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23 minutes ago, TotallyLegit said:

I think this is my favorite play from his first tenure.

 

What's awesome about that play is if you go back and watch the game OSU ran that play to success earlier in the game. ET recognized it and jumped the route the second time they ran it. 

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4 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

Muschamp was terrific at Texas. He definitely put the pieces in place and had a lot to work with.
 

A little revisionist history on some of these players.

In what world was Earl Thomas not supposed to play here? They raved about him the moment he got on campus. We heard a lot about him while redshirting.

Melton was already on defense prior to Muschamp’s arrival. 

Revisionist history eh? Were you paying attention when I said players were lost and had no role? Melton was a rb in 05 and 06. He had 11 total tackles in 07 and was a guy who was just there, doomed to stand on the sideline and get some mop up duty. Boom came and 29 tackles, 10 TFLs, 4 sacks, 2 PBUs, and 1 forced fumble. His single season playing under Boom. 

As far as ET is concerned, if you recall we grabbed 6 ft Safety Christian Scott who was in the Army All American game, and the year prior we had grabbed 6'2 safety James Henry who was in that year's Army All American game, as well as 4 star 6'2 Robert Joseph. ET was recruited as an athlete. He had no designation at that time. He was just supposed to be a filler guy. We were hearing he was more than his recruiting stars but that's a long way from the 14th overall pick in the draft. 

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You said Muschamp flipped Melton over to defense. You were wrong.

Earl was recruited to play safety by Akina. Filler guy? He was a fantastic 400m guy with great instincts. Akina kept him away from LSU. You’re wrong again. 

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10 hours ago, jw4381 said:

Does Muschamp coach DBs?

Safeties and LBs. He played safety at Georgia. I believe Sark said he would start out in the secondary. I would assume that means safety 

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6 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

You said Muschamp flipped Melton over to defense. You were wrong.

Earl was recruited to play safety by Akina. Filler guy? He was a fantastic 400m guy with great instincts. Akina kept him away from LSU. You’re wrong again. 

 

5 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

I believe they even started him out at corner early on. I remember practice reports about him picking off lots of passes. Muschamp put him on the field once he saw him.

Lol. Who didn't get a super positive eval back in the MackBrownTexasFootball.com, orange slices era? Every report out of camp was "Chris Hall is greatly improved"and "Dan Buckner is dominating DBs in practice". 

 

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Geezus! When ET came they didn't know what they were going to do with him. You literally just said it yourself, "I believe they even started him out at corner early on". If Akina recruited him to play safety then why did they try him at corner? Because they had bigger, more highly ranked dudes that they recruited to play safety and thought there wasn't any room for him there. The "ATH" designation tells you exactly that. They tried him at corner. He wasn't good at corner so they changed him to safety.  He was a 3 star recruit who Boom turned into a 1st rounder at the position HE played in college and that's no coincidence considering Boom himself was Blake Gideon before Blake Gideon. 

Why are we arguing this anyway? You tried to discredit the guy as if he had a lockerroom full of 5 stars which is far far from reality. In 07 we gave up 32 to Central Florida, 41 to Kstate, 28 to OU, 35 to OSU, 25 to Nebraska, 43 to Tech, 38 to aggy, and 34 to ASU. The next year, with a brand new install, we only allowed 4 teams to score more than 21, and that includes Ohio State. In 09 only 3, and that includes a national championship game where it like 24-21 late with a QB who threw 4 picks. 

Idgaf who you are that's solid coaching, and that's why the dude has a Paul Bunyan like cult following. To a lesser degree, Greg Robinson did the same thing taking over after Manny _iaz. You gonna "Well actually..." him too?

 

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Pretty sure we expected Ishie Ogidewue to start at safety.

ET even played WS while at Texas.  Gideon was the free safety.  

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On 12/19/2025 at 1:50 PM, victory88 said:

It’s not that complicated.  Muschamp is considered one of the best DCs, if not the best.  He’s also an elite recruiter and player will run through a wall for him.  While PK is good, Muschamp gives you a chance to be great.  

Yup

On 12/19/2025 at 1:12 PM, Dbeasy said:

I’m curious as to why Muschamp just wasn’t a good head coach. Usually guys that smart and motivated should be able to succeed. I realize guys like PK were meant to be coordinators, but Muschamp was/is different. 

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On 12/19/2025 at 1:24 AM, NBHorn7 said:

I was sitting almost dead even on this hit. Westbrooks was a human missile, and he had others like this like the one he put on McElroy in Collie the year before.

Pound for pound nobody hit harder than he did.

The important thing is that Randy Kinder can find a place to lay down. Keith Jackson was the best in his heyday.

 

Mukuba almost killed Stockton last year and laid the wood regularly. image.thumb.png.34dc2bed9d2f38bd89e4cec1f071b84d.png

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On 12/24/2025 at 11:33 AM, horngrad03 said:

I remember watching this game at my sister's house with my family and losing my damn mind over this. 

It was obvious we were going to score and didn't understand what the hell the thinking was from the coaches. I predicted there would be too much time left on the clock....fuck.

Was on flight to Tokyo, landed and got fuck bombed on text messages due to that fucking play. Pretty miserable bus ride to hotel. 

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