Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Time to double down on Sam...)
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I didn’t think Spieth missing the cut at the Northern was as big a story as the way that Dustin Johnson posted a 30 under and essentially slapped the field around like they’d said something about his momma. That was an insanely great display of golf. He’s playing a lot like that kid from Stanford did for all those years. time will tell if he can stay on that pace
"I don't know how much I can trust an offensive line that has Denzel Okafor and Christian Jones holding down the right side of the line."
I wouldn't put the ink on Okafor starting quite yet...last year, after taking a 3rd year RS in '18, to get it all together, and all the hype he got preseason...he started one game b/c of injury and the majority of his snaps were ST.
Seeing is believing, and we have not seen much of anything yet. His LT start in the '17 Texas Bowl against Missouri was not good.
Also, Hookfin will likely start at RG, or possibly RT. I read on two sites he was getting both RG and RT reps in practice. Of course, Hand does that a lot. We'll see if the 5th year is the charm for Denzel, but I would not want to bet money on him. Lots of people expected success last year for Okafor and they were proven wrong.
Don't be shocked if it's Hookfin and Jones on the right side by mid season, if not sooner.
Christian Jones is a fine athlete who only played full time OT his Sr year of HS after playing two years of soccer and primarily D his first year in football. He needs reps and more reps, especially with no Spring football, but the raw talent is there. He could be a year away and he put on a fair amount of weight, but if he can handle it he has a future at OT. He's huge and can move.
Ready to see what Okafor has this year but don't bet the farm on him. Heard the hype before. Hope this is his year, but we'll see.
I read Tyler Johnson was a little sick when camp started, but he's another athletic OL (RS Fr) who just needs time. He was rated a .9722 4* on 247 composite as a Sr at Conroe Oak Ridge. Saw him play several times. HS beast with good feet.
We need our youth to grow up fast on OL. Hookfin, Tyler Johnson and Christian Jones are the future. Great to see Hookfin getting some starting time in his RS Fr year.
I wouldn't put the ink on Okafor starting quite yet...last year, after taking a 3rd year RS in '18, to get it all together, and all the hype he got preseason...he started one game b/c of injury and the majority of his snaps were ST.
Seeing is believing, and we have not seen much of anything yet. His LT start in the '17 Texas Bowl against Missouri was not good.
Also, Hookfin will likely start at RG, or possibly RT. I read on two sites he was getting both RG and RT reps in practice. Of course, Hand does that a lot. We'll see if the 5th year is the charm for Denzel, but I would not want to bet money on him. Lots of people expected success last year for Okafor and they were proven wrong.
Don't be shocked if it's Hookfin and Jones on the right side by mid season, if not sooner.
Christian Jones is a fine athlete who only played full time OT his Sr year of HS after playing two years of soccer and primarily D his first year in football. He needs reps and more reps, especially with no Spring football, but the raw talent is there. He could be a year away and he put on a fair amount of weight, but if he can handle it he has a future at OT. He's huge and can move.
Ready to see what Okafor has this year but don't bet the farm on him. Heard the hype before. Hope this is his year, but we'll see.
I read Tyler Johnson was a little sick when camp started, but he's another athletic OL (RS Fr) who just needs time. He was rated a .9722 4* on 247 composite as a Sr at Conroe Oak Ridge. Saw him play several times. HS beast with good feet.
We need our youth to grow up fast on OL. Hookfin, Tyler Johnson and Christian Jones are the future. Great to see Hookfin getting some starting time in his RS Fr year.
The reason why you feel such level of uncertainty about this team is because 4 years in, this staff still can’t recruit and retain high level OLs.
I cannot remember a stretch of time when Texas has missed on almost every high level OL target as the stretch of time Herman has been HC.
It simply bottles the mind how inept he’s been at this during his tenure at Texas.
Also, what “$ec values” has Texas displayed recently?
I cannot remember a stretch of time when Texas has missed on almost every high level OL target as the stretch of time Herman has been HC.
It simply bottles the mind how inept he’s been at this during his tenure at Texas.
Also, what “$ec values” has Texas displayed recently?
There's literally zero discussion of recruiting in the paragraph that you've sited for your example.
No, I don't think you've thought this one out.
I think it's been made very clear what opinions of mine are wanted and not wanted on this board.
Take your shit to the Corral or find another topic to bark to the moon about.
With 16 years of hindsight, where would you have ranked him, ol smart Jedi second-guesser?
a. None. b. I don't know that I 'expected" anything. c. Lots of rotation.
It's not a good class for difference makers in bulk.
Texas has too many 20-25% projected success rates and not enough 40-70% projected success rates.
Playing like Tiger in those events doesn't make him like Tiger.
It makes him like Dustin Johnson, no? A Hall of Fame talent with Hall of Fame game without the Hall of Fame results. He's a former world No.1 with one major to his credit and a bunch of No.2s.
He's like the Roy Williams (the receiver) of golf in a way, except he does have a major win.
a. I'm not writing anything in ink.
b. I'd listen to Anwar's reporting. If he's hearing it's going a certain way, it's going a certain way.
c. For that reason, I never give a shit what other sites report. It hasn't steered me once wrong yet.
Should have listened to me on that one instead of the person screaming from the mountain-top that a kid that really, really struggled with the non athletic parts of what was expected of him.
I always had serious, serious doubts.
lol. sure it does.
Just not in this thread today. If you need to go discuss it, go discuss it there until you don't have any urge to discuss anywhere else.
It is playing football right now and has put playing football in front of extreme caution.
LOL, that’s not an $ec value - three leagues made the choice to play and one of the ones that chose not to is having extreme levels of regret and looks like complete clowns. For once the Big XII isn’t the joke.
Also, since when is “extreme caution” the standard? Under the standards of “extreme caution” no one should ever play football.
The leagues that are the jokes are the ones UT fancies itself as pals and colleagues with... typically.
If Brewer can have the season he's capable of having, that would give him 2 seasons and he'd probably draw a decent grade from the NFL. Given his history of injuries, he'd be wise to jump.
OB has pretty much never understood that Epps was a guy who arrived needing a lot of polish.
Hard to disagree. As much as people want to STILL tout Caden Sterns and BJ Foster, the simple fact is currently Brown is a superior player to both.
Completely warranted. Obviously our sh*tting OL recruiting for '21 isn't helping.
Jamison is a taller, less stocky version of Quandre. Both can flat out ball. That's what happens when you move guys who were electric playmakers on offense is HS to DB when that choice has to be made.
Please let one or even both be in the mold of a Rod Wright or better yet, Shaun Rogers. First time in a long time we've had non-tweener monster inside DL guys who can also move. Malcom Brown is the only recent one and he's quite frankly not been that recent.
