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8 hours ago, hornlife said:

Apparently, * Big humans* means fat slops. 

Herman fatigued us to the 260 lb lineman that you put weight on... worked one time with Cosmi.

You do need bigs when Arkansas or auburn have 340lb DT on the other side. 

Problem with our "big humans" is that we have not gotten the right ones. 

Would Taylor's Dad be optimal for our likings?

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20 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:

Herman fatigued us to the 260 lb lineman that you put weight on... worked one time with Cosmi.

You do need bigs when Arkansas or auburn have 340lb DT on the other side. 

Problem with our "big humans" is that we have not gotten the right ones. 

Would Taylor's Dad be optimal for our likings?

The frustration about this is we don’t get the right ones but teams like Indiana or Utah who don’t have half of what Texas does gets it right under more time than not.  

42 minutes ago, Nigel Tufnel said:

I don’t see this.  He did well as OC at UNLV.  He took over a sub-.500 team from the past two seasons.  He got them to the cusp of the playoffs in a conference with Montana, Montana State, and UC Davis (predicted 6th, finished 4th).  He is very intriguing with good (if not great) results.  Now, the head scratcher is why he gambles moving from HC to OC.  The main answer we have seen first hand with Jeff Choate leaving a great FCS gig at Montana State to be LB coach at UT while more than doubling his pay.

Sac State raised a ton of money to move up to FBS. They had a significantly larger payroll than any other FCS team. It would be like McGuire going 8-4 or 9-3 with this year’s Tech roster. Their record didn’t improve because of his coaching, and failing to even make the playoffs with that kind of payroll advantage points to his poor performance as a coach. 

29 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

Sac State raised a ton of money to move up to FBS. They had a significantly larger payroll than any other FCS team. It would be like McGuire going 8-4 or 9-3 with this year’s Tech roster. Their record didn’t improve because of his coaching, and failing to even make the playoffs with that kind of payroll advantage points to his poor performance as a coach. 

And I disagree, as do the coaches in that conference.  

If these playoff rankings doesn’t insight Sark to take a look at this program and make some changes , idk what will

1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

IT

I cannot say with 100% conviction Akina is out but I can say it with 99%.

A major consideration right now is offensive line coach Kyle Flood. IT has heard Flood’s name connected with a couple potential landing spots. Given these jobs wouldn’t be as good as his current job, we think he’s looking for a safe haven.

One position we’re watching is wide receivers. Chris Jackson’s contract is up. We’d put it at 50/50 whether he returns. We’re curious to see what happens. He’s very well liked in his room. If he leaves, I don’t believe it will be based on job performance.

I don't know what to think about Jackson. Wingo doesn't look polished but that's one guy, plus he is still young and had injuries this offseason (so did Moore and Mosely). WR recruiting has been solid. Last year's WRs were good but mostly transfers. Golden improved a lot over the season.

I will say: Watching Indiana and OSU's WRs make every contested catch last night made me extremely jealous. Haven't seen that much here this year.

2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

I don't know what to think about Jackson. Wingo doesn't look polished but that's one guy, plus he is still young and had injuries this offseason (so did Moore and Mosely). WR recruiting has been solid. Last year's WRs were good but mostly transfers. Golden improved a lot over the season.

I will say: Watching Indiana and OSU's WRs make every contested catch last night made me extremely jealous. Haven't seen that much here this year.

Easy to be solid recruiting wise in a transactional era 

5 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

I don't know what to think about Jackson. Wingo doesn't look polished but that's one guy, plus he is still young and had injuries this offseason (so did Moore and Mosely). WR recruiting has been solid. Last year's WRs were good but mostly transfers. Golden improved a lot over the season.

I will say: Watching Indiana and OSU's WRs make every contested catch last night made me extremely jealous. Haven't seen that much here this year.

When you have teams like Indiana who have borderline 3 maybe low 4 star WR’s making plays that Texas WR aren’t, you have to look at coaching and evaluating of talent.

out best WR the last few years other than Worthy came from other schools, (Golden, Mitchell, Bond and even Mosley) we have a problem developing these guys. 
 

That’s a fucking problem 

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10 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

I don't know what to think about Jackson. Wingo doesn't look polished but that's one guy, plus he is still young and had injuries this offseason (so did Moore and Mosely). WR recruiting has been solid. Last year's WRs were good but mostly transfers. Golden improved a lot over the season.

I will say: Watching Indiana and OSU's WRs make every contested catch last night made me extremely jealous. Haven't seen that much here this year.

Wingo keeps coming up....yall realize he had a better season the Ryan Williams at Bama?

5 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

Wingo keeps coming up....yall realize he had a better season the Ryan Williams at Bama?

 

At least Wingo is developing. Ryan Williams seems to be regressing. 

2 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

Wingo keeps coming up....yall realize he had a better season the Ryan Williams at Bama?

Our overpaid, under-developed WR is better than theirs? 

Just now, Bevo said:

 

At least Wingo is developing. Ryan Williams seems to be regressing. 

I think 42 yards was his high last 5 games...

1 hour ago, D3zii said:

If these playoff rankings doesn’t insight Sark to take a look at this program and make some changes , idk what will

Well it’s been pretty clearly stated here and other threads that he is

1 hour ago, D3zii said:

If these playoff rankings doesn’t insight Sark to take a look at this program and make some changes , idk what will

This is a great malapropism. 

2 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

At least Wingo is developing. Ryan Williams seems to be regressing. 

We can fix him?

2 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

At least Wingo is developing. Ryan Williams seems to be regressing. 

Wingo will make a great #2 option next year. 

OTF

On the coaching front, there will be turnover.

Where and when, that I don't know. An additional positional coach to monitor is that of Chris Jackson.

A couple of sources have indicated it is no slam dunk WR coach Chris Jackson returns in 2026. Jackson's contract is up at the end of the season. Right now, that is one worth monitoring.

Someone pointed out that Flood has signed guards who are too tall.  They should be 6'3" or 6'4" and not the fat tackles that we have because they have leverage problems going against interior DL.

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4 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Someone pointed out that Flood has signed guards who are too tall.  They should be 6'3" or 6'4" and not the fat tackles that we have because they have leverage problems going against interior DL.

There are plenty of good Guards in the NFL that are 6-5 and 6-6 that run power schemes.

Yeah, but those guys are athletic and strong.  If you are stiff and weak, it's better to have a lower center of gravity.  Stroh would be slightly harder to steam roll if he was shorter.

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On 12/2/2025 at 4:57 PM, Elmer_Fudd said:

OTF just said he's the hire for them.  Does he take Chad Scott with him?

Honestly, do we care? He hasn't shown a propensity to coach them. Wisner went from a 1k back to 600 yards. For a dude that got bigger, faster, stronger, and has some quick cutting ability, yet he's regressed. Scott also doesn't seem to understand how rotations work. I don't care if he goes. 

It was real dumb to waste a series on Baxter late in the game against atm when Wisner was gashing them.

23 hours ago, closetojumping said:

I would have to ask a lot of questions to know anything like that and I don’t ask a lot of questions.

What are you, in the fucking mafia or something? 

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18 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Yeah, but those guys are athletic and strong.  If you are stiff and weak, it's better to have a lower center of gravity.  Stroh would be slightly harder to steam roll if he was shorter.

Maybe we should go after some big, athletic OL.

50 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Maybe we should go after some big, athletic OL.

Flood probably

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3 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

Well it’s been pretty clearly stated here and other threads that he is

Thanks 

35 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

Flood probably

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This dude cracks me up. He's in those Badman videos lol. Incompetent Batman is hilarious. 

 

2 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Wingo will make a great #2 option next year. 

Who’s to say Wingo doesn’t have a similar Sophomore to Junior year progression that Xavier Worthy had?

I think we will show improvement letting Moore walk and fitting in one of the younger guys into the rotation. 

On 12/6/2025 at 12:19 PM, whereiend said:

Would love for Jeff Banks to leave. Fuck that dude. Can't stand our return team taking it out of the end zone for a holding penalty (instead of a free 25 yard line) and our punt return team going for idiotic block attempts instead of letting the best returner in CFB return the kick.

The guy is an an idiot.

so Banks had nothing to do with that part? 

Flood is our biggest problem.  4 years to get a "next" OL together and this shit? His recruiting is terrible. Pure bread - nothing this class. 

44 minutes ago, Bevo said:

I think we will show improvement letting Moore walk and fitting in one of the younger guys into the rotation. 

are we sure Jackson is developing?? Cause Doesn’t make a difference if nobody is getting developed. 
 

 

35 minutes ago, hornlife said:

Flood is our biggest problem.  4 years to get a "next" OL together and this shit? His recruiting is terrible. Pure bread - nothing this class. 

Turntine and Robertson. Also, we got Wright to decommit, which isn't nothing.

4 hours ago, kevwun said:

It was real dumb to waste a series on Baxter late in the game against atm when Wisner was gashing them.

Wonder if it was to spell Wisner or maybe test Baxter at a time the OL was actually creating some running gaps? I don't pretend to know. 

2 hours ago, D3zii said:

are we sure Jackson is developing?? Cause Doesn’t make a difference if nobody is getting developed. 
 

 

Hard to say. He came in with a pretty well established core and our other top producers have all been one year rentals until this year. We have no idea what his level of development was on those 1 year guys. Next year will tell the tale if he’s around.

This state pumps out 5 star WRs that go on to productive college careers and the first round of the NFL draft on a yearly basis and we miss on them every single time

21 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

This state pumps out 5 star WRs that go on to productive college careers and the first round of the NFL draft on a yearly basis and we miss on them every single time

5 star in-state receivers the last 3 cycles (247):

Dakorien Moore, Kaliq Lockett, Micah Hudson, Terry Bussey, Jermaine Bishop (athlete)

I don’t WR coach was the reason we missed on the few that we did.

9 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Derek Warehime is Major Applewhite’s new OL coach

 

Flush the line! 

3 hours ago, Red Five said:

Turntine and Robertson. Also, we got Wright to decommit, which isn't nothing.

Yea, Turntine who is closer to TE size than OL. Let me know when he gains 40-50 lbs of good weight and moves to an IOL. Robertson who will need 2 years of body reshaping. Wright decommitting was probably a win.

11 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Derek Warehime is Major Applewhite’s new OL coach

 

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Interesting bc they're hiring 2 OL coaches. Johnson was Assistant OL coach at OSU this year too. Take notes, Sark.

There are plenty of good Guards in the NFL that are 6-5 and 6-6 that run power schemes.

Ahhh, I sure do miss Leonard Davis.

Don't remember hearing much on him but I'm sure someone will let us know if this is good or bad. I know he's getting a promotion but since it's UNT it does give off the vibe of them probably not minding him leaving?

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So Neal Brpwn’s contribution to Texas football is to Manchurian us an RB coach and then steal a personnel guy

The world is funny.  People are hyper critical of Sark for OTA style spring practice and not enough full contact stuff while falling over how great a coach Cig is at Indiana.

Indiana does hardly any full contact practices and only practices about 6 hours a week.  My high school football team practiced more then that. Its fairly hilarious.

 

1 hour ago, TexasRenegade said:

The world is funny.  People are hyper critical of Sark for OTA style spring practice and not enough full contact stuff while falling over how great a coach Cig is at Indiana.

Indiana does hardly any full contact practices and only practices about 6 hours a week.  My high school football team practiced more then that. Its fairly hilarious.

 

The world is and has always been full of idiots with opinions. We just so happen to live in an era where there are few safeguards or obstacles to limit the number of idiot opinions for mass consumption. 

Game threads on Surly are a top example of this plague.

On 12/7/2025 at 12:37 PM, TexasRenegade said:

Wingo keeps coming up....yall realize he had a better season the Ryan Williams at Bama?

That's because Ryan Grubb should be in prison for how he handled both Williams this year at Bama and JSN last year in Seattle. 

Neither of those dudes are slot players, or anything close to it. Look at what JSN has done this year when playing to his strengths.

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