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Texas LT Kelvin Banks is headed to the NFL he announced via his instagram on Sunday. The All-American won the Outland and Lombardi Awards in 2024. Best of luck to the Humble, Texas prospect!

Quite the frustrating second half of the season for Isaiah Bond. After the ankle injury against Oklahoma, he was never the same impactful player for the Longhorns and it was a large reason why there was so many stagnant moments in my eyes. The first five games were what Texas signed up for. I don’t know what the draft grade is for Bond, but it sure isn’t in the first round or probably close to where he wants it to be after the last seven games.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is speaking with the media following the Longhorns' loss to Ohio State. Notes and quotes in comments below. Jahdae Barron and Quinn Ewers will accompany Sarkisian.

According to Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian in the Cotton Bowl press conference Thursday: "Cam (Williams) will play."

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and Ohio State head coach Ryan Day are on the podium for the final time ahead of the Texas-Ohio State meeting in the College Football Semifinal. The game will kickoff Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Notes and quotes from both coaches will be in the comments down below.

I’m in San Antonio this afternoon for the first day of practice of the All American Bowl. There are several Longhorns in attendance here this week: — WR Kaliq Lockett — WR Daylan McCutcheon — WR Jaime Ffrench — CB Kade Phillips As well as a number of top 2026 prospects too. Will update the thread as the day continues.

@Bobby Burton, @Gerry Hamilton and I had the conversation earlier today on Coffee & Football about what you would do if you were Steve Sarkisian and you won the coin toss. I believed in allowing the defense to take the field first and seeing if Ohio State could go the length of the field to begin the game. Gerry and Bobby sided with taking the ball and putting the offense on the field to start the contest, citing Ohio State's scorching hot starts to their Playoff games. What would you do given the decision?

Kenny Baker has extended an offer to 2026 Richardson DL Jaimeon Winfield Monday evening. Winfield has been on the radar of the Longhorns for a little bit now and the offer has officially been extended. Winfield is listed at 6-foot-4-inches and 290 pounds. He holds offers from Florida State, Auburn, LSU, TCU and USC among 14 others.

A handful of Longhorns will be made available for comments ahead of Friday's Cotton Bowl matchup against Ohio State. Of course, a storyline worth monitoring is the first game for Quinn Ewers against his former team. Will have notes and quotes in the comments down below. Also, a video of the player availability will be coming shortly after the conclusion on the OnTexasFootball YouTube channel.

Several Texas defensive players will be made available to the media following Sunday's practice. Texas was in pads for the Sunday afternoon practice in preparation for their College Football Playoff Semifinal matchup vs. Ohio State. Notes and quotes in the comments down below.

A 2026 Junior Day invite of note The Texas Longhorns will hold a Junior Day on January 25. Javian Osborne (Forney, Texas/High) has already confirmed that date, and will very likely be in attendance. OnTexasFootball caught up with Carthage (Texas) High 2026 LB Daquives Beck Friday night, and he informed OTF that he has a January 25 Junior day invite as well. Beck, nearing 6-1 and 205-pounds, is in contact with Co-DC and linebackers coach Johnny Nansen weekly. Beck picked up an offer from Arkansas Friday. He now has 16 offers, including Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi State out of the SEC. He reports that Arizona State is recruiting him harder than any school right now. Beck is teammates with 2026 running back KJ Edwards, who Texas is also recruiting.

A quick look at the snap counts for the Longhorns after their 2OT victory over Arizona State in the Peach Bowl. *** Defensive Snap Count Out of 102 possible snaps. 102 – Andrew Mukuba 101 – Jahdae Barron 98 – Michael Taaffe 94 – Anthony Hill Jr. 86 – Malik Muhammad 76 – Barryn Sorrell 73 – Trey Moore 68 – Liona Lefau 66 – Jelani McDonald 61 – Vernon Broughton 54 – Jermayne Lole 53 – Alfred Collins 46 – Colin Simmons 31 – Jaylon Guilbeau 30 – Bill Norton 26 – Ethan Burke 24 – Gavin Holmes 17 – Morice Blackwell Jr. 16 – David Gbenda – Texas wanted to get bigger in the box against ASU, hence why there was double the Jelani McDonald snaps vs. Jaylon Guilbeau. – Mukuba and Barron each over 100 snaps on Wednesday. – Most snaps of the season for Broughton, Norton, Lole and Collins. *** Offensive Snap Count Out of 63 possible snaps. 63 – Quinn Ewers, Jake Majors, Trevor Goosby, Kelvin Banks, Hayden Conner, Gunnar Helm 54 – Matthew Golden 52 – Tre Wisner 42 – Ryan Wingo, DJ Campbell 38 – DeAndre Moore 22 – Isaiah Bond 21 – Cole Hutson 20 – Juan Davis 15 – Jaydon Blue 7 – Silas Bolden 1 – Jerrick Gibson – Interesting splits between Hutson and Campbell. It was Hutson who finished the 4Q.

A big new and key recruiting rule for the 2026 class and beyond In the last cycle, head coaches and assistant coaches could meet at high schools with prospects and families in the 2025 cycle in January. In the 2026 class, the next step has been taken. Head coaches and assistants can now make true in-home visits at the residence of prospects in the month of January. That means following the conclusion of the season, the Texas staff will be going in-home with 2026 prospects that Texas deems top targets.

Both Ryan Day and Steve Sarkisian are set to speak with the media for roughly 20 minutes today. Day will speak first at 11:00 am and then Sarkisian will follow up at noon. Notes and quotes in the comments below.

Yesterday Texas A&M WR Noah Thomas officially entered the transfer portal. While it’s still early in the process, I’m told that Thomas is definitely a name to keep an eye on. Expect Texas to host Thomas in the near future, as he’s spoken with the staff over the last few days. Two other schools have also caught his attention: Georgia and Miami. One source has indicated that Georgia and Texas are the top two, with Miami running a distant third. I would expect him to visit all three at this time. I’m also told that Georgia is “in it to win it” and really likes Thomas. This past season he caught 39 passes for 574 yards and eight touchdowns.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham will be speaking one final time ahead of the Peach Bowl kickoff on Wednesday. Both have spoken at length this week in regards to the buildup to this game and this provides as one last opportunity to speak up their opponents or to provide some updates on health. Notes and quotes in the comments down below.

I'll start it off ... Texas big ... my current score prediction is 52-23

Texas heads into a bye where they look to get Andrew Mukuba back for the Florida game when the calendar flips to November. With that said, a look at the snap counts for the Longhorns from their 27–24 victory over Vanderbilt. *** Defense Out of 66 possible snaps. 66 – Jelani McDonald, Malik Muhammad, Anthony Hill Jr., Michael Taaffe 63 – Jahdae Barron 47 – Trey Moore 44 – Jaylon Guilbeau, Barryn Sorrell, Alfred Collins 43 – Liona Lefau 41 – Vernon Broughton 39 – Jermayne Lole 25 – Colin Simmons, Ethan Burke 14 – David Gbenda 9 – Kobe Black, Bill Norton 8 – Mo Blackwell Jr. 2 – Alex January, Warren Roberson 1 – Colton Vasek, Gavin Holmes – Surprisingly no Jordon Johnson-Rubell in this game. – The snap share for Lefau and Gbenda are pretty telling. The change has been made, it is Lefau's spot fully. – Nine snaps for Kobe Black. He played really well in those snaps – he was targeted three times. – Going to be interesting to see how the snaps from Vernon Broughton are split up in the 1H during his suspension. My guess is mostly to Lole, then Norton and maybe some January. *** Offense Out of 73 possible snaps. 73 – Cam Williams, Kelvin Banks, Gunnar Helm, Hayden Conner, Jake Majors, Quinn Ewers 71 – Matthew Golden 65 – DJ Campbell 56 – Ryan Wingo 43 – Tre Wisner 40 – DeAndre Moore 30 – Jaydon Blue 21 – Juan Davis 19 – Silas Bolden 10 – Amari Niblack 8 – Cole Hutson 1 – Jerrick Gibson, Ryan Niblett – The first snaps for Amari Niblack since the UTSA game on week three. He had two receptions in ten snaps. – No Gibson, no Niblett this weekend basically. – This is the second straight game where Gunnar Helm has been on the field for every snap.

Wake Forest head coach Jake Dickert has nabbed Texas special assistant Scottie Hazelton off of the Texas coaching staff and named him the Demon Deacons new defensive coordinator. The move was rumored last week and made official earlier Friday morning. Hazelton had previously been a defensive coordinator at Kansas State and Michigan State before joining Steve Sarkisian's staff for the 2024 campaign. Best of luck to Coach Hazelton next fall.

Several Texas Longhorn defensive players will be available for comments ahead of the trip to Atlanta for the Peach Bowl. Pete Kwiatkowski, LB Anthony Hill Jr., DB Jahdae Barron, DB Michael Taaffe and DL Alfred Collins will all be made available this afternoon. Notes and quotes in the comments down below.

The Black Eyed Peas made a song back when I was about six years old that just kept saying "And Runnin' Runnin', and runnin' runnin'" on and on and on. It was catchy as hell and one of the biggest songs of whatever year it was. Maybe 2004, I couldn't quite tell you off the top of my head. When I look at this Texas-Arizona State matchup, for whatever reason, that song comes to my brain. Because, well, that is exactly what Texas should do against the Sun Devils. It comes together even more full circle when the name of that song above is "Let's Get it Started" and then it all makes sense. Texas has figured out its running game against anyone not named Georgia. The Longhorns have hit the 240-yard rushing mark in three of its last four ballgames and the other included a 7-minute drive with 12 of the 14 plays on the drive being run plays. Even with some nicks and bruises suffered by the #BigHumans in round one of the College Football Playoff, there should not be much dropoff, if any, at all moving forward. I went through the Arizona State Sun Devils depth chart when doing some research for this game. What I found is a defensive line that, though is scrappy, is going to be completely outmanned when facing the Longhorn OL. The five leading snap-getters for the Sun Devil interior defensive line have an average weight of 289 pounds. Zac Swanson 6’4” & 290 CJ Fite 6’1” & 295 Jeff Clark 6’1” & 285 Jacob Kongaika 6’2” & 290 Blazen Lono-Wong 6’4” & 285 For those keeping track at home, Jake Majors weighs 315, Hayden Conner weighs 320 and DJ Campbell is listed at 330. Do the math there and it comes out to a 30-pound average difference in favor of the Longhorn interior. Even when you add in Cole Hutson, that average sits just south of 320-pound average amongst the four. Texas will be able to run the ball all over the Sun Devils in Atlanta on Wednesday. The mass is just too significant to ignore and the momentum this bunch is playing with will carry over as well. To Arizona State's credit, the Sun Devil rushing defense comes in at 23rd in the country, allowing 117.8 yards per game and 33rd in the country at 3.8 yards per attempt. But I reckon they have not played an offensive line with the size of this Texas unit in 2024. With all of the talk about the quarterback being the one who will take Texas to the promised land or begin the winter conditioning sessions early, I think Texas will be just fine with Ewers being a passenger for this round of the playoffs. The magic number over the last month has been 240 rushing yards. It is a lot, I will admit that. However, knowing the success this unit has had recently and the opponent they are set to face in Round 2 of the CFP, I like their chances to hit the mark.

There is a continued dominance on first down. Having dug through stat after stat since the conclusion of the Clemson game on Saturday, this one remains one of my favorite that I keep returning to. Texas was elite on first downs offensively in round one of the College Football Playoff. It was one of their more complete performances of the year on first downs and it helped sustain drive after drive. Here are the main numbers from Steve Sarkisian's offense on first downs vs. Clemson. 33 first down snaps 253 yards 7.7 yards per first down snap Quinn Ewers was 10-12 passing on first downs for 124 yards or 10.2 yards per attempt, a really solid mark for him. There were two sacks on first down, one of which being Ewers taking a self sack on a busted play where linemen were downfield a throwaway would have resulted in a penalty. In the run game, Texas gained 129 yards on 19 rush attempts. That is a 6.8 average clip. Talk about staying ahead of the chains, that is how you do it. Three first down plays went for touchdowns as well. Rushes of 3, 26 and 38 all found the end zone off of a first down snap. Here is the big one for me. Of the 33 first down snaps, Texas gained two yards or more on 27 of them. There were three incompletions and a rush for loss, then a pass for -6 on the screen where Williams and Wisner were injured and a sack. Other than that, a new first down was gained or Texas was playing ahead of the chains. A really positive mark for the Longhorns who constantly stubbed their toe and played behind the chains against Georgia. *** One other note. Texas had an average distance to gain of 11.6 against Georgia. Against Clemson, that mark was down to 4.6. The run game certainly helped and the Longhorns benefitted greatly. If Texas can duplicate this against Arizona State, I have a hard time seeing them stall many drives on New Year's Day. They will dominate if this first down success makes the trip to Atlanta.

Texas is going to be on this one … from the Houston area https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4683535/tyler-onyedim

What a polarizing weekend in college football. The first weekend of the College Football Playoff had some bright moments, but for the most part it was overshadowed by blowout, after blowout, after blowout. It was an utter embarrassment when it comes to competitive football. Which, in actuality, hat tip to Clemson for at least giving the CFP one lead change. I will start with this, I don't know what the remedy is for college football. The Playoff on a given year likely won't have 12 teams worthy of winning a National Championship. Was the jump to 12 teams the right move? I want to believe so, but this weekend did not provide a lot of confidence in the future of the sport's postseason. One thing I do know, the games on college campuses were awesome. Could that have been the reason for the blowouts? I doubt it. But I do know the environments created as a result have been spectacular. There is a simple solution that is needed to be made in College Football Playoff, and I think it would greatly benefit the outcome of the first round of games – erase the concept of the conference winners getting first round byes. Instead, all four first round byes are directed to the best four teams in the nation. You would then have first round meetings of SMU and Arizona State or Boise State and Indiana with a Tennessee and Clemson game likely as well. Those are all hypothetical matchups, but the first round competitive level would be evened out in comparison to what we saw this weekend which was not remotely close to a fun slate of football. That would not fix everything, but it would be a step in the right direction. It makes very little sense to me that Boise State and Arizona State get byes into round two when at no point this season they were a top four team in the country and arguably never a top ten team in the country. But, for the sake of the Texas pursuit to Natty No. 5, it sure is nice to get to face that Arizona State team in round two. It's a flaw, no doubt. One that I hope is revisited in the spring by the CFP Committee and NCAA. *** On the flip side, looking ahead to who remains in the College Football Playoff, there is one thing that stands out – DL. Georgia, Ohio State, Penn State, Texas, Oregon. All four have incredible edge rushers and stout defensive linemen up front. If the National Championship is raised by anyone outside of those four teams, I would be shocked. It was very clear this weekend when watching Ohio State, Texas and Penn State displayed edge talent that took over periodically throughout each game. Abdul Carter at Penn State had Kevin Jennings running for his life. Barryn Sorrell had a tipped pass for an INT and a sack. And the combination of Jack Sawyer and JT Tuimoloau might be the best in the country. I don't even need to mention Mykal Williams and Georgia – we all know what they are capable of. But the point is this. A good quarterback is very important in the postseason, but a defensive line that can take over and dominate football games is the ultimate factor I am looking at moving forward as the talent level evens out a bit.