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  1. Hallsville had Galillee High School.  Future Dallas Cowboy Robert Newhouse graduated from there.  It was on Galillee Road on the east side of 450 on the south side of town.  Once desegregation happened it became a part of the HISD campus system.  I went there in the 6th gade.  The football field was just a bit east of the campus.  That property currently houses the HISD Ag Farm.

    The campus has since been torn down.

  2. 5 hours ago, Lhornfan said:

    Jimbo needs to reel this guy in a little in my opinion. I know this kind of language happens on the field, but it doesn't need to be on social media. Many parents of recruits won't like it, and we know that mom and dad play a big role in recruiting for most players.

    PS - had to look up "JIT." It's prison slang for young wannabe thugs. Just not a good look IMO for the Aggies.

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    Doesn't Cromartie have like a dozen kids from 7 or 8 different baby mommas?  He needs the work to pay child support!!

  3. 2 minutes ago, cotton84 said:

    Big Texas Longhorn fan here..........When going up to the next level(high school to college.......college to the NFL) it is somewhat a guess how that transition will go...........some highly drafted NFL guys have been busts, even when completely healthy.

    Example of why it is tough to evaluate ---A high school offensive lineman may never go against a future starting D1 defensive lineman his whole junior and senior years(especially at smaller schools)..........May look outstanding against good high school players, but who knows how he would do against a stud.

    Texas has been unlucky with their evaluations/guesses and/or not developed a lot of guys who "looked the part" in high school..........Probably 90% or more of the guys Texas has signed in the last few years have also been recruited by other big time schools, so other evaluators have missed also or were relying on their schools development skills

    My personal opinion is some of the players would not have panned out at other schools....... but some players were just not developed.............Probably 50/50 

    I do not follow closely recruiting other than the headlines.  I have stated my reasons on here previously as to why.  My bigger concern is what is the staff doing with the kids that do arrive on campus.

    IMO a big issue is cultural. Or better yet, entitlement. These 4 or 5 stars arrive on campus with the remembrance of what they just accomplished in high school to attain these stars.  This is independent of how the stars are awarded.  Most likely these kids did not consistently line up against equal to or better talent.  It came easy to them.  The work ethic eludes them.  You would assume that this elitism attitude would be generally prevalent at other schools that consistently recruit highly decorated players.  Which leads me to my next point...

    Coaching.  The previous unseccessful staffs have done little to change the complacency attitude of "We're Texas" give us the win.  Saban runs a tight ship.  His players generally conform to his expectations.  Why do you think that Patterson was run out at TCU?  Because he would not coddle the players.  He was too "old school".  Patterson, Snyder (KSU) and Campbell (ISU) did more with less than just about any other program in the nation.

    Talent evaluation.  The coaching staff just looked at the number of stars and not the intangibles.  What made Colt McCoy so valuable?  It was not entirely his athletic ability.  He had the "it" factor.  While Sam had the "it" factor there just wasn't other talent around him that had "it" either to make a big difference.  Vince Young willed his teams to win and others had enough gumption to fall in and give it their all as well.

    Player development.  How many Texas guys have gone UDFA oe late rounds and have made the NFL roster?  Plenty.  They were not coached up properly or simply were not used correctly in the previous coaching staffs.

    Has Texas had the talent on campus to be elite?  Most likely but the combination of cultural entitlement and the lack of "coaching them up" have all proportionately contributed to the lack of success.

    Will Sark change all of that?  We will see.  Optimistic but cautious.

  4. 5 minutes ago, ETXfan16 said:

    100% with you on that. I like to think most real fans know reality, but I question that every time I scroll through twitter for 5 seconds.

    And the "Texas is back" comments by ESPN and Fox after the Arch commitment drives me absolutely nuts. STOP DOING THIS TO US. We don't even want to hear that crap.

    "Texas is back" should read "Is Texas back".

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  5. Pay them, bribe them, legitimately recruit them, whatever it takes these days.  Of course these are only committments right now of high school stars of unproven collegiate talent.  Some may not sign.  Some will.  Some will stay.  Some will go.  Some will become college stars.  Others will not.  A select few will make it to the NFL.  Most will not.

    While the recruiting is making news I am holding out for the good news of these kids stringing a bunch of wins together. Win or lose will still be a Horns supporter.  Still holding out hope for a good season. 

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  6. I will reserve my excitement for once he is on campus. I will not show too much physical emotion until he wins a game.

    Will also have to caution myself as well that he only plays offense, and while there are plenty of skill players potentially at his disposal, he will need a wall of big uglies to be successful.

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  7. On 6/16/2022 at 8:36 PM, WETSU said:

    I’m just saying OU and Texas fans barely give a damn about anything else the two meet up in other than football and like I said it’s just a two week window. I’ve lived and worked with fans from both sides my whole life. The Texas fans I know will tell you everyday and twice on Sunday’s they would rather lose to OU than A&M. They post about “aggy” all day while mentioning Sooners a couple of times a year. They still get worked up about A&M when the two haven’t met on the field in a decade…. I get you tools think you’re too good to be rivals with A&M, but it’s the way it is. That doesn’t take away from the elite experience that the RRR is. 

    As a Texas alum and fan I would prefer a meteor strike taking us all out than losing to either OU or A&M in any sport.  SInce the likelihood of that happeneing I would rather lose to OU than A&M.  Reason?  I respect OU more.  And, OU is a rival.

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  8. 4 hours ago, cotton84 said:

    If Stephen F Austin had been to the college World Series 38 times and this was them in the college World Series instead of Texas(same players just with SFA on the jerseys), Vegas would not have them as favorites. 
     

    And use SFA because I graduated from there, and love the Jacks. 

    I do not agree with this statement.

    It just so happens that Texas is known for more than just baseball.

    If SFA were to have been to half of the CWS and had won multiple NC’s in baseball, then yes, I believe that Vegas would have them as the “favorites”.

  9. 13 hours ago, WETSU said:

    I just do not see how you could widen the gap if you’re Bama. When it comes to alumni reach, Bama is not the top dog. They are actually probably not even top 5in terms of ability to “pay” players if NIL is done by alumni and not the school. NIL will not widen the gap for them IMO. If they could truly compete with NIL, you would not have seen Saban take the stance he did. He would have been boasting about all their deals as he did when Bryce Young got his before he started. 
     

    Basically Saban is condemning what A&M and Fisher allegedly did but if he could do the same why condemn it? All it does is open up the same remarks towards him if he “buys” a class next year…. No imo this is Saban getting frustrated not Saban preparing to catch another gear. 

    If most kids don’t care about NIL and go to the schools because of winning, tradition, culture, making it to the NFL, etc., then Saban should not have anything to worry about.

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  10. 2 hours ago, THSguy said:

    No Longhorns taken in the NFL draft this year.  Did you think you would ever see that?  Any Longhorn fans care to weigh in on the reasons why?

    Simple.  Lack of player development.  There have been a few that were UDFA's of late that have gone on to do well in the league.

  11. 2 hours ago, WETSU said:

    Texas plays were 344/457 pass to run ratio. 
    A&M plays were 363/418 pass to run ratio. 
     

     

    Using WETSU's stats from above:

    Texas passed 43% of the time.

    A&M passed 46% of the time.

    Texas had 20 more plays from scrimmage.

    A&M passed the ball 19 more times than Texas.  Basically 1.5 more passes per game.

    Both teams were close to 30 passing attempts per game. 30.3 for A&M and 28.7 for Texas.

    A wash IMO.

  12. On 3/29/2022 at 12:19 PM, WETSU said:

    Jimbo had a heisman winning QB… he throws it plenty. 
     

    in fact, a Jimbo offense attempted more passes last year than a Sark offense… 363-344 attempts respectively.  If you’re going to bash a coach for his style, please at least do a little research on the subject. 

    Since we are talking about accuracy of stats the quoted response could be a bit misleading.  One cannot determine if 363 is actually better than 344 unless the total number of plays is known.  This needs to be presented as a percentage.

     I am not defending either side.  Just the accuracy of "doing your research".

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