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Evaluating The 2012 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Class: Defensive End
Manny Diaz is on edge. Hassan Ridgeway Ridgeway is a physically imposing edge yeti with incredible natural strength and a tapered body cut from marble. Body double for UFC fighter Cheick Kongo. He has a huge frame (6-3.5, 255) that can hold 35 more pounds, strong hands, long arms, and a...
Evaluating The 2012 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Class: Athlete
I made my Athlete justifications on the WR thread, so let's dive in. Caleb Bluiett Brent Musberger can't wait for him to drop a touchdown pass so he can say "Bluiett...blew it!" in the same prideful tone a three year old reserves for announcing the poo-poo they made in their training toilet, but...
Evaluating the 2012 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Class: Wide Receiver
I should have known better than to try to categorize incoming players to my liking at a university with great engineering and accounting programs. These are my things. They must be in a certain way! Scipio is willy-nilly! My opinions of the film and athlete are the same, irrespective of what...
Evaluating The 2012 Texas Longhorn Recruiting Class: Quarterback, Running Back, Kicker
Johnathan Gray, Connor Brewer, and Nick Jordan are our one man position groups. Each successful solo, but collaborating here. Sort of like the We Are The World video, but for a more important cause. Gray is the most accomplished high school running back ever; Brewer is a play action Jedi with...
Evaluating The 2012 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Class: Offensive Line
Searels has us back on track and honoring all of my pet OL theories. OL make excellent pets. Assuming you can deal with carrying Hefty poop bags at the dog park. Why do I like this group? Quality. This OL class breaks tendency to take 2 guys per year that won't challenge the offensive staff's...
2012 International Bowl Live Game Thread
Live now on CBS College Sports. It's also streaming online but the link is currently down. Justin.tv will be along shortly... Texas commits Malcom Brown, Tim Cole, Caleb Bluiett, and Daje Johnson are all starters on Team USA and Bluiett was chosen as one of the four captains. Here's some footage...
'Twas The Night Before Aggie Signing Day
'Twas the night before signing day and all through the ‘net, Every Aggie was fretting, each bed mostly wet; No sleep could be had, not even a bit, While Ol’ Army braces for its next de-commit; Young men choosing hats, internet chatter, Auburn and Oregon buy players, both fit and the fatter; Away...
A Booster’s Guide to Tweeting Recruits
Cletus take the wheel / From our coaches’ hands / Cause they can’t do this on their own. National Signing Day is within a stone’s throw (that’s six throws if you’re LSU) and it’s your job to steer blue chip recruits to the right school. Twitter serves as an ideal platform for bombarding high...
Texas Bringing Bo Wallace in for a Visit
According to Jason Suchomel at Orangebloods.com, JUCO QB and NJCAA National Player of the Year Bo Wallace will be visiting Texas in the near future and the Longhorns are moving straight to the top of the list if they're interested. I'm a fan of the move if only because it serves as more evidence...
Attrition Watch – Thursday Update
Taylor Bible and Darius White have left the building ... shocker. We'll sign 28-29 in this class meaning there's more attrition to come. Thurs afternoon update: Add Mark Buchanan, Dravantti Johnson, Blaine Irby, and Jamison Berryhill to the list of guys that won't be returning. Irby could have...
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