Texas Football 2011 Preseason Position By Position: Defensive Tackle

“I was somewhat concerned last year when several of our freshman reported while being pursued by Inuit in sealskin kayaks.” Gold

Rather than walruses, we need Defensive Tackles to more closely resemble another animal of the frozen north, which the Inuit occasionally go up against. Yes, we need to recruit polar bears. Possibly the greatest combination of size and bad-assedness on the planet.

Randall’s health may be worth more than two wins. Likely the most irreplaceable player on the whole team. With any luck, the other guys step up and make that untrue by the end of the year.

Longhorn In Canada -
 
Your idea to recruit exclusively from a pool of albino hairy gay men will never work. Oh, you mean ACTUAL polar bears.
 
Finding a good DT for Diaz’s scheme is really about finding big men who are wired like little men. Finding 290 pounders with a high motor ain’t easy - and that’s why they’re so coveted. It’s a Jack Russell terrier’s mentality in the body of a mastiff.

I don’t know, it would seem to me that the pool of albino hairy gay men is under-recruited.

ACTUAL polar bears, on the other hand, do have that wiring. Hide by the hole in the ice and swat your head off when you stick it up, or run your ass down over long range. All the while showing the kind of attitude you want, (or don’t want, if you’re on the other side).

Thanks for all the great posts, btw.

The Inuit were hunting actual whales, it just so happened that Patrick Nkwopara was the most potent Orca bait for a 3600 mile radius.

the pool of albino hairy gay men …

… as denizens of the DT zone? Brings new - and fear-inspiring - meaning to the term stuff their asses…

I wouldn’t waste your breath on hoping Taylor Bible finds some drive from within. He’s going to have to be an externally motivated guy.

Your idea to recruit exclusively from a pool of albino hairy gay men will never work

Works for the Aggies, don’t knock it …

I want Hampton and Rogers

I’m so old when I went to school our tackles were Brad (Outland Trophy) Shearer and Bam Bam McMichael, two guys that could disrupt things up front … our runnin’ back wasn’t too bad either …

bill acker wasn’t no scab, either, and together, he and bam bam gave us the only starting dt position we’ve ever had from freer. no, not the gum, that’s fleer. freer, the town.

scip, you say redistributing 60-70 lbs takes time. is that how much still needs to be done or where he was when jesus tapped him on the shoulder? and by time, i know you can’t be specific, but how long, ball-parkish, before he might start . . . uh . . . rounding into shape?

good read here.

Awesome to see you back in the saddle with some great football talk Scipio. Top notch DE and DT analysis.

Reading above makes me feel better at DT as long as KR is healthy. If a motivated, young, quick, and strong Jackson is our basement at the second spot there, I feel pretty good about it all. Did I mention to you that he benches over 400 lbs!

I really appreciate the honest assessments. I just left a pay site (my bad) where all I was reading was about how great we are, how committed, how things have changed, better team chemistry, more intensity than ever, etc. They might as well save the summer “practice reports” and reprint them every year with new names. Once again Scipio I think you are the best.

“Despite my colorful write-up, much of the fretting over our DTs is now in the realm of overstatement. A healthy Randall paired with two emerging talents will give us a quality DL.”

Truth. This is a position where an adequate S&C program and enthusiastic new coaching blood should work wonders. I’m a lot more concerned about QB, OT and TE.

Thanks for the write-ups—official signal that the season really is about to start.

BTW what is the average Rivals * rating for these guys? If my memory serves me correctly, most of them were considered big time recruits. Except maybe Daniels. I guess I can go back and figure it out

Chip Brown said one of the GKWG at the media days told him Jackson is already benching 400+. He is indeed a double team gap splitter a la Roy Miller if ever there was one besides Roy Miller.

“After Randall, the water is as murky as a port-a-potty tank after a chili cook-off.”

That hearty chuckle quickly turned into groan of disgust.

whoopspat -
 
I suspect you’re correct. But some people do find their work ethic later in life.
 
yeh -
 
I think he’s halfway there and he’s weighing around 310 right now. But it’s all on him. He’s one offseason of mama’s cooking away from regressing himself. It’s not just weight - he has to get his explosiveness back. He made himself into a lazy football player and his activity level was his previous strength.
 
Balltastic -
 
Yeah, Jackson can throw up 440+ on the bench, which is really good, but he also has the frame for it. I can also assure you that Kheeston is a much stronger player, irrespective of bench press.
  
Alan -
 
Thanks, man. There’s little upside in any pay site being dreary and downbeat. Recruiting and preseason writing is about peddling hope.
 
hopeful -
 
We’ll find out soon enough.
 
Alan -
 
Bible, Dorsey, Howell, Jackson all very highly recruited. Cotton was a 3 star type. Daniels was a camp wonder who earned a scholarship when he walked on the field and Giles shat himself - the recruiting services quickly jacked him up. Kheeston was a sleeper discovery who people quickly jumped on the bandwagon for once it was realized how good he could be. Hat tip to the coaches for that call.
 
One cautionary note - if a guy has a pretty good offer list and Texas offers, it’s a good bet that the gurus will always round up those stars. Similarly, because we recruit so early, it’s difficult for them to drop guys. Chris Whaley was a 3 star talent as a high school senior, but when you have him ranked a 4 or 5 star as a sophomore, it’s tough to downgrade him.
 
Crip -
 
Good comp. Roy Miller is exactly who Desmond aspires to be.

Can anyone tell me how the rest of the conference is shaping up with regards to DT? I posited on an earlier post that Kheeston appears to be the only draft probable DT in our small conference. If so, our inside running game could look really good behind our trio of Hopkins, Snow, and Walters. Cody and M. Brown could be looking at breakout seasons.

Scipio,
  Thanks for all your work. I hope when your writing abilities bring you fame & riches you stll find time to entertain BC followers.

On Bible
“I think he’s halfway there and he’s weighing around 310 right now. But it’s all on him.”
  Any idea where his attitude lies? Is his current progress the result of his personal desire or a reaction to fire breathing B. Wylie?

Thanks again. You make me laugh like Dan Jenkins did when he was younger.

So, I’m sensing Kansas State won’t rush for 260 yards on us this year. But it being K-State, they’ll probablyl still find a way to win.

Yeah, Jackson can throw up 440+ on the bench, which is really good,

And yet so overrated.

Tell me, can he squat a house? Snatch a car? Clean a Mad Dog? Now we’re talking real strength.

“Bible, Dorsey, Howell, Jackson all very highly recruited. Cotton was a 3 star type. Daniels”

Remember though, that this is only part of the story. Andre Jones could be a 5th year senior this year but had bitches to kick. Same with Wilcoxin and Higgins (minus the bitches being kicked). Jarvis Humphrey should be in his 4th year in the program. Kriegal is now an OL. Derek Johnson got homesick. Tevin Mims decided to transfer.

This position has been just as snakebit as TE, but the difference is most of the issues with the TE’s have not resulted with them leaving the team.

And of course I forgot to include Russell in the attrition.

Magnitude -
 
Not a lot of talent at DT in the league. And if we run the ball well, it’s going to be more about a real and viable scheme than some massive uptick in talent. Though I do think our interior OL will be good.
 
oletnhorn -
 
We’ll find out when we see him. He can talk about his attitude all he wants. The proof will be in the pudding. Or, more precisely, his desire not to eat gallons of it.

edsp -
 
No question the Kansas JUCO owns us.
 
roach -
 
A Mad Dog can only be cleaned with a fire hose and a chimney brush.
 
Horncasting -
 
Yep, snake bit. And I wish our issues at TE would have had some of them leaving the team.

i see bible as one of if not the biggest indictment of madden and the reason that clown has no business still drawing a paycheck. i realize the kid had an injury, but they had a whole year to put him on the right track and light a fire under his considerable bottom. this problem should not have just started being addressed this off-season when wylie showed up.

Can someone please link Bibles junior film from HS?
I keep hearing “it’s the most impressive DT film I’ve ever seen” and I wanted to take a look for myself.

Google…how does it work?