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  1. ESPN took a look at the Top 10 recruits from the last recruiting cycle and gathered intel on how they'll fit in this year... Justus Terry, DT, Texas Longhorns Vitals: 6-foot-5, 268 pounds 2025 ESPN 300 rank: No. 8 overall, No. 2 DT, No. 2 in Georgia Position outlook: The bulk of the defensive line unit that helped carry Texas to a national semifinal last season is gone with 2024 leaders Alfred Collins, Vernon Broughton, Barryn Sorrell, Jermayne Lole and Bill Norton all out of eligibility or off to the NFL. Syracuse transfer Maraad Watson, an 11-game starter as a freshman last fall, and Purdue transfer Cole Brevard lead a deep group of portal newcomers at defensive tackle that includes Travis Shaw (North Carolina), Hero Kanu (Ohio State) and Lavon Johnson (Maryland). Sophomore Alex January and Terry will also factor into the interior rotation, while Terry is also expected to get snaps on the edge alongside senior Ethan Burke and redshirt sophomore Colton Vasek. How he projects: Terry's size and ability to play across the defensive line will get him on the field in 2025. The question is where and just how significant of a role he can forge this fall. A powerful interior talent at Manchester (Georgia) High School, team sources told ESPN that Terry carries immediate potential as a pass-rush option up the middle, but questions hover over his readiness to contribute as an impact run stopper as a freshman. Terry's ultimate positional landing spot at the college level will hinge on the development of his range of pass-rush moves. First-year Longhorns defensive line coach Kenny Baker said earlier this month that Texas was working Terry at both defensive tackle and on the edge, and team sources suggest that Terry's optimal role in Year 1 with Texas would come as a situational mismatch option in either spot. "He can do multiple things," Baker said. "He's been blessed and gifted with that type of ability and talent. But on the flip side, you have to make sure you're not giving him too much. We want this guy to be able to settle a little bit, experience a little bit of success. It's not a perfect balance, but then it's also continuing to poke and prod and get him going in another direction, as well." -- Jonah Williams, safety, Texas Longhorns Vitals: 6-foot-3, 213 pounds 2025 ESPN 300 rank: No. 9 overall, No. 1 safety, No. 4 in Texas Position outlook: Texas returns 2024 second-team All-American Michael Taaffe but has a major hole to fill at the other starting safety spot following Andrew Mukuba's jump to the NFL. Third-year defensive back Derek Williams Jr. is back after a season-ending knee injury kept him from the Longhorns' final 12 games a year ago. He's the most likely contender to claim the starting job alongside Taaffe. Junior Jelani McDonald -- who is expected to feature elsewhere in the secondary -- and sophomores Xavier Filsaime and Jordon Johnson-Rubell are among the experienced returners also in the mix. Williams and fellow freshman Zelus Hicks are a pair of intriguing unknowns at the position who could feature in Texas' early season safety rotation. How he projects: Williams joined the Longhorns' football program in June after hitting .327 with eight RBIs over 20 games in his debut season with the school's baseball program this spring. He projects as a potentially special secondary talent for the future, but Williams had ground to make up this summer and patience might be required before Texas sees his best on the football field. "We'll just kind of wait and see because we missed a lot of spring ball and all that," Longhorns safeties coach Duane Akina told reporters of Williams' progress earlier this month. "So I haven't really had a chance to work with him. He's intent in meetings and that's a good start." Williams' ability to get onto the field this fall will be dictated by the pace at which he picks up the defense and the speed of the college game after sitting out the back half of his senior football season last fall because of an injury. A big-bodied safety, team sources say they believe Williams will ultimately become a multipositional defensive weapon whose earliest opportunities might come on special teams in 2025. -- Full article here: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46038104/college-football-2025-top-recruits-play-alabama-ohio-state-michigan
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  2. This story is an excerpt from the book "American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback," which will be available on Sept. 9 from Disney Publishing's Hyperion Avenue. SENIOR NIGHT AT Isidore Newman School in Uptown New Orleans. Class of '23. A warm October sunset. A tunnel of cheerleaders under the lights, with a line of football players waiting to have their names announced and to meet their parents at midfield, and little surprise over who will be called first. He's in full uniform, wearing a kelly green jersey, with a white number 16. He stands, slightly tilting back and forth, waiting. The field is bright and clean. He turns to his coach beside him. "Do I run?" Arch Manning asks. He is the top-rated high school quarterback in America. His talent and production and work ethic merit the status, but it's his name that makes the future feel inevitable. He's a Manning. His grandfather is Archie, a Southern icon. His Uncle Peyton is a two-time Super Bowl champion, a national icon. His Uncle Eli is a two-time Super Bowl champion, which in New York gets you pretty close to icon status. Arch knows no other kind of life. There's no hiding. The crowd buzzes. A fervor awaits. The structures framing the stadium at Newman seem to mirror stages of his life. He'd started playing, almost as soon as he could walk, on the playgrounds behind the north end zone. Parallel to the sidelines are classrooms and buildings where he went to elementary school and then high school. As he approaches the south end zone, seventeen years old and at the beginning of something, he stands in the shadows of Manning Fieldhouse, named in honor of his father and uncles, all Newman alums. Tonight, as a senior, he commands the stage with little left to prove. In three months, he will be a freshman at the University of Texas. Anything other than a college career that ends with him being the first overall draft pick will seem like potential unfulfilled, an expectation both comically unfair and a reality of the life he has chosen. This is a really long article, so to read the rest of it, go here: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46022536/ruthless-recruitment-arch-manning
  3. 25 days in the books and I couldn’t have done it without all of your support… except @Joe Zura.
  4. Wrap up your work week the correct way and join us for Coffee and Football beginning around 8:15 AM. We'll answer your questions and talk the latest Longhorns news and notes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhvC370p_F8&ab_channel=OnTexasFootball
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  5. We are now just eight days away from the Longhorns opening the season against Ohio State in Columbus. Who is your favorite Texas player to wear No. 8? Some options today include… Jordan Shipley Cedric Griffin Van Malone Trey Moore Ricky Churchman Rob Moerschell
  6. Best part, imo, is SEC teams are required to schedule at least one additional high quality non-conference from the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten or Big 12 conferences or Notre Dame each season
  7. Here’s a great article on Texas pitching coach Max Wiener from Baseball America. I highly recommend you read it… https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/how-texas-pitching-coach-max-weiner-is-reshaping-longhorn-arms-by-defying-tradition/
  8. MONTHS BEFORE HE glided past the Rose Bowl pylon for Texas' first national championship in 35 years, Vince Young scrawled a challenge on the locker room whiteboard: If you want to beat Ohio State, meet me on the practice field at 7 tonight. During the 2005 offseason, the Texas quarterback grew tired of watching teammates skip workouts and slouch in meetings. The Longhorns had defeated Michigan in Pasadena to finish the 2004 season with 11 victories. But Young sensed complacency and entitlement ahead of the next season and knew a national title would require winning in Columbus in Week 2. "Guys were coming in, feeling themselves," Young said. "But that type of character was going to get your ass whooped by Ohio State. We needed to button it up and get to work." After Young's whiteboard message, nobody missed a summer workout -- not even the voluntary practice that night. "It was a complete turnaround," said running back Selvin Young, Vince Young's roommate. That leadership set the tone for one of the greatest seasons in college football history -- spearheaded by one of its greatest players. As Ohio State All-American linebacker A.J. Hawk put it: "That dude was Superman." Though he finished as the Heisman Trophy runner-up to Reggie Bush, Young produced a season of iconic moments, bookended by winning touchdowns: first at Ohio State, and finally against USC. To reach the Rose Bowl, Texas had to survive the fourth-ranked Buckeyes, who had title aspirations of their own. "That Ohio State team was stacked," said Longhorns safety Michael Griffin, one of 13 future NFL first-round draft picks to appear in the game. "[Texas coach] Mack Brown was basically telling us, whoever wins should make it to the national title game." Two decades later, the stakes are high again.... It's too long to post all of it, but read the full article here: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46020555/college-football-vince-young-rise-texas-legend-began-ohio-state
  9. So I've been working on this for the last few weeks and I must say I'm pretty excited about what I've put together. For the last couple of years we've had numerous people ask about doing a high school football show during football season. It's something that I kicked around with Bobby, but never actively pursued until now. Beginning next week, we will have a weekly show that is all about Texas High School Football called "The Fieldhouse" and each week we'll discuss some of the state's biggest games, the players, storylines and we'll even focus on Texas commit performances as well. It's the lineup that has me super excited, however. I'll be hosting, but I'll be joined by: Carl Padilla - Carl is a prominent figure in Texas high school football, often referred to as "The Godfather of Texas High School Football." In 1997 he founded the Padilla Poll, a high school football polling and news source dedicated to covering the sport in Texas. The Padilla Poll provides rankings, news, and updates on high school football teams, players, and coaches across the state. Coach Bob Shipley - Father of former Longhorn WRs Jordan and Jaxon Shipley, Coach Shipley has had numerous successful stops around the state, including being the Head Coach at Burnet, Brownwood, Coppell and Rotan. He also worked for the University of Texas as both an analyst and as the Director of High School Relations. Coach Tim Buchanan - Longtime HC/AD of Aledo, Coach Buchanan went 281-58 over the course of his career, while winning EIGHT state titles. His eight titles are tied with G.A. Moore, Jr. and behind only Gordon Wood (9) and Scott Surratt (10). He is one of only three Texas high school football coaches to win state championships in four decades. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't giddy about this. All three bring unique perspectives to the table and have been involved in Texas High School Football for an incredibly long time. I easily could have called the show "3 GOATs and 1 scrub", but The Fieldhouse sounded much nicer. As soon as we finalize what day/time the show will run, I will post that as well.
  10. From Footballscoop.com: https://www.footballscoop.com/2025/08/20/ad-for-state-flagship-university-predicts-college-football-super-division
  11. Rise and shine it's Coffee and Football time! Join us at 8:15 (lol) AM, as we discuss the Horns and take YOUR questions.
  12. We hit 50k on June 9, 2024. It’s been incredible growth since then. Can’t thank you all enough for the support. It’s been wild to see this thing grow at the rate it has.
  13. We are finally down to single digits in our countdown to kickoff, as we are nine days away from Texas versus Ohio State in the season opener. Who is your favorite Texas player to wear No. 9? Some options include… Kwame Cavil Collin Johnson Raul Allegre
  14. Who can you see being on this list when the season is over? Also interesting that they have Mateer over Manning.
  15. This morning ESPN released their top 100 college football players for the 2025 season and six Longhorns made the list. You can find the full list here: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45798030/2025-season-college-football-ranking-top-100-players-jeremiah-smith-cade-klubnik
  16. Join us for Coffee and football around 8:15 AM, as we talk the Horns and take your questions! https://www.youtube.com/live/5qtG9aXduBY?si=aPFyEj-qRrVQKgyT
  17. We are 10 days away from the Longhorns squaring off against Ohio State for the season opener. Normally this is where I would ask who your favorite number xx is, but with today being 10… Vince Young
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