sark needs a real signature win. There's only one game that would move the needle... I mean really move it.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (The truth may hurt, but it's the truth)
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I appreciate the truth...
Feels like we can adjust and move forward now... assuming this staff doesn't go full Tom Herman and get stubborn about adapting to challenges
Feels like we can adjust and move forward now... assuming this staff doesn't go full Tom Herman and get stubborn about adapting to challenges
Not really, but this week wasn't a highlight.
I think everyone made too much out of internal confidence, which was sky high. As I said, it needs to be a lesson learned moving forward.
Bad-ass quarterback play is the great equalizer.
The thing is... every new Texas and Texas A&M has received a benefit of the doubt with top recruits for the most part in year one of recruiting,... except Sark.
You read Texas would set a standard with NIL.
Not once (that I can remember) have I speculated on how that would impact recruiting because it's a total unknown. It's always been an open-ended scenario,.
Because Texas...
a. Needs his talent and is currently not second.
'b. Texas needed his commitment for momentum.
I worry about the passing game playing in a phone booth, ala under Buchele in his younger days.
Not as much as being a constant disappointment on the field. Seriously, I understand wy you would ask, but it hasn't been coming up.
Elite coaching + very, very good quarterback play = something we haven't seen in a long time.
This is what Sark was hired to fix.
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Related: Elite 11 daily tracker
1. The most impressive quarterback was from Texas, but for at least this week, it wasn’t Quinn Ewers, the player who has the rare perfect ranking from 247Sports. Ewers was excellent overall, but the guy who I thought outshined him was Cade Klubnik, a Clemson commit from powerhouse Austin Westlake. The wiry 6-foot-2, 185-pounder, ranked as 247Sports’ No. 6 QB entering the event but likely is headed for a better ranking soon. He was the MVP selected by the Elite 11 coaches and led his team to the seven-on-seven tournament championship. His accuracy sparkled each day. He showed he could throw very well on the move, and he seemed dialed in throughout the event, which separated him from most of the other top guys who flashed at times but weren’t as consistently sharp.
Clemson, which is in the midst of quite a run of gifted quarterbacks, has another terrific one on the way. From talking to coaches about Klubnik and from observing him the past few days, it feels like the bust factor — the chance that he won’t come close to the hype — is going to be very low. I’ll be really, really surprised if he doesn’t have an excellent college career
7. The guy everyone seemed to be most split on was Texas commit Maalik Murphy. He struggled Friday in seven-on-seven, and he knew it. I was around him when he discussed it with one of the Elite 11 coaches, and Murphy handled that exceptionally well. He came across as sincere and accountable, focused on trying to get better. Not making excuses or being obtuse.
Murphy, at 6-5 and 230 pounds, has a huge frame and big arm; if you told me he was 6-5, 245, it wouldn’t surprise me. He’s engaging and fun to be around. The guys I spoke to think he’s very coachable. He was inconsistent this week, but keep in mind, he has started only six high school games, and as one of the other Elite 11 QBs told me the other night, Murphy just turned 17 recently and is one of the youngest quarterbacks at the event. It’ll be fascinating to watch his development.
Murphy plays with real confidence in his ability to make throws into tight windows, and he displayed that several times. That’s something a lot of young quarterbacks shy away from in settings like this one. His attitude indicates he’s going to embrace getting better in the detail work and the finer nuances of the position.
Related: Elite 11 daily tracker
1. The most impressive quarterback was from Texas, but for at least this week, it wasn’t Quinn Ewers, the player who has the rare perfect ranking from 247Sports. Ewers was excellent overall, but the guy who I thought outshined him was Cade Klubnik, a Clemson commit from powerhouse Austin Westlake. The wiry 6-foot-2, 185-pounder, ranked as 247Sports’ No. 6 QB entering the event but likely is headed for a better ranking soon. He was the MVP selected by the Elite 11 coaches and led his team to the seven-on-seven tournament championship. His accuracy sparkled each day. He showed he could throw very well on the move, and he seemed dialed in throughout the event, which separated him from most of the other top guys who flashed at times but weren’t as consistently sharp.
Clemson, which is in the midst of quite a run of gifted quarterbacks, has another terrific one on the way. From talking to coaches about Klubnik and from observing him the past few days, it feels like the bust factor — the chance that he won’t come close to the hype — is going to be very low. I’ll be really, really surprised if he doesn’t have an excellent college career
7. The guy everyone seemed to be most split on was Texas commit Maalik Murphy. He struggled Friday in seven-on-seven, and he knew it. I was around him when he discussed it with one of the Elite 11 coaches, and Murphy handled that exceptionally well. He came across as sincere and accountable, focused on trying to get better. Not making excuses or being obtuse.
Murphy, at 6-5 and 230 pounds, has a huge frame and big arm; if you told me he was 6-5, 245, it wouldn’t surprise me. He’s engaging and fun to be around. The guys I spoke to think he’s very coachable. He was inconsistent this week, but keep in mind, he has started only six high school games, and as one of the other Elite 11 QBs told me the other night, Murphy just turned 17 recently and is one of the youngest quarterbacks at the event. It’ll be fascinating to watch his development.
Murphy plays with real confidence in his ability to make throws into tight windows, and he displayed that several times. That’s something a lot of young quarterbacks shy away from in settings like this one. His attitude indicates he’s going to embrace getting better in the detail work and the finer nuances of the position.
Murphy was one if the top 3 quarterbacks in 2 of the days... struggled some in the other,
These numbers don’t convince me that high OL rankings matter.
If you add up the numbers for those top four rankings, it only amounts to just above a 20% chance of being drafted. It actually tells me that OL player development is more important.
This might explain why Walker Little (five star) and Sam Cosmi (three-star) we’re pretty much drafted in same spot.
You don't measure it by adding those four together,
As is the case with all positions, the top twi tiers matter... the ones below it don't.
Lots of negativity and I get why. But everyone has Iowa State in the Big 12 Championship game as well as preseason top 10. Check my math but I don't remember ISU putting together a string of top 5 recruiting classes to get to this point.
I'm not saying recruiting doesn't matter. But after Strong and Herman, I'm putting much more emphasis on development than our class ranking.
We are worried about our opener against Louisiana. Where have those guys finished in recruiting the last 5 years?
I will say that I'm very happy to be reading about OL recruiting for a change instead of skill position. Outside of QB, nothing matters more.
I just wish the commitment of Maalik translated to the windfall of OL recruits the way some people thought it would have.
I'm not saying recruiting doesn't matter. But after Strong and Herman, I'm putting much more emphasis on development than our class ranking.
We are worried about our opener against Louisiana. Where have those guys finished in recruiting the last 5 years?
I will say that I'm very happy to be reading about OL recruiting for a change instead of skill position. Outside of QB, nothing matters more.
I just wish the commitment of Maalik translated to the windfall of OL recruits the way some people thought it would have.
Genuine question, not being a smart ass, why not?
Also, if the numbers worsen for Longhorn players, doesn’t that tell you player development is a problem?
Iowa State brings back 20+ starters and didn't lose anyone of note. It's basically the most veteran team in the history of the league.
a. Because they aren't the same thing. A national top 150 player is nothing more than a glorified national top 600 player.
b. Of course.
