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Now that the portal is closed, and it seems that the roster is pretty much set for 2024 save a potential grad transfer portal addition, here's how I am rating the position groups:
Ratings:
- Liability/Unknown
- Some Holes / Struggle Often
- Average / Serviceable (UDFA talent)
- Good (Draftable Talent)
- Great/Elite (1-3 Round Draft Talent)
Ratings are two numbers: (floor / potential)
Offense
QB: (4/5) - Quinn hopefully performs as a RD 1 QB; Arch Manning is ready
RB: (4/5) - Deep and talented RB room; will CJ Baxter or Jaydon Blue be one of best RBs by year-end?
WR: (4/5) - Plenty of talent and depth, just need to find the right mix
TE: (3.5/4) - Helm and Niblack are solid TE weapons (although for different roles)
OL: (4/5) - A lot of talent and depth. Williams is talented, but replacing a RT who got drafted won't be without some issues. How long will Conner start?
Defense
DE (4/5) - Lots of talent and depth. Getting pressure from the edge should not be an issue this season
DT (3/4.5) - The Arizona transfers help set a solid floor; Collins is the real upside for this unit
LB (3.5/4.5) - Hill is special, Gbenda has experience, and Lefau and Gullete have talent
CB (3/4.5) - Muhammad is a stud, but a lot depends on the development of the true FR and what Cole from the portal can do at the P4 level
NB (3.5/4.5) - Barron and Guilbeau are solid NB options
S (3.5/4.5) - Please start Mukuba next to Williams. Freshman are talented, but unproven
Special Teams
K: (3/4) - Auburn is a known commodity
P: (1/3) - A lot depends on Kern or a portal addition
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21 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:
Matt Rhule’s pitch on why Nebraska and why they’ve had no portal entries
He needs to lower the dose on whatever he is taking
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Death, Taxes, and spring game QB overreactions.
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Michigan's spring game is this weekend. I'm guessing we won't hear anything about their DTs until next week.
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16 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:
Hopefully Baker can keep Brown committed and land one (or both) of Zion Williams amd DJ Sanders. This class is going to need at least three DT's, maybe four.
I would think 4 with of one ready to play some meaningful snaps. And we should expect to take another 1-2 in the portal.
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9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
Should I be angry or happy about the hire?
In the near term, I am evaluating this hire by:
- hold on to Brandon Brown. This is a test if he can keep a recruit that appears to have only committed because of Bo Davis.
- development of Alfred Collins. This guy has been an enigma. If Baker can unlock his potential (I am thinking getting on an All SEC list type year), then this guy might be a really good hire.
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Performance of "Up and Coming Coaches" during Sark's tenure at Texas:
- Blake Gideon - Blessed as Muschamp's choice, has one more year to prove himself
- Brennan Marion - Good choice, bad results
- Tashard Choice - Great choice, great result
- Chris Jackson - "Who is this guy" grade for choice, good results so far
- AJ Milwee - What would he be without Sark?
Performance of "Established Coaches" during Sark's tenure at Texas:
- Andre Coleman - Bad choice to retain, bad results
- Kyle Flood - Great choice; amazing results
- Jeff Banks - Great choice, great results
- Jeff Choate - Good choice, good results
- Pete Kwiatkowski - good choice, good results (finally)
- Terry Joseph - "Meh" choice, "meh" results
- Bo Davis - Great choice, great results (depth chart is underwhelming though)
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2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
Since Rod Wright isn't hired yet....I'm going to unrealistically assume our new DL coach is one of the 4-5 teams in the AFC/NFC championship games lol
John Scott Jr makes the most sense right now
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30 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:
I’m surprised Texas took 3 receivers instead of 2. There’s a fair amount of young WR talent on the roster. I wonder whether they think one or two of those guys aren’t going to pan out.
I see it as Sark not leaving anything to chance or "development hope" for next year, especially at WR.
Texas has one of the best QBs, O Lines, and RB depth of any team in the country next year. Don't ruin this opportunity with unknowns at wide receiver.
Now fix DT.
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Somewhere Mark Stoops is flying on a plane waiting to land based on the results of a fanbase's online poll.
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3 hours ago, Dbeasy said:
I have no idea what his tweet means.
I want it to be a Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd reference so this can be something about another thing Elko has mismanaged.
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2 hours ago, Pimphand said:
Ole Looch with a surprisingly cordial tweet. I like it better when he's not haha.
He's clearly had a stroke.
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6 minutes ago, Longhornlove said:
People keep roasting Taaffe is comical. He has been our most reliable safety all year.
That 3 and 8 late in the game where he gave the receiver all the room in the world was incredible. We needed a stop badly, and he didn't make any kind of a movement that resembled good defense.
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Here's my take on transfer portal needs:
1. Don't need anything from the transfer portal:
- QB
- OL
- RB
- DE
- K
2. Definite immediate need; should be looking for someone right now:
- DT
- TE
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3. Reevaluate if a transfer is needed after spring ball:
- LB
- WR
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- CB
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13 hours ago, immamac said:
Yeah we don't need the 9.95er analysis necessarily but who they are, what they've done and why it's a good thing would be EXTREMELY valuable for those threads vs their recruitment tweet and a bunch of titty gifs.
Along these lines... I think something like Airtable, Google Sheets, or another collaboration tool could be useful as a master tracker for annual recruiting classes to help highlight who the key Texas targets are and who the better players are. Much of this information is shared in the recruiting threads, but it would be nice to have this synced centrally.
A recruiting class table (ex: 2025 Recruits) would have columns of information like this:
- Player Name
- Position
- Composite Rank
- Texas Priority (High, Med, Low)
- Likely Leader (Texas, other school)
- Bobby B update notes
- Gerry H update notes
- IT update notes
- 247 update notes
- TFB update notes
- Surly take / thoughts (e.g. "might not have a committable offer because Player X committed")
Permissions could be granted to a handful of recruiting addicting degenerates here to update and post info as available.
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This is the only Texas site I use. I just signed up for TreeFiddy and recently started TOF donations.
Here's my suggestion on how to build a following on socials for Surly. This suggestion is based on replicating a model of another school's fan social media account that uses a lot of user-generated submissions.
- The account is Drunk Old Grad, https://www.instagram.com/drunkoldgrad/, which is an account for West Point that is run by an alum
- Most of the content comes from current cadets or alums, and the person running the account uploads the content (and he makes some of his own content, too)
- A lot of the content is memes or videos taking a stab at Navy or Airforce, current cadet life, or being in the Army
- But there is a lot of other content highlighting football, basketball, etc success, alum accomplishments, West Point from back in the day, other successes/ things in the news about West Point and the Army
If Surly follows this model, posts/videos can center on these themes:
- Making fun of aggies, sooners, other schools
- Updates on football, volleyball, basketball, etc.
- Current student life
- Alumni in the news
- Longhorn apparel, etc.
- Pictures of Longhorn logos/fans in unexpected places
- Historical UT/Longhorn images (e.g., vintage gameday posters, images of campus from the 60s, etc.)
The goal in this model is more than just a football or sports account; it is an overall UT/Longhorn fan and lifestyle following.
One way to start getting this content could be to start a thread somewhere here for people to upload memes, images, videos, etc. Whoever runs the social media account would then make the final call on what to upload, then upload and manage the social accounts.
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1 hour ago, kevwun said:
Starting to wonder if The Elk is gonna make it to 3 years. Pretty much everything since his press conference has been a mess.
If they fire him after 3 years, they will be paying (assuming annual payouts):
- Elko $5.6m per year (not accounting for amount offset for contract with new school)
- Jimbo $7.2m per year
Not to coach at A&M.
I'm ready for it.
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2024 Transfer Thread - You Won't Find Connor Stalion's Vacuums Here
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22 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:
That just may be the stupidest thing I have ever seen posted online, which is saying a lot in this universe where aggy exists.
The guy just learned how to do division a few days ago. Now, he is using it with all the numbers he can find. Let him have his fun, and wait for the wonderful things he will do in 16 years when he starts to learn algebra.
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Texas Football Roster 2024 -- "You never lose a game if the opponent doesn’t score" DKR
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That's a fair take. The 1-5 rating I set is likely too hard for a K / P to get a 5. Regardless, I think Auburn is a good kicker and he will help us win games this year, but I don't think he is or will be great / elite.