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Posts posted by BurntOrange&White
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We’re definitely starting at least 2 true freshmen maybe 3 next season on the OL
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Just now, immamac said:
Idk about the card ball. He should have been in front of a full stride worthy. It was a good ball, not a dime.Â
Yeah and a few plays before that he seemed rattled with the pressure before they switched field position.Â
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23 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:
Jeff Howe says Jaylon Guilbeau is on the sidelines in street clothes.
Well he’s suspended.Â
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36 minutes ago, Hermanator said:
I have a feeling this wild west era of early NIL isn't going to last long. It'll become an embarrassing arms race for college football and the universities and NCAA have to be seeing it's in their best interest to put regulations on this thing.Â
They’re powerless va that. It will be seen as them setting market prices instead of free and open market. SCOTUS already has favorable rulings for free market.Â
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Does anyone have the order of artist? Thinking of getting tickets but with it being on a Monday and not being able to take off the next day was curious when Childers was going to play.Â
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8 minutes ago, Octavian said:
I think you can pick up on this from Ewers his sophomore year vs his junior year. SLC had an amazing o-line his sophomore year and it showed - he had a 45-3 TD-int and 70%+ comp. They both dropped off his junior year but if you watch his games vs. the more talented teams, there are plenty of times where he stands in the pocket and delivers with 2-3 free rushers inches from his face and then gets pummeled after release. I don’t think that will be an issue.
He missed most of the junior season due a sports hernia surgery. He came back early from that in the playoffs and helped carry his team to state.
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The prize of Texas’ 2021 recruiting class was Ja’Tavion Sanders, an On3 Consensus five-star and the highest-rated prospect Steve Sarkisian inherited when he took over as head coach of the Longhorns in January of 2021.
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With a lofty rating, there was an expectation Sanders, who helped Denton (Texas) Ryan to a state championship in 2020, would make an immediate impact as a tight end in Sarkisian’s offense. While Sanders played in all 12 games, it was mostly on special teams. He didn’t catch a pass during his freshman season.
It made sense he couldn’t pass experienced players on the depth chart like Cade Brewer and Jared Wiley. Sanders was labeled as an athlete by On3 and other recruiting services, and he burst onto the scene as a two-way player for the Ryan Raiders. He spent much of his sophomore year at defensive end, but over time Sanders played more and more receiver. His senior year, he recorded only 12 tackles compared to his 1161 yards and 16 touchdowns on 63 catches.
It was clear that tight ends coach Jeff Banks would have to work extensively with Sanders. After a developmental year, Sanders has made real strides as a tight end this spring and is contending to be at the top of the depth chart when game one arrives next season.
“I think JT is a really cool example of, here’s a kid who was a five-star recruit coming to the University of Texas,” Sarkisian said Thursday. “And in this day and age, if a guy doesn’t play as a true freshman and start as a five-star, what’s wrong, you know? Something’s wrong with him. It’s this idea of instant gratification. Everybody builds these kids up and they’re just going to walk in and win the Mackey Award when they show up.
“I give JT and Gunnar (Helm) a lot of credit for putting in the work last year. I thought coach Banks did a really good job. I know they weren’t every week players for us offensively, but they worked at their craft.”
Much of the reason why Sanders spent most of his time on Saturdays on the sideline had to do with the various requirements of the position. Sanders was no longer just responsible for catching passes split wide. He had to deal with defensive ends, players who can match up physically with hi 6-foot-4, 253-pound frame. He had to learn his assignment in run-blocking, and learn how to effectively operate in that aspect of the game. He even needed to work on pass protection, something he almost was never tasked with at Ryan.
“I’ve said this numerous times to y’all that the quarterback is the most important position in sports,” Sarkisian said. “But the tight end in our offense is probably the second most important position because of all that we ask them to do.”
This spring, Sanders has been at the top of the depth chart for most of the recent practices, just ahead of Helm, Jahleel Billingsley, and others in Banks’ position group. Behind the scenes, he’s drawn praise for his work ethic during offseason conditioning, development at the position, and for his ability to catch the ball. He even had a standout performance at last week’s scrimmage.
Sanders’ development has him primed to become one of several weapons at Sarkisian’s disposal for his 2022 offense.
“I think he’s had a really good spring for us,” Sarkisian said. “He has really evolved as a player. I think he’s a much more confident and comfortable blocker, but he is definitely a weapon in the pass game.”
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1 minute ago, Knoxtnhorn said:
Is it the two teams I mentioned, or something else?
If it's the former, you haven't been subjected to "We're the real UT" half a million times like me.
If it's the latter, what am I missing besides incorrectly giving aggy credit for NIL prowess over blatant cheating?
I think it's the confusing NIL with bags aspect.
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22 minutes ago, ATexanAbroad said:
Why were you drinking on a turnpike?Â
because it was a long hot summer day on the Illinois river where he worked on a tug boat and got a half a day off with pay.
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4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:
Huh. Well, don't remember it, but I was certainly annoyed when TB removed it and I'm certainly happy they're bringing it back, so there you go.
May 17 if I’m not mistaken.Â
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FPI is complete dog shit of a bullshit stat by ESPN.Â
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Humidor:
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Sounds like everyone is eager for the Texas Longhorns’ Orange-White Game on Saturday. But before that…
Thursday Practice
On Thursday, the offense in general struggled mainly due to quarterbacks and offensive line. The quarterbacks had maybe their worst day of spring taking care of the ball, throwing 4-5 picks between team and situational work. Not all the picks were thrown by the first two quarterbacks but D’Shawn Jamison had what seems like his 10th pick of the spring, this one off an errant Hudson Card throw (Card did throw a touchdown to Jonathon Brooks). True freshman Larry Turner-Gooden got in the action as well.Â
This prompted the question to a source: Compared to the Big 12, are the quarterbacks at the top or middle of the pack?
“There are definitely moments when they are at the top of the pack but not yet at a consistent level. They have top of the pack traits, though.”
Another source mentioned the defense looks much more cohesive than last year. Certainly that takeaway may be biased because of Thursday’s practice, but there’s some real optimism within the program the defense is coming along.
“They play with good energy, are flying around, show better team pursuit, are playing together better, and most importantly, communicating much better.”
On Thursday, Sark mentioned he was pleased with development across the board. That has been a theme we’ve written increasingly more as spring ball progressed. On Saturday we’ll get to see with our own eyes.
Orange-White Game PreviewÂ
Sark said they won’t keep score but they’ll make things interesting at the end. They’ll likely do what they do to end each practice which has the chance to be mildly entertaining and I’d bet they keep score.
Something to keep in mind, and this is kind of new to us as well, is just how banged up the team is. While the team was fortunate when it came to avoiding injuries this spring, there are a lot of bumps and bruises that may limit some players. Normally we won’t mention names unless we know they’re going to be out for a while, but this is the spring game and the “opposing coaches“ already know the deal.
We expect Hudson Card and Quinn Ewers to split time with the ones. That will extend well into August. We doubt you’ll see Maalik Murphy, but he was active again in 7v7 on Thursday.
At running back, expect a healthy serving of Jonathon Brooks.Â
Andrej Karic is banged up so the O-line should be Hayden Conner–Junior Angilau–Jake Majors–Cole Hutson–Christian Jones. As we’ve stated, there is optimism regarding Hutson so it should be fun to see him. Angilau has worked at center some of late in case he’s needed to snap on Saturday. The source then went on a tangent to say how much excitement there is in the program for the 2022 O-line signees to arrive.
The source spoke highly of Ja’Tavion Sanders and Gunnar Helm. He made it sound like if we see any extra-curricular activity on Saturday it will be between Jahleel Billingsley and Anthony Cook.
We’re not expecting a whole lot of Xavier Worthy and Jordan Whittington but they’ll make some plays.Â
On the defensive side, Keondre Coburn was mentioned as being in the best shape of his career but Alfred Collins, Byron Murphy, and T’Vondre Sweat are all coming along and don’t stay blocked for long. Aaron Bryant has a good future but his head is still swimming. This group is seen as making a lot of strides. Based on spring ball, Collins should have that breakout everyone is looking for.
Nothing new on the edges, but we’re excited to see Barryn Sorrell and Ovie Oghoufo. A week or so ago one source predicted Sorrell will have a game that gets fans’ attention. Justice Finkley was mentioned as benefitting a lot from his maturity. He still makes mistakes but he’s very coachable and works.
DeMarvion Overshown and Jaylan Ford are predictably with the ones. David Gbenda is nursing an injury that may limit him. Jett Bush will likely see action at Mike. Devin Richardson had a couple of good practices later in spring ball.
Jahdae Barron is a bit banged up. We might only see him at STAR rather than switching between STAR and corner. We’re not entirely sure. Ryan Watts and D’Shawn Jamison are the first corners if they’re in nickel. At the twos, we’ll see Terrance Brooks and Jamier Johnson at corner and Michael Taaffe at nickel.
Safety is Jerrin Thompson at field and Anthony Cook at boundary, with Kitan Crawford rotating with Thompson some. JD Coffey is another one who is nursing a slight injury. Morice Blackwell and BJ Allen are behind Cook. We’ll probably see Larry Turner-Gooden there as well.
At this juncture, the defense is ahead of the offense. We’re not sure if that’s exactly how it will play out in the spring game, but that’s how it’s been during the spring.
One Final Note
The modern college coach gets very, very little down time. I don’t care how much they get paid, I don’t know how they balance the varying aspects of their job and family life. Following the spring game on Saturday, coaches will begin hitting the road on Sunday to evaluate and recruit.
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21 minutes ago, Hornlover said:
The only benefit that salary caps have in pro sports are to ensure that billionaire owners keep a higher percentage of profits than they otherwise would, thus ensuring some level of parity. Otherwise, some schmuck like Jerry Jones would gladly spend $10 billion of his own money if it would guarantee a Super Bowl victory. Other owners, like Woody Johnson or Jimmy Haslam would no longer field competitive teams, because they are more interested in milking profits than wins.
In the current college landscape, there's nothing preventing the billionaire from spending ungodly amounts of money to see his favorite team win. It probably "ends well" for the players, and the for teams that have extremely rich patrons willing to spend it to win. It probably doesn't end well for teams that don't. And as for parity? There hasn't been anything remotely resembling parity in College Football in a long, long, time.Â
Please help us Michael and Elon!
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Nahlin this AM on Caleb Johnson
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Edit: The NIL era is tough. Many recruitments will simply come down to who wants a player more. That appears to be Miami at latest check. Texas felt pretty good following the visit but Miami seems to be treating him like a need rather than want. If you dropped a like, please come collect it.
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6 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:
Fucking hate track season in recruiting. Yea, they’re fast and/or jump goodly. Sick.
Why? Track and getting football players who excel in track is the best way to turn things around because it creates differences in teams that can’t be coached. It’s how Baylor built up as well as other guys. Multi sport athletes >
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17 minutes ago, Hornlover said:
Yeah, cause before the Tennessee law went into effect, I'm sure the Volunteer coaches weren't telling boosters which recruits to give the McDonald's sack to.Â
That’s besides the point. The state of Texas, high school and colleges will fall behind if the legislature and governor don’t do anything until the next session.Â
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State of Texas needs to move fast. Tennessee going all in with that latest lawÂ
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5 minutes ago, RaysBoomBoomRoom said:
Seems like Miami mods say he’s heading there. Maybe that’s a positive data point for Johnson
They also say they’re getting Johnson.Â
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We’ve been in contact with that ASU freshmen all American LB
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So we’re naming a bunch of average guys and not guys with NFL ability for that position in 10+ years?
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18 minutes ago, Vertigo said:
Campbell is left handed. That is the end of the your Campbell to Center fan fiction. Campbell was reportedly told by Flood that he would get a shot at tackle. He will certainly be one of the best athletes on the line.Â
An interesting and pretty promising lineup out of the gate next year might look something like:
LT Banks
LG Jones
C Angilau
RG Conner
RT Campbell
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2nd Team would then look something like:
LT KaricLG Agbo
C Majors
RG Williams
RT Garth/Neto
Creed Humphrey is left handed so piss off.Â
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1 minute ago, Codaxx said:
Sounds like Campbell will start out at Tackle. You could see Banks (LT), Angilau, Majors, Conner, and Campbell (RT)
It honestly sounds better than last year even though they’re  freshmen
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4 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:
Roach says Caleb Johnson is committing g tomorrow and it's looking like it'll be Miami. The search for a portal LB continues.
IT says they’re liking Texas here….
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Source off.Â
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2 minutes ago, victory88 said:
Yup, this is the most likely scenario. Christian Jones has had 3 years to show he can be a capable player and it still has not clicked for him. I also expect Hutson, Cam Williams, and Agbo to play. Lots of people forget about Agbo. He's a very intelligent player that is athletic and big. He's a multi-sport athlete which normally is a good indicator for long term projections. I expect Campbell and Banks to be day one starters with Hutson, Agbo, Cam Williams rotating in. Those last 3 are already bigger than some of our starters as high schoolers.
AGBO TO STARTING CENTER! lol
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