Dorbah did play quite a bit in 2023 -- 30 total tackles and 6 sacks. He was hurt for part of 2024, which is part of the reason his stats decreased significantly.
In no particular order, I put this loss on Sideshow Bert, Ewers and Sark. Just way too many fucking mistakes. Way too many penalties. Way too many turnovers.
Bless his heart -- that guy is the very definition of "aggy homer." He is a big reason why the rollercoaster is already back on the upswing.
I can only hope he keeps pumping out articles, because I need the laughs. Still waiting for his current ranking of SEC teams. It's very strange that it's taking him so long to publish it this week for some reason.
When the O-line is good enough to finish out games by running the ball down the throats of defenses that know we're going to run the ball (see, e.g., the A&M game, the Arkansas game, Bama in '23, etc.) -- something we never saw in prior years -- then I'd say the O-line coach is pretty good.
And he wasn't the only one wrecking shop on that play. Check out the rest of the D-line on that play, esp. Broughton and Norton. Frankly, the aggy RB wouldn't have scored even if Burke hadn't made the play.
He was ranked as a top 5 punter coming out of HS and averaged 46+ his senior year, so I question whether we can definitely say that he doesn't have the talent or leg. You're basing your conclusion on a freshman season in which he's been injured for at least part of the time. If you applied the same reasoning in 2015, you would have been ready and willing to cut Dickson loose.
That said, as I said in another post, I would have absolutely no problem with portaling in a proven, experienced punter in '25. Texas should always be looking to improve at every position if possible.
So now that overrated, untested Texas squad is actually way more talented than the the aggy players that were part of highly-rated recruiting classes because we spent boatloads of NIL money.
I swear, I need a program to keep up with the changing narrative on TexAgs.
I would have no problem with that plan.
And for the record, I never said I think Kern has the potential to be "great down the road." I said it's reasonable to expect that he'll improve over his performance this season, which is something different.
He averaged 45+ in the UTSA and ULM games, but I honestly don't recall if those were on the fly or due to getting good bounces. He averaged 46+ as a HS senior. So apparently he's got the ability to lift it better than the 40 he has averaged this season. But he certainly hasn't been booming anything this year, esp. since his injury.
Sorry -- I should have phrased it differently. He's a lock to enter the portal, so he's all but gone at this point. I should have written, "I forgot that he's leaving the program."