Bunk Moreland

Kyle Flood completely changed the OL dynamic at Texas from a national joke that hadn’t had a first-round draft pick for 20 years into a team strength by 2024. The 2024 line wasn’t perfect but it was one of the best in the country and to say otherwise is to be blinded by confirmation bias. He developed Christian Jones from a terrible waste of talent who could barely walk straight into an NFL player. He developed Goosby from a skinny basketball player into a likely top-15 draft pick. The whole country was laughing at Kelvin Banks after his all-star camp performance his senior year, but look at what he became. Jake Majors and Hayden Conner got so much crap from Texas fans, but under Flood they became NFL players. His recruiting has been up and down, no doubt. It’s insane that the cupboard was so bare last year. But that’s every bit on Sark and his roster management as it is on Flood. Flood’s IOL development has not been great, but I think that’s as much a problem with the “large humans” philosophy as anything. And recruiting massive linemen who can’t move was fully a Sark-endorsed idea. As bad as the line was to start last year, the job Flood did to turn it into a solid unit to end the year does not get enough credit. Has he made mistakes? Absolutely. I still think the reliance on unproven young players last year was inexcusable. But yall are going to run the man out of town, and we are just going to have to live with the results. But be careful what you wish for.

What an absolute joke. The dude had 12 sacks and 60+ pressures and somehow there were 64 better players in the country?

D’oh! My brain read LSU. Disregard!

What Lane is doing in the portal is pretty impressive

Chambliss, Stockton, Manning, Sellers, Leavitt, Brown, Reed, Simmons, Mateer, Jackson. The rest are TBD because I have no idea at this point. The caveat is that Arch might be #1 by the end of the season.

That’s a great idea

You guys do it all—recruiting, portal, high school coverage, team notes, content on SEC and national competition, breaking down positions, bringing on great interviewees, the broader Texas sports ecosystem. You are also more customer-facing and interactive than anyone else out there. It’s hard to imagine what else you could do to improve the product. A few suggestions (these are just things I’ve personally enjoyed in the past rather than need-to-haves) would be to bring back one of the Texas football trivia competitions for a one-off show. That was extremely entertaining. Also, I don’t know how hard it would be to get Sark on the YT channel, but would love to see y’all interview him like you did CDC. I also echo the suggestion above to include more player interviews like Goosby, which was one of the better player interviews I’ve seen recently. I know that’s also Third and Longhorn’s thing.

Completely echo this

He needs to prove that he’s a high-level receiver and not just a high-level athlete before he warrants an elite draft grade imo

He has the size for sure. Great freshman stats. Could be a nice piece to add for the next 2-3 years to complement Atkinson

@Gerry Hamilton taking a giant sh*t from too much beef jerky and Red Bulls is not dunking

I think McDonald has a chance to have a monster year and skyrocket up these lists

Their defense was really, really good this year. They lose a lot of ELITE playmakers. I think we will move the ball on them. I also think Muschamp will have some things ready for them that they haven’t seen. Just like we went into the game against Patricia blind last year, we have a bit of the same advantage since it’s been so long since Muschamp was a DC. I also think home field advantage will make a difference. This feels like a statement game to me.

I don’t disagree with any of this

Look, if the OL doesn’t add any pieces before the season, it will mean Sark is a complete moron and suddenly forgot his very public message about the need to revamp the OL in the portal. I don’t think Sark is a moron and I don’t think he’s forgotten his stated portal priorities. We also know they still want to add another guard because they tried to get Jordan Church on campus and Tellek Lockette was supposed to visit today. Now, we might not be happy with the pieces they do add, but it’s ludicrous to think they are not going to add any other OL from the portal.

Fortunately, the line during the season will not be the same as the line as is. Patience, grasshopper.

My understanding was that it could take until tomorrow for all the new entrants to be known.