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Dang poor Mike Elko. They used live rounds in Smokey the cannon during the A&M game?

Lateral movement will be the biggest hurdle coming off an ACL especially with him being a tackle. Hopefully he can recover well enough to be a solid rotational piece behind Siani

Interested to see how leadership and communication evolves in the DB room without Michael Taaffe

Graceson Littleton gets All SEC honors Texas defense will accumulate the most sacks in a season under Sark Brown/Smothers combine for 2000 APY KJ Lacey shows flashes of being QB1 for 2027

LOOK AT THE DEPTH CHART AT GUARD OP

Yup good catch

Yes I know boo IT but interesting chart here. Texas has good depth across the board except IOL. Expect a lot of the guys with 2 years left to leave for the draft but lots of talent behind them that’s being developed. LB and WR will need a good 2027 portal haul once again

I can only speak on those I’ve watched enough so this is my top 5: 1) Chambliss 2) Arch 3) Stockton 4) Leavitt 5) Reed

We just saw Miami and Indiana showcase 2 elite OL groups filled with upperclassmen on the depth chart. As of now nearly every single backup on the Texas OL will be a freshman or RS freshman. The staff could be confident that the younger guys are developing, but having multiple vets along your line makes a big difference. If we want to play 16 games you have to be prepared for injuries along the OL. Texas took 5 DL last portal cycle. The same should’ve been done this year at OL. Yall can tell people stop complaining…of course our opinion doesn’t change anything. But fans have a right to be very disappointed as we’ve been looking forward to this OL portal class for months

He’d be a first round pick if he was draft eligible in 2026 but sure there’s 64 players better😂

If someone told me this a month ago I’d probably laugh and say there’s no way Texas doesn’t sign any starting caliber guards from the portal. We gave Quinn a very good O Line in 2023 and 2024 and nothing for the most hyped QB to ever play at Texas. Coaching malpractice if the OL doesn’t greatly improve in 2026

I’ve been a negative Nancy this whole week about the OL you’d think I could find something I’d want OTF to improve on😂 Yall do an awesome job with everything. Biggest thing that separates you guys from the competitors is the value each OTF staff member brings. Gerry, Bobby, and CJ with recruiting/team news. Meanwhile Coach Shipley, Coach Irwin, Rod, and Brian Robison do an amazing job at game analysis. Shout out to Blake and Matt for bringing it all together (apologies if I missed someone). As often as you guys go live, there’s always something new to learn. My membership here is well worth it. Keep it up fellas 🤘

Better hope someone with those starts goes in then or else we’ll have Lavar Ball starting at LG next season

Just saw within the last few weeks he got offers from FSU, Michigan, and Florida. I think he gets that 4th star next season as he continues to make a name for himself

Do you know how much interest there is with Sarod Baker? Kid is a beast and underrated as a 3 star

Not a great night so far. He should consider hitting the portal and coming back home to Austin👀

This is the type of physicality we got Muschamp for

Depends what you consider good. If by All American, then no there isn’t. But guys like Price from Baylor and Brendan Black at ISU are both very serviceable guards with experience. We don’t need the best OL in the country we just need one that’s not a liability. Those players would put Texas in a better position than they’re in now not only from an experience standpoint but also bodies. If the specific guy the staff wants doesn’t enter the portal you’re down to selecting from scraps in the portal or rolling the dice on first timers currently on the roster. If you told me before the portal that we were going to end up just going with who we have and sign some FCS guys last minute id say that’s a failure at addressing o line for 2026. Also want to add, despite my complaints, I think the staff will get the situation addressed appropriately. Just saying where we stand right now it doesn’t look good (outside looking in of course)

Texas lost very experienced players in Cole Hutson and DJ Campbell. As of right now they’ll be starting Brandon Baker at RG who has never played guard and a redshirt freshman in one of the Coleman twins. There’s plenty of guards in the portal who have had 1000+ snaps at guard in the P4 level that Texas passed on that more than likely would start over current players with 0 snaps at the position. If that one player Texas has been waiting on doesn’t enter then what’s the plan? Let’s hope a Siani situation happens in the next few days. As of now Texas has signed only one OL who will be a contributor in 2026.

Did the staff really pass on multiple quality guards because they were hoping for a specific one to hit the portal? I refuse to believe that was the strategy smh. Especially for the #1 priority in the portal. Guess we won’t know for sure til next week

I’m assuming we’ve been in contact with some of their agents for weeks now. Waiting for a non CFP IOL to hit the portal this whole time while the others get signed would be an odd strategy

Seriously of all the OL he’s the least to worry about. He’ll be back to full strength well before the season starts.

24 hours until I get over my Justus Terry anxiety lol

He knows what he’s doing lol😂