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  1. 1 minute ago, Sundancekid said:

      Keeping Casey Thompson on board may be the largest remaining recruitment for 2019 left.  Sticks and stones mother fuckers. Sticks and stones.

    Heyyy you can't come back with a sensible comment and act like you're doubling down on the dumb from earlier. That's cheating!

  2. Just now, Sundancekid said:

    Good with people/recruiting... where is the part about being a good coach and/or offensive coordinator?  Look, if he’s good with people then I am hoping like hell he can convince Thompson to stay because chances are very good that whoever the backup is will have to win a game or two for us next year. I am hoping like hell it isn’t a true freshman. 

    You literally talked two posts up about how much better Sam got.

    As an OC, lol he sucks, but we can afford to eat a glorified QB coach's inflated salary.

  3. 3 minutes ago, Sundancekid said:

    If Ira Henry is an important target why haven’t we offered him yet?

      If we stand to lose all three backup quarterbacks... maybe it’s time to axe our OC who doesn’t even call plays... just a thought. I love the development I’ve witnessed in Sam but we need a quarterbacks coach who isn’t toxic in the eyes and ears of our quarterback room.

    The development in Sam is WHY the QBs are looking at transferring. Your correlation's out of whack.

  4. 12 hours ago, gmr548 said:

    Interesting. My understanding is it's two things: 1.) Don't have to try out. You have a roster spot. 2.) You start at or near the top of the list of guys that could find themselves with a scholarship should one come available. 

    https://usatodayhss.com/2018/ncsa-what-is-a-preferred-walk-on

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    Preferred walk-ons are guaranteed a spot on the roster. Their preferred status means the college coach wants the recruit on their team, but the coach doesn’t have a scholarship for them. In football, this is a common way to recruit specialist positions like kickers and punters.

    While preferred walk-ons don’t receive an athletic scholarship, they still go through the recruiting process. When a spot opens up on the depth chart, preferred walk-ons are often first in line. Preferred walk-ons can earn a scholarship going into their second season, but nothing is a sure thing.

     

  5. Boyd on Brown: https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2019/1/18/18187259/west-virginia-plays-the-air-raid-remix-neal-brown-west-virginia-mountaineers-4-2-5-defense

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    Overall Neal Brown is bringing a balanced and holistic approach to program management and team building combined with the same Air Raid philosophy as everyone else. If he and his staff can work out how to embrace the advantages of coaching Big 12 skill players while maintaining their program focus on toughness, defense, and special teams it could provide the Mountaineers with an edge over their competition.

     
     

     

  6. 1 minute ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

    OB War Room. I'm not wasting space with the part on Shepherd. The tidbit on Johnson and Arkansas is telling. 

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    The Texas early enrollees moved to campus on Wednesday. I had an update on JUCO LB Caleb Johnson in my 3-2-1 column this week, but here are a couple extra notes that I thought might be of interest.

    Johnson is still recovering from his shoulder injury and has been told he may be held out of spring practices, but that hasn’t changed his mindset … he’s coming in with the intention of locking down a starting spot and being a leader for the Texas defense beginning next year.

    “I’m not going in like I have plenty of time. I would like to make an impact as soon as I can,” Johnson said. “I want this to be the best seasons I have ever had. It’s nice to have the extra years (Johnson will have three seasons in Austin), but don’t think I’m going to need them.”

    Once Johnson committed to Texas, he said he never had a shred of doubt. The Longhorns were always the team to beat, and Johnson said some other coaches used negative tactics to try to knock Texas down his list.

    “Pretty much every other coach tried to talk me out of it, tried to pretty much talk bad on coach Herman and stuff,” Tucker said. “I felt like most of the real coaches, like coach (Mel) Tucker at Colorado, he said I’m not going to say anything negative about a school like Texas. Pretty much anyone who would do that, I just stayed away from them and shut them out.”

    For the record, Johnson took official visits to Arkansas, Colorado and Oregon late in the process. Did I mention he visited Arkansas?

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    I caught up with offensive lineman Ira Henry this week after Texas assistant Herb Hand stopped in for a visit on Tuesday. Henry, out of St. Louis Trinity Catholic, said it was a good visit but it sounds like things are in a bit of a holding pattern with Texas.

    “He talked about what Texas has to offer me, where I fit in at Texas,” Henry said. “He told me about what he does and how they develop people, where I could fit in, guard or tackle. He said I could be a swing guy for them.”

    Henry took an early official visit to Iowa State. He was at Florida last weekend, told me he’s added Auburn for this weekend and has Florida State set for January 25. As for Texas, Henry said the Longhorns, Penn State and Oklahoma are the teams he’s considering for his last visit. That being said, he has also told me that he wants to have an offer in hand before he takes an official visit, and Oklahoma is the only one out of that group who has formally offered. Henry said he believes Texas is going to offer, but he’s waiting to hear back from Texas after the staff discusses the situation.
    
    Henry did say there’s a “big chance” Texas gets his last visit if the Longhorns do offer, so we’ll keep an eye on this one to see if anything develops. With teammate Marcus Washington signed – and Texas in a good spot with 2020 teammate Mookie Cooper – this one could get interesting if the Longhorns make a late push.

     

    Honesty if an Arkansas program with an aggy coach didn't negative recruit Texas, I'd be disappointed in them.

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    9 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    Which little yankee state are you from?

    California? Honestly anyone who regularly drives 20 hour round trips has a whole lotta respect from me. That's way more than I'd ever want to do.

  8. 16 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

    Interesting   It doesn’t appear he was offered originally by either Utah or Vanderbilt (where the Utah QB coach was at the time).  I wondering if they’ve only ever seen him play on hudl and YouTube. 

    He committed to OU pretty early. They probably didn't figure it was worth the effort.

  9. 3 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    Shane is good enough to start somewhere.  Think he’d be a good fit in most spread offenses.  Hate to lose him.  Having an experienced backup would be nice.  

    How else are Casey (and for the love of God he'd better stay) and eventually Roschon going to grow?

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