Strong Coaching Pedigree

[PhatMack19]

@Stuart_D_S: Fun Fact of the day: 43% of games coached by Charlie Strong at Texas have been 20+ point losses....wow.

 

[Aces_Full]

ATM had the chance to play Texas last bowl season, but ducked out.  It was the SEC's call, and ATM didn't want any.  That's sad.  

[UTfanatic]

Now it is substantiated. 

After my claim. 

Haha

[OldTimer]

ATM had the chance to play Texas last bowl season, but ducked out.  It was the SEC's call, and ATM didn't want any.  That's sad.  

A&M didn't want any - So say Texas fans - not the truth but keep on believing what your Orangebloods posters keep repeating.  Again, it was YOUR AD (Dodds I believe) that started the post A&M / Texas years stating that they will only play A&M when "they (Texas) decide when we play again.  That's only fair."

While you now most recent ex-AD would rather play in Mexico or Dubai than schedule a game in Texas with Texas A&M - also stated "new AD Steve Patterson who said UT needs a “

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” to play the Aggies."

So keep repeating that story line that somehow someway Texas A&M is still running scared of the Texas Horns - maybe you can keep on convincing yourselves.

Edited September 16, 2015 by OldTimer

[TxHoops]

Actually it was SEC commissioner Slive who didn't trust the Aggies to get it done against Texas.  Arkansas was the hotter team and he wanted badly to win that game to strengthen his conference's position in this state.  You can't argue with the move, given the result, but the way Texas played that day, I doubt it would have mattered which team he chose.  

[UTfanatic]

A&M didn't want any - So say Texas fans - not the truth but keep on believing what your Orangebloods posters keep repeating.  Again, it was YOUR AD (Dodds I believe) that started the post A&M / Texas years stating that they will only play A&M when "they (Texas) decide when we play again.  That's only fair."

While you now most recent ex-AD would rather play in Mexico or Dubai than schedule a game in Texas with Texas A&M - also stated "new AD Steve Patterson who said UT needs a “

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” to play the Aggies."

So keep repeating that story line that somehow someway Texas A&M is still running scared of the Texas Horns - maybe you can keep on convincing yourselves.

A&M filed the divorce papers and I am happy with the outcome. 

Time to go watch LHN. 

Edited September 16, 2015 by bulldogbacker

[PhatMack19]

A&M filed the divorce papers and I am happy with the outcome. 

Time to go watch LHN. 

@PeterBurnsESPN: #UT fires their AD. Meanwhile, Texas A&M is just polishing their Heisman in their $485M renovated stadium while eating some fatty brisket.

[TxHoops]

@PeterBurnsESPN: #UT fires their AD. Meanwhile, Texas A&M is just polishing their Heisman in their $485M renovated stadium while eating some fatty brisket.

Poor aggy Mack.  Another "look at me! Look at me!" post in a Charlie Strong thread.  But congrats on adding some shelves to the tackle box. 

The pee pee envy is strong with Mack, my friends...

[UTfanatic]

Poor aggy Mack.  Another "look at me! Look at me!" post in a Charlie Strong thread.  But congrats on adding some shelves to the tackle box. 

The pee pee envy is strong with Mack, my friends...

and please point out to me where Mack has ever made a positive post about any team not named Aggies or playing in the sec. 

[TxHoops]

and please point out to me where Mack has ever made a positive post about any team not named Aggies or playing in the sec. 

In all fairness, there isn't much time to do that when he has to spend so much of his trying to figure out how to change the channel from the LHN after he "accidentally" lands there...

[UTfanatic]

Smh

 

haha

[OldTimer]

A&M filed the divorce papers and I am happy with the outcome. 

Time to go watch LHN. 

Trust me on this - almost all Aggie's agree - we like he divorce!

Enjoy the LHN.

[team first]

Bowl games are to match evenly based teams. 

Aggies went to a better bowl game while Arkansas was sent to the lower bowl. Due to Arkansas being a bottom feeder in the sec. 

What was is 56 total ? 

[Eagle11]

 

@PeterBurnsESPN: #UT fires their AD. Meanwhile, Texas A&M is just polishing their Heisman in their $485M renovated stadium while eating some fatty brisket.

Have you guys been able to get a shine on that Nat. Champ. trophy from the 30's? You know, the one you earned, not the ones you claim.

[UTfanatic]

 

Have you guys been able to get a shine on that Nat. Champ. trophy from the 30's? You know, the one you earned, not the ones you claim.

tee hee hee

[UTfanatic]

I forgot all about moral victories. 

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Hookem

 

[Roper84 II]

I forgot all about moral victories. 

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Hookem

 

Been there done that......

[Roper84 II]

September 22, 2015

Texas losing grip on Lone Star recruiting

Rob Cassidy
Recruiting Analyst

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This isn't the end of the line.

Texas isn't doomed to turn into a Big 12 doormat. It won't ever go 2-10 or even 4-8 for that matter. The sky remains in its place above Austin. Slicing through the hyperbole is important in this instance.

 

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Charlie Strong is trying to regain the Horns' dominance on the recruiting trail.

Then, so is the process of observing reality.

 

It's a reality that the once-dominant Longhorns have finished second to 

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 in the state recruiting rankings each of the last three years. That, in itself, isn't a problem, the thought that the trend may well repeat itself for the foreseeable future is where the worry arrives. Cedar Hill (Texas) High School head coach Joey McGuire sends multiple players to major college programs annually. He's as familiar with the recruiting landscape in the state as anyone. And, according to him, the pecking order in Lone Star territory isn't what it once was.

This, it seems, is a new day - a day where, early in the cycle as it may be, Texas' 2016 recruiting class ranks 56th nationally.

"It's tough, but I would probably say the top dog is becoming a mixture of 

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 and A&M," McGuire said. "I guess it kind of depends what position. Baylor is getting the receivers that they want. (TCU coach Gary) Patterson continues to do what he does. He's an amazing talent evaluator and A&M - they have the great classes, you're seeing that. Texas classes are still pretty darn good and special but they aren't the top dog like they were."

It's not as though the powerhouse high school coach hasn't given the subject thought. According to Dallas Morning News reports, McGuire was offered a position on 

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's Texas staff in January and declined the opportunity.

McGuire knows the challenges. He's seen them up close. They aren't a secret and don't take an expert to identify. That said, he doesn't mind outlining his take.

"I think when A&M went to the SEC, that opened up a whole new world," McGuire said . "It was easier to recruit for them. I think, with Baylor, it's the new stadium. Baylor and TCU are kind of the Oregon of the South with the uniforms and the winning. At the end of the day, the style they are playing and winning has opened the door for those coaches to get into different houses that they couldn't get in before."

Therein is the catch 22 of college football. Texas can't recruit at the level it once did because it isn't winning at the level it once did. You can flip that statement and it would be equally true. Are the days of UT being the dominant recruiting power in the state over? Rivals.com national recruiting director Mike Farrell doesn't think so. But his idea for a solution is a drastic one.

 

	Kaden Smith said Texas A&M's SEC schedule has helped win over recruits.

"I actually do think they can get back to that recruiting level, once they start winning again," Farrell said, "and get a coach who understands the culture and need to establish those in-state relationships. I'm not sure Strong is that guy."

 

Regardless of the coach, UT's reputation among top-level recruits will continue to shift in one direction or another. Where it stands now depends on whom you ask. Four-star tight end 

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 is the No. 5 prospect in Texas and is committed to 

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. It makes him a uniquely unbiased observed.

"My opinion? A&M is on top in the state of Texas right now," Smith said. "They are leading with, like, Baylor. I think all the recruits like A&M. They get the best recruits right now. Kids want to play against Bama and Ole Miss, not Texas Tech and Kansas. I've been to UT and A&M, and it just seemed like A&M had everything together in football. They have a plan. They know what they want to do."

Smith says that his opinion of UT is still high

"With UT, the school is great," he said. "The academics are great, but I feel like the new coaches and all the changes - I mean, they have all new coaches - is part of why they lose a lot of recruits to A&M. They lose some offensive ones to Baylor and TCU, but those two schools are all offense. They score 68 points but give up 68 points. I think that pushes some defensive recruits away sometimes."

Texas' new position in the recruiting landscape shouldn't be met with a measured approach. UT isn't exactly taking castoffs. A long list of programs would do anything to secure the No. 12 class nationally as the Longhorns landed a year ago.

The days of the Longhorns as the state's undisputed recruiting champions, however, seem like ancient history.

"It's tough, but I do think there has been a swing," McGuire said. "I mean, Texas' class last year was still pretty dang special, but I think it all goes back to who is winning. If coach Strong can turn it, he'll start getting those kids back, but I do think that with the new competitiveness and fighting the SEC now, it's allowing SEC West schools to recruit Texas better. It's making it tougher for Texas. That's clear."

 

 

Rob Cassidy Midlands/Southwest Recruiting Analyst

 

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[UTfanatic]

I believe that the rules of the state not to post full articles

just links......

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I believe that the rules of the state not to post full articles

just links......

the link is there and with the glitches this new site format has some whole articles appear when you insert the link for some odd reason. And the article btw was 100% on point. 

[UTfanatic]

Just makes site run slower on my phone

 

[Roper84 II]

Link=ignore. 

[UTfanatic]

If you don't watch your mare in the barn, someone else's stud will. 

Longhorn posters post links about Longhorns. 

Aggie posters post links about Longhorns. Even more than beloved. 

Did y'all see JF Sunday?

[Roper84 II]

If you don't watch your mare in the barn, someone else's stud will. 

Longhorn posters post links about Longhorns. 

Aggie posters post links about Longhorns. Even more than beloved. 

Did y'all see JF Sunday?

Pot meet Kettle

[UTfanatic]

Pot meet Kettle

please point out any post I have made providing a link for non-Longhorn team in the past year. 

You got the wrong poster.    

Are you Pot or Kettle?