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OTF Premium One on One | Texas vs. San Jose State 2025

 

CJ Vogel

By CJ Vogel

  • 4 hours ago
 

Texas should be in store for quite the bounce back game on Saturday morning against San Jose State. Of course, this will be important for a number of reasons, perhaps none more consequential than the confidence of quarterback Arch Manning.

While we have seen non-conference buy games get dicey in the world of college football, I am not quite expecting that Saturday.

Still, before the battle comes rolling over the 40 Acres, there are a few matchups to be aware of.

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San Jose State WR Danny Scudero vs. Texas STAR Graceson Littleton

For folks who may not have realized, San Jose State produced a Biletnikoff Award Finalist in Nick Nash a season ago. A total stud and for folks who enjoyed late night, west coast football you know the name. This season, there is a clear successor to the WR1 spot in the Spartans' offense – Danny Scudero. In the opening week, Scudero went for 9 receptions, 189 yards and a touchdown. San Jose State feeds their slot wide receiver and that is where you will mostly see Scudero on Saturday – he lined up in the slot for 95.5% of his snaps in week one.

 

San Jose State S Isiah Revis vs. Texas TE Jack Endries

For the folks who were waiting to see how Jack Endries would fare in the Longhorns' offense, we got a little glimpse in the fourth quarter against Ohio State, but I have my eyes set on this matchup specifically that could really announce the new tight end to the Longhorn faithful. Against Central Michigan, Revis was on the field for all 67 snaps, with a split of his snaps coming in the box (32) and back deep (25). That is perfect for the matchup of Endries as a nub-TE or in the slot. 

On top of that, Revis allowed all three of his targets to be caught, going for 39 yards with 19 after the reception. This feels like an area the Longhorns can really exploit as the game gets going.

 

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Last Week's one-on-one's.

Texas WR Ryan Wingo vs. Ohio State CB Davison Igbinosun

Only two targets headed to Ryan Wingo when covered by Igbinosun, funny enough, that was the only time Wingo had success on the afternoon. Wingo hauled in a 28-yard reception on one of his two targets when covered by Igbinosun.

 

Texas LT Trevor Goosby vs. Ohio State EDGE Beau Atkinson

Beau Atkinson totaled 3 pressures on the afternoon against the Longhorns. Goosby was credited with two pressures allowed, one of which resulting in a sack from a late-developing stunt.

Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith vs. Texas STAR 

We were introduced officially to Graceson Littleton on the rising crosser route by Jeremiah Smith. Smith was targeted three times when covered by Littleton, two went for receptions, but only 6 total yards were surrendered.

 

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Texas begins three-game stretch in which 'internal focus' is of utmost importance - Howe

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Texas begins three-game stretch in which 'internal focus' is of utmost importance

 

Jeff Howe

By Jeff Howe

  • 4 hours ago
 
 

Steve Sarkisian’s truest words between last Saturday’s 14-7 road loss to Ohio State and the 2025 home opener against San Jose State on Saturday (11 a.m., ABC) came during his weekly press conference on Monday.

Sarkisian was addressing the Spartans, specifically his respect for Ken Niumatalolo as a coach. Aside from the kind words, Sarkisian wrapped up his opening statement by pointing out where the Longhorns' attention should be while building toward the SEC opener, on the road against No. 13 Florida on Oct. 4.

“Good challenge, good opportunity for us, but this week is really about us and what we do, and everybody in the organization being coachable and striving to get better this week,” Sarkisian said. “It's a lot of internal focus for us.”

How Texas gets the job done is more important than running San Jose State (0-1), which dropped a 16-14 decision at home to Central Michigan last Friday, out of Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium like a five-touchdown favorite should do. The team’s three remaining non-conference games are an opportunity to establish an identity, something that’s desperately needed on offense after a largely forgettable afternoon in Columbus.

It's imperative to fix the red zone issues. The Longhorns have scored just three touchdowns in 10 red-zone trips over their last four losses.

Still, execution inside the 20 isn’t the only area where the offense has to find itself before attempting to navigate an SEC schedule.

Texas was 5-for-14 on third down and 1-for-5 on fourth down against the Buckeyes. The Longhorns had a three-and-out in a two-minute situation before the end of the first half and ended a potential game-tying drive (with possession of the ball at their 15-yard line with 2:26 left in regulation) by turning the ball over on downs.

Sarkisian’s club will be left wanting against the more formidable opponents on the schedule if situational football continues to be executed with such ineptitude.

The more snaps Arch Manning logs running Sarkisian’s offense, the better the Longhorns can be. That’s if the two are on the same page, which means Manning has to execute and trust what Sarkisian dials up when playmaking opportunities arise. It's also on Sarkisian to have a better working knowledge of which portions of his call sheet will help Manning succeed situationally, especially how to most effectively start drives (the offense averaged 5.2 yards per play on first down in the loss to Ohio State, but the running game averaged 5.9 yards per attempt, while Manning was 6-for-13 through the air for 58 yards).

The Spartans averaged the third-most pass attempts per game in FBS last season (42.5). Their run-and-shoot style of offense should be conducive to Pete Kwiatkowski’s defense negatively impacting Walker Eget (24-for-43, 308 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in San Jose State’s opener) far more than how often Texas got to Julian Sayin, with the game plan put together by Ryan Day and Brian Hartline minimizing the risks taken by the redshirt freshman.

Even though Pro Football Focus only charged the Longhorns with two missed tackles in the opener, Sarkisian wants to see a more conservative effort from Texas defenders to force turnovers (the 2023 team’s loss to Oklahoma was the last game in which the Longhorn defense failed to record a takeaway before last week’s loss to the Buckeyes).

“I thought we played with really good effort, which didn't put us in a lot of one-on-one tackle situations. We had multiple white hats around the ball to get people on the ground,” Sarkisian said during his pregame Zoom call on Thursday. “That's going to be important in this game because the run-and-shoot creates space, and half of that offense is — get the completion, make the first guy miss in the open field. Owning our leverage, wrapping when we tackle — not just trying to knock people to the ground, but wrapping up — and then the second man coming in, attacking the football, I think, is going to be big as we continue to move forward.”

Although there’s no silver lining to the Ohio State loss, Texas knows exactly where it must improve with four weeks to go until the Longhorns head to the Swamp to tangle with the Gators. While Sarkisian’s club should travel to Gainesville with a 3-1 record in tow, how Texas approaches the next three games will go a long way toward determining how many notches the Longhorns will put in the win column when the level of competition picks back up.

“What do we do on Monday morning to get ourselves prepared for a ball game? What do we do to try to minimize players looking too far down the road and focus on the task at hand, of what's right in front of them?” Sarkisian said Thursday. “It's not so much about what anybody outside the building thinks or doesn't think, it's truly what I believe. I've been doing this long enough to know that human nature is human nature, and we can get caught in that trap, so sometimes you coach them harder. Sometimes you point out the slightest of details that could be off to make sure that the screws are tightened up really tight and that we're ready to play.”

 

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19 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

We learn if a true sophomore is ready to be our #1 option. We learn that it’s possible to break big plays and score quickly. We learn if Arch and Wingo can build a rapport and get in rhythm. 

Tired of everyone acting like these games and results are meaningless. 

Eh... and we learned that Henry Melton was a bruising back, capable of carrying an entire team, based upon his performance against the Ragin Cajuns and Rice. I'm not saying the game doesn't matter at all. I'm just saying there is a limit to what we learn in games like this. Execution of the basics in live action is way more informative than splash plays against overmatched defenses. 

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5 hours ago, BurgleBro said:

Semi related what if we see Caldwell in the 4th 😆 

If Caldwell is the backup, I want him to play at least one quarter. It'd be even better if Owens and/or Lacey got snaps, too, over the next 3 weeks.

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7 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

I’ll say it even if it really doesn’t need to be said, we gotta mudhole this team or we are in trouble

I can't believe that some of you think that there's a chance that Texas fucks this game up. After we just held Ohio State to 14 fucking points in their own stadium. 

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1 minute ago, ztejas said:

I can't believe that some of you think that there's a chance that Texas fucks this game up. After we just held Ohio State to 14 fucking points in their own stadium. 

Anything less than 40 points will be a fuck up in my book.

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8 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Anything less than 40 points will be a fuck up in my book.

I think I'd sleep at night with 38-0.

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1 hour ago, ztejas said:

I can't believe that some of you think that there's a chance that Texas fucks this game up. After we just held Ohio State to 14 fucking points in their own stadium. 

I question your reading comprehension skills…

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10 hours ago, Jimmy Two Times said:

I just don't really think Kirk Bohls asking Sark for an explanation gets us any interesting or new information at this point, which was the point of the original post. 

We shouldn't let Kirk Bohls ask any questions period. Personally, I wouldn't ask Sark for any explanations either, I'd phrase it differently. "We're hearing talk of some special goal line plays being worked on this year, anything tricky in the back pocket we might see Saturday?" 😉

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I'm also expecting a CSU box score, but Waddlington mentioned on his pod that SJSU took 7 deep shots against CMU. So we'll have some opportunities to get after the QB if that holds. (I think it ways 7 of 20+ yards but the 7 number might have included intermediate throws of 10+)

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56 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I guess our SID or whomever is in charge of texaslonghorns.com no longer bothers to post depth charts. 

I made one for last week's game. Haven't tried to make one for this one, but you could do worse. It will have most of the important players even if the depth order may not be perfect. There is also a full roster for those players not on the depth chart.

See attached. Depth chart is in both pdf and jpg formats.

 

Texas Depth Chart vs Ohio State Buckeyes - Game 1_2025.jpg

2025 Texas Football Roster.pdf Texas Depth Chart vs Ohio State Buckeyes - Game 1_2025.pdf

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2 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I guess our SID or whomever is in charge of texaslonghorns.com no longer bothers to post depth charts. 

Lack of depth chart has nothing to do with Bianco or whomever is in charge of texaslonghorns.com

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11 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

Eh... and we learned that Henry Melton was a bruising back, capable of carrying an entire team, based upon his performance against the Ragin Cajuns and Rice. I'm not saying the game doesn't matter at all. I'm just saying there is a limit to what we learn in games like this. Execution of the basics in live action is way more informative than splash plays against overmatched defenses. 

*Shelton

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Just hope this game this ends Sark''s tendency to shut it down in second halves with big leads.  Let the back ups come in and execute the offense.  

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59 minutes ago, GTJ1982 said:

Just hope this game this ends Sark''s tendency to shut it down in second halves with big leads.  Let the back ups come in and execute the offense.  

We ran it up against all 3 G5 opponents we played last year. Covered all 3 spreads easily.

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6 minutes ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

Hey, is there a game today?……here….in Austin?…..

Yeah, we've got uniforms and everything.  It's really great.

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No wisner.. pets heads are falling off 

17 hours ago, ztejas said:

I think I'd sleep at night with 38-0.

That’s not good enough 

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Pass the rock, and don’t stop.  Need Arch to gain confidence even if it’s against a patsy.  You can take him out and get the backup some reps, but don’t be worried about playing nice by not running up the score.  If you get anything out of this crap matchup it needs to be “get well” game

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1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

At least Wisner doesn’t have something crazy like a fractured throat. 

Is this some kind of porn star joke? 

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26 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Goodyear blimp sighting….

 

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blamp

12 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

Wisner in sweats, not playing, so not sure what’s up

injured

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