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    FYI - just cross-posting a really nice story.     Embedded tweet w/ anecdote.      

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    13,000 posts on surlyhorns.com is the hallmark of a guy who's just too busy to tune into commitment ceremonies. 

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15 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Using 50/50 for a recruitment seems like such a 9.95er thing.

I don’t doubt there are recruitments from time to time where a kid is actually torn but there is no way it happens as frequently as 9.95ers like to use that phrase.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I agree that the 80/20 rule applies, and most of these recruitments aren’t actually 50/50

For a laugh, go watch OTF the last couple of weeks and when the recruits graphic comes up. Write down how many of them say we "feel good about" or "Texas lean" compared to today. $9.95 please.

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1 minute ago, The Beast said:

For a laugh, go watch OTF the last couple of weeks and when the recruits graphic comes up. Write down how many of them say we "feel good about" or "Texas lean" compared to today. $9.95 please.

I don't imagine a single person is going to do that.

After July 1, it is likely that the pattern of commitments will change. We are, as I understand it, already on the course of stable roster building and NIL$ allocation. Other schools may be making promises and deals which are one-off because of the impending house settlement effect and/or deleterious to stability/morale because of disparities on the team relating to nothing more than timing of signing.

8 minutes ago, The Beast said:

For a laugh, go watch OTF the last couple of weeks and when the recruits graphic comes up. Write down how many of them say we "feel good about" or "Texas lean" compared to today. $9.95 please.

Well Youtube is free.

27 minutes ago, The Beast said:

For a laugh, go watch OTF the last couple of weeks and when the recruits graphic comes up. Write down how many of them say we "feel good about" or "Texas lean" compared to today. $9.95 please.

The only guys I’ve seen them consistently use those phrases on are Okpala, Turntine, Guervil, Ojo, Carlton and Matthews, which is of course the last group to announce in these string of commitments.

I don’t think Gerry ever blew smoke up our ass about Simeon or Lee. Only said stuff like “Texas is right there”. I don’t remember his stance on Calicut.

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We were never getting 10 defensive linemen. We will end up with 5 and be more than fine with the best d-line class in the country. And don’t be sour pusses when we have 6 defensive linemen in a few weeks and then lose one during the season. 

7 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said:

After July 1, it is likely that the pattern of commitments will change. We are, as I understand it, already on the course of stable roster building and NIL$ allocation. Other schools may be making promises and deals which are one-off because of the impending house settlement effect and/or deleterious to stability/morale because of disparities on the team relating to nothing more than timing of signing.

The doctor has spoken.

I don’t follow recruiting but it sounds like Texas should just shut down its program due to future uncompetitiveness. Is that accurate? 

31 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

I don’t follow recruiting but it sounds like Texas should just shut down its program due to future uncompetitiveness. Is that accurate? 

yes. 

33 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

I don’t follow recruiting but it sounds like Texas should just shut down its program due to future uncompetitiveness. Is that accurate? 

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6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

FWIW, the Miami mods told their 247 board that Miami is not expected to land Johnson. 

I’m glad they’re choosing to blow all of their budget on 5-Star RBs and Carson Beck’s car insurance premiums

12 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

We are losing out on one "50/50" guy after another. It sucks. I know we're gonna rebound, recruit through the whistle blah blah blah, but it sucks to get second place time after time after time. 

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12 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

We are losing out on one "50/50" guy after another. It sucks. I know we're gonna rebound, recruit through the whistle blah blah blah, but it sucks to get second place time after time after time. 

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The only reason to be negative about recruiting or the state of the program right now is because you view life with the worst of expectations to psychologically protect yourself from disappointment, or you’re a troll who likes to wind people up. Or you’re just ignorant and lack any sort of perspective.

The reason to follow recruiting closely for me is in part so I have some sort of realistic expectation for our chances of landing some of these kids. There’s not a single target that’s gone a different path than Texas that I’m surprised by. Part of that is because I probably follow recruiting a little too obsessively, but for anyone posting regularly on this thread, that describes you, too.

The KJ Edwards commitment felt like it came out of nowhere. The rest of them I felt like I had a good idea they were going to go the way they went.

Texas is in great shape. I have followed Texas recruiting in times where the head coach was so scared of rejection, and loved to brag how often he hit on all his targets, that he was scared to death of going after prospects where the chances of landing them was 50/50.

These guys have their big boy pants on. Plus, in an era where football recruiting is more transactional than it ever has been, if the budget isn’t there for a player, it’s going to impact our chances considerably.

I recently asked a guy in the industry how often Texas loses a recruitment where UT is the highest bidder, and he said in his estimation it was about 1 out of 10.

We’re still in June. We have a great recruiting class forming. We have more studs ready to commit. We rarely lose flips to other schools (although we’re not invulnerable to it). We regularly flip kids from other schools to Texas. How the season unfolds will create more opportunities in recruiting. The class we sign in December is going to be outstanding. We’re in a good place right now.

8 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

I recently asked a guy in the industry how often Texas loses a recruitment where UT is the highest bidder, and he said in his estimation it was about 1 out of 10.

This can't happen very often. Like a Dakorian Moore situation maybe?

Hank South is leaning Georgia for James Johnson. Also mentioned that Johnson hasn’t informed the schools just yet. 

25 minutes ago, Ricky Butler said:

I can’t believe we have to be therapists again this summer. 

 

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2 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

The only reason to be negative about recruiting or the state of the program right now is because you view life with the worst of expectations to psychologically protect yourself from disappointment, or you’re a troll who likes to wind people up. Or you’re just ignorant and lack any sort of perspective.

At least half of Surly checks all 3 boxes.

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Cool. Get Guervil in the boat and we're rock solid. Johnson is a fun athlete, though.

On 6/27/2025 at 10:18 AM, Sock Monkey said:

There’s 20 recruits committing over the next few weeks, and I’d set the O/U for Texas at 7.5. That’s objectively pretty good, but I’m sure some will feel like the sky is falling with so many “losses” over a short period of time.

...too late to take the under?

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Does anyone know why we’ve backed off of all these recruitments recently?  Is it an issue with the numbers?

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Yeah, it must be the numbers.

2 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

What is sark even doing 

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50 minutes ago, satyanash said:

...too late to take the under?

One of the more entertaining things, to me at least, about your behavior is that your timing is often impeccable. I saw this post and laughed out loud. It’s fucking perfect. 

Just now, closetojumping said:

One of the more entertaining things, to me at least, about your behavior is that your timing is often impeccable. I saw this post and laughed out loud. It’s fucking perfect. 

I took it a little differently.  I saw it and thought “choke a bitch”.  😉

Few interesting snippets from Johnson about his decision from the Georgia on3 site

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Johnson told Georgia’s coaches that he was going to be committing to them once he finished his official visit to Texas last weekend.

Johnson felt strongly about Georgia, even in the first weekend of the month of June when he took his official visit to Georgia.

“My first OV, I knew it,” Johnson said. “That’s when I knew it and just decided to take all the rest of the OVs, see if it would change my mind. I was locked in with Georgia from the start…I didn’t really let them know. I let them know right after I got out of Texas, I let them know.”

Georgia had to fend off multiple contenders to land James Johnson

Johnson admits Texas made things close.

“I’d say Texas came kind of close,” Johnson said. “I decided to think about Texas. Ultimately, I stayed locked in with Georgia.”

The hometown program made a push as well. Johnson had people close to him pulling him toward the hometown powerhouse.

Johnson felt Georgia and the SEC fit his interests more.

“I did have a lot of phone calls from Miami, I can’t even lie,” Johnson said. “Like they would call me while I was sleeping, I wouldn’t answer them, but I did get times speaking to them sometimes. They did try to make a big push, but I’m more of an SEC type of dude.”

 

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4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Few interesting snippets from Johnson about his decision from the Georgia on3 site

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Johnson told Georgia’s coaches that he was going to be committing to them once he finished his official visit to Texas last weekend.

Johnson felt strongly about Georgia, even in the first weekend of the month of June when he took his official visit to Georgia.

“My first OV, I knew it,” Johnson said. “That’s when I knew it and just decided to take all the rest of the OVs, see if it would change my mind. I was locked in with Georgia from the start…I didn’t really let them know. I let them know right after I got out of Texas, I let them know.”

Georgia had to fend off multiple contenders to land James Johnson

Johnson admits Texas made things close.

“I’d say Texas came kind of close,” Johnson said. “I decided to think about Texas. Ultimately, I stayed locked in with Georgia.”

The hometown program made a push as well. Johnson had people close to him pulling him toward the hometown powerhouse.

Johnson felt Georgia and the SEC fit his interests more.

“I did have a lot of phone calls from Miami, I can’t even lie,” Johnson said. “Like they would call me while I was sleeping, I wouldn’t answer them, but I did get times speaking to them sometimes. They did try to make a big push, but I’m more of an SEC type of dude.”

 

I respect the decision 

So Bobbie and Gerry got out over their skis again on confidence and now the some of the board is melting down...

 

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So Bobbie and Gerry got out over their skis again on confidence and now the some of the board is melting down...
 
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Come on, man.

Johnson said that Texas made it close. Neither BobbY nor Gerry ever once said it was a done deal. Sometimes they fall to the good guys, other times they go elsewhere.

Sack up.

You can’t hit if you don’t swing. Barry Bonds struck out twice as many times as he hit home runs. 

2 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

You can’t hit if you don’t swing. Barry Bonds struck out twice as many times as he hit home runs. 

I’m allowed to be mad because I wanted to take 15 DL in this class. 

44 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

So Bobbie and Gerry got out over their skis again on confidence and now the some of the board is melting down...

 

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I think the only correct thing in that sentence is the spelling of Gerry's name. 

7 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

The only reason to be negative about recruiting or the state of the program right now is because you view life with the worst of expectations to psychologically protect yourself from disappointment, or you’re a troll who likes to wind people up. Or you’re just ignorant and lack any sort of perspective.

but...

that's THREE reasons...

7 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

The only reason to be negative about recruiting or the state of the program right now is because you view life with the worst of expectations to psychologically protect yourself from disappointment, or you’re a troll who likes to wind people up. Or you’re just ignorant and lack any sort of perspective.            ....
                                           ....       Texas is in great shape. I have followed Texas recruiting in times where the head coach was so scared of                                                                      ....         rejection, and loved to brag how often he hit on all his targets, that he was scared to death of going                                                                            ....         after prospects where the chances of landing them was 50/50.

                                                                                            ....   We’re still in June ... We’re in a good place right now.

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1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

 Barry Bonds struck out twice as many times as he hit home runs. 

not in the early aughts. 

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