The Longhorn Republic

We are inching ever closer to the kickoff of the 2025 season and this week we preview the SEC opener against the Florida Gators.

This time last year, Billy Napier was on the hot seat, and while he did enough last year to stay around he will need another step forward to keep interest high in the Swamp. How will DJ Lagway's development help that and what will they do at the skill positions to support him?

The Texas Longhorns once again saw their top pass catchers make their way to the professional ranks with early draft picks, meaning they once again are looking for who will be the top player in the wide receiver room. There is a ton of talent in the room, with top-100 recruits from the last three cycles populating that room, but none of them have been the top guy at Texas yet.

While prepping for the upcoming season at SEC Media Days, the Texas Longhorns landed a massive recruiting blow to defending champion Georgia with the additions of Tyler Atkinson and James Johnson to the 2026 cycle. We break down what that means for Texas and how they can continue to build a championship-level roster.

We also welcome back to the show Kamiar Mehrabian of the Bud, Barry, Bob, and Beers Podcast to help us preview the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Texas Longhorns are starting to gain some momentum on the recruiting trail with multiple out-of-state players pledging to Texas for the 2026 class. We dive into what they have to sell to those kids, as well as the kids of professional sports stars.

We also take time to break down what we hope for the Longhorns at the running back position as they try to get healthy for 2025.

The season rapidly approaches as we continue through the Texas Longhorns' upcoming schedule week by week.

This week, we land on the Kentucky Wildcats, who are looking to rebound from their worst season under head coach Mark Stoops. They were hit hard during the Transfer Portal window, but also tried to rebuild through it as well -- reshaping their roster from a team that won just won SEC game.

For the first time in three seasons, the Texas Longhorns are breaking in a new quarterback.

The former top player in the country, Arch Manning, is officially set to take the field as QB1 for the Texas Longhorns after two seasons of ill-informed questions and transfer rumors. Expectations are already sky high for the Longhorns' quarterback as they try to reach their third consecutive College Football Playoffs.

We continue our march through the Texas Longhorns' season with the Longhorns' first trip to Starkville as a member of the SEC.

A year ago, the Mississippi State Bulldogs managed to move the ball on Texas, but the Longhorns managed to do enough to get the job done. In the offseason, MSU added more than 50 players through the portal, allowing second-year coach Jeff Lebby to reload and try to improve on their last-place finish in the conference.

The Texas Longhorns played one of their tightest games of the year in 2024 against Diego Pavia and the Vanderbilt Commodores. The dynamic playmaker is back for another year, with coach Clark Lea hoping to build on the most successful Vanderbilt season since Jame Franklin was the coach.

What can we expect from Pavia Year Two and can the defense improve enough to help him?

The summer visit window is closed, and the Texas Longhorns have secured four elite defensive linemen: three interior and one pass rusher. It's clear that Texas has a focus on the trenches for 2026, prioritizing several key pieces on both sides of the ball.

How does this class set Texas up for the future, both near and far-term?

Perhaps the biggest blemish on the Texas Longhorns' 2024 season is the pair of losses to the Georgia Bulldogs. The first, in Austin, was not as competitive as Texas fans hoped. And while the second meeting, this time in the SEC Championship, was closer, Georgia still came out on top.

What can Texas fans expect from the Bulldogs as they face in the late-season matchup that will likely have both SEC Championship and CFP implications?