $2 million if you have to.

Texas needs to pay Coleman whatever it takes. Imagine a WR room with Coleman, Wingo, Mosley, Livingstone, and maybe Moore coming back.

He hasn’t snorted his weekly powdered mayo yet. Once that happens, we won’t hear from him until Tuesday.

All the pundits, the fans, the haters who all built him up and then tore him down are completely disingenuous. It was THEIR confirmation bias that led them to make unrealistic, unfair predictions about Arch. I bought into it to some degree as well after seeing him light it up last year. But it was sheer stupidity that led all of us to believe Arch was somehow immune from the same learning curve that literally every single QB has ever had to experience. Sheer stupidity. And it’s sheer arrogance (and stupidity) that’s now leading the same people to tear him down. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it makes zero sense to pre-judge Arch’s cfb career until the end of 2026.

What ridiculous narrative are haters like Danny Kanell and Tom Fornelli (“somebody please knock Texas out so that I don’t have to watch them in the CFP”) going to concoct when Texas beats a top-10 team and just keeps winning? 24-14 Texas

Lane has a little bit of that Pirate in him and I am here for every minute of it, especially when it comes at the expense of Mr. Burnt Vegetables Skeletor and his toothless band of meth heads.

He has a little bit of that Pirate in him.

If we’re being real, Sark is probably coming to the realization that he can’t be the coach he wants to be in college and win at the highest level. He’s always said he’s “obsessed” with the job, but the lack of attention to this roster in the offseason suggests a strong whiff of complacency. I think he’s probably realizing that he’s taken this program as far as he can. And if we’re being real, he probably has. I’m grateful for Sark—he brought this program back to near greatness. But we might need fresh blood to get to the promise land. Marcus Freeman is definitely the answer if we can get him.

Sark isn’t even in the same league as Pete Carroll. If Sark was Pete Carroll, he might already have 1-2 natties.

This might be the most disturbing thing he said: “But at the end of the day, it's like we can have high scoring games and I could air it out and lose.” Ah, yes. The brilliant strategy to not score points because we could lose if we scored points. This dude is in such deep denial about how badly he’s screwed up this season. An elite defense is the only thing separating this team from a losing record.

CJ watching Mateer on that first drive

Looks like Gerry’s Cuban doppelgänger, Geraldo.

Matt Rhule was so focused on prepping for his Penn State interview that he inadvertently played himself out of the running for the job.

Nebraska at Minnesota tonight. Bobby must be furious.

If Texas limits pre-snap penalties and stops the run, I’ll go 31-10 Texas. If not, 20-17 Texas.

@Jeff Howe I think this analysis is spot on, and it makes me nervous about this Saturday. The last time we saw this OL on the road, it was ugly. I think we could see a bunch of pre-snap penalties on offense that just kill drives. And I’m not sure I’m totally sold on the run D after the Florida debacle. McGowan is a good back. This might be a pretty ugly game, and I am not sure whether this team is prepared to win in ugly games on the road. Hope we see some growth!

Blake is just a large mute button.

I would add that the possible 5-year eligibility rule that they discussed this morning on coffee and football could be a game changer in terms of retention. If Texas can bring back DJ Campbell for a 5th year, it means you don’t have to go into the portal and pay $2 million for an elite interior OL (if that even exists in the portal). It means you potentially have your entire OL back. That could completely alter the portal strategy and the shape of next season.

I’ll never trust a man who lines his arteries with mayo and shame.

Perhaps speaks to his evaluation.

It seems like the coaches had already started shifting Gibson’s carries to Simon anyway, so a pretty natural reaction.

If that happens, Texas needs to go all-in on Baugh, regardless of all the RBs in the pipeline.