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    Gerry Hamilton

    By Gerry Hamilton

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    The Longhorns are not practicing today, but will return to the field Friday for practice. 

    So on this off day for the team, thought it would be a great time to deliver a few notes OnTexasFootball has picked up in recent days. 

    * Trey Moore has been talked about the top/best pass rusher on the team in some circles already. That's because he has both finesse and power moves with twitch. What hasn't been talked about as much is his ability to be effective in the run game. One area he has impressed early on is his ability to set the edge. 

    * Freshman Wardell Mack has made positive impressions at cornerback due to his advanced understanding of press coverage from a technical standpoint. He does some things naturally in press coverage that will help him maximize long term. 

    * Left guard Neto Umeozulu was said to have had his best run of practices at Texas leading up to the Sugar Bowl. That began the last week of the regular season too. The spring thus far, it's been more of the same. Consistency in the film room and on the field. 

    * Colin Simmons is showing the ability to be disruptive in spurts without being assignment sound. All of that is expected through a few spring practices as an early enrollee. His ability to create some chaos in the backfield is evident. 

    * Ryan Wingo has been talked about plenty already. The continued theme OTF is hearing is a real skill set with ball skills. 

    * Andrew Mukuba was mentioned on Monday by Steve Sarkisian. OTF was told he is a "savvy" player that has picked up the Texas playbook very smoothly. Texas is very happy with Mukuba in coverage, and the willingness to be physical. 

    * Brandon Baker and Daniel Cruz may not be mentioned as much the first couple of weeks of spring practice due to the experienced depth and left guard battle, but Texas is very pleased with the two early enrollee OL's. Both are good in the OL room, and are proving to be keepers on the field out of the gate. 

    * Freshmen safeties Xavier Filsaime and Jordon Johnson-Rubell have shown physicality early on. Filsaime has been talked about more in that manner early on, but JJ-R has also answered the that call. Both are said to be purposeful players that have flashed at both safety and in special teams thus far. 

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    MarkInAustin

    Is there any news on the weight loss candidates? 

    Or, have you or CJV personally seen anything from Blackshire or Red that is encouraging? 

    You have reported on Sydir, of course, and I am not asking about him.

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    Jarveaux

    Great show , I so glad you fellows respect 

    Sarks thoughts about not calling any members of his team backups. They compete hard. Practice hard. Play hard . 
    At any moment they could be “Next Man Up” They shouldn’t be called backups . Coach Sark doesn’t call them backups. Glad yall don’t either. Great show !

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    hookemrj13

    Hey guys, 

    Thank you for the hard work and the great notes. Just for full circle/coverage reasoning (not because I am looking for doom and gloom) what are the "bad" reports you've seen or heard?

    Appreciate the hustle guys! 

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    Bobby Burton
    2 hours ago, MarkInAustin said:

    Is there any news on the weight loss candidates? 

    Or, have you or CJV personally seen anything from Blackshire or Red that is encouraging? 

    You have reported on Sydir, of course, and I am not asking about him.

    Blackshire would have to lose muscle to lose weight. He's built like a brick.

    I saw Red yesterday. He's still carrying a little extra.

    Sydir actually was bouncing around more yesterday IMO.

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    Bobby Burton
    56 minutes ago, goathumper said:

    Was concerned about Moore's lack of length coming up to P5 competition but seems to not be an issue thus far

    That won't be a problem. His size might be, but strength, technique and quickness are a major plus.

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    Bobby Burton
    50 minutes ago, hookemrj13 said:

    Hey guys, 

    Thank you for the hard work and the great notes. Just for full circle/coverage reasoning (not because I am looking for doom and gloom) what are the "bad" reports you've seen or heard?

    Appreciate the hustle guys! 

    Hook em

     

    Not many yet. They have not done extensive team run in pads yet.

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    sith_horn
    3 hours ago, MarkInAustin said:

    Is there any news on the weight loss candidates? 

    Or, have you or CJV personally seen anything from Blackshire or Red that is encouraging? 

    You have reported on Sydir, of course, and I am not asking about him.

     

    It's only the second week of practice. Going to take months to see significant movement on the scale.

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    4thandFive

    Really interested to see Moore on the field. If our front can create some real pressure (not just simulated) and disrupt the plans of the other offense it feels like our backend is getting to a point in development and depth they can lock things down. 

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    5 minutes ago, 4thandFive said:

    Really interested to see Moore on the field. If our front can create some real pressure (not just simulated) and disrupt the plans of the other offense it feels like our backend is getting to a point in development and depth they can lock things down. 

    For sure! Getting the QB to the ground is so key moving forward

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    taxsaver
    41 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

    For sure! Getting the QB to the ground is so key moving forward

    Our opposing QBs sure will miss Yormaks's crewz in 2024...Burke may have a good time with holding actually getting called

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    Sirhornsalot

    Just curious . . . there seems to be a lot of support for Neto to overtake Hayden Connor at guard. That may have already happened but nonetheless, there are cheers about this.

    IMO, Hayden Connor was sound on the OL and has lots of real time experience. Neto is developing and that in itself, at Texas, is a big thing.

    I don't care which one wins the job, I just want it to be the player who did the best. Just curious why people seemed anxious to get Connor out of there.

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    codaxx
    30 minutes ago, Sirhornsalot said:

    Just curious . . . there seems to be a lot of support for Neto to overtake Hayden Connor at guard. That may have already happened but nonetheless, there are cheers about this.

    IMO, Hayden Connor was sound on the OL and has lots of real time experience. Neto is developing and that in itself, at Texas, is a big thing.

    I don't care which one wins the job, I just want it to be the player who did the best. Just curious why people seemed anxious to get Connor out of there.

    I can not speak for everyone, but I am a little strange as a fan. I always root for the most talented player on the roster to start. I want the highest ceiling playing and in this case that is Neto. I will admit that does not always work. I was dying to see Kitan Crawford start at safety. Then I died watching him play safety. 

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    closetojumping
    39 minutes ago, Sirhornsalot said:

    Just curious . . . there seems to be a lot of support for Neto to overtake Hayden Connor at guard. That may have already happened but nonetheless, there are cheers about this.

    IMO, Hayden Connor was sound on the OL and has lots of real time experience. Neto is developing and that in itself, at Texas, is a big thing.

    I don't care which one wins the job, I just want it to be the player who did the best. Just curious why people seemed anxious to get Connor out of there.

    The guy flat out whiffed on touching defenders in numerous plays throughout the season. "Sound" is doing a lot of work in your post. All accounts have Neto being a better performer towards then end of last season and into spring practices. Sounds like the best player is winning the spot and, thank goodness.

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    NothinButDaHorns34
    1 hour ago, Sirhornsalot said:

    Just curious . . . there seems to be a lot of support for Neto to overtake Hayden Connor at guard. That may have already happened but nonetheless, there are cheers about this.

    IMO, Hayden Connor was sound on the OL and has lots of real time experience. Neto is developing and that in itself, at Texas, is a big thing.

    I don't care which one wins the job, I just want it to be the player who did the best. Just curious why people seemed anxious to get Connor out of there.

    Lack of push in the run game is my issue with him. He’s not a people mover, Just a people “cover-er”

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    Longhornfocus

    Love all the info on the newcomers. Y’all have been killing it as usual. Bit surprised to not hear much about Jaray Bledsoe. Any updates there? Hoping he can make the leap soon.

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    4thandFive
    2 hours ago, taxsaver said:

    Our opposing QBs sure will miss Yormaks's crewz in 2024...Burke may have a good time with holding actually getting called

    I am interested to see whether or not Texas will get holding calls FOR them or if it’s just something that is being largely ignored in college football.

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    Park Gothic
    1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    The guy flat out whiffed on touching defenders in numerous plays throughout the season. "Sound" is doing a lot of work in your post. All accounts have Neto being a better performer towards then end of last season and into spring practices. Sounds like the best player is winning the spot and, thank goodness.

    You aren't wrong about Hayden Conner. But he's a longhorn legend for icing the Bama game with a single hand. 

     

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    NothinButDaHorns34
    11 minutes ago, FrancoBevo3.0 said:

    I’d love to see significant improvement in the back end of our D. That was just painful to watch at times last year.

    It’s crazy the secondary has been below average since sark got here. Hence why gideon and joseph didn’t get raises to prove it this year. I worry about starting taffee with his lack of athleticism that he’ll get exposed early and often. 

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    Glass Joe
    5 hours ago, 4thandFive said:

    I am interested to see whether or not Texas will get holding calls FOR them or if it’s just something that is being largely ignored in college football.

    More broadly, I’m interested to see the difference in how SEC refs call the game, versus the clown show of B12 officiating.

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