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2 hours ago, TexasExe14 said:

What does it matter. I don’t even think worthy likes Texas. He says his high school in his intro with the chiefs.

 

2 hours ago, Atticus said:

The same Worthy who was on the sidelines for the A&M game yucking it up?

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20 minutes ago, Ricky Butler said:

If I have anything to say about it, he will. 


Both IT and OTF mentioned he is more of a raw athlete and we should not count on him as a day one contributor. 

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17 minutes ago, Newy25 said:


Both IT and OTF mentioned he is more of a raw athlete and we should not count on him as a day one contributor. 

Are we expecting Baxter to eat up a good number of carries? Even if we get a top flight RB in the portal seems like we could still be thin if Wisner leaves. 

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57 minutes ago, Newy25 said:


Both IT and OTF mentioned he is more of a raw athlete and we should not count on him as a day one contributor. 

The OTF guys expect Cooper to play early, although perhaps not being the bellcow as a freshman. They think he's "football smart", but *not* on the level that Baxter was coming out of HS, which was rare. That's important regarding the playbook and picking up the blitz. It all seems to be predicated on picking up the blitz for the young RBs, along with ball control, I guess. 

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left out a kind of important "not" there.
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1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

The OTF guys expect Cooper to play early, although perhaps not being the bellcow as a freshman. They think he's "football smart", but on the level that Baxter was coming out of HS, which was rare. That's important regarding the playbook and picking up the blitz. It all seems to be predicated on picking up the blitz for the young RBs, along with ball control, I guess. 

I remember Saban saying that Baxter was the best RB in that years recruitment. That is high praise. I'm hoping/wishing to see him play a full season at 100% and see if he lives up to the praise.

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4 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

I remember Saban saying that Baxter was the best RB in that years recruitment. That is high praise. I'm hoping/wishing to see him play a full season at 100% and see if he lives up to the praise.

You might see that, but I doubt it will be at Texas, man. 

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The OTF guys expect Cooper to play early, although perhaps not being the bellcow as a freshman. They think he's "football smart", but on the level that Baxter was coming out of HS, which was rare. That's important regarding the playbook and picking up the blitz. It all seems to be predicated on picking up the blitz for the young RBs, along with ball control, I guess. 

Saw Arch mention that Baxter knows the playbook better than anyone.
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30 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

You guys need to give up the Baxter dream. 

Disagree.  We can all hope and pray and wax poetic about Baxter all we want until he graduates out or hits the portal.   There is nothing wrong with rooting for and hoping the get the best year out of a kid who has by all accounts done his best to be a good teammate and represented UT well.  Obviously injuries suck and it's not his fault he got some bad ones.

What the scouting/GM/coach types need to do is to give up on the Baxter dream.  He's a lottery ticket if he stays on the roster.  If it hits next year, great.  If it doesn't, it was worth a roster spot for next year and hopefully diminished NIL with the understanding that he needs to help Cooper come along if it's not happening next year.

 

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45 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

You guys need to give up the Baxter dream. 

It’s possible to come back to full strength from the surgery he had.  It might take more than 12 months.    Willis McGahee had a similar injury and played  a long time in the NFL.  Of course he was better to start with.  But it’s possible to get back to what you were.  I’m sure there are other examples besides just the one exception.

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56 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

It’s possible to come back to full strength from the surgery he had.  It might take more than 12 months.    Willis McGahee had a similar injury and played  a long time in the NFL.  Of course he was better to start with.  But it’s possible to get back to what you were.  I’m sure there are other examples besides just the one exception.

I think the issue is what he was was nothing spectacular 

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2 hours ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:


Saw Arch mention that Baxter knows the playbook better than anyone.

All he has done for like three years is study it vs playing. What the heck else has he had to do? Rooting for the kid but he cannot stay healthy. Maybe he will pull it together next year and stay on field but at this point in time you 100% cannot count on him doing so.

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2 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

All he has done for like three years is study it vs playing. What the heck else has he had to do? Rooting for the kid but he cannot stay healthy. Maybe he will pull it together next year and stay on field but at this point in time you 100% cannot count on him doing so.

Maybe he can be the Mac Jones of Texas RBs

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3 hours ago, BlackCat said:

Are we expecting Baxter to eat up a good number of carries? Even if we get a top flight RB in the portal seems like we could still be thin if Wisner leaves. 


Baxter will eat up a lot of carries. At UTEP. 

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