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Why is that surprising? Baylor has a long and storied history of letting predators loose on campus. 

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1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

He also hits the fuck out of people on special teams

 

Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

Henry Melton was 260 and ran like a bitch

Yup.  Difference between running down the field at top speed and being a willing battering ram, and running 5 yards and getting popped by a 225lb LB.  And Henry Melton hit the fuck out of people once he moved to DT.

F= M*A

Wisner has the "A", but lacks the "M".  He'd get killed if they asked him to play like RoJo.

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22 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

I think Clark will be the real winner in this situation.  

Blue will move to RB1, Wisner will play the Keilan Robinson role, Gibson will be short yardage, and Christian will be Jaydon's primary back-up... bank it.

 

 

Clark is the overlooked beast. 

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1 hour ago, Harrison Stafford said:

This guy right here is the answer to our short yardage issues.

yep, Trent Richardson starter kit. 

 

Also, i see a lot of Brooks running style in Wisner, from the limited reps on tape at least.

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55 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Baxter was more of a power run game look compared to the speedier look of Blue. Who can step into Baxters role?


You watched Baxter play and you described him as a power back? 

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32 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

Agree to disagree.  Size dictates type. 

Yes, Keilan had a special gear that not many have, but Wisner is plenty fast and can change direction on a dime.  That's not even remotely RoJo's game.

I suspect Wisner will be used a lot more like Keilan, but I guess we're all about to find out.

Damn 

We did not even get to fuck around

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Paul Wadlington: With Baxter's Loss, What Does Texas Do At RB?

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Cedric Baxter’s season is over. With his loss, the Horns are now without a runner who profiled to be the heaviest used option in a two-headed running back time share with the explosive Jaydon Blue.

Time to rethink all of that.

Blue will certainly be asked to carry more of the load, but the coaches should be leery about exceeding his pitch count in a season that could approach NFL lengths.

Tre Wisner moves up from a player that the coaches were hoping to get involved in bit roles to a clear secondary or 1B role where he will see significant snap shares in every game. Everyone loves Wisner for good reason, but 2-3 touches a game is a different expectation level from a potential 12-15. Similarly, true freshman Christian Clark and Jerrick Gibson need to ready themselves for action. Both were probably headed for redshirts. Now it’s less likely that either will.

I see two main areas of concern: work load and pass protection.

Absent Baxter, the Horns are without their biggest RB and their best pass protector in the backfield. The latter part is potentially critical given Longhorn matchups against blitz happy teams like Michigan, OU and A&M on the schedule. If the current RB crew isn’t up for it, blitz pick up on linebackers or nickels in play action could be obviated by leaving behind a TE to protect (either on the line or in the backfield) or going double tight with one serving as a personal protector H-Back in the backfield, but the latter solution takes a wide receiver off of the field and you have no credible run threat.

Blue and Wisner both share similar physical make ups – both are around 6 feet, 200 pounds – and they have shown that they will run tough in short yardage when needed. The bigger issue with having a starter down is pitch count. Baxter could absorb 15-25 touches per game that will now need to be distributed across the backfield. Blue can’t take up all of that slack.

Texas will probably need at least one of the freshman to step up to eat some usage mileage in a potential 15+ game season.

As for other trade-offs, Baxter is a plus receiver, but Wisner and Blue are elite. That aspect will improve, not suffer.

As for short yardage, Baxter was theoretically better but reality didn’t bear that out last year. In fact, Blue’s nifty feet and level change may offer the better option at sniffing out a hard yard. Jerrick Gibson might also deserve an audition.

Will Texas run less overall? Perhaps marginally. But even Sark’s most explosive offenses had a reliable run component and Sark uses the running game to punish light boxes and dictate coverages. That’s not going away.

It’s Next Man Up in the Texas backfield.

 

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3 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

I appreciate the info. I wasn't pining, just going off of what I saw on the field late last year and where Red was in the depth chart. If we are better off via the recruiting adds, then cool.

Shit luck for Baxter. He needs to go have a conversation with Brooks about how to be a teammate while rehabbing.

I wasn’t pinning the pining on you, just adding that to the commentary since there are those who do exactly that. See @GreenspointTexas ‘s numbnuttery following suit later in this thread. 

2 hours ago, Jersey Man10 said:

Guess I’ll have to move him down a few spots on my rosters in CFB 25.

It’s bizarre. I had him having a great season his sophomore year and then he went down with an injury. The injury update comes back that he a lower back injury and his career was over. I kind of just stared at the screen for a minute. Only time I’ve lost a guy like that. 

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3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I wasn’t pinning the pining on you, just adding that to the commentary since there are those who do exactly that. See @GreenspointTexas ‘s numbnuttery following suit later in this thread. 

It’s bizarre. I had him having a great season his sophomore year and then he went down with an injury. The injury update comes back that he a lower back injury and his career was over. I kind of just stared at the screen for a minute. Only time I’ve lost a guy like that. 

CFB 25 sounds dark

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17 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

I love me some Joel Klatt. His kool-aid for us every season is phenomenal. That hit he took from Drew Kelson really did something to him. 

Joel Klatt is getting money.... And he should carry on doing so.🤘🏾

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36 minutes ago, Mother mopar said:
1 hour ago, DixonHur said:
RoJo was like 220 lbs.   Wisener is like 180-190.  

Wisners 200lbs

Yeah, and Sydir is 350

I learned a long time ago to never trust the media guide 

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11 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Turf didn’t cause a contact related LCL/PCL injury lol

IDGAF.

Rip up that damn astroturf the second the season is over and replace with grass. 

Hire away aggy's groundskeepers Schloss-style if you have to. Do it. Do it NOW.

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Gbenda can jump in there a few snaps maybe. 
 

Also it doesn’t bother me at all running 5 wides or 01 personnel either, Quinn is plenty comfortable spreading them out. 
 

Then there’s all the orbit and jet stuff, now it just means our 6 star wide outs will get even more touches. 
 

Also Blue is a stud. 
 

Sucks but it is what it is, I have zero worries on offense with Sark dawg. I just want a secondary and pass rush that can take over games now. 

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16 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What’s his pro comparison again? 247 seems to have removed it from their recruiting profiles. 

I dunno, but I saw aa video of him working out with Bijan, and he looked quick as hell and he's a muscular dude. We'll see if his skills transfer sooner rather than later. 

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8 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Gbenda can jump in there a few snaps maybe. 

The baseball catcher who is walking on at football should be getting snaps at RB before we consider switching players from the defensive two-deep

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25 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Is the number provided by the team somehow less reliable than the one you pulled out of your butt?

I used to be a carnival worker...

But seriously, you can look at these two images say "yeah, these guys are the same size"?

Blue:

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Wisner:

image.jpeg.29bc4b4d726680aea0eef5ac5f67cc48.jpegTexas RB CJ Baxter suffers knee injury ...

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2 minutes ago, Spider2YBanana said:

That's Jerrick Gibson at the top, my dude. Blue is #23

Good catch... I have the world's worst wifi and grabbed the wrong pick.  

But according to the media guide Gibson is 205... he's definitely more than 5 pounds heavier than Wisner

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Good catch... I have the world's worst wifi and grabbed the wrong pick.  

But according to the media guide Gibson is 205... he's definitely more than 5 pounds heavier than Wisner

I think Gerry said he was like 210 now? Or maybe I dreamed it, but he's a thick kid. Saw him working out with Bijan and he's thick and has some extremely quick feet. He was doing the same workouts as Bijan. Tells you that being at IMG really does make a difference for some kids. 

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7 minutes ago, Spider2YBanana said:

I think Gerry said he was like 210 now? Or maybe I dreamed it, but he's a thick kid. Saw him working out with Bijan and he's thick and has some extremely quick feet. He was doing the same workouts as Bijan. Tells you that being at IMG really does make a difference for some kids. 

He's gonna be a good one, but I like Clark.  Seems so natural when you watch his Hudl

7 minutes ago, Askew said:

It's also Baxter in the bottom right pic

Ok, I'll stop trying to post pics from my phone with bad wifi... I'm picking the first image that loads when I google them and obviously that's not getting job done.

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Near end, Dumbass former blOU guy saying "Savion Red" will have to help Texas this year 😋

Texas RB CJ Baxter's season-ending injury means this for the Longhorns

 

Side note... autocorrect changes Savion to Saloon 😂

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Time for Blue, Wisner, and the true Freshmen to step up. Thank you to the two early guys coming into the fold/family in January!

We’ll be ok while CJ4 gets healthy, because we do plan on throwing the ball a couple times per game.

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1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Oh, it gets dark. Mostly for my CPu opponents. I beat Alabama 79-42 earlier today and there likely wasn’t an imaginary Bama fan leaving their virtual stadium with their head up after that. 

I see you still have Gideon and Joseph as your DB coaches in the game. 

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