AUSTIN -- Texas players met with the media on Tuesday to talk old rivalries, new celebrations and preview Saturday's home game against Baylor (4-2, 2-1 Big 12).

Here are five takeaways from Tuesday's availability:

1. Sam Ehlinger and Charlie Brewer meet again on Saturday

Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger and Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer are no strangers to each other.

The former came from Westlake and the latter came from Lake Travis, two Austin-area high schools that are arch-rivals. The two sophomore quarterbacks faced off twice in high school, with Brewer's Cavaliers defeating Ehlinger's Chaparrals in both meetings. Brewer beat Westlake a third time in the playoffs, but Ehlinger was sidelined due to injury.

Ehlinger said Tuesday that the two have known each other since middle school and are good friends.

"Excellent player," Ehlinger said. "He's done some excellent things (at Lake Travis) and continued to do that at Baylor. Much respect to him."

Now the two will meet once again on Saturday when the Longhorns host Baylor.

"We love competing against each other," Ehlinger said. "He's a great dude."

It's also safe to say the two will be cordial with one another following Saturday's game, too, no matter the outcome.

But the same could not be said for Ehlinger and Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray. The two appeared to exchange words with each other following Texas' 48-45 win over the Sooners this past Saturday. Asked Tuesday for further explanation of what happened, Ehlinger did not want to expound on any details.

"I'm moving on to Baylor," Ehlinger said. "That's pretty irrelevant at this point."

2. Ehlinger wowed by Drew Brees' NFL record

And speaking of Westlake High School, which is just about a 20-minute trip west of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, it's no secret that Ehlinger is not the first star quarterback the Chaparrals have produced.

Former Westlake product Nick Foles led the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots in February.

Then there's the most famous Chaparral of them all -- Drew Brees.

The New Orleans Saints quarterback became the NFL's all-time passing leader during a win over the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football, surpassing Peyton Manning's mark of 71,940 yards.

"It was incredible," Ehlinger said. "It's really awesome that it happened to such an incredible person. He's such a great dude off the field. But being able to go to the same high school as him and kind of feeling that sense of pride and knowing that I walked through the same halls that he did and played on the same field, it's really, really cool."

3. Charles Omenihu explains home run celebration against OU

Senior defensive end Charles Omenihu has come on strong as of late after a slow start to the season. Omenihu has four sacks in Texas' last four games.

But his one against Kyler Murray this past Saturday at the Cotton Bowl triggered a cryptic celebration. Omenihu got up and performed a motion where he was pretending to swing a baseball bat.

On Tuesday, Omenihu elaborated on the genesis behind it.

"Obviously Kyler plays baseball," said Omenihu of OU's starting quarterback, who notably signed a $4.66 million contract with the Oakland Athletics before the football season. "I sacked him, and I wanted to see him seeing the feeling of a home run imaginarily. I told myself I'm gonna hit this 450 feet, so I swung as hard as I could. And it was like the home run derby with him."

And was Omenihu worried about possibly drawing an unsportsmanlike penalty?

"It's OU-Texas," Omenihu said. "There ain't nobody throwing flags for celebrations."

But Omenihu jokingly said he still felt like he gave the imaginary home run some good pop.

"Me and Barry Bonds had a talk afterwards," Omenihu said.

4. BJ Foster discusses tandem with Caden Sterns

Freshman safety BJ Foster was made available with the media on Tuesday for the first time all season, and the newcomer did not disappoint.

Foster and fellow freshman safety Caden Sterns both arrived at Texas with plenty of hype, and the two have lived up to it so far through just six collegiate games.

"That's my dog right there, man," Foster said of Sterns. "We're like Bonnie and Clyde. We're gonna be real nice. We got a strong bond together."

Sterns and Foster were each five-star prospects and ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the state, respectively, coming out of high school. Both have been big-play machines for the Longhorns' defense. Sterns already has three interceptions this season, while Foster has one and has been described by multiple Texas teammates as the hardest hitter on the team.

"That's what they say," Foster said.

His biggest hit of the season came during Texas' 37-14 win over USC last month in Austin, when Foster leveled Trojans receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown over the middle and was ejected for targeting.

"Yeah, just aim lower next time," Foster said with a smile when asked if he's had to adjust his technique. "Nah, I ain't gonna change nothing. I'll still be the same."

5. Andrew Beck notes Maryland loss as blessing in disguise

Even now, more than five weeks removed from it, Texas' season-opening loss to Maryland was still a topic asked about on Tuesday.

With five consecutive wins since then, the Longhorns (5-1, 3-0 Big 12) have made that 34-29 defeat at FedEx Field look more and more like an aberration.

But senior tight end Andrew Beck still admitted Tuesday that the loss actually may not have been all that bad in hindsight.

"As hard as that loss was, I think it was a very, very good thing for us," Beck said. "It gave guys specific things to work on that they needed to fix before the next week. But it showed our offense that, yeah, we didn't get the win, but we are a lot closer than we really appear to be. And I think that kind of has snowballed throughout each week and guys are just continuing to gain confidence."