Texas isn’t closing the 2025 season the way it had envisioned back in August. The College Football Playoff is off the table for the first time in three years, and the Longhorns will finish the season in Orlando, not on a national semifinal stage, when they face Michigan in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
The Texas Longhorns undoubtedly are not ending the 2025 season as they might have hoped for, as the Longhorns missed out on the College Football Playoff for the first time in three seasons and will be ending the season down in the Sunshine State for the Citrus Bowl on New Year's Eve, taking on the Michigan Wolverines.
AUSTIN -- The Texas Longhorns were saved by Ryan Niblett once again in Saturday's thrilling 45-38 overtime win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville with a game-tying 79-yard punt return touchdown late in the fourth quarter that brought Texas back from a 17-point deficit.
Texas football's matchup vs Mississippi State yesterday brought about a few memorable moments, but perhaps none more so than Ryan Niblett's 70-yard punt return for a touchdown to tie the game, send the team to overtime and eventually take the win.
Texas football has squandered much of the preseason hype it inspired and does not presently look like a Playoff-caliber team, but the campaign is not dead yet.
AUSTIN -- Like most teams around the country, the Texas Longhorns have been no stranger to losing multiple players to the transfer portal over the past few seasons.
On Saturday, the Texas Longhorns won in a tight 16-13 victory in overtime against the Kentucky Wildcats for week 8 of college football. Extending their winning streak, the Longhorns are officially 2-1 in SEC play which is mostly thanks to the opportunities created by the Texas special teams.
Four games into the 2025 season, redshirt sophomore Ryan Niblett has undeniably been an X-factor for the Texas Longhorns. Despite earning time on both sides of the ball for the Longhorns in the past, his primary impact this season has come as a special teams returner.
The Texas Longhorns are making a notable change to the depth chart as spring officially begins on the Forty Acres. Per OnTexasFootball, running back Ryan Niblett is moving to safety for the 2025 season.
The Texas Longhorns have a problem that every program across the country dreams of, which is having a roster flooded with talent. The Longhorns have made it to two consecutive conference titles, one in their final year in the Big 12, which they won, and one this past season in the SEC.