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Bobby and Gerry mentioned during this morning's show our NIL offer for the LB Alliegro that we lost out on was considerably more. It could very well be regional but I pose the question because we haven't seen players flocking to us either with the $, the OB/offense, SEC, brand, culture, education, and city advantage that we supposedly have. Something seems off right now and we only have 8 days to fill all the roster spots (outside of the playoff teams).

With the exodus of players including potential starters and reports our NIL packages have been better than other schools players are picking, a question to ask is whether Texas is still considered a desirable destination right now for the elite players in the portal. And if not, why is that? This is clearly not just about money anymore. So is it Muschamp? Sark? Nanzen? Flood? Or us not making the playoffs this year? Or is the culture in the locker room not what we think? It just seems off that we are whiffing as much as we are with big $ offers along side everything else on top of our retention rate.

I can’t believe Jordan was 10 miles away from the worker that eventually helped him to the hospital (according to his wife). How he was able to get to the worker with the severity of his of his condition is miraculous. It shows that warrior spirit he’s always had.

I'm all for Miller shaking up the lineups and playing the guys that will play hard every minute they are in. It's going to take more than a season to learn how to play proper defense but they can at least rebound and hussle for balls.

I watched the game for 7 game minutes last night and had to shut it off. It's hard to watch that team play defense.

I hope it's Bo Barnes.

Hope Jordan is ok. 🙏

Rod B our Longhorn treasure 🤘

Lee, Booker, and Harmon didn't shoot bad today. They just got careless with the ball for that 5 minute stint in the 4th qtr when ole miss came back. Crump will be good to have but more for depth this year so Booker and Lee can get some breathers. Her missing so many games will hurt her development this year unfortunately. She'll be ready to go offensively this year but she's got a ways to go defensively before she can get big minutes in Vic's defensive scheme. If she wouldn't have gotten injured, she'd probably already be almost ready by now. I hope she can start that development counter.

McMahon is a baller. Wouldn't be surprised if she makes the all-SEC team at the end of the season. It was a good game for us until that 5 min stretch where the team looked unfocused. They might have been fatigued because they don't usually lack intensity like that. But I'll take another W.

The drops he had in the Michigan game didn’t help his cause. The WR market is so inflated and Cam Coleman is about to blow up even more.

The issue with this team is pretty clear. We can’t defend and when we do defend, we keep fouling. It’s a defensive IQ and technique issue with almost all of the guys on the roster. The effort is there but at this level, that’s not enough. Honestly the guys could learn a lot from watching our women. Watching Lee, Booker, and Harmon defend is beautiful to watch. The attention to detail and intention on defense is much better. You can tell most of our guys have not been taught the proper footwork, hand position/discipline, and leverage particular off picks. It’s a product of AAU not teaching these guys proper defense early so Miller and staff gotta either recruit more Europeans or teach and develop these guys more defensively. Offense is not a problem right now but we won’t win any games in the SEC giving up 100pts. That’s just the reality this year.

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Unfortunately it doesn't look like the tournament is in the cards for this team. There's too many liabilities on defense for us to be successful with the SEC schedule. I hope I'm wrong but right now Texas doesn't pass the eye test for me.

For the 2 offensive rooms that have underperformed the most (OL and WR) this year, Sark hasn't hasn't reprimanded Flood or Jackson. This is the worst blocking WR room we've had in a while and the number of drops is up there with the most in the nation this year. The OL has been discussed ad nauseam. At least demote Flood from co-OC, but to do nothing makes me feel like guys like Flood and Banks are Sark's "buddies" and untouchable.

Ok thanks!

I know there was the event last night but I'm driving into Orlando this morning so missed it unfortunately. Is there any kind of Longhorn tailgate today anywhere in Orlando?

McDaniel's is running a lot of the same stuff Sark is. Quinn has looked really comfortable in these last 2 games. He's gained a lot of confidence in anticipating throws especially ones in tighter windows. I'm happy for him and hopes he keeps stacking good games.

Curious what everyone's YT recap looks like with all the great content OTF is putting out. Here's mine. Post yours if you got it.

The Post presser looked and sounded like the same Elko after Texas. Miami pretty much did the same thing to them defensively as we did. We just waited a quarter to adjust. They got by with a super easy schedule this year. Next year, will be tough for them.

The fact Cruz has not cracked the starting lineup is yet another failure on Flood either from a recruiting standpoint or a developer. He had all his eggs on Cruz given we didn't recruit any other centers the last few years. It's one of the reasons for the failure this year and might affect us next year to an extent as well if we don't get an experienced center from the portal. If Cruz turned out to be a solid player, he would have gotten his growing pains out this year and we'd be going into next year with a solid line. Now it's almost as much of a question mark as it was last off season.

I thought Quinn had a good game for his first one. They didn't really give him great opportunities to get TDs since they opted to run near the goal line so statistically it didn't look great. The game got out of hand in the early 3rd qtr when the defense was getting demolished so Quinn was pressing more that resulted in some forced plays that resulted in the 2 INTs. The INTs weren't that bad too. Throwing it up on a 50/50 for Waddle is understandable and the throw across the middle was a great play by the CB. Those are solid NFL like decisions by a QB. What's funny is I thought the crazy throw to the TE was actually a bad decision. Funny how the narratives are only based on the results. Cincy doesn't have a good pass rush so that was a pretty ideal scenario for him but he looked solid. He'll have to at least throw a TD or 2 if he wants to have any chance to really contend for the starting spot, but I'm glad McDaniel is giving him opportunity to develop because these backups normally don't get that chance. Hopefully he doesn't have to play in the snow next week.

That’s a shame because Niblett deserves the recognition. He significantly impacted half of our games even when they didn’t kick to him.

How is Ryan Niblett not an All-American?

Stratford and Swindle picked a terrible day to have the worse games of their season.