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2 hours ago, BornAndRaised said:

…. Maryland?

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I've got no idea what's going on with Twitter. I keep clicking on what looks like X/Twitter posts and it turns out they are screenshots (?) of tweets, so nothing happens.   Then I try to post a Tweet and get a message that something on X is broken.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I feel like there's no point in posting a screenshot of a tweet.

3 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

I've got no idea what's going on with Twitter. I keep clicking on what looks like X/Twitter posts and it turns out they are screenshots (?) of tweets, so nothing happens.   Then I try to post a Tweet and get a message that something on X is broken.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I feel like there's no point in posting a screenshot of a tweet.

Embedding has been disabled in favor of page loading performance (as well as an expression of speech). Pic and link are the way to do it now. 

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2 hours ago, BornAndRaised said:

…. Maryland?

One does not simply beat Maryland… for a recruit, or in a game (or two). 

43 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

I've got no idea what's going on with Twitter. I keep clicking on what looks like X/Twitter posts and it turns out they are screenshots (?) of tweets, so nothing happens.   Then I try to post a Tweet and get a message that something on X is broken.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I feel like there's no point in posting a screenshot of a tweet.

keep that shit in CR

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LOL. I get a notification saying that futureman has quoted me in a post. But I have futureman on ignore. 

Whatever it is futureman said I'm sure I vehemently disagree, so screw you, futureman. 
 

6 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Heh. You mock me for saying you've got at least one blind spot, and then effortlessly demonstrate two of the ones I listed.

I literally showed you where the thing was, and you walked into it anyway.

You can no longer call me dumb. About anything. This was hilariously mindless. Well done!

First I don’t think you’re dumb. There are a lot of posters here who are, you’re not one. But you have some baffling takes. 
 

Second, citing real things isn’t a blind spot when they’re real. Yes they shape my perception…because they’re real. Would you say that compared to Texas, OU has an NIL weakness? Nah, it’s a blind spot in our thinking! 

You’re saying ND is Quinn Ewers, a perfect QB specimen. And I’m saying he’s got elite traits but can’t hit the deep ball consistently and has poor pocket awareness. Who has the blind spot?

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The EDGE from Tennessee that supposedly was going to commit at the first if the year committee to SMU.

9 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Still pissed about letting the 96 game get away via the patented James brown backbreaking terrible int. 

I'll take James Brown's patented INTs any day when they also came with balls of steel in that milquetoast culture Mackovic created. 

6 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

The EDGE from Tennessee that supposedly was going to commit at the first if the year committee to SMU.

That’s probably a solid choice for him. 

39 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

The EDGE from Tennessee that supposedly was going to commit at the first if the year committee to SMU.

English must be your second language. 

English must be your second language. 

Nope, he used Sydney Carton instead of Mavis Beacon to learn typing.
18 minutes ago, Masshole Horn said:


Nope, he used Sydney Carton instead of Mavis Beacon to learn typing.

I had to look up Mavis Beacon. 

2 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I had to look up Mavis Beacon. 

Same. I immediately thought of this dude…

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But then again, I’m Gen X.

Just now, NTVTXN said:

Same. I immediately thought of this dude…

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But then again, I’m Gen X.

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Scruggs at 247 crystal balled Nic Robertson to Texas.

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June 13-15.  Looks like that'll be a huge weekend of OVs.

 

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"Man, me and his relationship, we're like locked in," Berymon said of Baker. "To me he's like a father figure. I mean, to me, Coach Baker, I love how he coaches guys. He's just like Coach Bo (Davis). To me, they both keep it real and they stay on to you."

 

1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Scruggs at 247 crystal balled Nic Robertson to Texas.

Well, the guy's been a silent for months, so it's good to see that Scruggs is really plugged in here.

 

Add Jabari Mack to the June 13-15 OV list.

 

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"Right now I would say Texas and Texas A&M, they're big for me," Mack told Horns247. "And I'm really starting to get to like Texas a lot."

Now Mack says he has an official visit locked in to Austin for June 13-15. 

The Destrehan (La.) standout ranks as the No. 16 wide receiver and the No. 119 overall player in the country, per 247Sports. He was one of Texas' top offensive targets. 

"I talked to Arch (Manning) a little bit," Mack said. "We work with the same trainer, so we was chatting about that for a minute. He just asked me how my life is going. He's a nice, standup guy. I also got to talk to Ryan Wingo. He's not from Louisiana, but he was a great freshman this year. It was good to pick his brain a little bit."

 

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Top in-state target has Texas OV date

Texas legacy and top in-state wide receiver target Kaydon Finley (Aledo, Texas/High) will make an official visit to Texas in June. 

OnTexasFootball has learned that the 4-star+ pass catcher is scheduled to make his official visit to Texas June 20-22. 

Texas and Notre Dame are at the top of the list for the 6-foot-0.5, 200-pound wide receiver. Finley attended Notre Dame JUnior Day January 20, and is expected to make an unofficial visit to Texas for a spring practice.

Kaydon Finley by the numbers ...

2022 (freshman): 25 receptions for 417 yards and 6 TDs

2023 (sophomore): 42 receptions for 703 yards and 7 TDs

2024 (junior): 81 receptions for 1,432 yards and 21 TD's

June official visit dates ...

The Longhorns are up to 12 confirmed June official visitors with up to 50 expected in the most impactful month of a recruiting cycle. 

June 6

Ezavier Crowell, RB, Jackson (Ala.) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

June 13

Jabari Mack, WR, Destrehan (La.)High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Heze Kent, TE/ATH, Brunswick (Ga.)High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

Felix Ojo, OT, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

Toa Katoa, IOL, Euless (Texas) Trinity
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Zaden Krempin, IOL, Prosper (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star

Bryce Perry-Wright, DL, Buford (Ga.) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Jalen Lott, CB/ATH, Frisco (Texas) Panther Creek
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

June 20

Kaydon Finley, WR, Aledo (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Nicolas Robertson, IOL, Klein (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Max Wright, IOL/OT, Melissa (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star

Jermaine Bishop, CB/WR/Ret, Willis (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

12 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

LOL. I get a notification saying that futureman has quoted me in a post. But I have futureman on ignore. 

Whatever it is futureman said I'm sure I vehemently disagree, so screw you, futureman. 
 

goddamn, man.  I thought we were friends.

2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Gerry Hamilton

 

Top in-state target has Texas OV date

Texas legacy and top in-state wide receiver target Kaydon Finley (Aledo, Texas/High) will make an official visit to Texas in June. 

OnTexasFootball has learned that the 4-star+ pass catcher is scheduled to make his official visit to Texas June 20-22. 

Texas and Notre Dame are at the top of the list for the 6-foot-0.5, 200-pound wide receiver. Finley attended Notre Dame JUnior Day January 20, and is expected to make an unofficial visit to Texas for a spring practice.

Kaydon Finley by the numbers ...

2022 (freshman): 25 receptions for 417 yards and 6 TDs

2023 (sophomore): 42 receptions for 703 yards and 7 TDs

2024 (junior): 81 receptions for 1,432 yards and 21 TD's

June official visit dates ...

The Longhorns are up to 12 confirmed June official visitors with up to 50 expected in the most impactful month of a recruiting cycle. 

June 6

Ezavier Crowell, RB, Jackson (Ala.) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

June 13

Jabari Mack, WR, Destrehan (La.)High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Heze Kent, TE/ATH, Brunswick (Ga.)High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

Felix Ojo, OT, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

Toa Katoa, IOL, Euless (Texas) Trinity
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Zaden Krempin, IOL, Prosper (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star

Bryce Perry-Wright, DL, Buford (Ga.) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Jalen Lott, CB/ATH, Frisco (Texas) Panther Creek
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

June 20

Kaydon Finley, WR, Aledo (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Nicolas Robertson, IOL, Klein (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+

Max Wright, IOL/OT, Melissa (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star

Jermaine Bishop, CB/WR/Ret, Willis (Texas) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++

I apologize for being out of the loop. I'm assuming a 4-star++ is either a projected 5 star or on the borderline. A 4-star plus is top 100 or thereabouts. Is that about right?

1 minute ago, SL Xpress said:

I apologize for being out of the loop. I'm assuming a 4-star++ is either a projected 5 star or on the borderline. A 4-star plus is top 100 or thereabouts. Is that about right?

Nobody knows tbh

15 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

I apologize for being out of the loop. I'm assuming a 4-star++ is either a projected 5 star or on the borderline. A 4-star plus is top 100 or thereabouts. Is that about right?

I thought it meant that all recruiting sites ranked him at least that many stars, so in this case, he is a 4 star per every major ranking site. 

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1 minute ago, General Colt said:

That article is short and very sweet.

So NIL is not a problem when Georgia wins the recruitment, but when someone else does, it's evidence of "incredible flaws in the system." Got it. 

It is so incredibly gratifying to be on the other end of these bidding wars, after decades of losing the under the table battles. 

On 2/5/2025 at 12:47 PM, Danimal said:

I didn't know MSN did recruiting news.

Neither did I. It just popped up on my news feed.

21 hours ago, Professor Chesney said:

Taking a look at that 2016 roster, there was a surprising amount of talent, but even so not many would have cracked the two-deep last year or this year.

Starter Caliber: D’Onta Foreman (RB), Poona Ford (DT), Conor Williams (OG)

Likely in the rotation: Chris Warren (RB), Deshaun Elliot (S), Hilton Hill (CB), Andrew Beck (TE)

On the bubble: Malik Jefferson (OLB), Devin Duvernay (WR)

A lot of players didn’t put it together until Herman came in. Despite having more NFL players than a lot of other teams, the talent gaps and the coaching were so atrocious that it didn’t make any difference. We’ve come a long way from the days of Jake Oliver and Nashon Hughes taking meaningful snaps.

Malik wouldn’t have played over lefau is very sketchy. 

but duvernay woulda been a borderline contributor? What in gods name are we talking about, DD had 100 catches in 2019 with Herman/ehlinger averaging over 13 per. first team all conference. 

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3 minutes ago, bluto said:

Malik wouldn’t have played over lefau is very sketchy. 

but duvernay woulda been a borderline contributor? What in gods name are we talking about, DD had 100 catches in 2019 with Herman/ehlinger averaging over 13 per. first team all conference. 

Yeah he'd be starting over DMoore and it wouldn't be close.

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9 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Yeah he'd be starting over DMoore and it wouldn't be close.

I'd also argue that Jefferson in a competent scheme with competent coaching proabably would have an entirely different career. But that's speculation. Duvernay starting isn't speculation, it's obvious. 

Edit: I should probably add that it's obvious to everyone but Katfid, who probably can't tell the two apart, and can't tell Devin duvernay apart from Kevin Hart, or Kevin Kline. 

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1 hour ago, SL Xpress said:

I apologize for being out of the loop. I'm assuming a 4-star++ is either a projected 5 star or on the borderline. A 4-star plus is top 100 or thereabouts. Is that about right?

I think Gerry has said his system is 5* ~top 30, 4*++ ~top 75, 4*+ ~top 150(?). I’m less sure about the last one so someone correct me if I’m wrong 

Somewhat related - I’ve seen similar stuff to the tweet below going back for years. The cutoff ranking that really seems to matter lies somewhere around the top 100-150 recruits (for 247, that’s around their .95 rating for individual recruits and 950 for team talent). Prospects rated above that have better results, as do teams that stack those prospects. 

 

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edit: I did my best with surlyx but I’m on mobile and I failed :(

Here’s the graphic 

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18 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Still pissed about letting the 96 game get away via the patented James brown backbreaking terrible int. 

I was just barely getting into Texas football back then. Was 10 and moved to Austin from Vermont like 2 years prior. My dad and I were excited for the game, but I had a football game (that he coached) at the same time. I remember we set it up to tape record (lolllll) and on the way from leaving the complex to go home and watch it some asshole comes up and tells us what happened. Man what a different time.

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12 minutes ago, bluto said:

Malik wouldn’t have played over lefau is very sketchy. 

but duvernay woulda been a borderline contributor? What in gods name are we talking about, DD had 100 catches in 2019 with Herman/ehlinger averaging over 13 per. first team all conference. 

I was strictly speaking about the players as they were on that 2016 team, not the best version of themselves during their career. Obviously peak Devin Duvernay in 2019 and Lil Jordan in 2018 would have started on last year’s team. But even with better scheme and coaches, generally a freshman is still a freshman.  In 2016 Devin Duvernay only had 20 catches…but he was still averaging 20.6 yards per catch and was criminally underutilized. Fucking dumb.

27 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'd also argue that Jefferson in a competent scheme with competent coaching proabably would have an entirely different career. But that's speculation. Duvernay starting isn't speculation, it's obvious. 

I’m coming around to your view. I really underestimated / repressed the sheer incompetence of the Charlie Strong staff. Malik was not a good linebacker in 2016. But 2 years of competent development under Choate/Nansen probably would have produced a completely different player. They turned Overshown into a 3rd round pick in that same time period.

41 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Work to do

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Looking at that list you can see that this doesn’t appear to be a legal battle. But a good enough pitch could always change that. 

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1 hour ago, texifornia said:

Work to do

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Gerry a week ago was talking about him.. expects him to take an unofficial and an official visit with us

Amazing aggy keeps signing and getting 5* WR's to visit.  Demas, Marshall, Stewart.  Lulz, who is the last one that actually panned out?  Christian Kirk?

10 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Amazing aggy keeps signing and getting 5* WR's to visit.  Demas, Marshall, Stewart.  Lulz, who is the last one that actually panned out?  Christian Kirk?

Ainias Smith was drafted in the 5th round in 2024.  He is the only WR drafted since 2018 (Kirk and Ratley).

Texas has had five WRs drafted since 2018.

6 minutes ago, skipmcgee said:

Ainias Smith was drafted in the 5th round in 2024.  He is the only WR drafted since 2018 (Kirk and Ratley).

Texas has had five WRs drafted since 2018.

And he wasn’t a five star.

On 2/1/2025 at 2:27 PM, TexasRenegade said:

One of Mack's classes...maybe his 1st was 100% Texas players.

 

In other news if we end up not getting him Carlton is in the lead for the " if only the coaches had prioritized him angst in 9 months"

Gerry is pretty convinced this dude will/should be a 5 star when all is said and done. 

26 minutes ago, Newy25 said:


That is some next level bitching and crying. Why is it that the schools that cheated the most are the most vocal now about how bad it is to pay players? Just no self awareness whatsoever. 

They're losing their power and they don't like it.  These fan bases are scared shitless of Texas becoming a juggernaut.  They talked all kinds of shit all year long on Finebaum's show.

13 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

They're losing their power and they don't like it.  These fan bases are scared shitless of Texas becoming a juggernaut.  They talked all kinds of shit all year long on Finebaum's show.

They beat Texas twice last season and still can't stop bitching about us.  Jesus.

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