Spring 2025 Transfer Portal

Horns seems to have done well with their "portal poaching" filling important needs at TE, WR and K......but I'm wondering about the quality of the DL's they signed. Brevard's resume is solid, but the other three seem to be lacking for players that need to have an immediate impact. Anyone share the same concern regarding the DL's? I would assume we are finished signing DL's for this poaching period.
 
Hookem G said:
Horns seems to have done well with their "portal poaching" filling important needs at TE, WR and K......but I'm wondering about the quality of the DL's they signed. Brevard's resume is solid, but the other three seem to be lacking for players that need to have an immediate impact. Anyone share the same concern regarding the DL's? I would assume we are finished signing DL's for this poaching period.
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No.
And we are looking for one and possibly two more DL
 
Hookem G said:
Horns seems to have done well with their "portal poaching" filling important needs at TE, WR and K......but I'm wondering about the quality of the DL's they signed. Brevard's resume is solid, but the other three seem to be lacking for players that need to have an immediate impact. Anyone share the same concern regarding the DL's? I would assume we are finished signing DL's for this poaching period.
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Have to agree on the DL comment but Sark has been solid in every phase of this so far so have to trust him. We didnt get a lot from the ones who came in last year but hoping for more this time. You have to have a solid dl rotation to make this work in todays game. We have the horses, just need them to all excel!!!
 
longhornlegend said:
Have to agree on the DL comment but Sark has been solid in every phase of this so far so have to trust him. We didnt get a lot from the ones who came in last year but hoping for more this time. You have to have a solid dl rotation to make this work in todays game. We have the horses, just need them to all excel!!!
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Norton, Savea and Lole were brought in as role players in the DT rotation. They were more than adequate in their roles. Savea was bothered by a leg injury that slowed him down.
Moore came on strong at the end of the season and has had a good spring.
I only hope that the new guys this year contribute as well as last year's group.
 
cnb said:
Doh !! Guess not.

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It was probably about money and unlike Tennessee, OU blinked. Maybe he didn't miss practice.


God I hate this stuff. Our loyalty to the school will be tested more than ever because it will be harder to win (Was Tom Herman a prophet?). To be truly successful, you must master the art of managing these players, their families and agents. But we will lose valuable players and have holes in the line-up. Hopefully, all our rivals will also have holes. So it will settle in with flawed line-ups, especially if the injury bug hits.

It's not something that should reflect on the team itself as a whole. It is what it is. In the end, it's potluck and it seems the only way to win is to shower them with money, not unlike the Dodgers in baseball. But there is a limit right? So we will be disappointed in the roster churn and one team, will somehow emerge and win it all. Hopefully it will be us.
 
bystander said:
It was probably about money and unlike Tennessee, OU blinked. Maybe he didn't miss practice.


God I hate this stuff. Our loyalty to the school will be tested more than ever because it will be harder to win (Was Tom Herman a prophet?). To be truly successful, you must master the art of managing these players, their families and agents. But we will lose valuable players and have holes in the line-up. Hopefully, all our rivals will also have holes. So it will settle in with flawed line-ups, especially if the injury bug hits.

It's not something that should reflect on the team itself as a whole. It is what it is. In the end, it's potluck and it seems the only way to win is to shower them with money, not unlike the Dodgers in baseball. But there is a limit right? So we will be disappointed in the roster churn and one team, will somehow emerge and win it all. Hopefully it will be us.
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Let the malcontents go. Addition by subtraction.
 
mchammer said:
Let the malcontents go. Addition by subtraction.
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It's tough. I look at this like home sales. The higher one sale is, the more yours is worth. Or arbitration in the MLB. It compounds on itself. This is pro football without contracts. They need to clean it up.
 
Needless to say I’m always thrilled when Sark makes a good move but there is a part of me that feels a great deal of empathy for any of our players that have spent years working for a chance to start to be knocked down by a portal professional.
And btw, although Sark has said you portal you’re gone from Texas but wasn’t there a player a few years back that went then came back?
 
nashhorn said:
Needless to say I’m always thrilled when Sark makes a good move but there is a part of me that feels a great deal of empathy for any of our players that have spent years working for a chance to start to be knocked down by a portal professional.
And btw, although Sark has said you portal you’re gone from Texas but wasn’t there a player a few years back that went then came back?
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Juan Davis did last year, worked out great.
It isn’t a case of players being stepped on by new portal guys, rather simply a lack of depth and numbers at a position, DT for example. We would have had two players at DT without the portal transfusion. Wide receiver was another group that was short with two starters leaving early for the nfl and then Dubose suddenly portaled. The kicker situation was self explanatory.
 
nashhorn said:
Needless to say I’m always thrilled when Sark makes a good move but there is a part of me that feels a great deal of empathy for any of our players that have spent years working for a chance to start to be knocked down by a portal professional.
And btw, although Sark has said you portal you’re gone from Texas but wasn’t there a player a few years back that went then came back?
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Yes, but I am thrilled that Sark is running a meritocracy. As a fan, I always want us to field the best team, so long as the team is not a bunch of outlaws. Besides, getting more depth (and some cases- better talent) should keep everyone dialed in and inspired to grind and not coast.
 
The 2023-24 seasons showed that you can never have too many interior DL guys. I'd rather spend time, resources, scholarships, and NIL on that position than the "big money" ones like WR. The college game is still won in the trenches, and until the NFL trickles down that parity to the top 10-15 teams, you keep doing what works.
 
nashhorn said:
Needless to say I’m always thrilled when Sark makes a good move but there is a part of me that feels a great deal of empathy for any of our players that have spent years working for a chance to start to be knocked down by a portal professional.
And btw, although Sark has said you portal you’re gone from Texas but wasn’t there a player a few years back that went then came back?
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From Burton at OTF...

"And, yes, Texas is expected to be after even more players in the spring portal if the right ones enter. I'll say it until I'm blue in the face, Texas is pushing all the chips to the middle of the table for 2025 coming off of consecutive national semifinal appearances."
 
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