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Newy25

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    Edited by Newy25

    7 minutes ago, deech said:

    I feel like we have a good 40 pages of anti FWK hate in us if Shepard decommits.  1000 will be easy. 

    Its going to be interesting to see what happens with catalon and then how this staff fills up with the transfer portal and grad transfers. 

    I think this sentiment has also been expressed by others but I am openly rooting for FWK’s grifting to work and save the staff from a poor mental evaluation. This kid has Ryan Perrilouxand Fred Rouse written all over him at a position that does not create instant gratification. 

    His decommitment to me will be good news. 

  2. 8 minutes ago, realgreggym said:

    Let's cut this young man some slack. 99% of posters here have no idea what its like to be recruited. Coaches who are for the most part good salesmen are trying to convince a 17 year old that he needs to come to their school. This young man like most recruits is being pulled in many different ways. Some may care about the young man and some may not. Maybe this young man has some character issues.  So did every one of us when we were 17.  We have kids in college that screw up.  Maybe he doesn't have a solid support system at home like most of us did.  This young man could turn out to be a lottery pick or could be a bench warmer for his entire career. No one knows until he has a chance to prove himself.

    If he comes to Texas great. If he choses another school wish him well.

    Unless this is a troll job this is one of the most insanely retarded posts on the boards in some time. The reference to lottery pick leads me to think more mental retardation than troll job, though. 

  3. 5 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

    That is all kinds of hyperbolic. The guy has a chance to be a really good player. He has the tools to become a great player if he wants to put in work and be a good teammate. He is worth the risk in a down cycle at OL.

    if he is a bust, we should take 4-5 next year in a much deeper class and the guy gets buried and or transfers. If he is good he will play early, possibly as a soph.

    The issue with your strategy of “well if he is a bust let’s just take more numbers next her to compensate” is we do not have that luxury. It looks like we are going to have a numbers crunch next year and have to sign a smaller class. In a year where the state is much deeper in talent and Texas is in a much better position for that talent, we cannot afford to be hastefully launching scholarships at future busts like this guy. 

    We need to be in a position to gorge on a talented 2020 class and taking guys like this just make is harder. 

  4. 37 minutes ago, Stampeder said:

    A bit of a curious move for Jordan to hit the transfer portal if he didn't already have something sorted out with Texas.  

    I think he has to put himself in he portal to have legal communication with Texas coaches and to take official visits. 

    The perception issue with losing a recruiting battle to Aggy is far less important now that we are in a better position with 2020 recruits. Let them take all of the malcontents and poor mental evaluations their heart desires to win the ever useless recruiting rankings. Maybe they can count that as a win in their football guide like the spring game. 

  5. 47 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

    I hope he flips and shuts it down tomorrow. He’s a bigger douchebag than Daylon Mack. Fuck Javonne Shepherd.

    Perfect fit in Collie Station with the shit talking perennial losers. 

    This. They are tight on numbers and have huge holes at LB and CB. I hope he takes one of their spots before his inevitable transfer in 24 months. 

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    Edited by Newy25

    15 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

     

     


    Grabbing a grad-transfer tackle would allow us to keep Okafor at Guard and have Kerstetter as the 6th OL who can play OG or OT.

    Cosmi / (Imade or Hudson) / Shack / Okafor / Grad transfer

    Maybe one of the RS freshmen surprises and grabs one of the interior spots. We’d have real depth for the first time in a while.

     

     

    Don’t get me wrong, I am all for finding any available grad transfers if they are better than our projected starters. But I am not sure this guy would necessarily be better than DK. 

  7. 3 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    He might just think one year of Jeremy Pruitt was more than enough. Coaching change casualty.

    Just reading through some Tennessee boards, he started all 12 games at RT. My first thought was get him and move DK inside. But then I read about how terrible their line was this year and this guy got the Blake Gideon treatment on the boards all year from fans. Perhaps we should pass. 

  8. 17 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:


    13.6.7.9 Activities During Official Visit. An institution may not arrange miscellaneous, personalized re- cruiting aids (e.g., personalized jerseys, personalized audio/video scoreboard presentations) and may not permit a prospective student-athlete to engage in any game-day simulations (e.g., running onto the field with the team during pregame introductions) during an official visit. Personalized recruiting aids include any decorative items and special additions to any location the prospective student-athlete will visit (e.g., hotel room, locker room, coach’s office, conference room, arena) regardless of whether the items include the prospective student-athlete’s name or picture. (Adopted: 8/5/04, Revised: 5/14/05)

    How is this any different than what we do with recruits? 

  9. 33 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

     

     


    There is our RB2 in the 2019 class. Alvin Kamara 2.0

     

     

    If that is the case, do they take a look at getting another wide receiver? I have not seen a single name mentioned that is realistically available, though. 

  10. The first and third play show his total ineffectiveness. The second play actually was the smart play. Was he supposed to try to fight up field against 3 defenders with 1:30 of clock time and no time outs?  Gain 1-2 yards, burn 25 seconds of clock? 

     

  11. 1 minute ago, sunset87 said:

    It's always interesting to see how the incoming freshman "pan out" in comparison to whom this board is really excited about right now. 

    LJH didn't get much attention, either positive or negative when he came in.  Although some "analysts" thought he was a terrible take...

    Jake Smith seems to be the one of the class favorites.  He looks like a damn good football player to me, but I'm not seeing the elite speed I keep reading about (ducks).  He's got good speed and quickness and runs exceptional routes, but he doesn't have Marquise Goodwin or Hollywood Brown speed.  I think he ends being a really good football player, but I'm not sure he makes as an immediate impact or lives up to some of the expectations I read here.  Malik Jefferson rings a bell in this regard. This happens every year, I'm sure with every fan base.

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  12. 2 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    Derrian Brown is easily faster than Emmitt Smith, taller than Darren Sproles, and more alive than Jim Thorpe. I will not back off of any of those comparisons.

    He's also leaner than Javorskie Lane. 

  13. 11 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    So we have an old-fashioned source-off on Buechele.

    CTJ is saying he's transferring (destination SMU).

    Chip Brown says he's transferring, destination unknown.

    Justin Wells says he's leaning towards staying. Wells also says Brandon Jones will stay (and I do trust him on this one).

    If he stays, you have to think Rising transfers. And I really do not blame him if he did, to be honest. 

  14. 3 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    We have. Herman has strong evals and he fills spots of need each year, unlike Charlie who had wildly imbalanced classes leading to major roster holes.  Problem is, this year and next year we're dealing with depth issues due to the high wash out rate of Charlie's 2015 and 2016 class, all the transfers from the 2016 class, and a small 2017 class to boot. Getting 10 wins and a Sugar Bowl victory with a roster made up of those classes was aboslutely huge. We still have some depth concerns going into next year at LB, OL, RB, and CB, but after next year, this roster projects to be very deep and talented for the foreseeable future. The one thing Herman must add is more elite players. We've taken a lot of good players, but we need to add more program-changing talents in order to be a serious national title contender moving forward. Thankfully, 2020 looks promising in that regard. 

    I fully expect several freshman to be contributors and lose their shirt but to be starters? Its really hard to see one. The best chance we have is one of our receivers can become a starter later on in the season or Floyd to be in the heavy linebacker rotation. 

    The two JUCOs or any grad transfer we sign are entirely different. 

  15. 4 minutes ago, Stampeder said:

    Agreed.  We also have a couple CB spots in play as well as a few OL spots.  If we're going to have a freshman phenom this year I suspect it will be Whittington for the reasons mentioned previously.  He has a massive opportunity and he's coming in early.  Other positions there's a ton of competition already on campus or in the same recruiting class.  D. Brown might be another, but I'm not completely sold there.

    I did not list CB or OL spots as up for grabs because we know who is likely to fill those spots already. Same for TE. 

  16. I hope we have been doing a better job with our roster to the point where none of these freshman need to be day 1 starters. We have one receiver slot on offense up for grabs and two linebacker spots. Just based on that Floyd has the best chance to be a day 1 starter but I still think he will just be in the rotation. 

  17. 3 minutes ago, thepop said:

    The last thing I expected to be discussed in this thread was Zoroastrianism.

    I dont even know what the fuck that is and I’m too lazy to even google the word. But I do know that plain Cheerios is like eating horse food. Frosted MiniWheats or GTFO. 

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