There are two obvious injury stories we're following, made even bigger by the upcoming short week before the Aggy game. Aaron Williams hurt his knee and John Chiles hurt his ankle. Williams couldn't put pressure on his knee coming off the field but was able to get off the field via his own power (rather than on a cart). That was the first good sign that this wasn't a season ending injury. Ironically a man can walk (and in some cases play) on a torn ACL, but a bruised or sprained knee is immediately incredibly painful and debilitating.

Fortunately, as noted in the fan shots, the early word out of Austin is that both players are "day-to-day". Day-to-day is one of those funny ways of saying "we don't really know how long these guys will be out but we think it won't be too long", so odds are neither will play against Aggy on Thursday given the short game week. Hopefully they'll be back for Nebraska but time will tell. Roderick Muckelroy was healthy and played against Kansas, so that was good. Only other injury note is that Ben Wells and Clark Ford are out for A&M. More to come later in the week and in the comments of this post.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

So here's the deal:

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Texas	2
2	Florida	1
3	Alabama	1
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Georgia Tech
7	Boise State
8	Pittsburgh
9	Oregon	2
10	Ohio State	1
11	Iowa	1
12	Oklahoma State
13	Penn State	1
14	Virginia Tech	3
15	Miami (Florida)	3
16	Southern Cal	3
17	Nebraska	5
18	Houston	3
19	Oregon State	6
20	Mississippi
21	California
22	LSU	9
23	Brigham Young	1
24	North Carolina
25	Clemson
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1 day ago: Texas quarterback Colt McCoy (12) walks a victory lap after the Texas Longhorns beat Kansas 51-20 in the NCAA college football game in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. McCoy also set a NCAA Division I record for most wins as a starting quarterback (43). (AP Photo/Erich Schlegel)

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The outcome was: fantastic.  Though Texas has for some time been locked into "win and they're in" territory, even now not all wins are created equal. We're 11 wins deep into this thing, and tonight's punishing win over the Jayhawks might be my favorite to date (OU excepted, always).The offense turned in its most encouraging performance, the defense got a healthy test from Kansas' strong receiving corps, and -- I'm damn happy to say -- the seniors walk out of DKR one last time, having played well, won impressively, and remaining on track to achieve all their goals.

As noted in the celebration thread: this is as good as I've felt about the team all year. Join me after the jump to discuss.

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One of the best in school history, and now the winningest in NCAA history.

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Congratulations to Texas's 22 seniors, who won their 15th consecutive game and 23rd of their last 24. And special congratulations to Colt McCoy, who won his 43rd career start, the most in NCAA history. Neither his, nor the 2009 team's, legacies are yet finished, but with tonight's 51-20 win over Kansas, the Longhorns improve to 11-0 on the season, clinch the Big 12 South, and step within 2 wins of a national title berth.

This is as good as I've felt about the team all year. Hook 'em!

The Eyes of Texas

GAME 11: Kansas Jayhawks (5-5, 1-5) at #3 Texas Longhorns (10-0, 6-0)

Saturday, November 21, 2009 · 7:00 p.m. CT

DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin,TX

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11:00	Ohio St. at Michigan		OSU -13
11:00	Duke at Miami		UM -19
11:00	Harvard at Yale		N/A
11:00	UNC at Boston College		BC -3
1:30	Oklahoma at Texas Tech		OU -6.5
1:30	Connecticut at Notre Dame		ND -6.5
2:30	LSU at Ole Miss		MISS -4
2:30	Penn St. at Michigan St.1		PSU -3
2:30	Virginia at Clemson1		CLEM -21
2:30	NC State at Virgina Tech		VT -21
2:30	Duke at North Carolina		UNC -10
2:30	Air Force at BYU		BYU -10
2:30	Wisconsin at Northwestern		WISC -7
3:00	Arizona St. at UCLA		CAL -7.5
3:00	San Diego St. at Utah		UTAH -20
6:00	Vanderbilt at Tennessee		TN -21
6:30	Cal at Stanford		STAN -7
6:45	Kansas St. at Nebraska		NU -16
6:45	Kentucky at Georgia		UGA -10
7:00	Kansas at Texas2		TX -27
7:00	Oregon at Arizona2		ORE -6
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How will this weekend the recruiting efforts of the Longhorns? Though the big news of the week is Darius White's unexpected and resurgent interest in Texas and official visit on Saturday, Jackson Jeffcoat's visit is no less important. Seen throwing up a Hook ‘Em sign in his playoff game last week, Jeffcoat has kept his feelings under wraps throughout the entire process, leaving few hints about his leader board or potential plans. Unfortunately, his father won't be able to make the trip with him, as was planned for the Texas Tech game, but Jeffcoat will have a chance to see the Legion of Boom up close and personal and Muschamp will surely provide him an idea of how the Longhorns would use him as an edge pass rusher in the Buck package.

Prospects like Jeffcoat aren't generally concerned about the depth chart - he is rated as one of the best players in the country regardless of position, after all, but USC and Oklahoma, the other two schools likely in his top three, both offer less competition at his position. At Texas, Jeffcoat would be competing with Eddie Jones, Sam Acho, Alex Okafor, and Reggie Wilson for playing time next season, not to mention Dravannti Johnson, Russell Carter, and Dominique Jones. Given his pedigree and the coaching advice he has received from his father, the latter group is probably not particularly imposing for him, but the former group represents a significant number of talented, experienced players competing for two positions.

Jeffcoat will probably remain relatively silent after his visit, so it will likely be difficult to tell just how much of an impact his visit will make until he elects to make a decision and it's impossible to know when that might come. Right now, however, things look good for the Longhorns and the visit this weekend will be a great opportunity for the Legion of Boom to show just how dominating they can be and how appealing it is to be a part of that group.

As for White, the prospects for an official visit seemed unlikely just days ago, particularly after the commitment of DeMarco Cobbs -- it seemed likely only a matter of time until White would become a Sooner. The depth chart is still a critical factor in his recruitment and may eventually help land him in Norman, as might the commitment of long-time friend Rashod Favors to Oklahoma. There's also speculation that his stepdad, who just recently married his mother, favors Oklahoma as well, though that is of course speculation.

The key is that White contacted the Texas coaching staff to express his renewed interest, much like Cobbs did a little more than a month ago -- his contacting the coaching staff makes his feelings for Texas seem as strong and genuine as they have in months. In other words, the official visit moves White's recruitment in a much more positive direction for Texas than it has since his visit for a summer camp in June. Oklahoma may still be a slightly favorite, but it appears that the Longhorns are back in the mix with White.

Another important visitor is San Antiono Madison running back Aaron Green, a top target for 2011 and a player who has taken few visits this season. Madison lost last week in the playoffs to Lake Travis, providing an opportunity for Green to take in the final Texas home game of the season. The Longhorns have been mentioned more often in recent weeks by Green, who says he has a srong relationship with Major Applewhite, but it's probably the Texas scheme that Green will be most interested in this weekend.

In nearly every interview, Green mentions that he wants to attend a school that runs a "pro style" offense, certainly a vague statement, but whatever that really means, it's apparently extremely important for Green. Most likely it means that Green doesn't want to play in a shotgun, zone blocking scheme, but it's difficult to say. The Longhorns will probably run some from under center, as they did last week against Baylor, though it won't be a big part of the offense -- if Green is looking for a school that runs from under center, the game against Kansas probably won't help much in that regard. The good news is that Texas will probably tweak the offense next season with Garrett Gilbert and may return to an offense more closely resembling the one that Texas ran with Chris Simms than the zone read-based offense under Vince Young and that may appeal to Green.

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