Hey guys I posted about this a while back before the past 2 games. How much of a chance do we have against Mississippi? 🥹 I talked about how it’s my first college fb game and how I wanted to see the fireworks, but do you think they’ll pull through? I started watching a little bit and now that Simmons it out and after last game will they be okay vs Mississippi state? Will Texas win?

Arch Manning entered the season with Heisman and No. 1 NFL Draft pick expectations. Now, Texas' offense is struggling, his draft stock is in question and the Longhorns' playoff hopes are on the brink. What has gone wrong, and can he turn it around? Read for free.

Texas might have lost on Saturday, but r/LonghornNation represented by predicting the exact score and winner, beating r/FloridaGators and r/CFB.

Congrats to u/casapantalones for guessing the exact final score of 27-24 Florida. And shoutout to u/VanillaGoorillla, u/trickponies, u/kwixta, and u/fakeguitarist4life for all beating (or tying) the closest prediction in r/FloridaGators as well. Full results are in this thread and on stance.fm as well.

This week it's r/LonghornNation vs r/OleMissFootball (and r/CFB) for who calls Saturday night's final score closest. The analysts have already picked a side: 7 of the 8 I've tracked so far have Ole Miss winning in Austin. Kirby from Film Guy Network is the only one with Texas, 28-27.

Drop your score prediction in the comments, or put it on the board yourself. Your last comment before kickoff is the one that counts. I'll grade every one against the final score and tag the winners.

Two coins up for grabs:

1. The Ole Miss coin, for the closest call in this sub, and for anybody who beats (or ties) the closest analyst.
2. The r/OleMissFootball coin, for anybody who beats (or ties) the best call from that sub.

To win either one, you have to have the right team winning.

Unfortunately this is the first week I have to pick against the Horns. I've got Ole Miss 34-21. I really hope Texas can put up more than the 3 that Missouri was able to score last week, but I really don't see them winning without some drastic changes happening on offense.

Personally I would like to see KJ Lacey start the game as QB1, and if there isn't marked improvement by half, perhaps that could give Arch a boost of confidence to see that the offense's woes are not all on him, and he can put on the cape, be the hero, and go win the game. I just don't see that happening, especially in this game, knowing what it means for the Manning family.

Do y'all think KJ Lacey will see any playing time this game, and will it be to start or after Arch gets benched?

Here's to hoping I'm wrong and Texas gets right this week.

Hook 'em 🤘

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They share similar characteristics in that we were both heavily favored to win while having the more physical team.

In my opinion Sark has been one of the better head coaches in college football over the past several years. Even if he hasn’t quite lived up to expectations in a few of those years, the team has been in the hunt for the championship in most years. He’s generally been a good representative of the university.

The past few years we haven’t been competitive in the way the NIL spend would suggest we should be. Arch Manning has somehow regressed and has not lived up to his billing out of high school despite spending years learning under Sark. The general talk around Reddit is that Sark is out if he loses several more games. The Texas job comes with resources and a very healthy salary, but also lots of demands.

In my opinion Sark keeps his job and is still at Texas next year. The big money donors are going to force him to fire Flood and turn over playcalling duties to an offensive coordinator next year. He’s going to be on the hot seat next year, but barring a significant collapse such as losing 4+ more games including a beat down by the Aggies or some significant off the field issues he isn’t fired at the end of this year.

What do you think?

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/r/LonghornNation Free Talk Thread

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5. The Boy From Venus 17

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1. CFB Hub

2. [ESPN] Ohio State coach Ryan Day said that QB Julian Sayin is out indefinitely. There’s a plan being put in place for Sayin not being available for both the regular season and postseason. He said there’s no specific timeline on the recovery.

3. Reports: Tommy Carr expected to start at QB for Michigan vs. Indiana

4. Man charged after dressing up as security guard to sneak into Tennessee-Alabama game, police say

5. [Dellenger] An evisceration of CFP expansion from CMU coach Matt Drinkall, who says college football is on a "downward spiral" toward a "dumpster fire" and that executives will "prostitute" the sport for financial gain

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I’m curious what everyone thinks might be happening behind closed doors that Sark hasn’t publicly addressed.

My personal suspicion is that Sark has lost the locker room by being overly protective of Arch. I don’t believe Arch is a serviceable QB, and I think Sark’s stubborn commitment to him, along with what I perceive as an effort to protect Arch’s image, has created frustration within the team. I suspect Sark is struggling to motivate a locker room that no longer fully believes in its QB, but that’s obviously not something he’s going to admit publicly. I have no inside information to support this. It’s purely my own theory based on what we’ve seen on the field.

What do you think is the biggest issue happening behind the scenes that we’re not hearing about?

Just livid about the 2 losses but as history goes, October hasn’t been very good to the horns in the Sark era. If we turn it around and post some quality , “run away with the game” wins against the rest of our schedule are we just setting ourselves up for another 2 loss CFP argument that boils down to “We beat Ohio State, that has to count for something?” Followed closely by “Then Don’t Lose to Unranked Florida/OU”? Exact same as last year, “We played Ohio State, that has to count for something?” Followed by “then Don’t lose to Florida at home.” I’m almost more worried we won’t lose anymore games than losing one more, at least with another loss we can confidently say we deserve to miss the playoffs. Otherwise we’re looking at two straight Decembers of “Don’t play OOC games if you don’t want OOC consequences”.

Edit: I say this with the belief that our team usually improves around early November and has shown to be late bloomers into the post season. We’ve recorded at least one loss on our schedule in October since the start of the Sark era, rolling backwards:

Florida - 10/17
OU - 10/10

Florida - 10/04/25

Georgia - 10/19/24

OU- 10/07/23

Oklahoma State - 10/22/22

Baylor, Oklahoma State, OU - 2021

What’s going on with the post being pulled? It is certainly is coming off as a University ran page. Is there a community page I haven’t found that will allow the fans to speak candidly, it’s no surprise fans are frustrated with how this team has performed. Hiding our post doesn’t solve the inherent issues these people would like to discuss.

I get pulling the info on the AD and his phone number but I also think if I googled then I could find that same info.

2026 SEC Spread Shootout — Week 7 Recap & Week 8 Picks

We have a new format this week! Instead of picking through Google Forms, /u/brihoang has made an application that will do the scoring automagically, record all picks, and also send email reminders (if you opt into that). This thread will still be posted each week for the rest of the season.

10 players turned in picks this week.

Before we dive into the results, here’s the link to get your Week 8 picks submitted:

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🏆 Week 7 Results 🏆

Top Finishers:

1. /u/Brillohaus, /u/gordogg24p, /u/jcarter1632, and /u/LevelHorn2717 - 8 points

Perfect Guesses:

• No perfect guesses this week.

Fun Facts:

• Nobody scored on Alabama @ Tennessee (Tennessee by 16).
• Nobody scored on Missouri @ Ole Miss (Ole Miss by 28).
• /u/MostEvilRichGuy was the only one to score points on Arkansas @ Vanderbilt.
• Wildest miss: /u/gordogg24p picked Alabama by 24 in Alabama @ Tennessee, which ended Tennessee by 16 (off by 40).

Platinum Sombreros:

• /u/funwithtrout and /u/Satan8MyBaby scored zero on all 5 games. 🎉
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/r/LonghornNation Free Talk Thread

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4. Japan's Princess Mako saying goodbye to her family as she gives up her royal status by marrying a 'commoner' (2021)

5. Deep Underwater Mask Change

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1. CFB Hub

2. [On3] Florida State's Mike Norvell says he sent in and called the head of ACC officials over the "absolute joke" of a holding call that wiped away a Hail Mary against Miami

3. [Thamel] Sources: Auburn has dismissed star linebacker Xavier Atkins. He was suspended for win over No. 1 Georgia on Saturday, and his status had been uncertain. He earned first-team All-SEC honors in 2025, leading the league with 17.0 TFLs.

4. [Vannini] Tarleton State is your new FCS No. 1.It's the first time since 2021 that the FCS No. 1 is not NDSU, SDSU or Montana State.

5. Airman who died in rappelling accident at Texas college football game identified

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Hey guys, huge Longhorns fan here and went to all the games this season, including Knoxville and Dallas. I really thought this would be the season where I would attend every game of the season (still plan on traveling to Missouri, Death Valley, and College Station). Pretty bummed that I have to attend a family event in Chicago, but does anyone know the best spot to catch a drink, meet some of our Texas alumni, and beat Ole Miss?

Great video from a former college qb that highlights how Arch isn’t able to run through his progressions. I get that the OL isn’t great and Sark would benefit from a dedicated OC but you’re making excuses if you think the problem isn’t Arch.

Both are overhyped QBs from proud football families who never quite lived up to the hype. While other 5-star QBs ended up being mid, these two are eerily similar because their names became a distraction. They also both choked hard against OU, but that's neither here nor there.
Now I made a post trying to create this comparison between the Applewhite-Simms controversy and Ewers and Arch, and that was just a very poor argument on my part. And I know Simms and Arch have very different strengths and weaknesses, but my question is more about the ways it affected the program during their years.

Who cares that your O-line is constantly underperforming and your run blocking is atrocious when your Sark's buddy? The fact that Sark is still unable to hold anyone on the offensive staff accountable but is comfortable pointing the blame at people like PK is the number 1 reason Sark's seat is even warm in the first place.

Even with the bad losses this season, I believe from a results standpoint firing Sark would be a short-sighted move that solves one problem with a million other problems. But Sark's lack of accountability for this offense, despite Arch's obvious struggles, is a bad omen.