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Marcus Johnson—what a blast from the past, @Jeff Howe. I still remember back when Marcus Johnson was a lowly-ranked recruit that Texas didn’t have much interest in. And his uncle started blowing up the OB message board with what seemed at the time to be these completely insane, over the top proclamations about how Marcus was going to be a future NFL player. Nobody took him seriously and it became a running joke. Yeah, yeah, Marcus Johnson. He’s not even good enough for Mack to offer, why are we wasting time on this guy when there are bigger fish out there like DGB and Thomas Johnson and Cayleb Jones. Even after he moved up the rankings a bit, it still felt like he was a long shot to ever play a meaningful down at Texas. But his uncle kept spamming the board with “watch out for Marcus Johnson, he’s the best receiver on the roster.” Everyone continued to laugh. But then the reports started to emerge about how he was one of the hardest workers on the team. And then he actually started to produce. And then he actually had a solid career at Texas. And then he got his shot in the NFL. Turns out Marcus Johnson and his uncle got the last laugh after all.

I like the look of that @charlie990 Some really ugly games in that lol. But it shows a little of what I was referencing when it comes to dominating the trenches on both sides, it matters in T.O.P.

Feel like the offense has been very boom or bust for a while. This results in little possession time. Combined with the bend-don't-break defense it has made some of the most lopsided TOP games in the modern Texas era. Both somehow ended up being W's, though 😆

Kendall Rogers and the folks at D1Baseball.com have the Longhorns projected to be the No. 6 overall national seed in the NCAA Tournament. Texas does have a series loss to one projected national seed (Texas A&M), but the Longhorns have series wins over Auburn (No. 4) and Alabama (No. 7).

Game 1 could be an opportunity to knock some rust off for others that will be needed. Balance the risk, start Guttierrz but have TK ready. If the offense goes well, let staff have an inning each.

I did. Super impressive! Crazy how he is the opposite player of his dad. Struggles shooting the ball from three ... much better off bounce athlete and driver/finisher

My two biggest hopes/wishes/please santa’s is to cut down on the penalties and find a run game when the other team knows whats coming.

That's fair; so the regional is Wagner, Baylor and Wisconsin. Based on what you said, I could see it going like this (assuming the bats produce plenty of runs) Game 1 against Wagner - Cam or Wells with the other spelling Game 2 against either Baylor or Wisconsin - Citlaly or Gonzales with the committee to finish Game 3 against the loser bracket - TK Assumption is that Texas wins game 1; regardless of what happens in game 2, TK throws game 3. If it gets to a game 4 for whatever reason, it's probably TK again or a mix of Citlaly and TK.

He did not get that from his dad lol

@Gerry Hamilton you see the jump of Andrej?

It’s a football site. No one is attacking anyone. Well, some were close with Zura for no reason but the larger point remains. Disagreeing with someone’s perspective or opinion happens on a sports site. Of course I’m going to poke at what film study have you done? I’m almost obligated to but my original reply literally had its not personal in it. I think it’s past time to move on from flood but I’m really happy to throw some crow down my gullet. I want him to be successful because then our team is. Just offseason fodder. You as well 🙏🏽

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Muschamp will have teams punt the ball quicker. Offense will be on the field more often and increase TOP. Sometimes the defense would not allow any points on a drive, yet still be out there for 3-4 minutes of game time from getting teams to 3rd down repeatedly and converting slowly down the field

Jury is still out on this one. We can't knock him for 1 bad season but I'm a little skeptical when everyone was begging for him to switch Hutson to LG and Robertson to C for most of the season last year.

I would venture out to say... yes. Yes indeed.

wonder if my Mickey Mantle cards are worth anyything nowadays?

Thank goodness he has then thunder thighs! So happy he is ok and hopefully this is just a bump in the road.

God is good

Great to see this update on Missouri RB Ahmad Hardy.

Seems light for a safety but hopefully this is legit interest. Assume he will need to bump one of those 5 OVs for us

I got this Bijan to 50 future 15 recently

I do think T.O.P. is a strong indicator of whether or not your trenches are dominant on both sides of the football. It won't dictate whether or not you win/lose games, but I do think it showcases the ability for teams to win at the line of scrimmage more times than not. I was very surprised to see Notre Dame as low on the T.O.P. rankings as they were given their running game and ability to beat teams up front.

Absolutely haha

Another way to look at that data is 5 of the teams on the bottom of your list were all ranked in the top 12 of the final CFB Rankings last season. That’s 43% (5 of the top 12) ranked teams were outside the top 75 in time of possession. Tech, OU, Notre Dame, Texas, and Ole Miss. 3 of those 5 teams (25%) made the Playoffs, and the other 2 teams were the first out (ND, Texas). And North Texas would’ve made the Playoffs too if they’d beaten Tulane in the AAC CG. Personally, I don’t think time of possession is a terribly relevant offensive statistic any longer in modern college football. It’s the flip side of many of the advanced offensive efficiency metrics. If you can score points while requiring fewer offensive plays to do so, that’s a more efficient offense. That said, I DO think time of possession can be an indicative stat for defense (counter intuitively) as the more snaps your defense faces on the field, the more likely the opposing teams are to eventually score points. Of course, ND, OU, and Tech all had top defenses last season, so T.O.P. isn’t revealing defensive fatigue either.

I dont know when to sell. Me no smart.