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  1. Oliver Luck wanted Texas to recruit Luck. Texas did not and Harbaugh was aggressive with him, including violating NCAA rules in the process of doing it. Texas didn’t recruit Luck because Gale Gilbert raped Mack Brown and Greg Davis’ confidence in landing his son if they signed a star in the class ahead of him.
  2. I could see that working, but geez, that’s ridiculously early for a guy with Blue’s flaws. I’ve seen sentiments from folks on Twitter that compare Worthy’s speed and what they think Blue will do at the combine. I get the psychology of needing analogs and then lazily putting two speedsters from the same school together. That naturally draws the second guy higher in peoples’ minds at that point. To me, Blue is flawed in ways that Worthy wasn’t at their respective positions. I’d be happy for the guy, though. Having another guy light up the 40 and then being used in cool ways by one of the better league offenses would be a big deal for the continued growth of Texas football as an “it” program again.
  3. I was in a meeting to plan through NIL development and growth after Sarkisian’s second season. I called Sarkisian “Seven Win Steve” and it was like a record screeching to a halt. Six faces just staring back at me. I’ve had it thrown back in my face by a few of them multiple times over the last two seasons. These folks apparently take their coaching access and relationships pretty, pretty seriously.
  4. Sonny Davis (I think that was his last name?) is another sad one. Multiple DL recruits in the Mack Brown era found ways to die young. It’s pretty fucking weird. It’s so hard-wired into my brain that he went to GBall that I had to look it up after you posted this. Absurd
  5. Not recruiting Andrew Luck because GG early committed. Awesome. Recruiting Russell Shepherd as an ATH only - super smart.
  6. Garrett Gilbert was a consensus 5 star recruit whose family demanded that he not have to compete with a 4 star or better ahead of or behind him in recruiting classes. He fucking sucked at Texas. Sucked out loud. Then he left in ignominy to the hinterlands of college football to play for a pass happy June Jones. He put up enough stats for someone to take a flyer on him as a 3rd stringer in the NFL for a few years. Be mealymouthed about the definition of a bust all you want, but however you wind up softly getting there, Garrett Gilbert can be labeled as such. The guy was a fucking bust at Texas. Claiming otherwise is fantasyland shit you should keep to yourself. What in the fuck is going on here?
  7. I think Broussard went to GBall. Oh please. It’s more like Texas got fucked by Gale Gilbert, against its will, just like so many alleged females on Gale Gilbert’s NFL back-up QB journeys. Forcing pussy Mack to avoid recruiting QB talent before and after Gilbert’s class was fucking bullshit and an immediate tell to where that story was headed. Speak for yourself. Some of us didn’t like the Herman hire from the beginning and said as much. We were confirmed in our negative view when he brought one of the worst assistant staffs ever assembled at UT with him. It’s only the steaming pile of shit that Chuckles crafted that saves Herman from having the worst modern staff in UT history.
  8. I don’t know numbers on a lot of things until later and for reasons that aren’t worth going into. What I do hear, sometimes for necessity and sometimes just because of the nature of the beast, is where Texas sits with someone and what is going on in their recruitment. In this situation, the word is that Texas is in good shape and thinks it can win out. That usually means that barring something ridiculous, Texas has a package put together and will win because of that and the brand of the school and the program itself. Chavez will get zero corporate NIL at some of the other options. She’ll get real corporate NIL at Texas. That can offset something dumb from elsewhere. As things sit now, Tech isn’t rumored to be doing anything absurd. Campbell’s wife is a huge softball patron in part because she played there. She didn’t play basketball too.
  9. Texas is going to have to make choices this cycle, similar to the other past few cycles but probably with even more highly rated guys.
  10. Fuck canceling the spring game. It’s pussy bullshit to do so. Just fucking dumb.
  11. Rufus Brown was a higher ranked 4 star in the late 90's out of El Paso. He signed with FSU and Bowden with Mack Brown, early in his tenure, finishing second. He started for years on the FSU late-Bowden top 5 teams. Jones was never a 5 star.
  12. I’ve tried, and I cannot fathom what this is actually attempting to say. It’s kind of fascinating.
  13. Marco Martin was more highly rated than Dibbles, if memory serves. He was a really big bust, given that he turned out to be a child molester (or alleged? don't know, didn't follow things after he left) and never played a snap at Texas.
  14. Or Markesha Houston, as fat fuck Eric Bienemy was fond of calling him.
  15. Buck Burnette was a middling 3 star Mac McWhorter Special and you're still hung up about his flameout? That's Theatre of the Absurd level shit. The big one for me is Shea Morenz. I was ecstatic that Texas signed one of the best players in the country and told anyone who would listen about it. Whoops. That predates my time on the Internet by a few years, but it's easily the biggest one I can think of for this exercise. I wonder if any of the Garrett Gilbert apologists/Lake Travis honks will add him to the list. He doesn't make mine because I was calling him a likely bust from the time he committed forward, much to the dismay of the $9.95 boards Chorus of Fates back on Shaggy.
  16. I'm always baffled by the complaints about more CFB games being played. It used to be bitching about "meaningless" bowl games. Now it's about hypercompetitive play-in scenarios to make the playoffs, which will be larger unto itself as well. Bizarre shit.
  17. Colin Simmons is one of the highest paid non-QB players in all of 2025 for the duration of the season. There is nothing to worry about regarding his commitment to Texas through this calendar year.
  18. Anybody got an opinion on Prime Target? I’ve never heard of it but the trailer is interesting and we’re looking for a new series.
  19. Curtis Luper, geez. That dude is old, but he can coach and recruit. He had one of the weirdest college playing careers of all time. Like all, all time.
  20. I guess that's some notion of "economics"? If it is helpful, here are the quick basics of offensive roster building right now, with names to frame the categories: QB - HS 3 star or below, $0-$50k (Owens); HS 4 star or above, high 6 figures (Bell); Transfer G5 or lower proven starter, mid to high 6 figures (Roark - IU guy from Ohio); Transfer P4 proven starter, well into 7 figures (Mateer); Transfer reclamation project, $0-$100k (JT Daniels) TB - HS 3 star or below, $0-$100 (Wisner)k; HS 4 star or above, mid 6 figures (Gibson); Transfer G5 or lower proven starter, $0-low 6 figures (Skattebo - ASU allegedly got him for free from Sac State); Transfer P4 proven starter, mid to high 6 figures (Judkins); Transfer reclamation project, $0-$100k (Zach Evans) FB/Hybrid TE - HS 3 star or below, $0 (Winston); HS 4 star or above, $0-$50k (??); Transfer G5 or lower proven starter, $0-$50k (Bruckler, Ole Miss); Transfer P4 proven starter, $50k-$200k (??); Transfer reclamation project, $0 (Megwa) TE - HS 3 star or below, $0-$50k (Randle, Shannon); HS 4 star or above, low-mid 6 figures (Townsend, Armstrong); Transfer G5 or lower proven starter, low-mid 6 figures (Pittman Jr); Transfer P4 proven starter, mid to high 6 figures (Hasz, Klare); Transfer reclamation project, $0-$200k (Niblack, think the bigger number) WR - HS 3 star or below, $0-$50k (Dubose); HS 4 star or above, low to high 6 figures (McCutcheon being lower, Wingo/Lockett/Ffrench being higher, DKM being an outlier not worth tracking for others); Transfer G5 or lower proven starter, low to mid 6 figures (Neyor, Bolden); Transfer P4 proven starter, mid 6 to low 7 figures (Golden, Mitchell, Bond); Transfer reclamation project, $100k-$250k (Stewart, Hudson lol) IOL - HS 3 star or below, $0k (Texas has like 5 of these on the roster or just signed); HS 4 star or above, $25k-$250k (Campbell); Transfer G5 or lower proven starter, $50k-$250k (ATM has a few of these types); Transfer P4 proven starter, low-mid 6 figures (McLaughlin, Brailsford); Transfer reclamation project, $0-$100k (Dewberry) OT - HS 3 star or below, $0-$50k (Wright); HS 4 star or above, low-mid 6 figures (Baker, Fasusi); Transfer G5 or lower proven starter, low-mid 6 figures (Onianwa); Transfer P4 proven starter, mid-high 6 figures (Pritchett); Transfer reclamation project, $0-$100k (Tykieast Crawford) There are one-offs in some instances at these spots where breaks are given due to homesickness or a convicted desire that a particular program will get the player into the NFL.
  21. Now here we are moving to distinctions without a real difference. Good grief.
  22. Boy, this thread, you idiots, and what you’re all doing to the rest of us. JFC.
  23. Gerry on the OL this morning: The Texas OL recruiting board: The OT's, IOL's & swing prospects OnTexasFootball takes an updated look at the 2026 offensive line recruiting board with Oregon commit and 4-star++ right tackle Kodi Greene (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei) having set up his official visit for June 13-15th. Texas currently has nine offensive lineman locked in with official visit dates for June, and that number is expected to go as high as 12 in the coming weeks. With one commitment, there are four or five spots remaining with a class of six being very possible coming off classes of signing three (2024) and four (2025). OTF breaks down the board by position along the offensive line. There are three position groups - tackles, IOL's and swing players. The tackles ... John Turntine III, LT, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Texas OV: June 20 Where it stands: Texas has led for months. Will the entire circle be on the same page? We shall see. Samuel Roseborough, RT, Clearwater (Fla.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 20 Where it stands: OTF believes Texas leads the Florida schools and SEC schools currently. With mom moving to Austin recently for work, the Horns have a nice advantage right now. Kodie Greene, RT, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei - *Oregon commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: Texas is expected to receive a spring UOV, prior to the official visit. Felix Ojo, OT, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: Texas has been in a pretty good spot since mid-way through the 2024 season. Sam Utu, OT, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: June 20 Where it stands: Texas quietly leads for one of the more athletic offensive line prospects in the 2026 cycle. There is a key Texas tie withing Utu's circle. Keenyi Pepe, OT, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Texas OV: TBD Where it stands: Kyle Flood was by IMG Academy in late January, and the Horns believe an OV will happen. The swing players ... Max Wright, IOL/OT, Melissa (Texas) High #AllGasNoBrakes OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Malakai Lee, IOL/OT, Honolulu (Hi.) Kamehameha OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Texas OV: TBD Where it stands: OnTexasFootball believes the Longhorns will get at least a spring UOV, and potentially an OV as well. Michigan, Texas, BYU, Georgia, Alabama and USC make up the list. The IOL's ... Toa Katoa, IOL, Euless (Texas) Trinity OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: OnTexasFootball believe The Longhorns continue to lead Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas A&M and BYU. Nicolas Robertson, IOL, Klein (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: OnTexasFootball believe The Longhorns continue to lead large. Zaden Krempin, IOL, Prosper (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Texas OV: June 13 Where it stands: If Krempin is dead set on playing tackle at the next level, Texas will will fall by the wayside. If he is open to G/C, the Horns will be in it until the end. Breck Kolojay, IOL, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Texas OV: TBD Where it stands: Kyle Flood was by IMG Academy in late January. The Denver native has been on campus before, and is expected to return.
  24. I’m not a cheapass and I agree. I go to Vegas several times a year. The past few years, most of the big casinos are setting the craps minimums at $50 during the busier periods. Fuck that. Yep. The second the table goes cold, it’s pretty easy to lose $1000 at a $25 table. Quadrupling that would be a problem.
  25. To reiterate what I was told and wrote about on other threads, everything is going to be based upon on the premise of “program trajectory”, similarly to Pierce in baseball. Go to the tournament and lose on the first weekend? Flat to negative trajectory. Get to the Sweet 16 or better? Things are looking up. Don’t make the tournament? GTFO. The only gray area is a round of 32 finish. I pass this along from someone who is probably more important with next steps than anyone else.
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