Official Texas Longhorns Football Thread - page 81

OU lost one of their great RB’s earlier this week. Too early for these dudes. Benson is in Oklahoma lore too. Without him, AD goes to Texsa.

RIP to Ced he was a beast.

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Bruh, do you ever take a day off....fu#k

Saddened by the death of Ced Benson this morning, absolutely one of the best to wear the burnt orange

I’m legit saddened. But ya moments like this that let me know ima a real a$s longhorn. Like literally I was just in Austin fu#king around drunk 3 in the morning driving around on scooters and sh1t that could have been me. Those Mack brown team were formative as fu#k for us fans. And to go out like that. Man. I’m taking shots for 32 at the LSU game. I was contemplating not going but fu#k it. Rip man

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Texsa’s RB’s are so hurt they moved their 3rd string QB to rB.

Texas finishes the season unranked. Let’s be honest: Texas was not as good as its 10–4 record last season. Just three of those wins were by margins of more than seven points. The Longhorns’ defense allowed more yards per play (5.6) than the Longhorns’ offense gained (5.5). But in this case, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. The same team that lost to Maryland in its season opener followed by beating lowly Tulsa at home by seven points ended up with a big statement win over Georgia.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the offseason hype created from that Sugar Bowl victory. But don’t be fooled by the preseason top-10 ranking, this is a team that isn’t as good as it’s being propped up to be. Texas has to undergo a complete rebuild job on the defensive side of the ball, as it has to replace its entire front seven and both of its starting cornerbacks. The Longhorns also will be breaking in three new starters along the offensive line and Sam Ehlinger lost his top target in Lil’Jordan Humphrey.

Speaking of Ehlinger, his big weakness is an inability to stretch the field with his arm. Texas was one of two schools that didn’t have a 50-yard gain on offense last season, and the Longhorns had just six 40-yard-plus gains (tied for 124th) despite playing in 14 games. That’s tough to accomplish given the Longhorns had the dynamic duo of Humphrey and 6’6” behemoth Collin Johnson at wideout. He’s an effective runner, but that also opens himself up to getting hit, and Texas can ill-afford to lose him via injury. In 2018, Shane Buechele came off the bench in relief when Ehlinger got hurt, but Buechele transferred to SMU in the offseason. Now Ehlinger’s backup is redshirt freshman Casey Thompson.

The Longhorns have a tough road schedule this season, including games at TCU, Iowa State and Baylor, all of whom have win totals of at least 7.5 at Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Add in the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma and an incredibly tricky Week 2 home game against LSU, and that is a schedule that could easily result in four losses. And that’s what I think will happen.

@Slavoj Zizek

Tonight we eat fellas

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Yes

Next week we opps tho fam

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Texas & LSU fan?

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Already

Gotta ride lsu personal ties

Grew up in texas

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Texas at the RB position limps into playing LSU. Still unimpressed with Ehlinger's deep ball. We'll see what he does vs LSU.

At least we lost early to a potential playoff team....played good enough to get the win, but just didn't get it done...We've got to run the ball better...I don't like Ehlinger having to throw what felt like 50+ times a game...doubt we face a defense tougher than LSU all season and we gave them 38 so we should be alright.

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Yeah man we gonna be alright, shot ourself in the foot too many times. But hey Jatavion just committed. Defensive End 2021 class top 50 player

Man what a game...
It was so fu#kn hot out dere...


Geaux tigers...

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Let OU give up over 500 to Burrow and Texsa fans would be like “your defense is garbage. You guys aren’t going to be alright.” I’m just saying.
, tell me if I'm wrong here.

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They gave up more to us and they’re suppose to be DBU and a vaunted defense. They gave up 575

Ian Boyd knows what he’s talking about 95% of the time

I’m so confused. Is Ian Boyd the “minister” dude? I mean, after last year and against LSU I’m like

Yeah he’s the minister guy, idk why he changed his name to that. He writes for insidetexas. He breaks down film and analysis and doesn’t sugarcoat sh1t. The games last year on defense that we lost and last Saturday are inexcusable

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Thanks for repping Oklahoma.

Darius Terrell thinks Caden Sterns has been invisible this year and he’s overrated. Said the secondary is trash right now. He thinks the D-Line is average at best.