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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: They Can't Keep Getting Away With This


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3 hours ago, hornlife said:

Damn, didn't know Daytona's came with a blue face? Custom? Ceramic dial? and nice band. Use to the old ones. white. black. some red. Still searching for that vintage. I'll take my old school Sub and go hide in the closet now.  

that ain't blue; it's black... sadly, watch collectors are racist and they don't command the same prices as the white ones

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It's June. Yesterday my 14yo son declared eggs are horrible. He ate two scrambled with a touch of curry today. Shocking the 9.95 sites are clueless on recruiting. Wesley came out of nowhere. More will happen. 

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19 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Jesus. There hasn’t been this much pussy rubbing since the last time Satya watched Schindler’s List. 

i didn't know satya was a lesbian

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Following the money, how do we contrast with our main competitors? I remember reading that we hold off on firm figures / installments when others don't, but maybe I was dreaming. It could explain our streak of weak summers and strong closings.

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2 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

It’s odd that we are blowing it so bad on offense.  Defensively we are in on a ton of guys still.  LB is looking like Atkinson is going to be pole position now though.  Better hope we land him.

Texas isn’t landing Atkinson. It’s a nice fantasy, but that shit ain’t happening.  

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Just now, closetojumping said:

Texas isn’t landing Atkinson. It’s a nice fantasy, but that shit ain’t happening.  

I need a crying smiley rep.  🥲

Like this one.  I mean we got a top QB committed and nobody wants to play with him.

I think they all must be terrified of having to compete with McStud.

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3 minutes ago, mwaadeeb said:

Following the money, how do we contrast with our main competitors? I remember reading that we hold off on firm figures / installments when others don't, but maybe I was dreaming. It could explain our streak of weak summers and strong closings.

We can outbid nearly anyone. BUT we have a salary structure. It's why you see roster retention here. The Fausi recruitment is a great example. OU paid a lot. We weren't willing to blow up our roster dynamics for him, rightfully so. 

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3 minutes ago, hornlife said:

We can outbid nearly anyone. BUT we have a salary structure. It's why you see roster retention here. The Fausi recruitment is a great example. OU paid a lot. We weren't willing to blow up our roster dynamics for him, rightfully so. 

I'm talking about firm offers / installments while recruiting, before enrollment. Or is it illegal to make payments before enrollment? I forget.

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14 minutes ago, mwaadeeb said:

I'm talking about firm offers / installments while recruiting, before enrollment.

See above and CTJ and a few can give more details. We essentially operate like an NFL team. We have salary caps to fiscally manage our roster. It's why we don't have mass player exodus (aggie, etc). You may eventually get a firm NIL deal but it's not our first selling point ever.

 

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1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Gotta say, this is one of the more annoying recruiting stretches I can remember. Not because the sky is falling or anything, but it sure feels like a lot of manufactured interest for no real reason. A ton of dudes that everyone on this board would have assumed are headed elsewhere until “trust us, Texas is RIGHT in this thing”… only for each of them to pick the obvious choice.

We’re still gonna end up with a class that gives satya nightmares, it’s just annoying that we were even paying attention to any of these players in the first place.

I told myself last summer I wasn't gonna pay attention to this shit and got sucked back in. I think it's all 9.95 shit to get more clicks in the new recruiting NIL era.   And it worked. 

 

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2 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

I told myself last summer I wasn't gonna pay attention to this shit and got sucked back in. I think it's all 9.95 shit to get more clicks in the new recruiting NIL era.   And it worked. 

 

Yeah I’m surprised that Texas suddenly is in contention for some of these guys just to be disappointed.

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This is proof that if you pay $9.95 a month to Gerry or Bobby, you aren’t smart.  They don’t know shit.  They tell everyone they do and then it’s the opposite. Save your money and use it to buy a beer at the game. 

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Obviously this is all an orchestrated plan whereby lead pipe cinch recruits for multiple schools are told to list Texas as a number 2 so that they can claim head-to-head wins /texags

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12 minutes ago, Harvdog said:

This is proof that if you pay $9.95 a month to Gerry or Bobby, you aren’t smart.  They don’t know shit.  They tell everyone they do and then it’s the opposite. Save your money and use it to buy a beer at the game. 

And when Gerry says hi you say bye

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1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Texas isn’t landing Atkinson. It’s a nice fantasy, but that shit ain’t happening.  

If so then this linebacker class is going to be pretty average in a year where we needed to go big? I guess Rouse?

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23 minutes ago, Harvdog said:

This is proof that if you pay $9.95 a month to Gerry or Bobby, you aren’t smart.  They don’t know shit.  They tell everyone they do and then it’s the opposite. Save your money and use it to buy a beer at the game. 

Yeah, why do that when you can get free info here like Tunmise Adeleye to UT?

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5 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

If so then this linebacker class is going to be pretty average in a year where we needed to go big? I guess Rouse?

DL last year all over again

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I’m sympathetic to everyone who’s upset about the recent recruiting losses. Does suck to get repeatedly kicked in the nuts. But at least wait until August before you get worked up about this shit.

and yeah, it’s kind of annoying that OTF got us excited about these recruitments that we would have otherwise assumed we’re going somewhere else. But those guys also never promised us that we were going to win them. They just said that we were in them, or that we had a good shot. that could’ve very well been true at the time they said it. I don’t pay anyone $9.95 but if I did, that’s the kind of information I would expect them to pass along.

 

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19 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

I’m sympathetic to everyone who’s upset about the recent recruiting losses. Does suck to get repeatedly kicked in the nuts. But at least wait until August before you get worked up about this shit.

and yeah, it’s kind of annoying that OTF got us excited about these recruitments that we would have otherwise assumed we’re going somewhere else. But those guys also never promised us that we were going to win them. They just said that we were in them, or that we had a good shot. that could’ve very well been true at the time they said it. I don’t pay anyone $9.95 but if I did, that’s the kind of information I would expect them to pass along.

 

Most of us realized last year that summer-whiffing was nothing to worry about, because the same thing happened the year before, when we had a great class. Same goes for this year, but with even less to worry about, since we went number fucking one. But there also seemed to be an extra amount of "hi's" and winks and hints this year, when hardly any of them have panned out. So they deserve a little shit for stirring it up (for clicks and subs) when history suggests dialing it back. 

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16 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

I’m sympathetic to everyone who’s upset about the recent recruiting losses. Does suck to get repeatedly kicked in the nuts. But at least wait until August before you get worked up about this shit.

and yeah, it’s kind of annoying that OTF got us excited about these recruitments that we would have otherwise assumed we’re going somewhere else. But those guys also never promised us that we were going to win them. They just said that we were in them, or that we had a good shot. that could’ve very well been true at the time they said it. I don’t pay anyone $9.95 but if I did, that’s the kind of information I would expect them to pass along.

 

 

1 minute ago, mwaadeeb said:

Most of us realized last year that summer-whiffing was nothing to worry about, because the same thing happened the year before, when we had a great class. Same goes for this year, but with even less to worry about, since we went number one. But there also seemed to be an extra amount of "hi's" and winks and hints this year, when hardly any of them have panned out. So they deserve some shit for stirring it up, for clicks and subs.

Avatar fight!

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25 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

 

Avatar fight!

Look, Dale Cooper is an amazing lawman and all around human being. He’s willing to embrace a cosmos far greater than himself and that he’ll never fully understand. And he doesn’t forget to appreciate the simple things in life, like a cup of coffee or Heather Graham’s backend. 

But he’s not winning a fight against the Kwisatz fucking Haderach. 

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2 hours ago, Rimbo said:

that ain't blue; it's black... sadly, watch collectors are racist and they don't command the same prices as the white ones

I'm ethnocentric like the guy in that kinky Friedman song.

 

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On 6/27/2025 at 10:13 PM, honolulu horn said:

We are losing out on one "50/50" guy after another. It sucks. I know we're gonna rebound, recruit through the whistle blah blah blah, but it sucks to get second place time after time after time. 

Think back one year ago. Same gnashing of teeth - verbatim.  We ended up pretty good in the recruiting department.  #1 I believe.  Trust the Sark.  

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6 minutes ago, NashLonghorn said:

Think back one year ago. Same gnashing of teeth - verbatim.  We ended up pretty good in the recruiting department.  #1 I believe.  Trust the Sark.  

Of course my sarcasm meter may need adjusting. 

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23 minutes ago, theBigHen said:

Alright now THIS is the surly I’m used to. Just need Carl to come back on one of his burners and then we’ll really be cruising. 

"Trust me bro I totally have a cousin whose best friend trims the lawn for the Griffin family and the real reason he picked Bama is their fly ass social media influencer house"

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They want you to not care we’ve gone 0-fer for 8/9 quality ones we were supposedly 50/50 with and got the big 0. I already see the “overreaction” take and it’s funny, if it was 1/8, 2/8 sure great but some nice ones gone. 0-fer. Now Sydney has to think of his way to save face while taking credit. 

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Outside of Chase Calicut, we were not the leaders for any of these recent guys at any point in time. Maybe Crowell while Choice was here.

Still it’s good we are throwing our hat in the ring.  That’s how you end up with guys like Richard Presley.  Also, let the schools bid against themselves for prospects in June. Let’s see how financially exhausted they are when Sark and Texas put forth their big offers in the fall.  
 

We’re about to get Guervil, Okpala, Turntine, Ojo.   Chill.  

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12 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Outside of Chase Calicut, we were not the leaders for any of these recent guys at any point in time. Maybe Crowell while Choice was here.

Still it’s good we are throwing our hat in the ring.  That’s how you end up with guys like Richard Presley.  Also, let the schools bid against themselves for prospects in June. Let’s see how financially exhausted they are when Sark and Texas put forth their big offers in the fall.  
 

We’re about to get Guervil, Okpala, Turntine, Ojo.   Chill.  

Calvin Thomas?

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14 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

They want you to not care we’ve gone 0-fer for 8/9 quality ones we were supposedly 50/50 with and got the big 0. I already see the “overreaction” take and it’s funny, if it was 1/8, 2/8 sure great but some nice ones gone. 0-fer. Now Sydney has to think of his way to save face while taking credit. 

Are you under the impression I’m a 995er? Or have made predictions on any of these recruits landing at Texas? 
 

feel free to quote all the posts where I predicted any of these specific recruits to Texas. I’ll wait. Before I ask my own questions. 
 

 

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57 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Are you under the impression I’m a 995er? Or have made predictions on any of these recruits landing at Texas? 
 

feel free to quote all the posts where I predicted any of these specific recruits to Texas. I’ll wait. Before I ask my own questions. 
 

 

@SydneyCarton is the most optimistic person I know. He always predicts we get everyone.

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