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Have yall seen the 2019 early season polos? Holy fuck they are ugly

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6 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Have yall seen the 2019 early season polos? Holy fuck they are ugly

https://shop.texassports.com/texas-longhorns-nike-2019-early-season-coaches-polo-white/gray/p-36575443865134+z-9516-4103224073

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7 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Have yall seen the 2019 early season polos? Holy fuck they are ugly

https://shop.texassports.com/texas-longhorns-nike-2019-early-season-coaches-polo-white/gray/p-36575443865134+z-9516-4103224073

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The fork? Spend the extra 15 bucks and get the solid burnt orange Peter Millar. 

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Also I really hope two tone isn't becoming a thing again...

Two tone sucks ass.  I have a Nike polo from around the 2014 season that is close to perfect as any I've ever bought.  All one color that is pretty near true burnt orange, and fits great.  Haven't seen one as good since then. 

This is the only image I could find of it, and unfortunately that fuckstick Shawn Watson is wearing it.

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At some point, Tom Herman recognized he was sort of talking out of both sides of his mouth.

To motivate his 2018 Texas team, he’d tell his guys nobody was giving them a shot. Go prove everyone wrong, he’d say. And he would also urge them to totally tune out what everyone was saying about them.

Which is, you know, pretty contradictory. He was asking them to block out the noise and care about it at the same time.

“So our mantra this year will continue to be, instead of ‘Prove them wrong,’ we’ve got signs everywhere that say ‘Prove us right,’” Herman said.

That does make more sense. And in this program, it’s probably wise to strategize on how to handle all the noise. The talk about Texas football right now is as positive as it’s been in almost a decade. When you win 10 games, play for a Big 12 title and knock off No. 5 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, you get people believing again.

Perception sure does flip fast, as the Longhorns learned last year. In the opener, they found themselves trudging off a rain-soaked field after inexplicably losing to Maryland. And in the finale, they hoisted a New Year’s Six bowl trophy, confetti and streamers rained down, and quarterback Sam Ehlinger boasted: “Longhorn Nation, we’re baaaaack!”

Herman responded to that bold and boisterous declaration with folded arms and a less-than-thrilled smile. The head coach’s message during this hype-heavy offseason: All that matters is what’s believed inside their building. But internally, the confidence is real.

The Longhorns have a proven difference-maker at quarterback. They haven’t had that in a long time. They have an increasingly impressive amount of offensive firepower. They have much-needed coaching stability. They have proof that their culture of toughness can win big. They have several question marks, too. But entering Year 3 under Herman, they might have what it takes to win the conference.

Biggest on-field question

When Herman is asked just how much hype his team deserves this offseason and what he considers reasonable expectations, he gets right to the point.

“If we can play defense somewhat closely to the way we played it the last couple years,” Herman said, “I think we’ve got a chance to compete for the conference again.”

He’s trying to replace eight senior starters who combined for 233 career starts. Texas lost captains, playmakers and future pros on defense. And it certainly showed in spring practice with all the big plays their inexperienced replacements allowed.

With safeties Brandon Jones and Caden Sterns sidelined during spring ball, the Longhorns had practically a brand new defensive lineup that included just one player who has started more than 10 games. The No. 1 defense to begin their April 13 spring game featured five sophomores and two redshirt freshmen on the field.

The vocal leadership of that group is a concern Herman will be watching closely. Senior defensive end Malcolm Roach knows it’s his turn. Defensive coordinator Todd Orlando said he’s frequently thanked Roach this spring for calling out teammates who are loafing or not being physical in practice. Texas needs guys like Roach to be tone-setters.

“It’s a challenge at first, being the guy that has to come in and talk all the time,” Roach said. “But it’s a role I embrace.”

Roach, Jones and Sterns have earned that kind of respect. Safety Chris Brown was a vocal and energetic presence in spring ball, but he also missed time because of an injury.

“It’s hard to lead when you’re on the sideline,” Herman said. “So everything’s been kind of going through Malcolm right now, which … I mean, who else is it gonna be?”

The fact that Texas’ returning defenders have a combined 72 career starts among them is alarming, but it’s not like the Longhorns are utterly depleted in the talent department. When their incoming freshmen get on campus in the summer, the defense will have 22 players who were four-stars or better as recruits. And most of them are still quite young.

Through their struggles this spring, Orlando has tried to keep that lack of maturity in perspective. There’s a fine line, he says, between being demanding and a little bit patient. He cites redshirt freshman Ayodele Adeoye as a fine example of the process this offseason. Texas needs Adeoye to play a significant role at inside linebacker this fall, but it is just starting to take off his training wheels. He and the younger defenders will get it right in more controlled practice settings, when coaches are out there to correct them, but the live reps they get in scrimmages are the true test of progress.

“When you put them on the field by themselves,” Orlando asks, “can they do it consistently?”

There’s still plenty of time to get there. Orlando has things he’s determined to fix, too, no matter who’s on the field. As he studied the Longhorns’ 2018 tape, he scrutinized their play in end-of-game situations and on third downs. Texas played in 10 games decided by one-score margins last season, and Orlando feels he needs better calls for last-minute drives.

And on third-down conversions, Orlando has never in his 14 years as a coordinator had a defense perform as poorly as last year’s squad did. Texas dropped from No. 3 in FBS in 2017 all the way to No. 109, failing to get stops on 44.3 percent of third downs. In Big 12 play, it was 48 percent. Orlando’s career average as a coordinator before last season: 34.4 percent.

“We’ve been up and down in terms of the looks and disguises we’re doing,” he said, “and finding out what exactly the issue is.”

Herman knows the implications of getting this group playing at a high level. A stat he loves to bring up: In the BCS and College Football Playoff eras, every national champion has finished with a top-25 defense except Cam Newton’s 2010 Auburn team. Texas is not trying to be the exception to the rule. It intends to win at the highest level by playing defense at the highest level. That’s the standard this defense must find a way to meet.

Depth chart analysis

Quarterbacks: What made Sam Ehlinger great as a sophomore, beyond his fiery leadership, was his ability to play clean. He finished with just six turnovers through 14 games to go with his 41 total touchdowns. He’s rushed for 1,157 yards on 4.8 yards per carry over two seasons when sacks are excluded. He’s been money as a runner on third-and-short and fourth-and-short, converting first downs on 20 of 28 attempts last season. Offensive coordinator Tim Beck says the next step in Ehlinger’s mastery of Texas’ offense is how he makes adjustments to manipulate defenses, and coaches are pushing him to get the ball out quicker.

Behind him, Casey Thompson is the clear No. 2. The redshirt freshman showed off his wheels in Texas’ spring game and pairs good instincts with good ball placement on his throws. He’s an intriguing prospect. True freshman Roschon Johnson, the top QB recruit in Texas for 2019, enrolled early and still has a ton of learning to do, but Beck is confident he’s going to become “a really good player for us.”

Running backs: The coaching staff loves what they have in Keaontay Ingramand Jordan Whittington. Ingram showed big potential as a freshman while rushing for 708 yards and scoring five TDs. “He’s bigger and stronger and faster, and it shows,” Beck said. “He’s playing with a lot more confidence.” Whittington was the star of spring ball, an early enrollee who signed to play receiver but begins his career in the backfield. He immediately established himself as one of the Longhorns’ most exciting weapons. The staff can split him out, too, and will get him the ball lots of different ways.

“I’m amazed at how well he took to that position,” Herman said, “and just his ability to, having never played that position, go in there and do some of the things he’s done throughout the course of the spring.”

Behind them, Kirk Johnson is finally staying healthy after injuries cost him two seasons. He gives the Longhorns another speedy option. There’s also Daniel Young, a tough back who’s logged more than 120 carries in two seasons. Herman remains hopeful that signee Derrian Brown, who suffered a stroke in January had had to have a blood clot removed from his brain, could still have a future in football.

Wide receivers/tight ends: Texas has a ton of talent here. Collin Johnsoncame back for his senior year, and at 6-foot-6 he can be one of the nation’s best wideouts as Ehlinger’s go-to guy outside. Devin Duvernay has always been a burner with big-play ability. Five-star USC transfer Bru McCoy has lived up to all the hype thus far, and it would be a surprise if he isn’t granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Malcolm Epps was a revelation in spring ball and gives the Longhorns another physical, 6-6 target. The rest of his fellow second-year receivers — Brennan Eagles, Joshua Moore and Al’Vonte Woodard — got lots of reps this spring.

The challenge is replacing Lil’Jordan Humphrey’s production at “H” receiver. Moore brings a lot of speed to that spot but needs to bulk up. McCoy and Jordan Pouncey can play there, too, and incoming freshman Jake Smith will be dangerous in the slot. There’s more speed on the way, too, with freshmen Marcus Washington and Kennedy Lewis.

At tight end, Andrew Beck is not an easy guy to replace. “He was such a dominant force and a dominant leader for us,” Tim Beck said. Junior Cade Brewer did make a lot of plays in spring practices. It’s time for him and Reese Leitao to step up. Jared Wiley looks like he has a lot of potential, and fellow freshman Brayden Liebrock arrives in the summer.

Offensive line: Herb Hand worked wonders with this group in 2018. Now he needs to replace three starters. Samuel Cosmi has All-Big 12 potential and is making the move to left tackle. Center Zach Shackelford is one of the Longhorns’ best leaders and has made a team-high 27 career starts. Derek Kerstetter can play a number of roles and could be the answer at right tackle. Georgia Tech grad transfer Parker Braun will enroll in the summer and should take one of the starting guard spots. And that likely leaves redshirt freshman Junior Angilau and junior Denzel Okafor competing for the other vacant guard spot.

Hand likes to cross-train his linemen and will tinker with lineups until he gets his five best linemen on the field together. The second-team line depth is one of the big areas of concern. Texas is asking a lot of unproven linemen to take a big step forward this offseason. “This offense has a very high ceiling when we execute,” Shackelford said.

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Defensive line: Malcolm Roach is back to being a consistent force as a physical pass rusher after missing five games with a broken foot last season. Orlando loves the progress he’s seeing from junior defensive end Ta’Quon Graham, who’s become one of their strongest players. The three guys behind them — Jacoby Jones, Moro Ojomo and Marqez Bimage — can develop into quality pass rushers. At the nose tackle spot, the battle between the more experienced Gerald Wilbon and the more explosive Keondre Coburn is ongoing. They’re essentially co-starters in Orlando’s eyes, and they’ll both play 30 to 35 snaps a game.

Linebackers: It’s hard not to call this Texas’ most concerning position group. It’s also hard not to bet on Orlando figuring it out. Jeffrey McCulloch needs to have a big senior year. His experience playing each linebacker spot is an advantage this spring. “He’s a guy that you could rely on making checks in that defense,” Roach said. “He’s done a great job of leading those young linebackers, because they’re very, very young now.”

Joseph Ossai came on strong late in his freshman year and looks like another dude they can depend on. Inside linebackers Ayodele Adeoye, Caleb Johnsonand Marcus Tillman need to do a lot of developing this summer. Touted freshman De’Gabriel Floyd will miss the season after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis, but Texas will add another newcomer this summer in David Gbenda.

Defensive backs: The safety spot is among the strongest, that’s for sure. Brandon Jones played up to his big-time potential as a junior, and Caden Sterns was the Big 12’s Defensive Freshman of the Year. Having Jones (ankle) and Sterns (knee) out for spring ball meant Chris Brown and Montrell Estellgot a ton of reps in the back end. Tyler Owens and Chris Adimora will make this group even better when they enroll.

The Longhorns are going to lean on three true sophomores at cornerback this fall, which will come with ups and downs playing in the Big 12. Anthony Cook and Jalen Green have grown up fast and appear ready for that responsibility. D’Shawn Jamison, who played receiver/returner last year, moved back to corner and has impressed the staff with his footwork and ball skills. Kobe Boyce and Kenyatta Watson need to be ready to play, too.

At nickel, B.J. Foster and Josh Thompson are the clear frontrunners. Orlando needs to find ways to keep Foster on the field — he’s clearly one of their best 11 players — and they need to find a role for fellow thumper DeMarvion Overshown. “Those guys make a lot of big hits,” Roach said. “It’s like watching a highlight tape when they’re back there.”

Special teams: Cameron Dicker had great debut season, making 18 of his 25 field goal attempts. Herman said he’s seen improvement from punter Ryan Bujcevski this spring. Both are sophomores and ought to become four-year starters. There’s no shortage of options in the return game including Jamison, Jones, Duvernay and several freshmen.

How the Longhorns have recruited from 2016-2019

Using 247Sports’ Composite rankings, here is how Texas’ recruiting classes have fared nationally and within the Big 12 over the past four years:

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Texas’ signing of No. 3-ranked recruiting classes in back-to-back years helps give this staff the raw materials needed to contend for championships. Herman is proud of those results and the caliber of evaluations they’ve done to find and sign those players.

They’ll always aim to build the program on in-state players, but the staff did an impressive job of going West and raiding California and Arizona for blue-chip talent in 2019. Landing McCoy not only moved Texas’ class ahead of rivals Texas A&M and Oklahoma in the 247Sports Composite rankings but also made receivers coach Drew Mehringer the National Recruiter of the Year according to both 247Sports and Rivals.com.

This staff is serious about being selective, too. They made 138 offers for the 2019 class, which ranked sixth-fewest among Power 5 programs, and have made fewer than 100 for the 2020 class. Herman borrows a Chris Petersen term — “OKGs” (Our Kind of Guys) — to describe what he’s looking for in the evaluation process. His hope is they’re doing more research on their prospects than anybody else. This can make them slower to offer a kid than others, and that’s how the head coach likes it.

“When we say the word offer, that guy better be able to say yes before we get to the ‘-er’ of offer out of our mouth,” Herman said. “If he does say yes, we better be doing cartwheels and handsprings and all that stuff.”

After their Red River Rivalry victory last October against Kyler Murray, Marquise Brown and the Sooners’ insanely fast offense, Herman publicly said he wanted more speed like his rival has and had a long talk with his recruiting department about going out and finding those guys. “We’re not elite fast on offense right now,” he said at the time. He feels Texas made progress on that with the skill talent it signed in the 2019 class.

As for their other recruiting rival, Texas A&M won some key in-state battles in 2019 and still has a lot of momentum. The Longhorns signed four of the top 25 recruits in the state in the last cycle, with the two highest-rated players — Kenyon Green and DeMarvin Leal — siding with the Aggies. Texas just needs to keep winning to contend with that momentum. Winning is what gives you a chance to sign more truly elite kids like McCoy and Whittington.

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Impact of coaching changes

Herman goes into Year 3 at Texas having not lost any assistant coaches, which is quite a feat. And there are a lot of benefits to that. He’s worked with most of the members of his staff for five or more years. He’s going into his 10th year working with strength coach Yancy McKnight. Texas’ assistants get to continue building upon their progress this offseason instead of starting over.

“To have the consistency is so helpful for everybody,” Ehlinger said. “Young guys who’ve been here a year who struggled with the playbook, now the consistency of running the same routes over and over and having the same plays, it’s incredible. Because now guys can really use their talents and take their game to the next level because it’s not about trying to understand the offense or trying to learn the offense.”

Herman has made an effort to boost his support staff this offseason. Former North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora joined the staff as an analyst along with former Kansas State offensive coordinator Andre Coleman, former Houston defensive backs coach Paul Williams and Fedora’s son Dillon.

Herman was a bit torn on this move, because he has liked to use those analyst roles to help young coaches get their foot in the door of the business. But all the experience and knowledge these new hires have brought to the office has been a big plus, and they’ll be a big help for game planning and advance scouting during the season. Herman has particularly enjoyed bouncing ideas off Larry Fedora, who offers 11 years of head coaching experience.

Herman knows, too, how much elite programs like Alabama have benefitted from stockpiling veteran coaches in off-the-field roles.

“The one thing, talking to Coach (Nick) Saban, is some of those guys are guys that are in the wings for when he does lose assistants,” Herman said. “And that way, when promoting from within, there’s a lot less of that on-boarding you have to go through.”

Schedule analysis

The date everybody’s circling on the calendar is Sept. 7. That’s when LSU comes to town for what should be one of college football’s premier non-conference games of 2019. We’ll find out in Week 2 whether Texas’ offensive growth is for real, and there hasn’t been a top-10 showdown at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium since the 2008 season.

Texas has embraced playing big-time home-and-home series before Big 12 play, facing USC and Notre Dame in recent years with more huge battles (Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia) coming in the future. Those non-conference games always help set the bar for expectations, and beating USC 37-14 at home last season brought a jolt of confidence that helped fuel a six-game win streak. Granted, that USC team ended up going 5-7. This LSU squad promises to be much more challenging.

All in all, Texas has a remarkably balanced schedule. The idle weeks are nicely spaced out, coming at the end of September and the end of October, and there are essentially two tough games every month. They haven’t won in Fort Worth since 2013, and a road trip to Ames in mid-November won’t be easy. But the Longhorns do get to play 10 of their 12 games inside the state of Texas.

Final assessment

When Tim Beck describes the difference in Texas’ offensive playmaking this spring, he cites what feels like a fitting example of where the program is heading.

“It’s handing the ball off on a power play and Keaontay breaks a tackle and goes the distance,” Beck said. “Maybe, in our first year, we didn’t break the tackle. Maybe last year, we broke it but we had an 8-yard gain. Now it’s 40 yards.”

Plays like those show that the deficiencies are starting to become strengths. They’re also reflective of where Orlando’s defense is, still very much a work in progress exiting spring ball. But they know they’re developing in the right direction. The culture is in the bloodstream now, and Herman can see it in their training.

“I love these guys,” Herman said. “They work really hard. Great demeanor. They don’t blink when you tell them to do something that’s really difficult or painful or inconvenient. They just do it. Because that’s the way we do things around here.”

The pieces are there to go out and achieve something really difficult in 2019. Given how many key players are still just sophomores, a College Football Playoff run might still be a year away. But after what they proved in 2018, they’re clearly getting closer.

 

Any chance you or anyone else could post the Mack Brown article by Olson?

Listening to IT podcast and, apparently, Mack admits to a lot of the fuck ups towards the end of his time here. Sounds juicy

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At some point, Tom Herman recognized he was sort of talking out of both sides of his mouth.

To motivate his 2018 Texas team, he’d tell his guys nobody was giving them a shot. Go prove everyone wrong, he’d say. And he would also urge them to totally tune out what everyone was saying about them.

Which is, you know, pretty contradictory. He was asking them to block out the noise and care about it at the same time.

“So our mantra this year will continue to be, instead of ‘Prove them wrong,’ we’ve got signs everywhere that say ‘Prove us right,’” Herman said.

That does make more sense. And in this program, it’s probably wise to strategize on how to handle all the noise. The talk about Texas football right now is as positive as it’s been in almost a decade. When you win 10 games, play for a Big 12 title and knock off No. 5 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, you get people believing again.

Perception sure does flip fast, as the Longhorns learned last year. In the opener, they found themselves trudging off a rain-soaked field after inexplicably losing to Maryland. And in the finale, they hoisted a New Year’s Six bowl trophy, confetti and streamers rained down, and quarterback Sam Ehlinger boasted: “Longhorn Nation, we’re baaaaack!”

Herman responded to that bold and boisterous declaration with folded arms and a less-than-thrilled smile. The head coach’s message during this hype-heavy offseason: All that matters is what’s believed inside their building. But internally, the confidence is real.

The Longhorns have a proven difference-maker at quarterback. They haven’t had that in a long time. They have an increasingly impressive amount of offensive firepower. They have much-needed coaching stability. They have proof that their culture of toughness can win big. They have several question marks, too. But entering Year 3 under Herman, they might have what it takes to win the conference.

Biggest on-field question

When Herman is asked just how much hype his team deserves this offseason and what he considers reasonable expectations, he gets right to the point.

“If we can play defense somewhat closely to the way we played it the last couple years,” Herman said, “I think we’ve got a chance to compete for the conference again.”

He’s trying to replace eight senior starters who combined for 233 career starts. Texas lost captains, playmakers and future pros on defense. And it certainly showed in spring practice with all the big plays their inexperienced replacements allowed.

With safeties Brandon Jones and Caden Sterns sidelined during spring ball, the Longhorns had practically a brand new defensive lineup that included just one player who has started more than 10 games. The No. 1 defense to begin their April 13 spring game featured five sophomores and two redshirt freshmen on the field.

The vocal leadership of that group is a concern Herman will be watching closely. Senior defensive end Malcolm Roach knows it’s his turn. Defensive coordinator Todd Orlando said he’s frequently thanked Roach this spring for calling out teammates who are loafing or not being physical in practice. Texas needs guys like Roach to be tone-setters.

“It’s a challenge at first, being the guy that has to come in and talk all the time,” Roach said. “But it’s a role I embrace.”

Roach, Jones and Sterns have earned that kind of respect. Safety Chris Brown was a vocal and energetic presence in spring ball, but he also missed time because of an injury.

“It’s hard to lead when you’re on the sideline,” Herman said. “So everything’s been kind of going through Malcolm right now, which … I mean, who else is it gonna be?”

The fact that Texas’ returning defenders have a combined 72 career starts among them is alarming, but it’s not like the Longhorns are utterly depleted in the talent department. When their incoming freshmen get on campus in the summer, the defense will have 22 players who were four-stars or better as recruits. And most of them are still quite young.

Through their struggles this spring, Orlando has tried to keep that lack of maturity in perspective. There’s a fine line, he says, between being demanding and a little bit patient. He cites redshirt freshman Ayodele Adeoye as a fine example of the process this offseason. Texas needs Adeoye to play a significant role at inside linebacker this fall, but it is just starting to take off his training wheels. He and the younger defenders will get it right in more controlled practice settings, when coaches are out there to correct them, but the live reps they get in scrimmages are the true test of progress.

“When you put them on the field by themselves,” Orlando asks, “can they do it consistently?”

There’s still plenty of time to get there. Orlando has things he’s determined to fix, too, no matter who’s on the field. As he studied the Longhorns’ 2018 tape, he scrutinized their play in end-of-game situations and on third downs. Texas played in 10 games decided by one-score margins last season, and Orlando feels he needs better calls for last-minute drives.

And on third-down conversions, Orlando has never in his 14 years as a coordinator had a defense perform as poorly as last year’s squad did. Texas dropped from No. 3 in FBS in 2017 all the way to No. 109, failing to get stops on 44.3 percent of third downs. In Big 12 play, it was 48 percent. Orlando’s career average as a coordinator before last season: 34.4 percent.

“We’ve been up and down in terms of the looks and disguises we’re doing,” he said, “and finding out what exactly the issue is.”

Herman knows the implications of getting this group playing at a high level. A stat he loves to bring up: In the BCS and College Football Playoff eras, every national champion has finished with a top-25 defense except Cam Newton’s 2010 Auburn team. Texas is not trying to be the exception to the rule. It intends to win at the highest level by playing defense at the highest level. That’s the standard this defense must find a way to meet.

Depth chart analysis

Quarterbacks: What made Sam Ehlinger great as a sophomore, beyond his fiery leadership, was his ability to play clean. He finished with just six turnovers through 14 games to go with his 41 total touchdowns. He’s rushed for 1,157 yards on 4.8 yards per carry over two seasons when sacks are excluded. He’s been money as a runner on third-and-short and fourth-and-short, converting first downs on 20 of 28 attempts last season. Offensive coordinator Tim Beck says the next step in Ehlinger’s mastery of Texas’ offense is how he makes adjustments to manipulate defenses, and coaches are pushing him to get the ball out quicker.

Behind him, Casey Thompson is the clear No. 2. The redshirt freshman showed off his wheels in Texas’ spring game and pairs good instincts with good ball placement on his throws. He’s an intriguing prospect. True freshman Roschon Johnson, the top QB recruit in Texas for 2019, enrolled early and still has a ton of learning to do, but Beck is confident he’s going to become “a really good player for us.”

Running backs: The coaching staff loves what they have in Keaontay Ingramand Jordan Whittington. Ingram showed big potential as a freshman while rushing for 708 yards and scoring five TDs. “He’s bigger and stronger and faster, and it shows,” Beck said. “He’s playing with a lot more confidence.” Whittington was the star of spring ball, an early enrollee who signed to play receiver but begins his career in the backfield. He immediately established himself as one of the Longhorns’ most exciting weapons. The staff can split him out, too, and will get him the ball lots of different ways.

“I’m amazed at how well he took to that position,” Herman said, “and just his ability to, having never played that position, go in there and do some of the things he’s done throughout the course of the spring.”

Behind them, Kirk Johnson is finally staying healthy after injuries cost him two seasons. He gives the Longhorns another speedy option. There’s also Daniel Young, a tough back who’s logged more than 120 carries in two seasons. Herman remains hopeful that signee Derrian Brown, who suffered a stroke in January had had to have a blood clot removed from his brain, could still have a future in football.

Wide receivers/tight ends: Texas has a ton of talent here. Collin Johnsoncame back for his senior year, and at 6-foot-6 he can be one of the nation’s best wideouts as Ehlinger’s go-to guy outside. Devin Duvernay has always been a burner with big-play ability. Five-star USC transfer Bru McCoy has lived up to all the hype thus far, and it would be a surprise if he isn’t granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Malcolm Epps was a revelation in spring ball and gives the Longhorns another physical, 6-6 target. The rest of his fellow second-year receivers — Brennan Eagles, Joshua Moore and Al’Vonte Woodard — got lots of reps this spring.

The challenge is replacing Lil’Jordan Humphrey’s production at “H” receiver. Moore brings a lot of speed to that spot but needs to bulk up. McCoy and Jordan Pouncey can play there, too, and incoming freshman Jake Smith will be dangerous in the slot. There’s more speed on the way, too, with freshmen Marcus Washington and Kennedy Lewis.

At tight end, Andrew Beck is not an easy guy to replace. “He was such a dominant force and a dominant leader for us,” Tim Beck said. Junior Cade Brewer did make a lot of plays in spring practices. It’s time for him and Reese Leitao to step up. Jared Wiley looks like he has a lot of potential, and fellow freshman Brayden Liebrock arrives in the summer.

Offensive line: Herb Hand worked wonders with this group in 2018. Now he needs to replace three starters. Samuel Cosmi has All-Big 12 potential and is making the move to left tackle. Center Zach Shackelford is one of the Longhorns’ best leaders and has made a team-high 27 career starts. Derek Kerstetter can play a number of roles and could be the answer at right tackle. Georgia Tech grad transfer Parker Braun will enroll in the summer and should take one of the starting guard spots. And that likely leaves redshirt freshman Junior Angilau and junior Denzel Okafor competing for the other vacant guard spot.

Hand likes to cross-train his linemen and will tinker with lineups until he gets his five best linemen on the field together. The second-team line depth is one of the big areas of concern. Texas is asking a lot of unproven linemen to take a big step forward this offseason. “This offense has a very high ceiling when we execute,” Shackelford said.

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Defensive line: Malcolm Roach is back to being a consistent force as a physical pass rusher after missing five games with a broken foot last season. Orlando loves the progress he’s seeing from junior defensive end Ta’Quon Graham, who’s become one of their strongest players. The three guys behind them — Jacoby Jones, Moro Ojomo and Marqez Bimage — can develop into quality pass rushers. At the nose tackle spot, the battle between the more experienced Gerald Wilbon and the more explosive Keondre Coburn is ongoing. They’re essentially co-starters in Orlando’s eyes, and they’ll both play 30 to 35 snaps a game.

Linebackers: It’s hard not to call this Texas’ most concerning position group. It’s also hard not to bet on Orlando figuring it out. Jeffrey McCulloch needs to have a big senior year. His experience playing each linebacker spot is an advantage this spring. “He’s a guy that you could rely on making checks in that defense,” Roach said. “He’s done a great job of leading those young linebackers, because they’re very, very young now.”

Joseph Ossai came on strong late in his freshman year and looks like another dude they can depend on. Inside linebackers Ayodele Adeoye, Caleb Johnsonand Marcus Tillman need to do a lot of developing this summer. Touted freshman De’Gabriel Floyd will miss the season after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis, but Texas will add another newcomer this summer in David Gbenda.

Defensive backs: The safety spot is among the strongest, that’s for sure. Brandon Jones played up to his big-time potential as a junior, and Caden Sterns was the Big 12’s Defensive Freshman of the Year. Having Jones (ankle) and Sterns (knee) out for spring ball meant Chris Brown and Montrell Estellgot a ton of reps in the back end. Tyler Owens and Chris Adimora will make this group even better when they enroll.

The Longhorns are going to lean on three true sophomores at cornerback this fall, which will come with ups and downs playing in the Big 12. Anthony Cook and Jalen Green have grown up fast and appear ready for that responsibility. D’Shawn Jamison, who played receiver/returner last year, moved back to corner and has impressed the staff with his footwork and ball skills. Kobe Boyce and Kenyatta Watson need to be ready to play, too.

At nickel, B.J. Foster and Josh Thompson are the clear frontrunners. Orlando needs to find ways to keep Foster on the field — he’s clearly one of their best 11 players — and they need to find a role for fellow thumper DeMarvion Overshown. “Those guys make a lot of big hits,” Roach said. “It’s like watching a highlight tape when they’re back there.”

Special teams: Cameron Dicker had great debut season, making 18 of his 25 field goal attempts. Herman said he’s seen improvement from punter Ryan Bujcevski this spring. Both are sophomores and ought to become four-year starters. There’s no shortage of options in the return game including Jamison, Jones, Duvernay and several freshmen.

How the Longhorns have recruited from 2016-2019

Using 247Sports’ Composite rankings, here is how Texas’ recruiting classes have fared nationally and within the Big 12 over the past four years:

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Texas’ signing of No. 3-ranked recruiting classes in back-to-back years helps give this staff the raw materials needed to contend for championships. Herman is proud of those results and the caliber of evaluations they’ve done to find and sign those players.

They’ll always aim to build the program on in-state players, but the staff did an impressive job of going West and raiding California and Arizona for blue-chip talent in 2019. Landing McCoy not only moved Texas’ class ahead of rivals Texas A&M and Oklahoma in the 247Sports Composite rankings but also made receivers coach Drew Mehringer the National Recruiter of the Year according to both 247Sports and Rivals.com.

This staff is serious about being selective, too. They made 138 offers for the 2019 class, which ranked sixth-fewest among Power 5 programs, and have made fewer than 100 for the 2020 class. Herman borrows a Chris Petersen term — “OKGs” (Our Kind of Guys) — to describe what he’s looking for in the evaluation process. His hope is they’re doing more research on their prospects than anybody else. This can make them slower to offer a kid than others, and that’s how the head coach likes it.

“When we say the word offer, that guy better be able to say yes before we get to the ‘-er’ of offer out of our mouth,” Herman said. “If he does say yes, we better be doing cartwheels and handsprings and all that stuff.”

After their Red River Rivalry victory last October against Kyler Murray, Marquise Brown and the Sooners’ insanely fast offense, Herman publicly said he wanted more speed like his rival has and had a long talk with his recruiting department about going out and finding those guys. “We’re not elite fast on offense right now,” he said at the time. He feels Texas made progress on that with the skill talent it signed in the 2019 class.

As for their other recruiting rival, Texas A&M won some key in-state battles in 2019 and still has a lot of momentum. The Longhorns signed four of the top 25 recruits in the state in the last cycle, with the two highest-rated players — Kenyon Green and DeMarvin Leal — siding with the Aggies. Texas just needs to keep winning to contend with that momentum. Winning is what gives you a chance to sign more truly elite kids like McCoy and Whittington.

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Impact of coaching changes

Herman goes into Year 3 at Texas having not lost any assistant coaches, which is quite a feat. And there are a lot of benefits to that. He’s worked with most of the members of his staff for five or more years. He’s going into his 10th year working with strength coach Yancy McKnight. Texas’ assistants get to continue building upon their progress this offseason instead of starting over.

“To have the consistency is so helpful for everybody,” Ehlinger said. “Young guys who’ve been here a year who struggled with the playbook, now the consistency of running the same routes over and over and having the same plays, it’s incredible. Because now guys can really use their talents and take their game to the next level because it’s not about trying to understand the offense or trying to learn the offense.”

Herman has made an effort to boost his support staff this offseason. Former North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora joined the staff as an analyst along with former Kansas State offensive coordinator Andre Coleman, former Houston defensive backs coach Paul Williams and Fedora’s son Dillon.

Herman was a bit torn on this move, because he has liked to use those analyst roles to help young coaches get their foot in the door of the business. But all the experience and knowledge these new hires have brought to the office has been a big plus, and they’ll be a big help for game planning and advance scouting during the season. Herman has particularly enjoyed bouncing ideas off Larry Fedora, who offers 11 years of head coaching experience.

Herman knows, too, how much elite programs like Alabama have benefitted from stockpiling veteran coaches in off-the-field roles.

“The one thing, talking to Coach (Nick) Saban, is some of those guys are guys that are in the wings for when he does lose assistants,” Herman said. “And that way, when promoting from within, there’s a lot less of that on-boarding you have to go through.”

Schedule analysis

The date everybody’s circling on the calendar is Sept. 7. That’s when LSU comes to town for what should be one of college football’s premier non-conference games of 2019. We’ll find out in Week 2 whether Texas’ offensive growth is for real, and there hasn’t been a top-10 showdown at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium since the 2008 season.

Texas has embraced playing big-time home-and-home series before Big 12 play, facing USC and Notre Dame in recent years with more huge battles (Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia) coming in the future. Those non-conference games always help set the bar for expectations, and beating USC 37-14 at home last season brought a jolt of confidence that helped fuel a six-game win streak. Granted, that USC team ended up going 5-7. This LSU squad promises to be much more challenging.

All in all, Texas has a remarkably balanced schedule. The idle weeks are nicely spaced out, coming at the end of September and the end of October, and there are essentially two tough games every month. They haven’t won in Fort Worth since 2013, and a road trip to Ames in mid-November won’t be easy. But the Longhorns do get to play 10 of their 12 games inside the state of Texas.

Final assessment

When Tim Beck describes the difference in Texas’ offensive playmaking this spring, he cites what feels like a fitting example of where the program is heading.

“It’s handing the ball off on a power play and Keaontay breaks a tackle and goes the distance,” Beck said. “Maybe, in our first year, we didn’t break the tackle. Maybe last year, we broke it but we had an 8-yard gain. Now it’s 40 yards.”

Plays like those show that the deficiencies are starting to become strengths. They’re also reflective of where Orlando’s defense is, still very much a work in progress exiting spring ball. But they know they’re developing in the right direction. The culture is in the bloodstream now, and Herman can see it in their training.

“I love these guys,” Herman said. “They work really hard. Great demeanor. They don’t blink when you tell them to do something that’s really difficult or painful or inconvenient. They just do it. Because that’s the way we do things around here.”

The pieces are there to go out and achieve something really difficult in 2019. Given how many key players are still just sophomores, a College Football Playoff run might still be a year away. But after what they proved in 2018, they’re clearly getting closer.

 

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There’s still plenty of time to get there. Orlando has things he’s determined to fix, too, no matter who’s on the field. As he studied the Longhorns’ 2018 tape, he scrutinized their play in end-of-game situations and on third downs. Texas played in 10 games decided by one-score margins last season, and Orlando feels he needs better calls for last-minute drives.

And on third-down conversions, Orlando has never in his 14 years as a coordinator had a defense perform as poorly as last year’s squad did. Texas dropped from No. 3 in FBS in 2017 all the way to No. 109, failing to get stops on 44.3 percent of third downs. In Big 12 play, it was 48 percent. Orlando’s career average as a coordinator before last season: 34.4 percent.

 

This is my favorite quote in the article. I'm glad to hear that Orlando has identified some of his weaknesses and is working to address them. Same thing with Herman noting we didn't have enough speed/explosive plays early last year. I hope Orlando quits shifting to such a prevent defense when we're up two scores or more in the 4th quarter. He needs to keep his foot on the gas. The only stop we got at the end of the UGA game was when he blitzed on 3 straight downs. 

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This is my favorite quote in the article. I'm glad to hear that Orlando has identified some of his weaknesses and is working to address them. Same thing with Herman noting we didn't have enough speed/explosive plays early last year.

Bad news is good news.  Can't fix it if you don't identify what's broken.  No news is bad news.

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Yep. Nice that Whittington has been a surprise addition to our RB depth, but he’s a true freshman and Ingram was banged up last year, so we need an experienced guy to add to the fold.

Yeah..... really hope they limit the # of carries for Whitt during his freshman season since he had such a high number of carries in High school.  Need to protect his body from too many hits. Maybe use Whitt for 8-10 carries/game and 5-6 receptions/game.

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https://247sports.com/college/texas/Article/Texas-Longhorns-Football-analysts-Larry-Fedora-Paul-Williams-Andre-Coleman-bargain-price-131516830/

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The Longhorns added several new faces to the Texas football staff this offseason when third-year head coach Tom Herman hired a handful of former Division I coaches as football analysts. Included in this group is former North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora, former Kansas State offensive coordinator Andre Coleman and former Houston cornerbacks coach Paul Williams.

The addition of the trio of former D-I coaches to the Texas staff is a first for the Longhorns, and as it turns out, Texas has added a lot of expertise to its football staff at a bargain price. Records obtained by Horns247 reveal that the Longhorns are paying all three of the former D-I coaches only $25,000 for the term of their one-year employment assignments at Texas.

The employment assignment of the Longhorns' football analysts have a start date of March 4, 2019 and are set to run through February 29, 2020, according to the offer letters obtained through open records by Horns247.

Herman's addition of analysts added decades of coaching experience to the Texas staff at a minimal investment, which is a significant win for the Longhorns as the analysts help assist in scouting opponents' game film, self scouting, helping in evaluating recruits and assisting with the Longhorns' game planning while they work in a quality control type of role. The analysts are restricted from coaching players on the field and cannot help recruit away from campus.

While the Longhorns' got off easy in paying their group of analysts, it's likely because of the contracts the former coaches had at their previous schools, which are still paying out the amount of money owed prior to their termination.

Fedora is set to make the most of the analysts, as his deal at North Carolina featured a $12 million contract buyout, which will be paid to him in $3 million increments over the next four years that remained on his contract with the Tar Heels, according to contract details obtained by GoHeels.com.

Coleman is the second highest paid coach Texas added as an analyst. After being promoted to Kansas State's offensive coordinator prior to the 2018 football season, Coleman was set to make $440,000 per year in Manhattan, with his base salary increasing by $25,000 each year, until his contract expired on April 30, 2021, according to a report by Kansas.com.

K-State gave Coleman a guaranteed deal to pay him the remainder of his base salary if he was terminated without cause, but any amount due to the former offensive coordinator would be offset if he were to obtain employment elsewhere. With Texas offering him a base salary of $25,000 for his one-year deal, Kansas State would still be paying him $440,000 while he is in his analyst role with the Longhorns.

As for Williams, he signed a two-year guaranteed contract at Houston prior to the 2018 season, and was set to make $258,000 for the second year of his deal in 2019, according to records obtained and reported by Chron.com.

 

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Any chance you or anyone else could post the Mack Brown article by Olson?

Listening to IT podcast and, apparently, Mack admits to a lot of the fuck ups towards the end of his time here. Sounds juicy

But that means I would have to hear Mack's voice.

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https://247sports.com/college/texas/Article/Texas-Longhorns-Football-analysts-Larry-Fedora-Paul-Williams-Andre-Coleman-bargain-price-131516830/

Texas' hiring of analysts added D-I expertise at bargain price
 

 

I fucking love it. Make sure all of them still get paid from the contracts (schools) they just left, and throw 25k to them for being consultants. 

Saban has been doing this for years while we sit with envy. I'm glad we're taking advantage of something that seemed so obviously beneficial and one that we should be able to do no problem. 

And that's not to say UT needs to become the coaching school for rejects either. Plenty of coaches don't get retained with coaching overhauls that we could find use for. Especially when the relative money being expended is chump change. 

I have a feeling the 20s are going to be something to behold, gentlemen. 

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I fucking love it. Make sure all of them still get paid from the contracts (schools) they just left, and throw 25k to them for being consultants. 

Saban has been doing this for years while we sit with envy. I'm glad we're taking advantage of something that seemed so obviously beneficial and one that we should be able to do no problem. 

And that's not to say UT needs to become the coaching school for rejects either. Plenty of coaches don't get retained with coaching overhauls that we could find use for. Especially when the relative money being expended is chump change. 

I have a feeling the 20s are going to be something to behold, gentlemen. 

It sets you up to have guys who are good to step in when your other guys get replaced or jump to other good jobs - you get a ton of info on them and can find out if you want them even. they get to say they worked without taking time off and get paid by the old school to do it.

it is a win-win and i am glad to see Texas jump into this. 

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He's apparently set to graduate by August.

Cutting it pretty close - not a lot of time with his new team before play starts. With at least Ingram and Whittington ahead of him, how likely is it we want him and could use him constructively? 2018 was a great deal for both Watson and for us, but the RB room isn't all that empty this time. I don't recall, but did Watson make it to campus for the summer sessions? 

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Cutting it pretty close - not a lot of time with his new team before play starts. With at least Ingram and Whittington ahead of him, how likely is it we want him and could use him constructively? 2018 was a great deal for both Watson and for us, but the RB room isn't all that empty this time. I don't recall, but did Watson make it to campus for the summer sessions? 

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RBs usually don't need as much time to get acclimated. I'm sure that lowers his value though.

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IT team notes / Kool Aid

 

SPRING SUNSHINE

Lots of photosynthesis in this Humidor as the lines of communication were filled with burnt orange UV rays this week.

Despite a poor, meaningless spring game showing, some are starting to think Sam Ehlinger will grow into a NFL quarterback prospect. He still has a ways to go of course but the feeling is there's more NFL upside than the player he's often compared to in Tim Tebow. Ehlinger will certainly check the intangible boxes like Tebw but over the next two years they expect him to grow in his ability to dissect defenses through the air. Not surprising but good to hear.

Perhaps no player has grown more mentally or physically in the past year than Keaontay Ingram. I recall hearing how overwhelmed he was in his first few practices before his natural ability took over. A year later and he's an entirely different person -- much more assertive and carrying 15 pounds of armor. This should help him hand out the bumps and bruises rather than absorb them.

While the staff was excited to see Jordan Whittington before the spring they weren't entirely sure of what to expect. He lived up to their hopes and then some. Every hint of information we've heard about Whittington leads us to believe he isn't just good but special.

That brings us to Tavien Feaster, the newly announced Clemson transfer. It was a poorly kept secret he intended to depart from the National Champs. Before the spring we mentioned to some off-line there was a good chance he'd be hitting the portal. At the time we were pretty sure UT would make a full-throttled go of attaining him but after the spring we're not so sure. We're still digging to see what Feaster's options are going to be. We're not saying UT is going to take a pass on pursuing him but we haven't heard they're going to go all in. They have four running backs they like with three of them having the potential to be really good. That's a tough sell even if they do want Feaster.

Florida transfer linebacker Kylan Johnson is another name that's been asked about. Any time the roster has a glaring hole you can rest assured the staff is going to look at all available options. If you don't hear of legit interest in Texas and Johnson, or any player for that matter, it doesn't mean the staff didn't kick the tires. They'd love to add a linebacker but it has to be a guy who helps otherwise they would rather develop the guys they have and that are coming in.

Schematically, talk of the staff looking to use heavy doses of 10 and 20 personnel is very real. This is probably another reason the staff is bullish on Ehlinger's pro potential as they look to open things up a little more on offense. Part of this is due to the running backs and receivers being very talented and versatile, part of it has to do with average at best tight end play. We even think there's a *chance* at least one of the freshmen tight ends will red-shirt. We'll see what Brayden Liebrock looks like when he arrives. He'll be the best receiving tight end the minute he hits campus so it might be tough to keep him off the field.

OU... SUCKS?

Unfortunately not really but they could be in line to take a step back.

I'm not going to share the exact quote I got on the Sooners, but post-spring practice I can tell you the OU staff is concerned the offense is going to take a bigger than anticipated step back. And on defense, they think they're two years away from being able to do what Alex Grinch wants to do.

Dave Aranda was in a similar spot when he got to LSU so he only installed the very basics of his defense in year-one. I think that's what Grinch is doing. A key difference is Aranda had some dogs to work with while Grinch has a culture lacking in toughness.

Obviously OU is going to improve from the spring and who knows what they'll look like in October but their concerns are legitimate and extend to the top.

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If Feaster is a normal transfer, Texas isn’t likely to be a player. 

Looks like he plans to be a grad transfer but not until August, which is suboptimal. 

 

“Tavien has informed us that he has entered the transfer portal with the intention to finish his degree at Clemson by August and continue his college career somewhere else,” Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney said.

 

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/clemson/2019/04/24/tavien-feaster-clemson-running-back-transfer/3567848002/

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Looks like he plans to be a grad transfer but not until August, which is suboptimal. 

 

“Tavien has informed us that he has entered the transfer portal with the intention to finish his degree at Clemson by August and continue his college career somewhere else,” Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney said.

 

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/clemson/2019/04/24/tavien-feaster-clemson-running-back-transfer/3567848002/

Unlike last year, where we legitimately needed someone to come in and immediately be a big part of the rotation, we just want a body with upside who isn't liable to explode into a million pieces at first touch. Feaster will still do just fine for us.

If he wants to be featured back, though, transferring in August isn't going to do him any favors, regardless of where he goes.

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Jawjuh can't be entirely pleased with Feaster for this... Wittek was gonna xfer here as a grad, from USC a while back. Mysteriously, he failed to make his grades and wound up xferring as an undergrad (Hawaii? I think) and sat out a year. It would be less than hugely surprising if Feaster ran into the same problem. Hell, if UNC can invent whole courses, UGa could invent failing grades. Just sayin'...

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Jawjuh can't be entirely pleased with Feaster for this... Wittek was gonna xfer here as a grad, from USC a while back. Mysteriously, he failed to make his grades and wound up xferring as an undergrad (Hawaii? I think) and sat out a year. It would be less than hugely surprising if Feaster ran into the same problem. Hell, if UNC can invent whole courses, UGa could invent failing grades. Just sayin'...

No one is entirely clear on what you were "just sayin'". I think you forgot to switch over to your idiotic danger_snax handle as well. 

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Jawjuh can't be entirely pleased with Feaster for this... Wittek was gonna xfer here as a grad, from USC a while back. Mysteriously, he failed to make his grades and wound up xferring as an undergrad (Hawaii? I think) and sat out a year. It would be less than hugely surprising if Feaster ran into the same problem. Hell, if UNC can invent whole courses, UGa could invent failing grades. Just sayin'...

Feaster went to Clemson, not UGA.

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No one is entirely clear on what you were "just sayin'". I think you forgot to switch over to your idiotic danger_snax handle as well. 

Speak for everyone, do you? Meh, go ahead and jump.

Did snax-with-an-x make it here from the eskimo hut?

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There's also the not-trivial issue of Feaster getting into a graduate program at UT. It was a given when we were recruiting players out of Cal, Rice, and Georgia Tech, not so much for a Clemson player.

True, but anyone who really wants him will be able to fabricate some sort of program, especially considering that he's one-and-done, so no worries about granting a degree.

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True, but anyone who really wants him will be able to fabricate some sort of program, especially considering that he's one-and-done, so no worries about granting a degree.

Yeah but we don't do that, and it's bitten us before. Our grad transfers need solid grades to get in.

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There's also the not-trivial issue of Feaster getting into a graduate program at UT. It was a given when we were recruiting players out of Cal, Rice, and Georgia Tech, not so much for a Clemson player.

With over 100 to choose from, surely there must be one:

https://gradschool.utexas.edu/connect

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