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I know people will hit the panic button, but I do like that the staff is extra careful with injuries. No reason to risk these guys in practices if we don't need to. As for the OL reshuffling, it's nothing new. Literally everyone does. Hell, even Ohio State has been doing it this fall camp. Texas did it last year, too. I like that they're trying new ways to see how the line looks, etc. Goosby will be back and ready to rumble against Ohio State.

I wouldn't say they were mortal in the playoffs, they still kicked ass.

I was certain that the Michigan was next year but thanks for the correction.

Pretty sure we know that Ohio State won't be on the schedule until 2027. From what I remember, the deals were made for @Michigan in '24, @ Ohio State in '25 and then they return the favor by coming to Austin in '26 (Michigan) and '27 (Ohio State).

This is true and his talent is evident, even Sark was recruiting him hard before Manning committed and both parties kinda just drifted apart. But this is in practice, no? When he was teams coming after him and in his face, can he still make those throws? Can he do this while progressing his reads, etc? The same is true for Manning. We've seen him under duress and come out to make plays and also struggle. Have you seen that from Sayin yet? Has he experienced that the college level? I do agree that it can't come soon enough, either way it'll be a fun game and I will say, I do appreciate you being cordial with us and not coming here to troll.

To be honest, take that same gameplan against Smith and employ it again. Ohio State doesn't have the same caliber of RB's it had last year, their other WR's are good but not the caliber of Smith. Klare is a threat at TE but I think if you do what you did against Smith again and combine that with your pass rush to rattle Sayin, that is a recipe for success. Smith is his safety blanket. Sayin isn't as mobile as Howard and can't extend the play like he did and doesn't have the experience Howard had. Now their OL I'm not sure if it's as good or better, but they're replacing 4 starters like us. So, like our guys, will take some time to gel. No reason to over think it, imo. While they have other great WR's, none come close to Smith. Taking him out of the game (again) should be the main focus.

I don't why but when I was listing off those teams at the end, I felt the urge to suddenly follow the yellow brick road.

The biggest indicator of if we're going to win or not, won't have anything to do with Arch (ironically). It will have to do with how well this OL run blocks and if we can run the ball at will on teams.

I was disappointed we didn't land Greathouse, dude is a beast.

We should start a thread about this and keep it pinned or something. I'm always curious to see how former Longhorns are doing once they transfer. But I always forget where everyone goes lol. Glad to hear this about Finkley and sad that he's no longer a Longhorn, but hope he kills it at Kansas.

I think he's going to surprise some people.

I wasn't directing my comment at you, just stating that Stanfords O sucked ass. They spent most of the season trying to figure out how to best utilize him. By the time they did, the season was pretty much over.

Stanfords O sucks ass lol. The fact he was making as many plays as he did, was great. Hope they're holding him out to get him healthy, because we're going to need him. I think Livingstone, Wingo and Moore are great WR's but having a 4th who's great also helps.

I'm sorry, no one is going to convince me that Helm wasn't the best TE in the draft. I couldn't believe the guy from Michigan went that high in the draft when Helm was better.

How c an you say the OL is championship caliber when you're replacing 4 starters yourself? Plus you had transfers come in there? Your WR and TE, I agree with. But as you said, you're an Ohio State guy so you're going to say those things, similar to how we are.

I love the optimism lol.

Why do people keep saying our OL is young? You have 3 guys going into their 4th year, another into his 3rd and the last into his 2nd? That hardly seems young to me. Some inexperience? Yes but for the most part not very young. As for the defensive staff at Ohio State, my recollection is that only the DC is new and they retained pretty much everyone, except the coach we took from them. Their D has some really good players but I don't know that it's close to what it was last year and obviously a new guy at the helm leading the D. Offensively, I think their OL is going to take longer to gel than ours. A couple of transfers from what I remember and they still aren't set on guys at their positions or even a group as a whole. A QB who hasn't played much, good RB's but not anywhere near what they had last year. The one area they most likely out shine us is WR and TE. Not that Endries is bad, but we wanted Klare first. If not for the proximity to home, he might be in burnt orange. As for a score, I'm not real good with those. Maybe we return the favour and win 28-14? Don't know if Texas goes down early, but who really knows. Tough road game environment, against a very high quality opponent. Anyway, good post

After Arch is done on the 40, we have ourselves a good old fashioned QB battle with Lacey and Bell (most likely).

I doubt it's anything serious but they'd be stupid not to investigate, in case it bites them in the ass later. They had better hope that he does play for them, he gives them the best hope out of their QB's on roster.

This just makes me want a beat down of Ohio State @ their place to shut everyone up lol.

If Gerry doesn't make some off the cuff remarks about this tomorrow, I'm going to be sorely disappointed lol. I almost woke the whole house up when he threw in that Ewers joke the other day.

Not saying Baker is going to be as good as Banks, but he has a similar build to him. Let's hope he has a similar trajectory, too. Glad for Banks, nothing that Texas fans don't know.

I was trying to be funny with the Boomauster name but at least you got my point lol. I think he'll be great for us and the D.

I'm going 20 yard TD pass, Manning to Endries.

Yeah, I'm not sure what the need is to coach again. Go enjoy life, stress free. The game has passed him up, sure he can recruit but he's never going to let his "great offensive mind" go. Guy thinks his offense is the best thing since slice bread.