Texas has plenty of NIL funds chillax. Why use all your money up in July to create momentum when you can create momentum with on the field results first. We battle in December

One thing that is important to point out- KJ is not a 3 down back in the SEC imo.  He is not carrying the ball 25 times a game.  He is a 3rd down back who is a difference maker out of the backfield.  He is a smaller J Blue.

If Aggy gives him 3 down back money, that is a mistake.  

@Gerry Hamilton Thoughts on the Turntine situation 

 

3 minutes ago, TexasFanatic said:

@Gerry Hamilton Thoughts on the Turntine situation 

A&M is making a play there too, as expected.

The optics of Texas landing both Ojo and Turntine is not something A&M wants to see happen. Decision will come between the Aggies and Longhorns for Turntine.

Sark said we don't need a RB. We are going to run a dual QB package in a couple of years. 

This looks eerily like the WR situation last year. I hope it pans out the same but Chad Scott so far is not the recruiter Tashard Choice was. 

5 minutes ago, Bobbers said:

One thing that is important to point out- KJ is not a 3 down back in the SEC imo.  He is not carrying the ball 25 times a game.  He is a 3rd down back who is a difference maker out of the backfield.  He is a smaller J Blue.

If Aggy gives him 3 down back money, that is a mistake.  

The staff’s priority is a gadget back? The sour grapes here is astounding 

Chances of a portal rb option developing by spring 27 are decent compared to the chances one of the 5 stars is a bust or blows out an ankle or knee. Sucks but put the money where it is needed most.

18 minutes ago, georgethepunter said:

lol going to be a long Tuesday for Gerry and CJ

Maybe for CJ... I didn't want to believe it, but Gerry is an aggy. He's been feeding them Intel while we fund his Chick-fil-A piggy bank with Super chat money. Rat bastard!!

Maybe KJ Edwards will be Mike Elko’s savior when he’s 0-2 vs Texas and trying to pick up his first W in November 2026. 

19 minutes ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

 

Some of you never learn and just live to piss. 

It’s like they don’t want to learn sark & staffs results have worked year in and out here, Even after we went 5-7.

Sark & returning coaches have earned our trust recruiting, LaAllen Clark & Orphey have done a really good job. 
 

Chad Scott is an unproven commodity at this point as Texas’s recruiter of running backs, and that is concerning. 

37 minutes ago, HudGar1922 said:

we drop bags to you know this right?  we did with justice terry last year 

Did I say we didn’t?

1 hour ago, SB21 said:

Exactly. Not ideal, sure. Would have like to have him on our squad, of course but there’s still plenty of time and our upcoming season could change a lot of minds easy

Wouldn't mind saving the NIL money on 2 this yer and just go get the dude from Florida...

4 minutes ago, JMarquette said:

Sark & returning coaches have earned our trust recruiting, LaAllen Clark & Orphey have done a really good job. 
 

Chad Scott is an unproven commodity at this point as Texas’s recruiter of running backs, and that is concerning. 

Can't judge any coahces with NIL really.  DT recrutiing was abysmal last year at this time till we dropped $$$.  

4 minutes ago, TexasLonghorns said:

The staff’s priority is a gadget back? The sour grapes here is astounding 

I certainly would say gadget back and OP may have gone a bit far, but to be fair, the talk for months has been that an ideal RB class would be Edwards as a speed/receiving back paired with a power back like Crowell, Lattimer, Cooper etc. 

5 minutes ago, JMarquette said:

Sark & returning coaches have earned our trust recruiting, LaAllen Clark & Orphey have done a really good job. 
 

Chad Scott is an unproven commodity at this point as Texas’s recruiter of running backs, and that is concerning. 

I just have a hard time blaming Scott for this one. I think he did a great job considering the circumstances. Being the follow up act to Choice was never going to be an easy walk. And money talks. I didn't realize that this was an NIL recruitment. Should have known better though. You flash enough money in front of most kids, they will break.

Not gonna trash the kid. $ game and Aggy is spending. But this is a big disappointment no way to sugar coat it. Unless these new contracts post House make it harder to decommit, aka buyouts etc. We will play long ball that seems to work. Sure we have more surprises coming bad and good🤘

16 minutes ago, JMarquette said:

Sark & returning coaches have earned our trust recruiting, LaAllen Clark & Orphey have done a really good job. 
 

Chad Scott is an unproven commodity at this point as Texas’s recruiter of running backs, and that is concerning. 

Same was said about Baker and Jackson etc etc. 

1 hour ago, Austin Cochran said:

I will say I believe sark will get two really good running backs but I can’t lie it’s not looking that good right now, especially if Crowell goes to bama.

All the really good ones are off the board. 

Hard to believe we will simply strike out at RB this cycle. Someone will flip during the season.

He is now tainted goods on the mental eval side. Anyone willing to live in B/CS has issues...

*half joking*

26 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

A&M is making a play there too, as expected.

The optics of Texas landing both Ojo and Turntine is not something A&M wants to see happen. Decision will come between the Aggies and Longhorns for Turntine.

And Tech will make a final run at Ojo with a mega offer.  This is what made the Roseborough situation so perplexing to me.  Texas shouldn’t let that guy walk with the larger aggy offer UNLESS they are very confident in landing Ojo, Krempin, and Turntine in the class.  A bird in hand.

Instead, we will sweat bullets as OL who prefer Texas may choose aggy or Tech because they’re getting bigger NIL offers there.  At this point, I’m assuming aggy will buy two of Roseborough, Turntine, and Krempin, leaving Texas with one at most.   And that leaves us at the whims of Ojo and Cody Campbell.

 

With Tackle being a huge need in this class, a few weeks ago getting 2 of Turntine, Ojo, Lee, Roseborough, or Utu seemed to be a given. Now there seems to be an NIL fueled path to getting none of those 5, but surely not 🤞