Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out

[ousux 5634]

I’m starting to get worried about Elko’s health. I’m sure it’s been well over 9 months and still no baby.

Mack carried his for over 20 years, the Elk will be fine.

[closetojumping 65238]

Regarding some instances this cycle and going forward - some groups are still presenting the big bag drop versus the legit NIL approach. They can’t afford a sustainable program on the levels of Texas or Ohio State, but they have some cash to throw around. 

Sometimes it works. 

Florida had pooled some money for Napier’s buyout. Kiffin punted, so they deployed the cash in another way. Worked against us in one spot and other schools too. 

ATM is always looking for that angle because it is cheaper and can shortcut a recruitment.

USC put up some whoppers out of desperation.

It’s not a legitimate approach. Texas will lose some recruitments looking forward where this approach can work for short sighted people involved. 

There are some very dirty HS coaches out there, btw.  

 

[Not a cat 5804]

12 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Regarding some instances this cycle and going forward - some groups are still presenting the big bag drop versus the legit NIL approach. They can’t afford a sustainable program on the levels of Texas or Ohio State, but they have some cash to throw around. 

Sometimes it works. 

Florida had pooled some money for Napier’s buyout. Kiffin punted, so they deployed the cash in another way. Worked against us in one spot and other schools too. 

ATM is always looking for that angle because it is cheaper and can shortcut a recruitment.

USC put up some whoppers out of desperation.

It’s not a legitimate approach. Texas will lose some recruitments looking forward where this approach can work for short sighted people involved. 

There are some very dirty HS coaches out there, btw.  

 

Dumb question, but with above board payments now legal, will the NCAA actually grow some balls on the still illegal stuff you mentioned?  Or is it just business as usual in that area?

You'd think eventually the IRS might get interested now that there's a thriving taxable market for them to gain from.

[closetojumping 65238]

14 minutes ago, Not a cat said:

Dumb question, but with above board payments now legal, will the NCAA actually grow some balls on the still illegal stuff you mentioned?  Or is it just business as usual in that area?

You'd think eventually the IRS might get interested now that there's a thriving taxable market for them to gain from.

I don’t think the NCAA is going to suddenly go after the bag game after being dickless regarding same when they actually had some power. 

[Doc Daneeka 6791]

2 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I don’t think the NCAA is going to suddenly go after the bag game after being dickless regarding same when they actually had some power. 

How about the IRS?

[BlackCat 491]

God knows what theyre cooking up in Baton Rouge. Those people are furious about this cycle. 

[IDIOTsavant 8673]

14 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

How about the IRS?

The Chicago way…

[Rickylovesweed 15305]

The beauty of all this is the known bag droppers prior to NIL (aggy, LSU, Georgia, etc) are the most upset that Texas now has a legal way to buy players. These dipshits are just now figuring out that when Texas can buy players, within the rules, they can't hang. 

[Js1 86912]

15 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

How about the IRS?

Don’t worry, that will barely exist soon enough 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13385]

6 hours ago, CashMcCoy said:

Short clip

Needs to work on his hand speed. Definitely a project.

[CHIEF 5197]

6 hours ago, Getafix said:

 

Dawgs 247

 

 

Edit: And the first response includes the gratuitous shot at ... 😂  😂  😂 

 

 

 

The SEC hasn't realized that inviting Texas into the SEC was just like the B1G getting Oregon. I haven't done any research, but did B1G teams dismiss Oregon since they were a PAC12 team like the SEC did Texas as a BIGXII team? I remember when an undefeated Auburn got left out of the Title Game for the USC buttfucking of OU in the early 2000s. These fuckers huff too much of their own farts. Texas will probably always be a fixture in the top 2-3 of the SEC, much like Oregon will be in the B1G.

CHIEF

[AbeFroman 3090]

2 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

 

Undefeated 

[billfromlaketravis 11782]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Regarding some instances this cycle and going forward - some groups are still presenting the big bag drop versus the legit NIL approach. They can’t afford a sustainable program on the levels of Texas or Ohio State, but they have some cash to throw around. 

Sometimes it works. 

Florida had pooled some money for Napier’s buyout. Kiffin punted, so they deployed the cash in another way. Worked against us in one spot and other schools too. 

ATM is always looking for that angle because it is cheaper and can shortcut a recruitment.

USC put up some whoppers out of desperation.

It’s not a legitimate approach. Texas will lose some recruitments looking forward where this approach can work for short sighted people involved. 

There are some very dirty HS coaches out there, btw.  

 

My high school coach that immediately started banging girls after they graduated would like a word with you sir. 

[TexasMan 11383]

7 hours ago, NoName said:

Texas to Georgia:

The Georgia fans on my timeline: 

 

[Hookem10 848]

1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said:

The beauty of all this is the known bag droppers prior to NIL (aggy, LSU, Georgia, etc) are the most upset that Texas now has a legal way to buy players. These dipshits are just now figuring out that when Texas can buy players, within the rules, they can't hang. 

[Dilligas 674]

6 hours ago, Teryor said:

Literally 10 weeks ago

I don’t get it, is that a recruit? DB, WR

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13385]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

My high school coach that immediately started banging girls after they graduated would like a word with you sir. 

[Pimphand 6264]

47 minutes ago, Dilligas said:

I don’t get it, is that a recruit? DB, WR

 

[victory88 5755]

9 hours ago, Texasborn91 said:

Yo, we will have Jonah Williams, lance jackson, Justus Terry, and Colin Simmons and Kobe Black on the field at the same time. Incredible. 

Don’t forget Bo Barnes.  That guy is a bad mofo

[IDIOTsavant 8673]

4 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Don’t forget Bo Barnes.  That guy is a bad mofo

 

[Zhorn96 1833]

5 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Some of y’all need to rewatch Office Space. 

Georgia’s printers are FUCKED

[MrX 794]

4 hours ago, BlackCat said:

God knows what theyre cooking up in Baton Rouge. Those people are furious about this cycle. 

Selling shares in some offshore oil rigs

[TexasRenegade 2610]

4 hours ago, CHIEF said:

The SEC hasn't realized that inviting Texas into the SEC was just like the B1G getting Oregon. I haven't done any research, but did B1G teams dismiss Oregon since they were a PAC12 team like the SEC did Texas as a BIGXII team? I remember when an undefeated Auburn got left out of the Title Game for the USC buttfucking of OU in the early 2000s. These fuckers huff too much of their own farts. Texas will probably always be a fixture in the top 2-3 of the SEC, much like Oregon will be in the B1G.

CHIEF

Always is a big word considering we tend to be very boom or bust as a football program historically. 

[Hermanator 7570]

1 hour ago, TexasRenegade said:

Always is a big word considering we tend to be very boom or bust as a football program historically. 

That was before we were legally allowed to walk into Georgia, money whip the best DT in the state, then drag our nuts across the southeast on our way home. 

It's a new era. As long as we have avenues to money whip that others don't? We'll be right there fighting at season end

[TexasRenegade 2610]

7 hours ago, Hermanator said:

That was before we were legally allowed to walk into Georgia, money whip the best DT in the state, then drag our nuts across the southeast on our way home. 

It's a new era. As long as we have avenues to money whip that others don't? We'll be right there fighting at season end

Not if we hire another Chuckles....

[texifornia 58754]

28 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

Not if we hire another Chuckles....

If we were to hire the actual mastermind of the successful "Strong/Watson" Louisville offense, he's having a strong first season as a coach: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/prep-miami-dade/article296441084.html

[CHIEF 5197]

1 hour ago, TexasRenegade said:

Not if we hire another Chuckles....

I truly believe that Sark will be here as long as he wants. Money will never be an issue. He is a top five coach. I hope he is our next DKR. 

 

CHIEF

[NoName 17101]

3 hours ago, TexasRenegade said:

Not if we hire another Chuckles....

[Lou_Sassle 2990]

I was just looking at Oregon's recruiting class on 247...I didn't realize how Tom Herman it was...top 6 signees are wr/db, only 2 D-linemen, those 2 d-linemen are both edges...so no interior guys, only 2 LBs and only 8 defensive players overall.

[TexasRenegade 2610]

2 hours ago, CHIEF said:

I truly believe that Sark will be here as long as he wants. Money will never be an issue. He is a top five coach. I hope he is our next DKR. 

 

CHIEF

I totally agree...but I was reading your always comment as beyond Sark. 

 

My mistake if otherwise, ai am just opposed to the idea that NIL can cure all ills on the coaching side...

[SaucyJack 3517]

16 hours ago, Pimphand said:

 

He’s a good kid from a good family. Thanks his mom and dad for sticking together.

[CHIEF 5197]

57 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

I totally agree...but I was reading your always comment as beyond Sark. 

 

My mistake if otherwise, ai am just opposed to the idea that NIL can cure all ills on the coaching side...

I meant the money to keep him here, and keep him stocked with his pick of coaching personnel. As guys move on and up on the career ladder. I trust that the Athletic Department will give him a blank check to go get who he wants. 
Whatever changes might be coming down the pipe with or without NIL, he has shown he is brilliant and trustworthy. 
 

CHIEF

[destroya 396]

1 hour ago, TexasRenegade said:

I totally agree...but I was reading your always comment as beyond Sark. 

 

My mistake if otherwise, ai am just opposed to the idea that NIL can cure all ills on the coaching side...

Agreed that NIL isn’t a cure all for bad coaching, but a robust NIL program will be very attractive to the top candidates, so we don’t have to count on NIL making up for a shit coach. 

[Bodowned 854]

Wrong thread.

Edited December 8 by Bodowned

[IDIOTsavant 8673]

Are there any officials in this class worth recruiting? I feel like Georgia has cornered the market….fuck.

[texifornia 58754]

3 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

Are there any officials in this class worth recruiting? I feel like Georgia has cornered the market….fuck.

Death, taxes, and Kirby spitting into the ref's ears on every play.

[IDIOTsavant 8673]

1 minute ago, texifornia said:

Death, taxes, and Kirby spitting into the ref's ears on every play.

I wonder how many other Surlyites had to tell their wife to take her FaceTime conversation with her mom into the other room if she wanted us to get invited to Christmas. Couldn’t have been just me, right?

[GabrielsHorn 2242]

7 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Death, taxes, and Kirby spitting into the ref's ears on every play.

Him calling the hands to the face penalty definitely sent my blood pressure through the roof. 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13385]

6 hours ago, Lou_Sassle said:

I was just looking at Oregon's recruiting class on 247...I didn't realize how Tom Herman it was...top 6 signees are wr/db, only 2 D-linemen, those 2 d-linemen are both edges...so no interior guys, only 2 LBs and only 8 defensive players overall.

They probably go portal shopping for anything they need.

[TexasRenegade 2610]

I think i may actually loathe the football board more than kirby smart currently...

[RomaVicta 30494]

23 hours ago, CHIEF said:

I truly believe that Sark will be here as long as he wants. Money will never be an issue. He is a top five coach. I hope he is our next DKR. 

 

CHIEF

I browsed the Atrocious Coaching thread on the football board. Such acid and wholesale condemnation after a narrow loss in a championship game is something in which (some) Texas fans will never be surpassed. I'm not happy with what happened yesterday.

I think we have the better team, but we managed to lose. Congrats to Georgia. Fuck Kirby Smart.

We seem to be all brakes (fabulous defense) and no gas (all those yards for 16 points).

We make killing mistakes on offense with penalties and turnovers.

I'm also aware of what appears to me to be a continuing trend towards the top:

Sark learns.

• He's more reluctant to go for it on fourth down.
• He has invested heavily in defense (interesting in view of the FB board's new mantra that he's an ego-maniac obsessed only with drawing up fancy plays).
• He either arrived with ideas about the importance of culture or arrived at the importance of culture after he got here.

Our kicking game sucks but that has to do with the kickers, IMHO. 

Our offensive discipline needs work. It's mainly one lineman, evidently, but it's killing us.

All correctable. I like where we have been headed and believe we are still headed there.

Edited December 8 by RomaVicta

[Atticus 4176]

If Georgia was called for the same DPIs or offensive holdings that we were, we win the game. If we stop that fake punt, we probably win the game. If Bert hits just one of his missed FGs, we win the game. If Colin Simmons is able to return that fumble for a TD, or if Guilbeau blocks for Jahdae so he can get the pick six, we win the game.

Quinn missed some throws and Georgia missed a couple of picks too. The football gods (along with the refs) were on Georgia's side last night.

Credit to them for gutting out the win though.

They are who we thought they were, but we let them off the hook.

 

[texifornia 58754]

24 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

I browsed the Atrocious Coaching thread on the football board. Such acid and wholesale condemnation after a narrow loss in a championship game is something in which (some) Texas fans will never be surpassed. I'm not happy with what happened yesterday.

I think we have the better team, but we managed to lose. Congrats to Georgia. Fuck Kirby Smart.

We seem to be all brakes (fabulous defense) and no gas (all those yards for 16 points).

We make killing mistakes on offense with penalties and turnovers.

I'm also aware of what appears to me to be a continuing trend towards the top:

Sark learns.

• He's more reluctant to go for it on fourth down.
• He has invested heavily in defense (interesting in view of the FB board's new mantra that he's an ego-maniac obsessed only with drawing up fancy plays).
• He either arrived with ideas about the importance of culture or arrived at the importance of culture after he got here.

Our kicking game sucks but that has to do with the kickers, IMHO. 

Our offensive discipline needs work. It's mainly one lineman, evidently, but it's killing us.

All correctable. I like where we have been headed and believe we are still headed there.

Some people react to disappointment by going on a hike or spending time with family. Some people stay mad on the internet all week.

[satyanash 15352]

32 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

I think we have the better team, but we managed to lose.

And yet Georgia has conclusively proven they're better than us in the trenches, by a big enough margin to negate our advantages elsewhere.

[RomaVicta 30494]

16 minutes ago, Atticus said:

If Georgia was called for the same DPIs or offensive holdings that we were, we win the game. If we stop that fake punt, we probably win the game. If Bert hits just one of his missed FGs, we win the game. If Colin Simmons is able to return that fumble for a TD, or if Guilbeau blocks for Jahdae so he can get the pick six, we win the game.

Quinn missed some throws and Georgia missed a couple of picks too. The football gods (along with the refs) were on Georgia's side last night.

Credit to them for gutting out the win though.

They are who we thought they were, but we let them off the hook.

 

[theaveragejon 1104]

22 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Some people react to disappointment by going on a hike or spending time with family. Some people stay mad on the internet all week.

[texifornia 58754]

8 minutes ago, satyanash said:

And yet Georgia has conclusively proven they're better than us in the trenches, by a big enough margin to negate our advantages elsewhere.

Oh he's BACK everyone

[RomaVicta 30494]

2 minutes ago, satyanash said:

And yet Georgia has conclusively proven they're better than us in the trenches, by a big enough margin to negate our advantages elsewhere.

Do you believe they would win every game against us? I don't. Our defense did well for having a line "conclusively proven" to be inferior. You hold a team to 16 points, you should win.

Their D line is outstanding. Why does that supercede the vulnerability of their secondary versus our receivers?

I know you're famed for being negative, and I don't mind that. I never suspect spittle is on your monitor. Here you make a broad declaration based on narrow evidence.

The evidence is that Georgia is the superior team. They won twice, what else do they have to do to prove it? (They may actually have to do it three times which is weird as fuck to me.) In some ways, their superiority may be found in intangibles. They rally well. They responded brilliantly to the adversity of losing their QB (who kinda sucks anyway). Coaching-wise, they improvised an offense in the second half that managed to score.

If we execute better, we win that game. But we didn't. I expect improvement in execution every year Sark is coach because that has been the trend.

[Ricky Butler 2789]

Fuck Bama. Saban ain’t there no more. 

[satyanash 15352]

9 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Do you believe they would win every game against us? I don't. Our defense did well for having a line "conclusively proven" to be inferior. You hold a team to 16 points, you should win.

Their D line is outstanding. Why does that supercede the vulnerability of their secondary versus our receivers?

I know you're famed for being negative, and I don't mind that. I never suspect spittle is on your monitor. Here you make a broad declaration based on narrow evidence.

The evidence is that Georgia is the superior team. They won twice, what else do they have to do to prove it? (They may actually have to do it three times which is weird as fuck to me.) In some ways, their superiority may be found in intangibles. They rally well. They responded brilliantly to the adversity of losing their QB (who kinda sucks anyway). Coaching-wise, they improvised an offense in the second half that managed to score.

If we execute better, we win that game. But we didn't. I expect improvement in execution every year Sark is coach because that has been the trend.

Georgia has weaknesses, maybe more than us. But we're not built to exploit them. 

The best way to negate a vaunted DL is with a mobile QB. We don't have that with Ewers. UGA's gameplan is to shut down the run game coming downhill (and the screen game, which is an extension of our run game). They are fine with conceding the intermediate throws (slants, comeback routes, lofted throws to open space) that are part of Quinn's limited skillset outside the 20s. Once we get into the redzone and those throws go away, we have nothing.

And that isn't an exaggeration. There is nothing in our offense’s toolbox now that works against Georgia in the redzone. We used to roll Quinn out in the redzone to hit corner routes. Quinn can no longer do that with his ankle injury. We can't run inside or outside the tackles. Scoring in the redzone requires Quinn to zip much tougher throws that he currently cannot make.