BillySee58

Oh come on, he missed one full game that year. We opened the playbook up for him this year (mainly by necessity) and as a result he made more mistakes and threw more interceptions. His numbers really weren't that different other than an increase in overall attempts, which increased touchdowns, yards, and interceptions. Average-based stats stayed relatively the same, such as completion percentage, qb rating, and yards per attempt (actually went up a noticeable amount). Please, as a relatively new member to this fanbase, don't subject yourself to this mediocrity. I'm sure he's a good guy and he gets good grades and all, but DT is not what a starting division 1 quarterback should look like. I know he's a step up production wise from what we've had since Scott Hall, but I feel like because of that some of our expectations have been lowered.

I just don't really see how you're justifying that his numbers were down. He was nothing special the year before, we just handed the ball off more and he threw less interceptions. There's a reason his production isn't good, and that's because he lacks a lot of tools. Very weak arm, slow release, and not very athletic. People are scared that Berglund will be a bust or whatever, but there is no way he can be worse than Thompson IMO. Also he's athletic, so even if he isn't throwing great he can at least present a threat with his legs. Hopefully DT can be a serviceable backup, as long as he can just keep from turning the ball over if he ever has to go in. Like I've said before, the important thing for Berglund is that he improves, as Thompson was never able to. He has three years of eligibility so as long as he improves and we mold the team around him we will have a good chance to be successful in the upcoming years.

Our club baseball team won our fall tournament in houston with 15 other teams in the bracket. Season starts in late January, get behind us haha

Also, one more point regarding the question of why we are bringing in another offensive tackle. Please note that tackles must be taller, athletic players with long arms to fend off the pass rush, so you can't just stick any good lineman at tackle. You rarely see Division-1 tackles shorter than 6'4". Manu's film shows that he has a strong upper body to go along with long, strong arms, although he could use some help in footwork and keeping his head out and prevent from lunging at the incoming pass rusher (things you can easily coach up). Good given long arms, strength, and not to mention the guy looks nasty on film, so I think he is a solid addition. Right now we may only have 3 true scholarship tackles on our roster in 6'5" Junior Antonio Johnson (2-year returning starter), 6'4" Senior LaChris Anyiam (returning co-starter), and 6'5" RS Freshman Connor Trussell. I'm not sure about 6'5" tackle Grant Shaw since he wasn't on the spring weight-chart that we saw released before the semester ended, but there's a possibility that he may not be on the team anymore. Also, heading into spring Justin Manu will fill out our two-deep at tackle with legitimate scholarship players. Then in the fall, once our 3 freshman offensive lineman arrive, we will be able to pick and choose which of them will be better suited for tackle and not have to rush any of them into action. The good news is they are all listed at either 6'4" or 6'5" so they have the potential to be versatile and help out at different spots along the line.

We actually redshirted three scholly lineman this year in Tackle Connor Trussell, Guard Ryan Rentfroe, and Center Boone Feldt. Not to mention walk-on Center Kaydon Kirby who I believe will start at center next year. We definitely have depth on the line and these new guys won't hurt.

He has never been listed as a commit on rivals. His coaches haven't updated it and we don't have anyone actively running our rivals page. Don't worry, he's still with us.

Yes, he is high school class of 2010, which would mean this is his third year of college. One redshirt year and two years of playing JUCO ball, so he should be a two years to play two season guy.

Exactly. Like you've said before, our walk-on program is one thing that we have going for us and should continue to have going for us with our reasonable tuition compared to the other DFW Division 1 schools in TCU and SMU. And yes, Monkey's right. I was talking about the JUCO DT that OU got. Also OU just recently flipped former A&M commit 4-star DT Kerrick Huggins of Dallas Skyline.

Kaydon Kirby has at least an equal shot at the starting center spot than Feldt at this point. If Mckinney wants to compete at that spot he is going to have to lose weight, because even though he has a lot of good weight it still slows him down. As far as Charles Walker, I find it odd that they would accept a commitment from a juco dt soon after offering Walker if they weren't willing to take both. Either way I hope we still get him, since he would play right away here but would probably be looking at a redshirt at OU.

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We won a recruiting battle! I think!

Good! I missed the second half but glad they turned it around. Yeah his ability to rebound and steal the ball was impressive. He just looked a little over-amped when he tried his put backs early on. Happens with a kid playing on ESPN from time to time.

The thing about coach Mac's recruiting is that it seems he is going after the guys he wants, they just happen to not have very many other offers. I don't know how often situations like you referenced happen to him though, where players decline his official visit offers. As for Brady, I read that he played more defense his freshman year on the freshman team behind some dude who quit for the basketball team the next year.

Slow your roll chief, don't get too butt hurt. My point was that outrecruiting players from other teams who want that player also helps in the long run. Look at our current committments' offer list and you'll see that a lot of them just have us. I agree with you to a point about the star system that recruiting sites use. It does have a lot to do with politics, such as a 3-star committing to Texas then getting bumped to 4 even though he has the same film. The more important measuring bar is what other college coaches and programs have offered that player. If we're stuck getting the players that nobody else wanted, then we can only be so good. Exceptions come around at too low percentages to have to count on them panning out. As for Brady, he didn't start playing quarterback until his sophomore year of high school, so he had a long way to go as far as college readiness. That's a major reason why his production in college was not too impressive, thus causing him to get picked low in the draft.

Eh, I don't. Hamilton really was not as big an asset to us these past two years as people think. Napoli will be a bigger loss but even he didn't have a great year. Good production for a catcher though. And Michael Young had one of the worst offensive seasons of any everyday position player in the AL last year. Giving him at bats just because he was Michael Young was getting really old to me. We'll be fine. Yu is starting to establish himself as one of the best pitchers in baseball. He misses more bats than almost any other pitcher. Profar could be a ROY candidate and Beltre was by far our best offensive player last year, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Sometimes you run that risk with guys playing against weak competition. Hopefully they pan out.

Getting higher ranked players who actually have offers from other FBS schools does matter, don't kid yourself. There are exceptions to everything, but out recruiting your competition and getting the players you both want pays off over time. Some 4 and 5 stars turn out to be busts, some 2 stars turn out to be first-round picks, but those are EXCEPTIONS.

I would too. I think Berglund will have enough weapons on offense as well, and three solid backs and a good o-line to relieve pressure on him.

We moved the ball fine, but our kickers couldn't make anything and DT proved to be a horrible red zone qb all season long and definitely this game. Oh yeah, and he kind of threw the ball out of the back of the end zone on fourth and goal that game.

Wow haha. I was so close to posting a thread about this even before I knew about this tweet, since this is my high school class. He has the tools, I hope people realize that. I don't see him being a bust as long as he improves during the next three years, as DT was unable to.

I played these guys my junior year, first round of the playoffs at Cowboys stadium. We beat them 50-6. Shockey had a twin brother, so I'd imagine he would walk on as well. I thought Braziel was a decent runner and he was their punter also.

Finding guys who can hold slots are not always easy. This is what I think Zac Whitfield can be good at if Freddie Warner can come back and play outside. But yeah, thanks for that info.

Yeah I want that qb White to play receiver for us, and our only chance on him is because he is so small but I have seen him on 2014 top prospect lists so I don't know how good our chance is with him. As for Nick Orr, same thing. He's a stud and is on 2014 top prospect lists as well, but obviously we have a potential trump card in big bro Zach. I have a question for you Emmitt. What do you think about their senior receiver Brandon Mcdowell? He's their leading receiver, which doesn't always mean a whole lot but take this into account. Last year they had 2 receivers go D-1 and 4 receivers go D-1 the year before! If he's good enough to be their primary target do you think we should try and get him? He's only 5'9" and is committed to Texas St (I think his only offer thus far) to play cornerback but I could see him being one of those athletes that Mac has talked about bringing in to compete on either side of the ball because of his athleticism.

DeSoto is a program that we really need to try to build/keep a pipeline through. So much talent there it's ridiculous.

Cut ties with Casimiro and Norris and get this guy. I like guys who produce regardless of the competition. I don't like guys who need an excuse for why their averages are so low.