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Love listening to the Athletic's recruiting podcast and hearing the host say he ranks A&M higher than UT in recruiting potential because of the "dedication to NIL" that they've shown.

He's their Miami beat writer I think. I only asked because the info from Ari Wasserman on his podcast was so bad (it was algorithm rec'd to me by Spotify) that I'm a bit weary of their stuff on recruiting.

Who is their general recruiting writer that would have notes like that?

Congrats on the sex!

The NCAA dead period ends February 28. That means that the Texas Longhorns can once again host unofficial visitors beginning March 1. The month of March is going to be a busy one for Steve Sarkisian and staff. March 25 is going to be the Longhorns second Junior Day weekend for the 2024 cycle with an emphasis on out of state visitors. And the 2023 class may not be done yet either. Sarkisian and the offensive staff continue to swing away at On3 Consensus 5-star Duce Robinson. Here are some Sunday thoughts to get the week going with a busy month ahead on the recruiting trail. Duce Robinson and 2024 TE’s As of late last week the communication between Duce Robinson, his family and Texas remained. And the same can be said for Georgia and USC. There hasn’t been any major changes in the recruitment from what IT has heard. A decision is still expected on April 1, or prior. Even if Robinson had decided to wait until June and just sign scholarship papers, the Longhorns would have continued to recruit him. That speaks volumes to how much he is coveted by the Texas staff. Jeff Banks extended February offers to three 2024 tight end prospects. Carter Nelson is pound-for-pound one of the most gifted athletes in the country, period. This one feels like a long shot for the Horns, but a spring or summer visit is possible to likely. There will be a lot of pressure on the On3 Consensus 4-star to stay in Nebraska with the excitement around Matt Rhule being in Lincoln. But Nelson does currently plan to make some visits, and weigh his options. Laguna Beach’s Ryner Swanson and South Florida’s Colton Heinrich both told IT last week they plan to make visits to Texas. When those visits will be is still in the balance. All three 2024 TE’s offered have a skill set I like. They are smooth movers with high-end body control. Jerrick Gibson and Texas On3’s Chad Simmons published a story with the latest on nation’s No. 1 ranked running back Jerrick Gibson late last week. Tashard Choice continues to have a great relationship with the IMG Academy standout. There is a growing consensus that the Longhorns will enter March in the best position with Gibson. If my hand was forced today, I would enter an On3 RPM pick for Texas. With that said, there are four June official visits that will very likely decide this recruitment. Florida State, Florida and Miami remain in the mix too. The June 23-24 weekend is shaping up to be the Longhorns’ huge official weekend of the summer. Gibson and top offensive tackle target Daniel Calhoun will be in town that weekend. Calhoun’s four June OV’s are Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. Texas’ wide net at defensive line The Longhorns have cast a very wide net on the defensive line in the 2024 cycle, and I love the strategy. Texas has offered prospects from California, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Missouri and Illinois. The states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida are a must for the future with the move to the SEC in 2024. Texas must engage in many heavy hitter recruiting battles in the future. And they are more than willing. Thus far, there have been several prospects step foot on campus among the offers. Those were D’Antre Robinson, Dominick McKinley, Isaia Faga, Melvin Hills, Jeffery Rush and Kendall Jackson from out of state January 21. Robinson is a Tashard Choice/Bo Davis combo recruitment, and the 6-foot-3, 305-pounder said he will make an OV. McKinley and Faga have also told IT in the last couple of weeks they intend to officially visit. March and April will add to the out of state prospects that will make stops in Austin. Those include Omar White, Caleb Moore and likely Malik Blocton. Texas is working hard to get Kamron Beavers, Terrance Hibbler and Jayden Jackson on campus. They would also like to get T.J. Lindsey to Austin. Texas is casting a wide net to get two by December. That’s the end game. The total defensive line number will be three or four. There are two in-state prospects that can pick up the phone and commit right now. They are Alex January and Joseph Jonah-Ajonye. Don’t under estimate how high the 6-foot-3.5, 260-pound Oak Ridge versatile defensive line prospect is on the board. The Texas staff is way higher on him as a prospect than the industry. And at the end of the day, the Texas staff will be correct.

Kris Boyd flipping?

The national media's perception of the UT/A&M rivalry is so weird. I got algorithm recommended the Andy Staples pod and their reasons for why UT was "obsessed" with A&M was Geoff Ketchum's twitter feed, "friend of the show, Billy Liucci," and threads like this on message boards. One of the hosts also opined that Johntay Cook really liked A&M but ultimately chose Texas because A&M's offense was bad, and that maybe in the future, our rivalry game will decide "who gets Johntay Cook." I was in school from 2008-2012 and Texas Tech was a bigger deal! OU is the big rival! I won't be listening to that again.

lol, my friend

At OU Riley would use the TE/HB a lot. Austin Stogner, Grant Calcaterra, Andrews, etc.

The weird internet bravado of "You want some names, I'll give you some names" is awesome. Idk if that's Howell or Liuccci but either way, just perfect $9.95er bullshit.

LSU doesn't 'hate' them so much as find them loud, weird, and annoying like the rest of the SEC does.

Who else would we have gotten? That class also looks like it has a huge bust rate, I don't recognize hardly any of those USC guys.

InsideTexas just got some Polynesian Ties! https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/inside-texas-welcomes-jake-langi-a-15-year-cfb-veteran-and-former-texas-player-personnel-analyst/

Jimbo cooled on them after watching their senior tape. They were bad culture fits as well.

Does seem like more would've come out by now, just through the grapevine?

TIL that Roberson is in the NFL.

I went to University Lab on the LSU campus for high school. It seemed like everyone I knew was a Baton Rouge lifer whose family had been there for decades and never planned to leave, LSU alum or no. Something like 65% of my graduating class went to LSU. The Tulane, SE-LA, LA-Monroe, etc grads still came home and were still all in on LSU - that's how I envisioned how someone who grew up in CS would be. However, I graduated HS in 2008 and have not been back since, nor have I really spent much time as an adult in Houston post college, so I'm probably a bad source.

Having lived on the East Coast for ten years now, I have met exactly zero people not from Texas who could tell you where in Texas CS is. However, when I say I’m from Austin and went to school there, everyone knows. I did always figure that CS was like Baton Rouge, in that everyone just stays there, forever, but A&M is a much bigger school than LSU so I guess they can’t all just live there.

Ketch is gonna fuck this somehow.

Basically just confirmed that's who he's watching for "Just a hunch, they would pursue if he enters." etc.

Sounds like we need to up our tampering game!

If you have any sort of representation and you sign an illegal contract (which by necessity almost has no remedy for breach)worth 13 million you have a viable suit against your representation. And you're also a dumbass.

The InsideTexas politics board is not really better...

Seems like a good kid. Someone tell him his twitter likes are public.

It was already heading that way (for athletes, not just football) when I lived there in 09-10. Clint Chapman was passed out in an elevator on a Sunday morning when I went to do laundry.