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[GDI]

I know that last year we didn't improve our O'line from the portal and it hurt us.

So far we haven't really improved our O'line from the portal.  We need to get that done.   

[diegozanna20]

1 minute ago, Brian Hickey said:

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  🤣

I don't fully agree with the statement that the OL improved as the year went on.
They improved marginally.
What really improved is the scheme and Arch.
As for last year I think the OL was overrated because of the competition we played.

Can Flood coach the hell out of tackles? Hell yes. I have zero doubts in him having the RT and obviously the LT spots figured out.
My concerns remain at the guard spots. I'll trust the staff, but I would have question if the only two guys we bring in are the Sikorski kid and the Bennett kid.

[SimGent]

18 minutes ago, GDI said:

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

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

Not sure if this is serious or a typo but there is literally no way a high school athlete would be signed to a lifetime deal with NIKE c'mon now. 

He has an NIL deal with Nike as does a few other college athletes including Cam Coleman, but it's not for life lol. 

[Brian Hickey]

16 minutes ago, diegozanna20 said:

I don't fully agree with the statement that the OL improved as the year went on.
They improved marginally.
What really improved is the scheme and Arch.
As for last year I think the OL was overrated because of the competition we played.

Can Flood coach the hell out of tackles? Hell yes. I have zero doubts in him having the RT and obviously the LT spots figured out.
My concerns remain at the guard spots. I'll trust the staff, but I would have question if the only two guys we bring in are the Sikorski kid and the Bennett kid.

I think Flood has always been a good developer. Some of his recruiting issues were masked at Alabama with Saban. I wouldn’t mind a staff member whose focus is helping Flood and is an elite recruiter. 

[Realist Horn]

It’s always a party at the portal palace 

[GDI]

1 minute ago, SimGent said:

Not sure if this is serious or a typo but there is literally no way a high school athlete would be signed to a lifetime deal with NIKE c'mon now. 

He has an NIL deal with Nike as does a few other college athletes including Cam Coleman, but it's not for life lol. 

Glad you know what he signed because I don't.  

[Longhornfrenzy]

2 minutes ago, Realist Horn said:

It’s always a party at the portal palace 

He's a sick freak, but he's our sick freak😂

[SimGent]

2 minutes ago, GDI said:

Glad you know what he signed because I don't.  

Ok I guess were serious lol. What would make you think he would get a lifetime deal right out of high school? 

Lebron James didn't get a lifetime deal until he was 12 years into his NBA career. 

[Coop2395]

10 minutes ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

He's a sick freak, but he's our sick freak😂

You got gerry looking like Olivia munn here 

[GDI]

8 minutes ago, SimGent said:

Ok I guess were serious lol. What would make you think he would get a lifetime deal right out of high school? 

Lebron James didn't get a lifetime deal until he was 12 years into his NBA career. 

Just passing along what I read. See that funny looking mark with a period under it at the end of the first sentence,  that's a question mark.  

You don't know any more than I do.  

[Tuco Ramirez]

49 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

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? 

This is one of the reasons I would rather keep Wingo than add DK “don’t call me Sherrone” Moore. Culture and chemistry matter and the receivers we have are pretty damn good. 

[Oskies1279]

@Gerry Hamilton @CJ Vogel Just curious, would Texas even be interested in DK if he were to enter and was interested? My assumption is that Texas is more than happy with the receiving room as it stands now and are done.

[OTFBrandon]

@Gerry Hamilton what constitutes this as the “dead period” of the portal? It doesn’t seem so dead to me right now

[CJ Vogel]

46 minutes ago, Realist Horn said:

It’s always a party at the portal palace 

😂😂😂

[Connor Vaughn]

7 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

😂😂😂

@CJ Vogel you gonna hop on this livestream with some corn dogs too??

[TheRoJoShow]

20 minutes ago, OTFBrandon said:

@Gerry Hamilton what constitutes this as the “dead period” of the portal? It doesn’t seem so dead to me right now

Dead period just means no in person visits. 

[Guts]

32 minutes ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

This is one of the reasons I would rather keep Wingo than add DK “don’t call me Sherrone” Moore. Culture and chemistry matter and the receivers we have are pretty damn good. 

Yea idk why people want DK tbh. Our  receiving room is deadly and we don’t need him. 

[SimGent]

37 minutes ago, GDI said:

Just passing along what I read. See that funny looking mark with a period under it at the end of the first sentence,  that's a question mark.  

You don't know any more than I do.  

you are correct I dont know for a fact what anyone has signed as I am neither Phil Knight, Dakorien Moore's agent, nor Dakorien Moore and perhaps I came across as too harsh and for that I apologize.  Thus I will answer the question this way:

Considering Nike has reportedly only signed 4 athletes to lifetime contracts, those being Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, and the latest being our own Kevin Durant it is highly improbable bordering on impossible that Nike would agree to give a lifetime contract to a high school athlete as incentive to come play football for Oregon.   

[Nathan B]

 

[Bevohorns]

YALE OL committed to Oregon

[GDI]

6 minutes ago, SimGent said:

you are correct I dont know for a fact what anyone has signed as I am neither Phil Knight, Dakorien Moore's agent, nor Dakorien Moore and perhaps I came across as too harsh and for that I apologize.  Thus I will answer the question this way:

Considering Nike has reportedly only signed 4 athletes to lifetime contracts, those being Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, and the latest being our own Kevin Durant it is highly improbable bordering on impossible that Nike would agree to give a lifetime contract to a high school athlete as incentive to come play football for Oregon.   

No problem.

I would only point out it’s a totally different world now than when those guys signed. 

[akhookem]

2 minutes ago, Nathan B said:

 

Back to the doom and gloom, bring back Portal Front Property😂

[SimGent]

Maybe Bennett wants to play LT too lol

[Tuco Ramirez]

4 minutes ago, Nathan B said:

 

 

[Nikolas24]

1 hour ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

He's a sick freak, but he's our sick freak😂

The best part is Bobby and Blake’s expressions 😂