
Rod Babers, CJ Vogel, and Bob Shipley react to the latest from SEC Media Days, including Oklahoma’s surprising confidence in its offensive line and what that could mean for the Red River matchup. The crew discusses Brent Venables’ claim that the Sooners have nine offensive linemen they can win with, John Mateer’s role, Oklahoma’s need for a real run game, and why Texas fans took notice of the Sooners’ “just another game” comments about the rivalry. The show also dives into major Texas storylines, including Steve Sarkisian’s need to fix the red zone offense, whether the Longhorns can become more physical up front, and how Will Muschamp could help change the tone of the team. Plus, Stevie Lee joins the conversation to talk line-of-scrimmage concerns, Cole Hutson’s potential return, Michael Terry’s development at running back, and why Texas’ championship hopes may come down to finishing drives and winning in the trenches.
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Rye Babers
Hey, what's up folks? Welcome back to On Texas Football. I'm Lifetime Longhorn Rye Babers. Pleased to be joined by another Lifetime Longhorn, my man CJ Vogel, who's there at SEC media days. Boots on the ground, which we'll talk a lot about today. Also, we got our own coach from a high school football coach, Coach Bob Shipley, but also was on staff University of Texas for multiple head football coaches. You can catch his work these days@shipley ranches.com See represented right there. Boom.
Coach Bob Shipley
Yeah.
Rye Babers
Coach.
CJ Vogel
What's going on?
Rye Babers
Coach, how you doing?
Coach Bob Shipley
All good, man, all good. Go down to coaching school. See some good buddies, guys. All good. Yeah.
Rye Babers
Oh yeah. We got to get coaches. I didn't know you was down at coaching school, Coach. We got to get your thoughts in about that because we had some guys down there too. Jeff Howe was down there. My man Jordan Scruggs made it down there too. So the OTF was well represented as they are at SEC media day. Shout out to our friends over at Bond Lane. Prize picks, Hard Grove Roofing, also Zen AI. We'll tell you more about all of our sponsors coming up A little bit later on we'll start talking about the teams who were Represented at SEC media days today. We'll get into Oklahoma first, but whatever you guys want to talk about, throw it out there. Questions, comments, we'll try to address as many of them as we can. Super chats always jump to the front of the line. You can interrupt the show anytime. Just throw out a super chat. All right, C.J. you were there. Oh, happy belated birthday to Jackson. It was a few days ago. I didn't know that, coach.
Coach Bob Shipley
Yeah, July. July 17th.
CJ Vogel
Okay.
Rye Babers
How did. How old did he turn, if you don't mind me asking?
Coach Bob Shipley
Let's see. He was born in 1992, so that would make him.
Rye Babers
30, 36. 34.
Coach Bob Shipley
Okay, 34.
Rye Babers
34. All right. Nice. All right. I like it. Yeah, there you go. I'm getting old, man. That's crazy. That makes that means I'm getting old, too.
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Rye Babers
All right, well, happy belated birthday to Jackson. All right, C.J. you were there. SEC media days today. Got a chance to put out a lot of great nuggets, by the way. Go to ointment football.com and you can get caught up with everything. All the goings on from SEC media days with the OTF team. C.J. was there, though, and C.J. i want to start talking about Oklahoma first. What was the kind of the nugget that stood out to you? Gathering intel, if you will, on Oklahoma? A couple of things I want to ask you about. What stood out to you first and foremost?
CJ Vogel
Well, first off, Marco, I completely agree. I wish I was out with. On a yacht with Jerry. We'd be having a heck of a time. But we are at. What is it? Casa. OTF is what we're calling it down here in Tampa. We're having a good time. So glad to be bringing you everything that we can from. From SEC media days. Oklahoma went first today. It was Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri. I'm not sure if that's the most exc. Group of four SEC schools, but that was who we started with today at. At media days. The thing that really stood out to me was Venables talking about his offensive line, saying he felt like there were nine offensive linemen that he felt Oklahoma could play winning football with. And, you know, you hear about it all the time. You'd like to be in that 7, 8 range in case you, you know, go down with injury or things just don't work out with the original starting five like what we saw a year ago. But nine is a lot, right? Especially considering what we saw a year ago with Oklahoma, where that offensive line was not Very good. They're bottom five. And a lot of rushing metrics. 29 sacks allowed, ranked 88th in the country, which 29th is actually much improved from a year ago when they allowed. Or two years ago when they allowed 50. So the offensive line for two years has not been great. So to hear that, that's kind of the strength or at least something that they feel comfortable with at the moment. That, to me, was one of those kind of alarm bells that you hear throughout the offseason. Oh, okay. If. If that's a way that they feel good about their football team, I might need to reassess strengths, weaknesses, what to project them as. But, I mean, they're just like Texas, just like lsu, just like Alabama. If you give them a run game and take the pressure off of the quarterback from needing to put on the cape every single down and play, I think that that could go a long way for them.
Rye Babers
Well, also, coach the complimentary football element, right? You give them a run game with a Venables defense, too. You can control the game. That would give Oklahoma the ability to control the game in most of the games they play. Maybe not that one. They gotta play Georgia early on, but in most of the games they play, that would give them the ability to control the game. That's a dangerous combination. I did not. I'm with tj. That's something I didn't expect. I expected him to be able to make plays because John Mattier can make plays. He can put on the cape at times. As CJ Said, he can play hero ball, but that was part of the problem last year. Too much hero ball for him. You can give him a run game, then allow, you know, John Mattier to have to just make plays in critical moments rather than having to put the offense on his shoulders and be the identity of the run game. Yeah, I'll admit that's a scary proposition.
Coach Bob Shipley
Yeah, I got. I got a couple thoughts on that. First of all, if his assessment is accurate, then Oklahoma is going to be much better than I thought they were going to be.
CJ Vogel
I agree.
Coach Bob Shipley
And second, secondly, the second thing is, on the other side, what are you expecting to say? What, What? I mean, what did our coaches say last year at this time about our offensive line? They didn't say we suck. I mean, you can't say that as a head coach. You know, you. You're hoping for the best. But that was one of the most surprising things that I, That I read about today, was that assessment. And not just like seven, but as you said, nine.
CJ Vogel
Nine. So Coach, I was going to ask you that because I'm with you. You know, it's SEC media days. You're the head coach of a program. You're there to, you know, pump some sunshine into what you've done all off season, get your fans excited, make a headline or two, you know, stir the pot. But you know, you could have just said, hey, we feel good, right? We feel improved from a year ago, to be that specific. I think that's when I kind of. Hank was sitting to my right and I kind of looked at him, I was like, you heard that too, right? Like nine, nine, nine's a different level. Right. So I don't know what we would have classified Texas as a year ago when it came to the too deep. I think, you know, you look at it and you're like, oh, Daniel Cruz, Nick Kibble, like you feel pretty good about what these guys could do. But ultimately we were wrong. Right? Texas was five deep and five deep only, basically. So that's interesting, especially now that you're not having to start true freshmen on the offensive line for Oklahoma. So again, I won't go too much further into it, but to hear that from Venables and to know that, okay, if they are improved in that run game with older players now in the trenches, that's something I think should at least be circled and say, okay, we'll come back to this down the road.
Rye Babers
No, I'm with you because I'm with. I'm trying to think the last time we would have even said Texas was nine deep on an O line like when, when I mean, I was just. That's so for him to say that. Is he saying that he has nine starting caliber offensive linemen that he believes can start? Is that basically he said winning.
Coach Bob Shipley
He can win with.
Rye Babers
They have winning.
CJ Vogel
Yeah.
Coach Bob Shipley
So define winning.
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Coach Bob Shipley
You know, winning 75, 6. I mean, you know what is winning
CJ Vogel
a little 9, 6 game. Yeah, you got a good kicker. Just get to the 40, right?
Rye Babers
Yeah. Maybe it is somebody says 20. I don't know. 2005. 06 is what Sandman said. Maybe. Yeah. Maybe around that time you got during Texas's heyday, like the. The prime of max run, the apex, the zenith of it. Yeah, maybe you were. Because I gotta go find how many guys they put in the league during that time. But you probably got to the point where you believed you probably had 7, 8, 9 starting caliber offensive linemen. But it's been a while. But I would say these days it's tougher to do that. That's the whole point is the con. Remember the. The conversation just also even Sark talked about it that nobody can kind of. Everybody's having offensive line issues with their O line. Right. With the modern age of college football, because you can't really stockpile a ton of talent. You're going to develop old linemen. Those guys want to leave. They're not playing. And you're trying to develop them and you know, through their. Through your forum system, they don't want to stay around for the forms and they're trying to get paid. They're trying to play. And so it's kind of. It's thrown all the old line development out of whack in college football. And there's been multiple complaints about it from. From coaches. And for him to say that in this era of college football, that is quite impressive. And considering the unique approach to talent acquisition that Jim Nagy and. And Right. And that Venables have adopted, we. They've basically gone the value system.
CJ Vogel
Yep. That moneyballed it.
Rye Babers
Yeah, they've Moneyballed it. So to say that in the Moneyball era is also. It's wild, man. That's a wild. Now.
CJ Vogel
Now the thing I will add and Katy 35, I am the best mentions it. Who are the running backs? Right. That's great. You know, to have an offensive line that like could be deep, to feel like could be an impactful unit on the field. But you also need some running backs. You also need a running game. And that's something that. With Oklahoma, I'm not sold on the running back position by itself. Right. You know, there's some talent there, but I think they returned basically everybody from a year ago without DeMarco Murray, their position coach. So maybe that's the change because that unit last year, and I know the offensive line was young, it was inexperienced, they couldn't really get a push a whole lot of. But that offensive line or that running game a year ago was not good in that unit. Just as Texas saw A year ago, when you don't have the horses in the stable, it doesn't matter what the race is, you're not going to win. And that's the difference this year is Texas thinks that they do have horses in the stable that can go the distance. And with Oklahoma not having made that change through the portal, I don't know if I sit here and say the running game, even with an improved offensive line, is going to be super threatening because of the lack of game changers at the running back position.
Rye Babers
No, that's good. It's a good conversation. Also believe. And I think, C.J. you had this note, too. I'm not sure what the Oklahoma player was. Oh, Taylor. Taylor. Taylor 1. Taylor win.
CJ Vogel
Yeah. Taylor 1.
Rye Babers
Taylor 1. The. The Edge defender from Oklahoma. Apparently some Longhorn fans are upset with his comments that Texas OU is basically. I don't want to misquote the man, but I'll paraphrase. It's basically kind of just any. They're going to treat it like they treat every other game. Yeah, that's basically what he said. And some longboard fans took offense to this. Coach, you're a coach. What's your thoughts about it? Because that's. That seems to me that's coming from Venables.
Coach Bob Shipley
You better not approach it like it's ever any other game. Rod, you're the only one of us three that played there.
Rye Babers
I mean, you.
Coach Bob Shipley
You can't. Can you approach it like it's just another game?
Rye Babers
No, I don't think so. I don't. No. Yeah.
Coach Bob Shipley
I mean, I've been on the sidelines for four or five of those games, you know, and was in the press box in one game. But it ain't. It ain't like any other game. There's like no other game.
Rye Babers
Exactly.
CJ Vogel
But, Rod, do you admit that in the locker room, it's like, this is like, this is what we've been waiting for. This is kind of like, you know, we. We've had this circled.
Rye Babers
We had to because Oklahoma won the national title in 2000. So in addition to being a rival, they were also, at times the standard of college football. They had become quickly the standard. So that was for us, it was, hey, that's it. Your rival is the best team in college football. You gotta do something about it. So for us, it was circled and talked about, discussed, and, you know, we couldn't beat em at the time. Yeah, it was talked about and discussed. So I. It's. So Texas isn't the standard right now in college football. You know, that's that Georgia and Ohio State winning and now Indiana winning national titles. But the hope is that this year they will be. But for Oklahoma, it's weird that they would have that mentality when they've been on the losing side of that more oftentimes than not. In the Stark era, you would think it'd been circle for them, but maybe that's just Life. In the SEC, we were in a different. In the Big 12. In the Big 12, you only had two big dogs. For the most part. Yes, K State come in every now and then. And later on, it changed after Texas as Matt kind of lost his grip on, you know, the dominance of the, of the Big 12. But it's. I think ultimately, if it was. If that was me, I would have it circled
CJ Vogel
that that's exactly where I was going to go with it. Rod is, you know, I think it's fine to have the approach of, hey, it's just another game. I don't. I don't really take offense to that. But at the same time, it, you know that that is what every fan and either fan base has circled. Right. That early weekend in October, you meet in Dallas to play Texas, you meet in Dallas to meet to play Oklahoma. If you're Oklahoma, you have to sit there and say, hey, we haven't scored a touchdown in three out of the last four Red River Shootouts. Right. This game has to mean something for us. We made the playoff a year ago. Texas did not. But at some point, that game still has to mean something. It can't just be another one. So we do have the clip. Matthew, if you don't mind bringing that up, this is Taylor Wine talking about it this, this afternoon.
Rye Babers
I know you guys play a lot of great opponents, but what's kind of the sense of urgency to finally get
CJ Vogel
a win over Texas? It's not a sense of urgency. They're just one of the games that
Rye Babers
we play this week.
CJ Vogel
They're no different than any other opponent.
Rye Babers
They are very, very talented. They are very, very well coached.
CJ Vogel
That's what we look forward to.
Rye Babers
It was respectful.
CJ Vogel
It was respectful. But at the same time, it's like, show me something that you care. Show me something that that game still matters to you in your locker room. Because what we've seen on the field over the last three out of the last four years, it's not been competitive. That's got to mean something to you. If you get your teeth kicked in like that, I'd like to see that it mattered.
Rye Babers
Yeah, that was like, I said it feels like the other guys in the locker room got to be saying it or that's got to be coming from the coaches. To feel that way about that game when you've got. And I've gotten my butt kicked in that game, by the way, so I'm not speaking of someone who hasn't experienced it. Oh, I've been on the Old Testament, old biblical style butt whipping side of that Texas OU game and he asked too, and I wonder, man, that I would treat it differently if I was him. And yeah. So that's interesting. Okay, before we get to some questions, we got some questions and we got some other nuggets to get to from SEC media days. Let's thank a couple of our sponsors really quickly. Let's thank our friends over at Prize Picks. Let's thank our friends at Prize Picks. We appreciate them and all of their support. And folks, if you're not picking with Prize Picks, I'm telling you, you're doing yourself a disservice. It is one of the best ways to, to improve your sports viewing experience. All right. It's just going to make it that much better. That's what I love about prospects. And you'll love it too. The summer sports calendar is loaded, it's packed. The World cup just wrapped up. It's still got baseball rolling, wnba. It's an action. Whatever you're into Prize picks gives you a lot of options, right? And it's really, really easy. You're picking more or less on player stats, player projections, and it's simple, it doesn't take a lot of time and it's really, really fun. You build your light up, submit it and then you're locked in. Right now it's available all 50 states, which is really cool, including the great state of Texas. You can download the app, use the code HMA play $5 and they'll give you $50 in lineups instantly. That's the code. HMA 5 gets you 50. And as always, play smart, play responsibly. Play with our friends over at Prize Picks. While we thank your sponsors, let's thank our friends at Von Lane as well. If you are traveling for any reason for business, to go visit family, friends, think about our friends over at Von Lane. A lot of you are traveling coming up for the season, traveling to Austin for those home games from Houston and from Dallas. And you don't want to worry about all the traffic and worry about parking. Think about Vaughn Lane, folks. I've taken it several times myself, to Houston, to Dallas, to Fort Worth. I love it. I'm a big fan of it. And you will be as well as first class travel experience on the ground. You board in minutes at a private hotel terminal. You have complimentary WI fi which has been upgraded with Starlink Internet. Also you have hotel, I mean snacks, beverages, hot towel service service on every trip. They even have complimentary meals on certain departures as well. Right now Von Lane is serving Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Plano, the Woodlands as well Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta and Knoxville. If you're traveling with the team, you can charter your own Von Lane coach and design the trip and pick up the drop off. That's vonlane.com v o n l a n e.com and if it's your first time riding, enter OTF26 at checkout to receive $20 off your first ride with Von Lane. That's Von Lane, your private jet on wheels. All right, thank you very much to our friends over at Von Lane. All right, let's get back to it. Oh, we got a super chat from Brandon. Thank you, Brandon. OTF family one. Appreciate you. It says, wow, Rod, I ain't old yet. I was born in 1992. I'm 34 come November, man, that makes me just feel old.
Stevie Lee
Yeah.
Rye Babers
Because that's all it does. But I appreciate the super chat. But yeah, it just making me feel old, man. No doubt about it. But I'm telling you, next Wednesday birthday. Brandon, let me know, man, let me know. All right, November. What? Might do something special for you. Appreciate that. All right, let's get, get back to some of the nuggets from SEC media days. I thought the Eli Drinkowitz stuff was pretty interesting because I'm a little concerned about, I want to know about that Ahmad Hardy timeline. He did say that he's been cleared, correct CJ to play. I mean so it's a practice I should say.
CJ Vogel
Yes. Cleared to get back into the, to the work. He said in five to eight weeks is kind of the timeline to get pads on and get rolling. So look, he might not be fully ready for the beginning of the season, but right now he is participating in practice. He's essentially a full go until pads come on and start hitting.
Rye Babers
Yeah. Okay, that's good. So he met he's going to play this season then it sounds like that he's going to play a couple of games. Well at some point. That's why the timeline may work out where he's playing for the Texas game. That's why it matters to me because that game is a Little bit later on.
CJ Vogel
Later November.
Rye Babers
Yeah. And I feel like if you're gonna, you know, put up a timeline and try to, you know, have a goal to come back, that might be the one. So just to keep an eye out for that for Longhorn fans, a lot of folks out there want to know about John Mateer. Did you. Did you ask a gentleman to your question? Did you ask John Mateer a question?
CJ Vogel
I did. I did ask him a question. It was about the offensive line. I wanted to build off of what Venable said. I asked him about Ryan Fogy, who's expected to be the true sophomore right guard, and Michael Faziosi, who obviously had a stellar freshman campaign. He had a funny answer. It was probably taken out of context a little bit, but no. Nothing.
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CJ Vogel
I don't know, man. I just got. We need him to graduate. We need him to move on. I need that. I need this personally, selfishly. I need him gone.
Rye Babers
Yeah, no, I get you people took it for a ticket. They took it and ran with it. Cj, you. You were just. You were just a big fan of him as a player, and they took it and ran with it. But I get it. It's cool now. Yeah. You ain't gonna be able to live it out. You. Depending on how the game goes this season, all that, and who you pick in that game. I mean, I assume you're picking Texas, but, man, if you pick. If you pick Oklahoma in that game, cj, you'll. You'll never live it down.
CJ Vogel
Oh, I'm nothing. I can't. I can't.
Rye Babers
You can't do it. Yeah, they can't do it. You can't ever do it. Yeah. All right. Thank you for that. Oh, I also. I see.
CJ Vogel
Hey, we got Stevie Lee in the house.
Rye Babers
My man Stevie Lee's here. Oh, oh. Bring on the man. Stevie Lee, then. I just saw. There you go. Yeah, I need to wait no more. What's going on, Stevie? How you doing, brother?
CJ Vogel
Good to hear from.
Stevie Lee
What's happening, guys? What's up?
CJ Vogel
What's up, Stevie?
Rye Babers
Nothing much, man. CJ's at SEC Media days, brother.
Stevie Lee
I see that. That.
CJ Vogel
Fighting off mosquitoes left and right.
Rye Babers
A month.
Stevie Lee
Well, how is it down in Tampa, man? How's the weather?
CJ Vogel
Hey, it was raining a little bit today, but it feels good. It feels good. So I'm enjoying not the 110 degrees right now.
Stevie Lee
I get it, man. Sorry. My dog's going crazy right now.
Coach Bob Shipley
I say who let the dogs out?
Stevie Lee
Yeah, well, it's 101 here today, man. So you escape 100 to go to 100, so we'll take it.
CJ Vogel
Looks like there's a breeze. Oh, I got to see boats today. That's cool.
Rye Babers
Have you been to Tampa before, cj?
CJ Vogel
As long as keep me away from Orlando. That place stinks.
Rye Babers
What you got against Orlando?
CJ Vogel
Oh, everything. The list is too long. The list is too long.
Rye Babers
Okay. Why would he want to know something that tells me it starts with a woman or somehow? So I'm not gonna go there with you, but I. I lived in Tampa for a little while because I played for the Bucks for a little while. Tampa's known for. For one thing. Really? In NFL circles, it's known for it. I want to get into it. I want to keep. I want to keep the show at a. To be.
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Rye Babers
Keep it classy here. But just throwing it out there. I think Stevie knows what I'm talking about. You see the smile, coaches? I think coach is probably like, oh, I think he's got a lot of them. And apparently, like, it's. Yeah, it's like, just. I think it's the. The number of them that is, like, unique, apparently. That's what I've been told.
Coach Bob Shipley
Hebs out there.
Rye Babers
Oh, but okay. Yeah, they got him. Yeah, there you go. That's.
Coach Bob Shipley
That's a good.
Rye Babers
There you go, coach. Everybody wishes they had them Hebs. Okay, let me ask you this, Stevie, since we got you, what would you. What would you ask Sark at SEC meeting days? What do you want to. What could it possibly be? Exactly? What. What would you ask if you got a chance to ask himself?
Stevie Lee
Well, I actually saw that. Is it Brent Venables talk about that? This. This is a. This is a line of scrimmage league, right? I. I would love to ask Axark about that, about his line of scrimmage, because I remember I told y' all that's that's going to be the. The stickler for our team this year on the offense and defense. That's. I feel really good about the receivers. I feel really good about the quarterback, the running back, linebackers, and DBs. I have pause with the interior defensive line, and I have paused with a little bit of the offensive line. And this is a line of scrimmage league. I mean, I gotta agree with him. I don't. I Don't like agreeing with Sooners, but that, that's just one part I gotta agree with is that. So I want to ask, I would ask Sark about how did they sure up their line in the off season from what we've seen over the spring and over this summer. What, what, what do they feel they can do in the sec? Controlling the line of scrimmage. Because we're going to need that sticking
CJ Vogel
on that, Stevie, because I completely agree for Texas. Defensively you need to be able to stop the run. Offensively you need to get that one yard right. You can look at it basically every single year there's been a big moment, a big game where Texas has needed 1 yard or needed a first down or needed something with push and physicality that they just couldn't get. Over the weekend, Bobby Burton and our team here broke the news that Cole Hudson was filing an age based eligibility lawsuit for a potential return to Texas. Right. He had declared for the NFL draft. He went undrafted. He spent what, maybe a cup of coffee with the Browns, maybe the cow. I mean like he was in the league, he was done with college, but now he's potentially back if he is deemed eligible for this 20, 26 season. Stevie, does that change your outlook on what that might mean for this starting five unit with Hudson potentially back in it?
Stevie Lee
Yes, it does. If it's any other school, I don't know how I feel about it, but it's the University of Texas. So I want him to come back. I don't know.
Kyle Martino
But,
Stevie Lee
but you know, it, it will change things. I think that he can make a, make a difference on the offensive line. And, and you know, that's, that's a, that's a little tough subject to me because you know, when you declare, you declare for me. That's just gonna be honest out there. It's just, yeah, you declare, you declare and that, that's the, the risk you run. And now if he gets, you know, approved to come back, then everybody's gonna declare and then say, never mind, you know what I mean?
Rye Babers
Right.
Stevie Lee
So that's hard for me. But this is the University of Texas and we do, you know, I like, you know, some of the things that we do.
Rye Babers
So.
Stevie Lee
The other thing though I was going to say about Sark is what we could ask and CJ you can ask is I think that his, his biggest question mark for him and his, his game is have we worked on plays beyond or the 20 yard line in red zone. We gotta punch this thing in the, in the red zone. Guys, come on. So like what, what do you see differently? What do you see doing differently to get the ball into the red zones once you pass that 20 yard line? And that might be a tough question to ask him in front of everybody, cj, he might cuss you out. But Stevie asked that question he wanted me to ask you is what are your playing plans for playing beyond the 20 yard line?
CJ Vogel
Look, I don't need to start cussing me out until November at least, right? So I, I'm with you though because you know, Rod, you've said it for years. When you get to that 5, 10 yard line and you're in the red area for early on in the tenure, just hand the ball to Bijan Robinson right handed to Roshan. They'll figure it out for you this year, I hope. And coach, correct me if I'm wrong here, but you have some talent, you have some height at wide receiver. We saw it with Adnai Mitchell towards the back end of that season in 2023. Maybe it's just as simple as hey Cam Coleman, go be better than that corner next to you, right? So I hope that's part of it. Coach Ron, I'd love to get your thoughts because Stevie, I think you're dead on. You know, the red zone needs to be really good this year for Texas regardless of how they get it done to be effective.
Coach Bob Shipley
Well, first of all, I'd like to say he, he obviously knows that and if you ask him that question, we can, we can all agree that you're going to get a cookie cutter coach talk answer. You know, we've got to be better at executing, got to be better at coming off the ball, you know, got to find yards, you know, whatever.
CJ Vogel
And that starts with me.
Coach Bob Shipley
Same old, same old stuff, you know, it's, you're not going to get a straight answer out of that. Like most hard questions, that it's the elephant in the room, everybody knows it. But you know, we don't really want to talk about it too much. He's very aware of that situation, very obviously aware of it. And he's not going to give you his secret for this season, what that plan is other than coach talk.
Rye Babers
It is really interesting though because he had it at Alabama, right? He was elite they had in 2020. I mean they were eighth in red zone scoring percentage. I think they were fifth in touchdown precision red zone this last year there at bam. He comes to Texas and then, yeah, you got Dijon and Rojo. So yeah, of course you're going to be elite in the red zone. Nobody can stop those guys. And they got that violent twitch that you, both of those guys had that. And then he hasn't been back to an elite red zone offense, top 10 red zone offense since then. And you've been 90th, 101st, 61st, it's really. And then third down is very similar. You, you had an elite third down offense at Bama. You were top five in 2019, top five in 2020. And you haven't even been top 30 since 2021. And you've been 73rd, I think 70, 42nd, 74th, like two of the most critical areas of football. Sark's not elite there at Texas or he hasn't proven to be elite there without Bijan and Rojo. And so I'm with Stevie. I also think this is the year for him to prove that. All right. Now he can also be in those critical areas in elite play caller and play designer because we haven't. We know he's got it in him because like I said, I just gave it to you. But we haven't seen it really at Texas since Bijan and RoJo.
Stevie Lee
So CJ take those numbers that Rod just wrote off, throw them in his face and he won't give you the coaches speak answer. He have to. He'll have to dig deep to find that and coach you, you build him out with that coach answer that he's going to give us. But you're right, he's very media trained. He's going to do the coaching speak. But that is a big question mark for everybody. I'm hearing that's mark for everybody. People got Texas winning the national championship. If we do better in the red zone.
CJ Vogel
That look, I think it might just be as simple as that. Can you move the football right now it looks like Texas will be. They did at times last year very successfully. But again, three points won't win you a lot of football games when they really matter. And I think defensively Texas has the ability to hold teams to a lot of three point trips instead of seven. So to be able to separate early, sustain leads and build on that would be key. Stevie, I was going to go this route with Sark on Thursday, very similar. I think in a way that they're cousins of the same question. But you know, what have you done this offseason to be a more physical football team? Is that personnel? Is that coach? I mean, how do you instill a team that is more physical than what we've seen on both sides of the ball? I Don't know it, but I hope SART does.
Stevie Lee
That's a good question.
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Stevie Lee
Was our physicality a big problem last
CJ Vogel
year on the offensive line? I think so.
Stevie Lee
On offensive line. You think so?
CJ Vogel
Okay, I think so. And hey, early on you saw something in that defensive line that made you say, I don't know if I believe in them fully. So I don't know if that's physicality.
Stevie Lee
Man, he's throwing my words back in my face.
Commercial Narrator
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Rye Babers
He got you. Man, that was, that was smooth, cj. That was smooth right there, man. That was like a lawyer right there.
Stevie Lee
Yeah, you're right, man. You're right. But no, I think the part of the physicality is what, what's his name? Tory Becton is doing with these guys in the off season, man. And the videos that they're putting out, working out in the stadium are pretty impressive, man. And the technology in the locker room and are in the weight room and things like that, I, I think that we'll get past that point and we just get nasty in the, in, in the line. That's just the question mark I have. I fully, I'm confident that they'll, you know, work it all out and get it all done by the second game of the season, which I'm looking so far, looking forward to, man. But it, I, it is a question mark though. You're right, C.J. but it's, it's not a bigger question mark for me. Than that. That red zone question.
CJ Vogel
Yeah.
Rye Babers
Fair. Yeah. Pastor said must champ, baby. That could be it.
Stevie Lee
Yeah.
Rye Babers
I mean, that's part of bringing in must chat, right? Aggression, physicality, intensity. There are some. There were some traits that I believe Start thought his team lacked last season, and I'm not saying much. Champs gonna bring all that. But Paxton, I agree with you. Some of those traits. I think he just wants, if Mus champs defense, a physical phase of a team, say offense or defense. It can also, I think, influence the identity of the other. And I think he's hoping that that defense does that for part for the offense, too. But Sark has tried to be more physical guys. He's. He's called more gap power scheme runs than he has in any time he's been at Texas last season. I think trying to be more physical. I do think he has. You know, ultimately, I think Sark, that's why he's committed to the run game, even sometimes stubbornly. Even Muschamp said that because he tries to establish a physical run game, but his teams hasn't. Haven't been physical. You know that from going back to the red zone. Some of your red zone issues are short yardage, goal line issues, and that's his physicality that's playing bully ball. And Stark's teams aren't great at that either. And I think he's hoping this year they'll be a little bit better in that aspect as well. So, yeah, there's some things. I agree with that. I agree with you, Stevie. All right, Steve. She brought the show down. We're gonna let you go.
Stevie Lee
Y' all went so negative on me, man.
Rye Babers
We're keeping it real. That's what we do.
Stevie Lee
We keep it real, man. And I look forward to Monday. Next Monday, talking about what Sark will be saying on Thursday, man. So I appreciate you guys having me on.
Rye Babers
Nah. Thank you, Stevie. Appreciate you. Tell the lovely family we said hi. Love you, brother. And talk to you next week.
Stevie Lee
Welcome.
CJ Vogel
Thanks, Stevie.
Rye Babers
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Stevie Lee
Hold up.
Rye Babers
Chris Horton.
Stevie Lee
Hold up.
Rye Babers
Oh, we got a super chat. I only have my helmet here, guys, because I'm not in my office, Chris.
CJ Vogel
All right?
Rye Babers
I'm not in my office, so I owe you, Chris. Oh, you owe you a helmet. All right. Oh, you. Oh, you put my helmet on. Coach, don't do it. Don't break the helmet.
Coach Bob Shipley
No, I'm already broken.
Rye Babers
All right, you're already broken. Chris says Matthew hating on Heb and Dr. Pepper. I can see why you leave him behind the scenes.
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Rye Babers
Oh, hold up. What did I miss in the chat? Why is Matthew hating on heb and Dr. Pepper? Oh, matt, I gotta. I don't even know how this got started. Oh, Matthew's comparing Publix to Heb.
CJ Vogel
Word in the house. I. I got to the house a little bit later this afternoon. Word in the house was that Hank kind of. He kind of beat him about pretty badly in a game of pool earlier. So Matthew's a little grumpy. We drove. Drove by a Wawa earlier, and Matthew said, hey, that's better than Bucky's. And I was like, all right, all right. This guy's got to be stopped, so.
Rye Babers
Oh, hold up. I can't believe he's arguing that Publix is better than me. Now, I will admit I don't have a lot of public knowledge, but there's nothing better than Heb, though. I think. I think we all agree with that. It can't be better than Heb. There's no way there's a grocery store better than Heb. Heb is. Is God's grocery store.
CJ Vogel
All right, I'm gonna get a water or two dumped on me tonight because I think I stretched the truth a little bit on some of that.
Rye Babers
And what's the issue with Dr. Pepper? Who's. What's that? What's he may. You know what? You can keep the Dr. Pepper thing. I'm not that big of a Dr. Pepper fan. Heb. I. I will go to the mat for Heb. I'm not going to the match for Dr. Pepper. That ain't really my drink. That. I. I don't know. I don't do a lot of soda, so that's not my Thing, but don't mess with Heb, man. Don't do that, bro. All right? You. You like family to me. I don't want to see that. And Chris, hold up. You know what, Chris, Because I can't put on my helmet, I'm gonna grab lots of hats here.
Coach Bob Shipley
Yeah, yeah, there you go.
Rye Babers
There you go. How about. All right. There you go. Chris, we're gonna keep that on for you, bro. Boom. Yeah, I got, like, five hats for you because I couldn't get you my. The helmet. I'm gonna put four, five hats on Chris. Thank you for that, man. Thank you for the love. Appreciate that. And thank you for letting us know that Matthew is on. Is talking blasphemy in the chat. I did not know that. Hating on Heb, man. Heb and don't get you. Hey, Matt, that'll get you on a lot of people's issue list, man. Hating on Heb, all right? They always show up when something bad happens in Texas. Heb always showing up doing good, man. Don't be hating on it. All right, let's get to another question here, but thank you very much. Chris, my man. Is that B. Morgan again? Brandon, thank you for the super chat. Says:Nov 2, 1992, 8:30am who. Who knows the exact time they were born? Do you know the exact time you were born, Coach?
CJ Vogel
No, I was born November 1st. Yeah, a little bit.
Coach Bob Shipley
A few decades before. Brandon was nice Texas, but, yeah, Jackson was actually born. I looked up at the clock when he was born. 7:17. Jul 17 at 7:17pm no, you know, yeah. The only thing that could have been better when they waited, if you wait 7.17. But I don't remember what he weighed.
CJ Vogel
That would have been unreal,
Coach Bob Shipley
Dad. I should have wore number seven.
Stevie Lee
Hold up.
Rye Babers
That is that country. You're pulling my leg. Is that real? That's real.
Coach Bob Shipley
No, no, that's real. That's real.
Rye Babers
Wow, that's a great story. I've never heard you tell that story. That is fantastic story. 7:17. Oh, man, I do not know the time I was born. Now, Brad, now you got me curious. Now when I talk to my mama tomorrow, I'm gonna ask mama, did she know the time I was born?
CJ Vogel
Because I. Yeah, I don't know it either, Rod. I think I asked my mom one time on a Saturday, probably pretty late in the night. She said, stop talking. That girl walk away. All right, fair enough. You got me.
Rye Babers
Oh, man, that's great.
Coach Bob Shipley
She was too busy screaming and cussing. Look at the dang clock.
Rye Babers
Oh, all right, that's great. All right, get us back on track here. All right, Nathan, thank you for the super chat. Appreciate it very much. He says what's going on with Michael Terry? How much playing time will he get this year? We actually had a discussion about this because CJ had some great team notes and a little nugget about Michael Terry, which. How much of that. Now, you can't give the folks everything, but how much of that Michael Terry nugget are you willing to reveal to the folks that you had over there on Texas football dot com?
CJ Vogel
Yeah, no, I, I look, I'm hopeful for Michael Terry, I think is the best way I can put it. This is a really crowded, talented running back room. And you know, look, for all of the guys in that room, it's going to be very tough to kind of carve out your role. There are two first team all conference players kind of headlining the room and then a five star true freshman. So for Mike Terry, the big thing for him is he's put on weight. He's earned himself a nice little nickname in the locker room. I won't dive into it, but it's on on texasfootball.com if you want to go find it. He has put on a lot of weight. A lot of good weight, I would say for him. Ready six, three, probably about 233, 235. Right. In that range. Right. So about a ten pound increase from the very beginning of the year. Now, with that weight, it doesn't mean anything if you don't run physically with it. You need to lower your shoulder. You need to put some guys, especially linebackers, safeties, corners. You need to be running through those guys. That's the next step. Get the ball in your hand. Run physically because we know we can catch the ball out of the backfield. We know he's a good athlete, but you need to run physically. That's what you're expected to do. When you're the biggest running back by size in the room, that's the next step. That's been a point of emphasis this offseason from the coaching staff. That's been a point of emphasis from his family and team and group of friends down in San Antonio saying, hey, make the most out of your opportunities. Don't run timid. Don't try to juke everybody. You're bigger than a lot of these guys. Run through them. So that's the next step for him.
Rye Babers
Okay. Like that he's put on some good weight. Shows that at least he's embracing Kind of the new. The reinvention of his skill set as a player because he wasn't. I mean, he was just a skilled offensive weapon. And now they want him to turn himself into a physical running back. So that's going to take a lot for.
CJ Vogel
For any more excitement that you want around Michael Terry. I was told that this offseason he watched a little bit of Deontay Foreman's take and how. I think the balance there for Deontay Foreman is fantastic. But it's that ability to get hit once, brush it off and then keep going. Right. And we also talked about it when we built our perfect running backs. The one cut ability, the vision, really, really good. So I know that's a lot to pair together, but that's something that I think this offseason they've really worked on or he's really worked on is all right. How can I add more pieces to my bag with the ball in my hands than what I had coming into the year?
Rye Babers
Deontay Foreman, so underrated. Think about what he did on teams that didn't have a lot of a supporting cast around him. 2000 yards and he was pretty close to being kind of a one man show. I don't want to disrespect the other guys, but he was, he was. He was amazing. He was extraordinary. He really was. That season was that 2016, the 2016 season? I believe it was for him. I'm not mistaken.
CJ Vogel
20. Yeah. 2016, was it 16?
Rye Babers
I'm not mistaken. It was 16. Oh, man. That year was. It was. He was. He was like. He could not be. I don't think that was a game where he was stopped. I'm trying to think of a game that he had a game where they neutralized. Dude had his shoe, bro.
Stevie Lee
The shoe.
Rye Babers
The shoot. He lost his shoe and burnt off on him losing the shoe. Oh, man, that was a great. Was a magical season for. For Deontay. All right. Good reference there. Appreciate that. Also, Chris wants to know, since he threw out the beautiful super chat, where can I get one of those hats Rodney is wearing? Shipley ranches.com apps suede and shield co. Something like that.
Coach Bob Shipley
Yeah, I think it's. That's. That's Jordan's boy's name. Suede.
Rye Babers
I think it's swayed. Yeah. Suede and shieldco.com.
Coach Bob Shipley
hey, I can't give. I. I have a hard time getting them myself. Okay.
Rye Babers
Hey, coach. I take care of mine. That coach game. I don't wait a lot because I ain't got that Many of. I got like two or three, and I don't want to wear them out. They clean, too. Ain't gonna lie. They nice. I get compliments on them all the time. And people like the ship. I'm like, yeah, the ship list. It's like, just. It's only two Shipley's Donuts and the Shipley family. That's it. That's all the ships we care about in Texas now. I'm just kidding. If somebody out there named Shipped. I'm just joking. All right. All right. Let's get back to a couple other questions here. How about this from Jack says, I have a question. If Cole Hudson's injection is successful, Will Will actually start left tackle? No, no, no. He's. I. I don't. Is. I don't know. There's a guarantee that he's. He would start if he came back. Is that a guarantee? He starts.
Coach Bob Shipley
He lost a starting job last year. Left guard.
Rye Babers
Yeah. So is there a guaranteed cj? I don't know if there's a guarantee. Right. It's just. He would just get depth.
CJ Vogel
Okay. I mean, it wasn't or isn't necessarily guarantee that Lawrence Seymour was going to start. Right. It's that whole thing about coming in when your competition win your position. But look, you know, is he better than Connor Robertson at center? Maybe.
Rye Babers
Right?
CJ Vogel
Maybe.
Rye Babers
Yeah.
CJ Vogel
Is he better than Lawrence Seymour at left guard? Maybe. Again, like, we'll have to wait and see what this staff thinks through fall camp. But I wouldn't say it's a guarantee one way or the other at the moment.
Rye Babers
Yeah, that's why he's trying to come back. Listen, I. I don't judge him for coming back. He's. Some people feel very passionately about him trying to get another year of eligibility. If it was me and I was in his position, I'd probably be doing the same thing. Just my full disclosure, if I can get another year of playing football and they're going to pay me to do it, I'm going to do that. And I'm going to probably exhaust every means to do it to try to play and get paid to do it. So I understand where the young man's coming from. I don't judge him for it. As a Longhorn fan, I definitely think it would be advantageous to have a, you know, former starting offensive lineman coming back as a depth piece when your biggest issue last year was your offensive line, so. All right. A couple other questions.
Coach Bob Shipley
I was gonna say anything. I was gonna say anything, but I'm gonna Say something now. He was part of the problem last year. He was part of the problem last year.
Rye Babers
That's true. That's why I said, definitely, Coach. Death, Death. Death Feast. Right. Depth piece.
CJ Vogel
I think it's a competition piece. I mean, you know, it's one of those things when, you know, whether it's a politician or a quarterback or something, you know, you finally get that change in leadership or change in tenure, and you sit there saying, okay, it should be better next time around. Right?
Stevie Lee
That.
CJ Vogel
That unknown gives you hope. And so I think what happened this offseason is, you know, you saw a lot of that interior depart. You said, okay, it can't be as bad as last year. Right? These guys have to be better.
Rye Babers
Right?
CJ Vogel
Brandon Baker spinning in has to be better. Lawrence Seymour, you know, a guy who received All American honors and one of. One of the big publications. He should be better. But now that you bring him back one of the pieces, you know, it kind of brings in what was the doubt of, okay, are we sure we upgraded? Are we sure we're going to be better knowing that it might just be running back that same unit? I don't know. We'll have to wait. But that's what that competition's for. And that's why if you're Kyle Flood or Steve Sarkeesian, I don't think you turn down anybody with 48 career appearances.
Rye Babers
Yeah. Now I'm with you on that.
Coach Bob Shipley
Center is a. That's a little bit intriguing that. That. That's intriguing because you get help from the guards. That. That is intriguing. But I kind of feel like Stevie feels so. So he actually went to training camp with. With the Bears or.
CJ Vogel
Or with the Browns for Brown for like a. A week. A couple weeks. Yeah, that.
Coach Bob Shipley
I mean, if that was. If that was, you know, Oklahoma or whoever, just pick. Pick a team that we don't like. You know, we'd be saying, I mean, Stevie's right. If you let that floodgate open, then everybody's gonna go. Because now. I mean, now you can make money. You can make money in college.
Rye Babers
Exactly.
Coach Bob Shipley
I mean, it's.
Rye Babers
When you.
Coach Bob Shipley
When you declare, I'm with Stevie on that, it's like, I'm cutting ties. I'm. I'm done with this. I'm moving on, going to roll the dice. Well, just think of the total chaos that there's going to be if this goes through and it happens. Good for us if it does. But I'm just saying across. Just across the board in college football, it's going to be, you're not going to know who's going to who you have and who you're not going to have.
Rye Babers
Yeah, no, I don't disagree with that. No, it's a good point. Like I said, I don't necessarily think they he deserves the eligibility or the extra year. But like I said, if I was in this position, I probably be trying to get paid to play more college football too. So I'm not going to judge a young man for trying to do it. All right, let's thank our sponsors. Before we close things out, let's thank our friends over at Zen AI. We appreciate them. Great new service here folks this summer. Don't just watch the games, you can Vibe Cast it. Zen AI is home of Vibe casting, a new way to capture and share real sports conversations. No studio, no fancy gear. Your phone is the whole setup. Arguing about who should have taken the last shot, breaking down every play, hit record, talk it out. And Zen AI turns that convo into a sports cast for you and you can share it as clips, reels, even TikToks. An AI producer works behind the scenes, cleaning up audio, cutting highlights and helping you tweak edits just by chatting in plain English. You can go live while the game is on, or you can record your hot takes right after. Bring your own co host or you can find another fan in Zen AI's network. This summer, Zen AI is paying new Vibecasters to launch their first sportscast. Humans are the talent. AI is the infrastructure. Zen AI is invite only. So head to Zen AI, that's Zen AI to join the wait list. That's Zen AI or tap the link in our show notes. Thank you very much our friends at Zenai. And let's thank our friends at Von Lane one more time. Von Lane is fantastic if you're traveling shorter routes in between major Texas cities or in the region in general. If you're driving yourself, it also can that can be stressful. Dealing with traffic and road rage. Obviously dealing with airport stress with delayed flights and TSA and security checks also can be a stressful process. Nothing stressful about Bond Lane. You arrive at a private hotel terminal selling to one just 22 oversized leather seats, complimentary wifi snacks, beverages and hot towel service on every trip. They also have complimentary meals on certain departures. They serve Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Plano, the Woodlands as well Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta and Knoxville. If you're traveling with a team, you can charter your own Von Lane coach and design the trip from pickup to drop off. That's vonlane.com and if it's your first time riding, enter the code OTF26 at checkout to receive $20 off your first trip with Von Lane. That's Von Lane, your private jet on wheels. They also have brand new routes from the Woodlands to Austin. For you folks who are thinking about game day travel, if you're traveling from Houston or if you're traveling from Dallas or Fort Worth, look into Von Lane. It's a great way to avoid the traffic and the stress of dealing with traffic and parking. You can just come in on the Von Lane coach and get right to the game. All right, thank you very much to Von Lane. CJ Mama Vogo did contribute a little bit here to the conversation. Says CJ was born at 8:04 and am boom. How about that? There you go.
Coach Bob Shipley
Say something like, try pulling your bottom lip over and covering your forehead with it and tell me what time it is. I heard that's what childbirth was like.
Rye Babers
Mama Vogue was too classy for that. All right, we gotta let C.J. go because he's just outside in the dark and the mosquitoes are about to eat him alive. So thank you, TJ for toughen it out. We appreciate it, Coach. Appreciate you as well. Thank you to Stevie. Thank you as well to Matthew. He's the real mvp and even though he thinks Publix is better than H E B, that's ludicrous, but we still love him. Also thanks to Matthew. Also thanks to each and every one of you out there. Chris, thank you for that super chat. That was fantastic. Very kind of you. Really, really appreciate that. And you are right. I don't know why Matthew is hating on heb and Dr. Pepper. All right, but thank you guys for all the questions, comments, we missed any of them directed to the gentleman at coffee and football bright and early tomorrow morning. That'll be the estimable Jerry Hamilton. The man, the myth, the legend himself, Bobby Burton. That'll be bright and early at 8:15. They'll cover all the nuggets from SEC media days and look ahead to Tuesday's guests on at SEC media days. And also Tuesday night you'll have CJ Vogel and my man Jeff Howe. And there will be at 7pm Promptly for your your live stream at night, the 7pm one. So thank you, CJ. Great stuff. Thank you, coach. Thank you to Matthew for C.J. matthew and for Coach, I'm lifetime Longhorn ride babies. Until next time, hook them horns and.
Episode: Oklahoma Sends Texas A Warning? SEC Media Days Intel + Sark’s Biggest Fix | Steve Sarkisian | Arch Manning
Date: July 21, 2026
Host: Rod Babers
Panelists: CJ Vogel (live at SEC Media Days), Coach Bob Shipley, Stevie Lee
In this episode, the On Texas Football crew dives deep into key takeaways from SEC Media Days, focusing on intel about Oklahoma football, critical issues facing Texas entering the 2026 season, and pressing questions around the offensive and defensive lines. The hosts break down coach comments, player insights, and areas where Texas must improve—especially in red zone efficiency and physicality—while also unpacking the rivalry narratives and upcoming personnel decisions for Steve Sarkisian’s Longhorns.
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CJ Vogel on Oklahoma’s O-line:
“Nine’s a different level. Right. So I don’t know what we would have classified Texas as a year ago when it came to the too deep… Texas was five deep and five deep only, basically.” [07:19]
Coach Shipley on rivalry mindset:
“You better not approach it like it’s ever any other game… it ain’t like any other game. There’s like no other game.” [13:11]
CJ Vogel on Red River Shootout stakes:
“If you get your teeth kicked in like that, I’d like to see that it mattered.” [16:02]
Stevie Lee on O-line challenges:
“That’s going to be the stickler for our team this year… I have pause with the interior defensive line, and I have pause with a little bit of the offensive line.” [25:07]
Stevie Lee on eligibility precedent:
“If he gets approved to come back, then everybody’s gonna declare and then say, never mind…” [28:07]
Rod Babers on red zone issues:
“…since Bijan and Rojo. And so I’m with Stevie. I also think this is the year for him to prove that. All right, now he can also be in those critical areas an elite play caller and play designer because… we haven’t seen it really at Texas since Bijan and RoJo.” [31:38]
The show maintains its usual blend of candid insider discussion, alumni ribbing, and pragmatic analysis. Panelists are both measured and passionate, regularly backing up opinions with stats, personal experience, and clear-eyed skepticism.
This episode delivers a comprehensive look at early SEC power moves, tests the legitimacy of Oklahoma’s “warning” regarding line-of-scrimmage improvement, and pinpoint Sarkisian’s pressing challenges as Texas enters the 2026 campaign. The crew raises key questions about identity, rivalry focus, physicality, and the vital need for red zone and short-yardage prowess if Texas is to reach playoff and championship expectations.
For fans seeking an honest, inside look at Texas and its fiercest rivals’ offseason progress and lingering weaknesses, this episode is essential listening.
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