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The consensus greatest pre-draft workout in sports history is 17-year-old Kobe Bryant’s 1996 workout with the Los Angeles Lakers at the Inglewood YMCA. Facing off against seasoned NBA defender Michael Cooper, Bryant dominated so thoroughly that it forced Lakers management to completely shift their draft strategy.

I’m excited for the speed and physicality of this team. I can’t even remember the last time we had a roster with this level of elite speed and the potential to be an extremely physical team.

That's what it is for me too. If Arch starts this season the way he finished the year and plays at a level consistent to that all season, Texas will win it all.

Very little excitement when there is this much expected. Mostly fear, dread, and anxiety. I remember 2008 being an absolute ball. 2009 was a slog of a season with very little upside. I anticipate this season feeling more like 2009. Cheers!

Whippin butt and taking names

Imagine school A offers you 500K and school B offers you 1 million. Bye! That is recruiting nowadays.

It’s not the guardian that worries me, per se. It’s the not-for-profit that is marketing Camara as its spokesman and its fund raising revenue source. If Camara weren’t a marketable NIL entity, he’s still in France in a very difficult situation. But because he’s a highly marketable NIL story, he’s now the “French Freak” and the fund raising face of an NFP that has literally created a campaign (“PROtector”…for a Tackle prospect 🤔😂) using his story. Again, I hope this has a happy ending for the kid and the team around him is acting solely in his best interests. I really hope FOOTBALL can lead this kid to a better outcome, regardless of how he arrives there. But I will be skeptical of the “team” and the marketing campaign until I see the results for the kid.

Coaches see their players at practice, working on off hours, their body language during games, etc. Coach has earned the right to be the demanding coach he is because winning is hard in the SEC. He has to compete against loaded teams with great coaches every game. He has been to the Final Four two years in a row. Not easy. I think this new team is full of dogs. We are going to love this team.

Is this partly because of greater TV coverage compared to last year? Just curious - I watched more this year than I did last year but it seemed easier to find games this year.

I’m excited for Joe Z weekly Kyle flood meltdown.

I’m excited to see the young guys grow up even more since they came in, see how the run game will go and how Sark & Muschamp play off each other

Watching my first Texas game with my baby boy who was born in March.

I like Don't Stop Believing. I remember watching the pre-game for game five of the 2009 NBA Finals. Kobe had earphones on. Reporter asked him what he was listening to. He said Don't Stop Believing by Journey. Reporter asked him, "Why not rap?" He said, "Man, that's real rap." I always thought he liked the song. I still think he really does like it.

This has gotta work out in our favor more than Oregon since we're closer and easier to get to/ visit him right?

Don't coddle anyone. Instead of listening to songs he liked for motivation, Kobe famously forced himself to listen to songs he hated. After losing the 2008 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, he listened to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and the Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" every single day for two years. He did this specifically to trigger the painful memory of losing and fuel his drive to win the 2010 championship.

This technically isn't a Yacht Rock track, but it's Steely Dan, so it kinda counts. Regardless, Craig Way used this song to intro his old radio show with Bill Schoening. When I co-hosted with Craig on The Horn, I convinced him to bring it back to intro the second hour of our show.

One has to hold the CFP Committee responsible. The NCAA, the SEC, ESPN nor Texas is not. If no one comes them to perform their charged duty with competence, then it is time to move on. Submitting to institutionalized incompetence is not a solution. 🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

What is schedule integrity? How many seats will be filled for a Prairie View football game?

Seems like the only nuts they find are not buried. Womens tennis coach was an assistant to our coach, and an aggie letterman. Repeat playback for retaining Earley from Schloss' staff. Elko is a Jimbo staff refurbishment. Otherwise their splash hires are also obvious but with a low hit rate.

2002 interview with Shearer: https://texaslonghorns.com/news/2002/4/9/040902aaa_130

I agree with you. I would add that the playoff committee has taken strength of schedule into account in some fashion, even though we can’t decipher what the criteria is. Take Baylor’s 2014 team. They opened with a 45-0 win over SMU, followed by a 70-6 win over NWST in week 2. I week 3 they won 63-21 over Buffalo. They later beat UT 28-7 and beat TCU, the league’s co-champion 61-58. Overall they finished 11-1. But the committee, citing SOS, deemed that Baylor should not be included in the top four even though the top four included three one loss teams (Alabama, Oregon, and Ohio State) and an undefeated FSU team. So the committee somehow did factor in SOS. I think the real issue is clarity of the SOS, and how it is weighted in the overall analysis. I would really hate to see losing the thrill of in-season marquee intersectional match-ups because the SOS is inconsistent and opaque.

My favorite countdown, thanks Blake! Most excited for the schedule, lot of cool road trips and big brands. Player wise, I would love to see what a fully healthy Colton Vasek can do and for an already proven player, Lance Jackson in year 2. Let's Go!

I’m 22 years old and can’t remember any team since I’ve been old enough to know what’s happening that has this much talent and star power and all of it is in key positions. QB, WR, Edge, LT and more. Just can’t wait to see it on the field and hopefully they can mesh it all together and play as a group