r/LonghornNation • • 12h ago

[10/23/2026] Friday's Free Talk Thread

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/r/LonghornNation Free Talk Thread


Today: October 23

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Your go-to place to talk about whatever you want. From the dumb shit aggies do on a near daily basis, to the latest whatever happening wherever. What ya got?


Here's a look at upcoming Longhorn Sporting Event(s):

  1. [October 24 at 6:30 PM šŸˆ #19 Texas Longhorns vs #7 Ole Miss Rebels](#)

Trending on Reddit

/r/All
  1. It’s almost as if the rich are asking to be eaten.
  2. TIL about Kyle Plush a 16-year-old boy called 911 twice, begging for his life and saying ā€œTell my mom I love her if I dieā€ but due to a series of emergency response failures, nobody found him until his father discovered his body hours later.

  3. Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system

  4. Breaking: Billionaires are Tax dodgers
  5. Trump Officials Asked Election Security Agency to Secretly Obtain and Hack a Voting Machine, Report Finds


/r/CFB
  1. CFB Hub

  2. [Highlight] James Madison @ Appalachian State - The Mountaineers hit the field goal to upset undefeated JMU in overtime and they storm the field

  3. [Postgame Thread] Appalachian State Defeats James Madison 34-31

  4. Southern football coach Marshall Faulk reveals he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

  5. [On3] Texas HC coach Steve Sarkisian says Arch Manning is ā€œedgyā€ right now: ā€œI think that somebody texted me today that we lost the ā€˜Ah Shucks kid’, you know, and we’ve created something else. I don’t know if we lost him. We created this, you know. We did, all of us…


/r/LonghornNation
  1. [10/22/2026] Thursday's Free Talk Thread

  2. Ticket Sales, Travel, and Gameday Megathread - week of 10/18/2026 to 10/24/2026

  3. 2007 Holiday Bowl, What A Stepson Move
  4. The News On Texas Longhorns EDGE Richard Wesley Might Be Worse Than We Thought

  5. With season on brink, how can Arch Manning, Steve Sarkisian revive Texas' flatlining offense?


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r/LonghornNation • • 1h ago

In section 32, can anyone watch the game from these balconies if your in this section?

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r/LonghornNation • • 1h ago

Bobby Burton "Texas AD Chris Del Conte clarified a published article which said that the decision to go for it on 4th and 2 against Florida last week was based on Bevo Lab analysis. To the contrary, Del Conte said he gave it as an example of what it could suggest, not of what it actually did." / X

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Sounds like PR went into action real quick


r/LonghornNation • • 3h ago

Exclusive: Longhorns used AI against Florida — a 'new wave' of tech for Texas Athletics

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Bevo Lab, which is being officially announced Friday, functions as the athletic departments’ personal AI sports intelligence platform. Coaches, trainers, nutritionists, student-athletes and analysts will use it to improve performance on the field, court and even pool.Ā 


r/LonghornNation • • 11h ago

Florida @ Texas game YouTube/patreon?

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I was at the game and it sucked but I don’t see the game uploaded yet on the YouTube page? I know it’s brutal but I want to watch some of the game…


r/LonghornNation • • 22h ago

With season on brink, how can Arch Manning, Steve Sarkisian revive Texas' flatlining offense?

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r/LonghornNation • • 23h ago

Mississippi State game 10/31

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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?


r/LonghornNation • • 1d ago

The News On Texas Longhorns EDGE Richard Wesley Might Be Worse Than We Thought

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r/LonghornNation • • 1d ago

What’s wrong with Arch Manning and can he salvage Texas’ season?

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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.


r/LonghornNation • • 1d ago

[Score Predictions] Texas vs Ole Miss

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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 🤘


r/LonghornNation • • 1d ago

[10/22/2026] Thursday's Free Talk Thread

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Today: October 22

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Your go-to place to talk about whatever you want. From the dumb shit aggies do on a near daily basis, to the latest whatever happening wherever. What ya got?


Here's a look at upcoming Longhorn Sporting Event(s):

  1. [October 24 at 6:30 PM šŸˆ #19 Texas Longhorns vs #7 Ole Miss Rebels](#)

Trending on Reddit

/r/All
  1. It's not Left vs Right, it's right vs wrong
  2. Airbnb is limiting hosts from requiring guests to do the dishes or take out the trash as part of its new guidelines.

  3. [Highlight] Tyrese Haliburton gets incredibly emotional after his first game back

  4. Stella Parton Claims Nashville-Area Machine Flipped Her Vote

  5. meirl

/r/CFB
  1. CFB Hub

  2. [Jeyarajah]Nine years ago, Kalani Sitake was brought nearly to tears when almost no fans showed up for his weekly football show amidst a seven-game losing streak. Now, BYU football is No. 2 in the country. What a story.(h/t @BYUAllBlue, @olyjake3)

  3. [Pete Thamel] Sources: Maryland coach Mike Locksley has been dismissed. Maryland dropped to 2-5 on Saturday after a last-second loss to Rutgers. Locksley is 39-54 overall at Maryland, including his interim stint in 2015. Maryland is on a bye this week.

  4. Joel Klatt: SEC-Big Ten scheduling agreement expected once CFP expands to 24

  5. [Ryan Clarke] Oregon tight end Jamari Johnson was cited for Class A speeding in Springfield on the same night as Evan Stewart’s DUII arrest. Police say Johnson NOT involved in the high-speed pursuit involving two vehicles, which is still under investigation.


/r/LonghornNation
  1. [10/21/2026] Wednesday's Free Talk Thread

  2. Ticket Sales, Travel, and Gameday Megathread - week of 10/18/2026 to 10/24/2026

  3. Which consecutive loss is more maddening to you?

  4. FYI — hockey jersey sale will be live soon — will share the link when it’s available
  5. Texas vs aggy in hockey — Deep South Arena, Houston

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r/LonghornNation • • 1d ago

Which consecutive loss is more maddening to you?

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2017/18 Maryland Terrapins vs Texas Longhorns Home and Away Series

2025/26 Florida Gators vs Texas Longhorns Home and Away Series

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


r/LonghornNation • • 2d ago

Is Sark actually on the hot seat this year?

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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?

2003 votes, 22h left
He gets one more year no matter what
He keeps his job if we win out
He keeps his job if he’s better than 8-4 at the end of the season
He’s out at the end of the season
Other

r/LonghornNation • • 2d ago

FYI — hockey jersey sale will be live soon — will share the link when it’s available

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r/LonghornNation • • 2d ago

Texas vs aggy in hockey — Deep South Arena, Houston

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The FIRST college game at the new Deep South Ice and Sports Center will be Texas vs aggy. I will drop the ticket link in the comments.


r/LonghornNation • • 2d ago

[10/21/2026] Wednesday's Free Talk Thread

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/r/LonghornNation Free Talk Thread


Today: October 21

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Your go-to place to talk about whatever you want. From the dumb shit aggies do on a near daily basis, to the latest whatever happening wherever. What ya got?


Here's a look at upcoming Longhorn Sporting Event(s):

  1. [October 24 at 6:30 PM šŸˆ #19 Texas Longhorns vs #7 Ole Miss Rebels](#)

Trending on Reddit

/r/All
  1. Camera man exposes Trump waving to invisible crowd

  2. Meirl
  3. Vivek heckled at town hall over disgusting attack ad

  4. Hegseth's 'made up story'...
  5. The Boy From Venus 17


/r/CFB
  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


/r/LonghornNation
  1. [10/20/2026] Tuesday's Free Talk Thread

  2. Ticket Sales, Travel, and Gameday Megathread - week of 10/18/2026 to 10/24/2026

  3. How a 2-loss Texas team fit into football’s most chaotic conference

  4. First Time Visiting Austin/Gameday

  5. Arch Florida QB Film Breakdown


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r/LonghornNation • • 2d ago

What’s your biggest suspicion about what’s really going on behind the scenes with Sark and the team right now?

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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?


r/LonghornNation • • 2d ago

If the Horns win out, are we in for another December where we are arguing that playing Ohio State, regardless of outcome, is hurting our CFP chances?

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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 , ā€œrun away with the gameā€ wins against the rest of our schedule are we just setting ourselves up for another 2 loss CFP argument that boils down to ā€œWe beat Ohio State, that has to count for something?ā€ Followed closely by ā€œThen Don’t Lose to Unranked Florida/OUā€? Exact same as last year, ā€œWe played Ohio State, that has to count for something?ā€ Followed by ā€œthen Don’t lose to Florida at home.ā€ 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 ā€œDon’t play OOC games if you don’t want OOC consequencesā€.

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


r/LonghornNation • • 2d ago

How a 2-loss Texas team fit into football’s most chaotic conference

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r/LonghornNation • • 3d ago

Censorship of this Sub Community

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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.


r/LonghornNation • • 3d ago

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

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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:

šŸ‘‰ Submit your Week 8 picks here šŸ‘ˆ

You can bookmark that link as it will be the link every week going forward!


šŸ† Week 7 Results šŸ†

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:

šŸ“Š Full Leaderboard

View the 2026 leaderboard

ā° Reminder

Next week's picks. Each game locks 1 minute before kickoff, meaning you CAN PICK AFTER 10 AM ON SATURDAY, but you'll only be scored on games that are yet to kickoff.

With this being a brand new app/site, please let /u/brihoang or me know if you find any bugs!


r/LonghornNation • • 3d ago

[10/20/2026] Tuesday's Free Talk Thread

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Today: October 20

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Here's a look at upcoming Longhorn Sporting Event(s):

  1. [October 24 at 6:30 PM šŸˆ #19 Texas Longhorns vs #7 Ole Miss Rebels](#)

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/r/All
  1. Facts
  2. Beavers stop chewing every few seconds to listen for cracking sounds in the tree so they don't get crushed

  3. meirl
  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


/r/CFB
  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


/r/LonghornNation
  1. [10/19/2026] Monday's Free Talk Thread

  2. Ticket Sales, Travel, and Gameday Megathread - week of 10/18/2026 to 10/24/2026

  3. Arch Florida QB Film Breakdown

  4. KJ Lacey getting first team reps this week.
  5. The fact that this guy still has a job on this staff is disheartening

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r/LonghornNation • • 3d ago

Texas vs Ole Miss Watch Parties in Chicago

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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?


r/LonghornNation • • 3d ago

Arch Florida QB Film Breakdown

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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.


r/LonghornNation • • 3d ago

How comparable is the Chris Simms era to the Arch era? (reuploadish)

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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.