Use Whaley and Shead at running back before we lose them. Can the Horns find a kicker to kick it into the end zone?

Rices' touchdowns were flukes! Lucky plays. Anybody who watched the game saw it. Texas' defense wull be fine, but that offense needs to pick it up.

go horns!! cant wait for next game!!

If Texas plays like this in two weeks, it's going to be a long night for the Longhorns. Taylor Potts will have field day against that inexperienced secondary. Gilbert better hit the weight room, several throws fell quite short of the intended target. Get ready for some pick sixes this year when he goes deep on the right side of the field.

Sorry eggman, but be real Gilbert was 14 for 24, and Newton was 18 for 61, Johnson was 15 for 59. Other backs few...Total. offense 359 yrds. Rice stopped Johnson twice on 3rd. and goal. Texas played Rice!! Should have won by 40 points. Mack did the samething to Vince, and it didn't work, and this offense will not work this time. For this offense to work you must have a great RB like Alabama has, or a Earl C. Gilbert can be great if Mack lets him. My question to you, why would Mack want to change his offense this year? It has worked good the last 5 seasons? Texas could loss 4 or 5 games this season.

Its the first game of the season!!!! Everyone that is complaning must be the same ones whose NFL team went undfeated in the preseason and they think their team is the best and they are going to win the Super Bowl.

Sorry Larry. I disagree.
How can you say that there was no running game? The Horns rushed for 172 years and 3 tds!!!
They ran all over Rice. The Horns had pretty good balance. Colt is gone. 300 yard passing days are over. We have a pro style offense which is better overall than the spread in my opinion. We all need to deal with it.
359 yards = flat offense? Sorry, I disagree.
Yes, Gilbert ran the offense. However, our team's personal makes the prostyle offense a better fit. Garrett is adapting it very well. Since no NFL team runs a straight spread offense, the pro style will help Garrett prepare for the NFL.
You are correct about the special teams though. That needs to be fixed this week.
The horns will probably not go undefeated, and yes they may struggle. But, they looked good yesterday.

The Longhorns will be fine...If you want to base first week performances as a strong indicator on the seaons long performance, you don't know much about football. This is a new offensive scheme, barely tested QB, new receivers...lots to get use to. What I saw was signs for a good year ahead; especially on defense. Maybe not #1 in the nation, but definitely strong enough to win the Big 12. Oklahoma nearly lost to Utah State at home...their defense was nowhere; and Nebraska's run defense without Suh had as many holes as swiss cheese. Both these teams will improve in the coming weeks as well, but a clear cut leader in the Big 12 did not show it's face in week 1.

Hang in their Longhorn Fans...the team will surprise this year

Hook'em Horns

I really am a Texas fan, but what I saw really surprised me. Special teams played very bad. Defense played a good game. Missing field goals for a Texas team just isn't heard of until the game Sat. Offense looked flat. Gilbert was 14 for 24= 172 yrds. Newton 18 for 61 yrds. Johnson 15 for 59 yrds.
Total offense 359 yrds. So if you look at the whole picture Newton wasn't any better than Johnson. Same old story, same tune....no running game, just like last year. Mack Brown is trying to make Gilbert learn a whole NEW offense. Gibert was a great QB in HIgh School, and now Mack Brown, and Davis wants to change him. Mack better change his so called smash running offense. Mack tried to do the same thing with Vince Young, and it didn,t work. Texas should have beat Rice by 40 points, and they didn't . The game could have been differant if it wasn't for some good plays by the defense. Sorry Mack, but you might have a long season this year..........IF! No you will not be NO. 1 this year.

Anybody who bases Texas season on their performance in this one game is an idiot. All teams struggle to one degree or another in their first game of the season, because it's no longer drills and practices. So Texas did some good things and has work to do on others. Welcome to college football. Underestimating this team is a stupid move and the sign of an unknowledgeable football lunkhead.

Anyone who thinks UT sucks is an idiot....You know why we only won by 17?
because for the last quarter our starters were out...What were Floridas starters doing in the 4th?
Oh yeah, making sure they didnt lose the game....
And im happy with the way UT played...they have a bunch of freshman yet played like they played college ball before.....
I mean we didnt have 3 fumbles, and only 23 yrds going into the 4th...so you should be scared!

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It's a transition year for the horns,so the fans should be more patient if they dont meet up with their typical standards.

I'm happy with the win, but the mistakes we made against Rice will cost us against good teams. Liked the running game and offensive game plan that protected Gilbert, but the defense dropped a couple picks, we let up a flukey TD before the half and we booted that punt at the end that allowed Rice to get a late TD to make it look respectable. One game though, lets just focus on Wyoming next week and get on our A-game for conference play. Hook em Horns!

Hey LOSERHORNS move on down TCU moving up!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOOK'EM HORNS!

wow, captain longhorn sounds much more humble in these boards than he does in my boards. only a 17 pt win against RICE? thats a real confidence booster for oct 16. GO BIG RED!!!

glad horns won but wasn't a very good game. should of won by 40 but then again we don't have a vince or colt. case will run the offense next year. horns will lose some games this year. at least 2.

Texas fans saying this is a good showing when you only beat Rice by 17 points. That is laughable. UH beat them by over 40 last year. UT has a hard row to hoe if this is the best they have. So much for the I never went to college but I am a UT fans at Reliant stadium. They will be Alabama fans before the season is over.

Good first week effort, Longhorns. Score could have been 51-3 if the defense had held on to the 2 interceptions for TDs, Longhorns hadn't screwed up the goal line stance, and the 2 breaks that went Rice's way for TDs hadn't happened. Doesn't matter...it was a great tune-up and a sign of better things to come...Hook'em Horns.

Texas will be be competitive in the Conference Championship race this year. The Big 12 is wide open. No telling who will emerge as the dominate team. Texas will definitely be in the mix. Good showing Texas. Hook'em Horns.

who was less iimpressive: texas or florida? i think texas has about a 5% chance of going undefeated and playing for a natl title.

It's a transistion and new look for Texas - I think Rice gave an excellent effort - a win is a win - identify the problem areas - applaud the good areas and move on - it will be an interesting year for the horns. How good they may be - to be determined !

Solid opener. Texas did nothing spectacular, just lined up and ran the ball straight up the gut and played a very vanilla defensive scheme. As has been the case in recent years, we won't know a thing about Texas until they play their first conference opponent and still won't know how good they are until they face OU. It was a decent, if unspectacular start to the season.

Good job texas, another unimpressive nonconference win over a patsy.

What happened to that hyped up D of Texas? SI said nothing but good things and their cover was plastered with Texas D players. Bastages didn't make the point spread. Sign of things yet to come I guess.