Texas Recruiting Notes 2020

[Magus Ossis 2,783]

3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

That chart still shows Boyd and McCoy. Texas has 79 scholarships and a senior class of 12, unless Braun RS.

Thanks for the correction.

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

10 minutes ago, Richter said:

My goodness... how could Roach publish that article?  What kind of moron is he?  Not only is it useless but it basically confirms that he sucks at his job, as we already suspected.

He thinks he’s pumping the network. 

[Voluminous Banality 1,032]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

He thinks he’s pumping the network. 

I mean, he's right. He has no sources and no information, so if you subscribe, you're paying for the network. Whether that's worth anything is another question entirely.

[Machinator 32,097]

3 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said:

Thanks for the correction.

FYI, I'm keeping track of this stuff here:

The Inside Texas roster table is good, but they don't seem to be updating it regularly.

[Richter 2,230]

So basically it’s like when A&M boasts about “SEC”?

[irishtexan 11,445]

Interesting, given that Collins said he was told there was 1 DL spot left. (Obviously they take Collins regardless)

Where did you hear this? I’ve not seen that reported before. It seems like a pretty stupid thing to a recruit you’re going to take regardless

[Machinator 32,097]

 

[Stampeder 92]

One day out from CTJr's announcement and all CBs still on Texas.  He's either doing a fantastic job keep the various coaching staff's in the dark or nothing has changed all along.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12,301]

46 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

Based on the quality of your posts, I’d assume that’s happened many, many times to you. 

I wrote you off in June.

[Post Oak 20,184]

Roach is fine.  He seems to work hard and be earnest. If I was paying for info I'd be fine supporting him.  I've seen Ketchumness infect the whole industry and it's sad but it is what it is. 

He lacks all of the EJ BS.

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

One man’s bs is another's panache, sir. 

 

Edited August 3, 2019 by Pato del Muerto

[Born Burnt 6,147]

1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

imagine having a job and doing a self-assessment of your work on a project and the sum of your report was basically “I had no idea what I was doing.”

You obviously don't work in marketing.

 

[GRHorn 105]

4 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

 

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[deech 2,251]

1 hour ago, satyanash said:

Mike Roach: The backstory on Bijan Robinson...

 

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Let me start off by saying that I got a late start to this recruitment. In my previous capacity, EJ was handling the out of state guys for the most part, and I didn't have much of a relationship with Robinson. I had a couple of contacts in his area that I started corresponding with in the spring when I was promoted.

In May, I spoke with a very good source in Arizona who told me that he would be very surprised if Robinson didn't end up at Texas from the way he was talking. When Robinson made his OV to Texas, I was told multiple times by sources that they were surprised he didn't come out of the visit committed. I was told that Texas checked all of the boxes and had the appealing depth chart for him. In fact, the source I spoke with in May told me he was under the impression that Bijan was going on his OV to Texas with the intention to commit.

Robinson left Austin and went to the Rivals challenge where all the Ohio State buzz started up. The information just didn't make sense based on what I was told by multiple sources. After digging quite a bit, I finally learned that Robinson was in fact telling people he was headed to Ohio State. Fast forward to last Sunday. I woke up to a post from Ohio State reporter Bill Kurelic stating sources at Ohio State were no longer confident in Bijan landing there. The natural jump was to think Texas would be the beneficiary, but I hadn't heard anything like that. I also heard that USC may be one to watch.

After spending the early part of the week checking, I didn't hear much positivity on the Texas side, but our sources on the USC side weren't professing much either. I think both staffs almost wrote him off at that point. After talking with our national team of analysts like Steve Wiltfong, Blair Angulo, and Greg Biggins, I started to gain more confidence. I heard mid-week some cautious optimisim coming out of Austin, and that was all I needed.

That brings me to a small tangent. Having worked at an independent site in the past, I can't stress enough the value of our network. Being behind in this recruitment, I received a lot of help from those national analysts, especially Blair. I think sometimes fans feel they aren't getting value if they don't hear it from me, but the value of your subscription is in the comprehensive coverage we can bring as a network. The strength of the wolf is the pack. I plan to make a trip to El Paso this fall to see Salpointe Catholic in action, and we'll talk to Bijan more there. That's about all I have on this story, but we will see what else we can uncover.

 

[KYHorn 16,862]

12 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

Where did you hear this? I’ve not seen that reported before. It seems like a pretty stupid thing to a recruit you’re going to take regardless

TFB open post from Tuesday: 

https://texas.thefootballbrainiacs.com/2019/07/open-post-tuesday-july-30th/

"Perhaps the most interesting part of the interview was Collins said the staff told him they were looking for one more guy on the defensive line in the 2020 class. It’s safe to assume Collins is the guy atop of the board at the moment for the staff, which makes things interesting for guys like Princely Umanmielen."

[closetojumping 62,231]

3 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Roach is fine.  He seems to work hard and be earnest. If I was paying for info I'd be fine supporting him.  I've seen Ketchumness infect the whole industry and it's sad but it is what it is. 

He lacks all of the EJ BS.

Washing machines, fat girls and SFA grads also work hard in earnest. I’m not flipping them a Hammy every month though. He’s not going to make it, unfortunately. He’s unaware, milquetoast and dense. 

[Machinator 32,097]

 

[Voluminous Banality 1,032]

8 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Translation?

[BigBenBamboozle 1,950]

16 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Roach is fine.  He seems to work hard and be earnest. If I was paying for info I'd be fine supporting him.  I've seen Ketchumness infect the whole industry and it's sad but it is what it is. 

He lacks all of the EJ BS.

How quickly we forget Higdon recruiting updates delivered via ancient Robert Langdon numerical cryptology puzzles, lol my friend. 

[Machinator 32,097]

Doesn't really affect us, but here's Justin Flowe's top 4. No USC to be found.

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

Miami is back up and running?

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

16 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Washing machines, fat girls and SFA grads also work hard in earnest. I’m not flipping them a Hammy every month though. He’s not going to make it, unfortunately. He’s unaware, milquetoast and dense. 

Ah, yes, the importance of the Oxford comma:

[Chrispy_ 105]

1 hour ago, satyanash said:

Mike Roach: The backstory on Bijan Robinson...

 

  Reveal hidden contents

Let me start off by saying that I got a late start to this recruitment. In my previous capacity, EJ was handling the out of state guys for the most part, and I didn't have much of a relationship with Robinson. I had a couple of contacts in his area that I started corresponding with in the spring when I was promoted.

In May, I spoke with a very good source in Arizona who told me that he would be very surprised if Robinson didn't end up at Texas from the way he was talking. When Robinson made his OV to Texas, I was told multiple times by sources that they were surprised he didn't come out of the visit committed. I was told that Texas checked all of the boxes and had the appealing depth chart for him. In fact, the source I spoke with in May told me he was under the impression that Bijan was going on his OV to Texas with the intention to commit.

Robinson left Austin and went to the Rivals challenge where all the Ohio State buzz started up. The information just didn't make sense based on what I was told by multiple sources. After digging quite a bit, I finally learned that Robinson was in fact telling people he was headed to Ohio State. Fast forward to last Sunday. I woke up to a post from Ohio State reporter Bill Kurelic stating sources at Ohio State were no longer confident in Bijan landing there. The natural jump was to think Texas would be the beneficiary, but I hadn't heard anything like that. I also heard that USC may be one to watch.

After spending the early part of the week checking, I didn't hear much positivity on the Texas side, but our sources on the USC side weren't professing much either. I think both staffs almost wrote him off at that point. After talking with our national team of analysts like Steve Wiltfong, Blair Angulo, and Greg Biggins, I started to gain more confidence. I heard mid-week some cautious optimisim coming out of Austin, and that was all I needed.

That brings me to a small tangent. Having worked at an independent site in the past, I can't stress enough the value of our network. Being behind in this recruitment, I received a lot of help from those national analysts, especially Blair. I think sometimes fans feel they aren't getting value if they don't hear it from me, but the value of your subscription is in the comprehensive coverage we can bring as a network. The strength of the wolf is the pack. I plan to make a trip to El Paso this fall to see Salpointe Catholic in action, and we'll talk to Bijan more there. That's about all I have on this story, but we will see what else we can uncover.

 

How does this backstory have more upvotes than Bijan’s commitment? 

[Machinator 32,097]

Do we have any El Paso Surlyites on here? Bijan is playing against Del Valle there on September 13.

[CoachTex 2,617]

2 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

PrCo₂ + 2FiBr₃ → Pr(Br₃)₂ + 2FiCo

Do you law of conservation of mass?

[RGBIII 22,798]

Just now, CoachTex said:

Do you law of conservation of mass?

Conservation of mass would be a great nickname for those Oline/Dline human cubes they are recruiting in college station 

[Nope 3,111]

10 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Doesn't really affect us, but here's Justin Flowe's top 4. No USC to be found.

Clemson lock imo

[closetojumping 62,231]

9 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Do we have any El Paso Surlyites on here? Bijan is playing against Del Valle there on September 13.

Why don’t you just Lawnmower Man your way into one of the camera feeds at the game and report back to all of us?

[Butch Had Not 2,940]

21 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Miami is back up and running?

There for the free trip. 

[Richter 2,230]

24 minutes ago, BigBenBamboozle said:

How quickly we forget Higdon recruiting updates delivered via ancient Robert Langdon numerical cryptology puzzles, lol my friend. 

Higdon was annoying and weird but he actually had info from time to time with Strong.   Roach has no info and just wrote a story about it for everyone to read.

[HenryJames 65,889]

29 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Doesn't really affect us, but here's Justin Flowe's top 4. No USC to be found.

Well there’s an above board recruitment.

[Beigebandit 40]

50 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Doesn't really affect us, but here's Justin Flowe's top 4. No USC to be found.

[Dummy 344]

2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Apparently, Umanlymannishman spiked a volleyball in Jimbo Fisher’s face during the pool party. Fisher got pissed, climbed out of the pool and stormed off. The coaches stopped speaking with Princely after that and he basically ended up doing an Irish goodbye for the ice cream was served. 

He deserved that ball to the face. Jimbo got cocky playing at the net. He needs to be the libero and always play in the back.

[GringoSalado 1,651]

50 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Why don’t you just Lawnmower Man your way into one of the camera feeds at the game and report back to all of us?

Not sure Del Valle has internet.

[SydneyCarton 47,874]

Hmmm. Looks like cy fair versus cy ridge is November 1st. Ill hit that one up and see LJ and Broughton. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12,419]

1 hour ago, Voluminous Banality said:

Translation?

 

"I'm joining you at Texas and we're going to wreck shop, bro."

That will be 9.94.

[Voluminous Banality 1,032]

13 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

 

"I'm joining you at Texas and we're going to wreck shop, bro."

That will be 9.94.

Out of rep, but thank you.

[TexasFan21 1,275]

When is CTJ supposed to announce again?

[nycHorn 2,967]

Just now, TexasFan21 said:

When is CTJ supposed to announce again?

Mañana.

[Goodman 3,273]

CTJ tomorrow. Thompson & Harris at any moment. Anyone else within next few classes?

[Elmer_Fudd 22,108]

Just now, Goodman said:

CTJ tomorrow. Thompson & Harris at any moment. Anyone else within next few classes?

Johnston before end of summer.  Seemed like IT was hinting Collins could happen soon.

[Goodman 3,273]

1 minute ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Johnston before end of summer.  Seemed like IT was hinting Collins could happen soon.

I've not read anything definitive on Harris, seems everyone expects it though.

[sith_horn 2,370]

3 hours ago, Casual Encounter said:

Just letting the opponent wear himself out before he finishes him.

 

By finish him, I'm referring to the cuck's final cleanup job.

12th man on the field.

[Bam Bam Sam 303]

5 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Johnston before end of summer.  Seemed like IT was hinting Collins could happen soon.

Could you C/P or elaborate on what IT said on Collins? Last I heard he was adamant about waiting for after OVs in the Fall.

[Burntcowboy 1,845]

 

[Funk Doctor Spock 11,923]

3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Apparently, Umanlymannishman spiked a volleyball in Jimbo Fisher’s face during the pool party. Fisher got pissed, climbed out of the pool and stormed off. The coaches stopped speaking with Princely after that and he basically ended up doing an Irish goodbye for the ice cream was served. 

Like, with a latter? Doesn't Jimbo have to be in the shallow end?

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

A latter?

[Chrispy_ 105]

 

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

13 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

A latter?

Yes. That's a device Leon Oneal uses to make himself taller. It takes longer to climb than a ladder.

[Goodman 3,273]

32 minutes ago, Burntcowboy said:

 

@OnAComputer Simply brilliant, Cheers!