Throughout every of the previous two weekends, l defensive sort out u had tried his greatest to calm the plenty.
Following a, Kanu instructed a room of reporters that the "season isn’t over, guys. We've nonetheless bought a bunch of video games to play sooner or later."
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On Saturday, a. Like Oklahoma, Florida was unranked by the Related Press. Kanu, although, once more tried to be optimistic – if not, a bit introspective – after the sport.
"Males solely die once they quit, once they don't consider no extra. I'm telling you, we nonetheless consider," stated Kanu, a fifth-year defensive lineman. "So no matter occurred at the moment, occurred at the moment. We've bought to maneuver on."
Kanu isn't fallacious. No. 19 Texas (4-2, 1-2 SEC) isn't lifeless. A Faculty Soccer Playoff berth remains to be attainable and a visit to the SEC championship recreation might even nonetheless be a risk since each workforce within the convention has misplaced a minimum of as soon as in league play.
However in an period the place two losses are seemingly the CFP cutoff line, the Longhorns are operating out of causes to consider. Beginning with this Saturday's dwelling recreation in opposition to Ole Miss, Texas has six dates and little room for error left within the common season.
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What's subsequent for Texas because it tries to rebound from hunch?
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NO. 19 TEXAS VS. NO. 7 OLE MISS
When/the place:
6:30 p.m. Saturday at Royal-Memorial Stadium.
TV/radio:
ABC; 1300 AM, 98.1 FM, 105.3 FM.
Texas plummeted within the y. The Longhorns at the moment are nineteenth and Ole Miss climbed to Texas' earlier No. 7 slot within the ballot, however Texas will nonetheless open this week e for this weekend's showdown.
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Ole Miss (5-1, 3-1) is one in all three ranked groups left on Texas' schedule. Texas will host Mississippi State (4-2, 2-2) after which journey to No. 22 Missouri (5-2, 2-2) and No. 18 LSU (5-2, 2-2). The Longhorns shut out the common season with rivalry video games in opposition to Arkansas (3-4, 1-3) and ).
"We don't have any Faculty Soccer Playoff rankings but," Kanu stated. "We’ll see after Week 12 the place we're at in these rankings, however we've nonetheless bought extra video games to play."
Texas will break up its remaining six video games between dwelling and the street, however going 6-0 is simpler stated than finished. The soccer program has gained six straight convention video games in the identical season solely twice since 2010, and Texas was a Large 12 workforce for these streaks in 2013 and 2023. Since becoming a member of the SEC forward of the 2024 season, UT's longest in-season streak in convention play has been 5 video games.
Texas has issues to repair, however not quite a lot of time to repair them
Like Kanu, different members of the Texas soccer workforce tried to not deal with the Florida loss like a funeral. Heart Connor Robertson stated he felt lucky to be taking part in for the Longhorns, and quarterback g mirrored that "you've bought to seek out methods to be grateful as a result of I've dreamed to be on this place so I'm not going to take it without any consideration." Whereas chatting with media, punt returner t sat along with his 1-year-old daughter, Romi, on his lap and stated he even considered speaking with the media as a blessing.
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The Longhorns, nonetheless, know that they’ve work to do. Head coach Steve Sarkisian instructed reporters that d after the subpar displaying in opposition to Florida, together with his personal play-calling and Manning's beginning standing. The protection was additionally left in search of solutions after Florida transformed eight third-downs within the second half and star edge rusher y.
And though Niblett's landing off a 63-yard punt return gave particular groups coach Jeff Banks a short lived reprieve, loads of questions nonetheless exist with that unit, too.
"We now have (six) extra assured video games left, and we've bought to take advantage of these," UT linebacker r stated. "I'm not going to let one recreation and one weekend decide how the remainder of my senior yr goes, proper? As a result of on the finish of the day, I'm nonetheless taking part in on the College of Texas. I'm nonetheless residing a childhood dream, so I'm not going to let any particular person on Twitter or beat reporter dictate how I really feel about going by the remainder of the season. I’m going to proceed to play my coronary heart out for this college and need to get this factor fastened."
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