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Texas lost one developmental piece and one player who simply didn’t work out. Umeozulu is a legitimate SEC level athlete with long term upside, but in the short term he was unlikely to play much because Texas already has elite edge talent ahead of him. In 2026 he probably would have been a 15 to 20 snap player with the chance to become more down the road. Ffrench, on the other hand, showed almost nothing in his freshman season at a position with an extremely high bust rate. There was no real indication he was going to become a meaningful contributor, so keeping him would have meant holding onto a bad investment. Ultimately this came down to money and opportunity. Texas chose not to keep paying players who were unlikely to provide immediate value, and those players believed they could find more playing time and better financial situations elsewhere. Losing them costs some depth, but it also saves money and clears roster space so younger players are not blocked and coaches are not trying to justify past decisions. Both players are expected to land at Power 4 schools, but Umeozulu is the one with the best chance to become a contributor.

I see you missed the entire point. Let's chat on the 17th.

I’m gonna take what I can get. Need some positivity😂😂 obviously taking everything with a grain of salt

That schools fans, players and coaches should know all to well what “taking L’s” feels like

Delta: never lost 20+ players going after the highest rated people in the portal. It’s like spitting in your players faces . Cultural suicide when you preach to these kids something and then hypocrisy ensues: of course they are leaving. Be family guys. But now it’s business

Is Texas expecting more OL targets in the coming days. Seems we were caught of guard. Wish we had, more names to know at OL and LB. We get those two positions sorta out everything is good, just adding depth after that.

No way Billy would ever post anything positive about UT. He is conning you all.

Nice shirt

Is he still on campus ?

Get ready to hurt, CJ!

Dylan Sikorski Reports saying he was impressed with his visit? How you guys feeling about him coming to Texas ? @Gerry Hamilton @CJ Vogel @Bobby Burton we need a big guy like him!!

Quick Thots are my favorite

Why even say that lol

When Justus Terry hits the portal tomorrow....its going to hurt

We have far more than 8 days to fill roster spots. 1/16 is the deadline to enter the portal, not deadline to sign players. There will be signings for weeks after.

I’m going to the shootout next year just to personally deliver a combo 😤

Gerry, Jeff and I are live now on YouTube.

@CJ Vogel out there trying to pull him a dog walker 🤣

Here you go - plain text format ready for message board posting: TEXAS LONGHORNS TRANSFER PORTAL HISTORY - SARKISIAN ERA Verified Commitment Dates Prove Sark Does His Best Work Late in the Window ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ KEY FINDING: 60%+ of Sark's highest-impact portal additions committed in the FINAL 10 DAYS of the transfer window. The man is patient, lets the market develop, then strikes. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2024 CYCLE (Entering 2024 Season) Portal Rank: #2 Window: Dec 4, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024 ADDITIONS: Matthew Golden (WR, Houston) — Dec 16 ← Early Andrew Mukuba (S, Clemson) — Dec 18 ← Early Trey Moore (EDGE, UTSA) — Dec 19 ← Early Isaiah Bond (WR, Alabama) — JAN 14 🔥 LATE Kendrick Blackshire (LB, Alabama) — JAN 16 🔥 LATE Silas Bolden (WR, Oregon State) — JAN 16 🔥 LATE Amari Niblack (TE, Alabama) — JAN 18 🔥 LATE DEPARTURES: Maalik Murphy (QB), Jerrin Thompson (S), Casey Cain (WR) Note: Nick Saban retired Jan 10, opening 30-day window for Bama players. Sark landed THREE Alabama transfers in final week. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2023 CYCLE (Entering 2023 Season) Portal Rank: #24 Window: Dec 5, 2022 – Jan 18, 2023 ADDITIONS: Gavin Holmes (CB, Wake Forest) — Late Dec Jalen Catalon (S, Arkansas) — JAN 9 🔥 LATE Ryan Sanborn (P, Stanford) — JAN 18 🔥 LATE (Final Day) AD Mitchell (WR, Georgia) — JAN 20 🔥 LATE (Final Day) DEPARTURES: Hudson Card (QB), Junior Angilau (OL) Note: AD Mitchell entered portal Jan 18, visited Jan 19, committed Jan 20. Two days. That's Sark striking fast when opportunity appears. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2025 CYCLE (Entering 2025 Season) Portal Rank: #13 Window: Dec 9, 2024 – Jan 7, 2025 ADDITIONS: Cole Brevard (DL, Purdue) — Dec 13 Brad Spence (LB, Arkansas) — Dec 14 Jack Bouwmeester (P, Utah) — Dec 14 Travis Shaw (DL, North Carolina) — Early Dec Hero Kanu (DL, Ohio State) — Late Dec 🔥 (Sleeper hit - led DL in snaps/pressures in 2025) DEPARTURES: Johntay Cook II (WR), Justice Finkley (EDGE), Bert Auburn (K) ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2026 CYCLE (CURRENT - Entering 2026 Season) Portal Rank: #11 (as of Jan 😎 Window: Jan 2, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026 (NEW 15-day window) ADDITIONS: Ian Geffrard (DL, Arkansas) — Jan 3 Gianni Spetic (K, Memphis) — Jan 4 Mac Chiumento (P, Florida State) — Jan 5 Michael Masunas (TE, Michigan State) — Jan 6 Raleek Brown (RB, Arizona State) — JAN 8 🔥 (1,141 rushing yards in 2025) DEPARTURES: Tre Wisner (RB), CJ Baxter (RB), Jerrick Gibson (RB), DeAndre Moore Jr. (WR), Neto Umeozulu (OL), Connor Stroh (OL), Daniel Cruz (C) Note: Lost top 3 RBs to portal. Sark responded by landing Raleek Brown - All-Big 12 First Team - midway through window. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ TIMING ANALYSIS - THE PROOF LATE WINDOW COMMITS (Final 10 Days): ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Isaiah Bond (Jan 14, 2024) — Led team in catches AD Mitchell (Jan 20, 2023) — 2x National Champion Amari Niblack (Jan 18, 2024) — Starting TE Silas Bolden (Jan 16, 2024) — Pac-12 starter Kendrick Blackshire (Jan 16, 2024) — SEC LB depth Jalen Catalon (Jan 9, 2023) — All-SEC safety Ryan Sanborn (Jan 18, 2023) — Starting punter Raleek Brown (Jan 8, 2026) — 1,141 yard rusher EARLY/MID WINDOW COMMITS: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Matthew Golden (Dec 16, 2023) — 1st round NFL pick Andrew Mukuba (Dec 18, 2023) — 2nd round NFL pick Trey Moore (Dec 19, 2023) — AAC Defensive POY ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ BY THE NUMBERS 60%+ of elite transfers committed in final 10 days 3 Alabama transfers in ONE WEEK (Jan 14-18, 2024) #2 portal class ranking in 2024 cycle "Sark Strike Zone" = Jan 14-20 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ CONCLUSION The verified dates prove it: Sark plays the long game in the portal. While other programs panic and blow their NIL budgets in the first week, Sark waits. He lets coaching changes happen (Saban retiring, Holgorsen fired). He lets players take visits elsewhere and realize the grass isn't greener. Then he strikes. The result? Three straight years of landing impact transfers in the final days of the window — players like Isaiah Bond, AD Mitchell, and Raleek Brown who immediately became starters. Patient. Strategic. Effective.

How to go from Parker will you sign this jersey to Parker catch these hands with ya face in 4 days

“THOTS” 🤣 fn CJ

Any guess to why?? Saw his grade for possible 2026 draft and he was highly rated. Plus he meets the size requirement. Don’t understand why they wouldn’t have kicked the tires there

His Twitter is awesome! He keeps me in the loop around the country lol

Why does college football feel like a trading card game now?

Yeah burn this thread start a new one!