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17 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

DBU is back bitches!

Good to have back the coach who put his guy in position to win the 2008 Tech game. 

Particularly replacing the guy who didn't make that play.

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Good to have back the coach who put his guy in position to win the 2008 Tech game. 
Particularly replacing the guy who didn't make that play.

Had 3 guys in position to win it.
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12 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:


Had 3 guys in position to win it.

But one guy got hit right in the hands with the tipped ball... and didn't catch it.

To be fair - to me and to him - I am one of the very few people who noted that Gideon did NOT "lose the game" by failing to get the INT, and nor did Thomas by not holding on to Crabtree while the clock ran out. Remember, pushing him out of bounds or tackling him immediately was not really an option with a one-point lead and Tech with a T-O left. . The game was lost by "scares ya ta death" Mack Brown and his dog shit game plan, and his dog shit in-game coaching, letting us get down 19-0 before we even scored... and running a delayed handoff seven yards deep in our own end zone. I was not, am not, and will never be, anything other than disgruntled and rankled by that game and its outcome... but I don't blame Gideon for its loss, all woulda shoulda coulda and un-called OL holding aside.

Oh, and how many times did Tech fans rush the field? 

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Almost universally in college football, when a team returns a defensive starter, it is seen as a reason for confidence for that player’s unit going forward. Barring a player who was just terrible or one that was thrust into the lineup because of downfalls throughout the team, this player should be a key piece for the roster.

Texas has a lot of these in 2025: Michael Taaffe, Anthony Hill, Malik Muhammad, etc. More specifically, they have three players who played significantly in 2024 who are now entering their senior seasons in 2025—Ethan Burke, Trey Moore, and the title’s namesake, Jaylon Guilbeau.

Guilbeau and Moore share a similar path this offseason, being tasked with changing positions. In Moore’s case, Texas was so talented at edge rusher that they saw him as a better fit at off-ball linebacker, the spot he would likely be playing in the pros anyway.

That situation is a bit different for Guilbeau. Texas has moved nickels outside as recently as last season with Jahdae Barron, but it wasn’t because Texas was so good at STAR that they just wanted to get their best five players on the field. Texas is moving Guilbeau outside, but doesn’t truly have an answer after him at STAR.

Directly looking at Guilbeau as a player, there is reason to be confident in him as a boundary corner. He was recruited there as a top-150 player in the class of 2022. Though it was in the slot, he started three of Texas’ first four games as a freshman but missed the latter half of the season with a torn ACL. In 2024, he was good—not great—in coverage at the nickel, but will now be over two years removed from that tear. He’s running at NFL-level speed.

“It’s been going smoothly. Just getting in the rhythm of playing corner and getting my traits back,” Guilbeau said about moving outside. “I feel like corner is easier than nickel. Corner, you’ve got a better advantage because you can use the sideline.”

But even with a pretty major shift in identity for Guilbeau, it’s been mostly quiet on the reporting front. Defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski endorsed him as an emerging leader of the defense, but mostly just named names when asked about how the cornerback depth chart looks.

Guilbeau exemplifies one of the biggest questions that comes with this Texas secondary in 2025: who’s going to go get the football?

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We've had some amazing DB rooms in past seasons including 2024... where does this DB 2025 group rank against some of our all-time best DB rooms like 2005??

Can't wait to see Graceson play...  🤘 

 

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Can't get tiktok vid on Graceson to post
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57 minutes ago, Plorant said:

Looks like some of of star defenders got to show off their acting skills in a Sonic skit with Terry Crews.

 

Great find. Best thing posted on Surly in about 10 days. Or more.

Probably more.

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Mukuba was a flat out dawg enforcer last yr. He was what all those db’s (sterns foster jones) were supposed to be yrs ago. 

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Jones likely fits in just fine on this roster.  Foster came in firing.  I’m not certain what happened with Foster, but he competed upon arrival.  It would have been interesting to see them in this environment.  I think they’d do quite well actually.

It is much different when you can play to your strengths and your weaknesses are somewhat hidden.  That’s where we are as a program.  Nevermind that the Big 12 was much more offensively oriented right down to the holding which allowed extra time for receivers to work and QBs to find them.

It’s a little humorous how we went from Taaffe never should see the field to All American.  It wasn’t all about him maturing or his skill set becoming well defined either.

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