Texas Recruiting Notes 2021

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

Carl

[Dbeasy 15052]

Thought the word on the street was fit in a vertical offense

That would make sense. It’s also the part of Sam’s game that needed the most work.

[texifornia 56974]

1 minute ago, satyanash said:

(but of course, I get flak for saying this an hour prior 🙄)

Anyway, I'm curious who the pied piper is for this class (in group chats, on social media, etc.) now that Milroe is gone. Billy Bowman?

Hahaha oh satya that is NOT how you put it. You were just "oh no we're probably fucked", not "let's find our own Tanner Mordecai"

Edited August 18, 2020 by texifornia

[ClubWhatever 12144]

Team Satya.  We’re proper fucked.  Forever.  Bye world. 

[hornfromdallas 334]

6 minutes ago, satyanash said:

(but of course, I get flak for saying this an hour prior 🙄)

Anyway, I'm curious who the pied piper is for this class (in group chats, on social media, etc.) now that Milroe is gone. Billy Bowman?

none milroe was the most vocal 

from what ive seen ibrhaeem & brooks but not nearly the level of milroe 

[tokamak 6431]

I’d like to know what about Robertson and Ms Nussbaum appealed to Yurcich that Milroe didn’t have.

I have a similar question on Drones, who I know nothing about but everyone keeps bringing up. What, potentially, would Yurcich see in Drones that he didn’t see in Milroe?

[Bamboozled73 315]

9 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

This isn't even a hot take. 

Milroe isn't going to beat out Bryce Young. Maybe Milroe would start for a year or 2 after Young but you know Alabama is going to keep stacking talented QBs. James will be processed in a year or two. 

Tommy is the only one out of the group that's going to play there. 

You forgot Saban might not be there either. 

[squeegeedegg 723]

1 minute ago, hornfromdallas said:

none milroe was the most vocal 

from what ive seen ibrhaeem & brooks but not nearly the level of milroe 

Spit it out Carl, it was the Bama thots that did this, didn't they?!?

[texasstrong12 4668]

 

12 minutes ago, satyanash said:

(but of course, I get flak for saying this an hour prior 🙄)

Anyway, I'm curious who the pied piper is for this class (in group chats, on social media, etc.) now that Milroe is gone. Billy Bowman?

I think the funniest part is almost everyone knew Milroe was going to be a bit of a developmental project similar to Roschon. Needs to work on his mechanics and learn the system. The idea Milroe was going to save the QB room next year is complete stupidity. If we were reliant on Milroe in '21 we were going to be properly fucked. 

 

Edited August 18, 2020 by texasstrong12

[golfclap 6903]

Team Drones-or-get-grad-transfer-if-needed-later. 
 

I don’t want Texas to reach for a Mordecai type backup plan. Drones is an upgrade over Milroe. Let the current QB room sort it out.Jackson can RS (and seems very aligned) there’s no reason to reach for anyone or add a body just to add one. 

[TommyGufano 6021]

7 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I have a similar question on Drones, who I know nothing about but everyone keeps bringing up. What, potentially, would Yurcich see in Drones that he didn’t see in Milroe?

Potentially? A commitment.

I believe @golfclap said Drones tore it up at Elite 11 camp recently. I can't speak to which drills he showed out in specifically

[Hank_Hill 18815]

Yea, I think the main thing Yurcich would see in Drones if he was willing to come is that he isn't a bitch ass pussy. 

[golfclap 6903]

13 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I have a similar question on Drones, who I know nothing about but everyone keeps bringing up. What, potentially, would Yurcich see in Drones that he didn’t see in Milroe?

Here’s my take on Drones from earlier this summer ... 

 

 

[texasstrong12 4668]

"I know initially I wasn't your guy." 

Kind of interested to see who Yurcich prioritizes because it does seem like Yurcich wasn't exactly all in on Milroe. Unless I'm just interpreting that incorrectly. 

[Dijon Robinson 1511]

2 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

"I know initially I wasn't your guy." 

Kind of interested to see who Yurcich prioritizes because it does seem like Yurcich wasn't exactly all in on Milroe. Unless I'm just interpreting that incorrectly. 

Pretty cut and dry imo, justified or not Milroe never liked that Yurcich wanted to take a second QB in the 2021 class when we already had an elite one committed

[Bevo 13577]

On 7/15/2020 at 8:10 PM, golfclap said:

I will give one caveat here (And you know I love measurables.) - Drones is just 16 years old. Caleb Williams will turn 19 in a couple of months. Not to turn Drones into the next Moro Ojomo, but it's probably relevant that he ran that 40 at 15. 

 

Drones last season 3390 yards 46 TD 10 INT.  He also had 825 yards rushing (6.2 ypc) with another 18 TDs against some good competition. I don't think he's going to be Vince, but he can do more than just move the chains, despite that 4.9. 

His rating increase makes sense though, Drones was easily one of the best QBs at the Elite 11 (he looked top 4 to me) and routinely showed that he's much further along as a passer than Caleb Wiliams. His frame is outstanding (esp given his age) and the ball explodes out of his hand. He physically looks more college ready than just about anyone that was there, despite giving up 2 years to most of the other Elite 11 guys. Add in a winner's mentality and it's an easy sell for me. It's clear that the services had never truly evaluated him because they were surprised by the way he played and the throws he made, but everything he was doing was evidenced in his Junior year. FWIW -- Drones' teammate Randy Masters (2022 WR) is legit.

 

Thanks GC.

[CashMcCoy 3199]

Love this. Hook em

[Dijon Robinson 1511]

15 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yea, I think the main thing Yurcich would see in Drones if he was willing to come is that he isn't a bitch ass pussy. 

Ah yes, Milroe is a bitch ass pussy who is afraid of competition, as evidenced by his flip to *checks notes* Alabama, who perennially have one of the most talented rosters in all of CFB

[Wild Bill 324]

4 minutes ago, CashMcCoy said:

Love this. Hook em

Thank you Hayden. 

[BigSwingingD 719]

I know, FCB....

Is it possible we are sleeping on Casey Thompson? 

I'm not convinced he will be passed over. He may be more or a Yurcich guy than we think.

This podcast is worth a listen. FCB interview with Charles Thompson. Some good insight on Casey's competitiveness, his history as a passer in HS, and Yurcich knowing and recruiting Casey.  It will be interesting to see if he gets meaningful snaps this year. 

FCB sounds like a douche. So much so, he makes a dirtbag sooner sound great. (Actually, Charles is a good dude. For a dirtbag sooner.)

If you can stand FCB for 30 minutes...

https://podbay.fm/p/horns247-podcasts-longhorn-blitz-the-flagship-and-state-of-recruiting/e/1597105018

[Hank_Hill 18815]

4 minutes ago, ChampionshipLevelPiss said:

Ah yes, Milroe is a bitch ass pussy who is afraid of *checks notes* the #1 QB recruit of the next three classes

fify

Milroe told us himself this is why he flipped with his timing. Don't be obtuse.

Edited August 18, 2020 by Hank_Hill

[texifornia 56974]

2 minutes ago, ChampionshipLevelPiss said:

Ah yes, Milroe is a bitch ass pussy who is afraid of competition, as evidenced by his flip to *checks notes* Alabama, who perennially have one of the most talented rosters in all of CFB

I like Jalen, I support Jalen, Jalen flipped on the same long weekend we got the best QB of the decade the year below him. I mean do the math.

[Mason Ramsey 3375]

3 minutes ago, ChampionshipLevelPiss said:

Ah yes, Milroe is a bitch ass pussy who is afraid of competition, as evidenced by his flip to *checks notes* Alabama, who perennially have one of the most talented rosters in all of CFB

cmon now... you really think he flipped for a main reason other than Ewers? You can't be serious

[texasstrong12 4668]

5 minutes ago, ChampionshipLevelPiss said:

Ah yes, Milroe is a bitch ass pussy who is afraid of competition, as evidenced by his flip to *checks notes* Alabama, who perennially have one of the most talented rosters in all of CFB

You're kidding yourself if you don't think Ewers played a role here. I think other things were in play like Yurcich not being all that high on Milroe but come on. Do you really believe it's a coincidence that Milroe flipped days after Ewers committed?  

He's not a bitch ass pussy but he definitely flipped in big part because he's sandwiched between Card/JQJ and Ewers. 

Edited August 18, 2020 by texasstrong12

[EZ$ 2105]

1 hour ago, hornfromdallas said:

not the worst case

worse case would be  card winning the job thompson transferring & jqj getting re injured 

rojo would have to move back to qb

Which is still a better QB room than what we had 8 or 9 of the years since Colt. 

[Fondren & Main 6718]

[Hank_Hill 18815]

5 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

You're kidding yourself if you don't think Ewers played a role here. I think other things were in play like Yurcich not being all that high on Milroe but come on. Do you really believe it's a coincidence that Milroe flipped days after Ewers committed?  

He's not a bitch ass pussy but he definitely flipped in big part because he's sandwiched between Card/JQJ and Ewers. 

Yea yea bitch ass pussy was a bit strong. Beta male possible future cuckold at worst.

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

1 hour ago, ChemicalHorn said:

So weird to leave bc he’s afraid to compete with Ewers and because Yurcich wasn’t all in on him only to commit to a school that signed the no. 1 QB the year before and turned him commitment down earlier in the year. 

Guess the benches at Bama are softer than at Texas.  All that glitters is not gold.

Edited August 18, 2020 by Cairn Horn88

[LTtxfan 49196]

1 hour ago, Radical Larry said:

Gut feeling or ear to the streets?

 

[Bamboozled73 315]

It was a combination of things. 

yurcich offered 2nd QB

brocks planted the seeds

ewers was the final push

 

 

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said:

How do you know? Maybe the Brocks flipped him and he was just waiting for the surprise commitment of Ewers to announce. Could be totally unrelated. 

Wonder if Milroe called Bama, or Bama contacted Milroe, or Brocks contacte Milroe....who struck the match?

[fattyflattie 4639]

12 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yea yea bitch ass pussy was a bit strong. Beta male possible future cuckold at worst.

Beta written all over it. 

[Getafix 28664]

6 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Wonder if Milroe called Bama, or Bama contacted Milroe, or Brocks contacte Milroe....who struck the match?

A few weeks ago - well before Ewers happened - Milroe said in an interview (think it was with a Bama site mod) for the umpteenth time that he was in regular contact with Bama coaches, including Saban.  Dreaded Facetimes may have happened.

[Goodman 3273]

5 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Wonder if Milroe called Bama, or Bama contacted Milroe, or Brocks contacte Milroe....who struck the match?

Bama has been recruiting him all along, J's been in contact all along, Brocks were recruiting him....Since it happened, i'm glad it did early.

[cochamps 1879]

38 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yea yea bitch ass pussy was a bit strong. Beta male possible future cuckold at worst.

You just called him Jimbo Fisher.  Lol.

[Beau Vine 54231]

You need to learn sarcasm.

People who post as much stupid shit as you shouldn't try sarcasm/satire.

[Hank_Hill 18815]

12 minutes ago, cochamps said:

You just called him Jimbo Fisher.  Lol.

When he transfers to A&M in a couple years, we’ll know why

[shnsajax 3591]

1 hour ago, texasstrong12 said:

You're kidding yourself if you don't think Ewers played a role here. I think other things were in play like Yurcich not being all that high on Milroe but come on. Do you really believe it's a coincidence that Milroe flipped days after Ewers committed?  

He's not a bitch ass pussy but he definitely flipped in big part because he's sandwiched between Card/JQJ and Ewers. 

And I don't mind it in part because of this. I am also really high on JQJ to a point I don't think Milroe would see the field either way as he is going to be a redshirt this year too given everything and recovering from injury. Milroe was great for the program in the time that he was here and did everything and more than he needed to, and Ewers has obviously has a much bigger pull than him. Wish him the best, and go pound aggy. 

[RGBIII 22840]

Mike at night

The big news of the night is Jalen Milroe’s decommitment. While we never heard anything definite, this was certainly something we were watching since the time Quinn Ewers committed. Milroe always kept the lines of communication open with other schools in his recruitment, and I think the competition around him was only one element of things. Milroe hung in after losing his key recruiter in Tim Beck and facing a ton of turnover in his future offense. I don’t think that he ever felt he was Mike Yurcich’s choice and that was backed up when Yurcich recruited several other quarterbacks after getting here. For better or for worse, Milroe and his family felt the best decision was to move on to Alabama.

 

—For many, there’s a natural reaction to question a kid and criticize them for running from competition. At Alabama, Milroe will follow former No. 1 overall prospect Bryce Young, but the situation isn’t the same as at Texas. Milroe was already behind a two-quarterback class in 2020 with positive buzz around Hudson Card’s performance while on campus and the fantastic skills of Ja’Quinden Jackson. With Ewers committing behind him, I believe he realized that it would become a numbers’ game quick. I have a hard time criticizing quarterbacks for making the best move because it’s a position where ostensibly one person gets to play for their tenure. A redshirt would put two years of separation between Milroe and Young at Alabama.

 

—I checked with a few of the current commits and there don’t seem to be any real shockwaves. I think a few of them could see this coming, but I’m not sure it changes much at this point. While a few of them committed with Milroe last summer, guys like Hayden Conner, Billy Bowman and Derrick Harrishave their own reasons to be committed. This could hurt with a few guys they are recruiting. LJ Johnson and Bryce Foster come to mind as names, but I feel Johnson is interested for other reasons so we will see how it works out.

 

—The choice of what to do at quarterback in 2021 will be very interesting. The Longhorns could choose to do nothing and count Ja’Quinden Jackson as the 2021 take, or they could take a program guy who would understand the talent around him and be ok with potentially serving as a backup for his career. Those guys are hard to find, but I don’t see Texas attracting a big name with the hype around Ewers. I’ll be interested to see if Yurcich can uncover any gems at the position we aren’t aware of.

 

—I've seen a lot of feedback that this will come back to haunt Texas and they shouldn't have let it happen. This is what happens when recruiting at a high level. While Texas certainly valued Milroe, the staff couldn't turn down a commitment from Ewers. Playing at this level is high stakes, and it's not always sunshine and rainbows in the aftermath.

[NameNotFound 82]

Re: Roach’s comments on Milroe hurting our chances with LJ. Feels like Carrington and Brandon Harris at least thought of this last week when they probably were thinking of downstream impacts of the Ewers commitment and possible Milroe decommitment (assuming they knew at least a few days before everyone else) because of the efforts they went through getting Wheaton on a call with Fournette etc... 

Seemed like there was a thorough effort on their part to ensure Wheaton knew he was a big priority prior to OU’s summit thingy. 

Edited August 18, 2020 by NameNotFound

[futureman 22467]

21 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

I've seen a lot of feedback that this will come back to haunt Texas and they shouldn't have let it happen. This is what happens when recruiting at a high level.

who is saying this?  I don’t even think satya would take milroe over ewers.  

[Michael Knight 12981]

It's not like Milroe was gonna play as a true freshman so it doesn't really impact next year

[Goodman 3273]

50 minutes ago, futureman said:

who is saying this?  I don’t even think satya would take milroe over ewers.  

He means that Milroe flip takes us out of the running for Foster, Jackson, little & big Brock. Might also affect us with '22 TE Green.

[thepop 4409]

Brocks took themselves out of the running already 

Edited August 18, 2020 by thepop

[futureman 22467]

7 minutes ago, Goodman said:

He means that Milroe flip takes us out of the running for Foster, Jackson, little & big Brock. Might also affect us with '22 TE Green.

yeah, maybe.  I doubt there are fans though that would say “I wish ewers went to OU and we kept milroe so we could have a shot at some guys.”

[Getafix 28664]

 

We're ready, Mike!

  

 

[Mdhorn 5949]

 

4 hours ago, Casual Encounter said:

I think we all thought the decision by Yurcich to immediately go after other QBs was a risky gamble. In hindsight, we had more to gain than lose.

Yurich is showing that he's a competitor.  I didn't like it at first but the gamble paid off.  He's not coaching to lose. He's recruiting like he's at tOSU and going after the best regardless of prior year commitments.  That's a hell of an attitude he's bringing to Texas.  I'm liking this man already and he hasn't coached a down as a Longhorn.  

Edited August 18, 2020 by Mdhorn

[Mdhorn 5949]

3 hours ago, squeegeedegg said:

Randomly stayed up late last night watching Hudls of all the qbs we have pulled over the last 2 or 3 years.   I had of course watched Milroe's when he committed but it's been a while.  This time however I kept seeing more Jalen Hurts in his game than before.  Odd timing with the Bama flip coming a day later.

Silver lining though is Card's Hudl looked even more impressive upon the rewatch.  Any guy with that kind of accuracy and 4.07 shuttle isn't going to be beat by a guy like Milroe unless injury strikes or is willing to take red shirt year + solid backup development year.   Although, same story at Bama sooo good luck Jalen

If he's more in line with Hurts, then Texas may be seeing him at OU down the stretch.  What a crazy road that would be.  

[Mdhorn 5949]

3 hours ago, CashMcCoy said:

Love this. Hook em

Loyal to the Soil.  That is just boss as f'k!  I may just buy myself a Hayden Conner Jersey with a Loyal to the Soil patch.  

[SydneyCarton 48108]

7 hours ago, satyanash said:

(but of course, I get flak for saying this an hour prior 🙄)

Anyway, I'm curious who the pied piper is for this class (in group chats, on social media, etc.) now that Milroe is gone. Billy Bowman?

The answer is “no one.” It’s about to be September in a fucked up year. We don’t need a pied piper anymore. If we did his name is Quinn Ewers.