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[AtxCJC]

@Gerry Hamilton would it not be a viable option to keep the same plan about kicking baker inside but doing it with brooks moving to RT?

[Beast Texas]

I'm sitting in my home office right now, reading email. My 6 year old is awake. I can hear him in the kitchen talking to my wife about Cam Coleman catching the ball with one hand (showed him Coleman's highlights last night). Life is good.

[Coop2395]

10 hours ago, Hook em All Day said:

Lmao! She is no insider at all! She surfs every message board possible and tries to post before the sites. If you wanna see her split personality, check her out on X where she has been clowning Texas all week and what a joke of a program they are…@Texblonde05 

lol this chick?

[diegozanna20]

9 minutes ago, Hookem72 said:

I have been a critic of Sark’s scheme for a while and believe it is too finesse oriented and requires elite talent to succeed.  It invites a lot of penalties.  Sark has doubled down this portal on offensive finesse players.  We will see if his gamble pays off and I damn sure hope it does, but we have got to have the other half of the equation where we can grind people to dust and destroy their will with power run.  I hope we get some players who can do that so we will be able to play true complimentary football.  

Think it's more like sark is an incredible play designer and having guys all over the field with specific traits helps him create cheat codes in the offense...
Also, like @Gerry Hamiltonsaid, in this new era of the portal you gotta pivot QUICKLY. Once we couldn't get Baugh and the michigan OLs I think Sark just said screw it, we're gonna put so much speed on the field and so many mismatches that you're not gonna able to just load the box and stop the run/pressure Arch cause if you do you're gonna get burned.
Remember that all offensive guys do is try and create explosive plays, while all that defensive guys do is try and limit explosive plays... good luck blitizing Arch or loading the box when you have horizontal threats at all levels... from the RBs to the WRs now that Wingo has a Coleman... defenses are gonna have to choose on who to focus on... is it gonna be the vertical threat of Coleman or the horizontal threat of Wingo? Good luck to them.

Edited 3 hours ago by diegozanna20

[FAFO]

i’ve seen two different people make the AD Mitchell reference.

 

im calling my shot…. 

 

Moore is homesick.  & coming to austin by the end of next week.         bank it. 

[diegozanna20]

Just now, FAFO said:

i’ve seen two different people make the AD Mitchell reference.

 

im calling my shot…. 

 

Moore is homesick.  & coming to austin by the end of next week.         bank it. 

Hear that @Joe Zura ?

[diegozanna20]

12 minutes ago, AtxCJC said:

@Gerry Hamilton would it not be a viable option to keep the same plan about kicking baker inside but doing it with brooks moving to RT?

Thought the same thing... feel like Brooks at 6'8 or 6'9 is better at tackle than guard but OTF seems convinced that he'd compete for a guard spot 🤷‍♂️

[Longhornfrenzy]

2 minutes ago, FAFO said:

i’ve seen two different people make the AD Mitchell reference.

 

im calling my shot…. 

 

Moore is homesick.  & coming to austin by the end of next week.         bank it. 

 

[AtxCJC]

1 minute ago, diegozanna20 said:

Thought the same thing... feel like Brooks at 6'8 or 6'9 is better at tackle than guard but OTF seems convinced that he'd compete for a guard spot 🤷‍♂️

It just makes more sense but then again Flood doesn’t make much sense. 

[Connor Vaughn]

4 minutes ago, FAFO said:

i’ve seen two different people make the AD Mitchell reference.

 

im calling my shot…. 

 

Moore is homesick.  & coming to austin by the end of next week.         bank it. 

He could come back to the state sure, but SMU would be the pick. 

[Brian Hickey]

16 minutes ago, diegozanna20 said:

1-2 OL?
So if Bennett committs that could be it?
No offense to those guys but a Yale Tackle and a depth piece at Guard from Oregon State doesn't sound like rebuilding the OL from a terrible, TERRIBLE year.
It better be 2 with one being a surefire starter, not just a guy that's gonna compete for the job.

Don't want to sound like I'm complaining but after all the success we've had in the portal it would be comical to waste all of it because of another year of lackluster OL play.
I like the Yale tackle and the Oregon State guy... we need one guy that's gonna come in and be the starter. Whether it's at RT or LG or RG I don't care.

Who would be your suggestions? There are no surefire starters in the portal. The kid from Yale isn’t. The kid from Ole Miss was the worst of their 5 offensive lineman. The kid from Ohio State is interesting. You are overestimating what is available in the portal I think. 

[FAFO]

1 minute ago, Connor Vaughn said:

He could come back to the state sure, but SMU would be the pick. 

why?  i just threw up 

[Joe Zura]

The Moore and Moore I hear about DK Moore 

[diegozanna20]

4 minutes ago, Brian Hickey said:

Who would be your suggestions? There are no surefire starters in the portal. The kid from Yale isn’t. The kid from Ole Miss was the worst of their 5 offensive lineman. The kid from Ohio State is interesting. You are overestimating what is available in the portal I think. 

No offense to Flood and the staff but that's not my problem... they recruited the guys they recruited... they decided to go after those Michigan OLs and it backfired... it's on them if the OL continues to be a problem.

I have faith in Texas, they've done nothing but proving that they deserve faith.
Still, I would have big question marks IF the only guy after the Oregon St kid that we get at OL is the Tackle from Yale. I would reserve my judgement... but I would have question marks going into next season.

Edited 3 hours ago by diegozanna20

[Connor Vaughn]

2 minutes ago, FAFO said:

why?  i just threw up 

1. That’s literally in his backyard. 

2. Texas just spent a hefty penny on Coleman and still has yet to pay Wingo.

3. SMU has the NIL backing to pay whatever he wants. I’m not sure Texas can or will pay to do the same right now. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Connor Vaughn

[diegozanna20]

3 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

1. That’s literally in his backyard. 

2. Texas just spent a hefty penny on Coleman and still has yet to pay Wingo.

3. SMU has the NIL backing to pay whatever he wants. I’m not sure Texas can or will pay to do the same right now. 

Dakorien Moore is not going to no damn SMU lmao what are you smoking?
That guy can go anywhere he wants in the state of Texas... SMU would not be his first, second or third choice.

It's useless to talk about it anyway. He's not leaving.

Edited 3 hours ago by diegozanna20

[Connor Vaughn]

1 minute ago, diegozanna20 said:

Dakorien Moore is not going to no damn SMU lmao what are you smoking?
That guy can go anywhere he wants in the state of Texas... SMU would not be his first choice.

It's useless to talk about it anyway. He's not leaving.

I agree that he isn’t leaving. I also know Moore wouldn’t go to go a place that doesn’t feature him as WR1 and in 2026, that won’t be the case at Texas.

Edited 3 hours ago by Connor Vaughn

[diegozanna20]

2 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

I agree that he isn’t leaving. I also know Moore wouldn’t go to go a place that doesn’t feature him as WR1 and in 2026, that won’t be the case at Texas.

In the scenario where he enters the portal I don't see him coming to Texas unless we lose Wingo.

[Brian Hickey]

9 minutes ago, FAFO said:

i’ve seen two different people make the AD Mitchell reference.

 

im calling my shot…. 

 

Moore is homesick.  & coming to austin by the end of next week.         bank it. 

I would rather have Laloulu from their OL

[SB21]

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Without knowing his NIL ask, and if it's even realistic, hard to say for me. 

There have been a few guys that want a guaranteed starting position if they came to Texas … Texas passed on them 

Wild times in the portal lol

Were those guys starters at previous spots or were they backups asking for guaranteed starts?

im not surprised players would negotiate PT but guaranteed starting spots is crazy 

[SB21]

17 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

1. That’s literally in his backyard. 

2. Texas just spent a hefty penny on Coleman and still has yet to pay Wingo.

3. SMU has the NIL backing to pay whatever he wants. I’m not sure Texas can or will pay to do the same right now. 

Has it been reported that Wingo hasn’t signed?

 

sorry if it’s been stated numerous times and I just missed it. 

Edited 3 hours ago by SB21

[Connor Vaughn]

Just now, SB21 said:

Has it been reported that Wingo hasn’t signed?

As of last night’s livestream, he hasn’t signed anything. That does not mean that a deal isn’t in place, though. The OTF crew  expects him to return in 2026. He was a HUGE factor in the Coleman recruitment, so what does that say about his loyalty? 

[GDI]

27 minutes ago, FAFO said:

i’ve seen two different people make the AD Mitchell reference.

 

im calling my shot…. 

 

Moore is homesick.  & coming to austin by the end of next week.         bank it. 

Didn't he get some kind of lifetime deal with Nike?  

Hard to believe he would throw that away if it's true

[Gerry Hamilton]

5 minutes ago, SB21 said:

Were those guys starters at previous spots or were they backups asking for guaranteed starts?

im not surprised players would negotiate PT but guaranteed starting spots is crazy 

Starters at previous spot.

Still crazy to me. 

[Brian Hickey]

15 minutes ago, diegozanna20 said:

No offense to Flood and the staff but that's not my problem... they recruited the guys they recruited... they decided to go after those Michigan OLs and it backfired... it's on them if the OL continues to be a problem.

I have faith in Texas, they've done nothing but proving that they deserve faith.
Still, I would have big question marks IF the only guy after the Oregon St kid that we get at OL is the Tackle from Yale. I would reserve my judgement... but I would have question marks going into next season.

I understand what you’re saying. It was a down year for the OL last year after being one of the best lines in the nation the year before and a finalist for the Joe Moore award. The line got better as the year progressed. I think the biggest thing coloring everyone’s perception of Flood is several high profile misses in recruiting. My point in my previous post was that if you want a high level starter in the portal they just aren’t there currently. That’s not to say someone new can’t enter. Honestly what I really need is Texas to do some high level tampering and get someone new to jump in  🤣