Jeff Howe

For me, it's less Hutson by himself and more so the power of the trio of Hutson, Campbell and Neto.

Justin Blalock decleating the blitzing safety was clutch. The same can be said for what that group did to help Selvin Young score the two-point conversion.

When Jared Spencer went down, Texas lost the element of knowing they had a guy who could toe the rubber every Friday and give them a chance to win the game. It feels different when a team has a stud they trust in the Friday role, which is something the two SEC teams that made it to Omaha had.

In all seriousness, I like the growth potential for the 2025 offensive line. For me, it comes down to how quickly the group of Huston, Campbell and Neto comes together and how they set the tone in the running game. Those three could come together and make Texas a much better short-yardage/red-zone offense.

I'm trying to see how many characters I can use in a headline before I get some kind of error message. Still hasn't happened yet.

Since Bob McKay wrapped up a Texas career (1968-69) worthy of induction into the College Football Hall of Fame three decades before Lyle Sendlein began his time with the Longhorns (2002-06), the 2005 national championship team’s starting center had an uphill climb to become the top player in program history to wear No. 62. Still, Sendlein started each of the 26 games on the schedule over his last two seasons on campus before starting 133 combined regular-season and playoff games over nine NFL seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. One of those starts Sendlein made came in Super Bowl XLIII, which pitted him against Texas and Pittsburgh Steelers legend Casey Hampton (the Steelers, with former Longhorns Tony Hills and Limas Sweed also on the roster, won, 27-23). Sendlein’s second career start in burnt orange saw him jump from the frying pan into the fire, in the second game of the 2005 season, playing one of the biggest roles on a star-studded offense when No. 2 Texas went into Ohio Stadium, at night. It upended No. 4 Ohio State, 25-22, kickstarting, in earnest, a run to the program's most recent national title. Sendlein’s redshirt junior season saw him replace departed starting center Jason Glynn, who was with the Longhorns for five seasons (2000-04) and started each of the last 38 games of his career. The Longhorn offensive line (left tackle Jonathan Scott, left guard Kasey Studdard, right guard Will Allen and right tackle Justin Blalock) had experience to share, combining for 89 career starts between the four returning starters from a squad that went 11-1 with a thrilling Rose Bowl win over Michigan in 2004. The 2005 Texas offensive line started the season as a group oozing potential and fulfilled it, ending an unforgettable 13-0 campaign as arguably the best unit in school history. Sendlein helped elevate the line, which paved the way for an offense quarterbacked by Vince Young to record the best single-season marks in school history for points (50.2) and total yards per game (512.1). When it comes to the similarities between the Longhorn offensive lines in 2005 and 2025, a new starting center is roughly where they end. Cole Hutson started 13 games as a true freshman right guard in 2022, so he’s not new to the starting lineup. Hutson also logged 389 snaps in a reserve role last season, including a season-high 52 in the team's College Football Playoff first-round win over Clemson and 35 in the loss to Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. The return bout with the Buckeyes, on Aug. 30 in Columbus, will mark Hutson’s starting debut at center. He’s taking the baton from Jake Majors, who signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent after starting a school-record 57 games in his career (2020-24). Unlike Sendlein’s situation, there isn’t a lot of starting experience around Hutson. Major is one of four departed starters, accounting for more than 35 percent of the 161 combined starts Texas lost from last season. DJ Campbell (30 career starts at right guard) and projected starting left tackle Trevor Goosby (two starts as a redshirt freshman last season) have 45 combined career starts between them. Those three account for all of the starting experience among Kyle Flood’s group. What the group lacks in starting experience, it makes up for in raw, high-upside talent. If Neto Umeozulu and Brandon Baker continue to trend in the right direction from where they ended spring practice, the group charged with protecting Arch Manning and creating running lanes for a deep backfield has a tremendous opportunity to grow together en route to a possible third consecutive berth in the CFP. While the 2005 offensive line merely added a new starting center to a mix of talented blockers coming together at the right time, the remaining members of a highly-touted 2022 signing class (Hutson, Campbell, Umeozulu and Connor Robertson are on the 2025 roster, Kelvin Banks and Cam Williams are in the NFL and Malik Agbo will suit up for West Virginia after entering the transfer portal during the spring window) and their 2025 linemates will get a good idea of where they stand and what's possible in Steve Sarkisian's fifth season leading the program after traveling to the Horseshoe in 62 days. View full news story

We've had plenty of requests for a full list of players transferring out and transferring in through the portal. How we're doing it is the best way to keep track of the roster.

No, I meant Oklahoma could be on the verge of going through a stretch like Texas did in the 2010s.

A&M usually doesn't keep a coach long enough to see how that might work for a prolonged stretch. A new coach at least gives you the chance to sell hope.

Irrespective of recruiting, winning the SEC means Georgia is the dragon Texas has to slay. It's no different than what Georgia has had to deal with under Kirby with Alabama. Still, I'd much rather be entertaining that conversation than the ones in which I was engaged before Sark righted the ship.

OU is looking down the barrel of 2010-2020 Texas.

I think everybody needs to take a deep breath and think before they hit "Submit Reply." Let's disagree without being disagreeable. Also, we won't resort to name-calling.

This is right there with the story I saw circulating before Christmas that Quinn had used his NIL earnings to adopt a baby from overseas and was raising the child as a single dad during the CFP run.

I don't know for certain, but I'd venture a guess that he's been told where he's likely to go and which clubs are interested.

From UT: Former Texas Tech LHP Brenlee Gonzales has transferred to Texas to join head coach Mike White and the Longhorns. Gonzales is immediately eligible with three years of eligibility remaining. The southpaw appeared in 12 games with one start as a true freshman in 2025. A native of Aledo, Texas, she posted a 2.84 ERA in 12.1 innings of work with 12 strikeouts to go along with a 2-0 record. She held opponents to just a .245 batting average and surrendered only four extra-base hits – all doubles. She notched her first collegiate win vs. Penn State (Feb. 7) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic, shutting the door in the final 1.1 frames with two punchouts. She also possesses a perfect fielding percentage (1.000) with two assists. During her senior year at Aledo, she compiled a 0.81 ERA with 173 strikeouts. At the plate, she smacked eight doubles, four home runs and 21 RBI. She was twice named to the TGCA Class 5A All-State Team and All-DFW Team and was a two-time District 5-5A MVP. She played travel ball for the Texas Bombers Gold under Longhorn legend Cat Osterman and Scott Smith, putting in 30.1 innings of work in 17 appearances while holding a 0.46 ERA with 49 batters fanned. Gonzales is Texas’ third signee by way of the transfer portal this offseason, joining Arizona transfer Kaiah Altmeyer and Oklahoma State transfer Taylor Anderson.

Chace Calicut to Georgia, as expected.

Texas RHP Aiden Moffett entered the transfer portal on Friday, OTF has confirmed. Moffett announced his decision to enter the portal on Friday afternoon via X. Sources told OTF on Friday that Moffett's transfer is related to the upcoming MLB Draft. In this summer's MLB Draft League, Moffett is 1-1 with a 4.26 ERA, with one save in five appearances, recording 12 strikeouts in 6.1 innings. An LSU transfer, Moffett made six appearances for Texas in 2025, finishing the season with a 2.25 ERA with one hit, one run and four walks allowed in four innings. Moffett struck out seven batters and allowed six total free passes (two HBPs). With Moffett's departure, here's the updated list of outgoing transfers from the 2025 squad: C Oliver Service C/INF Cole Chamberlain INF Carson Luna INF/OF Sam Richardson INF Jaquae Stewart OF Tommy Farmer IV OF Will Gasparino OF Donovan Jordan OF Matt Scott LHP Chance Covert II LHP Ace Whitehead RHP Aiden Moffett RHP Easton Tumis The following is the updated list of incoming transfers Jim Schlossnagle and the Longhorns have added through the transfer portal: C Andrew Ermis (Temple College) C Carson Tinney (Notre Dame) INF Temo Becarra (Stanford) INF Josh Livingston (Wichita State) UTIL Kaleb Freeman (Georgia State) OF Jack Moroknek (Butler) OF Aidan Robbins (Seton Hall) LHP Luke Dotson (Mississippi State) LHP Cal Higgins (Western Kentucky) LHP Haiden Leffew (Wake Forest)

Calicut and Lee will both be announcing their decisions on the 247Sports YouTube channel.

Three decisions today for Longhorn targets (all times are CDT): Damari Simeon, DT, St. Augustine Prep (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) Time: 4 p.m. Finalists: Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Texas Link: St. Augustine Prep will stream Simeon's announcement on Instagram The Pick: Ohio State Chace Calicut, S/LB, Galena Park North Shore Time: 3 p.m. Finalists: Georgia, Michigan and Texas Link: Calicut's decision will be streamed live from the OT7 Showcase and Finals The Pick: Georgia Malakai Lee, OT, Kamehameha (Honolulu, Hawaii) Time: 6:30 p.m. Finalists: Alabama, Georgia, Michigan and Texas Link: Lee is announcing his decision on the 247Sports YouTube channel The Pick: Michigan

I know internally at 247, the Rivals rankings were taken with a large grain of salt. On3 and 247 have a better feel for rankings than Rivals or ESPN. The NFL draft should continue to prove that to be the case.

With the roster size for Division I baseball going to 34 and cuts coming, the JUCO level is about to get a nice infusion of bodies with developmental potential.

I haven’t paid much mind to Rivals’ rankings in years.

Pass rusher, followed by offensive line.