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hopefully we can talk Brooks out of entering the portal

Good take, CJ. The landscape has changed immensely. IMHO, it's lazy to blame Flood for the loss of Brooks (he can be blamed for other things). The likelihood he has been recruited behind the scenes to a school who will feature him as a starter is almost a certainty. Texas will continue to lose key long-term project linemen in the new era unless something changes. We will also gain key pieces, so I think we're monitoring the new ways to see what becomes a norm vs a bad portal year when it comes to OL and other key positions.

Texas will continue to recruit the Kelvin Banks’ of the HS world.

Still needs those big fish for this year.

Saban used to sell recruits the value of developing in the early years with elite and developed athletes going to the NFL. Now the temptation is to go to lesser ranked programs to play earlier and get paid, but practicing against a lower tier of teammates with the hope of transferring up in later years. Will be a challenge to compare which model works best for the NFL.

Haha! 😁

There will be multiple injuries. Probably at different times, but guys will miss time/games during the year. There’s not many seasons you go Ofer on OL injuries during a 12-16 game season. So I’m with you.

Bear with me — as I type this out of my phone instead of laptop — but I have some thoughts on the offensive line. Of course, this comes on the heels of freshman Nick Brooks entering the portal Tuesday afternoon. Brooks becomes the fifth Longhorn offensive lineman to enter the portal in the 2026 portal window, joining Daniel Cruz, Connor Stroh, Nate Kibble and Neto Umeozulu. I tweeted this and mentioned it in the Portal Palace thread, but in the offseasons of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, Texas had just seven departures out of the offensive line room to the portal. So all of this really comes as new ground for the Texas program. It’s just something that has not been experienced so far and as Texas continues its path down the roster cutting circuit, it makes sense to see this room start to lose some pieces. After all, offensive linemen are relatively expensive. But here is my point here — if the NFL parallels we have seen take place with the Texas roster continue in the offensive line room, it is more than realistic to expect the Longhorns to carry 10-12 offensive linemen in a given season. With where things sit currently, Texas has 12 offensive linemen on roster when you include Sikorski and the 2 early enrollees + Nicolas Robertson. In a given season, all you really need is eight. Both Sarkisian and Flood have mentioned that as the goal to find the top eight in spring and fall camp. While part of that is coach speak, the numbers back it up. *** 2022 • 7 offensive linemen played 100+ snaps 877 - Christian Jones 860 - Jake Majors 858 - Kelvin Banks 850 - Hayden Conner 781 - Cole Hutson 162 - Andrej Karic 129 - DJ Campbell 2023 • 8 played over 100 snaps, only 5 with 150+ 985 - Kelvin Banks 982 - Hayden Conner 908 - Jake Majors 907 - Christian Jones 868 - DJ Campbell 144 - Cole Hutson 126 - Cam Williams 124 - Connor Robertson 2024 • Depth was tested a bit more, with 7 playing over 300 snaps. No on else saw more than 81. 1067 - Hayden Conner 1042 - Jake Majors 975 - Cameron Williams 935 - Kelvin Banks 809 - DJ Campbell 389 - Cole Hutson 319 - Trevor Goosby 2025 • Even with as rocky this offensive line season was, only seven players saw more than 100 snaps. 873 - Brandon Baker 847 - Trevor Goosby 831 - DJ Campbell 645 - Cole Hutson 557 - Connor Robertson 310 - Connor Stroh 221 - Nick Brooks *** All of this to prove the point of this — We are seeing Texas concisely construct a roster with as few fish as necessary. But making sure those fish are the biggest in the pond. I bet Texas carries 10-12 offensive linemen from here on out, with the top 7, maybe top 8, being Ready for Play type of guys. Trevor Goosby, Connor Robertson, Brandon Baker, Dylan Sikorski. There are four of the 7-8. Add in an older Cojoe + Chatman as serviceable options as well. Now, who else joins the pond, and how big of fish are they? Thats the vision on my end.

I wouldn't say we're building a team through the portal right now. We have taken 13 new commitments to date, the second lowest in the top 10. You have teams like Penn St. taking 35+ (so far), LSU at 26, and so on. We're entering an era where this is just the reality, and I still believe we're doing it the right way. It's going to be a balance, and in the next couple of years, a pattern will emerge that validates methods; we just aren't there yet. Losing Brooks hurts, and it's easy to blame Flood, but it may just be a sign of the times.

Like this.

You sumbitch, you making me crash on my deadline.

lord forbid an injury

How many of those guys would've been portal targets after a year or two at another school though?

That’s hot garbage even if Seaton comes to Texas. Brooks is a starter at tackle the year after next. Could be a starter at guard if no portal pickups come in.

How many of those would you be confident in playing against Ohio State week 2 of 2026? I count 3-4. Sikorski is unknown but seems capable. So go 4. Boy that’s sobering

I need a f***ing JALEN PITRE DAWG on this roster

Got it, so 9 outside of the freshmen. Any outside of Cojoe that have a shot to start?

you called, @Rocky P?

Just curious, how did you embed that Gif? Thanks.

and foolish fans for continuing to spend millions on merchandise while Jerry is laughing all to the bank.

Does that make him a Dork?

As of 4:20pm CT Tuesday ... 12 Goosby Baker Robertson Dylan Sikorski Chatman Cojoe Coleman Coleman Christian Turntine Robertson Sherer

shaping up to be another boring livestream tonight.

Spot on