Those dastardly Texas A&M Aggies and LSU Tigers.
Sumlin’s swimming against the current with an AD on his back.
Orgeron’s….well I have no idea what Orgeron is doing.
A perusal of regional recruiting rivals
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Thoughts on TE recruiting
Texas will take two tight ends. That’s a certainty.
A perusal of Big 12 recruiting
If you’re unaware of how Texas has positioned itself for the class of 2018, this is your first day at IT. Welcome!
But what’s going on in the rest of the conference? From following general recruiting my suspicion has been the rest of the conference is recruiting better top to bottom than in years past, but after writing this it seems status quo overall. Some schools are up, some down, but overall it seems to even out versus previous cycles.
Some Opening Randomness
Saturday’s competition included my favorite feature of this event – the 1 on 1s – and they were chippy to say the least. I thought for sure an unlikely player was about to throw down but luckily that didn’t happen.
The Opening Finals preview
Texas offers at The Opening number north of 40. That should lead to a fair amount of content, though the relevant targets as we know them are far less than that. Still, it’s always smart to ask anyone participating if they’re hearing from Texas and how much. Every year a player who wasn’t in heavy contact with Texas in the summer emerges with interest in the fall. We’ll attempt to root out any such players.
Breakdown of Potential Class; Thoughts on Each Recruit
Below was my most likely class from last Wednesday. With some recent shake-ups I figured I’d add some depth to it. We had Watkins out and Moore in, so this is a bit of a heat check.
The latest on Joseph Ossai
Texas has a had a handful of uphill recruiting battles this cycle, with one of them being Conroe Oak Ridge’s Joseph Ossai.
California quarterback David Baldwin talks camp visit
From observing 2018 recruiting, in which Tom Herman has targeted Cameron Rising and Tanner McKee, we can tell Herman likes quarterbacks the Golden State has to offer. A third Southern California quarterback made his way to the radar when 2019’s David Baldwin made his way to Austin for camp.
Halfway there, predicting the rest of the class (Kool-aid edition)
It’s an okay start to the class, I guess.
The Early 2018 Recruiting Equilibrium
In years past, we’ve seen classes start off with peculiar imbalances. Maybe commitments are mostly on offense or defense, or position heavy. That’s not entirely unusual, and sometimes there are good reasons for it: more offers at a position; more leverage to gain commitments; a richer tradition on that side of the ball or a position, etc. But when you start off heavy at one position or side of the ball, there could be some not-so good reasons, often centered around an imbalance with recruiters.