CJ Vogel

I like this one.

Both entrants today were heavily expected.

Tausili Akana enters the portal.

Correct.

This is an interesting one 5'11", 227-pound running back

Gullette enters the portal. Portal entrant No. 3

Monday is the first day of the NCAA Transfer Portal window officially being open. With that said, two Longhorns from the 2024 roster have announced they will be entering the portal today. This thread will be used to follow the movement of other portal entrants from the Texas roster as the day and week progresses. *** As of Dec. 16 at 4:50 p.m.

I would be shocked if Texas pursued Dewberry.

Texas A&M OL Kam Dewberry has entered the portal. Making it 20 of the 30 signees from the All-Time class have portaled at A&M.

Mafah is a bit dinged up and Clemson's RB2 Jay Haynes was carted off in the ACC Championship Game as well.

Interesting

Yeah that was a miss. His worst throw.

The biggest issue for me on Saturday was the lack of positive plays on 1st and 2nd down, which came as a direct result of the lack of running game and costly penalties that kept the Longhorns behind the sticks. The numbers are awfully ugly when diving into it for the Texas offense. Texas had 18 3rd down snaps of offensive on Saturday vs. Georgia. 10 needed 9+ yards to convert The average distance was 11.6 yards only 4 were 3rd & short (1-4 yards) Quinn Ewers was 9-15 passing for 178 yards, but with two INTs. Those INT came on 3rd & 17 and 3rd & 9. Texas threw the ball on 16 of their 18 snaps on third downs, taking one sack in the process and obviously throwing the two interceptions that were mentioned above. Both interceptions came on comeback routes to the right side of the field. In comparison, let's take a look at the Georgia offensive output on third downs: Of Georgia's 15 third down snaps against the Texas defense: 3rd & short: 5-8 3rd & long: 0-2 average distance to go: 5.3 Say what you want about their offensive outputs on Saturday, but Georgia consistently was able to live near the first down marker on third downs. *** A look at third downs in the high-red area for the Texas offense. (from Georgia's 25-yard line and in) 3rd & 5 – incomplete to Moore 3rd & 10 – Ewers sacked 3rd & 6 – dropped by Wingo 3rd & 5 – pass complete for 6 yards to Moore 3rd & 5 – pass complete for 6 yards to Wingo (Overtime) 3rd & 10 – pass complete for -1 yards to Wisner (Overtime) Tough to win games against a great pass rush when you constantly are put in positions where you are forced to throw the ball and gained a lot of yards on a single play. This was the ultimate achilles heel in my eyes.

Back to Austin.

That's it for today.

Sarkisian said the Texas punt team had a return play called for the snap and lost leverage on the sweep. Sark points to it being to a 10.2 guy in the 100m dash that was able to gain the edge and the first down. Says otherwise it was defended well.

Sark: I really value this game. I think this game means a ton. Was asked if it was fair for Texas and Georgia to have to play another 60 minutes with other Playoff teams at home.

Sarkisian : "There was a couple bang-bang plays we weren't able to get. I think the negative plays hurt us when we got there, and I think a few of the penalties hurt us as well. Now you're playing behind the chains, which is never where you want to be in the red area."

Sarkisian says Texas will have plenty of time to recharge their batteries and get ready for the first round of the CFP.

Sarkisian points to negative plays and penalties that hurt the Longhorns in the red zone area.

Sarkisian: These guys give me no reasons for pause that they won't bounce back. Sarkisian says the team has had their backs against the wall plenty of times in previous years and have been able to push through.

Jahdae Barron says the defense lacked tackling in the second half and it bit them.

Ewers: We had plenty of opportunities in the red zone and just didn't capitalize.