Jacob Karam and Randy Katz are both better options than Crist IMO. Karam has 2 years of eligibility left I believe.
Dayne Crist would not solve the QB situation in my opinion. He would just burn bridges with the QBs Texas already have.
Jacob Karam and Randy Katz are both better options than Crist IMO. Karam has 2 years of eligibility left I believe.
i've played and been around football my entire life at many levels and unfortunately i can say this with confidence - mccoy/ash will not get you there. next year your best shot to win most likey is play a true freshman with brewer if he enrolls early and shows you anything. do you really expect the results to be any better next year than this year's 7-5 record? your only saving grace is the big xii will be down. i mean, colt redshirted behind vince and took over nat'l champion team and is texas legend and played like it - and he went 9-3 first regular season. that is dream scenario for brewer and is unlikely as without a redshirt year.
if you want chance to win next year then getting a transfer like crist is likely your best chance if you are playing the odds. you also get to shirt brewer which would greatly benefit him.
if you say scrap 2012 and let's build the team for run the following years and get young guys more snaps i understand the logic. it is a legitimate point - why have a one year player take snaps from younger guys.
however, if i'm the staff i want to remove the en lement that has surrounded the Texas program that we cater to players and we won't bring in compe ion to push them. what is lost in bringing in crist? losing mccoy or ash? i think you are clinging on to pipe dream if you think those guys will ever help you ever have 10+ win seasons or compete for top 10 finishes. and hey, if crist isn't any good, then the other guys can beat him out, so what is lost?
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article from ESPN on Brandon Moore committing
http://espn.go.com/colleges/texas/fo...exas-longhorns
Tweet exchange between Hawkins and DGB
@DorialGB5
Dorial Green-beckham
@MooGotti51 congrats bro
@MooGotti51
Donald Hawkins
@DorialGB5 preciate my boi! u remember wat we talk about lol.
@MooGotti51
Donald Hawkins
@DorialGB5 ha i did my part.. Waiting on my roommate,but no rush.. u knw wassup
My interpretation of the last tweet is that Hawkins and DGB joked about rooming together if they both came here.
That's the way I read it as well. Hawkins helping the recruiting effort is great to see.Tweet exchange between Hawkins and DGB
@DorialGB5
Dorial Green-beckham
@MooGotti51 congrats bro
@MooGotti51
Donald Hawkins
@DorialGB5 preciate my boi! u remember wat we talk about lol.
@MooGotti51
Donald Hawkins
@DorialGB5 ha i did my part.. Waiting on my roommate,but no rush.. u knw wassup
My interpretation of the last tweet is that Hawkins and DGB joked about rooming together if they both came here.
Some notes from Hook 'Em 24/7...
**We were already pretty confident it wasn't going to happen, but OL/DL Arik Armstead will not be visiting Texas this weekend for the team banquet. It's unclear if he still plans to take the ACT but he has decided to take a visit to Cal on Saturday afternoon. With Armstead looking to enroll in college next semester, it's less and less likely that UT will get to make their recruiting pitch in Austin since we're almost halfway through December.
**Bruce Chambers was at Dallas Kimball HS on Monday visiting 2013 DT Justin Manning. Per his coaches, UT does plan on offering Manning in February. You can mark him down along with 2013 DT Isaiah Golden of Elysian Fields as two guys the staff will target for the DL in the next class.
RB Malcolm Brown was named the Big XII Offensive Newcomer of the Year.
Armstead, I'm sorry just rubs me the wrong way. The ACT excuse came out of nowhere, and without much comment about why Armstead, an early enrollee, is taking it. Seems like he's staying on the West Coast all the way.
Chambers is working his DISD magic. Likely one of the reasons Coach Chambers is still at Texas. I like Manning's game a lot, he's not Malcom Brown, but he's got an excellent first step and is very disruptive. I think Texas will be pretty tight with scholarships at DT next year. Agreed Golden, Manning will be the top targets. I can't see Texas taking more than two at the position. I'd like Ben Hughes to get a look from Texas also.
Tweet exchange between Hawkins and DGB
@DorialGB5
Dorial Green-beckham
@MooGotti51 congrats bro
@MooGotti51
Donald Hawkins
@DorialGB5 preciate my boi! u remember wat we talk about lol.
@MooGotti51
Donald Hawkins
@DorialGB5 ha i did my part.. Waiting on my roommate,but no rush.. u knw wassup
My interpretation of the last tweet is that Hawkins and DGB joked about rooming together if they both came here.
Well that definitely can't hurt. DGB seems to have really hit it off with J Gray and Hawkins. Good to have them in our column.
I won't start believing in DGB to Texas until he starts cancelling visits. Call it guarded optimism for now.
awesome, great post.My interpretation of the last tweet is that Hawkins and DGB joked about rooming together if they both came here.
on a side note, I saw this on the UT page this morning. Hook 'em!
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2004/11/08/nr_ranking/
The University of Texas at Austin is the 15th-best university in the world, according to a new global ranking produced by The Times of London newspaper in its Nov. 5 edition.
that article is dated 2004.
Surely Texas has moved up a few spots since then, right?!
There are so many rankings out there that they've lost meaning to me. U.S. News' seems to be the most generally accepted though.
Some quotes from DB Adrian Colbert as he prepares for the team banquet:
"My sop re year I had heard of UT… and saw them play in the Rose Bowl when Vince Young played and that was pretty sweet," he said. "I really got a feel of Texas when I went down there for Texas Relays and ran. I just liked the whole environment and that was just the track. I just loved it. Then me and my family we walked around a little bit in downtown when we weren't running. It was just great."
"Meeting a bunch of the players and getting a real feel for the environment," Colbert said. "I've been up there a few times, but I haven't actually gotten a full tour of the campus and met all the athletes and coaches and stuff. I've only met coach (Duane) Akina."
"Me and coach Akina talk a lot. Actually he just called me a little while ago," Colbert said. "He's a real good guy. He came to visit (Tuesday). He came to the school. He did get the opportunity to talk to my dad on the phone for a little while. It was a pretty long visit. He just broke down the whole official visit and all that we would be doing."
"I have to weigh all my options and get all the facts down before I sign anything," he said.
I might agree with as far as McCoy goes. I don't see him getting any better. He is what he will always be, but I think Ash showed potential and can still be developed. Anyways, if Texas does bring in a QB I definitely don't think Crist is the answer.
all due respect to ash - he played as true freshman, had little help from the line or veteran WRs, and that is brutal. that said, if a guy can't hit a 5-yard check down to RB throughout season or show any flashes of brilliance, either you got it or you don't to some extent. that is my experience with a lot of close-up years in football. brewer is the next hope in my mind of contender and I am always in favor of giving QB a RS year.
sounds like Adrian Colbert is a definite contender for a banquet commitment from those quotes.
any updates on LaDarrell McNeil if he is scheduling visit? heard he is wavering on Tenn commitment and is visiting NU, and also being reported he has some recent interest in Tech. considering need at safety i was wondering if any recent news, and i saw on Tennessee boards they are not too confident of him sticking with his commitment.
as a side note after the recent JUCO commitments, Denico Autry is scheduled to make his decision on Dec. 15, and he said recently that he's down to Tennessee and Miss State. Tenn was always considered the big favorite.
He definitely sounds like #24.
Nothing to talk about other than what you just said. I haven't seen anything about Akina going by his school this week. McNeil's coach said UT was back in the race but things may go quiet again if Colbert commits soon. Oklahoma State is looking good here.
Interesting the way things have worked out with Autry. He was the first JUCO on the radar this year and Texas has received commitments from two different JUCOs since then. Autry wants to attend his next school with his teammate, DT Damien Jacobs, who Texas hasn't shown much interest in. You're correct that Tennessee is the favorite and that will probably be his pick.
DE Caleb Bluiett will not be able to make the banquet this weekend because a family member of his is hospitalized. He should take his official visit in January.
powerful post
Charlie Weis has taken the Kansas job. That's out of nowhere.
Some quotes from WR Marcus Johnson after his commitment to UT:
"The visit was great. We got to sit down, talk about everything," Johnson said. "Everything was really comfortable. I felt natural, felt comfortable. think it went really well."
"It's great. It's an honor to have this opportunity. it's a blessing. Texas is my dream school growing up. To have a chance to play for them, it's a great blessing and honor," Johnson said. "I've had to work hard for it."
"My junior year, people doubted me, weren't sure about me. I worked as hard as I could the summer leading up to my senior season, did everything I had to do to get that opportunity. It's great. It's a relief now."
"I just know that this is where my heart is. I haven't felt this happy and excited about committing to a school. It goes to show how great this opportunity is. I had my dream mapped out and it played out like I wanted it to."
"There was a time, I never even thought this was possible. It's been a roller coaster," Johnson said. "I hate the fact that my recruiting went the way it did. My intentions weren't bad as far as decommitting, but when it happened (with Texas), I hadn't felt like that way at all."
"People actually say live your dreams, and that's one thing I've been able to accomplish, to see my family 's face, how happy they are, how proud they are. Texas is a program we've always loved. It's an honor to have this opportunity and I'm going to do everything I can to contribute to the school and bring everything I have to the team."
"It was last Wednesday when I talked to coach (Mack) Brown and (Major) Applewhite. That was the emotional part - I didn't cry or anything - was when I committed on Sunday," Johnson said. "Leading up to it, this is what I've wanted to do. Even when I first did it, it hadn't hit me. You think about everything. You think about the fans, the school, Austin, coach Mack Brown himself. All of that came in to the magnitude of it. It's great. The biggest thing is, this is the first time anybody in my family has been able to achieve anything like this. To see my family so happy for me and the support they have means a lot."
"I can't wait. I really can't," Johnson said.
"I think I can bring somebody who is polished at route running and I have good hands going to catch the ball. I have speed so I can be a downfield threat and can stretch the field," Johnson said. "I'm a player who is going to work as hard as possible to get the best out of himself, the best out of team. I 'm relentless and I'm always trying to get better."
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