re: Not back yet, but by our first SEC game we'll be highly competitive

Why do you think this regarding your football team? You landed a recruit that has a rating based on his last name who played against smaller kids than most of us did in junior high ball. Y’all haven’t been close to elite and often non-competitive since you lost in the NC to Bama. I’d be more scared of Baylor football coming into the SEC right now. Your football programmed is more diseased than ours was for the last 2 or so decades. Not saying you can’t recover, but I watched a lot of y’all’s games and Sark will NOT lead you to the promised land. Y’all are soft AF and it showed all year last year and you could see it in his face. Can’t wait until we play again.

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Arch is the most overrated recruit I've ever seen.

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This must be the only thing you read. He has flawless mechanics and a very quick releases. Those skills translate to any level. Both of his uncles played at the same high school against the same competition, and they did ok.

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I believe Arch is overrated but I believe Sark has you all going in the right direction. How is the Oline coming along?

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The 7 OL we signed last year, including two 5* & four 4*, are regarded as the best OL haul in the country.

We already have 4 2023 OL commits in a class that is currently rated #3. Kyle Flood was the first to offer 3 of the 4; In June, I would say he got the guys he wanted and hasn't settled on anything.

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No offense, but your supposedly awesome recruiting class has maybe two players that would be considered elite. That is the worst per recruit average I've seen out of Austin in quite awhile.

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247 Sports - 2023 Recruiting Rankings
Texas currently ranked 3rd w/ the 7th highest average ranking.

Rank Commits Avg Team
1...14.....94.12...Ohio State
2...15.....92.72...Notre Dame
3...16.....91.10...Texas
4...15.....90.69...Penn State
5...14.....91.52...Clemson
6...12.....93.03...Georgia
7...16.....88.67...Arkansas
13..12.....89.84...Tennessee
24...8......95.34...Alabama
30...9......89.30...Florida
36...11.....87.95...S. Carolina
39...8......89.31...Oklahoma
46...9......85.73...Vanderbilt
47...6......91.32...LSU
50...8......88.32...MSU
53...7......87.07...Kentucky
54...5......90.64...A&M
56...5......90.40...Mississippi
64...6......88.90...Missouri

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all the big SEC programs will be converging upon Austin like mass herd of locusts they've never seen before (he mentions how LSU nearly took over Austin).

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We get Monarch butterflies and bats in Austin, not too many locusts
LSU brought a lot of fans, but no where close to taking over Austin.

247 Sports - 2023 Recruiting Rankings
Texas now ranked 2nd and the 5th highest average ranking w/ addition of 5 WR Johntay Cook.

Rank Commits Avg Team
1...14.....94.12...Ohio State
2...17.....91.53...Texas
3...15.....92.72...Notre Dame
4...15.....90.69...Penn State
5...14.....91.52...Clemson
6...12.....93.03...Georgia
7...16.....88.67...Arkansas
13..12.....89.84...Tennessee
24...8......95.34...Alabama
30...9......89.30...Florida
36...11.....87.95...S. Carolina
39...8......89.31...Oklahoma
46...9......85.73...Vanderbilt
47...6......91.32...LSU
50...8......88.32...MSU
53...7......87.07...Kentucky
54...5......90.64...A&M
56...5......90.40...Mississippi
64...6......88.90...Missouri

'22 Class was solid. Elite QB transfer in Ewers & #1 OL class.

'23 will end up with 6/7 top 50 players. DL/LB needs some work, but these back to back classes are loaded.