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Here is a fun one!  Which team are you taking?  I'm leaning team 4 because they feel the most complete of the teams.  Team 3 is scary though just because you sre pairing up VY and Bijan

May come as a suprise but I’m actually going Team 2. Very tough decision though!

Team 3 all day.

Team 2 

3, not even close 

Team 3, no question. All day every day. I’m taking the Team 3 players head to head but also collectively as a team. 

QB: VY by a mile

RB: this might be recency bias, but Bijan is on par or just a step down from the all-time great RBs. I think Jeff argued recently on a pod that Bijan has a chance to be the greatest Longhorn to ever play in the NFL. In any event, I view all four RBs as basically equivalent. 

WR: Mike Davis is clearly not in the same league as the other three, but he was still damn good in college. He was better than anyone VY played with in 05 (Pittman, Sweed, etc). VY wouldn’t need a Shipley or Worthy to kick the other teams’ asses.

DB: Give me the only Thorpe winner on this list. Huff Daddy all day baby

Other defense: DJ is the best defensive player in the modern era of longhorn football

Come on, man. It’s really not that close.

Edited April 23Apr 23 by Bunk Moreland

3...easy choice.

Team 3 and its not close

Team 1 could be pretty gnarly. X over the top bc you’d have to stack the box to stop both Ehlinger, who was basically a fullback that could pass, AND Ricky…with Earl and Casey. Man that’s a sneaky good one.

Edited April 23Apr 23 by Aspann85

Team 3

 

Team 4, gotta go with the Rose.

Hampton is underappreciated.  When you evaluate for college and pro career, he might have the best resume on the list.  Believe he was an immediate impact player at both levels.  329 tackles, 54 tackles for loss.  At Texas.  Led the team in tackles two years in a row.  12 NFL seasons, 5 Pro Bowls.  From afar, he was asked to play a different role in the NFL than what he played at Texas.  And succeeded to a high degree.

Mike Davis is the outlier on the list.  Certainly, there’s no way he was better than Limas Sweed.  Roy is 1.  Shipley and Worthy are very close.  Drop to #4.

Ehlinger and Colt are underrated.  Arch is TBD.  The other 3 QBs is an incredible triumvirate if you needed a late score to win you the game.

Of the RBs, I’m not sure how I rank the top 3 but Benson is 4th with a decent drop off from the first 3.  Bijan and Earl had unique traits above Williams so maybe he’s 3.

On that last column, Hill is a bit TBD, but the others are quite a choice.  Thomas’s college career was more brief so maybe that sits him at the 3 spot.

3 as far as the team, and it's not close

Best two players at Texas I have seen (and Case Hampton may actually be third)

VY and DJ ... make it easy. But then the other three make it a blowout winner 

Team 3 and it’s not even close. Mike Davis doesn’t even have to move the needle the other 4 are too elite

I'd like other choices, but I'll take 4. 

I originally thought four, but then looked at team three and saw four guys who won national awards at their positions. That's the choice.

Team 3 

I know most don't think this way, but I factor in NFL career and potential in Arch's case.

Any team with VY on it, no brainer

Team 3.  VY and Bijan...dynamic and Bijan has good hands...add Huffdaddy and DJ to lay the lumber on D.  Davis to stretch the field...

Team 3 by far

It’s 3 because of Vince but going down the line player for player team one acquits itself very well.

Wtf is Mike Davis doing on here???

So many guys I would pick over him:  Golden, Duvernay, LJ Humphrey, Sweed, McGarity, etc.

That said #3 might still be the pick despite Mike Davis lol.

Edited April 24Apr 24 by whereiend

On 4/22/2026 at 9:21 PM, Bunk Moreland said:

Team 3, no question. All day every day. I’m taking the Team 3 players head to head but also collectively as a team. 

QB: VY by a mile

RB: this might be recency bias, but Bijan is on par or just a step down from the all-time great RBs. I think Jeff argued recently on a pod that Bijan has a chance to be the greatest Longhorn to ever play in the NFL. In any event, I view all four RBs as basically equivalent. 

WR: Mike Davis is clearly not in the same league as the other three, but he was still damn good in college. He was better than anyone VY played with in 05 (Pittman, Sweed, etc). VY wouldn’t need a Shipley or Worthy to kick the other teams’ asses.

DB: Give me the only Thorpe winner on this list. Huff Daddy all day baby

Other defense: DJ is the best defensive player in the modern era of longhorn football

Come on, man. It’s really not that close.

Agree completely. Team 3

Huff: Thorpe Award, Unanimous AA

DJ: Nagurski, Butkus, Big 12 DPOY Award, Unanimous AA

VY: Maxwell, Davey O’Brien, Manning Award, Heisman Runner-Up, 2-time Rose Bowl MVP, Big 12 OPOY, Consensus AA

Bijan: Doak Walker Award, Unanimous AA

Mike Davis: Biletnikoff Watch List, UDFA, Practice Squad for Raiders, Argonauts, Alouettes

Very clever and thoughtful thread...

No. 3.  I think Vince would have made any row  the winner, lol....generational college talent.

Edited April 24Apr 24 by Hix Green made the Catch