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Colin Simmons injury update: ESPN provides positive news on Texas EDGE

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ESPN’s Katie George provided a positive update on Texas EDGE Colin Simmons following his entry into the medical tent Saturday. Simmons even gave her a smile, signaling he was good.

“Colin Simmons went down for Texas earlier this quarter,” George said on the broadcast. “He spent a lot of time in the injury tent, came back out to the bench. I threw up a thumbs up, raised my eyebrow and he said ‘I’m good. I’m good.’ So good news for Texas fans.”

Simmons was able to walk off under his own power and was smiling during the initial injury as he exited the field. So, it certainly seems he’s in good spirits.

Coming into the game, Simmons and Michael Taafe, who was also hurt Saturday, led a Texas defense coming off a stout performance against Ohio State. However, the Longhorns lost 14-7 on opening weekend.

Colin Simmons good to go after injury scare, per ESPN

Simmons and Taafe will be key moving forward on defense. If Texas has national title aspirations, they’ll have to be healthy. We’ll see what the postgame report has to bring.

Since that side of the ball wasn’t the issue last week, especially with Simmons, head coach Steve Sarkisian admitted he had frustrations with the offense. He discussed it earlier this week.

“I was pretty frustrated coming out at the first half,” Sarkisian said. “Because I felt like we had a good plan. But I wasn’t mad in the sense I felt like, if I could just calm Arch and get him into a space. That’s why we met him directly at halftime. Like I said, I thought we played a really good second half.

“If you would have told me we were going to go out and have just about 260 yards in the second half against that defense, but only score seven points, that’s where the disappointment came in that we weren’t able to get more points. Our ability to move the football in the second half.”

Arch Manning would finish the game receiving his fair share of criticism. At times, his inexperience showed, and he missed a couple of throws that fans thought he should have made. In total, he completed 17 of 30 passes for 170 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. He also rushed for 38 yards.