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How dare you sir, bring facts to an emotional argument.

I graduated from Texas in December of 2009. Loved the Colt-Shipley connection, still wear my #8 jersey for Jordan all the time. Was a great player at Texas and did everything the right way. HookEm Jordan! Get well soon brother, we're praying for you and your amazing family. 🙏🏼🤘🏼

Praise God that the worker showed up on a day he wasn't supposed to be there.

You could be correct. I think the missing component here is that the kids at Texas might not be considered "misses" at other programs. The bar is set so high (as it should be) that decent players are just getting pushed out. Next year will be very telling. Arch has one more year and Sark and Flood have 8 months to produce an OL worthy of this QB.

So which team has truly signed an elite game changer from the Portal already? List them please...

I appreciate the thoughtful response. We disagree on this. They caught a great 2022 class that had a stud and 4 solid floors. There wasn’t much change from freshman to senior for most. The real problem is it appears he simply leaned on that class and did almost nothing for the ‘23 and ‘24 classes. Not a single person was ready to step up at guard or center. Not one. 52 was very uneven to be a sr. Neto. Hopefully Brooks wasn’t broken. Slide protections were keystone and robotic. You sound like you know line play so it’s confounding that you see hm so effectively when we literally had zero folks ready to step up from the ‘23/‘24 classes. There’s no excuse for it. BTW, I disagree with you but im not arguing with you. You seemed centered in this so I’m really curious what I’m missing. As for Sark, all humans have blind spots and weaknesses. I think Sark is overly loyal and also stubborn to his detriment. His intelligence is what makes him great but it also creates blind spots. I don’t doubt that Flood knows the job but knowing something and effectively teaching or transferring that knowledge is another. Alabama weren’t his players so good or bad, attribution to him is suss. I think last summer when Sark was away with a critical life event, he learned about his staff. I think he was surprised that some couldn’t hold their mud. What I also don’t know, which is a lot, is if there is someone in mind he wants but isn’t available. Flood isn’t awful though this year was. You don’t dump Flood unless you upgrade. Maybe there’s a Muschamp equivalent. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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THANK YOU FOR THIS!

Completely spot on.

Flood has skins on the wall, but something is up. In the new portal era, players move more and earlier than you'd think. It's free agency without the constraints like the pros. These are young adults. Not everyone will make NFL money so they are getting what they can in college. Some have good agents, some have bad ones, and some have none or get bad family advice. The willingness to wait and develop on OL needs to be hammered home as absolutely necessary at Texas (and in a majority of P4 D1 programs). There are some exceptions like Banks. He could lose out on a few more 4 and 5 star recruits, but he might get a higher ratio of players willing to stay and develop. Maybe he's already doing that, and they are still in this position. My concern is we are seeing a sizable OL depth exodus without current upgrades/replacements. Hope they can get cooking in the portal soon.

Me too...this injury will result in a trying and painful period in Jordan's life. He is a tough kid though who knows how to come back from injury. God bless him.

I woke up with Jordan and Coach Shipley on my mind today. As an older guy and a grandfather, I know he is the rock for his family! May the peace of God rule in your heart and in your family.

I pray for the people in here that they will care they have a soul and will give it to the Lord (Matthew 7:21). If anybody in here ever has something you want prayed for or some Bible question answered, let me know.

Sark, Flood, whoever, it’s not uninformed or ignorant to see that there is objectively a problem at O line. When you have to rely on the portal, while at the same time lose all your floor and future at the position, there is something bad in the water. These guys measurables and athleticism are such that they ought to be better by year 3 in a college program. Too many of the young guys aren’t panning out (I could understand a couple ) Maybe it’s S&C , but this has to be identified and corrected. Sark and Flood can still be good coaches, and have blind spots. If you are married to your concepts and can’t adapt, sometimes you get stubborn. Maybe these pro style blocking concepts are too difficult to learn for these college kids in a couple of years. We need a more plug and play system? But something isn’t working, and it needs to be fixed.

They probably don’t want any lineman making their first career start next season.

Other programs probably reached out telling him that he would start next year.

Hook ‘Em! It’s gonna be a great 2026

Prayers sent

Coach shipley put this update out early this morning. Keep sending the live, good vibes, prayers, whatever you got.

I honestly think the 2024 line was one of the best in the country, and the 2025 line started the year with serious problems and improved to he point that they could have competed with any defensive line in the country by the Aggy game. The improvement over the 2025 year was actually impressive. Good coaches get kids to work hard, never give up, and improve. I also think that offensive line coach is the hardest job of any position coach on the team. No other coach has a bigger development window for young kids who sometimes need 3 full years before they contribute. The margin of error is larger for OL than any other position. Lastly, I think fans have lots of opinions and most of them are uninformed or ignorant. If you are correct about Flood then Sark literally does not know what he is doing. You can't have it both ways- you can't say that Sark should keep his job but Sark has no idea how to judge his OL coach. Sark, Flood and Texas are arguably one of the five most successful programs in CFB over the last three years. I think we should be thankful Flood is with the program. We can agree to disagree on this one.

@Gerry Hamilton I think you’re being challenged to up the mayo ante. If Texas lands Coleman, Sprague, and Woods, can we get a mayo version of Mrs Doubtfire?