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is this real?  they have our punter they have drafted this year and no other Horn on the team.  If you check their roster there are a lot of ****** on that team. Hope we don't start taking a lot of cr

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Here's a photo that has never been seen by anyone.  One of my readers was going through some slides taken by his father when he came across this photo of DKR on October 4, 1952, when # 5 Texas played

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Brainiacs have confirmed Angilau will arrive for summer workouts and he's delayed his mission trip.

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On 7/16/2018 at 10:50 AM, Bodacious Bevo said:

I still think Jamison will end up back at nickel by the season. 

I don't know that he'll be able to beat out LJH or Heard for playing time, unless he's really outstanding, in which case I'm all for keeping him there. Long term we have a bunch of guys that can play slot coming in 19. Probably just want him to know some of the offense for emergency spot duty or depth in case of injury. 

Isn't the secondary deeper than the WRs?

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http://insidetexas.com/herman-expands-on-jamisons-position-change-players-position-preference-in-recruiting/

Joe Cook: Herman expands on Jamison’s position change, player’s position preference in recruiting (edited)

 

Every college coach in any sport, Texas head coach Tom Herman included, knows that recruiting is the lifeblood of the program. In order to recruit well, coaches need to often tell players what they want to hear.

Earlier in his recruitment in a since-deleted tweet, Texas freshman D’Shawn Jamison stated he wanted to be used in college like former Michigan Wolverine and current Cleveland Brown Jabrill Peppers. In the early stages of his Texas career, Jamison might get that wish.

In the official 2018 media guide and on the roster on the official athletics website, the class of 2018 member from Houston Lamar is listed as a wide receiver, confirming Inside Texas’ previous reporting. His Twitter profile reads that he is both a wide receiver and a defensive back at Texas, a role similar to that of Peppers.

In his final two seasons in Ann Arbor, Peppers amassed 111 total tackles, 18.5 of them for loss, three sacks and an interception. In addition, he rushed for five touchdowns and averaged 13.1 yards per punt return and 26.8 yards per kick return.

Though Jamison might not work between the tackles, Herman assured him the opportunity to both try and score and prevent scoring.

“He’s going to play both this year,” Herman said Tuesday at Big 12 Media Days. “He’s been working at both throughout the offseason. He’s been doing drills with both the slot receivers and the DBs. We certainly plan to use him on offense, but I think it’s more of a stop-gap.”

Jamison’s high school highlights are full of kick and punt returns for touchdowns, so putting the ball in his hands makes sense. It also makes sense for the Longhorns, as there is a need at the slot receiver position following the departure of Reggie Hemphill-Mapps. Though junior Lil’Jordan Humphrey is set to have a big year, those behind him on the depth chart are unproven.

“We approached D’Shawn and said ‘hey, we’ve got a need for some dynamism at that slot receiver position, and you certainly have it. The DB room is pretty packed this year, not to say that you can’t crack into it, but we’d like for you to at least get some work at slot receiver and see how it goes,’” Herman said. “By all accounts, he’s having a pretty good offseason.”

Being able to bring this account to star prospects on the recruiting trail is a nice feather for Herman to have in his cap. Currently, two of Texas’ top 2019 targets, Bru McCoy of Mater Dei (Calif.) and Makiya Tongue of University Lab (La.), have aspirations of playing a different position than what the Longhorn coaches would prefer them to play at.

According to Herman, he leaves that choice up to the players.

“You come into our program, and you can play whatever you want to play,” Herman said. “You look at the depth chart and say ‘I want to play this,’ and usually it always works itself out.”

Herman noted just because a player is in his preferred position does not mean he is guaranteed playing time. In his example, he said that a player who comes in as a linebacker but who his staff prefers at defensive end will get every opportunity to play linebacker.

“Usually by the second or third week, knock, knock, knock on coach’s door,” Herman said. “‘Hey coach, I’m the fourth string linebacker, I think I could be the second string defensive end. Do you think I could move to defensive end?’”

Those decisions normally work themselves out, but Herman knows it has to take place organically. As soon as it’s forced, it becomes an issue.

“It’s always the young man’s decision,” Herman said. “If it’s not, you’re not getting a full buy-in.”

Judging by Jamison’s Twitter bio and Inside Texas’ previous reporting, the buy-in, in this case, is there.

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We're starting to get some decent walkons. Travis West had an offer from Army. 
I'm glad we are finally starting to maximize this part of recruiting. 
 
I think we've always been pretty good in that area, but I do wonder about teams like Kansas. How do they find guys willing to go through all that shit for nothing in return?
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15 hours ago, texasstrong12 said:
We're starting to get some decent walkons. Travis West had an offer from Army. 
I'm glad we are finally starting to maximize this part of recruiting. 
 

I think we've always been pretty good in that area, but I do wonder about teams like Kansas. How do they find guys willing to go through all that shit for nothing in return?

love of football I suppose

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“Usually by the second or third week, knock, knock, knock on coach’s door,” Herman said. “‘Hey coach, I’m the fourth string linebacker, I think I could be the second string defensive end. Do you think I could move to defense?’”

 

Isn't the linebacker position already on defense?

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34 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

“Usually by the second or third week, knock, knock, knock on coach’s door,” Herman said. “‘Hey coach, I’m the fourth string linebacker, I think I could be the second string defensive end. Do you think I could move to defense?’”

 

Isn't the linebacker position already on defense?

Well, now, that changes things...

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38 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

“Usually by the second or third week, knock, knock, knock on coach’s door,” Herman said. “‘Hey coach, I’m the fourth string linebacker, I think I could be the second string defensive end. Do you think I could move to defense?’”

 

Isn't the linebacker position already on defense?

 

3 minutes ago, DeweyCox said:

Well, now, that changes things...

Looks like Joe Cook went back and fixed it after I posted the article here.

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55 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

“Usually by the second or third week, knock, knock, knock on coach’s door,” Herman said. “‘Hey coach, I’m the fourth string linebacker, I think I could be the second string defensive end. Do you think I could move to defense?’”

 

Isn't the linebacker position already on defense?

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I think I know Momma... I think.
Colonel gonna whip that ass snacks. Best keep you and them grey slacks from around there. 
He finna yank the grey right outta them slacks.
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Lol. I'm a respectful man. fraternity/sorority deal. We're in the same fam... and I'm trying to recall if I know her, even though I'm older.
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TFB on Jamison: https://texas.thefootballbrainiacs.com/2018/07/open-post-wednesday-july-18th/

TEAM NOTE | A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION ON JAMISON PLAYING WIDE RECEIVER
– Super K

In the Texas Media guide, freshman D’Shawn Jamison was listed as a wide receiver. Jamison, as you all know, was a highly coveted DB in his school. Yesterday at Big 12 Media Days, coach Tom Herman spoke on the matter…

On Monday I had spoken with a source regarding Jamison playing wide receiver and posted the notes below on our Donor Board. It seems consistent with what Herman said yesterday.

– With the depth and returners on defense, Jamison is unlikely to start on that side of the ball. Essentially this is seen as a situation that could, for the time, be mutually beneficial. Texas gets a dynamic athlete in the slot and Jamison gives himself a chance to get on the field early.

– However, I am told that the plan is for Jamsion to return to the defensive side of the ball, at some point – perhaps as early as fall camp if wide receiver doesn’t seem to fit.

– Was also told that Jamison, having experience playing DB and already being fairly comfortable with the playbook, would make a transition back to defense easier. To get a decent look on the offensive side of the ball, it was important for him to get some much needed wide receiver work. Steeper learning curve for him there.

– It’s worth noting that the idea of working Jamison in on the offensive side of the ball was something that the Texas staff sold him on during the recruiting process. I was told it was talked about more in terms of a package type situation. That may very well be where this all ends up.

– Either way, if/when he settles back in on the defensive side, seeing things from the opposite side of the field should certainly help him.

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Ian Boyd interview with Vahe, Andrew Beck, Hager, and Herman

I had a few good conversations with Patrick Vahe, Breckyn Hager (it was hard not to just camp out and listen to him the entire time), Andrew Beck, and Tom Herman. I didn't connect with Chris Nelson, which was probably a mistake.

Here were some of the big takeaways from the interactions...

On the offensive line

Breckyn Hager
"They're all grown men now."

Patrick Vahe 
On Herb Hand...

"Really he just gives us a confidence boost whenever it comes to any play that comes up, whether it’s pass pro or run game, especially the inside zone he LOVES inside zone and power. I think that’s the biggest thing that he gave to us as an offensive line, just the confidence and being able to trust each other a lot more just because of communication schemes and all.

How does he instill confidence in you guys?

Because he has expectations and he’s willing to get it his way rather than trying to mold around it. He’ll…whatever expectation he has he’s gonna have it met. And that gives you that mindset like he’s challenging me, can I step up to the plate and actually meet that expectation and actually do what I gotta do? Or just sit back and watch everybody else do it?

On executing combo blocks with Zach Shackleford against nose tackles...

I feel bad for anyone that lines up in a zero, cause Shack is good at disguising his block and I’m good at backing him up when it comes to doubles. But, we still got a lot of work to do, it’s just fun.

Andrew Beck
How much Chandler Cox film have you watched this offseason?

How much…who’s that?

Chandler Cox, from Auburn.

Not any...wait that’s not true, we watched a little with Coach Hand but we’ve kinda been working on ourselves right now. 

How much can the run game change now that you’re back?

I don’t know, hopefully we do better. Like I said, I don’t know if that has anything to do with me or if it has to do with the O-line getting better. I think our RB room has gotten a lot better, Tre came in as a grad transfer our younger guys are growing up, we’ve got guys healthy now that haven’t been. So I don’t know if it’s gonna be me but I’m excited to watch the run game get better because of those guys as well.

Being a team that’s in year two of the install, are you able to work more concepts?

Yeah, absolutely. We understood the plays and we could run the plays but now we understand the why behind it and what works vs certain things. Now we can get into more, they can call a play and there are more checks we can make on the field when certain things happen. Understanding that now is something we’ve really worked on in the offseason and in spring ball.

What’s your favorite scheme to block in the offense right now?

Power, power is power it’s the same across football, everybody washes down, kick out, pull around, that’s always fun just old school.

You like to kick out?

(laughing) That’s my job so I better like it.

Takeaways:
There's definitely some confidence from this team in general but it doesn't necessarily seem centered around what they're going to do on the offensive line. Rather, the more realistic expectation is that they're just going to approach a degree of competency that we haven't seen in some time.

There's a long ways after all from Texas OL play this decade and 2010 Stanford. That said, a competent Texas OL with the kinds of talent that gets recruited to Austin may prove better faster than expected once they're going up against B12 defensive fronts rather than Orlando's dogs.

The most interesting notes to me regarded how Coach Hand has insisted on rebuilding their techniques to his specifications and then Beck and Vahe noting that the players have a much greater command of the system and know how to communicate and get into the best schemes to make the system work.

A highly competent and cohesive Texas OL could be a wondrous thing and again, it's possible that such a unit may prove better than expected. 

Hager on the coaching staff

On Coach Herman:

Our relationship is so unique and rare and special to me that…I mean, not only will I go run through a brick wall for him on a game day but I will also, if he needs any favor in life I will serve him. I could always talk to that guy, he’s stimulating mentally, when you have someone that intelligent and interesting and outspoken, of course you’re going to gravitate towards it.

On Todd Orlando:

Last year your role and the expansion of the dime package coincided, so obviously for you that was a big story of the season. How much of the team’s psyche and approach to the game changed when you guys started rolling with the lightning package?

Uh, I would just say it was the TO effect. Coach Orlando, tough as nails, that was just his effect on the game of football. What he created its…it’s special. And I don’t really, that is such a dear package, like, it’s so dear to my heart for so many reasons. So I wanna wait to be able to discuss its repercussions on my life and the football life once I’m in a comfortable place with speaking on it.

Have y’all talked at all within the team or with Orlando about how that might revolutionize the game and the way defense is played around the league?

I mean, I try, I try. But like at the same time, it’s more so like…I try to watch film with him. Every film session you get with this man is a blessing from the football gods. It really is.

Takeaways:
As Joe will cover, Breckyn Hager is a man on a mission. He hates having long hair, he hates losing games, he struggles to express himself to the media and to be understood clearly on all of the deep thoughts and revelations he's having about himself and the game of football. He's probably one of the most fascinating players I've ever encountered.

His response to all of this now that he fully trusts Tom Herman as a person and Todd Orlando as a "savant" of defensive football is that they're going to get everything he has and everything he can help to squeeze out of his teammates. He may prove the most difficult senior to replace from this team simply for the way he's going to pace the team in effort.

Tom Herman on the dime package
Tom, did Jim Heacock and Todd Orlando change defensive football last year?

I mean the short answer is yes. Have they changed it forever? I dunno. But I know the first time we used our lightning package we held Oklahoma State to 10 points in regulation and the first time they (Iowa State) used it they held us to 17 points. So I think, the only way you can survive with six DBs is if your front five, in that case, can defeat blocks, right? I mean, the way we’ve all grown up learning football has been everybody’s got a gap and you just keep pushing the ball to the extra defender, right? Because the ballcarrier can’t block for himself. Right? Well, when you put all those guys into coverage or at least off the line of scrimmage, now you’re saying “hey big boy, now just taking up your gap’s not good enough. You gotta make a play, you gotta get off a block and go make a play. But if you’ve got the guys that can do that? Great. If not, it gets a bit dicey. 

How much does it help though that you have guys that don’t know, if they want to push it to the extra man they don’t know who that is.

Well yeah, I think that’s the whole premise of it is to create confusion.

At what point did you guys determine that this could be more than just a third down package, that this might be a solution for the back half of the season or the future?

When we saw it run against us on Thursday night in Ames, Iowa (laughing)

So you immediately were like, “okay when we get back we’re going to…”

A little bit, I said “hey Todd, study this, man.” This is something I’d never seen before. You know as we were trying to adjust offensively, we were trying to go back into your rolodex of games and defenses that you’ve seen and I’d never seen that before. So you’re trying to adjust on the fly. So we studied it and implemented it kinda incrementally, had some success with it.

Takeaways:
The staff knows they stumbled upon something special and Orlando is going to continue to tinker with it and sort out what kinds of new opportunities they've found for setting up playmakers to make plays.

Tom Herman on running the QB

Do you guys have a pitch count on how many carries you like to see the QB get in a game or is that…

As many as it takes to win.

Do you ever think, we gotta save em for X, Y, and Z game or…

No, no, win this game and worry about the next game next week.

How much of the short-yardage package do you guys think that, running the QB especially if it’s Sam, how big a role do you see that playing in the coming year.

Ummm, in a perfect world it would not be a factor. But I do know this, ask any defensive coordinator in this league how difficult it is to defend Kansas State on the goal line. I mean, you’re done, you’re outta gaps, right? So there is an element to that that affords you, I mean running the football on the goal line in short-yardage is one of the hardest things in football there is to do. So when you can gain an extra blocker doing it, you have turned the tables a little bit. So there’s a time and a place for it.

Takeaways:
Nothing shocking here, Herman can do math and his system leans heavily on the advantages a team can get if they have a QB who is able and willing to do some dirty work in the box. I'm sure they'll emphasize to Sam Ehlinger the importance of staying healthy and protecting himself but I'm also sure that they love his passion for inside running and plan to make good use of it in the coming year. Especially with the improved depth in the QB room.

Overall this team has a lot of confidence and seem to be channeling some frustration in a very positive manner. In the past you could tell that they were tired of losing and really wanted to break out but there's a very different vibe this year where the players seem much more confident in the staff and each other then I've seen in previous years.

"We're going to walk softly and carry a big stick," said Breckyn Hager. "A lot of guys have sold their souls to collect souls."

Much of the rest of the media at this event were laughing about Herman struggling to list elite players but this Texas team appears ready to go out and collect some souls this season.

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So Elliott is pissed that the coaches were saying he should stay another year.  The coaches told other people he should stay another year.  Yet he leaves after having his best season of the 3 years he was there and bitches that the coaches were saying he should stay?  Good luck bro. 

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Amazing to think that someone who looks to have Charlie Strong as a future Father-in-law would be less than grateful to the staff that replaced Charlie's. 

The effect on recruiting of DeShon's early exit and subsequent whinging has been minimal, and will continue to be so. 

 

And FCB. Well, and FCB too.

 

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