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- Pick/market: 1st Downs 16 11 3rd down efficiency 5-14 3-12 4th down efficiency 1-5 1-2 Total Yards 336 203 Passing 170 126 Comp/Att 17/30 13/20 Yards per pass 5.7 6.3 Interceptions thrown 1 0 Rushing...

- Pick/market: When you've got two teams with comparable talent levels on the same field, I always look in the margins.

- Pick/market: I don’t disagree that y’all have some hot weather in the summer.

- Game breakdown: Ryan Wingo opened 2026 with 7 catches, 121 yards and a TD.

- Pick/market: There is some precedent for changing a score after the game officially ends.

- Pick/market: Stop the run and the no 2-3 wr’s and smith not beating Texas by himself.

- Pick/market: I have a spreadsheet that relates Sagarin Predictor ratings to predicted point spreads, using a three point adjustment for home and away.

- Pick/market: When you're 2-A and you beat the 3-A defending State Champ 46-44 in a shootout, it has to be good for your confidence.

- Pick/market: They like money.

- Pick/market: A Tuesday edition of @BuckyandBK gets started is on the air from 5-7!

- Pick/market: Pressure Season Is Here | Texas, Ohio State & NFL Returns | The Morning Kickoff | 9-9-26

- Game breakdown: Texas needs to take advantage of every home field advantage it can get in this one.

- Texas freshman running back Derrek Cooper returned to practice after hurting his ankle in the first half of the Texas State opener, with the podcast reporting that he had dressed for the last two practices. - Cooper's actual participation remained light and very limited while the staff tested the ankle in a controlled setting; dressing for practice does not establish that he is ready for a normal workload against Ohio State.

- Injury: He was definitely using effort to make up for experience.

- QB/LB: I agree with your final line.

- Pick/market: Other Heisman tracker also end of 1st.

- QB: has to be something like that but like I said I’m glad he is their qb1

- QB: Texas A&M’s QB Marcel Reed rocking some FIRE cleats for today’s Red, White and Blue game

- Pick/market: Different year, different stadium, different Texas QB, those are what will make this a different game for Texas.

- QB: The article lists two other players that took out mortgages and they aren't making QB money

- QB/LB: PLEASE DO NOT USE THE NAME BRILES to describe our LB Biles.

- QB/LB: Nice piece again, Eck but using last years performances as a comparative measurement doesn't apply here.

- QB/RB: Against TexState IIRC Texas ran plays 36/34, passing and running.

- Pick/market: AUSTIN, Texas – Just over one calendar year has passed since then-No.

- QB/RB: A previous Texas poster has already said their depth goes away when it comes to O line and QB.

- QB: I know is nitpicking but two of the 4 long throws are touchdowns if he puts it 5 yards ahead, both Wingo and Coleman had to slow down and are tackled immediately

- QB: Week 1 Honorable Mention: @LaTechFB QB Blake Baker (Cypress Ranch HS, TX) #HBTD #BarkLouder @Blake_Baker10

- QB: The biggest things said in Texas’ latest player availability 🐂 🔶Cam Coleman’s message to Ohio State 🔶How to stop QB Julian Sayin 🔶A heavyweight matchup Read👉 https:// orangebloods.com/2026/09/07/cam -coleman-sends-a-message-to-ohio-state/ … #Hookem | #Texas

- LB: Not listed in the 2deep at any of the 3 LB spots according to last weeks official depth chart

- Pick/market: 21 year's ago today September 10, 2005 it was #2 #Texas vs #4 #OhioState in #TheHorseShoe at night pic.twitter.com/LOYeeOFpg6 September 10, 2026 21yrs ago today @TexasFootball beat #OhioState 25-22 in their first ever meeting!

- Intel: TX has a depth chart as well.

- Texas coach Steve Sarkisian expects to use all four tight ends against Ohio State, as in the opener, and highlighted Spencer Shannon's improved receiving, comfort with adjustments, and value in run blocking and pass protection rather than announcing a new starter. - Texas' early tight-end receptions against Texas State were primarily responses to defensive coverage, not a deliberate target quota, Sarkisian said; he sees those players as outlets and potential explosive targets when coverage attention goes to the other skill-position weapons. - Texas' staff sees Arch Manning recovering more quickly from negative plays, citing his third-quarter response to the opener's late first-half interception; Sarkisian emphasized better understanding how to refocus Manning rather than promising a larger playbook for Ohio State. - Texas is not treating Ohio State's Ball State opener as a complete guide to the coming game: Sarkisian expects different looks from Matt Patricia and Arthur Smith, is drawing on their older film, and wants a plan adaptable to multiple fronts and coverages with in-game adjustments. - Texas defensive end Zina Umeozulu has developed into a more technically sound, assignment-aware player who can handle multiple spots, according to Sarkisian, who endorsed the current edge rotation without announcing a snap-count or starting-role change.

- Coaching: Ryan Day said defensive end Qua Russaw has had a “full week” of practice leading up to the Texas game.

- Coaching: Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian opened his weekly press conference by thanking the fans for their support in that heat

- Steve Sarkisian said Texas lost favorable run-blocking angles against defensive slants and stunts in its opener and needs better block finishing to sustain offensive balance against Ohio State. - Sarkisian said Texas running backs were too hesitant on some opening-game carries, identifying more decisive rushing as a separate correction needed before Ohio State. - Sarkisian expects Texas to continue rotating at left guard during the early season and welcomed Andre Cojoe's opening-game repetitions rather than declaring the position settled.

- OL: Can’t be for sure but on the convention center project today oh bout 2 PM, there were 3 fighters flying in formation heading southwest that flew right over DKR before that.

- OL: that's why I think it's probably has to do more with Sark and his scheme and what he looks for in OL than it is a Flood issue .

- LB: was slanting away from the back alignment to the strength in pistol.

- RB: Texas true freshman running back Derrek Cooper is dressed during pregame warmups.

- OL: Ol’ Rece got into Day’s just for men and threw it in his hair and on his eyebrows!

- Texas' 2026 Texas State opener produced rushing gains of 11, 11, 13, 21 and 45 yards but also 10 carries for no gain or a loss. That split adds a concrete consistency concern to the previously reported run-blocking corrections: explosive gains were available, but frequent stuffed runs threatened the down-and-distance balance needed against Ohio State. - Steve Sarkisian emphasized run-pass balance during his Monday preparation for the 2026 Ohio State game, warning that becoming one-dimensional makes Texas easier to defend. He cited the 2025 meeting's 166 rushing yards on 37 attempts as evidence Texas could run effectively even in that loss; the historical example supports his stated approach, not a promised carry split or forecast for Saturday.

- OL: Color me not surprised that Texas enters the season with uncertainties on the offensive line.

- Offense: Just waiting for the first lawsuit to fly to lift the practice time limits, becuase these "kids" are now full time salaried employees.

- OL: He was the bell cow of one of the greatest OL that Texas has ever suited up.

- OL: They got big women everywhere in Texas have you not heard everything is bigger in Texas.

- OL: Ojio State plans on probing our offensive line can’t run block, and our linebackers can’t stop the run.

- RB: Wisner’s decision To leave and FSU’s decision to invest a high dollar NIL amount for a RB (allegedly) looks terrible right now for both sides.

- OL: I was glad to see those ‘ol boys down in Corpus a few years ago.

- OL/LB: Last year, the offensive line the Texas Longhorns put on the field was simply unacceptable for a team with championship aspirations.

- Offense: Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian said offensive lineman Cole Hutson has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA.

- OL/LB: Dylan Sikorski and Laurence Seymore will continue to rotate at left guard for No.

- KICKER: #4 overall ranking for Texas with the #5 offense, #8 defense and #31 special teams.

- Arch Manning threw for 305 yards on fewer than 30 attempts in Texas' opener, an encouraging efficiency signal against an overmatched Texas State defense that still needs validation against Ohio State. - Ryan Wingo led Texas with seven catches for 121 yards and a touchdown, while Cam Coleman added three catches for 70 yards and two scores, giving Manning two productive receiving options in the opener. - The report credited Texas' offensive line with substantially better pass protection than it often supplied last season, while identifying Ohio State as the more revealing test of whether that improvement will hold.

- LB: We gone find out if them chunk plays by Texas st were just because you were just trying to make it thru the scrimmage or if yall need to clean up a ...

- DB: #Hookem CB commitment Montre Jackson feels great about his decision, is looking forward to being in Austin for the #Longhorns' big game against Ohio State.

- DB: That's the nature of the defense.

- DL/LB: I’m just going to say Defensive line will wreck Havoc.Simmons 2.5 sacks Corners will get a INT for a pick 6 and Arch will light it up and drop a hundi on the ground.

- DL: I've emerged from the basement with both Deep Dig columns this week on @orangebloods_ and I'm here to tell you that the Texas defensive line looks to be deeper than we thought.

- Defense: Just 5 Days Left!

- Intel: Back in February, I thought this line would be Texas -3 or higher by kickoff.

- LB: @Dan_Hope has shared that the current temperature in Austin, Texas is 95 degrees.

- LB: Texas football and Ohio State will meet Saturday and the Longhorns are looking for revenge in this top-five matchup.

- Intel: “We are not talking about lawsuits, TROs or injunctions, we are talking about a hell of a football game between two great teams tonight.” -Steve Sarkisian on the college gameday set this morning #HookEm

- Intel: Nick Saban says college football has to come up with a metric to measure the quality of wins and losses.

- Intel: Fun fact: If you Google "college football blue bloods", my Tableau viz is part of the AI overview

- Intel: At last night’s event for @Rasheembiles Dr3am Foundation, Texas GM Brandon Harris spoke about Rasheem the player and the person.

- Intel: Here are a couple college football questions I've run through Claude lately.

- Intel: Approximately 331 million Americans alive today (96.6% of the U.S.

- Intel: College football insider: NFL scouts on Arch Manning-Julian Sayin, retread coaching market & more NFL scouts break down Arch Manning vs.

- Intel: This is my birthday edition, so if you don't ask a question I'll assume it's because you don't like me.

- Intel: Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian's response when asked how he determines what he saw on film from Ohio State in Week 1 is a decoy versus the need to make in-game adjustments this week...

- Intel: To tie the series record in football between Texas and Texas A&M, the Aggies would have to win every single year for the next 41 years straight.

- Intel: Hollywood Smothers introduced himself to Texas fans in a big way, and now the spotlight gets even brighter.

- Intel: I become it was a poster that made the post but I saw that as well, shocked he didn’t play a snap after leaving for greener pastures

- Intel: Limited this to players who started a game last year and one exception for Bo Barnes, who was clearly coveted by Texas prior to his transfer to Kentucky.

- Intel: Football - POSTGAME THREAD: Texas 59, Texas State 7 (Article attached) - Forums Texas...

- Intel: 10 points on the Horns over tOSU otherwise you're basically a CORPS member

- Intel: Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian said they know what kind of challenge they have this week.

- Intel: Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian said he doesn't see a common denominator between his two losses to Ohio State.

- In reviewing the Texas State opener, Cover 3 questioned Texas' interior offensive-line performance and said the Longhorns did not dominate up front against that Sun Belt defensive front. - The hosts said Texas generated 11 explosive plays but had negative EPA on its remaining plays, suggesting the opener's big gains masked inconsistent down-to-down production entering the Ohio State matchup.