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Texas Recruiting Notes 2022 - Idiotic Slapfights Unrelated To 2022 Recruiting

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3 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

What were the board's thoughts on Jay Graham? Looks like he may be Saban's new "Jeff Banks" in Texas based on his recent follows of Denver Harris, Campbell, and Perkins

I'm certain he is on staff to coach the TEs and Special teams seeing that he played RB in college. He also is associated with some top characters.

Miami (OH) (2008)
Running backs coach

South Carolina (2009–2010)
Running backs coach

South Carolina (2011)
Running backs & tight ends coach

Tennessee (2012)
Running backs coach

Florida State (2013)
Running backs coach

Florida State (2014–2017)
Running backs coach & special teams coach

Texas A&M (2018–2019)
Running backs coach

Tennessee (2020)
Running backs coach

Alabama (2021–present)
Special teams coordinator & tight ends coach

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  • closetojumping
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    Thanks. I have been on the boards since 1997 when I was a student at Texas. We've spent decades as fans and board patrons feeling powerless to create any real change. The Internet, social media,

  • ChonkySalmon666
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    I work closely with a certain previously committed 5 star QB's father (hint: its Quinn Ewers, for those who haven't been following recruiting closely like I have) and chatted with him a bit this after

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7 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

What were the board's thoughts on Jay Graham? Looks like he may be Saban's new "Jeff Banks" in Texas based on his recent follows of Denver Harris, Campbell, and Perkins

Wasn’t Graham that rain maker that Jimbo brought in to replace Brewster but never lived up to the hype?

55 minutes ago, MoJames said:

South Carolina (2011)
Running backs & tight ends coach

Spurrier surely did take the road less traveled.

58 minutes ago, Not a Sock said:

Wasn’t Graham that rain maker that Jimbo brought in to replace Brewster but never lived up to the hype?

To be fair,  he's not selling a Ford pinto anymore

3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Some folks do not feel good about Brooks going anywhere but Alabama now that they've keyed in on him. His dad knows the drill and talking points

Allen, Anderson and Hullaby could be your safety class if the chips fall right. It's looking like Texas could take 6 if they're the right 6, so someone like Hyphen could still be in the mix, or a 3rd CB. 

No read on Neto, so all of those schools are candidates, apparently. If this guy is of Nigerian descent, Texas should have a great case to make with all of the success they've had with those guys over the years, Ossai included. I'm not an expert on country-specific naming conventions from the African continent, so don't katfid me if the guy's family is from somewhere other than Nigeria. 

Would you mind elaborating? Does this mean he knows how to hint around that he could use a new job in Alabama?

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3 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

Would you mind elaborating? Does this mean he knows how to hint around that he could use a new job in Alabama?

Sorry. I meant that he knows what being recruited is all about and he knows that Alabama's argument for going there pretty much trumps everyone else's if he really believes that his son has NFL-caliber talent. I have no idea whether or not bags matter, but let's face it, the dude was recruited out of Dallas Carter by Jackie Sherrill. I doubt he will hint about shit if he thinks $$ should be a part of the deal.

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BTW, I'm interested in other peoples' opinions, but I think Brooks is ridiculously underrated. If Texas somehow landed him and Harris in the same class, holy shit. Doesn't sound likely, but I don't think they'll be giving up on either guy until the ink is dry. Getting Harris alone is a big deal, to me at least.

7 hours ago, Bevo said:

There was a famous Little from before my time. Larry Little - might have been a hall of  famer. He had a son David Little who also played in the NFL. They were from Florida. I wonder if Earl Little is related. 

His dad played for Miami - seems like a different Little family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Little

 

9 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

BTW, I'm interested in other peoples' opinions, but I think Brooks is ridiculously underrated. If Texas somehow landed him and Harris in the same class, holy shit. Doesn't sound likely, but I don't think they'll be giving up on either guy until the ink is dry. Getting Harris alone is a big deal, to me at least.

Some people think Brooks is a borderline 5*

Similar to Stewart, I'm watching to see if Bama starts to land other players at the same position, since they're always juggling a bunch of elite players at every position 

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2 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Man. I was supposed to be in Vegas this weekend. Hell, right now. Good for him.

4 hours ago, Thiefery said:

4.9 40..  hopefully he improved that over the past 2 years since he did that one

Seriously doubt we'd be recruiting him at a receiver position.  WDE, perhaps?

I’m behind on my recruits, who is Brooks?

Thanks.

3 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

This is ironic.

At least my drunken thoughts can now be heard instead of read right

39 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

BTW, I'm interested in other peoples' opinions, but I think Brooks is ridiculously underrated. If Texas somehow landed him and Harris in the same class, holy shit. Doesn't sound likely, but I don't think they'll be giving up on either guy until the ink is dry. Getting Harris alone is a big deal, to me at least.

My opinion is the only one that matters, and I think he's a witch. The second play of his HUDL is NFL shit.

1 hour ago, nycHorn said:

I’m behind on my recruits, who is Brooks?

Thanks.

The same question and answer is on this paaaaaaaaage

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This guy has been a must get for some time. His eye discipline is fabulous, and as mentioned, he closes fast.

6 minutes ago, TexMexBuddha said:

This guy has been a must get for some time. His eye discipline is fabulous, and as mentioned, he closes fast.

too violent for a corner. Do not want.

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16 minutes ago, texifornia said:

The same question and answer is on this paaaaaaaaage

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2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

BTW, I'm interested in other peoples' opinions, but I think Brooks is ridiculously underrated. If Texas somehow landed him and Harris in the same class, holy shit. Doesn't sound likely, but I don't think they'll be giving up on either guy until the ink is dry. Getting Harris alone is a big deal, to me at least.

I don't want to be that "Jamal Charles comp" guy, but a sudden, vicious force in the run game while playing press corner and getting back on the ball, playing the ball extremely well... that guy is coaching high school football in Arizona.  Brooks reminds me of him, sue me.

And as I said before, Harris is an island CB.

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Y’all are setting me up to be really disappointed when Bama or Clemson or who the fuck ever comes in and takes Brooks.

Eric Nahlin: Offer scarcity is out the window, prospects now feeling urgent

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(Urgent, urgent)

Unless you’re a Foreigner to recruiting you’ve noticed Steve Sarkisian is highly involved in the offer process. That makes sense for a number of obvious reasons, but his high work rate is noticeable in tweet after tweet of newly offered recruits mentioning him. The increased offer activity is in contrast to Tom Herman’s previous approach of offering less to increase the perceived value of a Texas offer.

That only works when you’re winning, and even then it’s ill-advised because nobody wins more while “offering” more than Alabama. At the same time, Alabama’s offers meant more and much less and that never hurt the all-too-often defending national champs. In years past we’ve watched Alabama flood the Texas market with offers that weren’t in anyway real, but they created the perception mighty Alabama was interested while arrogant Texas wasn’t.

That puts Texas in a pickle because fake offers can come back to haunt you if you’re the flagship university of the state. The increase in offers is more telling with the 2023 class than 2022. Rather than doing months of diligence on a recruit’s background, often while falling behind with recruits, the new staff is saying, “here’s an offer, we’ll find out if you’re our timber along the way, then proceed accordingly.”

Herman’s approach of less supply equaling more demand is at least defensible if Texas is winning, but Sark understands the winning method is to create urgency with a lot of prospects vying for only a few spots. He’s flipped scarcity on its head. As a not-so-random example, think about how Texas handled offensive line recruiting last cycle. Rather than offering 8-10 prospects for two spots, they’d offer one player at a time, often very late and to no avail. Then they’d offer someone else with the same results.

Again, we’ll contrast that with Sarkisian: though Texas is in great shape for Westlake interior offensive lineman Conner Robertson, the staff also elected to offer Frisco’s Cole Hutson. If Robertson doesn’t want to decide in a reasonable time, they’ve set themselves up to push for Hutson, a player who is far too good to be considered a contingency. There’s little to no risk in Sarkisian’s approach at this time. On occasion, they may have to speed a guy up, or slow him down, but he‘s learned those techniques from the master.

 

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3 hours ago, Fud said:

Some people think Brooks is a borderline 5*

Similar to Stewart, I'm watching to see if Bama starts to land other players at the same position, since they're always juggling a bunch of elite players at every position 

I'm counting on this 🤞

8 minutes ago, canadianhorn21 said:

 

Is that Evan Stewart's 7v7 corch? I can't keep these characters straight

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Could be an offer. He posted the same gif for Evers offer. Neto ‘Zulu also appears to have contracted his services. So, let’s assume the latter. Itshappening.gif

9 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:


I spent *entirely* too long on this but he might have a girlfriend on the swim team. Might doing a lot of work there.

Un. De. Feat. Ed.

1 minute ago, Sir Ulrich said:

 

Wouldn’t be surprised to see banks commit very soon. Might be what Coach O is referring too. 

5 minutes ago, TenCarryTom said:

Wouldn’t be surprised to see banks commit very soon. Might be what Coach O is referring too. 

Didn’t someone just put a pick for A&M for Banks? 

2 minutes ago, TenCarryTom said:

Wouldn’t be surprised to see banks commit very soon. Might be what Coach O is referring too. 

Would be amazing. That one is interesting, seems like Texas sources have been bullish lately but he got those low confidence CBs to aggy yesterday and it doesn’t seem like their mods have been preparing them to be let down like they have done with Anderson. 

1 minute ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

Didn’t someone just put a pick for A&M for Banks? 

I think the assumption is that was more people putting in guesses for 247s CB day thing than those guys having real intel he was about to drop for them. Or even that they currently lead. 

5 minutes ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

Didn’t someone just put a pick for A&M for Banks? 

OU mod and Ok St mod put in picks of 6 and 5 confidence respectively. But because of the “Crystal Ball Day” that 247 just had, it’s difficult to tell if they’re anything more than a shot in the dark.

 

$9.95ers "We're talking to high level sources very close to the situation ..."

 

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6 hours ago, texifornia said:

After a brief google, Umeozulu does appear to be Nigerian. Or at least in common use there.

It's an Igbo name. Christian Okoye (and other Okoyes), Nnamdi Asomugha, ND Kalu, and anyone named Okafor are also Igbo. Closer to home: Chris Ogbonnaya, the Acho brothers, and Orakpo.

Away from sports: Fat Tony and Tyler the Creator

Igbo-Americans whose ancestors came as slaves, ancestry discovered via DNA: Paul Robeson, TD Jakes, Forrest Whitaker, and Blair Cunningham

Adoleye Adeoye was Yoruba. (Ado- and Ade- and Akin- names are Yoruba) There seems to be fewer Yoruba football players in general, not just with us. And maybe fewer Yoruba immigrants, period. Hakeem Olajuwon is Yoruba.

So is Gbenga Akinnagbe, aka Chris Partlow

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This has been your Nigerian Naming Conventions Minute

Roach just gave the Coach O tweet a RT but it’s likely he’s just as curious what it is about as we are. 

Roach just gave the Coach O tweet a RT but it’s likely he’s just as curious what it is about as we are. 


Ears to the icy streets.
10 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

For those of you worried about the Banks CBs

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We all know to ignore early aggy cbs as they are not predictive but rather attempts to manipulate the system to help generate momentum. 
 

Banks is a little different. Some regional guys took their best guess because the service asked them to, and they guessed aggy. 

Either someone is committing or someone is not committing.

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