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Earl Campbell and Jamaal Charles… easy peasy.

Sounds like a great pickup.....one wonders if Gasparino had positive things to say about his time at Texas and if that had any influence on his decision to pick Texas

Someone get this article to Fa'alave-Johnson! 😊

Cooper and LWC in 2028

Along with several others. @Gerry Hamilton any thoughts?

I knew this number would have a good list of some great players, but, imho, I totally agree that Mr. Nobis “stands alone at the top”

I would guess someone had "the talk" with him about football paying most of his NIL

Got Gary Patterson on his staff. Could be a " not so fast my friend."

ehhh i disagree. Texas has a chance to sign four of the top 10 or so recruits in the country. Camara will end up top 10 (if not 1)

I'm not sure there is any measure (other than physical size) that indicates Brian Jones was superior to Britt Hager. I didn't think that Jones should have been given the #60 at the time, but I was super fired up as a kid when Jones transferred to Texas from UCLA. He was a physical freak (6'3", 260# at 4.5) before they grew on trees. But Hager was indisputably a better LB. Man, Hager was a tackling machine. Especially against A&M, Hager was an absolute beast in '87 and '88. Just gutting through it. I think he is still and probably always will be the all-time leader in tackles at the University. I like players getting to use the #60 from time to time. I'm not a fan of retiring numbers when their names can be immortalized in the stadium. *I should have my eyes checked. When I first looked at the graphic I saw Jones, but not Hager! Getting old is fun

I know they aren’t the same sport, but I’m afraid the US will most always fail in a World Cup because our best athletes play baseball, football, and basketball. I still wanted us to win more…they were better than last night’s game. But hesitant, unsure, undisciplined soccer doesn’t win.

Can’t wait them to get the pitchforks out and fire Lincoln.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/excuses-lincoln-riley-loses-trust-114526905.html

This has aged like last weeks fish.. 😩

Nobis played Guard too in one platoon football. Treadwell was no slouch, either. Leiding and Sendlein were fundamental to their teams. Hager was a force. So much greatness!! Nobis paid the price in his kater years, though. Tough on his family, sadly. 🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

I remember when Breckyn Hager wore 60 for a game

This is a tough one for sure. Nobis stands alone but as Blake said, many other REALLY good players.

I read an article many, many years ago that was mainly about Butkus but several NFL players chimed in and said the hardest hitter in the NFL was Nobis and not Butkus. Truly a legend.

All great players but Nobis was Coach Royal's yard stick of perfection.

It’s also wild the range of narratives about him between recruiting sites 😆

Know this is not what the thread is about but in the Wishbone days. VY at QB, Earl at FB, Bijan and Charles at halfback. This thread brings to light haw many great RB we have had . Had some great ones way back in my day like Saxton and Gilbert. Chris Gilbert was a great college RB back in his day.

We’re 60 days away from Texas football and this is one of the strongest groups in the entire countdown. Tommy Nobis is clearly the headliner. National champion, Outland Trophy winner, Maxwell Award winner, two-time All-American, three-time First-Team All-SWC, No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick, College Football Hall of Famer and one of the few Longhorns to have his number retired. He’s not just the best No. 60… he’s one of the greatest players in Texas football history. But the rest of the group is stacked too. Johnny Treadwell was a unanimous All-American and one of Texas’ great two-way players. Britt Hager is still the program’s career tackles leader with 499. Jeff Leiding was a consensus All-American and leader of that nasty 1983 defense. Robin Sendlein was a team captain and forced-fumble machine. Brian Jones helped lead the 1990 SWC title team and had a huge season at linebacker. Nobis stands alone at the top, but No. 60 has a ridiculous amount of linebacker history behind it.

Earl and Ricky. Too bad we did not get Eric and Craig. They could have been the Longhorn Express.

Probably off of dis board.