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I think a lot of that centered around the fact that we had the trio of Vanderbilt, Mississippi St and Kentucky on our schedule without considering that Vanderbilt has been better than they've been in their history over these last two years and Kentucky is still capable of giving Georgia & Ole Miss fits.

Super surprised if this is true because everything and I do mean everything was pointing to Tech on this one. The thing that shall remain nameless looks like it may not longer be undefeated if this comes to pass.

I don't know that Singleton moves the needle. There was a reason our interest waned after we got him on campus and saw him in-person.

Are we sure that guy won't stay at Utah with Whittingham's hand-picked successor?

I've never really considered ND much of a threat in '26 outside the fact that they'll play a weak schedule and be in the playoffs as an undefeated or 1 loss team. I've mostly looked at Ohio St with a seasoned Julian Sayin, another year of Jeremiah Smith & now Bo Jackson but I admittedly haven't looked at much of their roster beyond that. Them & Georgia just because, well Georgia are the main threats to Texas I'm looking at in '26.

PK was a good DC but if we're being honest he was best suited for a conference like the Big 12. As good as he was we can't forget that Gary Patterson was needed to come in and help him with Quarters coverages in '22. And for as good as PK was, the fact that he couldn’t coordinate the entire defensive was an issue. We had a championship level team in '23 but the fact that he couldn’t marry the front end to the back end which led to a secondary that got torched by damn near everyone cost that team a national championship. Not to mention I'm not sure I can recall PK ever trying to make a team "play left-handed". Our weakness in '23 was our secondary because of him not being able to marry the front end to the back but instead of dropping numbers and daring Washington to run into the likes of Sweat/Murphy/Collins/Broughton we sat back and basically let UW do what they wanted to do which was pick our secondary apart. We seemed to fix the issues in '24 after getting Mukuba but this year the same problem. We watched Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi St, Arkansas and Vanderbilt go up and down the field on his defenses this year with little resistance. We were supposed to have the best pass rushing unit in the entire country with Simmons, Hill, Moore, Burke, etc and we got 0 sacks on Sayin while Indiana sacked him 5 or 6 times. Our supposedly vaunted pass rush was nonexistent for like the first half of the year. How was that even possible with all the studs we had on that side of the ball?? I'm thankful for what PK helped us build to and while I recognize the offense in large parts has been the bigger issue, I can't honestly say the defense hasn't been an issue at times too. I'm excited to see what Muschamp's effect on not just the defense, but the offense is as well.

I'm still holding out hope for Samples as the WR coach for whenever Jackson moves on.

I thought Gerry mentioned last year that Berry is related to Juluke. Maybe Wilson's departure makes him leave the boot but family brings him to Austin.

https://youtu.be/i7xv995X04w?si=_AkYmhBfSoij5bwu Really caught fire in the 2nd quarter & he's a lot better off the dribble than I originally imagined.

I think in normal years we'd pass because we only seem to take high producers at their previous stops but I'm hoping the increase to 105 allows for takes like this. Him with Atkinson, Barnes & TyAnthony Smith would go a long way towards getting that room right.

Not only that but a Michigan offensive staff member (maybe an analyst) that he was close to announced he was taking another job hours after Lee signed. To quote George W. Bush " I don't know if they say this in Tennessee but there's a saying in Texas, fool me once...shame on you, fool me twice...you, you just can't get fooled again".

I agree but as RB4 at best. If he can accept that role then I'm glad to have him back if not then the portal is right there.

Hey, if it happens remember who said it first and if they bust just forget I mentioned it.

I don't care what anyone says, Jermaine Bishop & Kohen Brown will be our Justin Jefferson & Ja"Marr Chase. I might be going a little overboard but I'm very high on those two.

This. I was one that was known to be down on Baker throughout his recruitment although most of that was me trying to tell anyone who'd listen that Drew Timme was the much better pplayer. With that said, if Elkins turned into Baker I'd be ecstatic to get that from the 15the guy on the roster. It'd mean some serious development is happening in the program.