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With Terry, how soon can we realistically expect him to get game snaps if his first practices at RB were a practice or two leading up to OU? Not sure he sees the field all that much this year unless we’re in a really bad place at RB injury wise.

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6 hours ago, BurgleBro said:

Can't like this enough. 

This team could use a player with his attitude every year. 

Y'all remember his forced fumble against tcu that one time. Xavier Worthy recovered it, I think. Pepperidge Farm remembers. Dude's a bad mofo.

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1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Well our #1 back is probably sitting again this weekend and our #4 back just quit for the season. Our #2 back and current starter has missed half of our games this season.

What qualifies as "really bad" for you? 

I mean we’ve got 3 guys healthy for this weekend, barring any injuries in the next 2 days. If Baxter never comes back, then sure, if there’s an additional injury or we’re blowing out a conference foe.

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3 minutes ago, I Plead Da Fif said:

I mean we’ve got 3 guys healthy for this weekend, barring any injuries in the next 2 days. If Baxter never comes back, then sure, if there’s an additional injury or we’re blowing out a conference foe.

I think the question is how quickly Terry could jump Simon or Clark on the depth chart. The situation is bad enough to have necessitated a break glass in case of emergency position-switch. 

I wouldn't expect him to play non-garbage minutes Saturday, though. 

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49 minutes ago, Red Five said:

FWIW, IT says Rickey Stewart is dealing with a family emergency and will rejoin the team when that is over.

This almost never works out well. The small running back out of San Antonio did this, the DE out of the Golden Triangle, those two immediately come to mind. See ya, bud. 

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27 minutes ago, I Plead Da Fif said:

I mean we’ve got 3 guys healthy for this weekend, barring any injuries in the next 2 days. If Baxter never comes back, then sure, if there’s an additional injury or we’re blowing out a conference foe.

Don't sleep on Colin Page. I say only half-jokingly. He looked pretty solid.

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35 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I think the question is how quickly Terry could jump Simon or Clark on the depth chart. The situation is bad enough to have necessitated a break glass in case of emergency position-switch. 

I wouldn't expect him to play non-garbage minutes Saturday, though. 

That’s fair. If that’s the case then we really need to call into question the position choice at the start of the year. Considering the guys we brought in at WR, the only viable excuse considering 2 of our 6 RBs were returning from very serious injuries on a short timeline is that Terry wanted to start at WR.

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42 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

This almost never works out well. The small running back out of San Antonio did this, the DE out of the Golden Triangle, those two immediately come to mind. See ya, bud. 

That was my feel too. Think it was Gerry H who said that Stewart has yet to attend a Texas football game with his uniform on. Maybe this "emergency" dates back to August, I don't know.

I left out that they also said he's been in concussion protocol "for a few weeks". Seems strange that he wasn't ever listed on the weekly injury report, and still isn't, but I admittedly don't know the rules on who has to go on there.  

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I’m interested to see Terry get some snaps. I think he’s got possibly better talent than any other back on the roster, once you take into account Baxter’s injury. Those saying he won’t see playing time might be right, but I have a feeling after a few practices they are going to realize RB is a very legitimate option for him for now. 

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2 hours ago, I Plead Da Fif said:

With Terry, how soon can we realistically expect him to get game snaps if his first practices at RB were a practice or two leading up to OU? Not sure he sees the field all that much this year unless we’re in a really bad place at RB injury wise.

I think I read somewhere that Sark said Terry has been the scout team running back for the last 3 weeks. 

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Michael Terry officially to RB with Gibson’s departure.  6’3 220 with decent speed.  

Lil Jordan Humphrey starter kit. Has real good feet, burst, and vision. His competition looked like middle schoolers in his reel.
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3 hours ago, I Plead Da Fif said:

With Terry, how soon can we realistically expect him to get game snaps if his first practices at RB were a practice or two leading up to OU? Not sure he sees the field all that much this year unless we’re in a really bad place at RB injury wise.

I don't think he gets meaningful game snaps at all unless there's further injuries or there's specific plays to utilize him in the passing game. Otherwise, I thikn they're just looking for another depth option to take some empty calorie carries so Wisner isn't burnt out for Georgia and A&M.

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3 hours ago, Red Five said:

That was my feel too. Think it was Gerry H who said that Stewart has yet to attend a Texas football game with his uniform on. Maybe this "emergency" dates back to August, I don't know.

I left out that they also said he's been in concussion protocol "for a few weeks". Seems strange that he wasn't ever listed on the weekly injury report, and still isn't, but I admittedly don't know the rules on who has to go on there.  

they don't list Cojoe in the injury reports either.  They seem to not list players who will be out for the year.

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5 hours ago, I Plead Da Fif said:

With Terry, how soon can we realistically expect him to get game snaps if his first practices at RB were a practice or two leading up to OU? Not sure he sees the field all that much this year unless we’re in a really bad place at RB injury wise.

Buddy, I don't know how to tell you this without it hurting, but we are in a bad place injury-wise. Wisner is banged up, we may never see Baxter again, Gibson is gone, and we're left with two freshmen RB'S trying to catch up to the speed of the game. Oh, and Sark is square peg round hole with Niblett, all 170 lbs of him, at RB. We need Michael Terry to just hold on to the ball, fuck some linemen up, and block for Arch, or go for a screen. He's a Derrick Henry size RB (not saying he's Derrick Henry) he just has the size to punish people. 

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So where’s a safe space to get Terry carries? I’d say up 2 touchdowns late at Kentucky sounds right. 
 

I wish Stewart well, but as others have pointed out, leaving the team in the middle of the season never works out well.

Does anybody some insight on the Baxter injury? All I’ve seen is hamstring with no timetable to return. 

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1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Does anybody some insight on the Baxter injury? All I’ve seen is hamstring with no timetable to return.

His pulled his body while taking a step.  His timetable to return is exactly one play before he goes out again.

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1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

His pulled his body while taking a step.  His timetable to return is exactly one play before he goes out again.

Yeah, at this point it'll be a miracle if we ever see Baxter play again. He should talk to Jordan Whittington. 

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26 minutes ago, Jimmy Two Times said:

If Colin Page takes a meaningful snap this year I will live stream my suicide on this forum

Futureman has to fist himself and @closetojumping has something to do regarding Jaydon Blue contributing at Texas (I can’t remember what)

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16 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

Think people need to temper expectations on Terry appearances outside of garbage time. Seems like it’s just a warm body.

Fuck that shit. This guy is the second coming of Edwin Simmons, minus the exploding kneecaps. 

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10 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Fuck that shit. This guy is the second coming of Edwin Simmons, minus the exploding kneecaps. 

So he’s going to get caught naked in the backyard of a booster after he banged his wife? 

Not that there is anything wrong with that…..

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Saturday: Bobby

Spoiler

Saturday

By Bobby Burton

Weather shouldn’t be much of a factor today.

There’s a steady breeze here in Lexington this morning that is expected to continue throughout the day and into the evening. But it’s not overwhelming.

Listening to the local weather forecast, any precipitation is expected to hold off until tomorrow.

**

A lot of orange has made its way to Lexington. But make no mistake, this is a home game for the Big Blue.

I spoke to some Kentucky fans at the hotel this morning. They expect the Longhorns to win, but they are definitely here for the party.

It’s a night game, so I expect some real crowd noise.

**

With CJ Baxter ruled out, the Texas run game will lean on Tre Wisner again this week.

But Texas needs either Christian Clark or James Simon to step up today.

It’s time the training wheels are off for both.

One of them needs to get 7-10 carries in this game because I’m not sure Wisner can handle another 22 carries after how physical the OU game was a week ago.

**

Defensive tackle Maraad Watson remains listed as questionable as of last night.

That’s important because one thing Texas must do is stop the run against the Wildcats. Hopefully Watson can give it a go and be effective alongside Hero Kanu, Alex January, Cole Brevard and Travis Shaw.

If Watson can’t go, it’ll be interesting to see who takes some of those snaps for depth.

Maryland transfer Levon Johnson has seen some action of late. Or does Texas turn to one of the two freshman for depth?

**

Texas must build on the effort in the Cotton Bowl last weekend. If the Horns are focused and fresh today, Texas should be 2-0 in October headed to Starkville next week 5-2 overall. 

 

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My apologies to Ryan Niblett. Best return man we’ve had in a long time. I don’t think he’ll ever work out on offense, but they have to keep trying because we’re devoid of playmakers. Our future opponents are going to shank some punts trying to kick away from him + Banks will abandon his extremely high risk punt block bullshit. 
 

Shaw has the talent to be a pro. Please stay healthy, and make some money young man. 
 

We all have to pray Sark can learn on the job. He’s 136 games in, so I’m not so sure. The horrific timeout in the first half and not slicking the field goal on 1st down in OT are blinking red lights in game management concerns.

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I’m starting to think that counting on Wingo to be our #1 WR was a bad choice.

But, and this should be probably said about everything on offense, with this OL it doesn’t really matter.

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2 hours ago, Red Five said:

I’m starting to think that counting on Wingo to be our #1 WR was a bad choice.

But, and this should be probably said about everything on offense, with this OL it doesn’t really matter.

And Arch can't make the easy passes.  He's asswater right now and I'm not sure he will improve since he is half a season in as 3 year college player.

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On 10/15/2025 at 1:09 PM, Hookem10 said:

The whiplash on this board is crazy. Also makes it a great read. We’re a very young team that will develop into a monster after each game. If we stay healthy we’ll be a very tough out at the end of season. All these young guys need are game reps and time to develop. Watch some other teams every once in a while. College football is wide open and we have a good of a chance as most teams to make a run. All teams have warts. Try  to enjoy the season. Cheers 

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I think we need to simply accept that this year's version of the Horns isn't destined for greatness. Rip that band aid off, cuz OL and QB play are just subpar.

We should be looking for two things: (1) that they can win enough games to keep the program's wheels from falling off; and (2) that we see incremental improvements on offense to give hope for next year. Like if Arch could demonstrate proficiency on at least one basic pass pattern, you know, the kind of thing we see other JAG QBs doing right and left on TV every Saturday.

I can't fathom how any QB could look this awful after three years in the system. I've seen disappointments before, but we're in freakish aberration territory at this point.  

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3 hours ago, Tired Horn said:

I think we need to simply accept that this year's version of the Horns isn't destined for greatness. Rip that band aid off, cuz OL and QB play are just subpar.

We should be looking for two things: (1) that they can win enough games to keep the program's wheels from falling off; and (2) that we see incremental improvements on offense to give hope for next year. Like if Arch could demonstrate proficiency on at least one basic pass pattern, you know, the kind of thing we see other JAG QBs doing right and left on TV every Saturday.

I can't fathom how any QB could look this awful after three years in the system. I've seen disappointments before, but we're in freakish aberration territory at this point.  

8-4 is the ceiling at this point. Find a way to scrape together wins against Miss St and Arkansas. Both will be painfully close. Zero chance of beating Georgia, and pretty close to zero chance of beating A&M and Vandy. 

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3 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

8-4 is the ceiling at this point. Find a way to scrape together wins against Miss St and Arkansas. Both will be painfully close. Zero chance of beating Georgia, and pretty close to zero chance of beating A&M and Vandy. 

That’s gets us to seven win Steve. Yay. 

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Sark took everything that worked against Oklahoma in the running game and flushed it down the toilet. Everyone has been able to run on Kentucky and Sark’s plan was long, slow developing pass plays. It is painfully obvious Sark needs to hire a full time offensive coordinator at this point when commenters on TV are calling our plays out before they happen and we fail to go to the obvious against our opponents weaknesses.

Arch and the line were their usual bad yes but this game plan was criminally bad. We have to go back to outside zone combined with motion and misdirection simply because we cannot execute anything else. And if our opponent has a glaring weakness like Kentucky we have to abandon our stupid fascination with plays that have not worked all year long. Total coaching failure from Sark last night. 

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Arch isn’t  bad when he’s rolling out and has to hit a wr on the run. So why we keep trying to run these exotic pass plays when our wr can’t get separation and sark knows our line cannot hold a 8 second block is mind bottling 

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51 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

8-4 is the ceiling at this point. Find a way to scrape together wins against Miss St and Arkansas. Both will be painfully close. Zero chance of beating Georgia, and pretty close to zero chance of beating A&M and Vandy. 

Vandy and A&M at home and A&M is highly susceptible to a real defense - and they shit the bed when the burnt orange is opposite them. I would hardly say zero chance against those two teams. 10-3 is the ceiling. 

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35 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Arch isn’t  bad when he’s rolling out and has to hit a wr on the run. So why we keep trying to run these exotic pass plays when our wr can’t get separation and sark knows our line cannot hold a 8 second block is mind bottling 

That’s fair. But he can’t hit open guys even if they’re standing still a lot.  We can’t run an entire offense on roll outs. 

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59 minutes ago, Drew said:

That’s fair. But he can’t hit open guys even if they’re standing still a lot.  We can’t run an entire offense on roll outs. 

Well we run an entire offense on sacks and long developing pass plays so worth a shot.

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I remember bitching a few games ago how our entire offense was Arch trying to heave it deep. Pretty sure we haven't attempted a pass longer than about 20 yards since the Florida game. I don't think Sark has any idea what he wants this offense to be.

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