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“Great length, great speed, tremendous man-to-man ability. Not a secret why he was a top two or three player. We’ll see how far we can take him. We don’t have an expectation of a timetable. We’re going to coach him and develop him. I do know he’s got the right competitive spirit and skillset to be a good player for us.”

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Great stuff Jeff. Love the Juluke quotes.

The Longhorns will square off with Baylor on Nov. 15 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. Here's what Miller said about scheduling the Bears: “We have an immense amount of respect for Baylor as a basketball program and Scott Drew as a head coach,” Texas head coach Sean Miller said. “Coach Drew is one of the best to ever do it, and the success of Baylor’s program over the last 20 years speaks for itself. We wanted to play a high-quality opponent knowing that we’re going to challenge our team to the highest level, and Baylor does that. The fact that they are also from our state is icing on the cake.” “The second part of our trip to San Antonio is so much of how we think as a basketball program starts with the state of Texas in mind,” Miller continued. “This allows us to tap into our San Antonio fan base, and in particular our great relationship with the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs come to Moody Center and play, and now we can reciprocate and go to where they call their home court. It’s great for our players, our team and to a large extent, it’s great for the continued relationship and development of that between The University of Texas and the San Antonio Spurs. Combining all those elements, playing in an NBA arena is always something that means a lot to our team and to our players because it’s where they one day want to be.” “Lastly, we don’t have a crystal ball and it’s not easy to make the NCAA Tournament, but if we are able to make the NCAA Tournament this year, there are a lot of different sites that you could go to,” Miller said. “If you are fortunate enough to advance, taking nothing for granted as you have to make it and advance, along that route one of those possibilities is San Antonio and Frost Bank Center. That is not our reason for playing this game, but there is a chance that could happen, and the fact that we could already have played there one time is again, icing on the cake.”

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/five-star-prospect-2024-college-football-recruiting-class/

Very cool of JJ Watt!

I have a cramp just watching.

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Why wouldn't they?

I'm here. Doesn't surprise me. He's been reporting he thinks LSU is trending. As I wrote up top, even if he flips, Texas expects this to go the distance and they'll keep recruiting him. Fwiw Royal took to twitter to say he hasn't talked to a single reporter in recent weeks in response to Steve's pick.

Pretty much saying he hasn't been talking to anyone including reporters on the heels of Steve's LSU prediction.

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https://x.com/easton_3k/status/2078259781702193652?s=46

He does like Lovejoy recruits

Yep.

Having fun with it, that's for sure lol.

They would stay after him and try to get him by signing day then go portal need be. There's always the possibility of a senior eval too but obviously nobody would rise to the caliber of Royal.

While the Longhorns were very competitive for Monshun Sales and wanted him in the class, the heaviest focus has been on keeping Easton Royal in the fold. So where do things stand with Texas and Royal? OTF checked in with a few sources close to the situation on Friday morning. Here’s the latest: Since the end of Royal’s official visit slate, the nation’s No. 1 wideout has gone somewhat radio silent in terms of communicating with college staffs. Texas, LSU and Florida all remain in the mix, with the focus seemingly narrowing to the Longhorns vs. Tigers. That doesn’t mean people in Royal’s camp aren’t communicating with each program involved, but Royal has largely taken a step back into the day-to-day conversations with college coaches. That hasn’t kept him from keeping up a very active social media presence, showing love to each school involved, whether wearing LSU gloves and Texas cleats, or posting visit pictures, etc., etc. One of the sources OTF communicated with this morning wasn’t sure of where things truly stood due to Royal stepping back to evaluate all of his options. While another source with direct knowledge of the five-star’s recruitment described the situation as “back and forth” while he’s in decision-making mode. That same source relayed that this is a “four quarter” situation. What quarter are we in? I’d say probably halftime. OTF has been adamant in reporting that regardless of whatever comes out this summer, whether Royal reaffirms his commitment to Texas or flips to LSU, this recruitment is going to December, with each program motivated to sign the Bayou State standout to their 2027 class.

He committed to Indiana. Huge win for the Hoosiers.

Didn't break news. Gave our prediction.

When it's the five-star receiver that's one of 2 major targets we're still closely tracking on decision day, I think it's important to keep paying subscribers abreast of the situation.

Just our prediction. No different than someone putting in an RPM or Crystal Ball.