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  1. 16 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

    This is just dumb.  By this definition, the Pilgrims were quitters. They could have stayed in England but they were dissatisfied with their situation in their current country so they just quit.  And Willie Nelson? A quitter. He was dissatisfied with his situation in Nashville so he just quit and moved to Austin. And guess what? He ended up winning. Platitudes like "quitters never win and winners never quit"  are disproved by history,  which is filled with examples of people who "quit" one thing/place and ended up winning somewhere else.

    Babur was a quitter. He fought for and lost Samarkand no fewer than three times, then fled Transoxiana to India ...where he founded one of India's greatest empires.

    Temüjin was a quitter. He was defeated by his own brother in battle and fled into hiding for ten years... then returned, seized the mantle of Genghis Khan and built the Mongol Empire.

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  2. Ewers is Texas' third EA Sports CFB cover athlete, joining Ricky Williams and Brian Orakpo. That's tied for second-most with USC, behind Michigan who has four. Pretty cool.

    blOU and A&M fans will not be thrilled, having to buy a game with Ewers on the cover 😁

     

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  3. 1 hour ago, CashMcCoy said:

    I was thinking Shedeur was a lock, but it’s interesting that he has yet to post the “I’m in the game” advertisement. I’m wondering if it comes out eventually that the Sanders family pulled the same move as the Mannings and opted out. Either that or EA is planning some big splash when they reveal him. Travis Hunter and Ewers/Beck/Milroe all posted it FWIW.

    Saw Ewers, Hunter, and Donovan Edwards getting some traction in the Reddit comments and thought it was a solid guess.

    If anyone from Colorado deserves a cover it's Travis Hunter. But Sanders has the more marketable last name, unfortunately.

    The fact that they're doing just one player per P4 conference probably screws Ewers. Despite winning the Big 12 title he won't get to be the Big 12's pick because of our SEC move, while the SEC's pick will probably be someone from their conference title game (Milroe or Beck).

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  4. Any chance Ewers is a cover athlete? There will be multiple cover athletes but just one QB, so Ewers will have to beat out Shedeur Sanders, Jalen Milroe and Carson Beck for the cover spot.

    Matt Brown: Here's what I know about the EA Sports College Football 25 cover athletes

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     I’ve previously reported that EA Sports College Football 25 is tentatively scheduled to come out on July 19, with a “full reveal” from EA Sports coming in May. While previous reporting (from myself and other reporters) has mostly focused on licensing, assets, and intellectual property, I’m told that the company plans to provide additional gameplay and feature information in their May update.

    One of those details the company plans to release in May? Who is going to be on the cover of the game. I’ve been making calls of my own, and I can share some details to help everybody narrow their guesses a bit, thanks to multiple conversations I’ve had with multiple individuals with direct familiarity with EA’s cover choices. I can share that:

    • There are multiple cover athletes, since EA is releasing multiple versions of the video game.
    • Each cover athlete is a current college football player who plays in a different power conference. There was plenty of internet speculation that the cover athlete could potentially be a coach (Nick Saban?), or any number of athletes that played during the years the game was not released (previous Heisman winners?) or even fans/mascots (the Oregon Duck?!?). Those were reasonable guesses, but I’ve been told that the athletes will be current athletes…people you will see play actual college football this season.
    • The athletes all play different positions. That means there’s only one quarterback, one running back, etc.

    Happy guessing!

  5. Any chance Ewers is a cover athlete? There will be multiple cover athletes but just one QB, so Ewers will probably have to beat out Shedeur Sanders, Jalen Milroe and Carson Beck among returning QBs.

    Matt Brown: Here's what I know about the EA Sports College Football 25 cover athletes

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     I’ve previously reported that EA Sports College Football 25 is tentatively scheduled to come out on July 19, with a “full reveal” from EA Sports coming in May. While previous reporting (from myself and other reporters) has mostly focused on licensing, assets, and intellectual property, I’m told that the company plans to provide additional gameplay and feature information in their May update.

    One of those details the company plans to release in May? Who is going to be on the cover of the game. I’ve been making calls of my own, and I can share some details to help everybody narrow their guesses a bit, thanks to multiple conversations I’ve had with multiple individuals with direct familiarity with EA’s cover choices. I can share that:

    • There are multiple cover athletes, since EA is releasing multiple versions of the video game.
    • Each cover athlete is a current college football player who plays in a different power conference. There was plenty of internet speculation that the cover athlete could potentially be a coach (Nick Saban?), or any number of athletes that played during the years the game was not released (previous Heisman winners?) or even fans/mascots (the Oregon Duck?!?). Those were reasonable guesses, but I’ve been told that the athletes will be current athletes…people you will see play actual college football this season.
    • The athletes all play different positions. That means there’s only one quarterback, one running back, etc.

    Happy guessing!

     

  6. 33 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    We all like Bobby and Gerry, but I'm not sure if recreating Hornfans over there, with no negativity or cussing, with those football savants is going to be much fun.

    https://ontexasfootball.com/forums/topic/1488-one-major-thing-please-read/#comment-18731

    Taking a page out of TexAgs' book with the 'leave Britney Terry Joseph alone' paragraph. Although it is interesting Gideon isn't getting as much heat on OTF.

    Oh well. We'll see how bad things get in the secondary this fall. The proof is in the pudding.

  7. On 4/20/2024 at 11:27 AM, ClubWhatever said:

    Slow Down by Kohei Saito, Japanese wannabe Karl Marx.  He thinks we in the Global North should all feel terribly guilty for our gluttonously destructive and imperialist lives that exploit all the sufferers in the Global South; and that as a result capitalism should be dismantled and replaced with communism.  Guess he forgot to ask China.

    Saito is a proponent of "degrowth", which to put it delicately, is the modern-day equivalent of Malthusianism. Even Marx supported communism because he thought it would accelerate growth, not stop it. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/people-are-realizing-that-degrowth

    Anyway, I recently picked up Lords of the Deccan at a book sale. It's a compelling and engaging history of South India, covering the 6th century to the 12th century. During this time period, South India was primarily ruled by three dynasties - the Chalukya dynasty of Badami, the Rashtrakuta dynasty of Manyakheta, and the Chola dynasty of Thanjavur - interspersed by periods of war and conflict between many smaller kingdoms.

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  8. Zero Nebraska players drafted, for the second time in five years 😁

    https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/no-nebraska-football-players-were-selected-in-nfl-draft-for-second-time-in-5-years/article_acad72d3-86e7-52e6-ac24-fdfb2696ff51.html

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    Seven straight losing seasons can take its toll, and, for the second time in five years, Nebraska football did not have a former player selected in the NFL Draft. Seven rounds passed over Thursday, Friday and Saturday without a team calling the name of a Husker. Safety Omar Brown was projected by some mock NFL Drafts to go in the 6th or 7th round, but he, like the rest of his former teammates, will have to sign NFL free agent deals.

    It’s the first time since 2019  and only the second time in more than 60 years — that a Husker hasn’t been picked in the NFL Draft. In 2019, Nebraska was also coming off the first of a new coach — Scott Frost at the time.

     

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  9. 52 minutes ago, statsman said:

    Sure. But, the reason why the perception lasts is that OU and others gleefully repeat it, and Longhorns sorrowfully admit that our forebears fell short and share our regret. The truth is-OU may have been a little better in some areas, and worse in others, and if Texas needs to apologize to anyone it sure isn’t the Sooners. 

    The 1956 USC vs. Texas game made Texas a much more visible national flashpoint for integration issues. 

    https://www.keranews.org/2018-09-14/in-1956-ut-football-didnt-want-to-desegregate-so-this-usc-fullback-did-it-for-them

  10. 54 minutes ago, CashMcCoy said:

    Fong back at it again for another UT weekend visitor, Jaime Ffrench.

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    Steve Wiltfong: Ohio State continues to set the pace with one of the nation's best wide receivers

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    Ohio State’s position with Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin On300 receiver Jaime Ffrench looks even better following another trip to Columbus over the weekend. I previously had a 247Sports Crystal Ball submitted on March 6, and this afternoon after talking to a source with knowledge of the recruitment notched the RPM in favor of the Buckeyes on the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine (RPM).

    I feel even better about the Big Ten powerhouse’s position with the 6-foot-1, 185-pound Ffrench than I did at this time a month ago. Between the player development under Brian Hartline and the offense under Ryan Day and now Chip Kelly, Ffrench sees a situation where he can meet his best potential at Ohio State. Florida State and Miami are a couple other top contenders for the Alabama decommit, but everyone trails the Buckeyes.

    Ohio State currently holds On3’s No. 1 class in the 2025 cycle and Ffrench would be another major coup, ranking as the No. 4 receiver and No. 22 prospect overall in the On3 Industry Ranking. This is the second Ohio State RPM I’ve logged this week as I also really like the Buckeyes position for Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei running back Jordon Davison, the No. 6 player in the country at his position and No. 83 prospect overall. Davison, like Ffrench, was at OSU over the weekend. He’ll visit Texas this weekend so we’ll see if the Longhorns can change that pulse.

    Buckeyes on a recruiting roll as April kicks off

    Day and Co. have been on a heater in recent weeks, landing Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy London Merritt, Port Saint Lucie (Fla.) Vero Beach four-star linebacker Tarvos Alford, Wayne (N.J.) DePaul Catholic four-star wide receiver De’zie Jones and his high school teammate and safety DeShawn Stewart over the span of a few days last week.

    “I’m big on tradition,” Alford told On3’s Chad Simmons. “It’s a college town and I want to be in a college town and get that college atmosphere. There is a lot of history at Ohio State and people leave a legacy. I feel like if you go there, you are on the verge of making history and your name will be written in the history books for college football.” They join one of the nation’s deepest recruiting classes at this stage, which also includes five-star quarterback Tavien St. Clair and five-stars cornerbacks Na’eem Offord and Devin Sanchez.

     

  11. 1 minute ago, Codaxx said:

    I didnt like the pick up to start with, but I have to assume the coaches saw some role for him. I dont buy the culture angle, Texas is far beyond that at this point. I am going to hope he can fill a limited role that is utilized vs power running teams and short yardage. If that isnt the case, then it is completely mystery as to why they brought him in.  

    Sounds like Blackshire is Dalton Santos 2.0

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  12. Justin Wells: Big Recruiting Month of April for Texas Football

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    There’s plenty of priority prospects heading to Austin in April. From some of the nation’s top-rated talent like Dakorien Moore, Chris Henry Jr, Zion Williams, Jordon Davison, and more, let’s go through what looks to be a busy month on the Forty Acres.

    April 4

    WR Chris Henry Jr., Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei – (2026) Ohio State commit: One of the top prospects in the nation and son of former NFL WR Chris Henry, the recent Mater Dei move-in told Inside Texas he’s interested in the Horns. Henry will be in the running for nation’s top wideout in 2026.

    April 6

    QB KJ Lacey, Saraland (Ala.) – #AllGasNoBrakes: Texas is holding on, but Auburn, Ole Miss, and Alabama are still in hot pursuit of the newly invited Elite 11 quarterback.

    QB Troy Huhn, San Marcos (Calif.) Mission Hills – 2026: Here’s everything you need to know on Huhn. His recent trip to Michigan netted an offer from the national champs, then added an Ohio State offer.

    RB Jordon Davison, RB, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei – After stops in Ohio State and Michigan, the priority tailback will be back in Austin on Saturday for the Spring scrimmage.

    RB Rickey Stewart, Tyler (Texas) Chapel Hill – Texas, Baylor, LSU, and Oklahoma State, probably in that order. He’ll trip to SMU and Baylor in late May, early June. Then Texas for his OV in mid June. Then likely a decision shortly after his officials.

    OL Tyler Thomas, Dickinson (Texas)

    OL John Mills, San Francisco (Calif.) St. Ignatius College Preparatory

    TE Nick Townsend, Spring (Dekaney)

    WR Jaime Ffrench, Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin – He also has an official visit set Texas for June 21-23. Gotta shoot your shot, coach Chris Jackson.

    WR Kelshaun Johnson, Hitchcock (Texas) – The speedy receiver was unable to compete in Austin on Thursday-Friday competing in the Texas Relays due to injury and took a trip to Lubbock instead.

    WR Kaliq Lockett, Sachse (Texas) – The Horns continue to look strong here, with USC, Michigan, LSU, and Texas A&M in the hunt.

    WR Dakorien Moore, Duncanville (Texas) – LSU commit – As we reported on Saturday, the nation’s top-rated wide receiver will be in Austin for Saturday’s Spring scrimmage. It’ll be the first of two Texas visits in the month of April.

    DL Zion Williams, DL, Lufkin (Texas) – The big-time D-line target is headed to Austin on April 6th. This trip looms large for the priority prospect.

    DL Bryce Perry-Wright, Buford (Ga.) – 2026

    DL Chace Sims, Rosenberg (Texas) Randle

    DL Malik Autry, Opelika (Ala.) – Auburn commit

    EDGE Smith Orogbo, Houston (Texas) Alief Hastings

    LB Elijah “Bo” Barnes, Dallas (Texas) Skyline: Barnes will likely make two Spring visits to Austin.

    CB Dorian Brew, Conroe (Texas)

    S Kade Phillips, Missouri City (Texas) Fort Bend Hightower

    S Jonah Williams, Galveston (Texas) Ball – This recruitment has some twists and turns, but the Horns have some confidence.

    April 9

    OT Michael Fasusi, Lewisville (Texas) – The five-star will return to Austin on April 9th, then be back for his OV in late June. He’ll see Georgia on Monday after a weekend unofficial to Texas A&M.

    April 11

    LB Tyler Atkinson, Grayson (Ga.) – 2026

    April 13

    QB Will Griffin, Tampa (Fla.) Jesuit – 2026

    QB Jared Curtis, Nashville (Tenn.) Christian School – (2026) Georgia commit

    TE Kiotti Armstrong, Jasper (Texas)

    OT John Turntine, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley – 2026

    OL Henry Fenuku, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley

    OL Felix Ojo, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge – 2026 – He’s hoping for a Texas offer on his first visit.

    OL Jackson Christian, Port Neches-Groves (Texas): He’ll be at A&M the week prior.

    CB Major Preston, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy

    CB Caleb Chester, Missouri City (Texas) Fort Bend Marshall – Him and Courtland Guillory may battle for the last defensive back spot in 2025.

    S Faheem Delane, Olney (Md.) Good Counsel- One of the nation’s best safeties just tripped to Ohio State, the perceived leader in his recruitment.

    April 18

    WR Winston Watkins, Naples (Fla.) First Baptist Academy

    April 19

    RB James Simon, Shreveport (La.) Calvary Baptist – Heavy LSU lean going through some visits before his summer decision.

    April 20 – Spring Game

    QB KJ Lacey, Saraland (Ala.) – (#AllGasNoBrakes)

    RB Raycine Guillory, Aledo (Texas) (2026) #AllGasNoBrakes *likely

    WR Andrew Marsh, Katy (Texas) Jordan  

    WR Caleb Cunningham, Ackerman (Miss.) Choctaw County

    WR Marcus Harris, Sana Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei

    WR Jaylen Pile, Southlake (Texas) Parrish Episcopal School – 2026: Holds offers like Penn State, Tennessee, Oregon, and Utah. Took an unofficial to Austin on Friday.

    WR Dillon Alfred, Saraland (Ala.)

    OL Ty Haywood, Denton (Texas) Ryan

    TE Emaree Winston, Calhoun (Ga.) – Texas – maybe

    DT Ayden Johnson, Mount Pleasant (Texas) – 2026

    LB Riley Pettijohn, McKinney (Texas)

    LB Jonathan Cunningham, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley

    ATH Michael Terry, San Antonio (Texas) Alamo Heights

     

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