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There you go🤘🏿 take on there amongst the trees

😂 come on rook, you can't leave Arike wide open. Rori, you gotta kyp.

Was the starting PG for Stanford when Texas beat the Cardinal in the 2008 Sweet 16. He had eight assists against the Longhorns.

Thanks for posting!

I remember watching this and doing a double take. I was thinking damn ok CJ going full Pat McAfee show on us hell ya!!

GO SPURS GO!!! Win in a classic game 7

I’ve probably earned it. I don’t pay too much close attention to recruiting anymore after about 30 years of doing so. I get some nuggets of info on the Horns guys but not a ton else. But I also watch a bit more high school than I have in years so I have a few favorites. It is a juggling act these days, and Sark is pretty adept at navigating it.

I'd love to hear more behind the scenes recruiting stories from previous years. How or why we got or didn't get a recruit type of thing.

Don’t know if it’s been reported on here but Field of 68s Rocco Miller reported the other day that Texas MBB Non Con schedule is almost Complete. I really like that they’re playing Memphis and in the San Diego Multi-Team Event that includes UCLA, St.Marys and G-Town. Don’t love the amount of fluff in this schedule. Would’ve rather them play more Q1 games early in the season than play this amount of gimmes. Also curious to see who they get for the ACC/SEC challenge game, heard it could be UNC on the road.

It’s gotta be allowed to a certain extent, other channels show all-22.

It would be nice to get a couple of two way players again with the talent he had. What a player.

Thanks for triggering my ptsd CJ.

Ha nope not at all

Fair enough. Apologies for my defensiveness. I completely agree with you that the coaches should ideally allocate substantial resources to DT recruiting and that it should be split between elite prospects and more developmental players with elite traits or high upside. Using the latter criteria, I would say that Sweat and Murphy had elite traits, even if the industry did not consider them elite prospects. Byron Murphy had elite strength, quickness, and productivity. He broke Von Miller’s high school sack record at Desoto. That’s elite disruption at a high level of competition. The staff should look for guys with those sorts of traits, even if they’re not 5-stars.

Just a quick idea that would need some further workshopping. Texas is a global brand with fans all over the country and world, many of which have no physical tie to the University. it would be interesting to highlight some of the OTF OGs and their stories of how they became fans of the longhorns. After being around the OTf community and seeing all the people and where they’re from, I’m curious on how we found our way to this site and how we became die hard fans. It would bring a sort of customer appreciation aspect to the site from time to time which I bet @Bobby Burton would be on board with. Just an idea. Content has always been great here.

"Mark In Austin" is my legal eagle on this site (he was in UT law school when I was in UT grad school, though we didn't know each other). Here are some arguments a good lawyer would make to try to get this down to a partial suspension. What do you think Mark? This will be heard initially in Lubbock and if you think that doesn't mean a more favorable court you haven't paid attention to what took place in places like Tennessee and Mississippi the past few years. 1) The "bet on your team and you are banned forever" rule came into effect in 2023 (I think), but the gambling we admit to occurred in 2022 (I think I got the years right). 2) The bets were minuscule, just a few bucks (I think I read $2 to $50?) so what's the big deal? And he always bet on Indiana to win, so he lost most of the time. 3) Mr. Sorsby was not even playing, he was taking a redshirt season, so his actions could not have had any possible effect on the outcome. This is not like a point shaving scandal. 4) He suffers from a "clinically diagnosed" gambling disorder, which is "a mental health condition." He is undergoing treatment for this mental health condition as we speak. 5) The NCAA profits from gambling sites even while penalizing student-athletes while issuing an ever-changing list of what's allowed. For example recently they OKed betting on pro sports like football, before changing their minds. 6) He stands to lose almost $6 million in NIL funds if he is not allowed to compete, causing him irreparable harm. 7) Sites that went into this matter in more depth than ESPN say Kessler will bring up something like the NCAA can't regulate the conduct of players like this since they are just students, not employees of the schools. This "employees" argument seems to be some third rail for the universities and they quiver in fear when a savvy attorney threatens to use it. This might be what causes the NCAA to look for an off-ramp and go for a lengthy suspension but not for the full year. Not saying he should get off, a life-time ban seems fair to me, but he has an excellent lawyer who has run circles around the NCAA and I would not be surprised if he gets it reduced to a partial suspension. What do you think Mark?

Joey isn’t the one running the program; it’s Cody and he wants a return on his investment.

The NCAA could not hold the CFP Committee to its obligation to consider Strength of Schedule as required in its charge to the Committee. It is a house of cards that serves as a cash flow conduit to its members. It will collapse as soon as the top tier teams understand how much more their football broadcast rights are worth than the remaining mid and bottom tier teams. I would guess that the B1G and SEC together would command 65% of the broadcast revenue over the combined remaining teams.

Soccer had a no show and volleyball had a down year by their standards. I still don't know what the heck happened to track and field, but we've beaten that horse to death. Texas will be back on top soon enough. And Texas needs to put together a gymnastics program because that's the last thing those okies can hold onto. And they only really win because there's like 4 programs and all the talent from the state of Texas goes there as Texas doesn't have a program.

A couple of fun national treasure cards came in today. Here’s my immaculate/national treasure collection so far

Courts will not support illicit self interest over contractual obligation.

We’re talking opinions here so I was genuinely asking your opinion. They weren’t 5 stars but clearly the final results were that of a 5 star. I didn’t even specify whether we’re talking as a recruit or finished product in my question. I personally don’t care that Murphy or Poona Ford are on the shorter side therefore their grade is reduced. I believe in a roster that mixes star power and guys that fill a role. Certainly DT is what I would consider a premium position with limited resources. My preference is to hit high school hard with a mix of stars and guys the staff think are bigger upsides than their current profile projects. I don’t know where Alex January fits, he chose the Horns, plays hard and well so I’m good with that. Hope Terry does too.

My favorite is CJ at Aggie land swearing

Blooper reel is in the works, too!