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SabreHorn said:
Stat,

My complaint was that Duvernay was on the sideline as we march down the field. Then he goes in when we reach the red zone. Why? I wanted his great speed and deep threat in the middle of the field, not in short control situations.

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Did not want to wear him out running patterns that the QB either wasn't looking at or decided he could not make the throw.
 
If he indeed was most often not on the field until we got down to the 20 or so, that could be a big part of the "no 50+ yard TDs" stat that I keep seeing for 2018 Texas.
 
Joe Fan said:
Orlando said recently Dele has been faster and is moving better (all about the hips). With the depleted LB corps, we need this to be true.
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Here are a few more things floating around out there abut our LB situation.
-- The two starters we are certain of are sophomore Ossai and senior McCulloch
-- RS freshman Ayodele Adeoye will probably start against certain styled offenses
-- True freshman Marcus Tillman will play and might be starting this season. He's a quick learner.
-- Coaches like true freshman David Gbenda too but he was not an EE so is a little further behind Tillman
-- One of the JUCOs could also show up - Juwan Mitchell or Caleb Johnson. Both been here since Jan but Johnson has been recovering from a shoulder injury

For the future
-- Apparently our coaches still think DeGabriel Floyd, who was penciled in to be the other starter this season, might be able to play next year. We will see about that
-- If sophomore DeMarvion Overshown can stay healthy, he might end up at LB
-- True freshman Tyler Owens is also a potential candidate for the same roll down in the future
-- One of 2020 commits Jalen Hullaby and Ja'Quinden Jackson could also become a LB
-- We are also supposed to have another 2020 lined up who may be a JUCO or maybe committed to another team right now, who is good and who we think we can land. But we are closely guarding the details
 
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RIP Darryl Drake


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Joe Fan said:
...-- True freshman Marcus Tillman will play and might be starting this season. He's a quick learner.
-- Coaches like true freshman David Gbenda too but he was not an EE so is a little further behind Tillman
-- One of the JUCOs could also show up - Juwan Mitchell or Caleb Johnson. Both been here since Jan but Johnson has been recovering from a shoulder injury
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Some encouraging quotes from the coach regarding some of our new LBs

LB Marcus Tillman: “He’s got a ton of energy, flies around, doesn’t take plays off. It’s going to be fun to watch his development over this training camp, this season, and over the course of his career.”

LB Juwan Mitchell “has a knack for the ball”
LB Caleb Johnson “can really run.”
“For them it’s still just speed of the game, assignment.” ​
 
Horn6721 said:
4th?
I thought in Texas no state funds could be used to build athletic facilities.
They are paid for by voter approved bonds
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And the voter approved bonds are paid by taxpayers. Sometimes stupid taxpayers, but taxpayers nonetheless. Do you think everyone who lives in Katy ISD likes paying for the $70 million stadium? But it's for the chiiiillllldddddruuuunnnn!!!!
 
May I refer you to Crosby ISD?

Katy is a different story. District is largely damn fur-in-ners moved in from God knows where. Thankfully the Katy School Board is still controlled by the old rice farmers.
 
4th
I understand but it is taxpayers IN the school district, not me or anyone not living in that district.
and it is an election. So those who don't want it should get out and campaign against it with good explanations and reasons not to vote for a bond.
 
Horn6721 said:
4th
I understand but it is taxpayers IN the school district, not me or anyone not living in that district.
and it is an election. So those who don't want it should get out and campaign against it with good explanations and reasons not to vote for a bond.
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You are completely correct Horn6721. It's a voluntary tax (bond) that was approved by a majority of the people who bothered to vote. My issue is how the votes are scheduled, generally without anything else major on the ballot and not on a regular election day, and how the school resources are used to campaign for the bonds. For example, when I lived in a different town a few years back, there was a primary election in March, but the particular school bond election was on an odd weekend in April. Nothing else was on the ballot. Information on the election was biased - "it's for the children" - even though it was something that only affected a small number of kids. The school district used school time to campaign to school employees and give employees instructions to campaign for the bond. Any group that tried to provide a counter to the school campaign was demonized. In my experience, this is typical and it's a rare event when a school bond is defeated, regardless of the merits of the bond.

You or someone else mentioned Crosby ISD. I looked at the stories about their financial problems. All of their spending was legal. But why would voters approve many millions of dollars in spending for a medium sized school district who couldn't afford such spending?

I apologize in advance for the political discussion. I won't respond to further posts on this topic on this forum.
 
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