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***National Signing Day Thread***

Juan Grande said:
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lol you had lol to go there with that pic lol did ya? :lol: :lol:

 
Mike Garland said:
B+
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I wrote this before the final tally was in

Got chewed out by a couple posters for it

 
Juan Grande said:
As solid as the class is, we did not play it perfectly

IMO, despite 6 OLs, we should have taken one or two more.  We should not have let  Teuhema and Weathersby escape.

We should have won for Mack.  We are Texas after all.  I think this is the one shortcoming on the defensive side of this class -- no rock in the middle of the DLine

We should have had a backup plan ready to go in case irvin dropped us.  We should have anticipated that possibility given his relationship with TRob.  Plus, look at the depth chart - there is no one left for the nickel spot.  We have been scrambling to land another the last few days (Locke, Ketchum).  Kind of surprising since we seem to have had backup plans for everything else

Losing Gentry was a big risk.  It is going to work out, but it was still risky as hell.  if we had gone though all this with only Merrick to show at QB, it would have reflected very poorly on Strong & Watson and our other recruiting staff.  And it would have set us back possibly another season or even two.  Huge risk

Missing Soso will be bad, but if we land Warren it will not seem near as bad.  But what really will suck is that he was there for us, we just dropped the ball by not staying in constant contact with him (he loves Texas).  He admitted all this, I am not guessing

We didn't impress Lodge either.  But we worked around it.  I am happy with this WR class.  But, still, it could have been even better with Lodge.  I think the big, speedy. physical WRs give you a market advantage in the environment we play in.  We whiffed on Strickland too who also fits this mold.

Anyway, just being honest.  This class will stand as both a great accomplishment and a springboard for Strong's turnaround of this program (just like his fist big class was at Louisville).  It will rate a B+ to A-.  But could have been an A+.
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i wonder what Strong is gonna do with the remaining 2 schollies??? they should go after another TE and DT..like i dont know what hes gonna do..from what i was hearing from other sources Strong is still not done yet

 
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Mike Finger on going to the spread

http://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/mike_finger/article/Buffet-of-recruits-fill-Strong-s-spread-6063254.php?t=5e09b7bd97a2c336e3&cmpid=twitter-premium

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AUSTIN — Texas signed 28 prospects Wednesday. But its most meaningful commitment of recruiting season might have been the one Charlie Strong gave to a different Friday night star.

Checking in at more than 2,500 pounds and about 40 yards wide, this prized blue-chipper proved to be unstoppable at high-school stadiums across the state, attracting the interest of powerhouse college programs from coast to coast. Up until the last two months, Strong didn’t think his program provided the right fit.

But on National Signing Day 2015, the spread offense officially became a Longhorn.

All along, the match made too much sense for it not to happen. As Strong noted Wednesday, “98 percent†of successful high-school programs in Texas run some form of the spread, and if the Longhorns want to attract the top offensive talent in their own state, it would help to offer a system the players know.

During his first year at UT, though, Strong resisted. Emboldened by the success he and play-caller Shawn Watson enjoyed while using eventual NFL Rookie of the Year Teddy Bridgewater at Louisville, he vowed to make the Longhorns a team that would huddle, control the clock and run the ball between the tackles.

One week into the regular season, that plan was doomed. His starting quarterback and  three-fifths of his offensive line were gone, and Watson’s play calls had little chance of working with the overmatched Tyrone Swoopes running for his life. There were flashes of occasional improvement, but by the time the Longhorns accumulated a mere 59 yards in a humiliating bowl loss to Arkansas, it was clear an overhaul was necessary.

The first rumblings of the change came during recruiting visits with elite offensive talents — some of whom (Texas A&M’s Kyler Murray and Mississippi’s DeMarkus Lodge) went elsewhere, while others (Aledo wide receiver Ryan Newsome, Baltimore quarterback Kai Locksley, Tallahassee, Florida wide receiver John Burt, Rockwall tailback Chris Warren) signed at UT.

But changing the offense was never about solely high-school kids. The spread is a better fit for redshirt freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard, who will compete for a starting job this spring, and for dynamic veterans such as Johnathan Gray and Daje Johnson.

“We know we need to open it up some,†Strong said Wednesday.

And although he cautioned that he wasn’t sure if his staff will “completely turn it over to the spread,†his public willingness to entertain that notion was significant. Last year, TCU’s Gary Patterson went against his career-long instincts and embraced the spread. Not so coincidentally, he became the national coach of the year and almost had the Horned Frogs in the College Football Playoff.

Like Patterson, Strong has long been known as one of the premier defensive minds in college football. The Longhorns dominated on that side of the ball for much of last season and replenished that talent Wednesday with a loaded defensive group led by Mesquite Poteet linebacker Malik Jefferson, Dallas Skyline linebacker Anthony Wheeler and Houston Lamar defensive back Holton Hill.

The pivotal issue, as it’s been at UT for more than five years, is whether the Longhorns can score. And on Wednesday, the Longhorns didn’t sign the state’s top quarterback, or the best wide receiver, or the highest-rated tailback, or even the strongest offensive lineman.

But the five-star idea they added? Judging by its track record, it’s a can’t-miss.

mfinger@express-news.net

Twitter: @mikefinger

 
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shotime73 said:
i wonder what Strong is gonna do with the remaining 2 schollies??? they should go after another TE and DT..like i dont know what hes gonna do..from what i was hearing from other sources Strong is still not done yet
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Apparently CeCe Jefferson is still wobbling around out there somewhere

#7 overall in the country http://247sports.com/Player/CeCe-Jefferson-22522

But I agree, it is an interesting question as we have spots

Someone falls through the cracks every year

IIRC, that is how we got Dak Pearson

 
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Mike Garland said:
Dad needs to quit being a little punk and sign it. 
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is Dad being a pain in da buttery????oh sweet jesus i thought it was auburn i guess it was florida.He didnt sign with Florida yet????

 
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