Gerry Hamilton

I can say this … DeBoer is pretty miserable at Bama per someone I trust.

For anyone wondering ... Jamarion Carlton is definitely going to be a 5-tech, and long limb 3-tech down the line. On a November visit to Texas ... he weighed 281 pounds. Texas staff expects him to carry over 300 pounds in time, and maybe fairly quickly.

OTF community discussion: Is Texas' 2026 schedule for difficult than 2025? I will first say, absolutely. No question about it in my mind. Non-conference: Texas State Ohio State UTSA ... all in Austin. Texas State and UTSA are better than any of San Jose State, SHSU or UTEP. SEC 9 game schedule: Road games: at LSU (Lane Kiffin year one) at Tennessee at Missouri at Texas A&M Neutral: Oklahoma Home games: Florida (Jon Sumrall year one) Arkansas (Ryan Silverfield year one) Ole Miss (new coach year one) Mississippi State (QB is going to be a problem for folks)

I would play him at WR/PR

Updated ... Total openings throughout carousel (19): Florida - hired Jon Sumrall LSU Auburn - hired Alex Golesh Penn State UCLA Virginia Tech - hired James Franklin Arkansas - hired Ryan Silverfield Stanford - hired Tavita Pritchard Cal Oklahoma State - hired Eric Morris South Florida Oregon State - hired JaMarcus Shephard Colorado State - hired Jim Mora Jr. Tulane Memphis North Texas UConn UAB Kennesaw St. - hire Mark Carney

Spring ball will def give him the opportunity. I believe he's a football smart player. Not sure many HS RB's learned a system as quick as Baxter, and thus prepared in pass pro to that level. He's was so rare IMO

BTW ... North Crowley and Allen coming in 6A DI Region I final this week Waxahachie and Kohen Brown will meet Duncanville High this week in 6A Division I Region II final. Waxahachie beat Duncanville in district play. Samari Matthews and Hough High (N.C.) advanced to the 8A State Championship game vs. Millbrook High to be played December 11. ----- Carrollton High (Ga.) beat Grayson High (Ga.) 34-14 ... the HS career of 5-star LB Tyler Atkinson has concluded.

Both had huge games in the third round of the playoffs ... Chaminade-Madonna has started leaning on the 6-1, 210-pound Cooper in the playoffs with the games mattering much more. He posted 257 yards and a TD on 34 carries in Friday's win. He had 171 yards and 4 TD's on 14 carries in the playoff game prior. Cooper now has 1,391 yards and 17 TD's on 142 carries (9.8 ypc) in 12 games. Chaminade-Madonna now takes on Jax Trinity Christian Academy in the 1A state semi-final December 5. ------ Jermaine Bishop Jr. caught 15 passes for 328 yards and 3 TD's, picked off a pass, rushed for a TD and sold popcorn in the 38-32 win over Forney High. Bishop Jr. now has 108 receptions for 1,716 yards and 18 TD's on the season, plus 410 rushing yards and 7 TD's. He has 2,373 all-purpose yards in 13 games. Willis will now take on DeSoto High December 6 at Waco's Floyd Casey Stadium at 3pm.

So ... Ole MIss, Memphis, USF and Tulane will likely be open shortly

Alex Golseh most likely at Auburn

Jon Sumrall most likely at Florida

Obviously, Lane expected to LSU

Ryan Silverfield to Arkansas

Think they will go away ... in terms of top 2 in a conference. May be replaced with essentially play in games, so still make the CCG TV contract money

People will always be able to point at something as a negative. If December weather becomes the next talking point, be good enough to host is what I would say. But going to 16 playoff teams will keep the meaningful games on the schedule.