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NFL is a bit different. They can walk from contracts and not have issues. NFL can go out and “buy” a single year and deal with the down years. Marlins were a great example of that in baseball. There is a difference. Professional teams can draft talent. College teams need to recruit talent. If you have a big down swing in College, it can have much bigger effects NIL isn’t new. The concept has been around, since Walter Camp was spending money on players. The only difference is it is now legal, which makes it more widespread and the dollars larger. If you don’t think there have been NIL deals that went on above market pricing already, I don’t what to tell you

Your quote Who cares if you overpay? Seriously. We are in a time window where there is no salary cap talking about "overpaying" is for people without the resources, or cheapskates. The problem with your posts is they lack the understanding that overpaying a player can have other effects. Not only on your current roster, but also in recruiting. Dollars to one player affect all players. How a team allocates their NIL money is going to be very important for longterm success going forward. The market is the market, but that doesn’t mean that every NIL deal is made at fair value. That is what makes deciding on “value” of a player tough. We have seen schools reset market levels in a singular recruiting cycle or a player. We haven’t seen that lead to success on the field. More importantly it is a recipe for short term success and longterm failure. I don’t know the intimate details of Williams recruitment. I am not going to pretend to say Texas did everything right or wrong. I am saying this is much more complex, than your original statement

You have to realize that is not the case, unless you are going to kick 10 million to the Texas NIL fund. It is not as rigid as a professional league salary cap, but make no mistake Texas does have a limit to the amount of money they can spend. If you over-pay at one spot, that will leave issues at other spots. You also are going to set the bar much higher than you would like and that is going to have repercussions over time. Imagine paying a DT 2 million. What does that make Quinn worth? What will Collins say? What about Ant Hill or Muhammad? College football is much more complex, than people give it credit for in this NIL world.

It literally what I pointed out.. At this point, the secondary news is just bad. Losing a starter and depth. The good news is the portal can change all of that in a hurry.

At this point, the secondary news is just bad. Losing a starter and depth. The good news is the portal can change all of that in a hurry.

White smoke, he is in?

Manning, Owens, and Lourd went 41-57 for 655 yards with 7 TDs and 1 int (on the Hail Mary). That is 72% completion percentage and 11.5 yards per a attempt from 3 QBs, none are starters and 1 will likely never be a starter. That is just terrible. Lot of the damage was done with straight up bad defense. There is a huge difference between the tight window 3rd down conversion between Cook and Ewers against Muhammad and Moore running 20 yards wide open for a 70+ TD on a coverage bust.

Posted this on another thread, but it probably belongs here I am not sure this is a good thing, but a lot of the issues were mental in the secondary. Lots of pts were scored on simple switch concepts that were misplayed. CBs were not that bad. Holmes gave up a TD on a blatant facemask. Black had terrible TD given up, not because Wingo beat him deep, but because it’s was like 3rd and 20. You have to understand the circumstances. Communication and situational football is the biggest issue and I am starting to think it may not just be the players

I am not sure this is a good thing, but a lot of the issues were mental in the secondary. Lots of pts were scored on simple switch concepts that were misplayed. CBs were not that bad. Holmes gave up a TD on a blatant facemask. Black had terrible TD given up, not because Wingo beat him deep, but because it’s was like 3rd and 20. You have to understand the circumstances. Communication and situational football is the biggest issue and I am starting to think it may not just be the players

not going through it all, but Collins was at 357. Murphy at 438 and Sweat at 507.

You have to use your own eyes, but just wanted to put some perspective to the transfer discussion. Seems fans cheer every DT that goes in, without actually knowing if they are any good

PFF grades for interior DL last year for perspective #1 T Sweat (91.7). #2 B Murphy (91.1). #60 Alfred Collins (79.9). #270 Bill Norton (70.6). #312 Damonic Williams (69.4). #393 Trill Carter (67.2) #398 Vernon Broughton (67.1) #788 Jay Toia (56.4).

Shocking this is basically the the Tech game vs a beat up defense. He generally untouched until about 3 -5 yards (one run is just untouched). I am stealing this from NoName at Surly Horns becasuse I think it is just excellent work. (https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/34915-2024-spring-practice-to-fall-camp-thread-who’s-a-jag-now/page/18/#comments) pulled the per play data for only the ISU game, the TTU game, the Oklahoma State game and the Washington game - games after Brooks got hurt and those two basically split rushing attempts. here's the results edit: fixed my %s, i had hardcoded formulas - my bad By percentage, Baxter had fewer rushes that went for negative yards (2% for Baxter - 1 rush, 11.1% for Blue - 4 rushes), more rushes that went 5+ yards, more rushes that went 10+ yards. Blue had more rushes by % that went 20+ yards (2.8 vs 2.0%) and 1 that went for 30+ yards, Baxter had 0. this is just to prove that nobody was out here ripping of 18 yards very often and getting dinged by my 20 yard threshold Blue's rushes of 10+ yards: 11, 12, 69, 12, 16, 12 Baxter's rushes of 10+ yards: 12, 13, 13, 14, 21, 13, 10, 14, 13, 16 Here are the straight stats ISU: Baxter 20 for 117 (5.85), Blue 7 for 18 (2.57) Tech: Baxter 9 for 45 (5.0) , Blue 10 for 121 (12.1) OSU: Baxter 13 for 43 (3.31), Blue 10 for 33 (3.3) Wash: Baxter 9 for 64 (7.11), Blue 9 for 59 (6.55) Baxter ran better in 2 of the 4 games. OSU is a wash. Basically Blue was better vs Tech, but I would expect the speed guy to be better when the OL dominates.

I get the speed comment, but I dont think Blue has shown versatility. He has shown he is excellent space player. I think blocking is a weakness. I havent seen power between the tackles. All these things can be improved over an off-season, I just havent seen it yet. To be fair I think Baxter needs to work on getting his feet up in the hole and keeping his feet moving through contact.

I think Quinn picks Baxter. He was the best blocker last year and has excellent hands. If I am a QB, that is the RB I take.

This is the guy I want to see. I think @Bobby Burton has a pretty good eye for RBs. He is been so high on Clark from the start, that I am dying to see him.

Some people are saying the defense won the scrimmage. Offense won the red zone/goal line portion

He ran 4 WR at Bama, they also had 4 NFL WRs that year (3 1st round I think), I would guess the rotation is going to be decided by the delta between the 1st and 2nd team. Should see more WRs get to the field this year, because I doubt Texas has 2 1st round WRs. If they do, then to hell with a rotation.

I would just say if he is 1 and done, than that was probably a hell of season for him and Longhorns. I will take it.

He is specialty player at TE. That is job. He isnt pushing on the OL, so status quo there. Unless he enters the portal

That is a lot of value for Sweat. I still can not get over Jonathan Brooks going in the 2nd round. That seems like a massive reach, but good for him. Keilan going would be great.

At the end of the day every player wants to start. There are going to be guys that would probably contribute (special team and depth) for Texas, that will see a better path to the field at another spot. Anytime a younger guys passes an older guy on the depth chart the portal becomes a high probability. I’ll take the over on 4 leaving

I thought Texas pressed a decent amount last year, especially later in the year with mixed results (less easy short completions, but more big plays given up).. I am very interested in the direction of the front 7, which is definitely less stout, but much more athletic.

It is probably too early to ask, but wondering if you are hearing of any changes on the defenses from and Xs and Os stand point... ex. more single high, more movement along the front

Be careful, this is probably going to be the first year that we see players transfer out that could be contributors. Its a sign of a solid program, but one that is going to be met with much consternation across Longhorn boards.