Texas Recruiting Notes 2020

[texifornia 56,910]

1 hour ago, Newy25 said:

That’s definitely a position we can afford to lose two players at. 

And what’s up with the Alamo Bowl and our players losing their minds? 

Gbenda was at his 4 game limit so he wasn't going to play. Vaughns... come on, dude.

[Newy25 7,668]

10 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Gbenda was at his 4 game limit so he wasn't going to play. Vaughns... come on, dude.

I meant in case it turns out to be more serous and they face suspensions or attrition next year. Obviously they don’t need them for this game. 

[Beau Vine 54,211]

I know we've had some terrible luck with recruits, but GaTech's top recruit literally got hit by a freight train:

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/article238836433.html

[texifornia 56,910]

Sigh

 

[BornOrange 1,441]

We getting errrbody?

[PNWhornsfan 391]

Headed to UGA. (And I think Manning is headed to Oregon.)

[GRHorn 105]

Seems like there’s fewer practice updates from AA games than I remember. 

[Bevo14 8,304]

1 hour ago, GRHorn said:

I think people are obviously discounting how #Lit San Antonio is. 
#MerryLitMas 🔥 💯 🔥 💯 

It's no litty station

[texifornia 56,910]

25 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

Seems like there’s fewer practice updates from AA games than I remember. 

They're mostly signed so there's less hype, and @Machinator (RIP) isn't here to post every single one of them.

[Getafix 28,600]

SIAP on Alfred Collins.

From Hank South (247 staff;  Alabama insider, I believe)

Spoiler

More on Alfred Collins from an Alabama angle:

Alfred Collins says he's still hearing from Alabama consistently. Talking to Brian Baker and Jeff Banks. Expect Nick Saban out to Bastrop next month at some point. Interesting note: his family is talking about making an unofficial visit out to Tuscaloosa in January (he already used his OV in September).

 

 

[texifornia 56,910]

6 minutes ago, Getafix said:

SIAP on Alfred Collins.

From Hank South (247 staff;  Alabama insider, I believe)

  Hide contents

More on Alfred Collins from an Alabama angle:

Alfred Collins says he's still hearing from Alabama consistently. Talking to Brian Baker and Jeff Banks. Expect Nick Saban out to Bastrop next month at some point. Interesting note: his family is talking about making an unofficial visit out to Tuscaloosa in January (he already used his OV in September).

 

 

We're getting set up to get Jase McClellan'd and I hate it it.

At least he didn't torch our whole recruiting strategy at the position by being a huge primadonna.

[Elmer_Fudd 22,213]

Eh, Collins has had numerous unofficial visits reported by the $9.95ers throughout the past year that he never made.

[taybo20 2,825]

So Ringo is trolling and Collins is going to bama?

[El Compadre 766]

Damn you, bama!!!

What are the chances we show legitimate interest in Ennis Rakestraw, and the chances that interest is reciprocated?

[El Compadre 766]

1 minute ago, taybo20 said:

So Ringo is trolling and Collins is going to bama?

And our offensive coordinator wants to score more points while our defensive coordinator would like us to give up fewer points. Oh, and they want to recruit better and coach better, too. That about sums up today

[Cairn Horn88 8,262]

6 hours ago, TexasToast said:

You know what I'm looking at, don't you?

[Foggy Notion 1,202]

8 minutes ago, LarTXHorn said:

Damn you, bama!!!

What are the chances we show legitimate interest in Ennis Rakestraw, and the chances that interest is reciprocated?

Rakestraw received offers today from Baylor and Miami. 

[Cairn Horn88 8,262]

4 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

harken back to the halcyon days of yore, sir, when we nabbed not one but TWO Achos out of Dallas.

Bless you!

[texifornia 56,910]

3 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

Rakestraw received offers today from Baylor and Miami. 

Baylor signed 12 kids. They better be offering every unsigned recruit with a pulse.

[Hiphopopotamos 20,869]

17 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Baylor signed 12 kids. They better be offering every unsigned recruit with a pulse.

Saw on twitter that Baylor only has room for 17 in this class and are expected to use a few of those spots on JUCOs/grad transfers - so they only have a couple of spots left for NSD2. 

No idea if that’s accurate though.

9.94 please. 

 

[Neonmoon 38,129]

I think you need to discount a little more than that 

[lemonandaturd 4,285]

I don't want Rakestraw to wind up at Baylor and develop like Grayland Arnold.  Arnold was very good this season.  We should offer Rakestraw.  

[Elmer_Fudd 22,213]

Spiegelman flipped his Rivals pick on Collins to OU.  He did the same with Broughton at the Rivals 5* challenge so could be just jumping the gun.

Wiltfong is also at the event and hasn't changed his pick.

[Burt Macklin 19,020]

12 hours ago, lemonandaturd said:

I don't want Rakestraw to wind up at Baylor and develop like Grayland Arnold.  Arnold was very good this season.  We should offer Rakestraw.  

 Then some other 3 star will go to Baylor and get developed. The problem wasn’t that we passed on Arnold. It’s that Baylor’s coaches developed their players and we didn’t. 

Edited December 31, 2019 by Burt Macklin

[Treefidy 1,463]

13 hours ago, texifornia said:

They're mostly signed so there's less hype, and @Machinator (RIP) isn't here to post every single one of them.

Was there a wellness check to make sure his CPU is actually toast?   

[Burt Macklin 19,020]

2 minutes ago, Treefidy said:

Was there a wellness check to make sure his CPU is actually toast?   

Word on the street is Surly lost the rights to his IP in a lawsuit with some aggy asshole. He’s probably been reprogrammed to make frozen daquiris at an Eskimo Hut by now. 

[Nope 3,114]

8 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

 Then some other 3 star will go to Baylor and get developed. The problem wasn’t that we passed on Arnold. It’s that Baylor’s coaches developed their players and we didn’t. 

This guy gets it

[GRHorn 105]

https://247sports.com/Article/2020-All-American-Bowl-most-impressive-prospects-141345618/

Alfred Collins, DT, Bastrop (Texas) Cedar Creek

After weighing 247 in the spring, Collins weighed in at 284 and said he didn’t feel the weight gain at all but added it made him a meaner player. He measured 6-4 and 7/8 and had 35-inch arms and one of four with the biggest hands at 10 3/8 inches. Oklahoma and Texas are recruiting Collins the hardest with both schools plus Alabama leading for him at various times.

Bijan Robinson, RB, Tucson (Ariz.) Salpointe Catholic

The chiseled Texas-bound back measured in at 5-10 and weighed 212 pounds and looked chiseled. Robinson had 30 ¾-inch arms and 9  5/8-inch hands and Texas is getting an extremely well put-together back.

[Ricky's one-hitter 9,084]

18 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

Word on the street is Surly lost the rights to his IP in a lawsuit with some aggy asshole. He’s probably been reprogrammed to make frozen daquiris at an Eskimo Hut by now. 

[JesusSweatDuck 17,781]

14 hours ago, texifornia said:

They're mostly signed so there's less hype, and @Machinator (RIP) isn't here to post every single one of them.

Is there somewhere we can send $ to pay @Machinator's AWS bill?

[rvm96 1,643]

46 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

 Then some other 3 star will go to Baylor and get developed. The problem wasn’t that we passed on Arnold. It’s that Baylor’s coaches developed their players and we didn’t. 

Didn't UT offer Arnold??

[Foggy Notion 1,202]

Another one...

 

[TommyGufano 6,021]

37 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

https://247sports.com/Article/2020-All-American-Bowl-most-impressive-prospects-141345618/

Alfred Collins, DT, Bastrop (Texas) Cedar Creek

After weighing 247 in the spring, Collins weighed in at 284 and said he didn’t feel the weight gain at all but added it made him a meaner player. He measured 6-4 and 7/8 and had 35-inch arms and one of four with the biggest hands at 10 3/8 inches. Oklahoma and Texas are recruiting Collins the hardest with both schools plus Alabama leading for him at various times.

Bijan Robinson, RB, Tucson (Ariz.) Salpointe Catholic

The chiseled Texas-bound back measured in at 5-10 and weighed 212 pounds and looked chiseled. Robinson had 30 ¾-inch arms and 9  5/8-inch hands and Texas is getting an extremely well put-together back.

Surely they know the only measurement we want is Card's hands. What a tease.

[Nope 3,114]

18 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

Another one...

 

Watch him win a Thorpe...

[closetojumping 62,604]

16 minutes ago, TommyGufano said:

Surely they know the only measurement we want is Card's hands. What a tease.

He’s had work done on them. Family hired a full-time hand consultant. He’s apparently got those babies able to spread about 8.5 inches these days. He’s getting hand transplants from a midget donor that died last year tragically in a freak accident during a box jumping competition at the local crossfit. They’re hoping the operation kicks him up to at least a 9.5 spread. 

[RGBIII 22,840]

 

[CHEF RIBS W/ THE HAMM YALL 1,259]

1 hour ago, GRHorn said:

https://247sports.com/Article/2020-All-American-Bowl-most-impressive-prospects-141345618/

Alfred Collins, DT, Bastrop (Texas) Cedar Creek

After weighing 247 in the spring, Collins weighed in at 284 and said he didn’t feel the weight gain at all but added it made him a meaner player. He measured 6-4 and 7/8 and had 35-inch arms and one of four with the biggest hands at 10 3/8 inches. Oklahoma and Texas are recruiting Collins the hardest with both schools plus Alabama leading for him at various times.

Bijan Robinson, RB, Tucson (Ariz.) Salpointe Catholic

The chiseled Texas-bound back measured in at 5-10 and weighed 212 pounds and looked chiseled. Robinson had 30 ¾-inch arms and 9  5/8-inch hands and Texas is getting an extremely well put-together back.

Was Bijan looking chiseled or not?

[Dijon Robinson 1,511]

15 minutes ago, CHEF RIBS W/ THE HAMM YALL said:

Was Bijan looking chiseled or not?

Looking thick, solid, tight.

[PsychMike 1,550]

14 minutes ago, CHEF RIBS W/ THE HAMM YALL said:

Was Bijan looking chiseled or not?

"You said chiseled twice!"

"I like chiseled!"

[Fondren & Main 6,710]

2 minutes ago, ChampionshipLevelPiss said:

Looking thick, solid, tight.

[PNWhornsfan 391]

What's a realistic finish for this class? Collins, Princely, Dixon, and one of Bradford/Gibbs?

Would hiring Emmett Jones allow us to flip Brennon Scott at LB?

[Burt Macklin 19,020]

19 minutes ago, PNWhornsfan said:

What's a realistic finish for this class? Collins, Princely, Dixon, and one of Bradford/Gibbs?

Would hiring Emmett Jones allow us to flip Brennon Scott at LB?

We don’t want Scott at LB. He’s way too slow. If Ash offered him, it would be a terrible sign.
 

Dixon seems likely. I could see us not taking another RB if RoJo sticks there.  Not sure we’ll get both Princely and Collins, but that’s obviously the goal.

I can see us taking another CB, and I think we should. It’s a fairly significant need since we only landed one this year, and I expect we’ll find out we only landed one guy who can stick at CB from last year’s class. Rakestraw or the GA kid seem to be the options. Id like to see Ash offer Rakestraw soon. He’s worth a spot IMO. 
A JUCO LB is another potential option, depending on who’s available and how many spots we have left at that point. Hard to say at CB and LB when we don’t have those position coaches yet, but IT said Ash is watching a lot of recruits’ tape already, so hopefully he’s aware of Rakestraw and looking for someone who’s ready to play LB right away. 

Edited December 31, 2019 by Burt Macklin

[Ricky's one-hitter 9,084]

8 minutes ago, PNWhornsfan said:

What's a realistic finish for this class? Collins, Princely, Dixon, and one of Bradford/Gibbs?

Would hiring Emmett Jones allow us to flip Brennon Scott at LB?

Probably one of Collins and Princely. Maybe both. Maybe neither. Dixon is probable. I haven't heard anything about Bradford recently, but Gibbs would be a crazy pull and very unlikely. 

Brennon Scott doesn't have the lateral quickness to succeed in Ash's defense and would be an unlikely flip target. Especially with the addition of Ford.

[Elmer_Fudd 22,213]

A poster on 247 said Omeire started following Emmitt Jones on twitter.

[Burt Macklin 19,020]

7 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

A poster on 247 said Omeire started following Emmitt Jones on twitter.

Could we actually end up hiring (likely) competent coordinators and quality position coaches while discarding just about every coach that we thought needed to go? 
 

[El Compadre 766]

Haven't heard much lately about LV Bunkley Shelton, but this is a sick move he put on Lathan Ransom.

 

Edited December 31, 2019 by LarTXHorn

[Hiphopopotamos 20,869]

21 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

A poster on 247 said Omeire started following Emmitt Jones on twitter.

Can confirm - last two follows are Yurcich and Jones.

[stork642 4,498]

3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

He’s had work done on them. Family hired a full-time hand consultant. He’s apparently got those babies able to spread about 8.5 inches these days. He’s getting hand transplants from a midget donor that died last year tragically in a freak accident during a box jumping competition at the local crossfit. They’re hoping the operation kicks him up to at least a 9.5 spread. 

Do you have first hand knowledge of transplants from midget donors?  

[Neonmoon 38,129]

18 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

Could we actually end up hiring (likely) competent coordinators and quality position coaches while discarding just about every coach that we thought needed to go? 
 

Oscar Giles laughs at your general direction

[Burt Macklin 19,020]

1 minute ago, Neonmoon said:

Oscar Giles laughs at your general direction

He’s why I included the “just about.” Trading out him for Okam is still on the wish list for me, though I don’t think it happens. But if that’s our biggest coaching gripe, then it will be a massive, massive improvement over last year.