Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out

[AbeFroman 2154]

57 minutes ago, utexas8 said:

 

 

Anyone have this?

 

 

Things could get better, or they could get worse.

Thanks.   You bet!

[TXRed 3247]

I assume he’s still reclassifying so I’m putting this here. 
 

 

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

 

[realgreggym 835]

4 hours ago, tokamak said:

All the $9.95er confidence is based on Hilson’s silent commitment. They are not smart enough to figure out that silent commitments are meaningless, even though it’s literally their job to know that. The reality is that he’s going through the whole process again. We’re in the mix, but that’s it. 

not necessarily

[Ricky Butler 2683]

Saying silent commitments are meaningless is like saying a girl texting you, "You up?" is the same as her texting you, "can you help me move this weekend?" While it does not guarantee deals will be sealed, it certainly points to intent.

[crash_davis 23101]

15 minutes ago, Ricky Butler said:

Saying silent commitments are meaningless is like saying a girl texting you, "You up?" is the same as her texting you, "can you help me move this weekend?" While it does not guarantee deals will be sealed, it certainly points to intent.

Every year we've have silent commits who stay committed throughout the recruiting process. And then we have silents who do not eventually sign. Just based on anecdotal shit, I think the former outnumber the latter, by a lot.

These are 17/18 year old kids who sometimes have a chance to make a huge financial impact for their family and extended family. Sometimes the decision is not their own. I have no issues with kids who get swayed elsewhere. Just as long as they don't do it last minute or talk shit about Texas or the coaches, good luck to them.

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

NIL has changed the silent commit game a bit I think.

[TXRed 3247]

30 minutes ago, Ricky Butler said:

Saying silent commitments are meaningless is like saying a girl texting you, "You up?" is the same as her texting you, "can you help me move this weekend?" While it does not guarantee deals will be sealed, it certainly points to intent.

I remember Gerry talking about silents before the season saying they stick about 80% of the time, so I would argue that they’re definitely not meaningless. 

[Ricky Butler 2683]

36 minutes ago, TXRed said:

I remember Gerry talking about silents before the season saying they stick about 80% of the time, so I would argue that they’re definitely not meaningless. 

Exactly. 

[BigHorn'13 3363]

2 hours ago, Ricky Butler said:

Saying silent commitments are meaningless is like saying a girl texting you, "You up?" is the same as her texting you, "can you help me move this weekend?" While it does not guarantee deals will be sealed, it certainly points to intent.

I think that would depend. You drive a truck?

[futureman 22444]

not only are silent commitments meaningless, verbal commitments are also meaningless.  

[Hank_Hill 18793]

Idk I’m pretty confident the percentage of verbals and silents ending up at a school is much higher than those that do neither. Wild guess though! 

[mr. sunshine 2824]

4 hours ago, Ricky Butler said:

Saying silent commitments are meaningless is like saying a girl texting you, "You up?" is the same as her texting you, "can you help me move this weekend?" While it does not guarantee deals will be sealed, it certainly points to intent.

Move furniture or move dat ass? Context

[mwaadeeb 1209]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

not only are silent commitments meaningless, verbal commitments are also meaningless.  

I know it's a lot to ask on chatboard, but the word you're searching for is "relatively." 

[Sgt. Slaughter 2841]

1 hour ago, mwaadeeb said:

I know it's a lot to ask on chatboard, but the word you're searching for is "relatively." 

Fuck you, we’re “relatively” intelligent. 

[mwaadeeb 1209]

58 minutes ago, Sgt. Slaughter said:

Fuck you, we’re “relatively” intelligent. 

However I don't believe you can be "relatively fucked." 

[Mittens 8258]

One absolutely can be "relatively fucked", but it's extremely frowned upon.

[Lone Star Horn 2016]

23 minutes ago, Mittens said:

One absolutely can be "relatively fucked", but it's extremely frowned upon.

Not in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, or Kentucky.

[Funk Doctor Spock 12179]

[Mississippi enters the chat]

[Dbeasy 15042]

Just tell Ohio St recruits they are headed to the 8/9th sadness city in the United States.

https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/saddest-cities-in-the-us/?channelid=gty621&subid=newsletter&subid2=11496480&utm_source=thezebra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=es-10-26-2024-newsletter-october-saddestcities&channelname=internalemail

[campcrunk 2438]

9 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Just tell Ohio St recruits they are headed to the 8/9th sadness city in the United States.

https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/saddest-cities-in-the-us/?channelid=gty621&subid=newsletter&subid2=11496480&utm_source=thezebra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=es-10-26-2024-newsletter-october-saddestcities&channelname=internalemail

I've been to all of these cities and 8/9 seems way too low for Columbus. I certainly think it's more depressing than NOLA, Orlando, Memphis, and Providence. 

 

Also, make sure to point and laugh at OU as well since Norman is basically just a shitty suburb of #3 OKC.

[Hermanator 7032]

27 minutes ago, campcrunk said:

I've been to all of these cities and 8/9 seems way too low for Columbus. I certainly think it's more depressing than NOLA, Orlando, Memphis, and Providence. 

 

Also, make sure to point and laugh at OU as well since Norman is basically just a shitty suburb of #3 OKC.

OKC would have been around #38 but they saw all the dicks being eaten in Norman and the horror pushed them up to #3. 

[Elmer_Fudd 22204]

Gerry said he's watching to see if Charles and Ffrench visit Miami today vs FSU.

[Funk Doctor Spock 12179]

7 hours ago, campcrunk said:

I've been to all of these cities and 8/9 seems way too low for Columbus. I certainly think it's more depressing than NOLA, Orlando, Memphis, and Providence. 

 

Also, make sure to point and laugh at OU as well since Norman is basically just a shitty suburb of #3 OKC.

Wow. I forgot Providence even existed, as well as Rhode Island in general. Now all I can think about is Rhode Island and Delaware. 

2 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Gerry said he's watching to see if Charles and Ffrench visit Miami today vs FSU.

This is the worst part of recruiting 

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

13 minutes ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Wow. I forgot Providence even existed, as well as Rhode Island in general. Now all I can think about is Rhode Island and Delaware. 

This is the worst part of recruiting 

We rarely get the full context of these things. It could be French and Charles’ high school coaches encouraged them to make the visit so the Miami coaches could get a look at some of their younger guys. 

Edited October 26 by billfromlaketravis

[texifornia 56868]

An away win against a ranked team and let's never speak of this again.

[IDIOTsavant 8483]

9 minutes ago, texifornia said:

An away win against a ranked team and let's never speak of this again.

I reserve the right to mention it in passing while discussing the winning streak that eventually gives us a winning record over those assholes, but otherwise, we’re in agreement.

[nycHorn 2998]

An away win against a ranked team and let's never speak of this again.

Broughton should have to walk home.

[Michael Knight 12977]

This is the way the team wins.

This is the way the team wins. 

This is the way the team wins.

[TexasRenegade 2435]

Fuck it.  Who gives a crap about style points. Bama would've loved a 3 pt win over vandy.

[ClubWhatever 12120]

1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

This is the way the team wins.

This is the way the team wins. 

This is the way the team wins.

We played basically the same way as against Georgia.  This is the way we lose against teams as good as us and just squeak by against teams worse than us.  It's not good enough to win a league or a playoff.

[IDIOTsavant 8483]

2 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

We played basically the same way as against Georgia.  This is the way we lose against teams as good as us and just squeak by against teams worse than us.  It's not good enough to win a league or a playoff.

 

[satyanash 14478]

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

An away win against a ranked team and let's never speak of this again.

[texifornia 56868]

28 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

We played basically the same way as against Georgia.  This is the way we lose against teams as good as us and just squeak by against teams worse than us.  It's not good enough to win a league or a playoff.

Did you watch UGA - Kentucky, Oregon - Idaho State, or Ohio State - Nebraska?

[FunkSoulBrother 930]

1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

This is the way the team wins.

This is the way the team wins. 

This is the way the team wins.

Winning is hard

[futureman 22444]

3 hours ago, texifornia said:

An away win against a ranked team and let's never speak of this again.

unless something changes in the next two weeks arkansas is going to beat us by three touchdowns in fayetteville 

[futureman 22444]

and college station will be even worse

[Hookem10 733]

18 minutes ago, futureman said:

and college station will be even worse

We ain’t losing to those shitbags. LSU still has defense issues and aggy took that advantage. If anything our defense will show up ready. And hopefully healthy. 

[Hank_Hill 18793]

24 minutes ago, futureman said:

unless something changes in the next two weeks arkansas is going to beat us by three touchdowns in fayetteville 

Arkansas hasn’t scored 20 points or more against a top 25 D but sure let’s spot them 21 because of their game against MSU of all teams. We should step it up for sure either way but cmon

[6th Street 6390]

Quinn will gift Arkansas 21 on his own 

[Hank_Hill 18793]

15 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Quinn will gift Arkansas 21 on his own 

You’ve now stated today that 5-3 Arkansas is going to have more sacks and beat us by more points than Georgia. Certainly a take!

[texifornia 56868]

7 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

You’ve now stated today that 5-3 Arkansas is going to have more sacks and beat us by more points than Georgia. Certainly a take!

You simply don't have to reply to futureman and 6th Street. It makes your life better, I promise.

[destroya 374]

[not quoting futureman]yo futureman, I know it’s your schtick, but quit being a bitch[/not quoting futureman]

[FCB 33]

So, im guessing we can forget about the Joe Moore

[utexas8 1436]

So, im guessing we can forget about the Joe Moore

Can he block

[cochamps 1879]

5 hours ago, FCB said:

So, im guessing we can forget about the Joe Moore

Lots of holding calls on running plays.  I think Vandy had 1 hold.

[Vito Andolini 9125]

Hey, assholes. This is the 2025 Recruiting thread. Please continue your amazing hot takes on the Football board.

[futureman 22444]

10 hours ago, texifornia said:

You simply don't have to reply to futureman and 6th Street. It makes your life better, I promise.

keep burying your head in the sand with the rest of the lemmings.  sark probably doesn’t even win another game in burnt orange.  we’re losing out this season and he’ll lose the first four in 2025 before he gets fired. 

[tokamak 6395]

[Davis Lane 5580]