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  1. 23 minutes ago, Theo Aquacates said:

    They really are a joke. My only question is where do they go? I’ve heard Houston floated around as a possible destination but would that really be any better?

    Fertitta has expressed interest in owning an NHL team before.  The current owner of the Coyotes only owns the team so that he can run a sportsbook in Arizona.  We'll see how long the other owners put up with him having the team in a 5,000 seat arena before they take it from him. 

    Houston has some hockey history with the WHA & AHL Aeros existing in some form for about 25 years.  As long as the team is competitive people will show up and that franchise can't do any worse in Houston than what they've been doing in Phoenix for the last 25 years. 

  2. 1 hour ago, Goodman said:

    Gave up my sub when they brought on texags so cant share details.

     

    Spoiler

    Early this month, Reid Pride visited Arlington Martin High’s campus to check something. It had been more than a month since the linebackers coach had been there. When he arrived, he noticed someone on the field doing workout drills with some equipment.

    He wasn’t surprised.

    “You kind of expect to see Morice Blackwell jumping on the plyos,” Pride said. “It’s just kind of what he does.”

    Soon after, Blackwell, rated a four-star 2021 outside linebacker by 247Sports, committed to Texas, choosing the home-state Longhorns over Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame, Baylor and Oklahoma State, among others.

    “I’ve known Morice since he was in elementary school,” Martin head coach Bob Wager said. “He’s always had the exact same demeanor. I coached him in our youth camps in elementary school, and even at a young age, he was the guy that got there early and couldn’t wait. He looked forward to it all year long. That has never changed, not one day since I’ve known him. He’s always been the exact same guy, taking the exact same approach.”

    Thanks to God for the talent he has blessed me with and all the University’s that extended and offer to me. I’m blessed to have many options but after a lot of prayer you have decided to commit to The University of Texas Austin @Martin_Football @CoachHutzler @CoachTomHerman pic.twitter.com/6j1MDLwHQz

    — 8 T E E N (@Mor_iceB) May 10, 2020

     

    The pledges of Blackwell and Jonathon Brooks, a three-star in-state running back from Hallettsville High, were part of a Longhorns’ recruiting uptick earlier this month. UT, though, lost some ground in recent days. Clayton Smith, a four-star linebacker out of Texarkana Texas High, chose Oklahoma over UT. And Landen King, a three-star tight end out of Atascocita, Texas, announced Friday that he was decommitting. He had just committed to the Longhorns on April 29.

    The developments dropped UT’s class from No. 10 to No. 12 in the 247Sports Composite 2021 class rankings. UT has 10 commits.

    Scouting reports on Blackwell and Brooks from their high school coaches suggest that they fit the mold of what UT and coach Tom Herman are looking to add to the program’s culture.


    Carson Schindler, Hallettsville High’s quarterbacks, running backs and defensive backs coach, has been watching Brooks play for more than a decade now — Brooks played in the same youth league as Schindler’s younger brother, Rylan. Schindler said that even when Brooks was little, he held a tangible competitive edge.

    “Practice, games — anything,” Schindler said. “If there’s a competition aspect to it, he wants to fight. He wants to compete hard.”

    Brooks, at 6-feet, 185 pounds, has a penchant for toughness. Hallettsville head coach Tommy Psencik said that Brooks has demonstrated confidence and has grown more vocal throughout the past year.

    “He’s one of those that’s gonna compete and when it looks like things are going against you, he’s the one that steps up and makes things happen,” Psencik said. “And he’s been that way for a long time in all sports.”

    In addition to football, Brooks competes in track and basketball. Psencik swore that Brooks could be all-state if he chose to compete in baseball, too. But Brooks has shined most on the football field, though he did so quietly for a while.

    The Longhorns were the first FBS program to express heavy interest in Brooks and, in November 2019, made the first offer.

    “(UT running backs) coach Stan Drayton was the first one that laid eyes on him, he called me out of the blue one day and then he came down pretty quickly,” Psencik said. “They took an interest right away. He caught some highlights of him I guess on YouTube or Twitter or something.”

    Brooks occasionally chatted with Psencik about his decision, but mostly “kept pretty quiet overall.” Psencik said that he had a gut feeling that Brooks would choose the Longhorns, though. Perhaps Brooks’ Twitter feed gave it away — as he shared about offers from Texas Tech, UTSA, Louisiana-Lafayette and Colorado State, his announcement of the Longhorns’ offer remained pinned to the top of his profile until he made his commitment. On May 15, he changed it to this:

    COMMITTED 🤘🏽 #HookEm pic.twitter.com/kOHE2jqVGO

    — Jonathon Brooks (@2brookss) May 15, 2020

     

    Brooks’ decision came five days after Blackwell’s. Wager surmised that UT, “comparatively speaking,” was in on the defender “early and often” back in December.

    The Longhorns were in the midst of a coaching staff overhaul at the time. Chris Ash was hired as defensive coordinator and Coleman Hutzler took over as linebackers coach. Wager, who’s entering his 15th season at Arlington Martin, has an established relationship with Herman, which helped streamline things.

    “We’ve known each other for a long time,” Wager said. “That was the initial conversation, Coach Herman and I had. I said, ‘Hey, we got one you got to come see.’ And they were immediately on it.”

    At 6-foot-1 and 196 pounds, Blackwell is considered slight for a linebacker, but that didn’t ward off big-time programs. Pride said that Blackwell’s frame appears set to add more weight after already making a noticeable physical transformation since his freshman season.

    “He looks, not 180 degrees different,” Pride said, “but he looks drastically different than he did three years ago.”

    Blackwell fits in at a handful of spots within Arlington Martin’s lineup, despite his primary position being outside linebacker. Blackwell displayed the ability to cover receivers out of the slot or drop back into deeper safety roles.

    “There are very few positions on the defensive side of the ball that he couldn’t play for us,” Wager said. “And that would include defensive line. He’s a good edge rusher. He’s great in coverage. He’s smart. And then I think the other X-factor that could make him an immediate impact is that he is a dynamic special teams player.”

    Blackwell blossomed during his junior year, fortifying a reputation for playing with great physicality and speed. He found his way into opposing backfields often. In fact, last season, he even showed a penchant for blocking punts and field goals.

    “It’s just been a gradual build over the last couple years,” Pride said. “Early on, he’s making plays a lot. Then the longer that he’s played for us, those plays happen more and more often now.”

    Brooks’ coaches lauded him in a similar light. Psencik has noticed the tailback’s speed increase. But it always comes back to his competitiveness.

    “There’s times,” Psencik said, “where you think, ‘How in the world does he make 4, 5, 6 yards when there’s four or five guys around him?’ It’s him against four or five, and the next thing you know, he’s making positive yardage. In real stressful contact situations, he just pops back to the huddle like it’s nothing. When you look at how many times he’s done that, that’s the most impressive thing about him. For a tall, bigger guy, he makes a lot of yards in space. Sometimes, I don’t know. It just amazes me how he does it. He’s just so shifty as a player. Somehow, he makes it happen.”

    UT’s backfield appears set for a few years with Keaontay Ingram entering his junior season, Roschon Johnson a sophomore and five-star signee Bijan Robinson joining the fold as a freshman. But the Longhorns needed to add a running back within this recruiting cycle, making Brooks’ decision significant.

    As for Blackwell, his ability in coverage will be a welcome attribute for a Longhorns linebacking unit that struggled at times in pass coverage throughout the 2019 season.

    “What I’ve seen throughout his career has been consistent,” Wager said. “He just loves the game and loves everything about the game. Not just the actual act of participating in it, but he loves the weight room, he loves the film. He’s a great teammate. They don’t come along very often like Morice Blackwell.”

     

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  3. 23 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

    Any of y’all know this jackwagon?

     

    Yeah.  He signed my checks for four years.  Dude would piss his pants complaining about Obama stealing his money at every quarterly associates meeting.  He also spent years fighting a water pipeline that was supposed to go through his land in Athens.  His current wife was on Braemar's Board for a few months back in 2017.

     

    https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article152686639.html

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