Texas Recruiting Notes 2020

[Burt Macklin 19,023]

Haha haha holy shit! That’s amazing!

[Harry Ellis 445]

28 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



[Neonmoon 38,129]

[ausjala 101]

3 hours ago, Katfid54 said:

Did you just assume my religion? Wow. Offensive. 

Are you Jewish? JFC was.

[BigBenBamboozle 1,952]

[Napoleon 8,677]

12 hours ago, victory88 said:

Absolutely great evaluation on Christian Jones by this staff.  Not only a great evaluation, great development by Yancy and company.  Jones was a soccer player that just continued to grow.  He has insane athleticism.  Now with the added weight and a year in the program, I expect him to get better with every practice. 

(H)Akeem "The Dream" Olajuwon played soccer before he got too tall and he turned out okay. The footwork necessary to even play pickup soccer would be a huge benefit for someone who goes on to play OL. I am definitely psyched to read this.

 

 

8 hours ago, tittiesandbeer said:

He's a Fast Houston 7v7 kid.  As it stands today his top 3 is probably Ohio St., LSU, A&M. 

So he's committing to Germany?

[Pato del Muerto 52,495]

1 minute ago, Napoleon said:

(H)Akeem "The Dream" Olajuwon played soccer before he got too tall and he turned out okay. The footwork necessary to even play pickup soccer would be a huge benefit for someone who goes on to play OL. I am definitely psyched to read this.

 

 

So he's committing to Germany?

Maybe it’s a sideways Belgian flag

[Napoleon 8,677]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Maybe it’s a sideways Belgian flag

Nein!

[NTVTXN 1,432]

1 minute ago, Napoleon said:

Nein!

Don’t you mean “Non!”?

[texifornia 56,946]

1 minute ago, NTVTXN said:

Don’t you mean “Non!”?

Or "Nee!"?

[Napoleon 8,677]

6 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Or "Nee!"?

I'm channeling pre-WWII Alsatian verbiage.

"Alsatian is an Alemannic dialect closely related to Swabian and Swiss German, although since World War II most Alsatians primarily speak French."

[snip]

"The year 1789 brought the French Revolution and with it the first division of Alsace into the départements of Haut- and Bas-Rhin. Alsatians played an active role in the French Revolution. On 21 July 1789, after receiving news of the Storming of the Bastille in Paris, a crowd of people stormed the Strasbourg city hall, forcing the city administrators to flee and putting symbolically an end to the feudal system in Alsace. In 1792, Rouget de Lisle composed in Strasbourg the Revolutionary marching song "La Marseillaise" (as Marching song for the Army of the Rhine), which later became the anthem of France. "La Marseillaise" was played for the first time in April of that year in front of the mayor of Strasbourg Philippe-Frédéric de Dietrich. Some of the most famous generals of the French Revolution also came from Alsace"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace

Edited February 9, 2019 by Napoleon

[Irieguy 1,059]

19 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

 

 

 

So he's committing to Germany?

Yes. But nothing is over until we say it’s over. 

[Reese Bennett 3,611]

1 hour ago, Napoleon said:

(H)Akeem "The Dream" Olajuwon played soccer before he got too tall and he turned out okay. The footwork necessary to even play pickup soccer would be a huge benefit for someone who goes on to play OL. I am definitely psyched to read this.

 

 

So he's committing to Germany?

Everyone always brings up soccer but he was also pretty good at Team Handball, which is a great sport and probably more transferable to hoops than soccer. 

[Napoleon 8,677]

1 minute ago, Reese Bennett said:

Everyone always brings up soccer but he was also pretty good at Team Handball, which is a great sport and probably more transferable to hoops than soccer. 

Edited February 9, 2019 by Napoleon

[EZ$ 2,104]

Looks like all 3 outlets dropped Demas down to 4-star status. Poor aggy. 

[Napoleon 8,677]

1 hour ago, EZ$ said:

Looks like all 3 outlets dropped Demas down to 4-star status. Poor aggy. 

Because you've got to kind of suck if you commit to Aggie well over a year before signing day?

 

[rvm96 1,643]

1 hour ago, EZ$ said:

Looks like all 3 outlets dropped Demas down to 4-star status. Poor aggy. 

He would be a 5* on Rivals if it was the final rankings. They usually have around 30. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

Saw an interview with Kendal Milton back in November and he's boys with Bru and Ricks. 

Milton is visiting in late February. I'm not sure who we are prioritizing out of Milton and Evans but if we could land one of Ricks or Milton I think the other would jump on board. 

 

Edited February 9, 2019 by texasstrong12

[Gut Wagon 8,065]

7 hours ago, Napoleon said:

So he's committing to Germany?

Got nothin’ to do with it. 

[satyanash 14,484]

10 hours ago, Machinator said:

[Elmer_Fudd 22,216]

Composite needs to hurry up and update so Majors can get bumped to a 4* and aggy bitches about it.

[KYHorn 17,047]

10 hours ago, Machinator said:

@Txsbigeasy1 clearly you know something we don't. Props to you. 

[Richter 2,259]

Alright @Txsbigeasy1, you’re our new edit guy.  Get after the other big targets. Maybe Mookie Cooper as Robin next to Marcus Washington as Batman... or Hornsby as Han Solo with his mom as Jabba the Hutt.

[Tex Pete 20,351]

Maybe Txsbigeasy1 is actually CJ Robinson. Assholes. 

[Tired of Lurking 637]

I think that's the most likely option. And man, he got hazed bigggg time if so. Kudos for taking it on the chin.

[Sabalo 994]

On 1/27/2019 at 4:32 PM, Txsbigeasy1 said:

kinda of new to surly!  Longtime listener first-time caller!

do want

 

2 hours ago, KYHorn said:

@Txsbigeasy1 clearly you know something we don't. Props to you. 

The bashing he endured for the Zach edit seemed overboard at the time. Nice to see him vindicated. I believe Kelee has used this edit also.

Edited February 9, 2019 by Sabalo

[Post Oak 20,213]

what a time to be alive

 

[Machinator 32,099]

Looks like Lindberg is visiting Stanford for their Junior Day weekend of March 1-2.

[Vertigo 20,285]

14 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Looks like Lindberg is visiting Stanford for their Junior Day weekend of March 1-2.

[closetojumping 62,700]

6 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

Meh. He’s been saying he was visiting at the end of February in every report I’ve seen. No one bothered to look at a calendar and realize that meant the opening weekend of March, I’m guessing. 

Walker Little’s family can fuck right off though. 

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26 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Looks like Lindberg is visiting Stanford for their Junior Day weekend of March 1-2.

Walker Little won't be in Palo Alto that weekend 

[Txsbigeasy1 280]

2 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

Maybe Txsbigeasy1 is actually CJ Robinson. Assholes. 

Not CJ, 

 

It,s ok about the bashing, thick skinned!

[jdhorn92 1,548]

13 hours ago, Napoleon said:

(H)Akeem "The Dream" Olajuwon played soccer before he got too tall and he turned out okay. The footwork necessary to even play pickup soccer would be a huge benefit for someone who goes on to play OL. I am definitely psyched to read this.

 

 

So he's committing to Germany?

Akeem was the goalie on his Nigerian team (the Lions iirc) that came to Dallas for early to mid 80's Dallas Cup. Not sure "soccer" really helped him with hoops as he was in the net almost exclusively.

[Butch Had Not 2,970]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Meh. He’s been saying he was visiting at the end of February in every report I’ve seen. No one bothered to look at a calendar and realize that meant the opening weekend of March, I’m guessing. 

Walker Little’s family can fuck right off though. 

Where are lindbergs parents alliegiences? With little and bragg, both had a parent that was all Stanford right? If that's going to be the case here again,  I'll be a little satyanashed.

Edited February 9, 2019 by Butch Had Not

[Funk Doctor Spock 12,192]

10 hours ago, EZ$ said:

Looks like all 3 outlets dropped Demas down to 4-star status. Poor aggy. 

Wait until he decommits and becomes a horn. 5* will be back in no time. BOMC!!!!

 

But sure, aggy, Demas > Bru. 

Edited February 9, 2019 by Spider2YBanana

[UDontKnow 10,444]

18 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

Akeem was the goalie on his Nigerian team (the Lions iirc) that came to Dallas for early to mid 80's Dallas Cup. Not sure "soccer" really helped him with hoops as he was in the net almost exclusively.

He became goalie as he grew taller, otherwise, he played other positions on the field.

[Bear19 82]

28 minutes ago, Txsbigeasy1 said:

Not CJ, 

 

It,s ok about the bashing, thick skinned!

+ rep

[Elmer_Fudd 22,216]

18 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:

Where are lindbergs parents alliegiences? With little and bragg, both had a parent that was all Stanford right? If that's going to be the case here again,  I'll be a little satyanashed.

Mom seems pro Texas.  I don't think anything has ever been mentioned before about his dad.

[Magus Ossis 2,799]

4 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Mom seems pro Texas.  I don't think anything has ever been mentioned before about his dad.

And bro is at Texas.

[golfclap 6,903]

10 hours ago, EZ$ said:

Looks like all 3 outlets dropped Demas down to 4-star status. Poor aggy. 

They're gonna be extra super fucking salty if Johnny Wilson ends up a 5* and a Horn and is ranked above Demas. Not Tyler Owens level salt, but that would probably end up a Malikmas level of tears/angst/aggyness.  The real question is what happens if the camp season comes up and Omeire moves ahead of Demas but remains uncommitted? How will they approach that? I am super hopeful that it happens. If both happened and then both ended up Horns - well, then you'd have Owens/Hookfin 2.0. Get a Demas flip to Bama a la Jeffrey Carter and you've got TRAINSPOTTING HEROIN OVERDOSE level Aggy misery. Let's make it happen. 

 

[Elmer_Fudd 22,216]

25 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:

Where are lindbergs parents alliegiences? With little and bragg, both had a parent that was all Stanford right? If that's going to be the case here again,  I'll be a little satyanashed.

Should also be noted the Bragg's were talking to and trying to get Jake Majors and family on board to go to Stanford.

[Elmer_Fudd 22,216]

1 minute ago, golfclap said:

They're gonna be extra super fucking salty if Johnny Wilson ends up a 5* and a Horn and is ranked above Demas. Not Tyler Owens level salt, but that would probably end up a Malikmas level of tears/angst/aggyness.  The real question is what happens if the camp season comes up and Omeire moves ahead of Demas but remains uncommitted? How will they approach that? I am super hopeful that it happens. If both happened and then both ended up Horns - well, then you'd have Owens/Hookfin 2.0. Get a Demas flip to Bama a la Jeffrey Carter and you've got TRAINSPOTTING HEROIN OVERDOSE level Aggy misery. Let's make it happen. 

 

The lates ESPN 300 added Majors and Garth and dropped out Jefferson and Bankhead.  Surprised we haven't gotten anything from that.  How the fuck Chibuzo is still in it, I don't know.

Edited February 9, 2019 by Elmer_Fudd

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57 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Mom seems pro Texas.  I don't think anything has ever been mentioned before about his dad.

Both parents are very pro Texas, but they're going to let Chad figure it all out on his own 

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50 minutes ago, golfclap said:

They're gonna be extra super fucking salty if Johnny Wilson ends up a 5* and a Horn and is ranked above Demas. Not Tyler Owens level salt, but that would probably end up a Malikmas level of tears/angst/aggyness.  The real question is what happens if the camp season comes up and Omeire moves ahead of Demas but remains uncommitted? How will they approach that? I am super hopeful that it happens. If both happened and then both ended up Horns - well, then you'd have Owens/Hookfin 2.0. Get a Demas flip to Bama a la Jeffrey Carter and you've got TRAINSPOTTING HEROIN OVERDOSE level Aggy misery. Let's make it happen. 

 

I think there's a very good chance both Demas and Omeire end up aggies 

[Fud 9,552]

This might be a little out of date with the recent ranking changes

2020 Running back carousel 

- There are 8 RBs rated .98 or higher
- There are 13 RBs rated .95 or higher
- There are 28 RBs rated .90 or higher
- One .98 is committed- Jase McClellan to OU
- One more .95 is committed- Don Chaney Jr to Miami
- Two more .90s are committed- Darvon Hubbard to Ohio St, Roydell Williams to Bama

Assuming that Texas is basically all in on Zach Evans, that he waits until late to decide, and that it'll be between Texas, Bama, Georgia, LSU, A&M, OU and Clemson, it'll be interesting to see how those schools start filling up. It's very difficult to land two elite RBs in the same class; since 2010, there have only been two classes that have had two .98 RBs in the same class. So per historical data, the odds of you landing one elite RB goes up without a second one already in the class; so while schools that land one of these .98s aren't necessarily eliminated, their jobs get much tougher to land Evans. Whenever one of these schools lands a top RB prospect, our odds of landing Evans inherently goes up. Additionally, whenever two of the seven schools mentioned get eliminated based on getting left out of an official visit, the other schools should get a percentage bump. 

It appears that there's a decent chance that Texas' RB2 will be Ty Jordan, who shouldn't be threatening in the least to Evans, and Texas can sell taking just one RB the past two years, something most of these schools won't be able to sell. 

RB options for Evans contenders (.95+ are RB1)

Bama
RB1: Evans, Milton, Lloyd, Bowman
RB2: Roydell Williams (committed)

Georgia
RB1: Evans, Milton, Lloyd, Bowman, Bigsby
RB2:

LSU
RB1: Evans, Milton 
RB2: Clayton

A&M
RB1: Evans, McGowan
RB2: Adams II

OU
RB1: Jase McClellan (committed), Seth McGowan, Robinson
RB2: 

Clemson
RB1: Evans, Bowman, Knighton 
RB2: 

I have a lot of holes in the list above, but what would help is for Bama/Georgia to beat out Maryland for Lloyd, and Bama/Georgia/LSU to land Milton instead of someone like Ohio State or USC, and for Clemson to land Knighton (it appears that they'll land him). 

TLDR: there's a ton of supply of RB1s this cycle, and Evans only has so many schools he's considering, so if we weather the storm while other schools start taking RBs, our odds should continue to go up.

[Pato del Muerto 52,495]

1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Should also be noted the Bragg's were talking to and trying to get Jake Majors and family on board to go to Stanford.

I won’t ever understand this. Just because Stanford was the right choice for one kid and family doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for another. And Bragg just showed up in PA at best, and may still be in high school. So what can he say about being there?

[rvm96 1,643]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I won’t ever understand this. Just because Stanford was the right choice for one kid and family doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for another. And Bragg just showed up in PA at best, and may still be in high school. So what can he say about being there?

They don't do early enrollee's right?

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9 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

They don't do early enrollee's right?

They don't, and I've posited that Texas should hammer home the advantages of enrolling early to Chad, in part for this reason 

[Tree Fidy 1,175]

Where are lindbergs parents alliegiences? With little and bragg, both had a parent that was all Stanford right? If that's going to be the case here again,  I'll be a little satyanashed.

Mom will be a heavy influencer and she is all Hook ‘Em. Smart $ on Texas.

[Bodacious Bevo 3,584]

Lindberg is different than Little/Bragg because of the relationships he and his parents have with the school and team. If we're being honest, this is a recruitment that is unacceptable to lose, even to Stanford.