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21 minutes ago, texifornia said:

 


Too many knee injuries unfortunately for White. One name I think could be interesting as part of a two back portal class is James Peoples. He was RB1 at Ohio State before Bo Jackson took over and he is a Texas native. It sounds like he will be in the portal. 

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2 hours ago, Teryor said:

Nah be a dick, people just post random players here that have absolutely no reason to come to Texas or ties to us/the coaches which we've seen has a strong correlation to who we end up with. Can't wait till people start posting the Toledo WR's again.

Hey, now hold on a minute....how are the coaches possibly gonna know the player is available if it doesn't get posted on here.....

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Posted
18 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Melvin Hills got in the motherfucker.

Alex January is the only guy we signed in 3 cycles under Bo Davis who didn't transfer out. 

It sounds like we weren't dedicating the amount of NIL to the position that we should have been until he left, but that is still pretty shocking. 

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Just now, TexasRenegade said:

Hey, now hold on a minute....how are the coaches possibly gonna know the player is available if it doesn't get posted on here.....

From their Polynesian Ties?

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7 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

Also, "Lacy" is like Kewan Lacy, Ole Miss RB. "Lacey" would be KJ Lacey, tiny backup QB powerhouse at Texas. There's a shot everyone needs to bone up on the proper spelling for these two.

Spelling is for starters 

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Posted
5 hours ago, dieucla98 said:

It's not often you see a player come back from a knee ligament injury and operate at 100% pre-injury speed immediately. I'm hoping one more offseason gets Baxter back to near 100% and he can improve his draft stock, even if that means it happens in a jersey color other than burnt orange.

Yeah, the only player that comes to mind just happens to be a beyond generational freak, Adrian Peterson. I mean, let's forget just playing normal again. This mf'er tore both his ACL AND MCL in December of 2011, only to come back in 2012 and rush for not only 2k (2,097) but damn near broke Eric Dickerson's record (2,105). Dude was 8 yards short of tying and 9 from taking it. Everyone knows he's a legend. We don't need his stats. Lock for the HOF. 15 seasons in the NFL. 

The other player I just thought of is Frank Gore, who coming out of HS was actually considered AP before AP. He was another generational freak. He was an absolute force to be reckoned with. Dude tore his ACL TWICE before coming to the NFL and being a beast. He still made All-Pro once and the Pro Bowl five times. Is almost certainly a lock for the HOF. 16 seasons in the NFL. 

Willis McGahee in the NC game against fOSU. Tore his MCL/PCL. Still made two pro bowls. Though he won't be making the HOF, he still had a very productive career. One of only a few players to ever rush for 1k yards for three different teams. 10 seasons in the NFL. 

That's it. 

Looking up the percentage of how many players, running back in particular can come back the same, and it's staggeringly low (18.5%-30%), but to come back better?  Its so low they don't even have a percentage, so my guess is around 1%-5%, and that's just the NFL. Not even college, but the highest level athlete you can be. 

I just read that Thurman Thomas tore his ACL in college and never had it repaired, only to go on to the NFL HOF. That's fucking wild. That's some Bo Jackson-tyoe legendary shit. 

So yeah, it's probably not going to happen for Baxter. Those three guys that I named above are freaks; AP and Gore in particular. Good luck to the young man, and thank you for coming to Texas. 

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2 minutes ago, texasdago said:

All right ... don't worry about Baxter.  We've got a 2 carries for -2 yards option hitting the portal.

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More yards than Bama had the other day....

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1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

The thing about Lacey that's concerning is how diminutive he is. It's not like they didn't know that in recruiting, but now it's suddenly the "but" part of anything said about the guy. Great arm, knows the game, mobile, good leadership skills, can allegedly read a defense pretty well, but he's Herve Villechaize in stature. Can he sit on a tall TE or OT's shoulders and take snaps? 

yeah part of me thinks Sark saw Bryce Young  at 5' 10", 204 lbs and thought he could do something with that. 

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!
Also, "Lacy" is like Kewan Lacy, Ole Miss RB. "Lacey" would be KJ Lacey, tiny backup QB powerhouse at Texas. There's a shot everyone needs to bone up on the proper spelling for these two.

That would be awesome. I assumed he was just going to follow Lane to LSU.
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2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

Also, "Lacy" is like Kewan Lacy, Ole Miss RB. "Lacey" would be KJ Lacey, tiny backup QB powerhouse at Texas. There's a shot everyone needs to bone up on the proper spelling for these two.

So would we, or wouldn't we have to dub one "Lam" and the other "Ham"?  (or, I guess in this case Kewan would be "Lan" and KJ would be "Sar")

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1 hour ago, Mason Ramsey said:


That would be awesome. I assumed he was just going to follow Lane to LSU.

LSU already has a couple of good backs in Caden Durham and Harlem Berry. I can't imagine all 3 of them would want to be in the same place.

Lacy is by far the most productive of the bunch though, so Lane probably wants him, but if he gets him, then one of Durham or Berry would probably become available and they are worthwhile portal targets too.  

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4 hours ago, immamac said:

Didn't do Burnt Ends and IDK what his deal is. Guy was always a potato with us and never any fun, nor did he look like he got along with the rest of the guys.

 

Wasn't he just Arch's high school buddy and helped recruit him to Texas

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1 hour ago, Lonestar88 said:

LSU already has a couple of good backs in Caden Durham and Harlem Berry. I can't imagine all 3 of them would want to be in the same place.

Lacy is by far the most productive of the bunch though, so Lane probably wants him, but if he gets him, then one of Durham or Berry would probably become available and they are worthwhile portal targets too.  

Both of those LSU guys were less productive than Wisner. Now that may be attributed to the overall shittiness of LSU, but I think we aim higher. Either way I could absolutely see Lane telling one of them to hit the road for Lacy.

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17 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Both of those LSU guys were less productive than Wisner. Now that may be attributed to the overall shittiness of LSU, but I think we aim higher. Either way I could absolutely see Lane telling one of them to hit the road for Lacy.

I don't disagree, but Berry was a true freshman, he's clearly on a different trajectory than Wisner.

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Yeah, the only player that comes to mind just happens to be a beyond generational freak, Adrian Peterson. I mean, let's forget just playing normal again. This mf'er tore both his ACL AND MCL in December of 2011, only to come back in 2012 and rush for not only 2k (2,097) but damn near broke Eric Dickerson's record (2,105). Dude was 8 yards short of tying and 9 from taking it. Everyone knows he's a legend. We don't need his stats. Lock for the HOF. 15 seasons in the NFL. 
The other player I just thought of is Frank Gore, who coming out of HS was actually considered AP before AP. He was another generational freak. He was an absolute force to be reckoned with. Dude tore his ACL TWICE before coming to the NFL and being a beast. He still made All-Pro once and the Pro Bowl five times. Is almost certainly a lock for the HOF. 16 seasons in the NFL. 
Willis McGahee in the NC game against fOSU. Tore his MCL/PCL. Still made two pro bowls. Though he won't be making the HOF, he still had a very productive career. One of only a few players to ever rush for 1k yards for three different teams. 10 seasons in the NFL. 
That's it. 
Looking up the percentage of how many players, running back in particular can come back the same, and it's staggeringly low (18.5%-30%), but to come back better?  Its so low they don't even have a percentage, so my guess is around 1%-5%, and that's just the NFL. Not even college, but the highest level athlete you can be. 
I just read that Thurman Thomas tore his ACL in college and never had it repaired, only to go on to the NFL HOF. That's fucking wild. That's some Bo Jackson-tyoe legendary shit. 
So yeah, it's probably not going to happen for Baxter. Those three guys that I named above are freaks; AP and Gore in particular. Good luck to the young man, and thank you for coming to Texas. 

Luckily we have medical advances from 20-40 years ago. It’s more mental than anything.
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1 hour ago, Stunns38 said:


Luckily we have medical advances from 20-40 years ago. It’s more mental than anything.

The one about Thurman Thomas really surprised me. Like, how tf do you just not get surgery and still punish defenders? To this day, only AP, Gore, and McGahee are the ones that absolutely floor me. I honest to God thought McGahee was losing that leg. It wss so brutal.

I have never torn any knee ligaments, so that's completely foreign to me. My sister tore her ACL/MCL in the early aughts playing college soccer and all she said was the "pain" was extremely annoying, and almost impossible to sleep with. She said it's not so much you're in constant pain, but more your brain can't turn the pain off once it hits. After surgery she said it was just sore, nothing more.

I assume everybody is different since she was back to practicing at around 6 months. Full practice, not in rehab. Whomever her doctor was he was great, especially considering she tore it her freshman year and still finished her career, and that wss almost 20 years ago, so imagine what they have now. I did tear my rotator cuff, and I shit you not, the pain was so immense that I couldn't have sex or wipe my own ass without getting tension headaches. That shit fucking sucked, and not because I couldn't have sex, but simply I couldn't even  shower properly without getting literal blinding headaches and passing out in the shower. I wanted to cry, but can't do that because girls are around. Can't see me in agonizing pain because manly man. Fuck that. I finally after a week set up surgery. I could not live like that. 

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Posted
12 minutes ago, chad.ihrig said:


Probably isn’t I meant to say.


The best running back in the SEC played for a G5 school his first year. Yes we are looking at all schools. 

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An interesting thing about Hardy is he wasn't some hidden gem, he started picking up some P5 interest but went to ULM for a guaranteed starting spot with the open intention of transferring after a year.

Doesn't invalidate other G5 guys, but he's a special case.

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Posted
1 minute ago, texifornia said:

An interesting thing about Hardy is he wasn't some hidden gem, he was a 4-star recruit that went to ULM for a guaranteed starting spot with the open intention of transferring after a year.

Doesn't invalidate other G5 guys, but he's a special case.

The Arkansas RB was from Buffalo and NMSU and he looked outstanding.

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Anyone with discernment should have long ago come to the conclusion practice reports are predominantly bullshit. A lot of it is 9.95 bias confirmation/propping up a false narrative or one they hope to come true. 

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We already know what's coming:

Ryan Wingo looks like a man possessed! 

O line is really coming together as a unit!

Kobe Black is the next great Texas corner

Filsiame is emerging as a leader on Defense

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Posted
29 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

I remember the practice reports said Christian Clark looked like the RB of the future. Then he went on to average 1.6 ypc. 

 

 

There was an achilles tear between those two events. 

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1 hour ago, trythisathome said:

There was an achilles tear between those two events. 

Incorrect. The practice reports glazing Clark were this Spring after he returned from the injury. OTF wouldn't shut the fuck up about him and were convinced he was going to be a breakout start in 2026 and a solid justification for why we didn't do anything at RB in the Spring portal (despite many seeing an obvious need).

 

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