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Hookem2147

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  1. Wow 7th is pretty high. I’d probably have us more in the 12-15 range with some of the pitching question marks but the lineup is certainly top 10 quality. We have 22 games against teams in that preseason top 25, including 7 of our 10 SEC conference series (A&M, LSU, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, OU, Auburn)
  2. OTF has a running list for guys confirmed for the Jan 25th junior day. Here is who they have so far: OnTexasFootball provides the initial list of attendees, with the understanding that the list will grow in the next couple of weeks. Offensive line ... Toa Katoa, IOL, Euless (Texas) Trinity OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Nicolas Robertson, IOL, Klein (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Max Wright, OT, Melissa (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Zaden Krempin, IOL, Prosper (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Defensive line ... Dylan Berymon, DL, Monroe (La.) Ouachita Parish OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Bryce Perry-Wright, DL, Buford (Ga.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Jamarion Carlton, EDGE, Temple (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Yahya Gaad, EDGE, Medina (Tenn.) South Gibson OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Shaun Scott, EDGE, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Linebacker... Kosi Okpala, Houston (Texas) Mayde Creek OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Athlete ... Jalen Lott, CB/WR, Frisco (Texas) Panther Creek OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Wide receiver ... Kaydon Finley, Aledo (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Defensive back ... Isaiah Williams, Missouri City (Texas) Marshall OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Jamarion Vincent, DB, Waco (Texas) Connally OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star
  3. I never really understood our interest in Marvin Jones Jr., so the fact he ended up at OU seems like a win because he hasn't been a good player.
  4. I get we are going to shoot for the stars and hiring a guy with 1 year of D1 experience would be nonstarter for some, but damn I think McCollum is a stud. He is an offense guy too. Buzz Williams said a few years ago when McCollum was still at the D2 level that he was one of the best X’s and O’s coaches in the country.
  5. Obviously it’s a requirement on the internet that any basketball coaching search always start by mentioning Jay Wright and Brad Stevens, but I’d prefer we not pursue a guy in the portal and NIL era who got out of coaching 3 years ago because he didn’t want to deal with the portal and NIL.
  6. Ben McCollum is going to turn this around!
  7. That’s impossible to do in the portal era of college basketball. We all thought Shaka did this and 2 years later were playing in the Elite Eight.
  8. Yes, because coaches aren’t allowed to adapt or get better at other jobs. Not like we currently employ a football coach who was a mediocre coach at other stops before evolving into what he is today.
  9. At the end, his current players were telling recruits not to come here. The program was stagnant and the results on the court were regressing. 1 tournament win in his last 4 seasons. Same thing with Shaka. It was time. Just because they are succeeding elsewhere doesn’t mean they should have been retained or given more time at Texas.
  10. A&M is just like those Beard Texas Tech teams. Good defense and just lower your head and bully your way into the lane on offense.
  11. Allowed over 30 pressures this year, per PFF.
  12. Opening 3rd quarter TD’s against UTSA, ULM and Florida. First Georgia game had one as well but it just missed the cutoff (10:58 left in the quarter).
  13. Just read a stat that was hard to believe but it appears to be true. We are #2 nationally in scoring margin in the middle 8 (last 4 minutes of the first half, first 4 minutes of the second half). +68 for the season. Have not allowed a touchdown in the middle 8 all year.
  14. Was on campus yesterday, per IT https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4685551/travis-shaw
  15. Wow, I didn’t realize the ground the backside corner covered. Quinn definitely threw one of his patented popups.
  16. For as often as he plays, Juan Davis gives us almost nothing as a receiver and mainly serves as just a warm body as a blocker. PFF has him as one of the worst run-blocking TE’s in the country as of a few weeks ago and I’m assuming that hasn’t changed the last two games.
  17. Daniel Jeremiah (NFL draft analyst) was on a podcast I was listening to yesterday and mentioned he heard the oblique injury was much more severe than the team/Ewers camp let on. He said he heard there was a tear. It's going to be frustrating to read and see, but I'm sure once the season is over, there is going to be a lot of pushing from the Ewers camp to let people know how unhealthy he was to try to justify some of his poor play. I guess that is why these guys hire agents/PR teams.
  18. Just look back at all the commentary after the Rice game last year. Or Houston. Or TCU. We responded pretty well after each of those games. We thought we would never have a complete game again after TCU, only to go on to suffocate Iowa State, blow out Tech, and whip Oklahoma State to end the season. If a team plays a 16-game season, I would say you get their overall 'A' or 'B+' performance maybe half the time? Sometimes the opponent is so bad (CSU, UTSA, ULM level) that you barely even notice you may have played your 'B' game. Just like a pitcher in baseball who doesn't have his stuff, sometimes you just have to gut through and find a way.
  19. Branch brothers are visiting Texas in the "coming days", per OTF
  20. Kelly realizing after Michigan he is allowed to throw to the best receiver room in the country
  21. It's pretty funny how knee-jerky talking heads get in a week-to-week sport like football that is so matchup-dependent and never includes consistent play throughout what is now a 15-16-week season. How many times in a 16-game season is a team going to realistically play their 'A' game? Remember halfway through October when A&M beat Missouri, Mississippi State, and LSU in a row? Suddenly, no one remembered they had beaten Bowling Green by 6 points less than a month earlier, and they were being hyped up as the best team in Texas. Ohio State is a good team. They also lost to a Michigan team who could barely throw a forward pass a month ago and had to squeak out a 4-point win against Nebraska at home. Tennessee was one of the most overrated teams in the country and the Oregon defense has gotten pantsed against most offenses with a pulse. Styles make fights.
  22. Broughton is out of eligibility. 2020- Free redshirt 2021 RS freshman- played in 11 games 2022 RS sophomore- played in 12 games 2023 RS junior- played in 14 games 2024 RS senior- This season
  23. He also added this morning on Coffee & Football that he expects visitors on campus this weekend.
  24. Good sign. Same guy who said Ben Simmons was the face of the NBA a few years ago and Lebron could take a back seat.
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