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Lot of big dudes. New QB looks All-World. Should we be getting worried? Next thing you know they'll be flashing Horns Down again!

SEC rule they can't transfer in spring to an in conference team and play in fall, so probably not.

And who is that dude on the right, Fafo? Can't find him on the roster anywhere ...

Cotton Bowl after the 1977 season. Texas was undefeated and ranked # 1, Earl Campbell won the Heisman Trophy, DT Brad Shearer won the Outland Trophy, Fred Akers won Coach of the Year. QB Randy McEachern started the season 5th string and considered switching to DB, went into the OU game 3rd string, and became the starter as the two guys ahead of him were injured and out for the season. We were heavily favored against Notre Dame, whose QB was Joe Montana, and I remember an article in Sports Illustrated proclaiming us one of the best teams ever in college football. Then we fumbled 3 times and threw 3 interceptions and the defense crumbled. We got beat 38-10 in the Cotton Bowl and it didn't seem that close watching it unfold. "The Agony of Defeat" for sure. Cotton Bowl after the 1983 season. Texas was undefeated, with perhaps the best defense in Texas history, and ranked # 2, facing # 7 Georgia. Texas seemed in control most of the game but kept stalling in the red zone and settled for field goals. Made 3, missed a couple, but Georgia couldn't sustain anything against our defense. Score was 9-3 Texas in Q4 and Texas drove to within FG range again, and I figured 12-3 would no doubt be enough for the win. Instead we threw an INT deep in Georgia territory. Georgia had to punt but the returner muffed it (our 4th turnover of the game!), giving the Dawgs good field position and damned if they didn't punch it in and win 10-9. # 1 Nebraska would lose later that night so in theory this cost us a national championship. Nothing else comes close to the empty feeling of watching those two games. Two opportunities to win National Championships gone in gut wrenching fashion.

Actually wasn't a bad question, given we just poached their RB coach ... and they have at least one good upperclassman RB ... just sayin'

Just read this in Sports Illustrated. There are bubble teams who hit their stride late and deserve a spot and there are bubble teams who are waving the white flag and undeserving, according to this author (Pat Forde). He ain't wrong.

Faster than Tom Brady !! Seriously I give the big man a lot of credit for doing drills like this, where you know it's not his forte and it would be so easy to just say "maybe at pro day" like a lot of the other dudes who are skipping drills they think they won't excel at. I'm proud he's a Longhorn, can't wait to see him playing left tackle in the pros.

Here's a link to the Consensus Mock Draft board for Texas players. It was fairly accurate last year for the first round. After the combine the numbers will likely move around a bit as more mock drafts are published based on new data. Eleven Horns projected to be drafted, really 12 if you include Majors, who is ranked # 241 (I think they count 7 rounds of 32 teams = 224, but the actual draft has more players taken because of compensatory picks). Biggest surprise (to me) is they see Blue as an UDFA at # 291. Connor is indeed a UDFA for them at # 351. Here's a screen grab of the Texas guys' current predicted slots (you can see the UDFAs on the linked site - ran out of room on a single screen to catch them)

OK, after seeing Blue's rather disappointing time of 4.38 I now don't think Bond will crack 4.30 ... those two yapping about beating Worthy's record time now seems a bit silly. I agree with Michelle Lynn's post above, times just seem a little slower this year.

Hmm ... I think he has a chance to pass Marquise Goodwin as the 2nd fastest Longhorn at the Combine (MG ran 4.27, tied for 8th best time ever). 50-50 to me that he'll beat MG's time, so 4.27 +/- .02 ? I'd guess in the 4.25 - 4.29 range ? If forced to pick one number I'll say 4.26.

Mukuba posted the 5th fastest 40 for safeties - our old OU friend Billy Bowman was 4th (4.42) and a 6'3" 220 lb dude from South Carolina was 2nd fastest at 4.38 while posting a 43" vertical leap to 'win' the safety underwear Olympics. Barron ran the 6th fastest 40 for corners at 4.39 - only one player broke 4.30.

In combine summary from a rival site (sorry, I lost the link) it was reported that CJ Vogel was putting up impressively low shuttle times as he scuttled from event to event trying to cover the multitude of Longhorn participants; perhaps setting a new combine record of 4.11 sec for 'fastest X-ing time' for his relentless rapid fire tweets; and setting a new arm thrust record to get called on for his probing questions of giddy recruits. CJ Vogel - Longhorn media combine legend! We appreciate all you do for us buddy!

The 2nd fastest Combine Longhorn 40 time was 4.27 by Marquise Goodwin in 2013. This is currently tied for 8th place (with Henry Ruggs) in Combine history. My totally uneducated guess is that Blue or Bond (probably Bond) might run faster than Goodwin but not both, and that neither will run faster than Worthy. I'd be really surprised if both run faster than X. What do you guys think?

Just saw an article about Texas A&M DL Shemar Stewart having a GREAT day at the combine. 10'11" broad jump, 40" vertical jump, 4.59 40 yard dash at 6'5" 267 lbs. Pretty impressive numbers, he was given a perfect 10.0 "Relative Athletic Score". Then at the end of the article it mentioned his production over 3 years at A&M - "Over three seasons with the Aggies at College Station, Stewart tallied just 4.5 sacks and 65 total tackles." What's wrong with this picture?

Gunnar Helm was the lowest rated position player in the 2021 Texas recruiting class, ranked behind guys like Cole Lourd, Max Merril, Casey Cain and Charles Wright. Nevertheless he set TE records at Texas and is now projected to go in the third round of the 2025 draft. A testament to his sticking it out while playing behind 2021 classmate JT Sanders, and a testament to player development under Jeff Banks. Great to see him being rewarded now. (# 4 lowest ranked non-specialist recruit in that 2021 class? Barryn Sorrell, also invited to the combine and a likely pick in the draft)

For fastest player I got Bond (if fully healthy) and then Blue over Barron, but we will soon see ... ok guys, who you got in this Longhorn race?

With these combine position groupings I just realized we have players from almost every position invited to this year's combine. Can't remember when that happened. A QB, RB, TE, two WR, FOUR OL (C, OG, 2 OT) on offense, every position covered. An Edge, S, CB and 2 DL on defense - everything but LB That's impressive and a testimony to our recruiting and player development.

On the menu bar above starting with "Texas Longhorns News" the third item is "Recruiting" - click the drop down arrow and you'll see lists for 2026 and 2025

Any news on RB Christian Clark's recovery timeline? I know he's not a crucial as Baxter but Christian is a local kid and I was pulling for him to become a contributor, so thought I'd ask ...

Not in POTtsboro, Texas apparently ...

This is the first year the 2022 recruiting class is eligible for the draft. Amazing that the Aggies reeled in the highest ranked class in the 20+ year history of the rankings, with EIGHT five star recruits, and yet have only 3 players invited to the combine - one of them a transfer from Purdue. I haven't kept up with all the Aggie transfer outflows but Nolen (Ole Miss) and Overton (Bama) are the only two from that class I know of off the top of my head who are invited after leaving A&M. Meanwhile Texas has 10 original recruits plus 4 transfers (Ewers, Bond, Golden, Mukuba) invited. Says a lot about our current staff's ability to recruit and develop, and target the right guys in the portal.

Great news for all you Dallas fans, Dak says the Cowboys are "very close" to competing with the Eagles. I mean, the Eagles only won this year's games against the Boys 34-6 in Dallas and 41-7 in Philly, but oh so close.