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LAGA4 said:
I think the deal with Rising is he thought he could beat Sam out for the starting job and wasn't able to.

He made the wrong choice. Probably should have stayed at OU.
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No way he was going to beat out little Ky Ky last year. I guarantee OU still goes for Hurts anyway and who know what happens the next. He still ends up transferring anyway.
 
Vol Horn 4 Life said:
No way he was going to beat out little Ky Ky last year. I guarantee OU still goes for Hurts anyway and who know what happens the next. He still ends up transferring anyway.
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Kyler was only going to be there 1 year. Rising probably could have started next year.

He probably knew he wasn't going to beat out Kyler and came to UT because he thought he could win the QB battle with Sam. He made a poor choice.
 
LAGA4 said:
Kyler was only going to be there 1 year. Rising probably could have started next year.

He probably knew he wasn't going to beat out Kyler and came to UT because he thought he could win the QB battle with Sam. He made a poor choice.
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That's what I said... Kyler would only be there one year. I also said OU still would have attempted to get starting national championship winning transfer qb Hurts whether Rising was there or not. I think Rising would have ended up transferring whether here or at OU.

Every elite athlete these days think they should come in and start immediately. That fire is flamed by coaches telling them they can come in and compete for the starting job.

That is true in a sense, but at most big time programs coaches already have an idea of who will be the starter and true freshmen don't normally come in with the mental and physical tools to take the job. Coaches are saying what they have to say to get the recruit.

Then it becomes the second recruiting season for coaches to keep the kids from leaving. The stupid part is by the time the kid transfers and sits out a year, in many cases, they could be starting by that time at the school they originally committed. Unless they are just one of those lifetime backups for whatever reason. This has got to be a brutal process for the coaches in this "me" culture.
 
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Any chance R Johnson challenges for the 2nd spot in 2019?

Even if he’s good enough to do it I think that might get Thompson to thinking about a transfer again and put us in a very tight spot w/ QBs.
 
Dionysus said:
Any chance R Johnson challenges for the 2nd spot in 2019?

Even if he’s good enough to do it I think that might get Thompson to thinking about a transfer again and put us in a very tight spot w/ QBs.
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Lake Travis QB arrives in 2020.
 
Dionysus said:
Any chance R Johnson challenges for the 2nd spot in 2019?
Even if he’s good enough to do it I think that might get Thompson to thinking about a transfer again and put us in a very tight spot w/ QBs.
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There is some jibba jabba that he may need to work though some issues with his throwing mechanics
 
I think Thompson is the unused backup for 2019 and then we'll see how Spring Ball 2020 shapes up. It'll be RS-Soph Thompson vs. RS-Fresh Johnson vs. HS-Fresh Card for the backup spot. Theoretically, if Thompson were to lose his backup position when Sam is a senior, he could still transfer, lose his sophomore year, and still play 2 somewhere else.
 
Dionysus said:
Any chance R Johnson challenges for the 2nd spot in 2019?

Even if he’s good enough to do it I think that might get Thompson to thinking about a transfer again and put us in a very tight spot w/ QBs.
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Right, that's a tight call there.

Deep down I think the kids know who is the best. The best athlete might not pick up the offense quick enough, might not be a good culture fit any number of things could make the difference.

Whatever, it sure makes a difference how colleges recruit QB's going forward.
 
Horns11 said:
I think Thompson is the unused backup for 2019 and then we'll see how Spring Ball 2020 shapes up. It'll be RS-Soph Thompson vs. RS-Fresh Johnson vs. HS-Fresh Card for the backup spot. Theoretically, if Thompson were to lose his backup position when Sam is a senior, he could still transfer, lose his sophomore year, and still play 2 somewhere else.
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Hopefully the days of unused backups are behind us. As our program matures under Coach Herman, we hopefully have games well in hand to play more backups at every position, every game. We did not have that luxury this year.
 
Badass said:
Hopefully the days of unused backups are behind us. As our program matures under Coach Herman, we hopefully have games well in hand to play more backups at every position, every game. We did not have that luxury this year.
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True, true. At the start of the season did anybody imagine, in their wildest, drug-addled dreams, that the team we would beat by the greatest margin all season was going to be USC?
 
Then it becomes the second recruiting season for coaches to keep the kids from leaving. The stupid part is by the time the kid transfers and sits out a year, in many cases, they could be starting by that time at the school they originally committed. Unless they are just one of those lifetime backups for whatever reason. This has got to be a brutal process for the coaches in this "me" culture.
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If Jevan Snead stays at Texas and redshirts a year, he gets to come in for Colt and possibly win a national title in 2009. He is the full time starter in 2010.

If G.J. Kinne never transfers, he ends up starting for Texas.

What can you do?

For Buechele, the writing is on the wall. He is not the kind of QB that works in this system. I think he should absolutely transfer. As for Casey Thompson and Cameron Rising.... transferring would be way too premature as one will for sure be the back up. Sam, unfortunately, is injury prone and one of those two is highly likely to play.
 
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Badass said:
Hopefully the days of unused backups are behind us. As our program matures under Coach Herman, we hopefully have games well in hand to play more backups at every position, every game.
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Great point, Badass. Recall the Nebraska program of the nineties. They were so dominant that in most games, the starters were done by halftime. The backups played the second half. There were lots of benefits to this approach: (1) incentive for the backups who worked very hard in practice, (2) lessened the exposure to injury for the starters, (3) built experience for the backups so they were ready to start when their time came, and (4) if a starter did get injured, you had an experienced backup to plug in his place.

Hope this model comes about for the Longhorns soon!
 
HornHuskerDad said:
Great point, Badass. Recall the Nebraska program of the nineties. They were so dominant that in most games, the starters were done by halftime. The backups played the second half. There were lots of benefits to this approach: (1) incentive for the backups who worked very hard in practice, (2) lessened the exposure to injury for the starters, (3) built experience for the backups so they were ready to start when their time came, and (4) if a starter did get injured, you had an experienced backup to plug in his place.

Hope this model comes about for the Longhorns soon!
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HHD -- I have Sam in mind. He was so banged up by the Champ game that we were bringing a knife to a gun fight. Sam may have fewer eye popping stats next year, but fewer miles on the tires! I will take that now in a heart beat.
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Some interesting news -- 247 thinks OL Patrick Hudson will participate in spring ball. The last I read on this was that medical retirement was a real possibility. Good luck to him
 
Joe Fan said:
Some interesting news -- 247 thinks OL Patrick Hudson will participate in spring ball. The last I read on this was that medical retirement was a real possibility. Good luck to him
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Good news. If this is all behind him, he could push for significant minutes or even a starting position. He was highly-recruited as a rare powerful road grader-type that can really move. At a minimum, he'll provide depth.

A hat tip to our trainers/medical staff for the Johnny-on-the-spot work they did with Hudson. A potential Jordan McNair-like situation may have been avoided.
 
Joe Fan said:
Some interesting news -- 247 thinks OL Patrick Hudson will participate in spring ball. The last I read on this was that medical retirement was a real possibility. Good luck to him
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Any idea as to what the medical problem was? I hope it is not serious and he is not taking any risks by trying to play football.
 
beijinghorn1 said:
Any idea as to what the medical problem was? I hope it is not serious and he is not taking any risks by trying to play football.
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I have not seen that disclosed yet. People are saying he has been putting extra time with our S&C guy (McKnight) to get past the overheating issue. Still to be seen if the issue has fully been resolved
 
Collin Johnson had arthroscopic surgery to clean up knee damage suffered before the Texas Tech game. Considered minor surgery with a recovery window of 4-6 weeks means he will probably miss some winter conditioning but will be ready for Spring Practice.
 
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