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Posted by Scipio Tex on January 26th, 2009 under Football, Recruiting
Check out Longhornstorm.com
I just spent 30 minutes bouncing around on there and it’s an outstanding recruiting tool and a fun fan experience. Locate the play button in the lower left hand corner to help speed you along in each segment.
Another example of Texas staying ahead of the game.
RRR commented on the blog post Mid-Season Thoughts and OU Pre-Game ago
Thanks Trips. I’m hoping for lots of Willie Warren trying to be Sheron Collins. TMG in sync is the scariest thing to face in Norman. That or we get beat up on the boards which seems to be recurring theme of Texas Tech road games.
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Blake Stansbery commented on the blog post Recruiting the Trenches ago
TP welcome to the network.
I like how you broke this down, and identified which positions history shows a high star ranking has proven to be important. I personally feel that after what all the recruiting sites dub their top players that there is a major falloff. We all love that the recruiting sites bring
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Did Rick Barnes use a plant last night to distract KU players? ago
I’m convinced.
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Mister Mike commented on the blog post Thoughts on the win in Austin ago
Don’t follow basketball as much as you guys do here, but I did watch that game last night. Using my extensive experience in analyzing the sport (next to none) the game felt like it had that “Big Game” feel to it, but somehow it just didn’t turn out that way. Kind of…lackluster?
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Mister Mike commented on the blog post Carl Pelini Remains Red 2 minutes ago
Personally, I think it’s going to be a long time, if ever, before Carl considers leaving. Him and Bo share some kind of vulcan mind-meld when it comes to the defense. He knows exactly what Bo wants and what he expects and he gets that shit done. I’m glad NU awarded him
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 3 minutes ago
EP, Gillispie is a helluva coach but he’s a horrible representation for any marquee program.
skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 3 minutes ago
Yeah but El Paso / West Texas are known for unknown phenomena , like the lights , strange things happen out in the desert.
Gilly may be a UFO flier for all we know.
Look at Trips he is kind of strange with his fantasy on trim and stripper poles, sometimes I think that Trips
Hiphopopotamus wrote a new blog post: Thoughts on the win in Austin 4 minutes ago
We weren’t overly impressive, and at the same time, it may have been this team’s most impressive win. The game didn’t have much rhythm. We never shot it well. In fact, our two best guys can’t be much worse from the field. But damned if we didn’t guard them – especially in that first half.
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Farmer Ted wrote a new blog post: Carl Pelini Remains Red 6 minutes ago
We all know that Carl Pelini is a popular guy, and now we’ve learned that Tennessee recently courted him to fill their DC vacancy. Carl said no:
“We’re on the verge of something great at Nebraska,” Pelini said. “I love working with Bo. That’s all I’m going to say about it.”
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 10 minutes ago
Patrick, no this is hilarious (From Chip Brown):
And Barnes finally admitted after Monday night’s 80-68 loss to No. 1 Kansas that he can no longer have guards Justin Mason and Dogus Balbay on the floor together.
“We just can’t, otherwise it’s five on three,” Barnes said.
Mister Mike commented on the blog post ”Bo Made Me Cry.” 11 minutes ago
The problem Ted is that Bo doesn’t like to give anyone the appearance that he’s not in control of the program. For some reason, he feels that the flow of information to the recruiting sites and services is far too much, and he’s seeking to try and control that. There’s a reason why
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Did Rick Barnes use a plant last night to distract KU players? 18 minutes ago
Wholesome goodness. Thanks for posting.
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HenryJames commented on the blog post Another night, another would-be hero 20 minutes ago
I think Kiper has Okung too high at number five. He’s a right tackle in the NFL, and no one will take a RT that high.
skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 25 minutes ago
Basketball is a simple game of passing,dribbling,catching,shooting and denying the other team from scoring. Simple yet played by chess masters that know what they have (known quantities) in players,chemistry, and heart (will to win).
Maybe they are also an unknown phenomena to the stubborn, mad,lusting minds of entrenched coaches that are playing the games
uthookem commented on the blog post 2011 Texas Football Recruiting 39 minutes ago
I consider this thread incomplete until a picture of Barney Frank is added.
HenryJames commented on the blog post Scholarship Numbers & Junior Days 39 minutes ago
I summer in Brookshire.
Texastough commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 59 minutes ago
“As long as he is putting teams into the tourney every year, I think he is untouchable. ”
Thats basically the equivalent of being one of the top six or seven Big 12 teams, which doesn’t cut it. I think he has to average top 2-3 in Big12 and sweet 16 or so to be
Bob in Houston commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
Bob, essentially what you are saying is that we are not a well coached basketball team. I agree.
Jordan Hamilton is a selfish and lazy player. He is a terrible fit to play for Barnes. Not sure if either one will be around next season at this rate.
I’ve seen too much player development and too much
skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Oh ! Trips your one liners are getting very very good in a nice sort of way. This was a great one.
Almost a classic. “ponderos, shouldn’t you be supersizing something somewhere?”
Keep up the good work……
“Admirable that you continue to attempt an analysis with some type of hope for them”
Farmer Ted commented on the blog post ”Bo Made Me Cry.” 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Good read, Mike. There’s a lot of truth in there. I do believe that one of the reasons that Florida’s recruiting class was rated so highly is that 100% of their signees were offered scholarships by Florida. If Florida loses interest in a kid, his stock drops a bit. That’s defensible
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Ag_in_TX wrote a new blog post: Did Rick Barnes use a plant last night to distract KU players? 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
If you watched the game, and if you have one drop of testosterone in your bloodstream, you couldn’t have missed her. The redhead with huge tracts of land – right behind the KU bench – who stood for every time out and stared at the KU players.
She stuck out like a sore thumb. Never
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Darius Pourceau commented on the blog post Recruiting the Trenches 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Welcome to the site guys! Aaron Rodgers is the man.
http://bornhogwild.fantake.com/
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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Bob, essentially what you are saying is that we are not a well coached basketball team. I agree.
Jordan Hamilton is a selfish and lazy player. He is a terrible fit to play for Barnes. Not sure if either one will be around next season at this rate.
We went scoreless for 10:54 during
Trips Right commented on the blog post 2011 Texas Football Recruiting 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Well done. The Barney Frank line blindsided me like a strain of juarez clap. Funny stuff.
I’d like for us to go out of state for a QB and at least 1 maybe two CB’s. Is Quandre tall enough to play corner or angry enough to play safety?
Rumor around the campfire is
skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
I feel our pain…
Was Barnes wearing a helmet last night. I did not notice as I was in awe of the blood being spilled
on the floor for almost 11 minutes without a point.
Coach Knight was reading this blogs out loud for TV.
The most insightful was that Barnes needs to go to the 7-8
James commented on the blog post 2011 Texas Football Recruiting 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
Barney Frank and Mormon quips in the same post. My Tuesday is complete.
Texas HS football is going through a phase (era?) where the best athlete talent is being put on offense. DBs aren’t being developed in vast quantities. Why wouldn’t you go after a couple OOS DBs?
Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
ponderos, shouldn’t you be supersizing something somewhere?
Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Gillispie’s a mid-major clown because of his off the court indiscretions. Seriously, The University of Texas is much too high profile to risk its brand and image with this moron. And anyone that mentions Augie Garrido should be permabanned the intertubes. The situations aren’t remotely similar.
If you want to go down the
Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 57 minutes ago
Leonidas, none of those points came against Dex. Boxscores aren’t reality, they’re like porn movies. If porn was real everyone would be a plummer.
As for Pittman on offense, Aldrich wasn’t playing him straight up, he was getting a double virtually everytime down. That’s not Aldrich’s fault but it’s reality.
Pittman rarely
Mister Mike commented on the blog post Nebraska Fits the Profile of the 2010 National Champion 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
Good line. What is the thinking on his ability vs. the injury?
It’s funny you should ask. I’m working on putting something together right now that will be discussing this very topic. I know you’re waiting with bated breath for it too. Admit it.
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HornInExile said:
January 26th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Gonna need this stuff once we get the plastic grass.
srr50 said:
January 26th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Interesting Scip. ACS Athletics is a web-based software company here in Austin. I believe they started out as a company offering software to consolidate a lot of the paperwork for an Athletic Department.
They have expanded to offer copywrited software that covers just about everything, especially compliance and recruiting. Supposedly coaches can go paperless
with online forms for compliance. Recruiters out in the field can access secure information about recruits eligibility on site. The software handles almost all the paperwork in the process making it easier for institutional control
This site seems to be another offshoot of the company. They have an awful lot of the big time programs on their client list, but I doubt they are performing this service for all of them — yet.
uthookem said:
January 26th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Not a bad site, indeed.
Hook ‘em!
Daniel said:
January 26th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Is it sponsored by UT or not? Mack-Brown-Texasfootball.com is an amazing site. Its more up to date than some NFL teams sites. Personally, it has too much flash.
Big Satan said:
January 27th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Gotta enjoy the Greg Davis video interview, set to the music of Eminem.
The Apostle John said:
January 27th, 2009 at 7:33 am
And I beheld [Big] Satan fall as lightning from heaven.
Vasherized said:
January 27th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Is it sponsored by UT or not?
Yes. UT is a client of ACS and they co-developed the site. As are A&M, OU, Colorado and at least 50 other programs.
Some random thoughts after scrolling through the player cards…
Is DJ Monroe’s picture a subtle jab for his wavering commitment to academics?
Worst haircut awards go to Sam Walker (aka DJ Monroe) and Nolan Brewster.
Earl Thomas has to be related to Wanda Sykes.
Fozzy needs to be our starting RB next year. I divined from his Tyson-esque glare that he means business. And we should give it to him.
Is Michael Huey’s picture from the 8th grade?
I thought Britt Mitchell was going to be a player coming out of Kilgore. He looks 35.
DJ Grant IS Cleve Bryant.
We need Kheeston Randall to be very good very fast, Eddie Jones to stay healthy (not likely), and/or Russell Carter to break out.
Is Dravantti Johnson the next Nic Redwine?
Keenan Robinson and Emmanuel Acho earned more PT this season. Let’s hope they get it.
Recruits love these types of web sites and so should you.
dick said:
January 27th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Good call on Grant = Bryant, that almost doesn’t look real. Luke Poehlmann’s hair is a dissapointment after the Fiesta Bowl coiffe.
JaPorky Lane said:
January 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
This kind of crap brings tears to my eyes! I swear I can’t hardly even eat. A&M is where the best go, you Longhorns stink!
Hippie Killer said:
January 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Orakpo thinks Carter will have a breakout year. When I saw Carter at practice, IMO…he is physically a clone of Orakpo. Hopefully he’ll turn out to be the same type of monster and soften the Kennard loss.
Speaking of pictures…was the mullet alive and well?
Scipio Tex said:
January 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Sadly, the mullet is rocking a buzz cut in his photo. His gorgeous head of hair was not realized fully until late this year.
Scott Stapp said:
January 27th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
The 2008 highlight video has room for Nickelback, but not me?
bighornfan32 said:
January 27th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Just so everyone knows, those are old pictures.
Newy25 said:
January 28th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Why the completely homosexual song at the end of the 2008 highlight video? Do we really think 17 year old urban (African American) kids will relate to some shit they downloaded off the Christian music channel?