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Really? Not a weakness in any way? Even the practice reports during peak koolaid season haven't been particularly positive. Haven't there been several days with a bunch of reported drops? I'll continue to be skeptical of the group until we have more than one guy consistently prove it on the field. Or at least until we move past the point where catching the ball is a major point of interest in practice. X is great. Neyor is probably good, maybe great. JWhitt is good but not great when healthy. Casey Cain and Brennen Thompson might be good but definitely don't factor into my expectations for this year. Nobody else should be seen as a plus player on a conference championship level team. I feel like our standards at WR have really fallen the last couple years.

Surely, this was, an attempt, to be, @Hank Scorpio, (let me, get a, couple, more, commas, for good, measure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,), Also I'm hoping we see additions from the go go no matter who the QB is. Sark won't go for the triple option stuff, but it would be another way for us to scheme away from a weakness (WR) and towards a strength (RB). So far the practice reports have mentioned 12 personnel a lot but I haven't seen anything about the go go. Sark pls.

So, OB gets clowned on, but I actually like Alex Dunlap's work covering the OL. I've pulled some stuff from his final post on the 2021 season. He has a grading scale called Deep Dig that grades each snap. He also tracks disruption allowed. Here are the 2021 stats. Here's some stuff that gives historical context Personally, I think our OL hopes and dreams ride on Kelvin Banks. That's not a great spot to be. The interior should be ok. Angilau is reliably above average. Conner showed some alright stuff that makes me think he can be serviceable. Majors has always done some things really well but been hampered by deficient core strength and weight. Year three or four has always been my timeline for him since his flashes as a freshman, so hopefully Kyle Flood locks him in the weight room with hourly protein shake deliveries. He's probably still a year away though. Shit gets real looking at tackle. Jones and Karic are a bit depressing. We can probably figure something out at RT between those two and someone from Campbell/Neto/Cam. LT is an entirely different story. There's a very specific play where Jones got pantsed that haunted my nightmares for awhile but I've managed to repress that shit deep down. The flashbacks are gone but the sour taste remains every time I take a sip of the koolaid. I don't really see a fix there unless Banks can play there. He doesn't need to be a worldbeater, just freshman Vahe/Williams/Kerstetter level. We had some shitty lines under Herman but at least we had Conner Williams and Sam Cosmi to anchor us at LT. And when we didn't due to injury, it got ugly.

40% by quantity, sure, and it's an incomplete list Sark isn't the first to have a bunch of talented dudes visit. Hell, Herman landed like fifteen 4 stars in 2 months in summer of 2020. That's a lot more impressive than anything Sark has done in recruiting and he was fired within six months. And I'm not bashing Sark. I'd give him a solid B+ (in recruiting) so far. Let's just keep narratives honest

Well this is just not true. Herman's pool party in 2018 was loaded and look at the (incomplete) visitor list for the 2020 Elite Day. Hell I'd say that it's a red flag if a coach can't put together a weekend like this most years in the spring.

Case in point: had a buddy that was a source for a couple years. He had a friend that worked for the film crew and would pass on what his friend told him about practice in exchange for a free sub to the site. Learning about that definitely changed how I processed info from camp reports lol

SIAP - Suchomel is saying that Josh White will visit Baylor this weekend then TCU and Texas later. Possibly USC at some point. He also pointed out that all the schools have new coaching staff than his initial recruitment. Some quick googling shows he signed to play for Aranda but did not enroll until after Aranda left for Baylor

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But it says Coach X's transition class I don't make the rules

In the 2017 game against TCU, we started Nickelson - Vahe - Cuney - McMillon - Kerstetter (shoutout to Kerstetter though, he got thrown straight into the fire as a freshman and

They also offer in-state tuition rates to lots of these Texas kids

Y'all's positions aren't mutually exclusive, especially with how info diffuses out in the CFB world

To add on to this, OB had a note last night saying GP was on campus in a working capacity. The job posting that is presumed to be for GP has a start date of 1/16 so probably no announcement before then. They expect him to be around this weekend for any visits that occur Nothing else worthwhile on OB

I feel like that Pitt report is going to become commonplace in the future Star player X blows up at a smaller school and has a connection to a blueblood through a coach, hometown, etc. and so the local media just automatically throws out reports of that connection and NIL Semi-related: I wish the one-time transfer rule had some kind of stipulation, like a coach leaving. There was the waiver before but that was BS

If we had hired Kelly a year ago how do y'all think he would have faked a Texan accent when talking about his faaaamily?

I really try to stay out of other school's business but since this is the portal thread I'll just bring up this quote from you: "Offensive improvement could come from a better running game because of better OL play and RB. OL play this year was hampered by poor conditioning and lack of development at OT. Better S&C and scheme could yield better OL play. OU brings in two top 10 backs this year to replace Kennedy Brooks. If the QB is replacement level, OU wins between 7 - 9 in the regular season. If they get Caleb back or Dillon Gabriel, OU's top ten again." So you actually did argue that OU could have an improved offense without Riley. I'm not sure why you're blaming Riley for a lack of OL development when you're retaining the same OL coach (who I know is one of the best in the business). Nor do I understand why you think Lebby will be a schematic upgrade over Lincoln fucking Riley, though you also say it doesn't matter if his OL is blowing people off the line. Which then goes back to the first point. This is some heavy copium

Well certainly don't let me get in your way. Please, neg rep and continue melting down

To find some context for WR portal recruiting, I went back to the top 10 transfer options (per 247's WR transfer ratings) from last year and the date they entered the portal: Arik Gilbert - January 2nd Wen'Dale Robinson - January 11th Puka Nacua - March 7th Jameson Williams - April 28th Charleston Rambo - January 5th Jake Smith - June 22nd Daylen Baldwin - June 1st Grant Calcaterra - August 18th Samori Toure - November 24th Mookie Cooper - December 23rd So, at this time last year, only 3 of the top 10 had entered the portal. Let's be a little patient here.

Couple things on Marion: love the hire. Detailed those reasons earlier in the thread. But, Texas will be his 11th school in 12 years of coaching. He's ambitious and will move quickly. Sark needs to take that into account in 23 WR recruiting. It's a great WR class and major position of need for the cycle. Sark was already getting more involved in WR recruiting due to Coleman but he can't let off the breaks now. We're sure to get hit with questions about Marion leaving at signing day next year. Good news is this staff has volume recruiters to help out. Drayton's exit may have come at the perfect time.

oh my god I can't believe people spent their Christmas arguing about fucking OL recruiting a week after we signed an absolutely incredible class

Whaaaat Context is that he was subtweeting Bryce Anderson after he committed to A&M. Harris's twitter fits in perfectly with other Texas fan accounts in that it's obnoxious

He played in 19 games, including one start and twelve appearances this year