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Boko Bevo

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  1. No, but Big Jim (Chris) is why we were there. We also went up for a month in summer 96 - insane collection of football players at CU then. I didn't go to LP, Shaun and I grew up in Bible Way church together, our dads were in camp together in Oakland and maintained a friendship and worked out together. To this day, having played with and against some incredible ballplayers, Chris is one of the best athletes I've ever actually been around. I wish he would've locked in. Neuheisel took the players' coach deal a little too far and had no controls on that team.
  2. I grew up with Shaun. Christmas break of our senior year in high school we visited Colorado together prior to them playing the Holiday Bowl - he weighed around 282 (I remember this vividly because Doc Kreis, who was CU's S&C coach at the time said he could get Shaun to 300 prior to our Freshman year). He didn't hit 300 and stay there until his Sophomore year at Texas. When I saw Carlton he immediately reminded me of Shaun at the same age.
  3. That's good news. He's a special athlete. Plays too high like most high schoolers that are at a physical advantage, but he'll probably be a composite 5 star by end of cycle. I saw him at a couple track meets, huge frame and explosive as hell. Could see him putting on 50 pounds over the next couple years and reminding people of Shaun Rogers.
  4. This is rough. Black frats have an interest meeting, kick your ass for 12-20 weeks and call it a day.
  5. Please don’t put too much (any) credence into yesterday’s post. In fact, take anything I say in the recruiting forum with the largest grain of salt, as I don’t know any of the kids Texas is currently in on. Just wishcasting and hoping y’all give me some good news at some point in the next 60ish days.
  6. Man, I hadn't seen you post in a while and was worried. Your nuanced yet clear takes on all things Texas football is what turned me from lurker to full fledged BMD of the $treefiddy variety. I'm glad you didn't get tangled up in a DEA takedown like I thought. You coming back only reinforces the reality that we getting eeeeryfuckinbody!
  7. I put very little stock into football without pads. 7 on 7 means next to nothing. Pass rush 1v1 even less than that, and is skewed towards the defense unequivocally. Gotdamn, Ojo had a horrible day at the Rivals camp in Indy though. Poor fella looked like he was on a tranquilizer of some sort. Hopefully he's a RS Freshman AA in a couple of years and it's a Landon Jackson bag drill memory.
  8. Kids and parents really like Kirby Smart. They love Travaris Robinson. I'm not sure exactly why on Smart, but even as he's gotten it to a place that recruits itself, people like the guy. Good thing is that families really connect with Sarkisian also. The Georgia talk makes me ask a question that's plagued me the entirety of 2025 - how the fuck did Gunner Stockton hold on to that ball while sleeping soundly?
  9. I lurked the board for a long time, but this is the only handle. I guess there wasn't sufficient focus on my end to figure out who was who from a posting perspective. That said, thanks for the heads up and apologies to the board for shitting on it. Fool me once... 😂
  10. Two things can be true. Getting bruised by UGA doesn't equate to not having acquired SEC intensity on the line. Not when you're 8-1 in that SEC
  11. 49-17. These MF's just say anything.
  12. I don't know if Howe got his first sentence on Sark's talent acquisition strategy from someone inside the program, or from just watching recruiting unfold that way like the rest of us. However it went, I think that plan makes a ton of sense from a roster building perspective. We've been told that WR under Sark requires tons of mental bandwidth, but I've watched transfers come in and immediately kill it the last couple seasons. Running backs are everywhere during portal season. I want Texas to win every big recruitment like I'm sure we all do, but I really like the LOS wins and having the QB nailed down two years out.
  13. All while landing Top 3 classes. It’s a message board, so folks have to complain, but this is rarified air.
  14. That last part is where it's at. The retention of the two-deep talent right now is insane. Shit, roster retention as a whole from All-Americans down to the developmental guys is competing to be the gold standard right now in college football. I have zero idea on the staff's strategy when it comes to raising the floor for OOS recruitments, etc. - but I think they're involved in most of these because they genuinely want the kid and feel they have a chance to win them. LB recruiting OOS has been laser focused on the very best guys in the country with no wavering or flinching. When Atkinson and Griffin recruitments seemed to cool, Thomas Davis Jr. was hoping for/expecting/lobbying for an offer (especially as Texas staffers began heavily recruiting Greater Charlotte). The staff kept their powder dry. They are going to get guys they truly want, and they aren't good with "settling".
  15. Washington is owed some ass whoopings as well. Husky Stadium is a great environment, and they got good weed. Make it happen.
  16. I'm at the age where lots of my friends/teammates/frat brothers have kids that are being recruited. There was a great deal of excitement around the House settlement in the past few months, but now most of them are just confused. This means that folks (even those who are formally educated), are becoming more reliant on intermediaries to help decipher what promises are realizable in this landscape. I'm trying to find the right words to say that this year, there is even more of an opportunity for schools or go betweens to overpromise. The positive is that some of that will come out in the wash prior to "signing day", or whatever will be in its place this year. Sucks as a fan of recruiting, but there will be plenty of decommits this year as people figure this stuff out. We were talking about this at a track meet last weekend, and it was like fifth graders trying to explain the federal reserve.
  17. Really cool with the staff taking a hard pass on this one. As it stands, retention is tough as shit in this landscape. Imagine having to re-recruit this guy every year until 2029-2030. Kids are notoriously mercurial and selfish - some kids (and their uncles) more than others. Too much squeeze for TBD juice.
  18. That’s it. That’s the fucking comp! They list him at 275 in high school, but he ate himself into a Heze comp that freshman year playing DT. I’d take a Jason Peters
  19. 11th grade Heze Kent has Pro Bowl Eric Green by about 30 pounds of bad weight. I hope it works though. Shaping up to be a really good recruiting weekend
  20. I would be out of my depth arguing with anyone on this staff about a take. I created a Tight End that looked like him one season on NCAA 2005 or so. Worked like a charm.
  21. He’s an athlete. That’s for sure. I just can’t find a TE comp in my mental Rolodex. I pulled up a pic of Keith Jackson, and he looked like Jack Lalane compared to Heze. I love the idea of getting him on campus, but TE seems like a super stretch
  22. I wanna be on board with this recruitment, but unless they add another number after that 7, I just don’t see this kid ever playing a snap. That Agbo role possibly, but ain’t no way otherwise. Prove me wrong Heze, I want all the kids to win big.
  23. I hate that the numbers are probably gonna send this kid East on I-10. Don’t know much about him as a player, but really would’ve liked a big nasty with a closed cage facemask. Shit is nostalgic 🤷🏿‍♂️
  24. That kid looks genuinely happy. Like he just cracked the code to life. Calculator.
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