A few of my friends have gotten to see the practices this week.
-"Texas finally looks the part of a team that can compete with anyone. Been awhile."
-Savion Red is a mean dude. Everybody thinks he's going to do well getting between the tackles and trying to hurt people. Now they're questioning if they actually need a bigger back from the portal. He's not a "big" back, but he isn't small, and they're looking for mentality as much as size.
-Baxter isn't far from 6'0/1", 225 already and will comfortably play around those numbers.
-Handwringing about Mitchell's hands which I mocked.
-Omeozulu is another of the OL that looks like an NFL body, physically.
-Everyone is really high on Brooks as a future star at CB.
-Sarkisian is poor-mouthing the schedule, talking up Bama in Tuscaloosa, thinks OU is a 10+ win team, and says that KSU should be considered the chalk pick to win the Big 12 in 2023. He's poor-mouthed every season so far. Unfortunately, in 2021, he was right. No one is convinced of what he's doing with this shit before the upcoming season. Is he sandbagging? Is this just loser talk from a guy that can't get it done? You got me.
-The consensus is this should be a top 10 team that wins 10+ and is relevant in the playoff picture. The roster is in the best shape it's been in since at least 2009 and maybe 2008. The OL will be better than those years. These are thoughts from people who attend UT practices every spring and fall and have for decades who are also not there due to access as donors. They're never this high on the personnel. So take it FWIW.
-Freshmen that people are raving about: Cook, Baxter, Manning, Hill, D Moore.
It happened in the Multiverse. We lost him there for perpetuity. Hence his complete irrelevance going forward to the program.