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Loved those quotes! Man some of the best I’ve heard from recruits watching a practice. Seems that everyone was locked in, recruits included

Lots of movers. Need some more movers at DT, but that’s about the only position I’m concerned about. Very fascinated how the WR rotation plays out. Is Gilbeau finally 100% or will he never be the same following the knee injury? I wasn’t sure which one you were saying in the article

Seems like the receiver has to slow down in all these clips. Really hoping Ewers get that deep ball dialed in this year, could unlock everything on offense

Looking like a 9, with a tough opening round game and a very challenging 2nd if we make it that far. But I know that I, for one, am thrilled they made the tourney. It was looking very iffy for a long while.

Meh. All that matters is the big dance. Win one and I’m happy. Win two and I’m ecstatic. I don’t care much about this L. Plus need Disu and Brock as close to 100% as possible

Agree. Ceiling is a 7 seed. I wouldn’t go for it personally, unless Hunter and Abmas just go off. Not risking Disu if it’s me

Just my opinion but fans consistently tend to overrate conference tourney results and their potential impact on seeding. Whatever seed we are today is unlikely to improve unless we make a serious run in the tourney. Likewise if we lose the first game in the conference tourney I don’t think it’ll impact our seed. It seems to me year after year fans think these tourneys make a big difference and then are surprised when seeding looks about the same as it did before the tourney

Gerry at some point I’d love your 10,000 ft view of Texas football recruiting. How are we doing in your eyes? Things trending well? Striking a good balance between OOS and instate recruits?

Not Gerry but I think RT did well with the roster we have. The freshman both bailing really hurt the roster construction, and Shedrick/Weaver/Disu all being hurt during the offseason hurt as well. IMO we need to see how this offseason goes and how next season turns out. If he can get a good team next year between returning players/freshman signees/portal players than he may have a shot at sticking around. This roster was poorly constructed but it is what it is and it’s hard to know how much losing those freshman hurt RT’s vision for this team. Development has been hit and miss. Hunter seems like he has regressed. Weaver is getting better and better. Mitchell has developed but not as much as I hoped.

Any word on why Ford didn’t run or do drills? I’m worried he’s a slip-down-the-draft candidate

That was as satisfying a win as I’ve experienced in awhile. Hat tip to RT, he course corrected and got the team ready for that one. Need that same energy every night, as hard as that is. I love following the bubble and agree with your assessment. First priority of course is to make the tourney. But I’d really like to avoid the 8/9 seed line. One win would be tough, but if we did win that’d likely have us playing Purdue or Arizona second round. Both those teams choke consistently but still…

Wouldn’t shock me to see Moore get some run too. He flashed to me in the spring game last year, even with the drops.

Always crazy how excited we are for the classes and then the inevitable attrition and guys that don’t pan out. We really hit on the Oline. As good as advertised, which was HUGE for our program. I think Blue will be a star and drafted in the 2026 draft

What’s his issue? Very worrisome it’s still lingering

Good stuff. Have missed your basketball content. I’ve learned to trust your eye. Here’s hoping you get to breakdown a March madness matchup or three