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Posted by HenryJames on July 9th, 2008 under Football, Recruiting
Athlete Antoine Hicks of Mansfield Timberview won’t be enrolling at Texas this fall. He came up short on his qualifying ACT score.
Although he played quarterback in high school, he was going to play wide receiver at Texas. His commitment was a bit of a head scratcher because he wasn’t really recruited by anyone else and had only sparingly played receiver before.
The opportunity cost on this was high. The top receiver in Texas last year was Darryl Stonum of Fort Bend Dulles. He had offers from all the big boys, and his dad wanted him to hold out for a offer from Texas. Because of track he never was able to make it to the Texas campus to meet the coaches during the spring, and the Texas coaches hardly even contacted him.
He was a mid term enrollee at Michigan.
Luke wrote a new blog post: BYU postgame 27 minutes ago
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What a glorious, glorious day of basketball at the Ford Center Saturday.
First, Ali Ali Farokhmanesh and all the other Panthers with cool names took down Kansas as Sherron Collins made his best effort to shed that “clutch” label on the last game of his collegiate career. Then of course, Kansas State waved goodbye to Jimmer
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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Best Opening Round I Can Remember 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Ali Farokhmanesh hitting the biggest shot of the season is the definition of March Madness.
Ali Boma Ye!!!
skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
It is just amazing to me that most posters think that Jordan has improved so much in the last half of the season.
The one thing I will say is that Jordan has just started to show his ability with a basketball. The reason that he did not show his talents is up to all the
Ag_in_TX wrote a new blog post: Purdue Pre-game 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Offense
Both teams are unselfish and preach sharing the ball. A&M is a balanced scoring team. Sloan showed in the first round against Utah State, for example, that he can defer when his teammates have things going. Purdue once again will have to rely on JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore to produce, and hope
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post We Have Our Answer 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
And yes, it appears JoPo wrote pretty much the same thing. It’s hard to believe with all the national talking heads, fans, and everyone in between saying otherwise, but I think it’s the only conclusion to draw for anyone that really watched this team.
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post We Have Our Answer 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
And yes, it appears JoPo wrote pretty much the same thing. It’s hard to believe with all the national talking heads, fans, and everyone in between saying otherwise, but I think it’s the only conclusion to draw for anyone that really watched this team.
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Hiphopopotamus wrote a new blog post: We Have Our Answer 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
Normally, after a big win or a crushing defeat, I don’t know what to think, say, or feel, because I can’t. And that what makes this one different; it’s just as painful, but I saw it coming. Instead of getting blindsided by the oncoming traffic, I was able to brace myself for the
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whiskey commented on the blog post The week in news- Pariahs, Malcontents and Power Hour 3 hours, 8 minutes ago
I’m with you the off season is already old. I’m ready for the season to start. NDS I am completely fascinated by the Tech vs. Lech business. I can’t believe they ran off the guy that put them on the map and subsequently ended up with an arguable upgrade in Tubs.
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whiskey commented on the blog post Spring Preview: Tech Offense 3 hours, 13 minutes ago
Ded 9-12 wins is pretty optomistic. I like it. I’m really looking forward to seeing what Tubs can do with them this year especially on D. I’m surprised you think the QB battle between Sticks and Nick will be close. Interesting, I figured Sticks was a runaway. I hope Corndog
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dedfischer wrote a new blog post: Spring Preview: Tech Offense 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
Got a little time this morning and I’m rearing to talk some football. Here’s what the depth chart looks like headed into spring and a few thoughts:
Offense
QB Sr. Taylor Potts/Sr. Steven Sheffield – We’ve all annointed Sheffield as the starter, and I think that’s the case if we continue to run 99% of our snaps
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Black Scholes commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 6 hours, 50 minutes ago
lawdog – on the topic of regression, this crew can’t compare with the senior seasons Thomas and Atchley put up. Something ain’t right in this scenario. Mason topped out his sophomore year and Pittman last year.
Wangmene is ‘Manos de Piedra’ redux, so that was really never going to work out.
Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: Top Ten Reasons Why Cal Can Beat Duke 8 hours, 50 minutes ago
This would probably go a bit better if you read it in your Bobby Knight voice and it had two decades worth of goodwill built up from its gratuitous appearance on a popular late night television show. But oh well.
1) Interior Worries. As in the Bears shouldn’t have any defensively
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Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: Round 2 Saturday Recaps 9 hours, 47 minutes ago
We talked about the upset of the decade in this post, but I watched some other great basketball today I’d like to comment on.
For me, the theme of the day was well-played basketball. I’m not only talking about what Northern Iowa did, I’m talking about the other seven games being really well
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Madness Magic: Northern Iowa Upsets Kansas 10 hours ago
Just a phenomenal game.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Recapping The South 10 hours, 11 minutes ago
Udoh was a fargging beast in that game. Very athletic player.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Because We’re Dedicated To Doing Stupid Things – Tiny Gallon Reportedly Took Payout 10 hours, 35 minutes ago
Jesus. I think I see four horseman on the horizon.
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Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: Madness Magic: Northern Iowa Upsets Kansas 10 hours, 39 minutes ago
Today reminded me why I love this tournament so much. A good friend of mine mentioned to me that college basketball is the great equalizer of all athletic endeavors. At least of the sports we care about. He’s right.
For instance, you can have a 40 inch vertical, be Iverson quick,
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Nate Heupel commented on the blog post Because We’re Dedicated To Doing Stupid Things – Tiny Gallon Reportedly Took Payout 10 hours, 43 minutes ago
Patrick,
Unless you’re completely retarded, you know precisely what I meant. The closest any Big 12 team has gotten to winning the infamous Fuller Cup is the 2007 Texas squad. I can’t remember a team being that horribly undisciplined as a whole aside from the insane OU teams of the 80’s. That’s not
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Nate Heupel commented on the blog post Because We’re Dedicated To Doing Stupid Things – Tiny Gallon Reportedly Took Payout 10 hours, 43 minutes ago
Patrick,
Unless you’re completely retarded, you know precisely what I meant. The closest any Big 12 team has gotten to winning the infamous Fulmer Cup is the 2007 Texas squad. I can’t remember a team being that horribly undisciplined as a whole aside from the insane OU teams of the 80’s. That’s not
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Sailor Ripley wrote a new blog post: This Is Sparta! 10 hours, 56 minutes ago
Please make yourself welcome and Adam will be by shortly to keep you up to date on all Michigan State Spartan happenings.
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Nickel Rover commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 11 hours ago
I suppose anyone could be your “favorite Longhorn basketball player” but Ford did more than just about anyone…although Durant is clearly better. Ford’s supporting cast was better than Durant’s in his sophomore year. Durant’s had more talent (Augustin, James, Abrams) but Ford’s was more developed (Boddicker, Ivey, Mouton, Thomas) and had worked with him for
Nickel Rover commented on the blog post Bradley or Hamilton? 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
Crazy Joe, your thoughts intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Nickel Rover commented on the blog post Bradley or Hamilton? 11 hours, 9 minutes ago
This notion of Hamilton as being a disaster area on defense is all a bit much. He rebounds extremely well which, if it wasn’t obvious, is extremely important in this game since it secures possession of the basketball. Winning in basketball is achieved through the scoring of baskets and it’s necessary to possess the basketball
Ojnab Bob commented on the blog post Best Opening Round I Can Remember 11 hours, 20 minutes ago
I posted earlier about how Collins’ effort just crippled Kansas today, but what amazed me the most was his complete inability to stay in front of his man on defense. UNI got a LOT of good looks out of penetration/pass after one of UNI’s modestly gifted athletes blew right by Sherron. The best
Scipio Tex wrote a new blog post: Best Opening Round I Can Remember 12 hours, 31 minutes ago
At least it’s shaping up that way if Sunday delivers.
As disappointed as I was in last year’s opening weekend of March Madness, this one is exceeding all expectations. Putting aside the fact that my bracket now resembles Kabul after the Taliban rolled through in ‘96 – a map of ordered failure –
J commented on the blog post Bid Dance: Day Three 12 hours, 59 minutes ago
Thanks for the kind words, Trips.
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J commented on the blog post Bid Dance: Day Three 12 hours, 59 minutes ago
You know who’s bitter and angry as fuck? This guy —> ME.
I can only hope our returning players (whoever that may be) remember this and realize they need to play motivated EVERY FUCKING GAME and put forward 40 MINUTES of effort each game.
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Raoul Duke commented on the blog post Rumor Alert–TMG 13 hours, 30 minutes ago
Kid seems like a fantastic collegiate player. I haven’t seen any NBA info. Is he a legit prospect?
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Raoul Duke commented on the blog post Bid Dance: Day Three 13 hours, 37 minutes ago
Tough day for Sherron on O and D.
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GoHornsGo90 commented on the blog post Bradley or Hamilton? 14 hours, 22 minutes ago
To leave or stay?
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kevwun said:
July 9th, 2008 at 6:44 am
If we were going to sign a grade risk, I wish it would have been Calhoun.
Viper said:
July 9th, 2008 at 6:47 am
At least we have playmakers like Blake Gideon to back him up.
HenryJames said:
July 9th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Here’s what I don’t understand. We’re supposed to be only recruiting good students, yet Hicks’ grades were not good (I won’t post them here). They were not even really close to being good. So why did we offer him when there were better players, both physically and academically?
echeese said:
July 9th, 2008 at 7:07 am
If Antoine Hicks had taken Vince Youngs wonderlick test he would have been the top pick in the draft.
jc25 said:
July 9th, 2008 at 7:52 am
I don’t really know much of Stonum’s backstory, but as a Dulles alum, I’ve never seen Coach Creech send a recruit to Texas. In the ‘07 class, Creech sent two decent recruits (Woolfolk and the other one, I forget) to Ann Arbor. Whether that played a role in Stonum’s decision, I’m not quite sure.
HenryJames said:
July 9th, 2008 at 7:57 am
That could be the case, but Stonum’s father liked Texas. That’s going to trump the coach.
The two guys who signed in 2006, one of whom’s father played for Michigan, weren’t recruited by Texas. I do think that having two teammates already on campus certainly made Michigan more attractive than most of the other schools.
And of course Michigan is big time football.
Ag_in_TX said:
July 9th, 2008 at 8:26 am
This is really a shame. I think y’all would have really been happy with Antoine – that kid has a lot of upside – Timberview needed him as a QB, which hurt his recruitment, but he did what his team needed of him.
BatesHorn said:
July 14th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Community College and Okla. St. I assume?