Colin Simmons

They covered.

They played well, even without Colin Simmons.

Had to move LSU up again.

Had to drop Indiana.

You know, you're into the grind of an SEC schedule.

You're over the halfway point of your regular season, right? Texas just played a game with no Hollywood smothers, no Colin Simmons.

Cam Coleman missed a bunch of it, and that brings us also to – Trevor Goosby, Sark did not confirm this for us because he continues to kind of be on this no injury crusade.

But we reported over at horns247.com that Trevor Goosby, he's going to be out for the year.

They didn't have their best player.

Colin Simmons, he was nowhere to be found.

He's out with an injury.

And you wouldn't have noticed with the amount of pressure they were getting on Trinidad Chambliss.

But Texas won.

Without Trevor Goosby, who was out for the season, who left this game, without Cam Coleman, that left this game, and without Colin Simmons, their best player that they haven't had this whole entire game, they end up winning this game, and it's largely because of how Texas came out in the first half.

I thought they were clicking on all cylinders.

They start out with a field goal.

I thought it was Orange's, honestly, best throw of the season.

And then...

Also, Colin Simmons is going to be interesting when he gets back.

This defense, I thought, played great without him, and I thought one of the biggest standouts on this defense that people are forgetting, because Colin Simmons is a top three pick most likely, is Rasheem Biles.

And for another week, Arch Manning holds off KJ Lacey and take some of that pressure off of himself to lead this program.

I think Texas can win out, by the way, even without Colin Simmons at edge.

OK, this is an uncomfortable position for me because I'm usually here for positivity, but I feel like I need to play devil's advocate because, yes, they avoided disaster.

They avoided the iceberg, but still feels like there are more icebergs ahead.

All

right, I've got to end on a positive.

Shout-out to this Texas defense for playing well despite missing Colin Simmons.

You hope that you get him back at some point down the stretch, and that can certainly help you win some football games in December and maybe even January.

Nope.

Colin Simmons has a chance.

He's hurt, but Colin Simmons had a chance.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That would have

Word out of Austin this morning is that Cam Coleman is out for the year.

That Colin Simmons, at best, is going to be back for the LSU game.

He'll miss the next two weeks.

And Trevor Goosby, who is their top offensive lineman, first-round pick – his torn ACL is going to be out for the year.

I mean, what is the question now? Can Texas keep doing this? I think it's more about the injuries that are piled up.

You know, Cam Coleman, Colin Simmons, Trevor Goosby.

Those are all first-round picks.

So there is going to be more placed on Arch through this if they want to make a playoff run.

They were given the second-team quarterback, more first-team reps leading in.

Colin Simmons is out.

They've lost two straight to unranked teams.

Here comes Ole Miss.