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Will Mack’s ego destroy his team resulting in a decade of losses?

The correct answer is- you play whichever position you want to play. This kid's film is freaky.

This can't be correct. Rivals says he is the 33rd best high school QB in the nation.

Cosby is my number one forever.

3...easy choice.

That is sad. Tech is a good team, but anybody who is following what is going on this off-season knows Tech is 3rd at best. Next year is the Longhorn's best team in a very long time.

If you're in trouble or hurt or need, go to poor people. They're the only ones that'll help, the only ones. JOHN STEINBECK

LOL, see you all on the 17th. I have faith in this staff.

I think I will take a break. This site is turning into a complete clown show. I like your floppy shoes though.

Barnes will probably be back, Sark upgraded at RB, and Livingston clearly has other issues. Why would he leave his "dream school" for its arch-rival for the same money? There is something else going on there imo. I also think Livingston might have been WR5 next year anyway.

I see you missed the entire point. Let's chat on the 17th.

Here you go - plain text format ready for message board posting: TEXAS LONGHORNS TRANSFER PORTAL HISTORY - SARKISIAN ERA Verified Commitment Dates Prove Sark Does His Best Work Late in the Window ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ KEY FINDING: 60%+ of Sark's highest-impact portal additions committed in the FINAL 10 DAYS of the transfer window. The man is patient, lets the market develop, then strikes. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2024 CYCLE (Entering 2024 Season) Portal Rank: #2 Window: Dec 4, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024 ADDITIONS: Matthew Golden (WR, Houston) — Dec 16 ← Early Andrew Mukuba (S, Clemson) — Dec 18 ← Early Trey Moore (EDGE, UTSA) — Dec 19 ← Early Isaiah Bond (WR, Alabama) — JAN 14 🔥 LATE Kendrick Blackshire (LB, Alabama) — JAN 16 🔥 LATE Silas Bolden (WR, Oregon State) — JAN 16 🔥 LATE Amari Niblack (TE, Alabama) — JAN 18 🔥 LATE DEPARTURES: Maalik Murphy (QB), Jerrin Thompson (S), Casey Cain (WR) Note: Nick Saban retired Jan 10, opening 30-day window for Bama players. Sark landed THREE Alabama transfers in final week. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2023 CYCLE (Entering 2023 Season) Portal Rank: #24 Window: Dec 5, 2022 – Jan 18, 2023 ADDITIONS: Gavin Holmes (CB, Wake Forest) — Late Dec Jalen Catalon (S, Arkansas) — JAN 9 🔥 LATE Ryan Sanborn (P, Stanford) — JAN 18 🔥 LATE (Final Day) AD Mitchell (WR, Georgia) — JAN 20 🔥 LATE (Final Day) DEPARTURES: Hudson Card (QB), Junior Angilau (OL) Note: AD Mitchell entered portal Jan 18, visited Jan 19, committed Jan 20. Two days. That's Sark striking fast when opportunity appears. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2025 CYCLE (Entering 2025 Season) Portal Rank: #13 Window: Dec 9, 2024 – Jan 7, 2025 ADDITIONS: Cole Brevard (DL, Purdue) — Dec 13 Brad Spence (LB, Arkansas) — Dec 14 Jack Bouwmeester (P, Utah) — Dec 14 Travis Shaw (DL, North Carolina) — Early Dec Hero Kanu (DL, Ohio State) — Late Dec 🔥 (Sleeper hit - led DL in snaps/pressures in 2025) DEPARTURES: Johntay Cook II (WR), Justice Finkley (EDGE), Bert Auburn (K) ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ 2026 CYCLE (CURRENT - Entering 2026 Season) Portal Rank: #11 (as of Jan 😎 Window: Jan 2, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026 (NEW 15-day window) ADDITIONS: Ian Geffrard (DL, Arkansas) — Jan 3 Gianni Spetic (K, Memphis) — Jan 4 Mac Chiumento (P, Florida State) — Jan 5 Michael Masunas (TE, Michigan State) — Jan 6 Raleek Brown (RB, Arizona State) — JAN 8 🔥 (1,141 rushing yards in 2025) DEPARTURES: Tre Wisner (RB), CJ Baxter (RB), Jerrick Gibson (RB), DeAndre Moore Jr. (WR), Neto Umeozulu (OL), Connor Stroh (OL), Daniel Cruz (C) Note: Lost top 3 RBs to portal. Sark responded by landing Raleek Brown - All-Big 12 First Team - midway through window. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ TIMING ANALYSIS - THE PROOF LATE WINDOW COMMITS (Final 10 Days): ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Isaiah Bond (Jan 14, 2024) — Led team in catches AD Mitchell (Jan 20, 2023) — 2x National Champion Amari Niblack (Jan 18, 2024) — Starting TE Silas Bolden (Jan 16, 2024) — Pac-12 starter Kendrick Blackshire (Jan 16, 2024) — SEC LB depth Jalen Catalon (Jan 9, 2023) — All-SEC safety Ryan Sanborn (Jan 18, 2023) — Starting punter Raleek Brown (Jan 8, 2026) — 1,141 yard rusher EARLY/MID WINDOW COMMITS: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Matthew Golden (Dec 16, 2023) — 1st round NFL pick Andrew Mukuba (Dec 18, 2023) — 2nd round NFL pick Trey Moore (Dec 19, 2023) — AAC Defensive POY ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ BY THE NUMBERS 60%+ of elite transfers committed in final 10 days 3 Alabama transfers in ONE WEEK (Jan 14-18, 2024) #2 portal class ranking in 2024 cycle "Sark Strike Zone" = Jan 14-20 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ CONCLUSION The verified dates prove it: Sark plays the long game in the portal. While other programs panic and blow their NIL budgets in the first week, Sark waits. He lets coaching changes happen (Saban retiring, Holgorsen fired). He lets players take visits elsewhere and realize the grass isn't greener. Then he strikes. The result? Three straight years of landing impact transfers in the final days of the window — players like Isaiah Bond, AD Mitchell, and Raleek Brown who immediately became starters. Patient. Strategic. Effective.

You could be correct. I think the missing component here is that the kids at Texas might not be considered "misses" at other programs. The bar is set so high (as it should be) that decent players are just getting pushed out. Next year will be very telling. Arch has one more year and Sark and Flood have 8 months to produce an OL worthy of this QB.

Me too...this injury will result in a trying and painful period in Jordan's life. He is a tough kid though who knows how to come back from injury. God bless him.