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Travis Galey
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Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is using the bye week to do some team soul searching to keep his team alive for a shot at the playoffs.

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Texas is performing a high wire act to keep this season alive
Texas's playoff hopes are still alive, but they'll have to walk a high wire to survive and advance.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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The NCAA is making it easier for student athletes to roll the dice on professional sports ... and Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian says that's a bad bet.

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Steve Sarkisian Slams NCAA Gambling Rule Change: 'Makes No Sense to Me'
Texas head football coach Steve Sarkisian appears to be the kind of guy who just doesn’t like change. The Longhorn offense may be stuck in first…
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October 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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I was ready to give up on this season for the Texas Longhorns ... and then the Red River Shootout happened.

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Just a Bit Outside: I was wrong about this team … or was I?
Back in the 90’s, I was home in Dallas on leave from the Navy and I decided to go clubbing with some friends.  We all headed…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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As Texas football enters SEC play, it's Arch Manning’s mindset that could decide the Longhorns’ Season.

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The body follows the mind...
Arch Manning's development on the field starts with his mental game off the field. Head coach Steve Sarkisian can unlock that potential.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Texas fans get to sit back and watch other teams play ... but that doesn't mean we still can't overanalyze Arch Manning, right?

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Arch's swagger is back, will it last beyond the bye week?
With the bye week upon us, it’s time to sit back, take a deep breath, reflect on what we’ve seen so far and look forward to…
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September 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Arch has the support of his teammates and coaches because of how he runs the offense on the practice field. Can he do the same for fans on game days?

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All conference on Monday but what about on Saturday? Arch needs to carry what he does on the practice field to the game day.
Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian is now in his fifth season at UT.  And in those five seasons, I don’t think there is a single…
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September 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The @TexasFootball team is young which means there are going to be some growing pains, but @CoachSark has a plan to help them.

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Texas Football: Raising young pups to be big dogs is going to include some growing pains
Texas football's youth and inexperience is showing, but there are still signs of greatness.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Early season results cause so much shakeup in the national polls ... and the same is true for my CFP projections.

Check out which teams are now in the field and which teams have fallen out on @orangebloods.bsky.social

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CFP Projections - Big shakeup following week 2
Early season results in college football has produced a shakeup in the College Football Playoff projections.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Arch Manning walked into the Horseshoe with sky high expectations. Could the loss have been a blessing in disguise? Letting him shake loose those expectations and play like the QB we all thought he was?

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Arch Manning has the weight of the world on his shoulders
Arch Manning had the weight of the world on his shoulders, maybe now the loss can lift some of that weight and let him play more freely.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Steve Sarkisian has found a winning formula ... consistency and change.

Check out my latest column on @orangebloods.bsky.social to read more about what I mean.

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Texas Longhorns blend coaching continuity and tactical evolution ahead of Ohio State showdown
How Steve Sarkisian's Texas Longhorns combine consistency and change to build a winning formula in Austin.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Can Texas win the SEC this year? Check out my latest column on @orangebloods.bsky.social for a breakdown of each team in the conference and where they are projected to finish.

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Just a Bit Outside: Who is going to win the SEC?
The Texas Longhorns came dangerously close to winning the SEC in their first season. Can they pull it off in year two?
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June 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Steve Sarkisian is getting his first look at the entire 2025 Texas Longhorn football roster with the arrival of the remaining freshman class and spring portal enrollees.

Is there a difference maker in the bunch?

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Just a Bit Outside: Did a difference maker just arrive on campus?
The 2025 Texas Longhorn roster is now complete with the arrival of a few new freshman and portal transfers.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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For years, UT has had to drag its conference mates along in the ever-changing world of college football.

But this week has shown that Texas finally has conference leadership worthy of its elite status.

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Just a Bit Outside: Texas finally has elite leaders getting their back
Texas has always called itself "the Jones's," now it has a conference commissioner that is up to its level.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Sark has some new wrinkles planned for the Texas offense in 2025 with Arch Manning under center.

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Just a Bit Outside: Sark's going fishing to catch something new for Arch
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian is digging into some old playsheets to find the offense that best fits his new quarterback.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Arch Manning has only thrown 84 pass attempts. Is that really enough to know what we're going to see from the young QB moving forward?

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Ten Thoughts from the Weekend (What do we really know about Arch Manning?)
Arch Manning has only 84 pass attempts. Do we really know what he's going to be able to do as the starter?
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May 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The Texas football team is about to get a little break ... and they had better enjoy it because they'll be expected to hit the ground running as soon as summer workouts begin.

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Just a Bit Outside: The 2025 football season is about to commence ...
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian says the Horns summer training is going to be "huge" for the team's success.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The @TexasBeachVB is competing in the NCAA national tournament in its first year of eligibility.

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Beach Volleyball Looking to Win it All
The Texas Longhorns are competing in the NCAA tournament in their first year of eligibility.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Will Arch Manning go number one?

Dive into way-too-early mock drafts to see what kind of talent Texas has ... as well as the teams on UT's schedule.

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Just a Bit Outside: And with the first pick in the 2026 NFL Draft ...
Mock drafts are mostly silly, but they do a good job of showing what kind of talent UT will face this upcoming season.
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May 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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The 2025 Horns may be a young squad, but Coach Sark says he's taking a mindful approach to making sure the new players are ready to contribute and win this year.

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Just a Bit Outside: Investing in a young team now for a big payoff later
The 2025 Horns are a young, but Steve Sarkisian says he's taking a mindful approach to getting them up to speed.
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April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian says there's something different about this year's team from the last couple of years ... they're much younger.

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Just a Bit Outside: Is it time to dial back expectations for football team?
UT is a favorite to win it all ... but is that asking too much of a team replacing a lot of talent?
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April 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Arch Manning strutted out as the unquestioned leader of @TexasFootball during the first day of spring practice. Soon he'll show the college football world what Texas fans already know - the hype is legit.

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Just a Bit Outside: Manning leads the Horns into a new era
Arch Manning wasted no time in becoming "the man" as Texas' QB 1.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The SEC is loaded with talented quarterbacks. But is Arch Manning really the best?

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Just a Bit Outside: Ranking the SEC Quarterbacks
Arch Manning rises above the rest of the quarterbacks in the SEC.
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March 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Cam Newton saying UTs success is only because of NIL sells Sark short. But was he right about some things?

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Just a Bit Outside: Is it possible Cam Newton was right about the UT program?
Cam Newton knows a thing or two about football. You don’t spend 11 seasons in the NFL, be named the league's Most Valuable Player, become an All Pro and a three time Pro Bowler without learning what i...
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March 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The S2 cognition test is one tool that some NFL teams take very seriously in the pre-draft process.

Quinn Ewers could follow in the footsteps of QB's like Brock Purdy & Joe Burrow.

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Just a Bit Outside: The pre-NFL Draft Test Quinn Ewers Already Aced
Quinn Ewers is ready to wow decision makers at the NFL Combine this week. But he's already aced one test.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is a gambler on fourth down. Read all about it in my latest column on @orangebloods.bsky.social

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Just a Bit Outside: What Sark does right and wrong on 4th down
Steve Sarkisian is aggressive on 4th down, but is it working?
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February 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM