Posts posted by Newy25
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1 minute ago, sunset87 said:
It's always interesting to see how the incoming freshman "pan out" in comparison to whom this board is really excited about right now.
LJH didn't get much attention, either positive or negative when he came in. Although some "analysts" thought he was a terrible take...
Jake Smith seems to be the one of the class favorites. He looks like a damn good football player to me, but I'm not seeing the elite speed I keep reading about (ducks). He's got good speed and quickness and runs exceptional routes, but he doesn't have Marquise Goodwin or Hollywood Brown speed. I think he ends being a really good football player, but I'm not sure he makes as an immediate impact or lives up to some of the expectations I read here. Malik Jefferson rings a bell in this regard. This happens every year, I'm sure with every fan base.
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11 minutes ago, Machinator said:
So we have an old-fashioned source-off on Buechele.
CTJ is saying he's transferring (destination SMU).
Chip Brown says he's transferring, destination unknown.
Justin Wells says he's leaning towards staying. Wells also says Brandon Jones will stay (and I do trust him on this one).
If he stays, you have to think Rising transfers. And I really do not blame him if he did, to be honest.
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3 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:
We have. Herman has strong evals and he fills spots of need each year, unlike Charlie who had wildly imbalanced classes leading to major roster holes. Problem is, this year and next year we're dealing with depth issues due to the high wash out rate of Charlie's 2015 and 2016 class, all the transfers from the 2016 class, and a small 2017 class to boot. Getting 10 wins and a Sugar Bowl victory with a roster made up of those classes was aboslutely huge. We still have some depth concerns going into next year at LB, OL, RB, and CB, but after next year, this roster projects to be very deep and talented for the foreseeable future. The one thing Herman must add is more elite players. We've taken a lot of good players, but we need to add more program-changing talents in order to be a serious national title contender moving forward. Thankfully, 2020 looks promising in that regard.
I fully expect several freshman to be contributors and lose their shirt but to be starters? Its really hard to see one. The best chance we have is one of our receivers can become a starter later on in the season or Floyd to be in the heavy linebacker rotation.
The two JUCOs or any grad transfer we sign are entirely different.
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4 minutes ago, Stampeder said:
Agreed. We also have a couple CB spots in play as well as a few OL spots. If we're going to have a freshman phenom this year I suspect it will be Whittington for the reasons mentioned previously. He has a massive opportunity and he's coming in early. Other positions there's a ton of competition already on campus or in the same recruiting class. D. Brown might be another, but I'm not completely sold there.
I did not list CB or OL spots as up for grabs because we know who is likely to fill those spots already. Same for TE.
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I hope we have been doing a better job with our roster to the point where none of these freshman need to be day 1 starters. We have one receiver slot on offense up for grabs and two linebacker spots. Just based on that Floyd has the best chance to be a day 1 starter but I still think he will just be in the rotation.
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12 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:
Sure but we signed 2, maybe 3 CBs in that class (depending on what they do with Jamison) with only one guy older than them on the entire roster who hasn't shown much ability at all. So we basically have 2 second years guys to play outside CB with Boyce and a TR FR in Watson backing them up. That's not a depth chart that inspires much confidence going into next year.
Before you even start camp you already know who your top 3 CB’s are including two very highly rated/5 star players. I’m not sure what JUCO guy you are going to get who are better than those three.
Grabbing guys just to sign them doesn’t really give you depth. If there is one out there, sure but to say it’s a major weakness and we “need” to sign one? I don’t think so. We had freshman as primary backups this year.
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2 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:
Obviously, but we didn't even go after a single JUCO CB, either. Just seems like a bit of a hole on our roster next year, and this staff is usually more proactive plugging holes than Vic Mackey at a Weight Watchers meeting.
They were proactive by signing the best defensive back group in the history of the program last year.
I would call that pretty proactive.
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Texas recruiting notes 2019
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The first and third play show his total ineffectiveness. The second play actually was the smart play. Was he supposed to try to fight up field against 3 defenders with 1:30 of clock time and no time outs? Gain 1-2 yards, burn 25 seconds of clock?