OrangeBlood

Went to the same HS but a few years younger than Brad. IIRC the epitome of rich spoiled kid who then never made anything of himself beyond family money. He's had financial issues apparently. Also the rumor is he was paranoid about her leaving him. His older brother made a statement for the family that seemed to acknowledge his almost assured involvement with her disappearance.

This thread is glorious.

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What is wrong with the eye of texass I keep reading about you being sued ?

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There was a complaint filed in the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights...not in any federal or state court. They know they won't win in a court of competent jurisdiction...

He's an absolute stud. Will be fun to watch on Saturday - nice to get this game back on.

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That being said, it is looking more and more like the Texas sites really are shooting in the dark on the staff hires and nobody has an inside track on real info.

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This seems absolutely correct.

I think Quinn will get an NFL job and stay there. There really hasn't been any buzz on Arnett for a week or so now. My guess is that it's Golding and just keeping all the leaks down until after the NCG.

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You are missing the point..... What school is the flagship for the state of Texas???????

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Maybe you need to make your point clearer...

Texas should never lose a recruit to..?

Only a Saban or Meyer can turn it around...?

There are structural issues in the school that prevent it from becoming what it could be...? (that's a larger discussion)

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And who is THAT coach??????

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No idea of knowing that.

I'd have to think about what TOP guys have gone to TCU, Tech, or Baylor recently.

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Not sure Eagles is coming back (don't follow UT much) but he could be a great outside WR for a year

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He's not.

Troy Omiere will be the outside guy next year.

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I don't think they enjoy any big advantage here...players are more and more willing to go out of state to the hot programs...and there is so much competition in-state with the other Power 5 schools...

Texas A&M moving to the SEC was the best move they ever did...no offense to the Big 12 but conference is largely irrelevant outside of Texas and OU. The SEC is top dog and is highly attractive to stud HS playes...Aggies have a strong selling point (playing in the SEC) over UT.

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If those factors were insurmountable, then Texas would be in the 10-15 (or lower) range in recruiting classes in the last 3-4 years. But it's been in the 3-8 range (though I take class rankings with a big grain of salt). Out of state schools taking great players from Texas is nothing really new. Tech, TCU, Baylor are not recruiting at any higher level than they ever did. A&M is recruiting well - but they've recruited well in many periods of time before. OSU's success in Texas (to me) feels like Notre Dame's success in the 80s...Bama's feels like Miami's of the 80s-90s.

No one thinks every stud is going to Texas. That isn't realistic and hasn't been for a very, very long time. Having the right head coach is the key to everything.

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It’s really LBs that I think are tough in state.

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I agree with this. Finding a LB that has the tools to defend the run and the pass as needed is tough. Or try and convince a bigger safety to spin down (which not all want to do). Overshown did that well this year but I think we're about to have a guy portal because he was asked to do that and refused (but he ain't getting playing time at FS). We'll see what happens with new coaches.