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We don't know that. I consider it an open question. I just outran my son-in-law at Thanksgiving and the dude played RB at Cornell.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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You might see that, but I doubt it will be at Texas, man. -
The OU boards are handwringing about their takes in the trenches for this class, and I don't blame them. At OL: they took 2 OGs and nothing else. One of the Guards is a 4 star and the other is a 3 star. At DL: they took 4 Edge players. One of those is their highest rated recruit, Jake Kreul, who they paid wildly for since Nagy thinks he's a future 1st round pick. The other 3 are mid 3 stars. At DT, they took 2 3 stars and that's it. It's kind of wild on the OL front. One of their big issues has been depth and relying on the portal. Bedenbaugh was chastised for that and then signed a big class last year. They're going to have to address the OL through the portal again in the near future with this kind of unevenness. They clearly think they're just smarter than everyone else with their DL analysis.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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The OTF guys expect Cooper to play early, although perhaps not being the bellcow as a freshman. They think he's "football smart", but *not* on the level that Baxter was coming out of HS, which was rare. That's important regarding the playbook and picking up the blitz. It all seems to be predicated on picking up the blitz for the young RBs, along with ball control, I guess. -
Am I dumb for waiting for Sunday before buying tickets, flights, and locking in hotel rooms for Orlando? We've decided to make a winter Disney trip out of it for the kids and a few of them will also want to go to the game with me and my wife. My concern is about the Gator Bowl. No interest in going to Jacksonville, personally. I haven't followed much bowl discussion anywhere, so maybe my concern is unwarranted?
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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The logic for pursuing Henry is independent of anything else happening with the WR room. The guy is viewed as a sure thing by everyone. He was a lock for OSU until the Hartline departure and they were even getting a sweetheart NIL deal. Now that the guy is on the market, with Texas having multiple ties to the guy, they'd be remiss not to give it a go. Niblett signed with an agent a few weeks ago. He's likely going to be coveted as a specialist within the portal. I don't think we should assume retaining him is a given. Hope he's back, of course, but it's no sure thing. If someone of Henry's quality + production entered the portal, I'm guessing Texas would go after that guy with the same gusto, against the same programs. Beyond that, they seem to feel fine with what they believe is coming back. -
This is the year in which some guys are going to truly learn their actual value, it appears. Texas is alleged to be getting aggressive at upgrading key spots and letting guys walk who think more of themselves than the market likely says they should. Moore, in particular, pulled some bullshit late last year and that pretty much destroyed all goodwill once he did jack shit to justify his contract this fall. Good luck with the "NFL", which I interpret to mean UCLA or Colorado or SDSU or some other program downgrade for moderate NIL. Not saying Texas will go to the portal for WR, just offering Moore as an example of spots that can be upgraded, sometimes with development within, sometimes with standouts from the portal.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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Barnes was the top LB in his class and he's looked good at Texas in workouts and practices, allegedly. Spence is also likely to return. Atkinson will play if he's healthy. Looking for more than that, with other guys also developing, seems like overkill. If someone surprisingly goes pro or transfers, fine. If someone enters the portal and they're a known badass with interest in Texas, fine. I think "potentially" was a reference to whether or not Spence returns, not that they think they're in need otherwise. -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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“Potentially” means a couple of things depending upon the position. 1) They’ve done everything they can to not spook Cooper before he arrives on campus. They had to sell the Georgetown guy to him as a non-threat. They’re not going to come out and say “yep, got to get us a top line RB to get that room in order”. Some of you guys have been really dense about the RB room and Cooper this whole cycle. 2) “Potentially” at other positions likely indicates ongoing conversations with current roster players about staying or leaving. Beyond that, you didn’t mention Barnes at LB, who is hardly “nothing”, Jesus. At DT, they don’t have anyone to replace Brevard besides Sharma, and he’s an unknown quality. Getting a known entity from the portal to support that spot is likely viewed as critical, and I’d agree.- 769 replies
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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This is correct. Glasscock was not a yes man and had his own pov. Sarkisian wanted a “smooth process” and was fine with him leaving. It’s never not comical to me when people here or elsewhere want to laud Harris. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I don’t even remember making a prediction list for this cycle. 5 is the lowest number, by far, that I’ve ever gotten. This was a fucked up cycle. Might be that way going forward as a new norm? -
Weed, perhaps? I’m not sure how generous he is but it’s a pretty widely held belief in the media circles that Wells is higher than a kite on a daily basis.
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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
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Are you doing a bit here? -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
closetojumping replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Ha, that's awesome. I changed that title like 10 times though. The premise was covering the season, not predicting it. Those other ones are what they are meant to say. Also, I can't help it that the SEC fucking sucks.
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