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    Bobby Burton

    Tuesday

    By Bobby Burton, in Articles,

    Rodney Terry's basketball team fought hard last night. But they came up on the short end of the stick in overtime, losing to No. 3 Houston 76-72.
    The Horns are showing signs of being a better team. The increased minutes of Chendall Weaver, the transfer from UT-Arlington, gives the team a little defensive spark without giving up too much on the offensive end of the floor.
    Is it enough to turn the season around? With back-to-back losses to ranked teams after beating ranked teams back-to-back a week ago, the early results are now mixed.
    What lineup works best for Texas basketball? I'm not sure anyone knows the answer.
    **
    We could see some movement in the portal at Michigan after all. Yesterday, the Wolverines parted ways with their strength coach, who opted to head to the Los Angeles Chargers with Jim Harbaugh.
    There are two other defensive coaches who have yet to announce their next move - the defensive line and secondary coaches.
    Of course, Texas would be particularly interested in a couple of those defensive linemen - Kenneth Grant and Mason Graham.
    While neither player's name has appeared in the portal yet, Grant went so far as to follow the Instagram accounts of Steve Sarkisian, Texas Football, T'Vondre Sweat and Sydir Mitchell yesterday. Graham tweeted out a broken heart emoji over the departure of the S&C coach.
    Grant has since unfollowed the Texas accounts, as well as that of Oregon coach Dan Lanning. So we're left wondering exactly what is going on there.
    **
    The portal is starting to remind me of a certain Al Pacino movie line...
    Just when I thought the portal was closing, it keeps dragging me back in. 😉
     
     
     
    CJ Vogel
    Steve Sarkisian and Chris Jackson extended an offer to five-star 2025 wide receiver Jaime Ffrench Jr. Monday evening.
    The 6-foot-1 playmaker out of Jacksonville, FL was previously committed to Alabama before re-opening his recruitment on January 14th. 
    On the Texas perspective, Ffrench told me right after his offer he is very much looking forward to getting to Austin at some point soon. The earlier the better as many programs have already begun prioritizing him already.
    In the past week, Ffrench has been visited by South Carolina's Shane Beamer and WR coach Justin Stepp, Florida HC Billy Napier and Georgia's Kirby Smart.
    Hudl: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/16592534/65791bac0c539603fcf8c85d
    CJ Vogel
    A trio of Texas coaches were on campus in Calhoun, GA to see 2025 TE commit Emaree Winston.
    Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, Jeff Banks and Tashard Choice were on the trail to stop by the Texas commits. Of course, the trio then flew out to Florida to see Brandon Brown.
    Winston tells me the visit with the staff very well.
    As for an upcoming visit? Winston said he hopes to be back in Austin for the Spring Game. You can expect to see that visit list become rather lengthy, with Winston starting off the list of visitors.
    Blake Munroe
    For the 2023 season, the Longhorns ended up with 32 sacks, which was a six-sack improvement from the year before.  However, they now are losing three defensive linemen, including arguably two of the best players on defense in T'Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II, along with two linebackers.
    So just how much sack production will be lost as the Horns move forward to the 2024 season?
    In short: Not much.
    In somewhat of a surprising result, Texas returns over 65% of that sack production, including three of their top four defenders who recorded the most sacks.
    Let's also not forger that, due to the transfer portal and recruiting, the Longhorns have added pieces such as defensive end Trey Moore from UTSA (14 sacks last season), defensive tackle Tiaoalii Savea from Arizona (1.5 sacks) and some very talented high schoolers such as five-star edge prospect Colin Simmons.
     
    CJ Vogel
    It has been a busy month of recruiting for Steve Sarkisian and it is not slowing down anytime soon.
     
    Sarkisian brought two of his top recruiters with him to see TE commit Emaree Winston in Georgia this afternoon – Jeff Banks and Tashard Choice.
    Choice has been digging around in Georgia for the last week or so, having extended offers to five prospects on the trip.
    Sarkisian is expected in Saraland tomorrow to see QB commit KJ Lacey.
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