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We're definitely fully aware of Klare and we'll have a stud transfer portal TE of our own in Jack Endries. I still think Texas (especially in game 1) will be able to rattle Sayin in his first start with what is imo the best pass rush in cfb. While your Smith, Klare, Tate, Innis, etc scare me those guys still need Sayin to get them the ball. Cutting off the head of the snake makes it much easier to neutralize all of those weapons. Think of the 2007 New England Patriots vs the NY Giants in the Super Bowl. As great as Brady's weapons in Moss, Welker & co. were the Giants rattled the great Tom Brady enough that it neutralized all of those great weapons. At the end of the year, I think Sayin and Ohio St will be much more dangerous but for game 1 of his career against this opponent, it's a bit of a tall task.

I will say that I am worried that our secondary may devolve back to its '23 version without Mukuba & Jahdae and that'd be a huge problem with the that Ohio St WR room. That's the one thing still giving me pause but I believe the pass rush will negate it to the point that Sayin will start but we'll see Keinholz some as things get a little overwhelming for the young QB. Think Georgia at Texas this past year.

I get being high on the upside of youngsters but you can't replace the experience Howard, Judkins, Henderson and all those defensive guys had with just talent especially when you consider they had talent too. Our pass rush vs an inexperienced Sayin and Patricia/Hartline trying to replace Knowles/Kelly in game one is why I think Texas leaves with the win.

My brother is on staff at Clemson and for whatever reason Louisville & Syracuse have given them fits over the years so watch for those too.

I believe Pierce is from Lucas Lovejoy, same HS as Parker Livingstone, Dailyn McCutcheon and one CJ Vogel.

I knew about the year before but I thought Ohio St was #1 last year given all the guys that turned down the draft to return plus the portal additions. They were most everyone's pick to win it last pre-season.

Wasn't Ohio St #1 entering last year?

They've got some good receivers as well. Their best WR missed the Texas game as well and they've gotten some good ones out of the portal along with stud freshman Dallas Wilson.

Without inside info, this seems to have played out very similarly to what happened with Yaya Gaad last cycle.

Sounds like they accepted his commitment but told him to hold off on announcing. Remember, he had a date set to announce and then pushed it back (probably told by staff to hold off announcing). After seeing others jump in the boat and still not being given the green light to announce he probably felt he was being put on the backburner while in recruiting circles people are viewing him as a Texas commit. Better for him to get out in front of it than to be trapdoored closer to NSD with no seat to sit in once the music stops playing. I wish good luck to the young man.

Not just the defense with a pass rush that should be much better (although '24 was really good) but also special teams with us having a future NFL punter in Bouwmeester instead of true freshman Michael Kern.

I'm still trying to figure out how much of that was Sark and how much of that was Quinn. I watched the Vandy game the other night and after we took a two score lead Sark was still dialing it up but that's when the false starts, holding calls and another Quinn pick made the game closer than it needed to be. Same thing with A&M, Sark called a game that should've resulted in 31-0 or 38-0 type game yet key mistakes made it 17-7 instead. Year 1 of Sark saw all of the blown leads but that was Casey Thompson and a Texas team that severely lacked depth so once again, I'm curious to see how much Arch(and this team) changes those dynamics.

Matt Leinart also never had the opportunity to play 16 games. They played 13 at most.

Might be just me but I'll consider it after he signs and is on campus.

I know about the handshakes and money sandwiches but those are still very different than full out bags that were famously being dropped by SEC teams well before it became somewhat legal.

It's college football and the only big games are the ones you lose and for them they remember us not being able to get a yard against OU (Brooks missed a gaping hole on 1st down), not coming through in the red zone vs Washington in the Sugar Bowl, getting punked in Austin by Georgia, losing to Georgia again with their backup QB, and then not being able to gain a yard vs Ohio St. Us dominating Michigan, A&M, Clemson or even Alabama two years ago doesn't matter to these fools. They're going to question you until you're holding the national championship trophy and confetti is dropping on you.

This kid is blowing up!!

Doesn't matter if he's worthy of $5.1M or not, all that matters to Tech is that got one over on Texas.

I could be wrong but I don't think Arch is taking a huge payout from Texas especially with the knowledge of how much he can make outside of the Texas collectives in legit NIL deals like Red Bull, Panini, Canes, EA Sports, etc.

I had heard so many stories about his attitude going all the way back to his 7th grade year. Part of me always wondered if he'd ever even make it to UT and if he ever did, how long would he last with Barnes. I'm extremely surprised he lasted the 3 years that he did.

I usually agree with takes like this but it was completely unnecessary. All he had to do was pick up the ND hat and commit while leaving the Texas hat alone on the table (like he did the aggy hat) but he went out of his way to be disrespectful for no reason. He showed more respect to aggy than he did Texas in that moment. I guess it's fine now that he sent out the PR statement but as Sark says "who you are some of the time is who you are all of the time".

While this is great to hear, it also feels like we may have brought him in a little late as now NIL/pay-for-play seems to be the only factor in recruiting and Texas won't pay what the Kansas, Dukes or Kentuckys pay. Hell, we won't even get close to the likes of BYU, Oregon or Texas Tech.

For me at least there are 3 slots that are indisputable: Ford, Durant and Augustin. The last spot has a lot of guys that I struggle to decide between for various reasons: BJ Tyler - 1st Texas basketball player that I vividly remember. PJ Tucker - To me was the heart & soul of the '06 Elite Eight team even moreso than LA because LA left a little to be desired while I felt Tucker got everything out of his talent. Andrew Jones - For everything he went through off the court and everything he did to get back on the court for Texas plus the kid bleeds burnt orange. Sir'Jabari Rice - Heart & soul of the last elite 8(should've been final four) team. Tremendous leader. Honorable Mention: Brock Cunningham - Played at Texas for what seermed like 10 years under 3 head coaches and bled burnt orange. Represented Texas tough even if it sometimes drifted into the gray areas.

I'm sure Tech will shell out several million for Battie.

I get that you guys could've asked about a million prospects but I was hoping to also hear their thoughts on Beckham Black, Marri Wesley, Chase Richardson and Avery Huston.