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  1. 4 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    Jason Howell (Texags) making it sound like Bussey ending up at aggy is far from a guarantee. 

    His high school team is still playing, they’re in the state championship next week. So I imagine that’s where his focus is.
     

    Makes sense to not expect any final decision from him until after the games are over.

  2. 8 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Nobody is saying abandon HS recruiting. But if you have a group like our LB with so much inexperience outside of 2 guys it’s worth getting a guy from the portal that is physically ready. 

    If Gbenda comes back for his Covid year, it’s 3 guys. And I expect one of our young guys to be physically ready by next year.

    It’s a luxury take position imo, if there’s an obvious stud available, of course you get him, but I don’t see it as a must. 

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  3. 2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    The guys on the IT stream make a good point that with the transfer portal era a team should never use inexperience as an excuse or have it. 

    As a whole, for sure. But individually, no one has experience until they get it. Unless you abandon high school recruiting in its entirety, there’s going to be some inexperienced guys playing at the beginning of the year for every team. If you recruit well, it’s fine.  

  4. 17 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

    Great info.  

    When are the cutoff dates that players in the portal can sign with a new school ???

     

    (Maybe the last day to sign up for classes at the new school ? )

    As far as I know, there isn’t one, schools just have to make it work academically. Which would mean as long as they can register for classes. 
     

    But a lot of this stuff is unclear, there could be some rule I don't know about.

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  5. 21 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    You absolutely directly fucking compared Aeryn Hamption to Kelvin Banks. That's exactly 100% what happens when someone makes a comment about flakey aeryn hampton and youre literal quote is to bring up Kelvin Banks. Full fucking stop. 

    In the context of what we're discussing, 5 years ago is no fucking different than it is right now regarding kids making multiple decommitments. As always, context fucking matters. And comparing Kevlin Banks and Aeryn Hamptons recruitments, which YOU DIRECTLY COMPARED THEM TO, is like comparing apples and dogshit. 

    Barron decommitted once, from TCU, not multiple times. He left Baylor becuase, again, wait for it, the coach he signed up to play for left. This shit isn't rocket science dude. 

    Your blood pressure has to be sky high, y’all aren’t even really disagreeing, his whole point is that the blanket statement of  “multiple decommitments means bad player” is dumb.

    And your added context on Banks and Barron is actually proof that the blanket statements are dumb.

     

     

    Yes, Hampton is flakier than Banks and Barron when context is added, but perhaps people should always add in that extra context instead of just making useless blanket statements.

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  6. 4 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    That counts all divisions. I don’t really care what’s going on below fbs, do you?  It’s pretty irrelevant to us. 

    I think that number includes walk-ons too.
     

    I know when the portal first started, reporters kept throwing out the total number to shock people without adding the context that a big chunk of the kids in it were just walk-ons looking for a scholarship.

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  7. 35 minutes ago, Getafix said:

    :-))

    Jordan Scruggs: "Also of note, in speaking with a separate source around lunchtime today, I was also told that Texas feels good about their chances to land UTSA EDGE Moore, as they do Deion Burks and Andrew Mukuba. Should have more on both Burks and Mukuba sometime tomorrow."

    (Some academic complications with Moore, though.)

     

    Update on UTSA EDGE transfer Trey Moore, more portal notes

    Jordan Scruggs (Horns 247)

     

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    Update on UTSA EDGE transfer Trey Moore, more portal notes

    Jordan Scruggs (Horns 247)
     

    — Yesterday morning I spoke with a source near UTSA redshirt sophomore EDGE transfer Trey Moore who told me that Austin, Texas was the preferred destination for the highly coveted pass rusher. I was able to speak with that source again around midnight last night and there are some new developments in the recruitment. 

    I’m told that Alabama, LSU, and Texas are the three teams to watch currently. Having already been in college for three years as a redshirt sophomore, Moore’s plan is to play one season at his new college before declaring for the NFL draft, with hopes of graduating from college in December of 2024. 

    Now that’s where things get tricky for Texas. Even though UTSA and Texas are both in the University of Texas system, I’m told that out of the three schools to watch, Texas is where the least amount of his credits would transfer to. 

    To dumb it down in the easiest way possible, I was told that Alabama and LSU are telling Moore that they would be able to have him graduate in December like he hopes. If he went to Texas, I’m told that he wouldn’t be able to graduate in December because he wouldn't be able to transfer as many credits to Texas like he would be able to at Alabama and LSU. 

    To be honest with you I’m not sure if there’s anything that Texas can do to change the circumstances for when Moore could graduate, but issues with credits for transfers is a somewhat common problem that really isn’t talked about much. 

    For example around this time last year I had written three stories for Baylor to land three different players out of the portal. I had it confirmed through multiple sources that those three players had already silently committed to staff and all three were takes, but all of them backed off their pledge after learning they would have to do more than two semesters of college to graduate and all three guys only had one year of playing eligibility left so they ended up taking their talents elsewhere. 

    With Baylor being a private school that has more than a handful of weird intricacies, I think they face that problem much more than schools like Texas do but I felt it was worth adding for context. 

    With all of that said, I was still told to consider Texas as one of the three teams to watch alongside Alabama and LSU, but felt adding the background details on the academics was worthy of being in the story nonetheless. To continue on that, I can still see Texas overcoming this and landing a commitment from Moore regardless of the credits issue. 

    Also of note, in speaking with a separate source around lunchtime today, I was also told that Texas feels good about their chances to land Moore, as they do Deion Burks and Andrew Mukuba. Should have more on both Burks and Mukuba sometime tomorrow. 

    — In The Stampede earlier this week I wrote that Houston sophomore wide receiver Matthew Golden will be a name to watch for Texas if Golden decides to enter the portal. I also wrote that Golden’s chances of entering the portal will largely depend on if Houston wide receivers coach Daikiel Shorts is retained by Willie Fritz as Fritz is still in the process of putting his staff together to coach the Cougars. 

    As of last night I was told that Shorts isn’t expected to be on staff with Fritz next season, and in turn I'm expecting Golden to show up in the portal by the end of the week. 

    Expect Texas to be among countless other schools that will show interest in the 6-foot, 190 pounder that’s accumulated 988 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns off of 76 receptions (13 YPC) in 20 career games for the Cougars. 

    Golden’s value in the return game will also make him highly coveted, as in 14 career kick return attempts he’s run back two returns for touchdowns and has totaled 437 return yards which is good enough for 31.2 yards per kick return. 

    Texas has an interesting angle they could use here, as Golden was high school teammates at Klein Cain and is good friends with Texas redshirt freshman running back Jaydon Blue. 

    While we're on the topic of Houston, I'm expecting the Cougars to eventually land Tulane wide receiver Chris Brazzell out of the transfer portal. Would make lots of sense with his old coaching staff now in H-Town. 

    — We're exactly one week away from four-star defensive back Kobe Black announcing his commitment. With Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Oregon, and LSU rounding out the five finalists, Texas continues to be the expected landing spot. Horns247's Hank South and I still feel great about our 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions that favor Texas for Black, and I'll be on-site at Connally High School in Waco to cover Black's ceremony. 

    The potential of Kobe's older brother Korie Black entering the transfer portal to serve his last year of eligibility with his younger brother has been one of the hotter topics on social media circles for Longhorns fans in the last few weeks. I've been checking in with sources about that topic, and as of right now it's not looking like they'll be at the same program next year. I wouldn't be surprised if the elder Black does appear in the portal sometime soon, but I won't be expecting the eventual landing spot to be at Texas. 

     

     

     

    14 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

    I know you all share my amazement that LSU and Bama will gladly take UTSA credits UT-Austin won't.  🙄

    Seriously, us having more transfer credit difficulties with a school in the goddamn UT system than Alabama and LSU is both hilarious and sad.

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  8. There was some thought that DeSoto might choose to opt up, but nope, DeSoto is very likely dropping to 5AD1 next year. The District of Doom is no more.

     

    They might just be replaced by Lancaster though, so it will still be a great district. Also, Aledo is going to be cutting it really close.

  9. 24 minutes ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

     

    In hindsight losing that Duncanville pipeline when Ja'Quinden Jackson transferred and we didn't hire Samples has turned out ok


    And Sark has re-established the pipeline this year anyways.

     

    18 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

    No idea on how it is today, but my mother sat next to Nobis in one of her math classes at UT and her comment was always he was a nice guy and friendly but she never remembered him showing up the day they had any test.

    My old man was at SMU during the Pony Express days and had a class with Eric Dickerson. Said he only ever saw him twice, the first day of class and the day of the final. And on the final he turned in his test back to the professor 45 seconds after they were handed out and left.

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  10. 7 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:
    22 minutes ago, Lonestar88 said:
    That’s a final now at that score.
     
    Desoto turned in enrollment numbers that clearly places them in 5A next realignment cycle. If they don’t choose to opt up, that’s going to be ugly for everybody else.

    So we could see a Desoto vs Aledo matchup? That would be lovely


    Aledo would definitely be the the team that would come the closest, but I don’t see them hanging with Desoto either.

     

    4 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:


    Aledo turned in 50 kids over last 6a cutoff. We’ll see in the spring

    They’re going to be cutting it close for sure, but I think the cutoff is expected to be a little bit higher this go round.

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