Dear Mr. Gentry:

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1leggedduck

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This will likely never be seen by Zach Gentry, or anyone who knows him, so its probably just theraputic for me to post it.

Whether you're aware of it or not, most rational Longhorn football fans do not expect Kyler Murray or Kai Locksley to commit to Texas. It is lovely fantasy imagining you, Murray, Locksley, and Heard all competing for the starting job, but it will not happen. However, no one can really blame you for taking a look at Michigan. Before deciding, consider the following pros and cons.

For MU: Harbaugh: who can question his history with QBs?
Against MU: Harbaugh: he's crazy, first year of a rebuild, ice and snow (you have to live there, not just play football there), competing against another 4* with the same skill set, Detroit, big cornfed women in long underwear, a long way from home.

For Texas: Are you thinking of putting down roots in Michigan after football? Only pro style QB in the fold, weather, warm girls in less clothing, your family can come to more games without hiring a snow plow, amazing class of WRs shaping up, Charlie Strong and Vance Bedford's defense got your back, I'd rather be a fence post in Texas than the King of Michigan (trust me on this), have you seen the OL we're bringing in?

Seriously, you have a chance to be the guy who shows up in Strong's second year of the rebuild and becomes the face of the new program. That is similar to Harbaugh's sell, but he is in his first year. As we just learned, that first year is rocky, at best.

In the end, if you're concerned about competing with anyone for the starting job, then where ever you go, you're not "him." We desperately need a guy who takes control of a huddle and inspires an offense. We can't afford to anoint anyone.

To close, you seem to be the class of this class, in that you have not tried to make it about you. If you end up in Michigan, I hope you're happy there.

I almost forgot to mention that we have a stud RB who was just getting back to form after an achillies burst, and will probably get at least two of the best RBs in this class. So there's that, too. Tacos, I didn't mention tacos either. Lots of taco options in Austin. Am I starting to sound needy?
 
Well said open letter duck. I have been on the UM campus several times... I would only add a comment about the HUGE difference in looks of the UT coeds vs. the UM coeds
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Mr. Gentry:
I see you as the best hope for championship caliber quarterbacking at UT over the next five years.

Michigan is a long way from New Mexico. Why would you move from the sunbelt to the rustbelt? In Austin, you're close enough to drive or catch a Southwest flight home for a weekend of downhill skiing. In Michigan, you'll need skis to get to class but it's only downhill one way.

Please come to Austin.
 
Great post! I love it.

And somebody had to mention the high quality Texas ladies. Well done WorsterMan...
 
Being in Albuquerque you know cold winters so that is not a factor for you. But wouldn't you like to get a break from all of that and be where the lovely ladies mentioned above spend more time in less clothing and don't have an entire five months to not have to shave their legs or armpits?

Austin, Zach, Austin. You don't want to be more than a day's drive or short and inexpensive flight from Posole, Green Chile Stew, Chicharron Burritos, Blue Corn Enchiladas, Tamales con Chile Roja...you know, food of the Gods.

You will miss the Luminarias and the smell of Pinon wood in the air (or being too far from it), seeing Farolito's a short way away.

Orale, Zach, let's do this, ese.
 
Dear Mr. Gentry:

You are my favorite Longhorn recruit. Please come to play at The University of Texas and sign an autograph for me.

Thank you.
OldHippie
 
Zach, I think it is reasonable to suggest that, since you committed last summer, most Texas followers envisioned the day when you -- and not someone else -- would take over the offense, and lead the program back to the promised land. It's been a quiet confidence that Zach Gentry would be the next great quarterback at Texas.

Isn't that a legacy that you would like to fulfill?
 
Mr. Gentry, a Longhorn player that helped during your Austin visit said you were the real thing, and he thought you'd beat out anyone for the QB position.

Prove him right!!!
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Even if Murray did commit, which I will have to see to believe, we'd have to then sweat out the MLB draft. If he's drafted in the first round, he'd be looking at 7 figures. That would be hard to turn down for anyone.

Come on down Gentry, you'll become a Texas legend.
 
Dear Zach:

In 1989 I saved your father's life and told him never to speak of it. I'm only mentioning this now because, as I Longhorn fan, you owe me. Can't wait to see you on the 40!

P.S. I'll be the one with a missing right arm and left leg - a small price to pay for saving your dad.
 
No, Zach, I am your father. Search your feelings. You know it to be true. Join the Strong side of the force. It is your destiny. Together, we can rule the college football galaxy as father and son.

EDIT:: doh! i screwed around too long crafting the stupid wording to be the original.
 
Zach, one more thing. Jim Harbaugh is a whacko, nutty, loco, mad man that has lost his mind. There is a reason the 49ers let this insaned man go. Please feel free to use other descriptions to describe this lunatic. It's all true Zach.
 
I expect Gentry to commit to Michigan this weekend. No one in the Albuquerque region wants to be in the same area code as anyone named Locksley.

That's a shame. He's a good kid with lots of talent. Question is can Harbaugh make him the next Andrew Luck?
 
I bet Murray ends up playing baseball and only came to Austin to screw with Sumlin and the sheep humping aggie masses. I don't think Murray's visit had anything to do with Gentry's trip to Ann Arbor, but it was convenient. I hope Murray goes aggie, we get Mack, Locksley, Boyd, etc, and Gentry (looking doubtful) and then Murray goes MLB. Moral victory for aggie and a hole in their '15 class.
 
Does anyone actually think Harbaugh will still be there when Gentry runs out of eligibility? He'll hop back to the NFL; he just wanted out of San Francisco.
 
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