Blake Munroe

I don’t think there’s any hoping to that unless they just have a disaster of a combine. That’s a sure fire bet, imo. My question is where does Brooks go? Does someone take a chance and go earlier than expected? Or does he fall and fall due to ACL?

I’m with Bobby and CJ on this. My guess is 4.48-4.51. Somewhere right in there.

I let the cat out of the bag this morning on C&F, but I'll tell it all again here. We will be sitting down with Coach Pierce tomorrow and that video will come out soon afterward (I assume, anyway, but @Bobby Burton will know better than I). I'm working on a preview for you guys. I actually just finished the projected lineup right before typing this message as I wait at the doctor's office for my son's appointment. Hoping to have it out the first of next week, after the Pierce interview. And, last but not least, former Longhorn player/Asst. AD-Baseball Operations Drew Bishop is going to sit down with me to do an in-depth season preview breakdown. We are 23 days away from the start of the season and only ten days away from the Alumni game!

Just out of curiosity, who is your all time favorite Longhorn, regardless of sport, and why do you feel that way? No wrong answers here. Doesn't even have to be an athlete. I'll start. Mine is Colt McCoy. No one gave him much of a chance when he signed and Jevan Snead (Stephenville) was going to be the future. McCoy beats him out and eventually grew into one of the best quarterbacks to ever play not only at Texas, but in all of college football at the time. By the time he ended his career, he owned 47 school records. Incredibly good guy off the field as well.

This is worth a listen.

In all seriousness, I can’t help it. I go to bed around midnight and wake up at 5 AM every morning. Never fails. Drop my kid off so he can go work out before school (he goes at 5:45) and then come home and read Jay Bilas “gotta go to work” quote of the day, listen to what Inky Johnson posts each morning and that’s my every morning routine. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, lol.

Today's Storylines: Forty Acres Insider: January 23 (By Chris Del Conte) https://texassports.com/news/2024/1/23/forty-acres-insider-january-23.aspx Don't mess with Steve Sarkisian's Texas football, even if you're the mighty SEC https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/01/24/texas-football-transfer-portal-steve-sarkisian-sec-predictions/72328634007/ Bert Auburn And Jake Majors Named To Academic All-America Second Team https://texassports.com/news/2024/1/23/footballs-auburn-majors-named-to-academic-all-america-second-team.aspx Maxwell Minute: Revenue Increase of the Texas Longhorns https://www.sportsgrid.com/video/maxwell-minute-revenue-increase-of-the-texas-longhorns Longhorns Among Nation's Best National Title Odds in 2024 https://www.si.com/college/texas/news/texas-longhorns-nations-best-national-title-odds-2024 Greg McElory says Texas has a 70% chance to make the playoffs in '24 https://x.com/BlakeMunroeOTF/status/1749909974006821254?s=20 Men's Basketball wins at No. 11/13 Oklahoma, 75-60 https://texassports.com/news/2024/1/24/mens-basketball-wins-at-no-11-13-oklahoma-75-60.aspx Five Longhorns to represent USA Diving at 2024 World Championships https://swimswam.com/five-texas-longhorns-to-represent-usa-diving-at-2024-world-championships/

Time for that mid-week boost with Coffee and Football at 8 AM CST. Join Blake Munroe, Bobby Burton and CJ Vogel to discuss all the latest Longhorns news. As always, be sure to ask questions in this thread or in the chat and we will answer as many as we can! View full news

Bridgeland (Cypress) 2025 offensive tackle Jonte Newman just dropped his top 8 schools on Twitter. The 6-foot-4, 275-pounder is ranked a four-star in the On3 Industry Rankings and the No. 343 player overall. This past season he was a unanimous District 16-6A first-team selection. View full news

This morning we had Pleasant Grove head coach Josh Gibson on Coffee and Football. Coach Gibson sees Lance Jackson nearly everyday and raved about the type of person he is both on and off the field. However, this stuck out to Bobby, CJ and I as much as anything.

Time to rise and shine with some Coffee and Football, over on the On Texas Football YouTube Page. At 8:00 AM CST, join Blake Munroe, Bobby Burton and CJ Vogel as we discuss the latest Longhorns news, including recruiting, the portal, team discussion and much more. Today’s special guest is Pleasant Grove Head Football Coach/Athletic Director Josh Gibson. Coach Gibson obviously knows a thing or two about new Texas commit Lance Jackson, so he will go in depth on what type of player the Horns are getting. View full news

This cracked me up. I think I’m good after 65.

Haha be my guest. Trying to drill it into my son this evening.

This kid is electric. Multi-qualifier in track last year. Ran a wind-aided 10.49 100m, along with a (wind) legal 10.98 as a sophomore.

“WEAR IT.” I’ve probably heard my 15 year old son told that 25+ times in the last six months during baseball. After all, his coach is a hard-nosed, no BS, do what it takes to help your team type of guy. And I absolutely love it. My son responds well to it and I truly feel he gets the most out of baseball when he's coached hard. As for my son's coach, he knows what it takes to win. I saw him smoke many Big 12 opponents down while on the mound, including some former Longhorns. (Of course I also saw Ivan Melendez hit one of his longest hits ever against him, a fact my son and I both like to bring up occasionally.) On Sunday, I texted Bobby with this stat: Every team that won a national title this past year were in the top few teams that lead the nation in hit by pitches. D1: LSU 143 HBP (2nd in nation) D2: Angelo State 152 HBP (2nd in nation) D3: Lynchburg 107 HBP (7th in nation) And that got me thinking… Is HBP count an indicator for success? Sure it may not tell the whole story, but could it possibly show the unselfishness of a team to a degree and does that correlate to wins? So I decided to look it up with Texas as my case study, mainly to prove a point to my son. Here’s the season, the final record, how many HBP the team recorded in Big 12 conference play only, where that HBP total ranked in Big 12 play and where the Longhorns ended up at the end of the year. 2023 (38-18): 42 HBP (Last in Big 12) - Super Regional 2022 (47-22): 83 (3rd) - CWS 2021 (50-17): 74 (2nd) - CWS 3rd Place 2020: DNP due to Covid 2019 (27-27): 31 (Last in Big 12) – DNQ for post-season play 2018 (42-23): 65 (3rd) - CWS 2017 (39-24): 50 (3rd*) - Regional Final 2016 (25-32): 36 (5th) – DNQ for post-season play 2017* - The difference between 1st and 3rd was 34 HBP, whereas the difference between 3rd and 5th was 3 HBP. Pretty interesting results. 2023 might be an anomaly because Texas rarely got hit by a pitch, yet they made the Supers and were extremely close to advancing past that. The results in 2018, 2021 and 2022 speak for themselves. 40+ wins, and trips to the CWS. They were in the top 3 in HBP each year. They were top 3 in 2017, but I think it's important to read my note there. 2016 and 2019 weren’t kind to the Longhorns and those are the only two times the HBP numbers were in the 30s. They didn’t qualify for the post-season in either year. It’s not a definitive stat by any means, but it only shores up my belief that unselfish players and unselfish teams do well in baseball. I truly believe getting on base by any means necessary is an indicator of unselfishness. What will 2024 bring? We will find out in a few weeks.

Let me do some digging and see what’s up.

You should just need a YouTube account to post them. Once you sign up (if you haven't already), then give it a shot. You can also post the question on each day's C&F thread (I'll post a new one each day going forward with info for the day's show) and I'll be glad to read them off of here!

Also want to add that his head coach will be joining us tomorrow morning on Coffee and Football to give you guys some insight into Lance both on and off the field.