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.

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Ehlenger seems like an easy bet.

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Absolutely, 100% no.

I don't think Sam likes Herman, but he would not do that.

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But where physical defensive football is NOT king. Why do you think the majority of Fisher's defensive recruits are from out of state?

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I don't follow Aggie recruiting so that very well might be right, but it looks like out of the 16 "starters" (taking into account the "ors") on the defense, all but 4 are from Texas. Couple DC guys, 1 LA guy, maybe 1 guy from somewhere else?

I think that finding good DLs is harder in Texas, but Leal (I realize he's a DE) is pretty good. So is Brown. So is Keondre Coburn.

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Texas is a miserable place to coach I think. Herman is a good coach, but his personality didn't mesh with the boosters, just like Charlie Strong.

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His personality didn't mesh with anyone because he's an arrogant prick - boosters don't like him, players (some) hate him, his AD doesn't like him. Bru McCoy - 5 star WR from SoCal - spurns USC to come to Texas and then portals back because Herman was such an arse to him. Entitled kid? Maybe so but I don't blame him for leaving. Herman is the ultimate fake tough guy. He often canceled meetings with his AD (and president) simply because he didn't feel like meeting.

People actually liked Charlie Strong a lot, but he had 3 straight losing seasons. Can't do that. The only reason Herman got year 4 WAS because he had put together a decent won loss record.

And bottom line, Herman didn't win enough games. Losing to teams like TCU and Maryland, which clearly have inferior "raw" talent, won't fly. No ranked team has lost to unranked teams more than Texas under Herman...ever.

While the recruiting classes ranked pretty well, the WR and OL recruiting was abysmal and the 2022 class was tanking like hell. Current players (at least one we know of) were telling recruits and grad transfers not to come to Texas.

But to answer the subject question - he was unable to get Texas back on track because his arrogance did not allow him to change what needed to change.

And by back on track I don't mean go to the CFP every year he was here - but in 4 years, 1 Big12 title appearance.

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It's hard for many my age to accept, but USC just isn't an upper tier program anymore.

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A school like USC is just the right head coach hire away from being an upper tier program and, frankly a top 1-2 program.

Bama, Texas, LSU, USC, Ohio State, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Oklahoma, ND

they've all wandered the wilderness for some time periods due to not having the right head coach. Some more than others. Ohio State has had probably the least amount of time in that wilderness. I'd say Michigan (and I'd put Tennessee and Nebraska in there too) has the hardest time escaping the wilderness these days due to not being located within the best recruiting areas (or, in the case of Tenn, being in the right away but surrounded by several other big programs). ND as well along with the academics.

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Who is Kendra Scott

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Wiki - basically rich, hot entrepreneur lady

Rumored affair - she recently divorced her second husband.

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He’s not going to do that to Saban this late in the game after Saban resurrected him.

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yeah, that's a good point. It would be 99.99% futile anyway based on everything that's been said of that situation. So Ewars it is...