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Oh absolutely. Their LB's are ridiculous. I'm not sure anyone we play has their level of play in the front 7. That would include Oregon or Ohio State. Though Tennessee definitely has some dudes in their front 7. One thing I'll note on those pass plays he missed, is he had enough time to find the right read. Looked like he got very jittery, though with how much pressure Georgia was getting, can't say I really blame him either, lol.

He played great between the 20's but man, when he got into crucial throws, he must've missed at least 3 or 4 TD throws on that short clip. I know the receiving room had some drops but in those crucial plays you always talk about, where he needs to make a play or be clutch, he seems to come up short. Not sure what he was seeing on that dropped INT either. WR was double covered.

Only downside to that, is it adds more competition for DL in the portal, lol. I'd say we need to supplement that position heavily for the next couple of years with portal prospects while Baker continues to cook in HS recruiting and stack that room up.

It'll be fun playing them next year (getting back on topic). 100% they'll be another tough out. We'll likely have 5 new starters on the OL. Hard to figure out who goes where. LT - Goosby, LG N.Umeozulu, C - Cruz/Hutson, RG - Kibble/Chatman, RT - Baker/Agbo Not sure how that plays out, but what I do know, is we need some road graders inside and right now the combination of Connor, Majors and Campbell doesn't seem to be getting it done. Got other guys there like Stroh, Cojoe that could all put their hand up for a spot. Be interesting to see in the spring. Skill position wise, I'm not worried. Think we've got a bunch of dudes at TE, WR and RB. Arch at QB. More so having to play them in their place (again?) will be tougher. Team next year has a lot of upside and potential, will be interested to see how they supplement that in the portal. Though now I'm looking at the roster this year after some guys have left and I'm even more confused why Gullette decided to leave? We are very thing at LB once the season ends. there will only be 3 scholarship LB's on the roster with Hill, Lefau and Smith. Might have to rethink my stance on only taking one LB here. Anyway, just talking out my ass now, lol.

Kinda surprised, but not that surprised? He had a good year, at a not very good Duke school. Top teams will be looking at him. Don't be surprised to see some SEC teams looking at him.

College game isn't what it once was. He wouldn't do as well these days, as he did in years past, imo. It's why Saban bowed out when he did.

Honestly don't think Day is a bad HC, but he hasn't done a great job building Ohio State since Meyer left. He's kind of just keeping it steady (kind of). I'm sure Hartline would be next in line if Day walked away, he would be a great replacement, imo.

He had 360 yards, 1 TD and 2 INT's. A bunch of missed TD plays, too. Not all on him, obviously, but still. I also know you're not trying to blame the D for this loss when they held Georgia to under 300 yards and 16 points, LOL.

Certainly his misses hurt, but when you dominate the 1st half with almost as many yards as they had total in the entire game and you only have 6 points to show for it, that is a problem. We can blame Auburn all we want, but we should've had TD's and not settled for FG's. If we had been up 21-3 or more in that 1st half, you would've forced Georgia to throw more with their back up, which would've played right into our hands. Instead they played how they wanted to and basically wore Texas down. Strong defense with a good running game to boot. Also, you kind've derailed Gerry's thread here, but I guess we all ended up doing that, didn't we? Lol.

Dillon Thieneman would be my only take so far on that list. Imo, we only need one WR, because we have Moore and Wingo returning, plus there is other talent there that has had a year to marinate (Duboise, Butler, Livingstone, Niblett, etc). I could see them going two, if they feel there's need for it. But if Golden decides to return, I could see them still taking one. If he doesn't, possibly two. We'll see what happens when the mad rush happens, lol.

Saw him listed at 6'3 300 on ESPN

I think Bond will be the guy. But I think Sark is going to have his pick of WR talent this year, it's going to be insane. Plus don't forget you'll have Blue and Baxter out of the backfield, who are both + receivers there. Plus having Niblack, Bond, Bolden, Golden or Cook out there, with Blue at RB would be a nightmare to defend. So much speed to contend with.

Feels like both sides of the line are very strong in state with the '25 class.

God I hope that game isn't a Madden clone. There is so much stuff that has happened in the college world between the last game and this game coming. Having to navigate the transfer portal, NIL, teams trying to poach your talent, etc. I also hope recruiting is much harder, felt like it was so easy to just grab so many top players as a low tier program. Made rebuilds kind of a joke. Anyway, I'll 2nd that idea.

I didn't know he had a son, how old is he?

As most have stated, he'll probably stay 2 years at Texas. He'll likely see some action this year as the back-up, as I believe we'll blow some teams out and actually finish teams off this year. But, my opinion is 2 years. I think Eli Manning did similar? He sat for a year or so and then started 2 years, then went to the NFL.

I'm quite impressed with how far Christian Jones came from where he was when Flood came in. Hell, I'm impressed with how much our OL room has improved in the 3 years under Flood. Recruiting some behemoths and studs at that position. We finally have a great OL heading into next year, with some quality depth. Heard there was some rumours that BC could be looking to take him, but I couldn't even blame him if he did. It would hurt us, but he's been great for us OL wise.

Yes! Glad to see Gerry back, love him. CJ and Gerry recruiting talks are about to be elite.

That's something I really like, too. Getting the Texas talent is important, but there is a ton of talent country wide. I like that we're not afraid to go after them.

They are definitely going to lose some big names, imo. If we can make it work for Texas, great, but it's big news. Moore might've been the good choice at HC but can he make good hires on the other side of the ball?

This is good. With the weapons he has and the OL blocking for him, I'd say that would be a bare minimum.

I think the biggest thing for Quinn next year as an indicator of success is, can he stay healthy and can he avoid unforced sacks. His stat line will take care of itself, imo.

From what I read on 247sports from one of the posters there, is that he's been following both Texas and Oregon stuff on X. Plus with the smoke of the S&C coach leaving and multiple defensive coaches, there does seem to be something there.

I think we only missed on Caldwell because of the Davis move to LSU. At least that was my opinion. He even seemed to be waiting for several days after Davis to maybe see what Texas would do, before he went in on Oregon. Either way, I really like our chances here if he does enter and it does seem likely he will. Adding him as a starter next to Collins would be huge. Would also make most feel good about the room (although I personally feel good about the room right now). I think interior DL is one area where Texas has not really recruited that well since Sark took over. Believe it's one area where he's looking to improve and start getting some of the top guys there.

He's not in the portal, but he has been following Texas and Oregon stuff on X, apparently. But if there is truth in the S&C coach leaving, as well as multiple defensive coaches. It will be hard to keep all those defensive guys there, imo. Unfortunately, most of them won't be able to enrol until later and will miss spring ball.