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Viewing Topic: Citrus Bowl, Dec 31st - Texas vs Michigan.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Shit In One Hand, Hope In the Other, Tell Us Which One Fills Up Faster
Problem with Hawkins is Cooper. Reportedly Texas made a big investment in Cooper. Not sure they would put big money into a RB that would be a sophomore next year. That could tie up a lot of NIL money in one room. Just a thought, I could be wrong
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Shit In One Hand, Hope In the Other, Tell Us Which One Fills Up Faster
1mm per is basically a 5th round contract. I do not believe he projects to a 5th round or better. I think he over-played his hand. Making the mistake that every RB1 at Texas has a minimum value. I am on team Sark on this one. I saw Hardy, Lacy, and Washington all finish in the top 5 in rushing in the SEC as transfers and I would be willing to bet none of them got 1million. RB is a position that has been devalued, and it is also a plentiful one in the portal. That does not mean Texas cannot fuck this up, but decision not to pay 1 million for Wisner does seem to be a rational one.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Shit In One Hand, Hope In the Other, Tell Us Which One Fills Up Faster
I do not want to get into this, but I do love the cognitive dissonance. Trey wants NFL money from Texas but knows he cannot get that money from the NFL by entering the draft. It is a simple valuation for a player eligible for the draft, especially at a position that most future NFL RBs are in a rush to apply for the draft. That said he may get his number from the dumbest bidder.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Shit In One Hand, Hope In the Other, Tell Us Which One Fills Up Faster
Great Rb will mask some of the issue, see Bijan. You are right though. Barring this year, Texas has not been hurting at the skill positions on offense and has yet to produce an elite offense. The OL has generally been the limiting factor, perhaps 2024 was the exception. Getting a functional OL will improve all the skill player's production. IF you told me Texas would miss on Baugh and Coleman but have a top 10 OL next year, I would extremely happy.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Shit In One Hand, Hope In the Other, Tell Us Which One Fills Up Faster
He is an NFL RB. He has good vision, quick feet, and power. He has not shown that explosive element though. He is a guy that will keep you on schedule, which has been a huge issue for the offense since Sark got here. I am not all in on Baugh. I would love to have him, but its more about ROI. I am not sure if a guy like Hollywood Smothers fits Sark better with his big play ability. There will be a lot of good RBs in the portal. Key for me would be for Texas to find that thunder and lightning combo. Find someone that can do the job on 3rd and 1 and someone that can turn good blocking into a 50 yard TD. Texas has not had a power guy since Rojo left. Last year Texas had neither a power nor explosive RB.
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Texas Roster 2026
The offensive staff kneecapped this year. OL was atrocious. There is a difference between a poor OL and a disaster. The Florida game was a disaster. So much immediate pressure. Big issue was the defense going from elite to merely good. 2024 defense gave up 14.8 pts in SEC play vs 25.8 this year. The fact of the matter is Texas has been led by the defense. This year it slipped. The offense has yet to be a high-level unit under Sark.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
There reasons were multiple and Ewers was a part of that. Pocket presence was a wreck, which made the OL look worse. He was a turnover machine in his final year, nobody seems to remember that. The OL was one of the best pass blocking units in the country. RB was an issue in his last year. Running struggled vs high-end opponents (not unusual). Texas had drops and penalties that made things harder. All that said the defense was the reason Texas won 13 games. Ewers was solid QB here but was not really capable of carrying a team. Not sure why this BS is starting up again. Ewers has posted a 27.4 and a 34.7 QBR in his 2 starts. PFF gave him a 47.7 grade vs the Bucs and 59.2 vs the Bengals. I hope he continues to improve and becomes an NFL starter, but there is no reason to dig up this BS based on his first 2 starts.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Sark makes plenty of mistakes, but he is also gets blamed for a ton of things. Some are 100% on point, some are nonsense.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
This is a bit overboard. Texas was a good pass blocking unit last year. Quinn was never hurting for targets at Texas. Just look at the skill position players Quinn had at Texas: Bijan, Rojo, Brooks, and Blue were all drafted. Worthy, Whittingham, Mitchell, and Golden at WR Helm and Sanders all drafted. Reason people loved Quinn going to Miami was it was a great fit for Quinn. Lot of quick passing and a smart OC that schemes up a lot of quick open looks. I am not sure what Sark should have done other than surround him with a better run game (that is on Flood and Ill beat that drum this offseason). Sark went to a short, rhythm passing game with Quinn. We all know Quinn is good when you can keep him on schedule. It his ability to stay in control when things break down that will make or break his NFL career.
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Texas Roster 2026
No, it was the 3. I know ESPN and the committee told you how to think and you sopped that up like gravy with a biscuit, but it requires little critical thinking to realize that beating Georgia or OSU would have done the job. Texas's chances were dealt a massive blow after the Georgia game. Texas was technically in the playoffs, until that loss. The committee dropped them from 10 to 17. Losing 7 spots playing the #5 team on the road seemed overly punitive. You could argue that was the death knell. It is moronic to argue that if Texas won that game, they would not have made the playoffs.
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Texas Roster 2026
I think the expectations should be getting into the playoffs and competing for SEC championships. By that I mean Texas should be in the discussion for the SEC champ game the last 2 weeks of the season. If a strange world with unbalanced schedules, so weird things can happen. Playoffs are just as odd, the path for wins is probably best at the 5 seed. Texas won 2 playoff games last year and did not beat a single NC contender. That is why it is tough to say Texas should be in the quarter finals of the playoffs. Lot of it comes down to luck of the draw.
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Texas Roster 2026
No idea how the OSU game plays out, if you change part of it. They played pretty conservative throughout the game. That said, I think this was my issue with the RB room. When they got good blocking (rare occurrence), the RBs turned it into 8-15 yards. That was difference between Brooks and this group. Both were pretty poor in short yardage, but when Brooks got the blocking or made someone miss it was going to be an explosive. I think that probably fits Sark's offense more than a power Rb. Still amazing me that Texas has started a RB that was pushed out of the starting spot by a sophomore named Tiger Riden in High School.
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