CJ Vogel

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.

Pittman is a great OL architect. I’d be shocked if it ever happened, however.

Yes, but again, it wasn't like Lagway was threading needles down the field. Those 8 in the box is exactly where the majority of Lagway's passes ended up.

Preseason No. 1 to rebuilding year by week six is nothing short of a failure by everyone involved.

DJ Lagway had the 4th shortest time to throw rate in the country for week six quarterbacks. The average time from snap to release of the football took just 2.32 seconds. As a result, the Texas pass rush was able to generate a season low six pressures on the quarterback. Four of which coming from Colin Simmons. The Longhorns did not sack the quarterback for the second time this season, both of which occurring in losses. Lagway was 15-16 on passes under ten yards downfield for 109 yards and most importantly, zero passes were put in harms way. *** I guess my biggest question to this is, after two weeks of game planning for a team that was the very worst in the country in attempting and completing deep shots, what did you expect was going to happen in this game?

At this point I am beginning if we ever see him in a Texas uniform.

Unfortunately it appears that may be the direction it’s heading

Despite being ruled OUT, CJ Baxter did make the trip to Florida for the game in his home state. Injured players who are declared out ahead of Gametime are able to travel without counting towards the 74.

Wanted to keep a running count of which Longhorns did and did not make the 74-man cut for the trip to Gainesville this weekend. As of this morning, OTF can confirm the following did not make the trip for the Florida game. QB Trey Owens RB Rickey Stewart WR Michael Terry III OTF will update the thread as new information arrives.

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Game saving play, awesome to see from AC