With the Longhorns looking outside the state borders more and more, Eric Nahlin has brief updates on several Longhorn targets from across the nation.
Quick Out-of-State Notes: 1/22/19
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More Recruiting Notes: 1/22/19
Recruiting is fun again!
The Eyes of Texas are Upodcast: We’re Back with Ian Boyd
We discuss the Sugar Bowl, what we know about UT going forward, Hurts to OU, the Big 12 landscape, and Ian’s five favorite signees on each side of the ball.
Your 2019 Offensive Class (So Far)
By this time we know who Texas missed on and who it signed. The staff did an absolutely tremendous job of keeping its head above water as the SS Class of 2019 took on a little early water. Turns out there wasn’t a hole in the vessel, just some shoddy plumbing.
A couple of quick hitters
Eric Nahlin drops notes on a 2020 ATH and a 2021 offensive lineman.
Under Armour AA Rosters and Game Thread
These games are typically anguishing to watch, but I’m looking forward to seeing the commits play.
Scattershooting NSD1 Thoughts by Position
If you’re looking for negativity you’ve come to the wrong place. If you’re looking for positivity, also, the wrong place. Objectivity is the name of the game. Here’s how I see things during the 7th inning stretch.
Are we there yet? 2020 recruiting will be a cycle to remember
After overestimating Tom Herman’s immediate recruiting impact on the class of 2017 upon his arrival to Texas, I hurriedly re-calibrated my expectations and wrote the finish wouldn’t be quite as smooth as I originally thought. That bore out, but the staff’s penchant for evaluation and pragmatic, ‘save the ship’ approach, had a positive long-term effect on the roster. Saving those scholarships enabled the staff to sign the #3 class in the nation in the following cycle.
Some Recruiting Ruminations and Reiterations
It’s been a fun week of recruiting. Here’s something to read while we get back to work on the Humidor.
“Texas is missing on the state’s top 25!!!” But with context
In most years, Texas having only two commitments from the state’s top-25 at this point in the cycle would be cause for great concern. This is not most years.
We know the drill: the state is down, both from an athletic and mental evaluation standpoint, the state is ultra-competitive for the few players UT deems championship caliber, and Herman thought it the perfect time to establish an out-of-state footprint.