BillySee58

Yeah, one started at MLB for DeSoto this year as a sophomore. He's a little undersized but I hope we get in on him early. He's about the same size Zach was as a high school sophomore, but Zach was actually on JV as a sophomore. Let's just get both of them.

Was Obi signed out of high school? He went to Bishop Alemany with a cousin of mine, but I never saw his name show up on any recruiting websites. Just to clarify, I'm not saying we should ditch Texas. But recruiting in state should come easier which will allow us to broaden our horizons and add a few out of state guys to our big boards. Whether we get them or not will in no way break our class, but it could help make it.

Who? I don't think we've gotten any outside those 3 states, as far as straight out of high school, non walkons outside Mcnulty. Edit: I see Dickey brought in a couple o-linemen from outside the region (Kansas and LA area). That's my point though. Things are changing. We're finally winning games against non-sunbelt opponents. Even when we were winning the Sunbelt it didn't mean much to recruits. This year, having success in CUSA, we finished 5th in the country out of all non-AQ schools in the country this year. Not saying we're going to pluck kids from SEC schools, but we are starting to actually get a brand now. At the least I think we're only going to see us offer more of these kids, which we appear to be doing. Getting any of them is contingent on our first impression and their interest.

Gameday is usually at the site of a season kickoff game, like the Chick Fila Kickoff Classic (ACC vs. SEC).

Not sure when we offered or if we're still actively recruiting this kid (we may be done at offensive line) but we offered according to Rivals and 247. http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Daniel-Keith-148764;_ylt=AniwasDY0ppMwGiPg2IwGJxHPZB4 http://247sports.com/Player/Daniel-Keith-29256 I love that we offered a kid from Alabama. We also offered a kid from the Atlanta area this class and have an offer extended to a kid in the 2015 class from North Carolina. I hope we offer some kids from places like Memphis and Florida too. Offering these kids doesn't mean we're putting our hearts and souls into getting them and recruiting those areas. Just means we're evaluating more areas and if these kids are interested then awesome. If not, no harm was done in offering an out of state kid and inviting him to a junior camp, talon talent, Friday night light camp, etc. Keep an eye on our out of state recruiting for 2015, now that we've turned some heads in the south with a good performance in CUSA, a competitive game with Georgia, and 9 wins and a bowl victory. I think we nab a commit or two from a state not named Texas, Louisiana, or Oklahoma.

Appalachian State got votes after beating Michigan in 07. They deserve votes after 3 straight national championships IMO.

I'm all for sending a few colleges down to FCS, considering all these teams are making the move up. EMU has the longest bowl drought with no end in sight and Idaho is maybe the hardest job in the country, as you said. Especially with Boise State becoming what they have become. As for ULM, maybe they should be but their recent success and wins against SEC schools will likely prevent it.

Lincoln also started last year (2012) a good amount of games while Boutwell was out/limited.

Right. We all know about all there is to know (or lack thereof). I say this with no sarcasm, I just hope he's 100% going into spring.

No, I really don't know. The important thing is that he got the redshirt. I'm sure Vito will ask Mac how he's progressing injury wise before spring ball starts.

On offense Y'Barbo and Lemon will be some obvious leaders and likely captains, Y'Barbo for sure. Also Jimmerson has started to take on a more vocal role and more of a leadership role. He'll likely be one of two scholarship backs healthy in the spring and hopefully continues to grow as a leader of the running backs and the offense. On defense Akunne and Lee are the multi-year starters and seniors. Both will for sure be leaders but also James Jones. He was one of the more vocal guys on the defense this year and he can hopefully step into more of a leadership role this year.

Nice! Dajon Williams was in that top 100 at the beginning of last year. That's the Lonestar top 100, put together by the UT rivals page. The rivals top 100 for Texas is this one.http://rivals.yahoo.com/texas/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-3312 Top 100 player in the state according to at least one list is good. Kid is dynamic.

Where do you see Ivery in the state top 100?

I'd imagine Darius Terrell, who came on a little at the end of the year, will be playing with a chip on his shoulder as well. Playing with plenty of emotion will not be a problem.

True, although religious missions can stop the clock. Most of BYU's players play one year, go on a mission for two, and come back as redshirt freshman or sophomore but are in their 4th school year out of high school. That's the only exception I know.

What an awesome senior class. They got a lot of praise this year and they deserved every bit of it.

Georgia had a preseason first-team all SEC qb to pull away from us. Texas has a much maligned and often injured David Ash as well as Tyrone Swoopes who completed just 38% of his passes this year. Difference is we don't have those seniors like Brelan and Zach Orr. However, if we can keep it close early and get a rhythm going on offense without turning the ball over much then I think we'll keep it close until the end this time. Of course they aren't scared of us, but we aren't scared of them. Of course they will be favored and will likely win, but this in not an unwinnable game.

Exactly. That hurry-up offense, hitting the quick routes play after play made him look like a completely different qb than when we were pounding the ball and only throwing on second and third down from under center and play action. You could tell he was much more confident and comfortable in that rhythm.

Yup, it was a great, big-time throw. He read the one-on-one matchup on the outside and put it right on the money. Why would I want to change the history that he wrote? He was a good qb and I'm very grateful for what he did. My point was that the short stuff really helps build the qbs confidence. It seemed like DT was missing early on with the longer routes and then hit a bunch of the shorter and intermediate routes which got his confidence up. That's true for any qb and I hope we do that with our new qb to ease him in and help open up our offense downfield. That's what I'm getting at.

Point 2 and 3 are the most important. That's what seperates the running qbs and the athletes playing quarterback. Making the plays with their legs after the play has broken down or he has already progressed through his reads. Running before that messes with the offense. Also, Bortles is a pretty good runner. If he wasn't surrounded by all these true dual-threats he would be touted as a Big Ben type runner.

I'm with Eastwood. That is very interesting, and I remember you posting that in another thread. Do you or your intel think he could still be the starter? That seems like something that is very fixable.

And that bottom is almost entirely in our division starting next year. 1-11 Southern Miss, 1-11 UAB, and 2-10 UTEP. Not to mention 4-8 La Tech whose wins came against UTEP, Southern Miss, FIU, and Lamar. Not to turn this into a conversation about next year's team, but man those 4 games along with Nicholls State should give us 5 automatic wins. Congrats Arkansas State and Arkst fan. One of my former teammates is a promising freshman defensive end Chris Odom.

Wow. As a Titan fan cool to see 2 recent high draft picks in Wright and Zaviar Gooden (#56) not even among the top 50 players in their class in the state. Plenty of talent will always slip through the cracks. Hopefully we'll be in position to get guys after they fall through only about 4-6 cracks rather than hoping they fall through 9-11 cracks.

Against Allen? No, guess I wasn't paying close attention on kickoffs. Edit: realized you're probably talking about the Semper Fi game. If so please give more info on X's performance. I don't get FS1 at the house I'm at right now.

Haha, it isn't an option. They're just a team who offered him. And yes, just clarifying for those who didn't know the difference or didn't actually see who offered him on the recruiting profiles.