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My thoughts? Offense: QB, LG, C, RT, TE Defense: DT, NT, LC, RC, SS, FS

We have more depth this year. I’m not sure it’s that close. Few of the non-starters were impactful at Texas much less the NFL. The redshirts were great, but they weren’t playing. The starters were great, but there was a falloff. The portal makes much of that possible.

It’s been said here that we are in the top portion with this many misses it has to be staff or someone negatively recruiting against us. Uga has beaten us this past year pretty easily with a team full of transfers

Everything you need to know from this clip is what Sauce says at the end: "If I had an NFL player (come through in HS) I would do the same thing."

NIL NIL NIL

That D Line!! Phew, there were some DUDES o-line too. The secondary you got Aaron Ross second team! Man they were fierce. That backfield was legit! Selvin was your 3rd back! I will say we have more depth a receiver this year by far and TE. Should be interesting to see what that d line looks like when the dust settles I think we may have as good or better depth and talent there than we did in 2005. QB depth is definitely better this season. Hypothetical, if Arch takes us to the promised land this season how close does he come to over taking VY as the greatest/most favorite QB in Texas history? VY is still my guy but Arch would be close if he does what we think he can this year!

Eric Foreman is a name that I didn't realize was on that team. Had huge talent at LB, but wanted to play offense so he transferred. I think he is in prison (or was) now for some reason. Sadly I wish he had stayed at UT and fulfilled his potential.

Cosby played quite a bit in the season and in the USC game, in my recall. David Thomas was so good as a receiver and Ramonce was often a slot as a practical matter so there were no shortage of targets for Vince. If you don't remember how that was the best OL ever at Texas just watch the two point conversion at the end of the USC game. Robison and Crowder were the best pair of Edges Texas ever had. Robison was a Pro Bowler. The FB had a decent NFL career, one of the RBs led the NFL in rushing, another had a good career, and a third one played DE in the League. And then there was the tragedy of Ramonce. That team was astonishing. 70-3 in the Big 12 Champ game. Ask Joel Klatt. And I didn't mention the QB. If this team goes 16-0 and floods the NFL with the ROY and several Pro Bowlers over time let me know.

It’s ok Bobby won’t find us this deep in the thread lol 😂

I have season tickets in the East Campus Garage. I find anything closer than that means a very dragged out entry and exit. Parking on campus takes forever.

Weigand deserves recognition for how good he was.

He mentions Kelvin Banks, but Christian Jones was just as good as him that season and was drafted and still on a roster. Hayden Conner also got drafted and is still on a roster. Brennan Marion gonna Brennan Marion. Let's see how his Inspector Gadget offense fares this time around

We’re down to 52 days until kickoff, so today’s countdown spot goes to some pretty solid names in burnt orange. Samuel Cosmi turned into one of the best offensive tackles Texas has had in recent years, earned second-team All-America honors in 2020, was first-team All-Big 12 that same season, and wound up as a second-round NFL Draft pick. He also did something you almost never see from a Texas offensive lineman: scoring a rushing touchdown. Charlie Tanner deserves some love too. He was a dependable piece of the offensive line in the late 2000s, played in 45 games with 33 starts, earned all-conference recognition, and started every game for the 2009 Big 12 championship team that played for the national title. DJ Campbell played in 50 games with 43 starts and became a steady presence up front over the last few years. He was a big part of the lines that helped Texas reach back-to-back College Football Playoffs and the 2024 SEC Championship Game. Current No. 52 is freshman defensive lineman James Johnson.

That team was so stacked. Lt's do a head-to-head comparison after the season.

Man, that 2005 defensive backfield.... wow. What a team and year that was. A lot of similarities to this team in terms of depth - if anything, feels like we are deeper now. As said above - WR seems like a stronger room now, but overall a lot of either/ors for me. Of course, we know how that year played out and still have to see this year, but the pieces are there. Let's go! 🤘

What makes this even more hilarious is they lost Seaton to the portal. He was the best lineman they had. Talk about gassing up. That was very foolish and is a terrible look on his credibility.

I’d take this and probably many other years over the 2005 receivers. Outside of sweed there just wasn’t anything there that stands out(Shipley being hurt and Quan being a freshman is it). I’d probably also take the current crop of linebackers.

20 NFL Draft picks that appeared on that team (guys like Jermichael Finley, Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley etc... red shirted) 5 first rounders 4 second rounders 3 third rounders

(QUICK) DEFENSIVE END 80 Tim Crowder Jr. 49 Eric Hall Sr. DEFENSIVE (NOSE) TACKLE 97 Frank Okam So. 92 Larry Dibbles Sr. 75 Roy Miller Fr. DEFENSIVE TACKLE 90 Rodrique Wright Sr. 96 Derek Lokey So. (POWER) DEFENSIVE END 39 Brian Robison Jr. 98 Brian Orakpo Fr.-RS STRONGSIDE LINEBACKER 40 Robert Killebrew So. 21 Eric Foreman So. MIDDLE LINEBACKER 2 Aaron Harris Sr. 40 Robert Killebrew So. WEAKSIDE LINEBACKER 44 Rashad Bobino Fr.-RS 4 Drew Kelson So. RIGHT CORNERBACK 8 Cedric Griffin Sr. 28 Brandon Foster So. 29 Ryan Palmer Fr.-RS FREE SAFETY 27 Michael Griffin Jr. 26 Marcus Griffin So. STRONG SAFETY 7 Michael Huff Sr. 18 Matt Melton Jr. LEFT CORNERBACK 5 Tarell Brown Jr. 31 Aaron Ross Jr. 13 Erick Jackson So.

Conversation: 2005 Texas Longhorns National Championship Two-Deep This was the Texas Longhorns official two-deep from the 2005 Big 12 Championship team. So the discussion is this ... where is that team better than the 2026 Texas team on paper. I know the 2026 team is yet to play, but it's a fun look back and comparison a few days out from SEC Media Days. OFFENSE FLANKER (Z) 6 Quan Cosby Fr. 9 Nate Jones So. 2 Brian Carter Sr. TIGHT END (Y) 16 David Thomas Sr. 87 Neale Tweedie Jr. RIGHT TACKLE 63 Justin Blalock Jr. 78 William Winston Sr. RIGHT GUARD 72 Will Allen Sr. 55 Cedrick Dockery Fr.-RS CENTER 62 Lyle Sendlein Jr. 67 Dallas Griffin So. LEFT GUARD 64 Kasey Studdard Jr. 51 Mike Garcia Sr. LEFT TACKLE 73 Jonathan Scott Sr. 79 Tony Hills So. SPLIT END (X) 4 Limas Sweed So. 1 Tyrell Gatewood So. TAILBACK 11 Ramonce Taylor So. 25 Jamaal Charles Fr. 22 Selvin Young Jr. FULLBACK 46 Ahmard Hall Sr. 33 Michael Houston Fr. QUARTERBACK 10 Vince Young Jr. 7 Matt Nordgren Sr. SUB B (replaces TE or FB in three receiver set) 5 Billy Pittman So. 6 Quan Cosby Fr.

Agree. It's the little things that he does to avoid tacklers that's amazing to me. If our OL and scheme can get this athlete into the open, watch out.

l love the small adjustments that he makes while running to put him in the best position to avoid being tackled.

Another factor not discussed much is the hire of Muschamp. Sark calling him the head coach of the defense is not just hyperbole in my opinion. Sark is now free to focus primarily on the offense and game preparation without having to be concerned with the D. I believe this can be a gamechangwr in addition to Milwee in the press box.

CJ, have you broken down film on Thornton as well?