Bobby Burton

If you listened to the Town Hall meeting of Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte on Tuesday night, you realize just how many talented people work alongside Del Conte to make Texas athletics the best in the country. I felt like it would be informative to give a little more background info on those folks and exactly what they do. Drew Martin - If it has to do with marketing and game-day experience, Drew Martin is the person whose fingerprints are all over it. Martin also helps manage and oversee third party agreements with media behemoths like Learfield and William Morris Endeavor. Chris Plonsky - Plonsky was once the women's athletic director, but when CDC was hired, Texas unified the athletic department into one outfit for both men and women. CDC, however, did not clip the wings of Plonsky in the process. Instead, she has continued to help build Texas women's athletics into the juggernaut it is and CDC gives her due credit in the process. Andrew Hamor - One of the leads of the Longhorn Foundation, Hamor helps CDC find the funds for various athletic department projects. While CDC is the forward facing fundraiser for the athletic department, Hamor is someone almost every major Longhorn donor knows. Ricky Brown - The former fullback for Ricky Williams is one of the heads of outreach from the athletic department to former players. Shawn Eichorst - He's the deputy. Eichorst is CDC's right-hand man, the "glue" that keeps it all together. The former Nebraska AD is a voice of experience that CDC can count on. Sarah Baumgardner - Baumgardner works directly with Texas coaches to fix issues that arise on a daily basis. She works hand-in-hand with CDC. Fernando Lovo - All those pretty new facilities and their functionality? That's Lovo's job, to execute the vision, work with the general contractors, architects, and the university, to make sure it all comes out to plan. Rob Novak - The CFO of Texas athletics. He makes sure the money is there, not just for next month, but for large projects well into the future. While CDC is a gifted administrator and fundraiser, the success of Texas athletics is far from a one-man show, and that's something CDC would tell you himself, and why he mentioned the folks above during his speech on Tuesday night. Hats off to all of those who help make Texas athletics the best program in the country. View full news

Some nice words there from Huhn.

Thank you. We all try our best. Especially Gerry with those ad reads. 😉

Knowing both of them, I would agree with this wholeheartedly. Deloss was built for another time, and I mean that in the best way. He helped put all the BBs back in the box and got important people rowing in the same direction, in part because of his true midwest style. CDC is more of a modern age AD. Still very likable and friendly, but also with an eye toward the importance and understanding that it's a big business. Like Ace said here, both great in different ways. They both had a commonality though. One-on-one with donors and fans, they are likable people.

I think they both clearly helped each other. Sweat is incredible against the run IMO.

There will be some attrition at other positions for the Horns come April IMO.

Niblett always had the furthest to go. He was never a full-time receiver in high school. And he's not a make-you-miss in space type of receiver. He's more of a true speed guy.

I'm so ready for spring ball because questions like these are ones that we want to see answered. Interested to see if we start getting more vertical threats out of the slot. That's not something Sark did with JWhitt.

Roy was definitely more talented, no matter what the high school ratings said. And I was part of those ratings and can say I made a clear mistake on that one.

Have fun Ray!

This is one of the big ones IMO.

From what I’ve been told, Texas has not made that decision yet.

Thanks! Really enjoyed doing this one.

When you know, you know. Really rooting for Kyle. Good rep of the University IMO.

I think so.

Not a problem! Gametime is ONTEXAS for $20 off first order.

Gerry Hamilton is priceless.

Thanks!

Once a week, we sit down and talk about The State of the Program. In this episode, some news we’re hearing behind the scenes, thoughts on Chris Del Conte’s town hall and the value of 11 NFL combine invites. https://youtu.be/bpZUeVqkVEM View full news

Just some notes that I picked up... Let's talk receivers to start. - Ryan Wingo continues to show out as a true freshman. Behind the scenes, Wingo is being talked about as possibly the most talented true freshman on the team. At receiver specifically, Wingo and Aaron Butler are both showing some early promise in workouts. Parker Livingstone and Freddie Dubose Jr. have been behind those two. However, keep in mind, this is very early in workouts and both Livingstone and Dubose are coming off of significant injuries. - Isaiah Bond is expected to be the team's No. 1 receiver at this point. However, I am told that Matthew Golden has been a pleasant surprise. "He's a little like a silent assassin," the source said. "He doesn't say much. But he's a hard worker." - The Texas pro day is expected to be March 20. Quinn Ewers will be throwing at pro day. It's not unusual for an underclass quarterback to participate in a pro day. The thing about pro day is it typically brings to campus not just area scouts of NFL teams but also national ones and cross-checkers. It will be the first time many pro scouts actually see Ewers work out in person, even if he's really there throwing to Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell, Jordan Whittington and JT Sanders. - Byron Murphy continues to rise up NFL draft boards. Yesterday, an agent told me that Murphy could go as high No. 8 overall or as low as No. 16. That's a huge jump in expectations. It is the best high-low projection I've heard of Murphy from anyone. "He's going to kill the combine," the agent told me. "The numbers he's putting up right now (in private workouts) are insane." - Texas continues to eye the portal opening following spring practice. The feeling remains that Texas will push hard for a top-line defensive tackle/nose guard type. While it's highly unlikely, do not be surprised if Texas even thinks about adding two more at the position if necessary and the right ones come available. View full news

Hahaha.

Thanks. Pinning this.

Colt. Derrick Johnson/Ced Benson.