Who is saying that that dude is visiting this weekend? That would be great and all, but I thought that one was down to Oregon vs. Georgia since he's interested in going OOS.
One of my buddies that is involved with all of this told me at the time of Mahomes' recruitment that he was going to be a first round NFL draft pick and a star. I mocked him for it. He said similar shit about Jevan Snead once upon a time and I compared it to the Mahomes stuff. He's thrown the Mahomes call in my face 1000 times since. Some guys in the space, at least, really do know what they're doing.
Everyone should start working under the assumption that Texas isn't going to land Simmons and they're going to limit who they take at Edge in this cycle. They're looking for something elite or for someone unexpected to break their way.
They could have taken a commitment from an Edge this past weekend and soft-pedaled it in an effort to buy more time. Edge is also not like DT with the portal and they're going to be aggressive on that front if they can be. Beyond that, they have a ton of Edge guys and, irrespective of what experts here believe, they do not expect Edge to be a weakness over the next few years. That is, in part, predicated upon the notion that they're going to have elite secondary and linebacking crews.
As far as DT, they're going to load up and they are on some guys that folks in the recruiting space think are criminally underrated. Like, should be a borderline 4/5* type and are currently ranked in the middling 3* range. There are like 4 or 5 of those guys specifically at DT that fall into that bucket. They do not expect to win much out of the portal at DT. The plan is to let something like 10 guys on the roster fight for 6-7 spots heading into the SEC, no matter how they acquire them.
You guys need to quit worrying about the fucking numbers, nonetheless. It's like a pathology for a few of you.