2015 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Thread

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Originally Posted by TFloss32

University of Houston fires head coach, Tony Levine:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...-cougars-coach

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24/7 believes Levine could head to A&M as their new WRs coach.

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Originally Posted by TFloss32

Update on LB Malik Jefferson (Inside Texas):

"Demarco Cobbs was my host. We hung out with Jordan Hicks a lot too so he was pretty much my host as well. We met up with Quandre Diggs and his older brother. That guy (Quentin Jammer) is huge! I can't believe he's a cornerback. It was graduation so there were a lot of people in town. We had fun, stayed out a bit late [laughing]."

"I talked to a business professor for a bit. It was just the usual academic stuff."

"Coach Strong was funny. All the coaches were funny. The practice was upbeat, they were all enjoying it. They were in shoulder pads and helmets. It wasn't a full blown killer practice, so they were having fun and getting back in the swing of things."

"Coach Strong and I spent hours together. I couldn't even calculate how much time we spent together. He made me feel real comfortable in that environment. We talked a lot. I also talked to Coach BJ and Bedford for a while too. They showed me some of what I'd be doing out there during the practice."

"The players and the staff stood out to me the most. It seemed like they genuinely like each other. They were having fun out there."

"Texas is definitely still in the mix."

"(Darrin) Kirkland's just like me, he's laid back. I knew him from before, but we got pretty close this weekend. Ryan (Newsome) I've known for a long time. He's the wild goose. Always joking around."

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Is it wrong to want more than the bolded?
I can't read these kids at all.

-still in the mix,; seems a bit of a weak endorsement

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Originally Posted by pgardn

Protect teams from competition...
Really, think about this.
Why do we watch the games. This is such a wrong-headed way to think. These are games, competitions.
What it really illustrates is how fragmented CFB has become. CBS constantly overrating the SEC. FOX doing the same for the Pac and Big 12. The announcers running out of superlatives for their conference. It's actually quite sickening. Can you see Bowlsby getting in touch with FOX complaining about a specific announcer being too candid about a really bad Big 12 game?

I can.

And that's just wrong.

Call a crappy game, crappy. The LSU Alabama game was a hard hitting, bad game. It was close, it was rough, but the QB's were inept. It was all in all, bad football in the era of the forward pass. It just was. It was presented as some titanic struggle, real football. Well it was for the 1950s. This kind of stuff sucks. Tell it like it is.

For the record. I have never seen wide outs get beyond their defenders more than in the TCU/Baylor game. Apparently the defenses were just daring the QBs to throw long. And it did not work. It was really awful secondary play.

Back to recruiting, I have emptied my stomach.

We need Malik. Please enroll at UT. Austin is a great place for a college kid. How'd I do Mom? A -game stuff?

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I agree with you, but let's call a spade a spade. The strategy of the other conferences is working, and the Big 12 is left out right now with one team you could argue is superior to two teams in the playoff. This has to do with the Big 12 being in disarray, not having a championship game, and allowing its teams to schedule cream-puffs like my alma mater. While I think it's cool they will be playing Baylor, Baylor has no business scheduling them. While this is ultimately the schools fault, where is the Big 12 looking out for their teams? As much as I can't stand the SEC, they have a sound strategy and they take care of their teams.

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Originally Posted by sahoopster

I agree with you, but let's call a spade a spade. The strategy of the other conferences is working, and the Big 12 is left out right now with one team you could argue is superior to two teams in the playoff. This has to do with the Big 12 being in disarray, not having a championship game, and allowing its teams to schedule cream-puffs like my alma mater. While I think it's cool they will be playing Baylor, Baylor has no business scheduling them. While this is ultimately the schools fault, where is the Big 12 looking out for their teams? As much as I can't stand the SEC, they have a sound strategy and they take care of their teams.

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Yes I guess so.
But personally I'm more depressed about UTs season than TCU and Baylor not getting in the final 4.
We just sucked and that's what really matters. I am ready for a few more lean seasons, this also sucks.

Update on JUCO OL Tristan Nickelson of Navarro College (OrangeBloods):

"The general gist of what he (Coach Wickline) was saying is that he needs me to come in with my mind right. I may be a guy he puts on the field against Notre Dame in South Bend next year in the opener," Nickelson said. "He said you're here to enjoy your time in college, but it's a business decision too. You have to get your work done."

"You kind of got to experience what it is like to a player, what they do in their daily aspects, what they do to have fun," Nickelson said. "We got to look at all the academic stuff, talked about all the academic programs. It was really awesome. We toured the facilities, tried on our jerseys. It was all top-notch stuff."

"The highlight was just getting to know the coaches better, really. We got some extended one-on-one time, talking with them. Then we got to watch practice (Sunday) morning, get a feel for how they do their things."

"I think I'm up for the challenge," Nickelson said. "I think the group of guys (Charlie Strong) has coming in, the guys he has now, we have some great guys coming in and we'll be a great team next year."

"I got to hang out with Connor Williams. He's coming in early too and he seems like a a good guy. I got to meet a couple other guys too. The linebackers - I think they had a good time," Nickelson said.

"Everybody is awesome there. You can tell the guys that Mack Brown brought in were really good players. These guys though are really good football players and just good people. Just good guys. Everybody on the team holds themselves to higher standard, and they're all the same way."

"Coach Strong doesn't put up with any bull. If you're the stating quarterback and not following rules, it doesn't matter. You're going to do it his way."

Quotes from WR Ryan Newsome after his visit to Austin (Inside Texas):

"I know what I'm getting when I go there (Austin)," said Newsome. "The coaches are straight up with me about everything. They don't sugarcoat or mislead you. It's all honesty. They treat you like a man."

"I know I can play as a freshman," said Newsome. "They don't want to redshirt me whatsoever. They said they need me out there now and want to see me play early."

"(Zach) Gentry looks good, man," Newsome told me. "I've been studying his tape and talking to coach Watson about him. He's got NFL tools, but mostly, he's got NFL confidence. That's the most important thing a QB can have. He's got it."

24/7 reporting LB Cecil Cherry has finally de-committed from Tennessee.

A&M has offered 2016 LB Jeffrey McCulloch of Aldine Davis:

http://247sports.com/Player/Jeffrey-McCulloch-47648

Arkansas receiver says Texas "too easy" of a bowl opponent

http://texas.247sports.com/Bolt/Arka...onent-33685022

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Originally Posted by 3rdCoastTexasBoy

Arkansas receiver says Texas "too easy" of a bowl opponent

http://texas.247sports.com/Bolt/Arka...onent-33685022

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He already deleted it again. I guess it wasn't fun when he realized that Texas has a walk-on S with as many interceptions as he has catches (for 19 more yards as well) and the same amount of TD's..

Central Michigan players find out where they're going bowling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...;v=lgOjiHTcgGc

:lol...I bet Rice was the same way when they found out they were going to Hawaii.

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Originally Posted by benefactor

:lol...I bet Rice was the same way when they found out they were going to Hawaii.

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Obviously it was going to be the Bahamas, but a giant troll job for the Detroit bowl game would've been golden.

Apparently Hamm is saying Jefferson's GF is going to aggy. If true, that's a wrap.

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Originally Posted by ThePop

Apparently Hamm is saying Jefferson's GF is going to aggy. If true, that's a wrap.

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lol, game over if true.

Welp! It's over! At least we know now.

Jefferson was always Aggy bound. His GF going didn't change it.

The gf rumor came up more than two weeks ago. IDK if it's true or not but at the time no one found anything about him having a girlfriend that I saw.

60,000 tickets already sold for Texas Bowl

Texas (coach Rumph) was in North Carolina on Monday to see South Carolina commit CB Mark Fields, per 24/7. This is the 2nd time Texas is visiting him since Thanksgiving (last time it was coach Jean-Mary).

Rumph has recruited Fields for 3 years while he was at Alabama.

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Originally Posted by DMX7

lol, game over if true.

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Originally Posted by 3rdCoastTexasBoy

Welp! It's over! At least we know now.

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Originally Posted by djohn2oo8

Jefferson was always Aggy bound. His GF going didn't change it.

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Not worried at all about defensive recruits for UT..Defense well always be the strength of this program under this coaching staff, now offense on the other hand is a different story.

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Originally Posted by Needs More Bourbon

The gf rumor came up more than two weeks ago. IDK if it's true or not but at the time no one found anything about him having a girlfriend that I saw.

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Eric Nahlin mentioned previously that the GF was not serious to the point that it would be a factor in Malik's decision...he said if that had changed, it would be news to him.