2023 Spring Practice to Fall Camp Thread - Just hook it to my veins!

[kevwun 16442]

It was Cal.  I looked it up.  He set the school total offense record and threw for more yards than Goff did in the game.  364 passing yards and 163 rushing.

Edited May 25, 2023 by kevwun

[Sawbonz 28232]

Y’all should go hammer some nails into your ball sacks. Probably more enjoyable than reliving these memories 

[Had Enough 2123]

Taylor Doyle and Marcus Hutchins were our two most reliable OL in 2013 or 14, whatever year it was, and y’all are giving them shit.

[Zeus 6864]

40 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

He won the RRR after Charlie shit canned Watson and they went to a read option look. 

The FINGER game

[Park Gothic 5376]

[Tex Pete 21489]

4 hours ago, closetojumping said:

I showed up on Shaggy in 2008/2009 and was declarative about the stupidity and arrogance going on in recruiting. The blowback I received at the time was Texags level shit. Many, many established posters telling me that I was still the same motherfucker from Hornfans (true) and that Mack's record spoke for itself (untrue).

 

I knew when we signed the 2006 class that we were in trouble. That class didn't reflect a championship bounce in part because Mack filled his classes a year early (so, before the championship), but it was obvious there was no real bump in recruiting buzz.

Mack was entitled. Once he had that championship, he believed fully that he WAS Texas Football and damned if anyone had the authority to tell him to get the fuck out.

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Was it Taylor Doyle? Lake Travis OL. I don't think he had any other major offers and when we showed up he was in a wheelchair, with some injury we weren't even aware of. We offered him anyway.

Well, hell yeah! Anything within 30 minutes of the 40 Acres was Greg Davis's recruiting territory. You weren't going to tell him what crippled white dudes he could and couldn't offer.

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Also, regarding Chet Moss, I've never received more downvotes in my life than when I responded to someone's paean about the virtues of Chet Moss "emerging" ahead of the 2012 season on 247 and simply posted "Chet Moss will never play a meaningful snap of football at The University of Texas."

I got a slew of downvotes at the end of the 2010 Iowa State game when I posted my "Fuck you, Mack Brown!" rant thread. It was obvious then that we were completely rudderless and our recruiting fears had come true. I got called every name in the book for recognizing the truth by many longtime posters, including several who still post here.

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Yes. He was also a white guy from Cedar Park who had no business even receiving generic recruiting letters from UT. Those were the days.

Well, hell yeah! Anything within 30 minutes of the 40 Acres was Greg Davis's recruiting territory. You weren't going to tell him what crippled white dudes he could and couldn't offer.

Taylor Doyle, Taylor Bible, Taylor Taylor, Taylor Swift, there's no Taylor too big or too small to have a future at Texas in Greg Davis's eyes.

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Also, offering Manziel and RGIII as DBs was really smart. 

As I mentioned at the time, the worst part for RG3 was that the coach who took the offer for him just left it sitting on a coach's desk. I am not sure they know to this day which Texas coach did it. Robert was not even planning to play college football at the start of his senior season in HS. He was going to strictly run track and he and a bussy were planning to commit together. They visited Tennessee and were leaning pretty heavily that way when Art Briles and Phillip Montgomery started recruiting Robert to Houston.

Somewhere along the way, Robert began to realize the financial potential there was with football, and I really think Briles getting hired at Baylor clinched it. He never seriously considered Texas, and then the offer letter thing happened and made us look like a complete joke, adding insult to injury. The Texas coach showed up to recruit Copperas Cove at lunchtime and there were no coaches in the building. Instead of hanging around and handing the letter to a coach after lunch, whoever did it just put it on top of a coach's desk and then left. It spoke to how seriously Mack was interested in Robert. That was the absolute end for Texas.

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I don't think anything will ever top ending up with Gilbert, Case McCoy, and David Ash being our starting QBs for 5 years while Andrew Luck, RG3, Manziel and countless others were effectively spurned or recruited at different positions. 

[closetojumping 65460]

2 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

Taylor Doyle and Marcus Hutchins were our two most reliable OL in 2013 or 14, whatever year it was, and y’all are giving them shit.

Ha. That's a tallest midget scenario if there ever was one.  No one mentioned Hutchins, either, so, uh, yeah.

[closetojumping 65460]

7 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

 

I got a slew of downvotes at the end of the 2010 Iowa State game when I posted my "Fuck you, Mack Brown!" rant thread. It was obvious then that we were completely rudderless and our recruiting fears had come true. I got called every name in the book for recognizing the truth by many longtime posters, including several who still post here.

 

One of my favorite thread titles I've ever written was "Punt on First Down" the week following the Iowa State 2010 game. Analyzing that game is still fucking hilarious. We were taking a snap inside the Texas 10 yard line late in the game, down by 7 and it was 4th and 15. The entire free world knows you're going to have to throw the ball more than 20 yards for any kind of prayer to be answered. Greg Davis called a ... play action pass. Hahahahahaha.

[Red Five 41757]

10 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

One of my favorite thread titles I've ever written was "Punt on First Down" the week following the Iowa State 2010 game. Analyzing that game is still fucking hilarious. We were taking a snap inside the Texas 10 yard line late in the game, down by 7 and it was 4th and 15. The entire free world knows you're going to have to throw the ball more than 20 yards for any kind of prayer to be answered. Greg Davis called a ... play action pass. Hahahahahaha.

I was at that game, and the reaction from the people around me to that play call, mid-play, was hilarious. A mixture of groans and laughter. 

[Sgt Hulk 14466]

Well this thread sucks shit now 

[Tex Pete 21489]

6 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Well this thread sucks shit now 

I already killed myself.

Again.

[pearlandhorn 3343]

Britt Mitchell, face plant false start against aggy in 2010 is all I remember from 2010.

[Sgt Hulk 14466]

How about that awesome game

against k state where they threw 1 ball and Gilbert had 13 Ints. That was cool 

[General Specific 3508]

[Not a cat 5813]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

One of my favorite thread titles I've ever written was "Punt on First Down" the week following the Iowa State 2010 game. Analyzing that game is still fucking hilarious. We were taking a snap inside the Texas 10 yard line late in the game, down by 7 and it was 4th and 15. The entire free world knows you're going to have to throw the ball more than 20 yards for any kind of prayer to be answered. Greg Davis called a ... play action pass. Hahahahahaha.

This exact play caused me to get heckled by a gopher coworker the following Monday.  Do you have any idea how humiliating it is to  be laughed at in football by a Minnesota fan?  

[Revolution512 1518]

The Henry Melton class’ amazing hit rate saved Mack from killing the program even earlier.

[closetojumping 65460]

25 minutes ago, Not a cat said:

This exact play caused me to get heckled by a gopher coworker the following Monday.  Do you have any idea how humiliating it is to  be laughed at in football by a Minnesota fan?  

At least Minnesota has won 4 AP national titles in football. I've been heckled in offices by Baylor and Texas Tech fans, sir, and I can tell you that I indeed understand the humiliation of living through the last 13 years of Texas football.

[Zeus 6864]

9 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

At least Minnesota has won 4 AP national titles in football. I've been heckled in offices by Baylor and Texas Tech fans, sir, and I can tell you that I indeed understand the humiliation of living through the last 13 years of Texas football.

I work with a bunch of Aggies who never say shit about football ever since Sumlin flopped. They wanted the banter in the Jonny football days and shortly after, but since then I swear they don't even fucking follow college football.

Broken pussy fan base. 

I go all in and get fired up every year even when Florida and Texas have been shitty I'm just looking for that ray of sunshine like when we hung 72 on Tech for my son's first in person football game. 

Fall camp is going to be excellent

We're gonna beat Alabama and win the big 12 in it's last year. 

[Not a cat 5813]

18 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

The Henry Melton class’ amazing hit rate saved Mack from killing the program even earlier.

Is the class that included Colt and Jamaal typically referred to as the Melton (Shelton?) class?

[Bodacious Bevo 3691]

4 hours ago, kevwun said:

It was Cal.  I looked it up.  He set the school total offense record and threw for more yards than Goff did in the game.  364 passing yards and 163 rushing.

Ah yes, that game and comeback was super fun until Nick fucking Rose shanked the tying PAT 

Heard's performance was an unfortunate casualty of my repression of that game. Was. 

[cmontexas 3374]

In the spirit of this fun thread I looked at the 2007 Rivals Texas top 100. Mack nabbed 12 of the top 20 in the state but a lot of those guys sucked. Earl, Keenan and Curtis Brown were the only good ones and Brown never played to his 5* rating. The best players on the state were 

Von 29

ET 19

Dez 7

Keenan 13

Tannehill 88

Foles 99

Mallett 1

Probably a case of rivals giving waaay to much deference to Mack and a lot of bad evals all the way around. Also I wonder what Brock Mansion is up to

 

[4th and 5 5006]

this thread is ass

[NoName 17163]

21 hours ago, pearlandhorn said:

Britt Mitchell, face plant false start against aggy in 2010 is all I remember from 2010.

im still not sure how the beat #5 Nebraska 20-13 @ NEB in 2010.

Gilbert was 4/16 for 62 yards (and 41 of those came on one play, 3 of the 4 catches went to RB!), 11/71 rushing with 2 TDs

 

[Park Gothic 5376]

10 minutes ago, NoName said:

im still not sure how the beat #5 Nebraska 20-13 @ NEB in 2010.

Gilbert was 4/16 for 62 yards (and 41 of those came on one play, 3 of the 4 catches went to RB!), 11/71 rushing with 2 TDs

 

Because for whatever reason Nebraska is our bitch and nothing is going to change that. 

[Vertigo 20500]

28 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Because for whatever reason Nebraska is our bitch and nothing is going to change that. 

Would you honestly take Nebraska's roster over ours anytime after 2000?

Edited May 26, 2023 by Vertigo

[BERT 4499]

On 5/25/2023 at 1:30 PM, Red Five said:

I was about to counter that with some of the offers we DIDN'T make from that era, but lets just all enjoy our Memorial Day weekend shall we. 

I have to work Monday, so just start the list already! 

[cochamps 1886]

20 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

Really, it was Colt in particular that absolutely saved his ass.  I saw Colt play basketball in high school at the State Tournament, and the whole time during warmups I was convinced this bigger more athletic kid they had on their team must be Colt.  He wasn't even the best athlete on a 2A basketball team, and there is no fucking way Mack ever really expected him to be our starter during that recruitment.  Then he turns into one of the best, most accurate QBs in college football history.  Our 2008 and 2009 offenses would have blown goats like the 2010 offense if we had Jevan Snead instead of Colt F'n McCoy.

Just my attempt at summarizing what happened.

[Nope 3151]

3 hours ago, NoName said:

im still not sure how the beat #5 Nebraska 20-13 @ NEB in 2010.

Gilbert was 4/16 for 62 yards (and 41 of those came on one play, 3 of the 4 catches went to RB!), 11/71 rushing with 2 TDs

 

I was at that UCLA game…first time ever leaving a Texas game shortly after halftime 

[Bevo 13900]

35 minutes ago, Nope said:

I was at that UCLA game…first time ever leaving a Texas game shortly after halftime 

 

[Dbeasy 15603]

Jesus this thread has given me ptsd. 

[South Austin 53231]

55 minutes ago, Nope said:

I was at that UCLA game…first time ever leaving a Texas game shortly after halftime 

1997 UCLA game for me. Second game I left at halftime was OU in 2000. 

[4th and 5 5006]

57 minutes ago, Nope said:

I was at that UCLA game…first time ever leaving a Texas game shortly after halftime 

[Slacks 7066]

On 5/25/2023 at 3:11 PM, Sawbonz said:

Y’all should go hammer some nails into your ball sacks. Probably more enjoyable than reliving these memories 

[conVINCEd 21477]

1 hour ago, Nope said:

I was at that UCLA game…first time ever leaving a Texas game shortly after halftime 

Apparently you missed the UCLA game that happened the decade prior.

[Nope 3151]

1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

Apparently you missed the UCLA game that happened the decade prior.

Yep, I was a UT student in 2010.

[conVINCEd 21477]

46 minutes ago, Nope said:

Yep, I was a UT student in 2010.

Well, be thankful you missed it.

[GreenspointTexas 9986]

Payam Sadaat hired as analyst

[Hookem2147 22040]

The cherry on top was when Mack was content with Terrell Cuney being the only OL take in the 2014 class. Even Strong came in and was like wtf and added a few more jags like Elijah Rodriguez and Alex Anderson.

[Getafix 29459]

Cross posting, FYI.

Sarkisian lands longtime NFL special teams coach Joe DeCamillis as special assistant to head coach

Chip Brown

 

Spoiler

 

Sarkisian lands longtime NFL special teams coach Joe DeCamillis as special assistant to head coach

Chip Brown
 

Steve Sarkisian has landed longtime NFL special teams coach Joe DeCamillis as a special assistant to the head coach for the Texas Longhorns, a source close to the situation confirmed to Horns247.

DeCamillis, 57, most recently was the special teams coach for the Los Angeles Rams when the Rams won Super Bowl LVI. DeCamillis, who also won a Super Bowl as the special teams coach of the Denver Broncos in 2015, was let go by the Rams in January.

Among the responsibilities given to De Camillis will be sharing ideas with Texas tight ends coach/special teams coordinator Jeff Banks, the source said.

DeCamillis was the special teams coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 2009-13 and suffered extensive injuries, including a fractured cervical vertebrae in his neck, when the Cowboys’ practice facility collapsed during a wind storm on May 2, 2009. DeCamillis recovered from the injuries following surgery.

DeCamillis spent the previous 31 years as an NFL special teams coach/coordinator, beginning as an assistant special teams coach for his father-in-law, then Denver Broncos head coach Dan Reeves, in 1991 and 1992.

DeCamillis has also served as the special teams coach for the New York Giants (1993-96); Atlanta Falcons (1997-2006); Jacksonville Jaguars (2007-08); Dallas Cowboys (2009-12); Chicago Bears (2013-14); Denver Broncos (2015-16); Jaguars (2017-20); and Rams (2021-22).

As Horns247 reported previously, Sarkisian also appears to have found his replacement for former TCU head coach Gary Patterson as a special assistant - Payam Saadat (pronounced PIE-um suh-DOT), a longtime defensive coordinator at schools including Portland State and Army who has specialized in unconventional defenses.

 

 

[Nope 3151]

Wow! Amazing hire 

[Slacks 7066]

15 hours ago, Nope said:

Yep, I was a UT student in 2010.

 

14 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

Well, be thankful you missed it.

F alla y'all. 

I endured 5 win seasons wrapped around Shock the Nation. In exchange for graduating with no job, I got to cheer on a loss to Rice. 

I do not want to hear your bitching about route 66, or any other traumatic single loss. 

I lived that shit with my life. 

[4th and 5 5006]

OK, Augie 

[billfromlaketravis 11826]

On 5/25/2023 at 5:30 PM, Zeus said:

I work with a bunch of Aggies who never say shit about football ever since Sumlin flopped. They wanted the banter in the Jonny football days and shortly after, but since then I swear they don't even fucking follow college football.

Broken pussy fan base. 

I go all in and get fired up every year even when Florida and Texas have been shitty I'm just looking for that ray of sunshine like when we hung 72 on Tech for my son's first in person football game. 

Fall camp is going to be excellent

We're gonna beat Alabama and win the big 12 in it's last year. 

Can I come work in your office? 

[hookemATL 12299]

My dad was in school 1969-1970 national championships and I was in school for 2005. My sister was in school for the 2009 run to the championship game. I’ve told my oldest she has no choice but to go to UT, to ensure we get another title in football. You are all welcome. 

[speed817 19965]

This thread is brutal now....

 

But is this part of the healing process where we reflect on the last decade+ of misery before we go on to run things in the SEC?? 😏

[South Austin 53231]

Remember when Colt got injured against Alabama in the title game.

[Bevo 13900]

2 hours ago, Slacks said:

 

F alla y'all. 

I endured 5 win seasons wrapped around Shock the Nation. In exchange for graduating with no job, I got to cheer on a loss to Rice. 

I do not want to hear your bitching about route 66, or any other traumatic single loss. 

I lived that shit with my life

 

I knew a lot of the late 80s to early 90s guys and played football with a handful of them. It was pretty obvious we didn’t have the talent. We had a few guys like Tony Jones and Eric Metcalf, Kerry Cash, Shane Dronett, Giles, and Grady Cavness but had too many Omar Saleh, Jeff Boyd, Mark Berry, and Patrick McFarlan type guys.

Edited May 27, 2023 by Bevo

[ousux 5639]

Cross posting, FYI.

Sarkisian lands longtime NFL special teams coach Joe DeCamillis as special assistant to head coach

Chip Brown

 

Spoiler

 

Sarkisian lands longtime NFL special teams coach Joe DeCamillis as special assistant to head coach

Chip Brown
 

Steve Sarkisian has landed longtime NFL special teams coach Joe DeCamillis as a special assistant to the head coach for the Texas Longhorns, a source close to the situation confirmed to Horns247.

DeCamillis, 57, most recently was the special teams coach for the Los Angeles Rams when the Rams won Super Bowl LVI. DeCamillis, who also won a Super Bowl as the special teams coach of the Denver Broncos in 2015, was let go by the Rams in January.

Among the responsibilities given to De Camillis will be sharing ideas with Texas tight ends coach/special teams coordinator Jeff Banks, the source said.

DeCamillis was the special teams coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 2009-13 and suffered extensive injuries, including a fractured cervical vertebrae in his neck, when the Cowboys’ practice facility collapsed during a wind storm on May 2, 2009. DeCamillis recovered from the injuries following surgery.

DeCamillis spent the previous 31 years as an NFL special teams coach/coordinator, beginning as an assistant special teams coach for his father-in-law, then Denver Broncos head coach Dan Reeves, in 1991 and 1992.

DeCamillis has also served as the special teams coach for the New York Giants (1993-96); Atlanta Falcons (1997-2006); Jacksonville Jaguars (2007-08); Dallas Cowboys (2009-12); Chicago Bears (2013-14); Denver Broncos (2015-16); Jaguars (2017-20); and Rams (2021-22).

As Horns247 reported previously, Sarkisian also appears to have found his replacement for former TCU head coach Gary Patterson as a special assistant - Payam Saadat (pronounced PIE-um suh-DOT), a longtime defensive coordinator at schools including Portland State and Army who has specialized in unconventional defenses.

 

 

I remember DeCamillas from back when I still gave a shit about the fightin' Joneses.

Great hire, guy was a trooper after the Cowboys practice facility (similar to our gotdam bubble) blew down in a storm and nearly killed him. He was back on the sidelines with a neck brace in no time at all..

[TommyGufano 6023]

 

Move-in day.

[Vertigo 20500]

3 hours ago, TommyGufano said:

 

Move-in day.

I am excited about Walton, we need that twitch off the edge and he is much bigger than Akana.