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  1. I take that as basically Ant Hill. Ant is an ILB with excellent pass rushing skills (think he led Texas in pressures per rush last year). He lines up at ILB 90% of the time but will bump out to the edge in some pass rushing packages/play calls. I am assuming this is going to be the general LB pitch the next few years. "We love you as an ILB, but we also see pass rushing potential. We envision using you like Ant Hill, who we think will be an early round draft pick and All American". Kind of like how every Nickel recruit will be pitched on the Jahdae Barron plan the next few years.
  2. it makes no sense. The kid had no firm commitment date only a couple days ago. I am supposed to believe he randomly decided to set a commitment date with 0 inkling of where he was going? GTFOH
  3. Just because Texas has one of the largest NIL pools, it does not mean they will be the highest bidder in every recruitment. Its like any market, you are generally at the whim of the dumbest buyer. Texas has navigated this market well and we have seen that with strong closes in the last few classes. Perhaps I have buried my head in the sand, but I think this cycle will play out similarly.
  4. I have not seen much, but looking over his game log he did a lot of work vs some really bad teams Finished the year with a 16-22, 182, 1 TD, 1 Int, and 4 sacks vs WYO leading them to 14 pts If we look at some of the better teams he played last year BSU: 26-37, 327, 2 TD, 1 Int, and 8 sacks...45-24 loss Wash: 17-34, 245, 1 TD, 1 Int, and 1 sack.. .24-19 loss Tech: 9 - 19, 115, 1 TD, 1 int. 1 sack... 37-16 loss.. (he did have 197 rushing, but seems like hollow yards based on the score) His 2 games vs the P4 (Tech and Wash), he completed 50% or less of his passes and put up a total of 35 pts. He took 31 sacks with 347 attempts. That screams of some really poor pocket presence. Does OU have an OL capable of masking that issue?
  5. I appreciate the work on this, but I just think the landscape has changed so much that the comparisons are almost apples to oranges. Seems kids are far more likely to leave their state today compared to the early 2000s. 7 on 7 teams have become a factor. NIL is a game changer. Texas is in a different conference. In the Big 12 the footprint for recruits was basically Texas. The SEC has opened doors for Texas across the Southeast and its rich recruiting grounds. Sark has certainly pushed Texas recruiting beyond the state lines, but its hard to quantify how much of that was Sark or the changing landscape.
  6. I am going James Simon. https://www.hudl.com/profile/16091617/James-Simon I prefer to watch highlights from tight games or losing games, especially at RB. Too many times, the tape is just guys running through 10-yard-wide holes. He put a highlight of him pass blocking; not sure I have ever seen RB do that. His Dad spent time in the NFL, so he understands how to prepare and what is required at the position. He did not put out a senior tape, but you can go through the games it if intrigued. He made a nice jump from Junior to senior year. Shows vision, power, gets downhill, and a willingness to block. I would mention Clark here, but without a Spring game it is hard to know where he is physically.
  7. I am fine with taking as many recruits as possible along the DL and OL. We have all seen Texas fill up at the skill positions and the results were tepid at best. If I recall correctly one of Sark's 1st comments about the roster was there were too many WRs.
  8. I would guess that Gerry is simply playing the odds. Its hard to get the #1 and #2 rated recruit at the same position in any class. Texas would take both in a heartbeat
  9. Its not a justification for passing on RBs, you are taking my comments out of context. It is simply saying missing a RB in this cycle is not panic worthy. Of course I would love a 5 star RB in this cycle, but if Texas is going to miss on a position, RB is probably the least painful one. That assumes that Texas misses on a RB in this cycle, which I think is a sub 40% chance of happening. t
  10. Few things: Wisner: who is a solid RB. I have said he is a better football player than prospect (that could really work for Texas in 2026) Clark: Already back to practicing. One of the bigger surprises. We will see where he is this year, but I assume he is probably healed by 2026. The season that a current recruit would actually be available Baxter: Is back to practicing. I am not sure he will be 100% until later in the year, but unless the medical profession took a huge step backwards, he will be 100% in 2026.. Gibson: I assume this is a take that a Frosh cannot fix a fumbling issue by the time he is a junior (2026) The Freshman: This logic works for anyone that has not played in college, not just the ones on campus currently. If you discount the new freshmen, should you not do that for any recruit? Texas has taken 2 RBs the last 3 years, so by your standard Texas has over recruited the position. That gives them flexibility/insurance. There is not another position on the roster that Texas has recruited a 2 deep the last 3 years.
  11. I prefer to have a RB in every class, but it is not a necessity. Texas has Baxter (soph), Wisner (JR), Clark (Fr), Gibson (Soph), Stewart (Fr), and Simon (Fr). There is a solid number of bodies in the room. It is not a lock that Texas is even going to lose a single RB after this season. This is also not a position with a long developmental track. RBs can make major contributions early in their careers. This is not a like DL or OL, where you will be reliant on the portal if you miss on a class. Texas was in much worse position at DT and it appears the staff has managed to navigate that minefield. After a few years of hitting the portal hard a DT, next year appears to be the first that it will not be necessary to do so again. 2026 season should have 5-6 Rbs on the depth chart, assuming no transfers. It can be argued that Texas has over-recruited the position by the numbers the last few years. This is not optimal, but it is far from a disaster.
  12. The last decade says 8 wins is likely
  13. in the 1960s 5 MLB were picked in the top 5 of the NFL draft. Going off memory, but I think the last ILB to go top 5 in the draft was Marvin Jones in 1993 (might have missed someone). Nobis was still great, but its clear the position was valued much greater in that era. I dont think anyone would argue that. I guess there is one. DraftHistory.com
  14. That is the NFL's take on positional value. I have no issues with Nobis. You are the only one making it an either/or thing between Nobis and Hampton but that is par for the course
  15. NFL just became a passing league. Defenses preferring to run more 2 high, it may be swinging back. Either way the difference between 1970s and 2020 is night and day.
  16. Bruce was OLB/DE guy in a terrible draft. ILBs are an afterthought now, unless they add some blitzing/pass rush component. Positional value there has been diminished alongside of RB. The game has just changed
  17. That is probably a good thing. Most star HS TEs are just glorified WRs. Staff is probably seeing a kid with the athleticism to play TE at the D1 level and the physicality to develop as an in-line blocker based on defensive tape. The latter seems to be hard part when finding a TEs. I believe Andrew Beck was a similar situation (thought he played more ILB in HS, but that was a long time ago).
  18. I think that is just where the eyes go. Easy to see the contributions of QBs and RBs. I didnt see Nobis, but that was a time when MLB was a premium position (3 yards and a cloud of dust was the preferred offense). Nobody has mentioned Casey Hampton. The guy had 119 tackles (78 solo), 3.5 sacks, 18 TFLs, and 22 QB pressure in 2000. Just to put that 2000 season in context, DJ had 130 tackles and 73 solo in his final year at Texas. In 1999 Hampton had 101 tackles (50 solo), 3 sacks, 21 TFLs, and 24 QB pressures. That is just insane from a NT. Its hard to argue any Longhorn has ever played their position to higher standard than that, but that isnt a position that gets a lot of hype. I do not think we will ever see a DT record 100 tackles ever again, let alone do it twice.
  19. The training, the techniques, and the game itself has changed so much. You can only judge a player’s greatness by how he dominated his peers. Not even sure Earl would be a RB at Texas today. That doesn’t make him any less of a legend though
  20. Liked your list. I would keep it the same just replace Layne with Street. Ricky, Earl, and VY are locks.
  21. At no point did I say Earl wasnt a great player.
  22. Bobby Layne should be the 2nd QB. 3 time all-swc and 2x All-American. College and NFL HOF
  23. Earl owes a lot of his success to Akina and the CB depth at Texas at the time. Rare a guy with his athleticism would play Safety and not CB, especially 15+ years ago.
  24. The issue with this list is Texas football has a very long and rich history. We tend to have a bias to modern players. You have a player like Hub Bechtol that is a 3x All-American. Nobody on here would mention him (maybe @Armybrat). There have only been 2 Longhorns to ever be a 3x AA, Russel Erxleben is the other. It is kind of good to use AA and awards to winnow the list down and bring up names that certainly belong in the discussion, even if we have not seen them. You dont have to be strict on it, but its better than the "player X was more awesomer" argument.
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