February 20Feb 20 So do we want WVUs RB too? Seems like he would portal over in the spring if we want him. He appears to love Scott.
April 27Apr 27 I'm putting all of my chips in We're obviously getting KJ Edwards, but he'll be paired with either Crowell or Derek Cooper. Edited April 27Apr 27 by Funk Doctor Spock
August 2Aug 2 Author 2 days ago Running Back Battle Updates | CJ Baxter Still a Ways Away? | Steve Sarkisian | Tre Wisner | SEC
August 16Aug 16 Author Damn Texas needs to run the ball better in 2025 1st & Goal at the 1... Who Gets the Ball? | Texas Football | Arch Manning | CJ Baxter | Tre Wisner BOBBY... July 16th Gerry and I talked about the Texas run game in this morning’s Saturday Conversation. Texas finished 69th in the country in rushing yards per game a year ago. If Texas wants to win a national title, that figure alone must improve. Perhaps it’s the rehabilitation of Cedric Baxter, perhaps it’s the threat of a QB run game, or maybe it’s the makeup of the interior OL (or perhaps a mix of all of those factors) that can do the trick. But if Texas wants to win big this season, running the football effectively has to be a major piece of the puzzle. Furthermore, if Texas can effectively run the ball, the Texas defense will get just that much better as a result. Hook’Em!
August 20Aug 20 Author Texas Longhorn's Missing Key Returns in 2025 | Could CJ Baxter be the ICER The Film Guy Network
September 6Sep 6 Yeah, Gibson was bringing a little something different from the other RBs. But then he did what he does.
September 16Sep 16 Author With Baxter's injury last year, I agree with Scipio Tex that Sark really whiffed in not adding more experience at RB for 2025... Scipio Tex on UTEP game Running Back CJ Baxter went out after his first run of the game. Clark, Gibson and Simon held it down, with each getting their respective time to ply their trade. Clark ran it into the hole more. He didn’t add much at contact. We tried to employ him in the passing game, to mixed results. Gibson runs hard where he’s supposed to and there were no fumbles, but he didn’t push many piles. Simon maximized most of his runs, many of them zone runs, and he was the only Texas running back who consistently broke tackles. All other Texas runners averaged around 1.6 yards after contact. Simon averaged 4.2. When you consider that Simon averaged less than 4 yards per carry, I’ll let you figure out where he experienced average first contact. This room is about what I expected. One of the highest paid rooms in college football, but not remotely elite or even that good. It should have been re-hauled back in January, but now the goal is to see if Simon can help us. We could see a switch back to more zone running. I think we’re flailing around a bit.
September 21Sep 21 We have now gotten good looks (against shit competition) at Gibson, Clark, and Simon. I don't want to say they're JAGSs, but they are a little jaggish. I found myself thinking "Man, we're gonna be so much better at RB when we get Wisner back". And I like Wisner, but man he should not be far and away our #1 RB (and to a lesser extent Baxter, in his current condition). Room needs a spring cleaning, and a good portal guy to go with Cooper. Also OTF said Rickey Stewart didn't dress and wasn't with the team last night.
September 21Sep 21 Just now, Red Five said: We have now gotten good looks (against shit competition) at Gibson, Clark, and Simon. I don't want to say they're JAGSs, but they are a little jaggish. I found myself thinking "Man, we're gonna be so much better at RB when we get Wisner back". And I like Wisner, but man he should not be far and away our #1 RB (and to a lesser extent Baxter, in his current condition). Room needs a spring cleaning, and a good portal guy to go with Cooper. Also OTF said Rickey Stewart didn't dress and wasn't with the team last night. I thought Clark looked a lot better tonight. He played much faster. Simon runs like a veteran, he probably needs another off-season to build up his body. Gibson ran tough but he needs to accelerate with more conviction, the dudes a verified 4.5 guy. He seems like he’s passive at times. Niblett looks like a totally different guy in the backfield than he does as a punt returner, dude gets up field in a flash.
September 21Sep 21 16 minutes ago, Red Five said: We have now gotten good looks (against shit competition) at Gibson, Clark, and Simon. I don't want to say they're JAGSs, but they are a little jaggish. I found myself thinking "Man, we're gonna be so much better at RB when we get Wisner back". And I like Wisner, but man he should not be far and away our #1 RB (and to a lesser extent Baxter, in his current condition). Room needs a spring cleaning, and a good portal guy to go with Cooper. Also OTF said Rickey Stewart didn't dress and wasn't with the team last night. Simon is not a JAG. In fact, he should probably be 1B or 2B just depending on where Baxter actually is (we just haven't seen a ton of him yet and it still isn't clear to me where he is after the injury). As to Clark, I'm just not convinced he is going to be playable against top competition after his injury. Gibson is fine if he isn't fumbling.
September 21Sep 21 Simon is not a JAG. In fact, he should probably be 1B or 2B just depending on where Baxter actually is (we just haven't seen a ton of him yet and it still isn't clear to me where he is after the injury). As to Clark, I'm just not convinced he is going to be playable against top competition after his injury. Gibson is fine if he isn't fumbling. Yeah I think Simon is the keeper out of that group.
September 21Sep 21 Count me in on being pleased - and not surprised - at seeing Niblett looking like a football player coming out of the backfield. Been waiting to see him there. Hope it stays on track.
September 21Sep 21 6 hours ago, Red Five said: We have now gotten good looks (against shit competition) at Gibson, Clark, and Simon. I don't want to say they're JAGSs, but they are a little jaggish. I found myself thinking "Man, we're gonna be so much better at RB when we get Wisner back". And I like Wisner, but man he should not be far and away our #1 RB (and to a lesser extent Baxter, in his current condition). Room needs a spring cleaning, and a good portal guy to go with Cooper. Also OTF said Rickey Stewart didn't dress and wasn't with the team last night. Here's Scipio Tex's take on the current state of the RB room: "A three-headed rushing attack started off with Christian Clark. He ran at 4.8 yards per clip and did a better job of hitting obvious holes. There’s not much juice there and he goes down at first contact. He looks comfortable as a pass catcher. Jerrick Gibson will hit it up in there, but he’s not breaking tackles like his freshman year. Perhaps ball security concerns are limiting his stiff arm and recklessness. 4.8 yards per carry. James Simon continues to demonstrate the most raw dynamism of the current healthy group. His acceleration on a counter play late was noticeable. He averaged 5.6 yards per carry and it’s a different speed when he’s carrying it. He’s inexperienced and probably not a trustworthy pass protector yet. Texas had nine rushes of 10+ yards, but a lot of them were blocked up for 10+ with the RB adding nominally to the total. This isn’t a very talented room right now. If you watch other college football, the contrast is marked. Collectively, they recorded a middling 2.25 yards after contact against Sam Houston State, and that includes 12 yards after contact from Ryan Wingo’s run. Wisner’s return should help with some floor and pass catching ability."
September 21Sep 21 Baxter still has to prove he’s what he flashed occasionally before he got hurt. Because before those last couple games his YAC was absolutely horrible. He had a game with 23 carries and like 1 yard after contact.
October 5Oct 5 Author Wisner ran tentatively... not sure how healthy he really was today. No identity to this run game -- O-line play was pathetic
October 5Oct 5 Thanks to Wisner for his service to the university and all, but I can’t stand watching him tippy toe up to the line at half speed. I don’t see any reason to play him over Simon, Clark, and even Gibson.
October 5Oct 5 Every year it seems that the two top running backs or more for Texas get hurt and miss significant time. Baxter has played about a half season in now his third year at Texas. Before the season I was saying this to Burton and company on one of their livestreams. I said we should get a running back out of the portal for insurance for a change. I said we should go after Justice Haynes, who wound up at Michigan. Texas could have gotten him but never even tried. I was told Texas has plenty of quality backs and didn't need him. The past several seasons have said different, and this one is just another repeat of that. It doesn't matter who you have in the running back room if they aren't available to play when you really need them.
October 5Oct 5 8 minutes ago, NBHorn7 said: Every year it seems that the two top running backs or more for Texas get hurt and miss significant time. Baxter has played about a half season in now his third year at Texas. Before the season I was saying this to Burton and company on one of their livestreams. I said we should get a running back out of the portal for insurance for a change. I said we should go after Justice Haynes, who wound up at Michigan. Texas could have gotten him but never even tried. I was told Texas has plenty of quality backs and didn't need him. The past several seasons have said different, and this one is just another repeat of that. It doesn't matter who you have in the running back room if they aren't available to play when you really need them. Burton and OTF look like fucking idiots with all the sunshine pumping they were doing about the offense
October 5Oct 5 Thanks to Wisner for his service to the university and all, but I can’t stand watching him tippy toe up to the line at half speed. I don’t see any reason to play him over Simon, Clark, and even Gibson. When we first saw Wisner here, every handoff he took he looked like he was shot from a cannon. That is completely gone now.
October 5Oct 5 1 minute ago, Red Five said: When we first saw Wisner here, every handoff he took he looked like he was shot from a cannon. That is completely gone now. He almost never runs the play as designed, and it exacerbates the holding issue
October 5Oct 5 6 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: Burton and OTF look like fucking idiots with all the sunshine pumping they were doing about the offense Nimrods, imbeciles, knuckleheads, idiots, fools, should I keep going?
October 6Oct 6 Author Crossposting... Scipio Tex The offensive line is a wreck, the RBs are JAGS RUNNING BACK Texas totaled 15 rushing yards from all players not named Arch Manning. I guess the people arguing with me about this room’s talent are waiting for one of them to drop a 7 yard run against OU when Venables slants the wrong way to count coup, but let’s just put this one in the old PW win column. I would rather have taken a Big L. They schemed up the safety, linebacker and an edge on Wisner multiple times in pass pro, yielding a sack, two pressures. They generally manhandled him. Wisner also fell at contact on a goal line run like a fainting goat watching The Shining. Christian Clark got some run, gave up a pressure and blocked the wrong guy on only three protection snaps. On the positive side, Wisner had 8 carries for 13 yards. Which if you did three times, it’s now 3rd and a long 5. Then you go on a hard count on a 4th down, get an offsides from the defense, then we’re looking at 4th and inches, and then you can sneak it for zero when the OL do their slip n slide belly slide. Turnover on downs, but you establish the run and these body blows pay off in the 4th quarter
October 6Oct 6 Wisner is an absolute shell of what he looked like initially here. He would take the ball and was then lightning past the LOS. Granted, this year there is really nowhere to go once you reach the LOS…
October 7Oct 7 Author On 10/6/2025 at 10:00 AM, Red Five said: Wisner is an absolute shell of what he looked like initially here. He would take the ball and was then lightning past the LOS. Granted, this year there is really nowhere to go once you reach the LOS… Wisner Still Hurt...
October 9Oct 9 I don't think they did CJ Baxter any favors by starting him as a true freshman. I am all for starting your best players, but you have to consider the mindset of these kids as well. Maybe he looked the best in practice and deserved some playing time, but he should have had to prove it in a real game before you leapfrog him over Jonathan Brooks. He hasn't been healthy and available for many games. The RBs in general have missed a lot of games. It just seems like when teams are winning the only injuries that will keep a player out of a game are broken bones and stuff needing surgery.
October 14Oct 14 What’s the story here? I thought it was odd he didn’t get any snaps at Florida. Figured Sark would have given the hometown kid some run at the Swamp.
October 14Oct 14 Author 10 minutes ago, Lerka Lerka said: What’s the story here? I thought it was odd he didn’t get any snaps at Florida. Figured Sark would have given the hometown kid some run at the Swamp. Redshirting.... then transfer portal. Lack of carries, fumble history. Passed by on Depth Chart Baxter likely out for Kentucky game... Edited October 14Oct 14 by LTtxfan
October 14Oct 14 I hope we get to see more of Simon @ UK this week if Wisner is limited. Clark hasn't been impressive thus far.
October 14Oct 14 What’s the story here? I thought it was odd he didn’t get any snaps at Florida. Figured Sark would have given the hometown kid some run at the Swamp. I would hope we don’t allocate snap counts that way. This ain’t no charity we’re running here.
October 14Oct 14 Especially in a game that we trailed in for 4 quarters. Not a good time to get the guy with a fumbling problem some carries. Edited October 14Oct 14 by kevwun
October 14Oct 14 Reading some of the posts from last week about Wisner reminds me how many of you are idiots.
October 15Oct 15 Bobby Burton reporting that Michael Terry took snaps at RB in practice. Interesting.
October 15Oct 15 13 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said: Bobby Burton reporting that Michael Terry took snaps at RB in practice. Interesting. Since I’ve seen his film, I thought he could be a stud RB, but what the fuck do I know (nothing, I know nothing)
October 15Oct 15 19 hours ago, Lerka Lerka said: What’s the story here? I thought it was odd he didn’t get any snaps at Florida. Figured Sark would have given the hometown kid some run at the Swamp. Fumble history. More of a short yardage back. With a healthy Wisner/Baxter he'd be 3rd on the depth chart at best. Incoming 5 star recruit in the 26 class, Wisner/Baxter will likely be back in 26. Gibson likely seen the bigger picture and preserved his redshirt to find playing time elsewhere.
October 16Oct 16 Since I’ve seen his film, I thought he could be a stud RB, but what the fuck do I know (nothing, I know nothing)I’m excited to see this. I hope we see some carries against Kentucky.
October 17Oct 17 On 10/14/2025 at 3:59 PM, DFW Horn said: I hope we get to see more of Simon @ UK this week if Wisner is limited. Clark hasn't been impressive thus far. I do agree with you, but thus far Simon runs more into his o-line than he gets yards. He's speedy and quick, but he's trying to do too much, which is resulting in him running into the wrong holes. I think long-term he'll be great, but right now he and Clark are still freshmen trying to catch up to the speed of the game. Just like Clark has great cutting ability, but unfortunate he's cutting into the wrong team. Here's to hoping they figure it out quickly because we can't keep beating Wisner to shit.
October 17Oct 17 1 hour ago, Irish Wrist Watch said: One day, don't know when, we'll regret losing Gibson. When we need more fumbles?
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