CJ Vogel

I'm well aware big Harv.

49 straight days of no dates.

Do not encourage this!...

Those are insane lol

That’s hilarious

Oh COME ON!!!😂😂😂😂

It’s all dependent upon the play that’s called and what is being asked of him. Plus situation. If you go to low to high or high to low on every single snap, you’re doing yourself a disservice.

That play specifically and moment is actually what helped inspire this article.

It certainly isn't encouraging.

Texas fans know, this game is won on momentum, emotion and who wants it more. I typically hate the "Team X lost because Team Y wanted it more" nonsense that you hear on broadcasts and recaps. You are telling me one team just didn't care to try and win a football game? But in the case of these Red River Shootouts, this is largely the case. You see coaches on either side of the river call trick plays and become the most aggressive version of themselves in this football game because they know they must do anything and everything to win this football game. It means that much to both football teams in a given year. In regards to Texas, playing in the 2025 Red River Shootout means playing for your season. A third loss in six games slams the door shut on every goal you hoped to achieve as the preseason No. 1 team with the Heisman favorite leading your huddles. Poof. Gone, after six weeks. It was shocking to see the Longhorns get bodied in the trenches on both sides of the ball in Gainesville. Yet, I can't help but think that performance may be copy-pasted to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday given the body of work we have seen on the offensive line this season. However, the old adage goes A Hungry Dog Runs Faster. We will see just how hungry Texas is on Saturday. Does this team have what it takes to right the ship? To turn around what has not been a sufficient start to the season and defeat its biggest rival on a stage where things are trending in opposite directions for each team? Even bigger than that – does Texas possess the necessary leadership on its football team right now to stay the course if things start slow? Again, my answer to that remains an unknown. However, I lean towards no. For all of the talk about culture in the Texas program, this is the definition of a culture game. Rebounding from an embarrassment on national television to a team that was very much looking for a reason to punch it in and a fan base ready to fire up FlightAware is step No. 1 to getting the season back on track. Someone outside of the typical Michael Taaffes and Anthony Hills and occasional Colin Simmons has to take the reigns as a leader and ultimately will their team to a victory. This weekend will be a big test for those guys as well. You just had your food taken and eaten right in front of you in Gainesville last Saturday and only after the grave was dug did you see some fight to survive. Offensively, I don't think you have a leader. Closest thing you have right now is DeAndre Moore. I won't ever question how much he cares about winning football games. That was a guy who was so frustrated after the UTEP game, it looked like he was close to tears – and he could not even play due to injury. He cares. Texas needs more guys like that. To show that they care. Additionally, the Texas sidelines are noticeably quieter in 2025 than they were in 2024. There is no rah-rah guy. It appears to me that there are ten guys who look in a huddle on a given snap and think "We have Arch, it will be alright." Maybe that eventually becomes the case with Arch. Where the SuperMan cape is sewn into his jersey and he can't help but be the reason why the offense goes. But that clearly is not the case right now. And perhaps all of this becomes moot by the 2nd quarter of this game on Saturday. But right now, I have not seen enough to give the Texas offense any benefit of the doubt when it comes to heart and passion. This game on Saturday is great. It squeezes every ounce of passion out of teams, especially when backs are against the wall much like they are for Texas entering the weekend. But Texas must fend for itself. Until I see that hungry dog start hunting for its own food rather than waiting for the dinner bowl to be served, I fear this weekend, and subsequently the remainder of the season, could be one that turns Saturdays into a day of dread rather than excitement and anticipation.

The point of calling a screen play...is to throw the screen.

I'm keeping it the way it was for the 2H of the Florida game. If there was a better option, I believe the staff would have deployed it by now. At least, that's what I would like to believe. The three cupcake games to figure this out clearly didn't prove to mean anything.

Fortunately, we have seen the worst at Nick Brooks at LG. At least now going into TX/OU he will at least have seen a snap at the position in some capacity during practice.

I don't think it will. Zina has carved out a very solid contributing role on this team.

And again, in Flood's defense – While I don't know the specifics (yet) regarding Neto, it's tough when your 4th year expected starter at LG turns out to be completely unplayable the week of the season opener.

Two fold. One, Neto Umeozulu was showing signs of life in the spring. On pace to be the guy. Things changed, obviously, leading up to Ohio State. Now, it appears Neto has played his last down as a Longhorn. The defense was always ahead of the offense, but that is part of the growing pains of every spring. Injury to Cojoe, loss of Neto being an option is two pieces of the puzzle that were available in the spring that aren't today.

Beyond having three years of gameplanning for Arch, they also had 8 months to game plan for this offensive line getting its lunch eaten every day in practice dating back to the first day of practice in the spring. Nothing changed.

Would like to see the field spread out a bit. Just get the ball to guys in space and allow them to work. I'm with you

Wanted to add to the conversation from yesterday in regards to making life easier on the offensive side of the ball... Arch Manning currently has the smallest % of pass attempts targeting pass catchers in between yards 1–9 among Power 4 quarterbacks. There are 73 quarterbacks that qualify according to PFF. Only 25.7% of Manning's pass attempts are in the short yardage category – again, that is yards 1–9 downfield.

Good read, Jeff!

We’ll see how quickly he can get back to throwing and to what capacity that grows to over the next few days. Mateer is expected to try and ramp up his throwing Tuesday.

You're probably rght. Still, goes to show how little people were deserving. I guess moving forward I will leave spots open

Huge catch. Would love to see more targets go his way, he has been the most consistent target for Manning and should be treated as such. But Only 1.5 quarters of play is the reason why he wasn't included.

This was probably the most difficult game to choose three players to recognize that Texas has played this season. In actuality, I don't think three players were entirely deserving, but for the sake of the list, this is where we land Star No. 1: TyAnthony Smith Smith is on his way to becoming one of the best linebackers Texas has had in quite some time. Of course, playing alongside Anthony Hill Jr. has allowed Smith to play freely. You see the instincts clearly on the huge forced fumble in the 2nd quarter as well. Smith also added 1.5 tackles for loss and remains one of the better gap shooters Texas has. Star No. 2: Anthony Hill Jr. It may not have felt like Hill was as active as he typically is in a given game, but he was credited with 14 tackles on Saturday. That is six more than the next highest tackler on the field for the Longhorns. Jadan Baugh was getting to the second level frequently and Hill was there to clean it up just about every time. Star No. 3: Michael Taaffe This is where I get to maybe three stars weren't entirely deserving on Saturday, but I will give it to Taaffe. The interception was very important to give Texas a chance late in the 4th quarter. However, Taaffe had a chance to bring down Dallas Wilson on his long TD and failed to do so. Still, I am not sure I can point to many others who had as significant impact on Saturday. HM1 – Ryan Wingo: Had Wingo hauled in the sideline pass that he dropped, he would have been up top in the three stars category. But he finds himself here instead, still an impactful Saturday. HM2 – Colin Simmons: The bar is incredibly high for Simmons this year and Texas fans will want more of a guy who spoke about breaking the school sack record. But four of your six QB pressures came from Simmons, and he single handedly destroyed a Florida drive by himself in run support.

I will shave my head on stream if this team wins out the remainder of the season.