Jeff Howe

The move made by Jayden Daniels and his camp has, as expected, gone over like a fart in church.

Earl Thomas is on my DBU Mount Rushmore with Jerry Gray, Johnnie Johnson and Nathan Vasher. His ‘09 season is one of the best a Texas defensive player has ever had. Earl was only on the field for two years, but he might’ve had the best two-year run of any Longhorn DB ever.

I’m doing my sworn duty to remind everyone that Eric Berry is in possession of a Thorpe Award that belongs to Earl Thomas.

As the Austin metro area continues to grow, I like throwing the Longhorns in the northern suburbs a bone with exhibitions like this one. Same for the fall baseball game against Tech in Round Rock last year. It can be a big-time hassle to get from Williamson County to the Forty Acres for games.

From UT: AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas women’s basketball team will host UCLA in Nyle Maxwell’s Lonestar Showcase on Oct. 25 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park the schools announced today. The Longhorns and Bruins met twice in the 2025-26 season. No. 4 Texas beat No. 3 UCLA on Nov. 26 in the Player’s Era Championship first game. No. 2 UCLA bested No. 3 Texas in the national semifinal on April 3. The Bruins went on to claim the 2026 NCAA Championship with a victory over South Carolina. Texas and UCLA have played 15 times in their history with Texas holding an 8-7 series advantage. Prior to the two meetings in the 2025-26 season the teams last played on March 24, 2021 in the second round of the NCAA tournament with Texas winning to advance to the Sweet 16. The 2025-26 season was historic for Texas women’s basketball as they advanced to the Final Four for a second straight season for the first time since 1987. Texas captured the 2026 SEC Tournament Championship and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season. Texas finished the season with an overall record of 35-4. The Longhorns won a nation-leading 16 games over ranked opponents, including four wins over top-5 teams and six wins over top-10 teams. Tickets will be available for Texas women’s basketball season ticket holders to purchase on Wednesday, Sept. 2 and open to the general public on Friday, Sept. 4.

Yes, he's only 20.

Cojoe has been one of the surprises of camp. Knee injuries can be tough for big guys, but credit to Cojoe for his recovery and what he's done to position himself higher up on the depth chart than I expected him to be. One of those sneaky camp battles we talked about all spring and summer was the No. 3 tackle. Right now, it looks like Cojoe has a clear and sizable lead over Jordan Coleman, Jonte Newman and the rest of the field.

AUSTIN, Texas — Steve Sarkisian’s prayers — along with those of Trevor Goosby, his family and Longhorn fans who waited with bated breath for the official word on the severity of the left knee injury Goosby sustained in practice on Monday — were answered when Texas’ franchise left tackle was diagnosed with a bone bruise. “I was glad I went to church,” Sarkisian said after Saturday’s scrimmage. Sarkisian, who met with the media on Zoom after wrapping up the scrimmage, which came with two weeks to go until the Sept. 5 season opener against Texas State, said Goosby “is making really good progress.” While the Longhorns took the field for their second camp scrimmage without the 6-foot-7-inch, 325-pound Goosby available, he’s expected back sooner rather than later. That’s a much better outcome than the initial concern that Texas might’ve lost its 2025 All-SEC bookend for an extended period of time to a non-contact injury. “Those are probably more scary than contact injuries," Sarkisian said. "Why did that occur non-contact? Why did he kind of buckle the way that he did? We were on grass. It wasn't during the day; it wasn't too hot to where he didn't have his balance. “That was as good of news as we could've received,” he added. “For that to be the result back, it was definitely a sigh of relief.” With Goosby on the mend, Andre Cojoe has made the most of his opportunity. The 6-foot-6-inch, 339-pound Cojoe, who took all of the first-team snaps at left tackle on Saturday, On Texas Football has learned, has come on strong enough that Sarkisian publicly gave him the nod as the team’s No. 3 tackle behind Goosby and Melvin Siani heading into the season. “The fact that he's getting these quality reps right now with the ones and having to block Colin (Simmons) and Lance (Jackson) and Zina (Umeozulu) and those guys, and Rasheem Biles coming off the edge, I think those are great opportunities for him,” Sarkisian said of Cojoe, who was competing with Brandon Baker for the starting right tackle job last preseason before he suffered a season-ending knee injury. Sarkisian acknowledged that the road to recovery for an offensive lineman attempting to return from a knee injury can be arduous. Nevertheless, Cojoe’s work has positioned him to be the first offensive tackle off the bench for what has the potential to be one of the most explosive and productive offenses in the country in 2026, a little more than a year after his injury. “He's got his weight to where, you know, he's a big man, but he's light on his feet,” Sarkisian said. “He can move. He's explosive.” Sarkisian said Cojoe will come out of the scrimmage having learned more about the physical and mental conditioning required to play consistently well for upwards of 70 snaps against top-notch competition. Still, Saturday capped off a week in which the fourth-year lineman’s stock is on the rise. “I would argue there were two or three days this week you didn't notice that it was him at left tackle,” Sarkisian said. “That's a great thing as an offensive lineman. When you're not noticing who it is, that just means the guy is doing his job really well.” The strides made by Cojoe and Dylan Sikorski, who took the bulk of the first-team left guard snaps throughout the week and in Saturday’s scrimmage as Laurence Seymore works through what Sarkisian said was an “injury hiccup” coming out of the first camp scrimmage, have gone a long way toward Sarkisian and Kyle Flood fielding the kind of depth the Longhorns lacked last season. Sarkisian expects Seymore to be back on the practice field on Monday, but the progress of Cojoe and Sikorski has Sarkisian feeling good about how things are unfolding on the left side of the offensive line. “I do think we're going to get the left side back, but on the same token, I do think these reps are good for these guys because, knock on wood, I don't know if, when, what, how injuries might occur in season,” Sarkisian said. “The fact that these guys are getting some reps with our ones against high-level defenders, I think is good for them, preparing them for the season.” Even though Sarkisian admitted that Cojoe isn’t a finished product, he’s liked what he’s seen from the Mansfield Timberview product throughout camp enough to believe Texas is better equipped now than it was in 2025 to handle sudden lineup changes in the trenches. “He's still got room to grow and still can continue to improve, but I have been pleased with his ability to step in at that position,” Sarkisian said of Cojoe. “I think it gives us confidence for the future if something were to occur that he could step in and play well for us.” View full news story

For those of you who can't wait until Sept. 12:

"Forget it, he's rolling."

If you won your last national title before the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, then it doesn't really count.

This is worth someone in Spanish Oaks losing water pressure during their morning shower!

How different is the vibe going into the 2005 season if Dusty Mangum misses that kick against Michigan?

I’d reconcile it by letting the official word stand, that Smith was dismissed from the team.

As a backup, yes. But I don’t think the staff planned on him playing significant snaps over an extended period of time.

Yep. He’s still listed on the official roster as a linebacker.

The bigger nickel Muschamp prefers just got a whole lot more important. It might be opponent-specific on when to go big at Star, but they've worked some of their bigger safeties there in camp.