Humidor: Team scheme, getting pressure on the QB, leveraging UT’s might toward NIL
The Humidor gives a glimpse of the 2020 Longhorn defense, and explains how Texas is approaching the name, image, and likeness conversation.
Recruiting: Texas adds ProKick punter to 2021 class
Texas went down under for another foot.
Scipio Tex: Blitzing and coverage versus pressure
The postscript for the failures of the 2019 Longhorn defense is too often oversimplified as "Orlando blitzed too much" with an accompanying (nauseating) clip of LSU's 3rd and 17.
Gameplan: What to do with B.J. Foster?
Tom Herman’s first complete recruiting class in 2018 was nearly an ideal group for competing in the Big 12. There were multiple promising athletes on the offensive line, weapons like Keaontay Ingram and Brennan Eagles, edge-rusher Joseph Ossai, and a horde of impressive defensive backs that included 5-star safeties Caden Sterns and B.J. Foster.
Herman didn’t sacrifice recruiting for development
In the Newbery Medal winning short story, Recruiting for Dummies, I mentioned the myth of the rainmaker recruiter. These supposed rainmakers are in much shorter supply than Dummies realize. Most recruiters are beholden to circumstances that are largely out of their control, namely program perception. This excludes head coaches, of course. A position coach killing it on the trail for Ohio State isn’t going to be the same recruiter at other schools, even if he was selling a good and somewhat similar product like Michigan. Or even Notre Dame.
The decisions that helped Huston Street become one of Texas’ all-time best
Huston Street always intended to be a Longhorn. The son of late Texas quarterback and pitcher James Street, Huston knew from the time he was five years old he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps on the Forty Acres.
Recruiting Notebook: Longhorn targets Jackson, Alexis, Warren, Jones
We begin with a pair of wide receivers on the Texas radar, hit Dunder-Mifflin for a cornerback, and take a closer look at an under-the-radar linebacker from Da Boot. It's Notebook time.
Inside Scoop: Will momentum be restored to recruiting soon?
While the class of 2021 has been unpredictably unpredictable, we're still talking about a top 10 ranked class in late May with plenty of quality prospects within reach that will only solidify the class.
Humidor: Herman, Yurcich, Hutzler, recruiting big board
There are still unknowns surrounding the season in general, and plenty around the Texas program per the “new normal“ of the last decade, but there’s a lot of optimism that we feel is justified. Of course many of the concerns are every bit as justified, if not more so. It wouldn’t be Texas football without that tension.
Schedule Challenges: Oklahoma’s offensive reload
Lincoln Riley’s Oklahoma program consistently draws the top offensive talent in the nation to Norman. Baker Mayfield was succeeded by Kyler Murray, followed by Jalen Hurts. Dede Westbrook was succeeded Marquise Brown, followed by CeeDee Lamb.
