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His elite speed really showed on the last highlight.

Princely is a pure EDGE player who went to Florida, then Ole Miss, then got drafted last year in the 3rd by Carolina. I think we backed off him, as he had a problem with Texas (according to a couple of his social media posts I saw on message boards if memory serves me correctly). Princewill is the younger brother who we did not offer. He was recruited to Nebraska as a LB and transferred to Ole Miss right when his brother graduated and went to the NFL.

I think this is a great pickup. He does not have the same size and length as Brooks (very few OL do), but he is a much, much better lateral mover (based on HS and camp film) compared to Brooks. We got a better and likely less expensive player. Newman was a much lighter player in HS. I'm interested to see how much of his weight gain is good weight and if it has impacted his movement skills at all. It will also be interesting to see if he has the length to stick at T or needs to switch to G. Regardless, we got a good one.

A&M signed Formby, who was really good (especially in pass blocking) for Bama when he switched from RT to RG this year. Damn.

Is Smith Orogbo not ready to play meaningful snaps yet? I know he was coming off a HS knee injury and needed some time to add weight. Should we be concerned about Orogbo potentially hitting the portal?

Based on Bobby’s comments today, Robertson is likely to come back in 2026, which would be great news for the team but not so great for Cruz. I hope he finds a good spot like Kibble did so quickly.

Great news. With this announcement and the addition of Mascoe, we should be set in the secondary - assuming no other outgoing portal announcements from the secondary.

I'm all for it if he does not require a big NIL expenditure. With Brevard and Shaw out of eligibility, we are light on over the ball players even if we get Geffrard and keep Sharma. Furthermore, we lost potential over the ball players in the 2026 class with the decommitments of Cleveland and C. Wells (although both had flexibility along the DL).

Texas

Tanook Hines looked great despite the USC loss. He’s really fast and pretty physical as well. Wish he was a Horn.

You would think so, but unfortunately the vast majority of the politicians will go along with it due to political pressure from voters. Most politicians (especially in the last 20 years) are the most financially irresponsible people around. They don't make pragmatic, financially sound decisions anymore because those decisions are unpopular.

Agreed. The financial mismanagement in the pros is bad enough, but the collegiate game is starting to look like a financial train wreck for most P4 schools. The collision will happen just about the time that TV contracts expire and the ACC's exit fee reaches its $75MM minimum (around 2030). IMO, at that point there could be a division of the haves and have nots. The haves will be most of the SEC, 5-7 from the Big 10, 3-4 schools from the ACC, and Tech from the Big 12. Does the SEC stay intact while the other haves form a football only conference, or is a 20-24 team football conference formed including the financially capable SEC teams? The rest of the schools will likely be waiving the white flag (to various extents) on NIL/rev share at that point. The Arkansas and Iowa St ADs have admitted as much. I'm sure the message from Iowa State's AD played a big part in Matt Campbell finally jumping ship, although Penn State is a great opportunity for him.

With that being said, I still wish we had Lee Hunter. He's really good.

I agree among the starters, but they don't have the DL depth (especially with one of their top IDL's being out for the year) that top teams in the SEC and Big 10 have. I think their lack of depth will be exposed in the playoffs, and their offense is not very good.

Ejiawoko never OV'd. I thought Gerry was talking about Calvin Thomas out of Cy Ranch (current UNC commit), but who knows. Thomas fits the mold of the long, rangy LBs that the defensive staff prefers, like Braylon Hodge.