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Ben Ficus

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  1. Robison is right, but even that group had a few stinky wins, too.  They played down to their opponents more than once in that golden era.  In 2004 VY had to pull a rocket out of his ass and then get a big assist from Tony Jeffrey to barely win against Kansas to keep that season alive. 

    Yesterday was another ugly win with glaring concerns on both sides of the ball.  Depending on Ewers' status, I'm not sure if I'm more worried about the disappearing offense or the disappearing Watts-less secondary.  Anyway, on to face a team full of married 26 year olds.

    On the bright side, the ball carriers looked pretty nice.  I loved seeing Baxter in limited touches.  He looked like he's feeling really good, more decisive and faster than in earlier games.  I assume he's healing from the lingering injury.  Texas will have to get the best out of him alongside Brooks. 

    Red is maybe completely out of the doghouse, and you know what they say, you can take the dog out of the house, but you can't keep the dog out of the house.

  2. Great weekend so far.  Thank you to the posters who provide frequent updates on players, CBs, etc. on this and the other recruiting threads.

    Looks like Texas has made a significant shift in its "OV hotel room swag" game.  Whereas too-large-to-eat cookie cakes and (IIRC, during the Strong era) football-shaped cake were fashionable for many years, candy assortments now dominate the recruiting hotel room sweet tooth landscape.

    The RB combo of Gibson and Clark is pretty wild.  Clark would be a centerpiece recruit at a lot of schools.  That dude can slip and slide.  And to think both RBs committed in spite of Baxter's karaoke performance!

     

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  3. 46 minutes ago, Mach 1 said:

    Interested to see if Maalik has a set of plays built into the game plan. QE obviously needs the reps but I’d like to see something from this dude.

    With his frame and height, it's a shame the coaches haven't sat him down already to explain that his best position is strong side defensive end.

    /IanBoyd

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  4. According to that 247 report, Ryan Watts measures in at 6'3" and 206 lbs (down three lbs since spring).

    Impressive dimensions for a corner back, but is anyone else worried that the weight loss might result in his arms getting too long to play the position?

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  5. On 7/20/2022 at 9:43 PM, OB3 said:

    Malik agrees. Fuck them brakes

    That baseball jacket should be the unanimous #1 ranked recruiter on 247.  Loving what Marion, Flood, Choice and the others are doing, but that jacket is a closer.

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    Future 50 Afternoon Session Live Updates

    5:42 p.m. ET: 5-star USC QB commit Malachi Nelson wins QB MVP.  Charles Power, Director of Scouting and Rankings

    5:41 p.m. ET: 5-star Miami commit Francis Mauigoa wins OL MVP.  Charles Power, Director of Scouting and Rankings

     

    I appreciate the minute by minute updates, but do we really need every line item attributed to a particular person with his full title, as if anyone would give a shit?

     

  7. Did we ever pinpoint the exact moment at which the tides turned in 2022 recruiting?

    I think some of the candidate are:

    • Horns With Heart announcement
    • post-Iowa State Bo Davis video
    • Xavier Worthy live streaming an image of the Texas-TT score on his phone
    • Cristobal visits Miami to be with family
    • Bedenbaugh decides to stay in Norman
    • Xavier Worthy changes twitter profile photo to Quinn Ewers
    • This thread reaching 900 (admittedly very close in time to some of the other non-Surly events)

     

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