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Edited OP to include Dellenger tweet, which adds more context.

Ross Dellenger is reporting that the 2026 game that Moore will miss will be the very first game of the season, which is against Western Michigan.

Didn't expect it to be much and, of course, it wasn't in the grand scheme of things.

Definitely. But it was a main area of focus this go round. Let me think on this. The PG rankings were posted above, but I'm not a huge believer in their rankings for one main reason... you go to their events, you get ranked. It's not like they are @Gerry Hamilton going around and seeing kids, watching film, etc. Never thought about that, but that's actually a good idea. I'm not sure tbh.

Forgot to mention... @marathon is correct on the transfer part. There will be a couple from that group. I will say losing Freeman was a big deal. That's the one that stung the most, imo, out of all the portal players. If there was one kid they lost that they didn't want to, it was him.

Cunningham and Fien. Again, it was a long shot (at best) for either one of them, but Texas definitely tried. No doubt about it.

I wanted to answer these three together, as they all sorta tie in. I don't see an impact guy next year, at least not offensively. I would be surprised if there is an A-Rod level contributor next season from one of these freshmen. That's not to say that they're not talented, because they are. This is a solid class for sure. It's just that Texas is much deeper than they were a season ago, along with some portal players who have an opportunity to shine. As far as pitching goes, that's so tough. NO ONE, not even the coaches, knew what they had in Volantis. It's sort of an unfair comparison. I can promise you that the staff didn't even think he'd be what he ended up being before he began or even through the early part of the season. If I had to pick a pitcher, I would say Cozart is definitely the safe pick. He's the most ready. Will he be Volantis 2.0? I seriously doubt it. I'm not even sure Cozart is the most talented freshman pitcher on the roster, but again, he's the most ready out of the bunch to throw in a game. It's also important that a couple of these guys may carve out a role earlier than others, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're the most talented or the best of the group. Cozart fits that to a T, imo. And that's not a knock on him by any means.... He's a high floor guy with a ton of talent.

I'll go ahead and get this one out of the way. Four commits went the MLB route. Kayson Cunningham - Elite SS. Would have started for Texas at the position as a HS senior. Seriously. He's that good. There was about a 20% chance he was coming to Texas at best and it would have been HUGE if he did. Gavin Fien - Elite 3B. Texas knew this would be a battle as well. His odds were a little higher of getting on campus, but not much. Xavier Mitchell - LHP, 13th round. Texas for sure had a shot here, but he also got paid a nice little chunk of change. Grayson Boles - RHP, 18th round. Boles was a national top 150 kid, but I didn't expect him to go. Really good command, but needs work. I think it's worth noting that they feel good about where they are and it's important to remember that this is still somewhat of a transition class. Some of this class was Pierce guys. Schloss first true class is 2026. There were only two players they really put up a fight for and both were elite guys.... unfortunately they lost both.

I’ll get to all these this morning! Had a rather busy afternoon/evening, as we had to feed a varsity football team yesterday. I’ll run through these after C&F today!

Join us for Coffee and Football beginning at 8:15ish AM. We will take y’all’s questions and discuss the latest Longhorn related news. https://www.youtube.com/live/3RWIQzUkzTs?si=GcQquQwVLHqTBs2N

Lawrence game winner against Nebraska, 2009 Big 12 Championship: https://youtu.be/GXLL04o3C6c?si=jNsArtE4XhUf9FsS

We are now 15 days away from kickoff in Columbus for the season opener. Who is your favorite Texas player to wear No. 15? An option today includes…. Hunter Lawrence There are actually THREE 15s on the current roster as well….

If anyone has any particular questions on the class, specific players, etc… ask away!

100%. Could be nothing of note.

Haha well played.

Paging @Gerry Hamilton

SP+ is a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. It is a predictive measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football, not a résumé ranking, and, along those same lines, these projections aren't intended to be a guess at what the AP Top 25 will look like at the end of the year. These are simply early offseason power rankings based on the information we have been able to gather to date. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45966848/college-football-2025-preseason-sp+-rankings

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