CJ Vogel

… and Oklahoma’s locker room looks pretty thin. Navy was a 9-point underdog on Thursday. I’d be shocked if that line remains the same as the game nears .

Updated.

Texas EDGE Justice Finkley has entered the portal.

Gunnar Helm is headed to the Reese's Senior Bowl.

Started 4 games in this past season with 366 snaps. Spence’s snap alignment in 2024: • 281 in the box • 54 at DL (all as a 5-tech) • 29 in the slot • 1 at corner

Brad Spence is on campus currently he confirms with OTF.

Brevard is listed at 6-3 and 333 pounds by the Purdue website. In 2024, Brevard saw 392 snaps on the field: 308 in the A-gap 83 in the B-gap 1 over the tackle Brevard saw the 3rd most snaps of any B1G DL in the A-Gap for what it is worth.

A few nuggets to pass along: *** Texas has been kicking the tires on former Arkansas LB Brad 'Greedy' Spence out of the transfer portal as of recently. The former four-star linebacker from Klein Forest High School in Houston entered the portal earlier in the week and I have learned that the Longhorns could be looking at Spence as an option out of the portal. Texas recruited Spence a good bit during the 2023 class, though never got to the point of an official visit. Spence should be on visit watch for the weekend from what I have gathered so far. *** On the note of Texas adding a punter – Bobby Burton added the nugget this morning that Texas was able to get former P Michael Dickson on the phone yesterday with Utah portal P Jack Bouwmeester, a cool piece of recruiting behind the scenes. I was told the visit went well on Saturday and that there is momentum here. I am hopeful to go fully in depth about the visit details, say... early afternoon today. *** As our @Gerry Hamilton has reported earlier in the week, Texas is expecting a visit by Purdue portal DL Cole Brevard. Brevard was at SMU on Thursday and made the trip down south for the Texas visit soon thereafter. The magic number remains 4 at the defensive line position, even with the pending return of DL Sydir Mitchell out of the portal I am told. Texas will go big game hunting here, but Brevard is certainly a good start to begin the hunt.

Until I see him become a physical presence in the trenches, it would best be spent by Texas have a proven piece near the LOS. Niblack is what he is at tight end and that’s a mismatch in space with elite speed. Not the inline guy like Helm who can’t help in the run game.

Goodness...

Texas freshman EDGE Colin Simmons has been named to the SEC All-Freshman team after his performance this season. Simmons finished the 13 game slate for the Longhorns with eight sacks and was an instrumental piece of the Texas defense which ranks atop the country in many defensive metrics.

Probably not on Hils. Texas will have a five man rotation as they’ve had the entire year

That will be part of the juggle. $$ allotment will be directed towards biggest need and right now you have a handful of biggest needs at one spot — DL.