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13 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:
His playcalling late in season with Arch was atrociously bad
I think it was more the lack of Arch. He got huge 1st downs in the OSU and Georgia games. Clemson is throw away. 2 carries for 13 yards with 0 attempts seemed a touch light. Understanding Arch may have had a concussion vs OSU, but I would have liked to see him more in the RZ
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15 hours ago, Jimmy Two Times said:
Patricia was a really curious hire given he's essentially been in a multi-year flameout since he left the Belichick/Brady bubble. I remember him having issues with players when he coached the Lions because he was such an asshole hardo, which you would think may not go well with college kids. He's a total wildcard like you said, but my baseline expectation is that he's a sizable downgrade from Knowles and he's working with less experience and talent on defense.
I would agree. Just highlighting that the OSU is the real wild card in this game. There will be 0 film on them. There is a chance Patricia comes out and surprises Sark getting the advantage. There is probably a better chance that OSU comes out a bit disorganized
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4 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:
Ohio state always reloads. The most consistent fucking assholes in college football. I expect little to no drop off. It’s going to be a very difficult game and play calling is what’s gonna win it. Hopefully sark doesn’t let the outcoaching bug hit again because we should have fucking won last year but I don’t expect it to be easy walking all over like we did Michigan
Ohio State knows what to expect from Texas, but OSU is kind of a wild card. They have new coordinators on both sides (though Day will have his stamp on the offense). Hartline was a bit pass happy his first time around. We will see what Patricia does in college. I am hoping Patricia over complicates the defense and it takes him awhile to find his groove similar to Wink Martindale at Michigan last year.
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36 minutes ago, closetojumping said:
You get reductive sometimes and this is one of those instances. You’re being dismissive on something real and also ridiculous in your claims about your own knowledge of football history.
I agree with your takes here.
I have chosen not hire north of 100 people over the years because they came across as buffoons on social media, even if it was shit from high school. Beyond that, we’ve chosen not to even consider candidates from shithole opponents including OU, Baylor, and LSU. Petty? Maybe. Or maybe I like to like the people I work with and if you’re going to show me you’re a dislikable yapping dumbass, you can go elsewhere.
Having dealt with other folks qualifying as unhealthy diehards the past few years, I can say that there are folks involved with hiring thousands of people between them who are far more extreme than my views on this shit.
Reminds me of an old quote that is pertinent to this discussion. "Be careful whose toes you step on today, they may be attached to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow."
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2 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:
The fuck does the UT endowment have todo with any of this?
Nothing if you become a manager at Walmart. If you get into finance, especially managing money, there is a good chance you will run into them.
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42 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:
No company cares about this. The dude could tweet out “fuck Texas Football and it’s bitch fans!” and it would have zero repercussions on his career prospects.
Not sure what you for a living, but if I tweeted that out it would be one long ass discussion. UT has ~47B endowment. Massive alumni. Corporations dont care, but you never know if the guy you are asking money or business from is a batshit crazy UT fan. This has been beaten to death and not recruit related, so I am bowing out.
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4 minutes ago, Newy25 said:
I wonder if Notre Dame will rescind the offer now that they have read his twitter account.Georgia or ND will not do that over this, but it has happened in the past. I am being old school on this, but being intentional on your public appearance is just being intelligent. None of these posts likely matter, but why post something with only downside.
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17 minutes ago, texifornia said:
You're taking some silly college football smack talk so stuffily you're almost literally harumphing. They're going to Notre Dame, they'll be fine, and we get to happily and wholeheartedly cheer against them both.
(Also, Jesus, I'm double their age and haven't heard of half of those guys. No teenager care about players from the 50s).
The first thing a company will do is look through your social media before hiring you. The comment is not that it is likely to have an effect on a job opportunity, but how can this help you? There is a reason I tell my children not to post stupid shit on social media. It only takes one little angry man in HR to get upset about a post to for you to miss out on an opportunity. Again risk vs reward.
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2 hours ago, UTEE97 said:
Even for teenagers this is amazingly ignorant. History would argue that NFL Hall of Famers like Bobby Layne, Sammy Baugh, Earl, Doak Wlaker, Dickerson, Darell Greene, Singeltary, Bob Lily, John Randle, Steve McMichael, etc did pretty well staying home. Not to mention things on social media live forever. Why would you ever put something out that could offend businesses in a state with a GDP ~2.7 trillion. That is the 2nd highest GDP in the country and would be around 8th vs the world (ahead of countries like Italy, Brazil, Canada, Russia, and Mexico). Parents of these kids need to slap them upside the head and teach them about risk vs reward.
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8 hours ago, Had Enough said:
I want to dedicate this post to @Thatguy.
In sheer number of balls batted at or near the LOS, PFF has Ewers tied with Shadeur Sanders and others at 8. That’s tied for 27th with 15 guys. Quick calculation shows that on a per pass basis Ewers is at 41st and Shedeur 42nd of those 42. I’d wager neither would be in the top 50 on a per pass basis. Dart, Gabriel, McCord all had more passes batted, all at a higher clip. Given our higher propensity for screens and the short game,
It is below 2%. Drew Allan and Michael Hawkins had 0, if that moves the needed on wanting them. C Weigman and Alan Bowman are quite good too. There are somewhere in the vicinity of 25 guys that cut Ewers batted balls in half.
Issues were more around accuracy in the intermediate and deep passing game. That and the high propensity for self-sacking. I hope to see Arch improve on those areas. Arch's numbers are too small to really draw any conclusions from, but he was better on the deep ball. He did struggle with pressure to sack numbers. We shall see how many starts it takes for Arch to fully unlock his potential.
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3 minutes ago, Red Five said:
I feel like that got really overblown. Ewers would toss the ball to someone standing still at the LOS, about five feet from him, and the announcers would go apeshit over how well he placed the ball. I mean, yeah, but it was a still target, right fucking next to him. Just seemed weird, like everyone was looking for something that he, you know, did well.
Ewers is really good at some of those. He throws a really nice swing pass and screens. That is Ewer’s best throw (elite). Manning actually behind there. Mid-range, deep ball, mobility, etc go to Manning
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On 7/4/2025 at 11:58 AM, Slacks said:
Sark is going to have a 1,000 back. It's more part of his plan than great QB play. That 1000 yd back is what creates the opportunity for great QB play... And with Texas now playing what feels like 17 games. 1000 yds is like 47 yards a game.
I think a good run game makes playing QB easier, but doesnt necessarily mean great QB play. One reason I am a big Borrow fan is his ability under pressure. His passer rating is less than 10 pts lower with pressure, than with a clean pocket. Most QBs are 35-40 pts apart. That includes names like Mahommes, Allen, Hurts, etc.. How you play when the environment isn’t favorable is what defines great play from a player to me. This is an area I believe Arch can help improve the offense next year. Just think Bijan. He would make defenders miss all the time in the backfield. That was more impressive to me than watching Chris Warren run for almost 300 yards vs Tech with holes my old ass could get 3-4 yards
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12 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:
David really didn't deserve him.
lol, fuck that. That's insane. Glad we didn't match, that would be ridiculous.
You actually pay by the pound, so you've got this backwards.
Bobby and Gerry have said that he is being recruited as a linebacker and expressly not being recruited as an edge. I think the plan is for him to play OLB who can come in on pass rush packages, similar to the role currently played by Moore. Although the term "edge" has become extremely confusing to me, so it's hard to know exactly what Bobby and Gerry meant. But Bobby said he is not being recruited as an edge.
I take that as basically Ant Hill. Ant is an ILB with excellent pass rushing skills (think he led Texas in pressures per rush last year). He lines up at ILB 90% of the time but will bump out to the edge in some pass rushing packages/play calls. I am assuming this is going to be the general LB pitch the next few years. "We love you as an ILB, but we also see pass rushing potential. We envision using you like Ant Hill, who we think will be an early round draft pick and All American". Kind of like how every Nickel recruit will be pitched on the Jahdae Barron plan the next few years.
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40 minutes ago, irishtexan said:
Suchomel comment feels like click-bail bullshit to me. That's a lot of words without any specifics on a recruitment that was assumed to go Texas' way the whole time. He's a top-10 national player and the announcement seemed like a somewhat foregone conclusion. Have to manufacture some drama in the days leading up to it. That's what I'm telling myself, at least.
it makes no sense. The kid had no firm commitment date only a couple days ago. I am supposed to believe he randomly decided to set a commitment date with 0 inkling of where he was going? GTFOH
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2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:
Is it possible that we are seeing some schools catch up to or in a few cases surpass Texas in NIL resources, reducing some of the advantages Texas has had in the last few cycles? Last year it started to look like that, but obviously Texas finished strong anyway. Maybe the financial pressure is even greater this year?
I continue to believe this is just the typical summer recruiting we see every year. But maybe I’m wrong.
Just because Texas has one of the largest NIL pools, it does not mean they will be the highest bidder in every recruitment. Its like any market, you are generally at the whim of the dumbest buyer. Texas has navigated this market well and we have seen that with strong closes in the last few classes. Perhaps I have buried my head in the sand, but I think this cycle will play out similarly.
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2 hours ago, Vertigo said:
Mateer is going to be a good player this year. I would bet money he will be a top 10 QB, but I think elite defenses will shut him down because OU just doesn’t have much to help him. Unfortunately, he will probably play 3 or 4 elite defenses this year.
I have not seen much, but looking over his game log he did a lot of work vs some really bad teams
Finished the year with a 16-22, 182, 1 TD, 1 Int, and 4 sacks vs WYO leading them to 14 pts
If we look at some of the better teams he played last year
BSU: 26-37, 327, 2 TD, 1 Int, and 8 sacks...45-24 loss
Wash: 17-34, 245, 1 TD, 1 Int, and 1 sack.. .24-19 loss
Tech: 9 - 19, 115, 1 TD, 1 int. 1 sack... 37-16 loss.. (he did have 197 rushing, but seems like hollow yards based on the score)
His 2 games vs the P4 (Tech and Wash), he completed 50% or less of his passes and put up a total of 35 pts.
He took 31 sacks with 347 attempts. That screams of some really poor pocket presence. Does OU have an OL capable of masking that issue?
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1 hour ago, Bodacious Bevo said:
Ok so some of the stuff about how we're in unprecedented times of national recruiting has annoyed me, so I pulled the numbers.
Random thoughts:
- We currently have 7 OOS commits with about half the class in, so we're on pace to probably end up around where we were in 2023
- Bijan was the only OOS signee in the 2020 class. I thought the contrast between 2020 having the lowest post-Mack OOS number but highest rating looked funny on the charts
- Herman signed 4 OOS JUCO players in 2019, so that class would have had the highest number if they were included. Man, recruiting for Herman tanked after 2019
- I think official visit data would be more illustrative but that would be harder to access
- Transition classes are tough
- Sark signed more OOS high school recruits in his first two full classes than Mack did in this timeframe (2002 - 2013). Hell, he signs more each year (minus transition) than Mack did in the classes that won the national championship combined (02-05). So, I do get that the modern recruiting landscape is very different for people that have been following this for decades.
I appreciate the work on this, but I just think the landscape has changed so much that the comparisons are almost apples to oranges. Seems kids are far more likely to leave their state today compared to the early 2000s. 7 on 7 teams have become a factor. NIL is a game changer. Texas is in a different conference. In the Big 12 the footprint for recruits was basically Texas. The SEC has opened doors for Texas across the Southeast and its rich recruiting grounds. Sark has certainly pushed Texas recruiting beyond the state lines, but its hard to quantify how much of that was Sark or the changing landscape.
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11 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:
Everyone’s sleeping on Jerrick Gibson. He had fumbling issues as a freshman. It happens.
But if he fixes that…he’s gonna be a good one.
I am going James Simon.
https://www.hudl.com/profile/16091617/James-Simon
I prefer to watch highlights from tight games or losing games, especially at RB. Too many times, the tape is just guys running through 10-yard-wide holes. He put a highlight of him pass blocking; not sure I have ever seen RB do that. His Dad spent time in the NFL, so he understands how to prepare and what is required at the position. He did not put out a senior tape, but you can go through the games it if intrigued.
He made a nice jump from Junior to senior year. Shows vision, power, gets downhill, and a willingness to block.
I would mention Clark here, but without a Spring game it is hard to know where he is physically.
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1 minute ago, TXpride said:
I have a hard time seeing 5 DTs sticking. We might take them all if they want in, but we don't "need" 5 after backfilling through the portal.
I am fine with taking as many recruits as possible along the DL and OL. We have all seen Texas fill up at the skill positions and the results were tepid at best. If I recall correctly one of Sark's 1st comments about the roster was there were too many WRs.
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26 minutes ago, Danimal said:
That is interesting because Bobby did state over the weekend that Xavier would be more of an of Edge to start then transition to an OLB, whereas Atkinson would be more of an MLB. His comments alluded to they could potentially be in the same class. So for Gerry to put this out after the fact, assuming he and Bobby are trading notes and intel, there is something here that might be more than position numbers that would cause them not to be in the same class.
I would guess that Gerry is simply playing the odds. Its hard to get the #1 and #2 rated recruit at the same position in any class. Texas would take both in a heartbeat
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53 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:
We are talking about guys coming off major leg injuries. That is great they are running around in the summer but the tough part hasn’t even begun for either.
No one is saying this RB group can’t be good and there aren’t good players in there, but if the justification for passing on a RB for an entire cycle is looking at a current room of 1 good RB and 5 dudes who have barely played football or are coming off major leg surgeries and saying we are good here, that is a gamble.
Its not a justification for passing on RBs, you are taking my comments out of context. It is simply saying missing a RB in this cycle is not panic worthy. Of course I would love a 5 star RB in this cycle, but if Texas is going to miss on a position, RB is probably the least painful one. That assumes that Texas misses on a RB in this cycle, which I think is a sub 40% chance of happening. t
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38 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:
Baxter- Torn ACL
Wisner- Solid player but probably not a dude you want to hand the rock to 25 times a game consistently
Clark- Torn Achilles
Gibson- Fumbling issues in a limited sample size
Stewart and Simon- True freshmen we have never seen
From a numbers and classification perspective, sure, we are okay but there are a lot of unknowns and major injuries in the room and I would put the chances at zero that all 6 RB’s return in 2026. I’m assuming Stewart and Simon are probably cool with developmental years this season but do we really think 6 guys who all realistically expect to be getting meaningful carries in 2026 are sticking around to share one football at Texas?
We need to take at least one RB every year.
Few things:
Wisner: who is a solid RB. I have said he is a better football player than prospect (that could really work for Texas in 2026)
Clark: Already back to practicing. One of the bigger surprises. We will see where he is this year, but I assume he is probably healed by 2026. The season that a current recruit would actually be available
Baxter: Is back to practicing. I am not sure he will be 100% until later in the year, but unless the medical profession took a huge step backwards, he will be 100% in 2026..
Gibson: I assume this is a take that a Frosh cannot fix a fumbling issue by the time he is a junior (2026)
The Freshman: This logic works for anyone that has not played in college, not just the ones on campus currently. If you discount the new freshmen, should you not do that for any recruit?
QuoteWe need to take at least one RB every year.
Texas has taken 2 RBs the last 3 years, so by your standard Texas has over recruited the position. That gives them flexibility/insurance. There is not another position on the roster that Texas has recruited a 2 deep the last 3 years.
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6 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:
We need to take at least one RB. Let’s be real with ourselves.
Being content with taking no running back in the class is like when Mack Brown was ready to take Terrell Cuney as his only OL commitment for the 2014 class before getting fired.
I prefer to have a RB in every class, but it is not a necessity. Texas has Baxter (soph), Wisner (JR), Clark (Fr), Gibson (Soph), Stewart (Fr), and Simon (Fr). There is a solid number of bodies in the room. It is not a lock that Texas is even going to lose a single RB after this season. This is also not a position with a long developmental track. RBs can make major contributions early in their careers. This is not a like DL or OL, where you will be reliant on the portal if you miss on a class. Texas was in much worse position at DT and it appears the staff has managed to navigate that minefield. After a few years of hitting the portal hard a DT, next year appears to be the first that it will not be necessary to do so again. 2026 season should have 5-6 Rbs on the depth chart, assuming no transfers. It can be argued that Texas has over-recruited the position by the numbers the last few years. This is not optimal, but it is far from a disaster.
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I think Ant Hill and Atkinson are different players. Atkinson is a pure ILB. Ant Hill is more of a hybrid. Atkinson might be the best defensive player in this class. He is more Urlacher/Seau. I can’t really think of an NFL comp to Hill. I guy that is more comfortable on edge/ blitzing, than playing ILB.. (He still a good at ILB, but he is better getting after the QB (at least in his 1st 2 seasons). Believe he had highest pressure rate per rush of any Longhorn).