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Johnny "Ham" Jones. running back on the 1977 team, which went undefeated and was ranked # 1 in the regular season before losing to That Team Up North in the Cotton Bowl, featuring Joe Montana (still the most painful game I ever watched almost 50 years later). He was Earl Campbell's blocking back (lol) though he was just 5'9" and weighed 184 lbs per the official roster. Earl outweighed him by about 40 lbs. He was always overshadowed by Johnny "Lam" Jones, the electric Olympic Gold Medal winner in (I think) the 4x100 sprint relay. "Lam" was from Lampasas and "Ham" from Hamlin, hence the nicknames. The stars of that team included Earl (Heisman Trophy winner), Brad Shearer (Outland Trophy winner as best lineman), Steve McMichael (all around bad ass, in college and pros), Olympian "Lam" Jones, punter and place kicker Russell Erxleben, and Cinderella QB Randy McEachern who rose from 5th string in August to QB1 early in the OU game when the last two QBs in front of him were injured. "Ham" Jones just showed up every day and did his job. Stats for that golden 1977 regular season include 489 yards rushing on 92 carries (5.3 ypc) with 6 touchdowns. Always had a lot of respect for Johnny "Ham" Jones.

Watching the Oregon - Indiana game late and there's a pass aimed at DM, with a safety zeroing in on his chest - he short arms it, barely tries. The announcer says something like "he didn't seem invested in trying to catch that one with the DB looming". And I thought "we dodged a bullet when Moore went to Oregon".

At least they still have Micah Hudson ...

Thanks! Very illuminating.

Great post, thanks for the insights. Couple of questions, if you can generalize without indicating who the player was. How much NIL/Revenue Share did he end up with? How was that split? Did the school get involved with the NIL part or just hook him up with the NIL dudes? What level of player was he? I assume he was a starter. Did he make All-Conference? All-America? Honorable Mention anything? Just trying to get a feel for what value coaches put on performance. "now playing professionally" - NBA or elsewhere? If you don't feel comfortable answering these Q's I understand. Thanks

The talent discrepancies between Indiana and the top rosters is amazing. Here's the recruiting rankings for their rosters. This is probably the best coaching job I've seen in college football

Six sacks against the five ranked teams combined, including some top defenses ... and six sacks surrendered against 4-8 Florida. Hard to understand the Florida meltdown.

What was the total sacks number against those 5 teams? Seems to be missing from the text

Miami Here's Georgina, a former contestant in the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5x6GafO2Tc

Gerry Hamilton, perhaps channeling Diego P, says "F--- all the voters!" I mean, you couldn't give him a Participation Trophy for "best recruiting scoop" ?

Miami could be tough if they get a good portal QB but who knows if they will. Next toughest game? SMU or BYU or ? Compare this to any SEC schedule and it's a joke. 12-0 and I say let them in to the playoffs. Drop one and then we'll listen to the same arguments as this past season.

Mock consensus has him # 83, 3rd round, 3rd Longhorn taken. This will change somewhat after the combine and after all the 3rd year guys decide on whether to enter or not. Last year the final mock was a little over-optimistic on the Horns, nailing all but one of their picks but on average rating them to go a little higher than they finally did, so take it for what it is, an early snapshot. Hopefully three of these guys come back, right?

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Aggie women better win the volleyball championship tomorrow or this dude will be pissed ...

Celebrating tomorrow's Volleyball Championship Aggie victory a little early?