Go ask grandpa what is was like when the Longhorns were a national power.
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2017/2/5/14498670/national-signing-day-bonus-recap-messing-with-texas-football-recruiting
Gather around children and I will tell you the tale of a once mighty king who ruled and fell by an overinflated sense of self-worth. It is a story as old as the Bible. But this chapter goes way back to year 2009 A.D., the last year the Texas Longhorns did anything of significance and were broken by a man named Saban.
After a 13–0 regular season, Texas loss the BCS National Championship Game to Alabama. Although they did not know it, their program was in deep trouble. Yet, they built a golden idol to themselves despite the gathering storm clouds.
Mack Brown lost 21 games over the next four season (he had 27 losses in his first 12 seasons in Austin) and was fired. This was followed by Charlie Strong getting in over his head for three losing seasons. Despite the failure on the field, recruiting stayed respectable. That is until 2017.
TEXAS TEAM RANKINGS:
2010: #2
2011: #3
2012: #2
2013: #21
2014: #15
2015: #11
2016: #11
2017: #29
The biggest symptom of the Longhorns' recruiting ills begins at home. As of late, they have been raising the flag outside the stadium and expecting in-state recruits to just bum-rush their ways to Austin. It is hard to pinpoint when it started. LSU and Oklahoma had always had success in the Lone Star State but Texas always lassoed the majority of the top in-state prospects. Soon after, schools like Stanford, Michigan and Ohio State started creeping in.
It was 2013, when things really started to turn sour. The top Texas recruit Keith Ford was heading to Oklahoma and #2 Ricky Seals-Jones was headed to hated rival Texas A&M. "Well, at least we have the #3 in-state prospect," they must have felt. They were right until Nick Saban flipped A'Shawn Robinson on NSD.
2014 was better overall but the Longhorns missed out on the top 8 recruits including Myles Garrett (TAMU), Tony Brown (Bama), and Jamal Adams (LSU).
The trend of losing games and losing in-state recruits continues today. Some may try blaming it on a regime change but this past Wednesday was an unmitigated disaster for Texas. Of the top 25 in-state recruits, new head coach Tom Herman - who had been at Houston and is no stranger to the territory - signed exactly ONE player.
Hook'em
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2017/2/5/14498670/national-signing-day-bonus-recap-messing-with-texas-football-recruiting
Gather around children and I will tell you the tale of a once mighty king who ruled and fell by an overinflated sense of self-worth. It is a story as old as the Bible. But this chapter goes way back to year 2009 A.D., the last year the Texas Longhorns did anything of significance and were broken by a man named Saban.
After a 13–0 regular season, Texas loss the BCS National Championship Game to Alabama. Although they did not know it, their program was in deep trouble. Yet, they built a golden idol to themselves despite the gathering storm clouds.
Mack Brown lost 21 games over the next four season (he had 27 losses in his first 12 seasons in Austin) and was fired. This was followed by Charlie Strong getting in over his head for three losing seasons. Despite the failure on the field, recruiting stayed respectable. That is until 2017.
TEXAS TEAM RANKINGS:
2010: #2
2011: #3
2012: #2
2013: #21
2014: #15
2015: #11
2016: #11
2017: #29
The biggest symptom of the Longhorns' recruiting ills begins at home. As of late, they have been raising the flag outside the stadium and expecting in-state recruits to just bum-rush their ways to Austin. It is hard to pinpoint when it started. LSU and Oklahoma had always had success in the Lone Star State but Texas always lassoed the majority of the top in-state prospects. Soon after, schools like Stanford, Michigan and Ohio State started creeping in.
It was 2013, when things really started to turn sour. The top Texas recruit Keith Ford was heading to Oklahoma and #2 Ricky Seals-Jones was headed to hated rival Texas A&M. "Well, at least we have the #3 in-state prospect," they must have felt. They were right until Nick Saban flipped A'Shawn Robinson on NSD.
2014 was better overall but the Longhorns missed out on the top 8 recruits including Myles Garrett (TAMU), Tony Brown (Bama), and Jamal Adams (LSU).
The trend of losing games and losing in-state recruits continues today. Some may try blaming it on a regime change but this past Wednesday was an unmitigated disaster for Texas. Of the top 25 in-state recruits, new head coach Tom Herman - who had been at Houston and is no stranger to the territory - signed exactly ONE player.
Hook'em
