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my longcat thoughts on texas 2025 going in...

i'm feeling optimistic for a really good team to develop over the season. that said, these number one rankings are more a combination of no one knowing wtf to expect from everyone this season because there are so few good qbs known at present...and arch. 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked.

 

the satyanash side of me looks at the following:

pointing out four starting offensive line and the tight end is not sufficient... it's a consensus all american left tackle and 6th year center...plus a millionth year tight end with incredible athleticism and instinct for steve's offense and soft spots in zone. five our of six guys across the front line makes me queasy. losing cam williams mainly means we pick up 100 yards a game in avoided false starts but the rest of them are total fucking unknown situations...and we have already lost one of them that had some meaningful playing time. lots of optimism for cruz, baker, goosby, campbell, robertson, neto, kibble, etc..., but gotta see it first. goosby is the only one of those that has really played some grown ass man football and did it well.

this will also be the first time since 2022 that we do not have at least two monster 4-6 years in the program seniors playing defensive tackle in the rotation. the thing that most people under appreciate about the last two years of texas football success is that no one...and i mean NO ONE could run between the tackles on us. murphy and sweat in 23, collins and broughton in 24. we had really nice rotation guys in there as well like norton as well but those four guys were fucking incredible and played like the 24 year old men they were dominating. it's why i wanted michigan so bad in 23...because i knew we could stop them. this is the first time we won't have that in a while. we are relying on older and less talented transfers combined with incredibly talented young guys. but dt is just a position that an 18/19 year old cannot dominate like murphy, sweat, collins, and broughton did. justus is likely to be great one day and i expect him to flash, but i'm worried about the between the tackles run defense for the first time since 2022. while i have zero concerns about de, part of what created opportunities for simmons and moore last year was the middle of the line having to commit to those dts. this is my biggest concern.

the other big thing is the loss of our thorpe award winning shut down guys in barron who had an absolutely incredible season last year. the way muhammad was getting abused by the playoffs last year and black's limited experience is worrisome. makuba's picks and enforcement of the middle is going to be missed as well...though i'm not as worried about safety as i am cb because i really believe in mcdonald.

still pissed at our on-the-field coaching from the end of both halves of the ohio state game. some of the stupidest shit ever seen. steve's ability to do the most brilliant stuff is only matched by his boneheaded wtf moments.

 

the surly football board koolaid cult member in me looks at the following:

with moore's return, if he and simmons are healthy, i'm not trading de with anyone. two studs plus solid depth. i think if hill, lefau, spence, tyanthony, all stay healthy, this is the best lb group we have had a long ass time. i really like safety...especially if derek williams is actually able to return at full capability. add gilbeau, johnson-rubell, and two potential superstars in jonah and filsaime to a budding star in mcdonald...i think safety is going to be a strong point. i love our defense going in...but cb and dt give me satyanash/greenspoint level concern.

i loved golden a whole hell of a lot but not that concerned about losing golden and bond. i think wr is going to be a strong point. young guys can make impact there and i think the incoming class is a great addition to wingo, moore, etc...  

i have optimism at qb. not trying to start a quinn ewers argument thread but i am hopeful that we are going to see better all-around qb play this year...but i was not the biggest fan of qe outside of a few games like michigan last year. i don't envy the bullshit that arch is going to have to put up with this year but i do believe he is going to be really good. but his success is obviously contingent on my one of my bigger concerns in oline and the complete unknown in the running game. if those two play at a high level, arch is going to go fucking crazy.

 

the very un-surly "i don't know wtf to expect" admitting vulnerability side of me looks at the following:

rb is an unknown outside of wisner obviously. just have to see what it looks like. love wisner...hoping we can help him out. losing blue in the passing game will be meaningful and we have to hope that steve can scheme some of these fish like terry to fill some of that void effectively.

no idea what jordan washington is going to do...but i have a hard time seeing him being as effective as the last two years of te play from gunnar and j'tavion. we have been fucking spoiled as hell the last two years...nothing like that since the run of scaife-david thomas-jermichael.

bert really shit the bed last year after an incredible October and november in 2023. praying we are materially better there this year but haven't seen it yet.

 

don't think i'm exactly blazing new territory with any of this but just putting things down to prepare myself. the schedule has us going on the road to ohio state, georgia, and florida. worst home schedule i can remember in a while. not a single game at home in october is fucking irritating. we need to give ou a thorough ass beating in dallas. we haven't beaten them wearing orange jerseys since 20-fucking-15 when foreman shit in baker's mouth. tired of that shit. again, 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked but we have now stacked four straight stud classes and probably the thing that steve has excelled at the most since being here is leveraging the portal for 2-4 key guys a year.

anyway, hook'em. can't wait to see what the answers to all the questions above yield.

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33 minutes ago, sidis said:

my longcat thoughts on texas 2025 going in...

i'm feeling optimistic for a really good team to develop over the season. that said, these number one rankings are more a combination of no one knowing wtf to expect from everyone this season because there are so few good qbs known at present...and arch. 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked.

 

the satyanash side of me looks at the following:

pointing out four starting offensive line and the tight end is not sufficient... it's a consensus all american left tackle and 6th year center...plus a millionth year tight end with incredible athleticism and instinct for steve's offense and soft spots in zone. five our of six guys across the front line makes me queasy. losing cam williams mainly means we pick up 100 yards a game in avoided false starts but the rest of them are total fucking unknown situations...and we have already lost one of them that had some meaningful playing time. lots of optimism for cruz, baker, goosby, campbell, robertson, neto, kibble, etc..., but gotta see it first. goosby is the only one of those that has really played some grown ass man football and did it well.

this will also be the first time since 2022 that we do not have at least two monster 4-6 years in the program seniors playing defensive tackle in the rotation. the thing that most people under appreciate about the last two years of texas football success is that no one...and i mean NO ONE could run between the tackles on us. murphy and sweat in 23, collins and broughton in 24. we had really nice rotation guys in there as well like norton as well but those four guys were fucking incredible and played like the 24 year old men they were dominating. it's why i wanted michigan so bad in 23...because i knew we could stop them. this is the first time we won't have that in a while. we are relying on older and less talented transfers combined with incredibly talented young guys. but dt is just a position that an 18/19 year old cannot dominate like murphy, sweat, collins, and broughton did. justus is likely to be great one day and i expect him to flash, but i'm worried about the between the tackles run defense for the first time since 2022. while i have zero concerns about de, part of what created opportunities for simmons and moore last year was the middle of the line having to commit to those dts. this is my biggest concern.

the other big thing is the loss of our thorpe award winning shut down guys in barron who had an absolutely incredible season last year. the way muhammad was getting abused by the playoffs last year and black's limited experience is worrisome. makuba's picks and enforcement of the middle is going to be missed as well...though i'm not as worried about safety as i am cb because i really believe in mcdonald.

still pissed at our on-the-field coaching from the end of both halves of the ohio state game. some of the stupidest shit ever seen. steve's ability to do the most brilliant stuff is only matched by his boneheaded wtf moments.

 

the surly football board koolaid cult member in me looks at the following:

with moore's return, if he and simmons are healthy, i'm not trading de with anyone. two studs plus solid depth. i think if hill, lefau, spence, tyanthony, all stay healthy, this is the best lb group we have had a long ass time. i really like safety...especially if derek williams is actually able to return at full capability. add gilbeau, johnson-rubell, and two potential superstars in jonah and filsaime to a budding star in mcdonald...i think safety is going to be a strong point. i love our defense going in...but cb and dt give me satyanash/greenspoint level concern.

i loved golden a whole hell of a lot but not that concerned about losing golden and bond. i think wr is going to be a strong point. young guys can make impact there and i think the incoming class is a great addition to wingo, moore, etc...  

i have optimism at qb. not trying to start a quinn ewers argument thread but i am hopeful that we are going to see better all-around qb play this year...but i was not the biggest fan of qe outside of a few games like michigan last year. i don't envy the bullshit that arch is going to have to put up with this year but i do believe he is going to be really good. but his success is obviously contingent on my one of my bigger concerns in oline and the complete unknown in the running game. if those two play at a high level, arch is going to go fucking crazy.

 

the very un-surly "i don't know wtf to expect" admitting vulnerability side of me looks at the following:

rb is an unknown outside of wisner obviously. just have to see what it looks like. love wisner...hoping we can help him out. losing blue in the passing game will be meaningful and we have to hope that steve can scheme some of these fish like terry to fill some of that void effectively.

no idea what jordan washington is going to do...but i have a hard time seeing him being as effective as the last two years of te play from gunnar and j'tavion. we have been fucking spoiled as hell the last two years...nothing like that since the run of scaife-david thomas-jermichael.

bert really shit the bed last year after an incredible October and november in 2023. praying we are materially better there this year but haven't seen it yet.

 

don't think i'm exactly blazing new territory with any of this but just putting things down to prepare myself. the schedule has us going on the road to ohio state, georgia, and florida. worst home schedule i can remember in a while. not a single game at home in october is fucking irritating. we need to give ou a thorough ass beating in dallas. we haven't beaten them wearing orange jerseys since 20-fucking-15 when foreman shit in baker's mouth. tired of that shit. again, 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked but we have now stacked four straight stud classes and probably the thing that steve has excelled at the most since being here is leveraging the portal for 2-4 key guys a year.

anyway, hook'em. can't wait to see what the answers to all the questions above yield.

 

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2 hours ago, sidis said:

my longcat thoughts on texas 2025 going in...

i'm feeling optimistic for a really good team to develop over the season. that said, these number one rankings are more a combination of no one knowing wtf to expect from everyone this season because there are so few good qbs known at present...and arch. 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked.

 

the satyanash side of me looks at the following:

pointing out four starting offensive line and the tight end is not sufficient... it's a consensus all american left tackle and 6th year center...plus a millionth year tight end with incredible athleticism and instinct for steve's offense and soft spots in zone. five our of six guys across the front line makes me queasy. losing cam williams mainly means we pick up 100 yards a game in avoided false starts but the rest of them are total fucking unknown situations...and we have already lost one of them that had some meaningful playing time. lots of optimism for cruz, baker, goosby, campbell, robertson, neto, kibble, etc..., but gotta see it first. goosby is the only one of those that has really played some grown ass man football and did it well.

this will also be the first time since 2022 that we do not have at least two monster 4-6 years in the program seniors playing defensive tackle in the rotation. the thing that most people under appreciate about the last two years of texas football success is that no one...and i mean NO ONE could run between the tackles on us. murphy and sweat in 23, collins and broughton in 24. we had really nice rotation guys in there as well like norton as well but those four guys were fucking incredible and played like the 24 year old men they were dominating. it's why i wanted michigan so bad in 23...because i knew we could stop them. this is the first time we won't have that in a while. we are relying on older and less talented transfers combined with incredibly talented young guys. but dt is just a position that an 18/19 year old cannot dominate like murphy, sweat, collins, and broughton did. justus is likely to be great one day and i expect him to flash, but i'm worried about the between the tackles run defense for the first time since 2022. while i have zero concerns about de, part of what created opportunities for simmons and moore last year was the middle of the line having to commit to those dts. this is my biggest concern.

the other big thing is the loss of our thorpe award winning shut down guys in barron who had an absolutely incredible season last year. the way muhammad was getting abused by the playoffs last year and black's limited experience is worrisome. makuba's picks and enforcement of the middle is going to be missed as well...though i'm not as worried about safety as i am cb because i really believe in mcdonald.

still pissed at our on-the-field coaching from the end of both halves of the ohio state game. some of the stupidest shit ever seen. steve's ability to do the most brilliant stuff is only matched by his boneheaded wtf moments.

 

the surly football board koolaid cult member in me looks at the following:

with moore's return, if he and simmons are healthy, i'm not trading de with anyone. two studs plus solid depth. i think if hill, lefau, spence, tyanthony, all stay healthy, this is the best lb group we have had a long ass time. i really like safety...especially if derek williams is actually able to return at full capability. add gilbeau, johnson-rubell, and two potential superstars in jonah and filsaime to a budding star in mcdonald...i think safety is going to be a strong point. i love our defense going in...but cb and dt give me satyanash/greenspoint level concern.

i loved golden a whole hell of a lot but not that concerned about losing golden and bond. i think wr is going to be a strong point. young guys can make impact there and i think the incoming class is a great addition to wingo, moore, etc...  

i have optimism at qb. not trying to start a quinn ewers argument thread but i am hopeful that we are going to see better all-around qb play this year...but i was not the biggest fan of qe outside of a few games like michigan last year. i don't envy the bullshit that arch is going to have to put up with this year but i do believe he is going to be really good. but his success is obviously contingent on my one of my bigger concerns in oline and the complete unknown in the running game. if those two play at a high level, arch is going to go fucking crazy.

 

the very un-surly "i don't know wtf to expect" admitting vulnerability side of me looks at the following:

rb is an unknown outside of wisner obviously. just have to see what it looks like. love wisner...hoping we can help him out. losing blue in the passing game will be meaningful and we have to hope that steve can scheme some of these fish like terry to fill some of that void effectively.

no idea what jordan washington is going to do...but i have a hard time seeing him being as effective as the last two years of te play from gunnar and j'tavion. we have been fucking spoiled as hell the last two years...nothing like that since the run of scaife-david thomas-jermichael.

bert really shit the bed last year after an incredible October and november in 2023. praying we are materially better there this year but haven't seen it yet.

 

don't think i'm exactly blazing new territory with any of this but just putting things down to prepare myself. the schedule has us going on the road to ohio state, georgia, and florida. worst home schedule i can remember in a while. not a single game at home in october is fucking irritating. we need to give ou a thorough ass beating in dallas. we haven't beaten them wearing orange jerseys since 20-fucking-15 when foreman shit in baker's mouth. tired of that shit. again, 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked but we have now stacked four straight stud classes and probably the thing that steve has excelled at the most since being here is leveraging the portal for 2-4 key guys a year.

anyway, hook'em. can't wait to see what the answers to all the questions above yield.

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For going to back-to-back semifinals, having a Manning at QB and being ranked #1, I feel like everyone, including some of this board, is kind of dismissing the likelihood of this being a dominant team.

Who knows what will happen, but choosing anybody but Texas to be THE Team this year seems to be the trendy pick.

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On 8/14/2025 at 1:19 PM, Hornsome said:

I’ve known Lance since his freshman year.  One of the nicest people you will ever meet.  

He bleeds orange and was at the Sugar Bowl party at Mannings.

Ran into him about 3 am at the Whataburger on Oltorf back in the day. Drunk as shit buddy goes up to him and yells “LANCE BLANKS”. He just laughed while we called our buddy a moron. 

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59 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

It’s nice to win a beauty contest but it won’t matter once the ball kicks off in Columbus. We win that game and we set the tone for the whole damn season 

Although we ideally finish the season 16-0, if I had to choose between going 8-0 in the SEC with a loss to Ohio State or 7-1 in the SEC with a win against Ohio State, I would choose the latter. I realize 7-1 doesn't make an SECCG berth guaranteed, but I think its worth the risk to get a win over Ohio State at their place and not allow them to have back to back scoreboards on us.

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If we beat Ohio State and lose one game in the SEC and somehow don’t make the conference championship game that’s actually fine with me because we’re still in the playoffs with a week of rest.

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On 8/15/2025 at 7:36 AM, Hookem2147 said:

On Arch’s TD run against A&M, he had the opportunity to block about 4 different defenders and somehow didn’t touch a single one.

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3 hours ago, Drifterwood said:

If we beat Ohio State and lose one game in the SEC and somehow don’t make the conference championship game that’s actually fine with me because we’re still in the playoffs with a week of rest.

It depends on if we win the first couple of playoff games or not.

I'd like some hardware. 4 conference championships in our time in the Big 12 really sucked. It's important to me to win the SEC championship. It's not the main thing, but it's not a minor thing, either. 

But if we make a run deep in the playoffs - particularly win the whole thing or at least play in the national championship - then that's going to be pretty exciting as well. What I don't want is for the program to take a step back in terms of accomplishments at the end of the season. 

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