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Christine Michael -- Jermie Calhoun.. Honest question ---What am I missing? Why does UT not want these backs?

I know there's the "I'll trust Mack, he knows what he's doing crowd" but we heard the same thing about Goodson and he practically singlehandedly beat us two years in a row.
 
Remember, when Goodson came out, we already had Jamaal Charles, and I like to think that he worked out ok. I'm pretty sure Calhoun was a grade risk, and maybe Mack and Co. like Whaley and our current backs better than Michael. Lache Seastrunk also might have something to do with us only taking one back this class.
 
Mack passed on Goodson as did OSU and others for a reason. "Heisman Goodson" didn't have as many rushing yards as Colt, so Mack was right. Matter of fact, Goodson didn't have a 1,000 yd rushing season at a&m his entire career there. As for Christine, there's something there also. Contraire to what aggy says they're getting him by default.

UT has better backs red shirting than any you mentioned.
 
I don't follow Texas high school football that closely. It just seems that at every other position, UT is in on the top rated players and aggy has no shot. If there's something wrong with these 2 kids (and Goodson) thats fine.. Time will tell.
 
Everyone I've ever talked with inside info about Calhoun said there was a concern about him retaining his eligibility for 4 years at UT.

I don't know what the situation is with Michael. But USC, LSU, UT, and OU all backed away from the table. I mean certainly all these programs wouldn't quit on a back that talented without reason?

It seems there is something we don't know, which is where the "Mack knows what he's doing" crowd usually comes from.


People on the internet see a few highlight clips, 5 stars by the kids name from some recruiting site, and then assume the staff is screwing up by passing on him.

Our coaching staff covers all angles, and not just a kid's football talent.

They meet with coaches and teachers to learn more about a kid's grades,attitude, and work ethic.

How does he interact with teammates and his coaches?

What are our numbers at a positon?

Incidentally, we have 7 scholarship RB's on our roster next year. Not to mention the staff may land one or both of Lache Seastrunk and DJ Jones next year. That's a lot of backs.

If it were me that's reason alone not to take Michael. We don't have room.

I'm not a pro, and Mack Brown has forgotten more about recruiting than I will know. But I think your answer is probably somewhere in my post.
 
Thanks for the info, horngrad.
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I understand there are at least three very good running backs in Texas next year, and UT is supposed to be in good shape on at least two of the three, and maybe three of the three. I don't know what the rub is with Michael, but the fact that all of the major players have backed off on him says we probably want to move in other directions. If Michael's that good, maybe he goes to Blinn for a couple of years, then checks out his options after that.
 
If ou and lsu backed away, there must be a felony conviction, with prison time coming very soon.
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just kidding, of course - for those who can't interpret the emoticons.
 
CM sounds like a very intelligent and down to earth type guy. No offense to others that we did offer, but I don't get this either.

USC does nothing but collect great talent, letting competition sort itself out. We seem to manage talent rather than force it to compete. I know we can't get everyone, but it seems to me we have whiffed on a # of the great TX game breakers in the last few years. As solid as our RBs and WRs are I do not believe there is a consistent game breaker there today.
 
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Contraire to what aggy says they're getting him by default.

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actually most are admitting it is by default haha


he is correct, I've seen most aggy admit this.
 
Dissing Goodson because he had a bad year being injured and playing behind a TERRIBLE O Line is just foolish. When healthy he is one of the most talented RBs in the country, along with Joe McKnight and DeMarco Murray (incidentally all these guys get hurt too often).
 
Texas doesn't want a football player named Christine, no matter how he says it.
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Plus he said "Aggieland" about 10 times in his USAAA interview.
 
Calhoun had some major grade issues which is the reason why we stopped recruiting him. C. Michael must have some attitude/coaching issues which made the big programs back off.

I'll give Mack the benefit of the doubt every time but I'm not going to lie, I really wanted both of these guys.
 
They did go after Scott and missed on him. Didn't they also go after that kid that ended up at USC who dreamed of playing in USC's colors?

I think it is just more like the QB position. They go after a bunch and miss a bunch. Add that to the fact that they take the guys that they like and can't take 'em all. Some of 'em work out....VY, Colt...some of 'em don't....Snead, Brantley, Hicks, kid that went to Baylor all come to mind.

Thing is with RB's you don't need the best 3 in texas every year. You get a good one here or there and they can get a ton of carries for a couple of years. We've got a stable of good backs currently. Question of some of them is how good they will be in the end.....which to me must be why the OP was asking this question....b/c you're not sure if you are satisfied with what we have.
 
Even a serviceable back can look good in a good scheme. If our running game suffers, it's not because of any lack of talent on campus. For more, see this.
 
Frankly, I'm satisfied because of the OL crop we recruited.

Assuming Goodson is as special as everyone thinks (and I wouldn't normally concede the point, but for the sake of discussion here, I will), GoHornsGo90 intelligently pointed out that ragging on him for poor numbers this season because he played behind an abysmal line is kind of silly. And that's the truth of it.

With a top flight OL you don't have to get all the special backs. The above average ones will make plays, and if you do have a special one the combo is deadly. With a piss poor OL, even the special backs suddenly look like the second coming of Henry Melton more often than not.

So yeah, put me in the "trust Mack" camp, because he went out and signed the baddest *** bunch of OL anywhere, and that's going to make life for our skill players a whole lot easier.
 
Kind of off topic but

I was going on and on and on and on about Jacquizz Rodgers last year. I have to think the coaches never saw him play, cause 9 year old mexican girl who thinks football is futbal could of told you Rodgers was going to be a stud in college. Not that we would have gotten him but to not offer him was a travesty of epic proportions.

Everyone I know who saw him were comparing him to Ladainian Tomlinson Adrian Peterson Cedric Benson Taurean Henderson etc.
 
Jacquizz Rodgers IS a stud and single-handedly won his HS a state championship. But to compare him with that list of running backs: Ladainian Tomlinson Adrian Peterson Cedric Benson Taurean Henderson, is a stretch.

First off, those RBs are all completely different types of backs. Terrible comparison.
 
Running Back has really confused me for some time. How do the aggies get at least 1 if not 2 or 3 top 10 running backs every year and Texas doesn't. Mack has gotten the top players in the state at almost all other positions but keeps missing or not going after the running backs. I would think a back would want to be behind Texas line more so than the aggies. This year they get Whaley but there is talk of moving him to another position.
 
The RB position has been very frustrating over the last few years. I've appreciated the effort by the guys we've had, but there's no reason UT shouldn't get an NFL stud every couple of years. That kind of RB probably would have given us a few more "Ws" in the last 5 years. That type of RB could have overcome a feeble running game plan by our coaches.

Our top RB this year, not counting Colt's numbers, was Vondrell McGee. His total yards = 376. Longest run from scrimmage = 21 yards.

When was the last time the best Texas running back had those kind of numbers?

We've had good backs, but the lack of a RB stud is painful. You would think that a blue chip HS recruit would know that he could get a lot of PT if he came to UT.
 
For some reason they prefer going to aggie and dying on the vine like Goodson, Stephens, Cooper, etc.....
 
Texoz

Ricky Williams/Shon Mitchell/Priest Holmes
Hodges Mitchell
Ced Benson
Jamaal Charles

That's a pretty good stretch of quality running backs. This is the first season since 1994 that one of those guys hasn't been carrying the load, and had Jamaal stayed in school this post wouldn't be necessary. So unless you've been frustrated by Ced's behavior or Jamaal's injury induced fumbleitis, I'm not sure what the hell you're talking about.
 
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