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Just rewatched the VY NC game. David Thomas was nails. Just caught everything. Leading receiver on that team. Really liked Ogbanaya. He’s a great choice for the non-star favorites list. I remember him as a guy that just made plays when needed. Selvin Young fit that mold too.

Good memory! I had to go look it up. 5th overall pick probably doesn’t qualify as a non-star! LOL!

I’ll play… Josh Thompson - The guy was absolutely elite at downing Michael Dickson’s punts inside the 10 yard line. i think Robison, Bryant Westbrook (elite cover corner that could hit like a freight train), Pat Fitzgerald (great pass catching TE), and Quan Cosby (WR that caught everything that was part of the dynamic trio with Colt and Jordan Shipley) might all be too good to meet the “non-star” qualifier.

I have no doubt that Cignetti is a good coach, but I also wonder a little if he hasn’t also just had some luck combined with a killer QB. When I say luck I’m not implying that they aren’t an exceptional team, but injuries and random bounces of the ball are a reality that go hot and cold. You don’t lead the country in T/O margin, 3rd down conversion percentage, and penalty yardage per game by accident, but I wonder if this isn’t the second coming of Bob Stoops 2000 national championship team. That team had essentially no missed starts due to injuries which provided an exceptional amount of continuity throughout the season. By the end of the season they were playing better football than anyone else because they had a level of cohesion that was unmatched. Stoops had really good teams after that but didn’t win another championship.

Why not get both? Seriously though, you won’t even know if Toney is going to be in the portal until after Coleman is off the board. You pursue Coleman until the end and if that doesn’t work out then you look at the next best alternative, whom ever that happens to be at the time.

All-in every year! With the new world order (NIL and the portal) you have the potential to hit the jackpot in any given year. Roster cycles are not what they once were. Be aggressive and play to win.

Yup!

The next day or two is going to tell us a lot about what type of leader Arch is. The administration has gone “all-in” making financial resources available this portal season and we’ve got the right prospects on campus. Everything is in place, now we have to close the sale. Is Arch the type of leader that attracts other high caliber players that feed off the opportunity to be part of something extraordinary or is he just a talented player with a famous name, arm talent, and some good wheels?

Let’s make the playoff first and then worry about whether our seeding/bracket is optimal. Sark spent so much time on the long game (holding dinged players out, lighter practices, etc) that the team never actually really came together for the “now.” He needs to practice what he preaches and recognize that not maximizing now leaves the team less prepared later.

Legend

The guy is a true Longhorn, he will be missed

Merry Christmas fellow Longhorns! May your lives be full of cheer and your plates bountiful.

This is probably my biggest problem with Sark. His job is to be the HEAD COACH of the University of Texas and be responsible for ALL aspects of the team. During a game he should be thinking about O, D, and ST, not focusing on which play he should be starting the next offensive series with. I don’t know that bringing in another DC, no matter how good, solves that fundamental issue If Sark is really ALL IN for ‘26 he needs to do himself and the team a favor and get an OC / Play Caller that he can work with and shift his focus to being the best Head Coach that he can be. That doesn’t mean he can’t have input on play design and play calling, it just transfers the primary responsibility of that to someone else so that he can manage the game as a whole.

I was pretty critical of Wingo through most of the season, but he did improve as the season went along. Excluding the first play WR screen bonanza, he still needs to improve his skills as a down the field WR. I’m not sure if he’s going to end up a WR1 or WR2 next season. If I was Sark I would get a WR1 out of the portal and see if Wingo makes it an elite WR room ala Ohio State. Texas could barely field a functional 5-wide this past season. There is PLENTY of room to add more proven talent in that room.

The change in order wasn’t the problem, it was the overall level of play that was a disappointment. If you had graded on a 100 point scale the entire offense would have been a disappointment versus preseason expectations. Yes, a better OL would have helped but the QB spent the first part of the season throwing the ball into the ground, the WR were wildly inconsistent all season, and we couldn’t keep a starting level RB healthy for the life of us.

Didn’t A&M do something to this effect after last season? They didn’t call it resigning, it was something else, but the same idea.

Why stop at athletics? Maybe we could convince the State of Texas to sell The University to private equity so that we wouldn’t have to deal with the legislature’s antics.

This reminds me of when folks were saying to pull X’s scholarship when they saw him on the USC sideline during a bowl game at Jerry World. Shortly thereafter it was noted that he was there with Quinn and another player (JWhit maybe) and all of a sudden it was fine for those other players but some still held a grudge against X. If you look hard enough for a narrative you will find it.

The dude was a true sophomore. Your memories of those guys are in their 4th and 5th years. DTs get better with time. We’ll be better off if he has time to mature here.

Prior to the House settlement NIL was the “Wild West” with effectively uncapped NIL payments. My understanding is that pre-House agreements didn’t apply to the House salary cap. Was that waiver just for the 2025 season or does it apply through the term of the NIL agreement, however long that is?

Should be at 105 like everyone else. That will provide plenty of room for developmental OL and DTs and still leave NIL for portal immediate fixes.

OL, WR, RB, CB, K