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Texas is busy in the transfer portal ...

Posted on 4/24/25 at 9:08 am
Posted by Ptins944
Member since Jan 2019
2061 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 9:08 am


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Bobby Burton -

The portal opened just one week ago today. Texas has added four players in just seven days (five in nine days). All are key additional pieces and all are at positions of need.

You get the feeling that maybe, just maybe, there was a plan. A plan that was thought about and strategized behind the scenes for months. Hats off to Brandon Harris and the entire personnel department staff. What they accomplished in such a short period of time is the envy of college football personnel departments.

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Not a single portal visitor who visited Texas this portal period took a visit elsewhere following their Texas visit.

Texas closed on the players it wanted. There was no back and forth. That is such a rare thing in these days. In sum, it shows the Horns had done their due diligence, identified the right players, and then had the capacity and capability to strike while the iron as hot.

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The latest pledge, Maraad Watson of Syracuse, is indicative of a portal recruitment process that will pay dividends this fall.

Watson, a freshman All-American defensive tackle, played the third most snaps of any freshman defensive tackle in the country in 2024. The Irvington, N.J., native originally picked Syracuse over Tennessee. Yet when it came time to enter the portal - with suitors like Miami and Ohio State lining up - Watson’s first and only visit was to Texas. Texas had clearly worked the back channels of portal recruiting better than anyone.

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As I’ve written for more than a week now, Texas will continue to be proactively aggressive if opportunities present themselves.











Posted by Buckeye06
Member since Dec 2007
24177 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 9:42 am to
Texas is paying more than anyone right now

The natives are restless
Posted by Vidic
Member since Jan 2010
9299 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 2:23 pm to
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Texas closed on the players it wanted. There was no back and forth. That is such a rare thing in these days. In sum, it shows Texas tampered for months
Posted by TexasOnTop
Member since Nov 2023
5309 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 3:56 pm to
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Texas is paying more than anyone right now


While i'm sure we are paying quite a bit, i highly doubt Texas is paying more for their current roster than tOSU paid for theirs last season.

When you look at the transfers, most of them are DT's. That was our weakest position and all will have a very good shot at playing time. We added a WR (another immediate path to starting) and a TE ( we had 0 in game experience at TE).

So while money was obviously a factor, playing time is just as important. If it was solely money, we wouldn't have gotten money whipped by Tech for Anthony Holmes.
Posted by GeauxFish31
Member since May 2024
1508 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 1:27 pm to
You are paying more than anyone for transfers. OSU paid a large sum of money to retain players. They’ve had good players for a long time, Texas hasn’t. Sark replacing the shitty players.
Posted by Buckeye06
Member since Dec 2007
24177 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 2:56 pm to
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While i'm sure we are paying quite a bit, i highly doubt Texas is paying more for their current roster than tOSU paid for theirs last season.



DT is OSU's weakest position for 2025. One transferred into Texas in the earlier window. Now 2-3 more have transferred in without visiting the defending national champ.

You think it's just because they want to live in Austin?
Posted by TexasOnTop
Member since Nov 2023
5309 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 4:27 pm to
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DT is OSU's weakest position for 2025. One transferred into Texas in the earlier window. Now 2-3 more have transferred in without visiting the defending national champ.

You think it's just because they want to live in Austin?


Are you asking me if a recruit would rather live in Austin over Columbus? I'm sure 9/10 would.

Much like Ohio State, DT was by far Texas' weakest position going into 2026. That has been solved. I just think your claim "Texas is paying more than anybody" is pretty funny. If that was the case, Texas would have gotten all of their transfer targets (that didn't happen).

Maybe Ohio State is paying below market for DT's. Maybe they staff feels more confident in their current roster than you obviously are.
Posted by TechnoTales
Member since Apr 2025
41 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:56 pm to
Oh you mean there’s trying to improve the 72nd ranked class. All the best players are taken. Sark is a joke lol
Posted by olddawg26
Member since Jan 2013
25500 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 4:57 pm to
All it takes is money dude. There’s no portal guru
Posted by Ptins944
Member since Jan 2019
2061 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:59 am to
Home grown, not transfers.

This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 10:01 am
Posted by NobodyImportant
Member since Nov 2024
436 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:46 pm to
Word is they are paying more than twice what anybody else is. The window is closing on Manning and the natives are restless.
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 12:49 pm
Posted by WoodyOrnamental
Member since Sep 2021
1394 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 5:36 pm to
Some nice players but they don't blow my doors off.
Posted by Ptins944
Member since Jan 2019
2061 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:43 pm to
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Some nice players but they don't blow my doors off.
They are filling specific needs (DL, TE, WR), including providing depth.

Sark recruited Mosley (WR) in HS. He will follow AD Mitchell and Matthew Golden's path to the NFL.
Posted by Pimphand
Member since Sep 2021
2954 posts
Posted on 4/30/25 at 5:47 am to
LOL Texas overpaid for bread but the fear y'all have of Semifinal Steve is palpable.
Posted by Ptins944
Member since Jan 2019
2061 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 12:51 pm to
Texas transfer Summary

All are from P4 schools, except a Transfer P to Marshall and a possible WR medical retirement.

Net change; -CB, +DL, -2 Edge, - WR

Incoming +10, (5 DL, K, LB, P, TE, WR)
Player Pos School
Maraad Watson , DL , Syracuse
Lavon Johnson , DL , Maryland
Travis Shaw , DL , North Carolina
Cole Brevard , DL , Purdue
Hero Kanu , DL , Ohio State
Mason Shipley , K , Texas State
Brad Spence , LB , Arkansas
Jack Bouwmeester , P , Utah
Jack Endries , TE , Cal
Emmett Mosley , WR , Stanford


Outgoing -13, (CB, 4 DL, 2 Edge, K, LB, P, TE, 2 WR)
Player Pos School
Jay'Vion Cole , CB , Arizona
Sydir Mitchell , DL , LSU
Tiaoalii Savea , DL , Arizona
Aaron Bryant , DL , Vanderbilt
Jaray Bledsoe , DL , Mississippi State
Justice Finkley , Edge , Kansas
Tausili Akana , Edge , BYU
Bert Auburn , K , Miami
Derion Gullette , LB , Mississippi State
Ian Ratliff , P , Marshall
Amari Niblack , TE , Texas A&M
Freddie Dubose , WR , Medical?
Johntay Cook II , WR , Syracuse
Posted by ColoradoElkHerd
USA
Member since May 2014
3429 posts
Posted on 5/5/25 at 6:51 pm to
Going heavily into portal not always such a great sign.
Posted by ExpoTiger
Member since Jul 2014
7034 posts
Posted on 5/6/25 at 8:09 pm to
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LOL Texas overpaid for bread but the fear y'all have of Semifinal Steve is palpable.


Lmao nobody fears Steve fricking sarkisian. You have gone full retard.
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
8242 posts
Posted on 5/12/25 at 10:20 pm to
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So while money was obviously a factor, playing time is just as important. If it was solely money, we wouldn't have gotten money whipped by Tech for Anthony Holmes.



You don’t think they could have gotten playing time at Texas Tech?

Dumb argument is dumb.
Posted by TexasOnTop
Member since Nov 2023
5309 posts
Posted on 5/13/25 at 11:24 am to
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You don’t think they could have gotten playing time at Texas Tech?

Dumb argument is dumb.


I never said that. I said Texas got money whipped by Tech. Holmes would have played at both schools. Tech offered him a bigger bag.

Dumb argument is dumb.
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
8242 posts
Posted on 5/13/25 at 11:29 am to
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I never said that. I said Texas got money whipped by Tech. Holmes would have played at both schools. Tech offered him a bigger bag


No, you said that it’s not all about money and that Texas got some DTs in the transfer portal because they were looking for playing time. Don’t try to walk it back now and change the narrative.

While not explicit, this implicitly suggests that they would get more playing time at Texas than Texas Tech. Therefore, you imply that this gave Texas an advantage over Tech.
This post was edited on 5/13/25 at 11:32 am
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