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Posts posted by closetojumping
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Well well well. Hook’em
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9 hours ago, futureman said:
you heard anything on myron warren?
Just that there are no red flags. He’ll redshirt and they like him. They like everything they have in the trenches.
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Patterson is telling people offline that Duggan is going to be a stud. I’d be surprised if Delton is starting by the time we play.
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Just now, satyanash said:Honestly, man, that dickweed doesn't deserve the fucking mention. He doesn't know shit and he frequently does more harm than good for the program. He's also not an additonal data point. Just fucking whiny noise.
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On the younger guys in practice:
-The IT report mentioned Coburn not quite being there yet, or some such bullshit. I was told he's a potential DLOTY this season with what he's doing in practice. I'm confident in who told me that and I think IT is full of shit with half what they put in that write-up.
-They think Ojomo has the physical skills, but he's not always there mentally, and they think it is a youth thing.
-There isn't a 2019 signee that they're not excited about, although Caleb Johnson is coming along slower than hoped in knocking the dust off after his shoulder problems from his JUCO time.
-Jake Smith is going to play plenty, but they think they're truly stacked at WR across the board. Guys are going to be fighting for time. Kennedy Lewis is very, very likely to redshirt as this level of play is pretty far above what he's used to seeing. Woodard is going to have a hard time ever seeing the field.
-Braun's coming along on passblocking, but he's not going to be a plus guy there any time soon. He's truly elite in the running game though.
-They love the FR TEs. Wiley's got a chance to play. He could be a LT by his senior year. They like him.
-Sweat is whipping ass. If you're lining up at NT and you're name isn't Coburn, Ojomo, Sweat, or Wilbon, you'll be transferring before school starts.
-Owens is freakier than Adimora, but Adimora is the better football player today. They like both of those guys a lot.
-No one knows why in the fuck Boyce is playing with the 1's other than they don't want him transferring before school starts. Watson is better than they hoped.
In times past, I wouldn't lend much credence to a lot of the excitement from preseason practices, but this staff is proving that it can evaluate well. Texas is young but talented. Anything less than the Big 12 title this year will be a letdown to the team and those around it.
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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:
So just to reset the day:
alford is scheduled to announce at noon central.
Johnston is not scheduled to announce, but @closetojumping said yesterday that it would be today.
Is this all correct? Normally I’d think they would want their own day, but QJ doesn’t seem like he cares.
Yep. Of course, recruiting is fluid and such. It's not like QJ has been consistent about anything other than being disinterested in recruiting and being mysterious. But yeah, that's the thinking.
1 hour ago, Stampeder said:Appreciate the reset. What's the consensus on the timing of Eaton's announcement?
Next week.
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4 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:
My apologies then - I thought the conversation was about Mullen taking risk-qualification kids that other programs had backed off of.
No, you’re right. Loco is simply being a cunt and trying to ensure the narrative boils down to a very specific filter that puts his boy QuasiMullen in the best possible light.
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4 minutes ago, Loco said:
see UGA
Elaborate on that, please.
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2 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:
The volleyball gif and Ritz Bits are very amusing.
A serious question: did Jimbo recruit well in metropolitan areas while at FSU? I have no idea what the answer is. If the answer is no, then he may not be a great recruiter in Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Fort Worth.
Maybe the cowboy boots and fast-talking hillbilly routine don't play well with urban kids.
Just a guess on my part. I have no evidence.
He didn't have a hard time in general, and honestly, he hasn't had a hard time at ATM. He's recruited well, rankings-wise. The folks who compare his recruiting and personnel management to late-era Mack Brown have it straight, in my mind. He's landed elite talent at the top of his classes, but he fills the rest of each class up with bread and high risk recruits. Buying mercenaries from other regions is tricky. You'd better play them, and quick, or you might not have them over the long haul. Couple that with lazy takes/bad evaluations and the classes can get hollowed out pretty quickly. Beyond that, I'll flip you a plug nickel if you can rationally explain to me what he's doing at key positions. Do they have an OT on the roster? Is there more than one viable CB at practice? I can't figure out why he needs 13 underclassmen WRs for that offense. Strange shit.
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29 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:
"In Jimbo Fisher's face"
"Huh. Allegedly."
53:20
Who are the guys on the 4th and 5 podcast?
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1 minute ago, Foggy Notion said:
Someone who gets a lot of Twitter traffic, like Longhorn Frenzy, needs to tweet this. Maybe tag Carrington in the tweet. It’ll get around.
It’s getting around.
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1 hour ago, Auto Driller said:
Anything but quitting and giving them the day off would probably work...
I am in this camp. I can’t remember ever hearing anything like this. Flipping the fuck out and making the team run until they puked? Sure. Doing kickoff coverage for an hour or repeating circle or oklahoma drills for the rest of practice? Sure. “Fuck it, you’ve hurt my feelings, I’m going into the A/C and you guys should too, and then be ashamed of yourselves!” Well, I honestly don’t think I’ve seen or heard of that. That’s legitimate meltdown level shit. Bizarre.
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2 hours ago, texifornia said:
Quotes from Herman
I prefer this “we’re handling it internally” Nick Saban/Bob Stoops route personally.
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The only access to the staff that Roach has is through his superiors. That dude doesn't know what in the fuck he's talking about as far as the UT side goes, at least.
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My understanding is that it was a volleyball.
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6 minutes ago, pch said:
Post traumatic suck disorder just kicked in again. The worst part of that whole fiasco was it looked like Texas quit after five minutes in. It was hot as hell, sat in the upper deck exposed to that 11am kickoff sun, and left at halftime thoroughly disgusted.
Sat down at the regular sports bar with my buddies right at kickoff. Left after the first quarter, without ever getting a chance to order anything. Drove to the movies and watched two of them before heading home to wife and kids. Ended up being a decent time. I remember thinking that day how numb I'd become to losing. Fuck Chuckles and his terrible fucking coaching.
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6 minutes ago, derp said:
Johnston's clearly an athletic freak. Roy Williams is perhaps too bold a comparison. Roy high jumped 6'10" in high school, had a 40" vertical, and also ran a 10.3 100m. Roy was also about 20 lbs heavier. So he's like Roy Williams, but not as big, fast, strong, or able to jump as high.
Roy Williams is the comparison I've heard from guys that know better than anyone and have been around since back then.
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20 hours ago, Focht Up said:
Q: % on Wheaton now that Samples is gone
JW: Lower than if he was still in ATX.
EN: I think that has the potential to get weird. Not sure who's helping him decide.
Seems like we've seen this before.
Things change. I’ve been saying that a lot this cycle and I think that will be true into the future. A flake like Evans is probably going to be a guy that Texas will always end up abandoning, but a weird recruitment in various ways that isn’t absurd will probably not filter Texas out of the process.
5 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:I think the craziest, most unbelievable personal fact I’ve ever learned about anyone on Surly was that you’re married to an aggy. Fucking incredible.
What if I told you that I have a beautiful adult daughter with a Texas A&M degree? She’s also got a masters from Johns Hopkins, which is what I usually prefer to mention.
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1 hour ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:
I don't understand all of the CB inspired optimism on Alford and QJ. I like that we appear to be leading, but thinking that their committments are a forgone conclusion is....bold.
QJ and Alford will both commit tomorrow to Texas. Pull yourself together.
58 minutes ago, Thiefery said:Kruliec guy says that the Smith kid and his family love tosu/Hartline, so he doesn't see a flip happening... which means...?
41 minutes ago, irishtexan said:An Ohio State reporter catering to Ohio State kids is telling his subscriber base what they want to hear? Weird.
Something has changed in that situation. He was a total afterthought until about a week ago. Literally no one was mentioning him. But a few folks have reported there might be interest there. So he's indicated that, minimally, he's listening
The best way to think about JSN is that if he legitimately to show interest in Texas, they’d be all over him. He’s a take.
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8 hours ago, OnAComputer said:
I’ve been complaining about those first two paragraphs for a while. Glad to see some one else feels the same way.
I think you $9.95ers should get together and craft a recruiting handbook. You could then take it and present it to Tom Herman and crew and really teach them something about how it all should be done. I think they’d really appreciate seeing the end result after some real pros get their mitts on the process.
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1 hour ago, Bruh Man said:
You got this in your backyard but spend the first half of the recruiting season flirting with Wilson....smh. Meh better close on him.
Dude hasn’t played much and isn’t a big lover of recruiting. He’s a freak. While he’s a composite top 75 player, he’s probably underrated by half, at least.
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6 hours ago, Newy25 said:
I have been traveling and out of the loop. This is the thing we just made up to see how far it would spread, right?
It was more of a case of making a ridiculous joke on this board that we could all see playing out. But yeah, totally true now, for reals.
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8 minutes ago, Richter said:
Roach is up and coming. I wonder which coach is feeding him info?
Oh, wait, nevermind.
Mike Roach is the actuary of recruiting insiders. Like, Burton knows and hears shit, whether y’all like hearing that or not. So does Howe. It is to the point that this risk averse motherfucker needs to tap into his employers and get a clue.
This goober should go crystal ball the following right now and take a nap for 6 months. He’ll probably wake up with the trophy.
-Alford
-Collins (he’s fucking hedging on Collins in updates, fuck)
-Jordan
-JSN
-QJ
-White (fuck it, who knows?)
-Pick a random highly ranked LB in the JUCO ranks
-Eaton, I guess? fuck it.
I mean, does he have any of that? He’s worthless. An absolute perfect fit for the mouthbreathers at 247.
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2 hours ago, HtownHorn said:
Damn, this is a quite a run where a supposed aggy lean is about to announce and holds off and commits to Texas.
1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said:Hamm is saying he's hearing Texas for Alford.
I’m stunned. I’m pissed. It’s Xavion Alford.
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2019 Texas Longhorns fall practice thread
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Yeah, Overshown seems to find the training room an awful lot. At some point, it’s him, not bad luck.