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  1. 1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    Seeing on some other boards this guy is OVing this weekend.

    https://247sports.com/Player/Raul-Aguirre-46103169/

    Nahlin:

     

    Add Fayetteville (GA) linebacker Raul Aguirre to the weekend visitor list. Aguirre is coming off official visits to Florida and Alabama in successive weeks and will also see Ohio State the final weekend before the dead period. This will be a very difficult recruitment for Texas win, but step 1, getting him on campus, will happen this weekend.

    Aguirre is the On3 Consensus No 131 player in the nation. I don’t know what his testing numbers and exact measurables are, but the tape is really good for an obviously bigger inside linebacker. He isn’t going to be too blocky to play in the modern game. Reference him playing deep in coverage and even at wide receiver to see what I mean. On top of those boxes being checked from a traits standpoint, he shows good vision and patience at linebacker. He understands keeping leverage on the ball carrier.



    On the heels of a disappointing 2022 linebacker class, Jeff Choate has to hit paydirt in this cycle. He’s off to a strong start with North Crowley’s S’Maje Burrell already in the class. Choate also has Texas in the thick of things with Denton Ryan’s Anthony Hill, Marlin’s Derion Gullette, Kahuku’s (HI) Liona Lefau, and Lehi’s (UT) Tausili Akana.

    Due to larger numbers in the cycle, and positional versatility between linebacker and Edge with some of the prospects, expect the staff to load up on as many of these guys as they can get. If need be, more targets will materialize — guys like Katy Paetow’s Daymion Sanford who recently picked up an offer.

    Lefau took his official visit to Texas this past weekend and the staff finds itself on solid footing. Akana, also originally from Kahuku, took an unofficial visit to Texas last week, and his sister recently transferred from Nebraska to Texas to play volleyball. We’re not saying it’s likely Texas will land both, but it remains possible.

    After this weekend’s Aguirre visit, Texas will host Burrell, Hill, and Gullette just before the dead period.

    As you all know, this is a huge stretch for Texas recruiting in general, but also linebacker in particular.

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  2. Justin Wells - Julian Sayin

     

    Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is a known commodity when it comes to evaluating and developing the quarterback position. That certainly appeals to Carlsbad (Calif.) quarterback and On3 four-star Julian Sayin.

    The 6-foot-1, 185-pound junior and the No. 3 quarterback in the 2024 class according to the On3 Consensus made his way back to Austin for the third time over the weekend prior to stops at LSU and Alabama. Sayin is digging UT’s offensive staff and the potential they present.

    “I mean obviously what coach Sark has done with quarterbacks definitely stands out,” said Sayin. “I really like coach (AJ) Milwee and we’ve been building our relationship for a while now. (Texas) is very selective in who they want in the quarterback room, and they’re only going to offer a couple guys each cycle.”

    With over 20 offers including Notre Dame, Georgia, USC, Texas, Michigan, Oregon, Texas A&M and Miami, Sayin knows exactly what he wants from his future college destination.

    “A great relationship with the head coach, big football tradition and history, great fit in the program, and talent around me,” said Sayin.

    In 2021, Sayin completed 181-of-253 passes for 2,769 yards and 34 touchdowns. He tallied 208 yards and two rushing touchdowns as well. 

    The Cali-bred quarterback has mentioned committing during his junior year, with October in mind. Inside Texas expects Sayin to make a return trip to Austin this fall.

    According to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies, Sayin ranks as the No. 9 overall prospect in the nation, the No. 3 quarterback, and No. 1 prospect in California. On3 ranks him as the No. 47 overall prospect and No. 6 quarterback nationally.

    Sayin has an On3 NIL Valuation of $137K, ranking as No. 88 overall in the On3 High School NIL football rankings. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets the standard market NIL value for high school and college-level athletes. A proprietary algorithm, the On3 NIL Valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a specific moment in time.

  3. 6 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

    Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but I assume they decided THAT was the price they were willing to pay to get a championship. If they get it in year 5, then have a losing season in 6 and 7, they still got what they wanted. They'd run him out and pay somebody else an insane amount of money in hopes to rinse and repeat. Only way I could imagine those clowns would keep him around after two losing seasons is if Texas was also putting together similar records. 

    I think they just extended him or gave him more money with the exact same terms.

    So if 3-4 years are remaining on said contract you have 27-36 million in fully guaranteed buyouts. That contract is 9+ million a year and increases 100k every year until final year in 2031.

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32122972/sources-texas-jimbo-fisher-finalizing-extension-2030-worth-more-9m-annually

  4. 1 minute ago, slorch said:

    SEC has two teams for relegation already?  But they so good!!!

    LOLz.  

    I think you're going to want Vandy, Kentucky, Indiana, and Maryland as complete athletic programs though.....

    Once football breaks it's only a matter of time before CWS and March Madness break as well.

     

    I don't think it will be 30-40 but more like 60ish

  5. 3 minutes ago, NoName said:

    They are literally the other end of the spectrum from Clemson in this regard.

    re: Switzer and Jimmy Johnson...Switzer never lost more than 4 games in his career at OU - lost 4 82 an 83 and followed that up with 9-2-1, 11-1, 11-1, 11-1 the next 4 seasons. Jimmy went 8-5 at Miami, then 10-2, 11-1, 12-0, 11-1. I think the big difference there is that players LOVED Jimmy Johnson. I was always under the impression that Switzer was a players coach at OU, but not 100% sure on that front - he was with the Cowboys which was part of the issue there.

    I don't think anyone feels as much love for Jimbo as they did for Switzer and Jimmy.

    Without the love for the coach, without competing for national championships - even if they win games they are going to have chasms that open up due to playing time, being thousands of miles away from home, etc.

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    Quite the tail off...outside of covid season his last season at FSU he's been above average.

  6. 19 hours ago, TriStone said:

    Not us.  We'll follow the rules down to the letter, even if the rules are never enforced.

    I’m interested and would like to hear @RGBIII or @closetojumping thoughts lately on how Plonsky has shifted in the new era. I know we’re doing everything by the book as far as burnt ends and HWH but is she still being a pest?

  7. 7 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I hope you're right, but I heard something similar very recently. I don't know what's real and what's bullshit at this point, though. There are plenty of reasons for the brass to be misleading on this stuff until they know everything is ironed out exactly.

    wouldn't that reduce payouts next year? seems like texas wouldn't be okay with taking less money.

  8. On 5/24/2022 at 2:31 PM, Gene Parmesan said:

    Whataburger has sucked for years.  The only thing the Chicago takeover has done is finally give you idiots a scapegoat for something you were just too afraid to admit.

    I wish Chicago would send Portillo chains down here.

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  9. 1 minute ago, irishtexan said:

    Why? It's an endorsement deal. It's supposed to be separate from their status as a collegiate football player. Why couldn't it be a multi-year deal that runs into their professional career? 

     

    Just now, SL Xpress said:

    Or else…what? I guess either side could take the other to court to say the contract is unenforceable, but no one else is going to come in and say, “you can’t do that!” in an enforceable way. 

    I will say it makes absolutely no sense to me that any of these deals are longer than a year. You don’t want to be the Austin Lambo dealership having your endorser driving around Tuscaloosa in your car. There’s always another star Texas athlete out there. Assuming it makes sense to keep signing these deals, but that’s their decision. 

    Saw on another board that Burnt Endz had this issue with regards to the tight end dinner and such. Maybe @RGBIII or @immamac can explain

  10. 2 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

    I saw that Bijan's Lambo deal is a one-year thing. Wonder if it would be in Lambo's interest to sign him to a multi-year endorsement so that when he goes on to the pros, if he becomes a star, he'll have potentially broader NFL exposure. 

    The NIL deals can't extend past their collegiate eligibility. It would need to be a new deal.

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