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That guy was a BEAST.

That guy was a BEAST.

Problem is it convinced the staff they could develop 2* OL at a sustainable clip, after a run of terrible injury luck with 4* OL recruits, and it led to some very bad lines in Dantonio's last couple years

O-line is the single biggest difference in Texas' recent success.  Before 2022, the last time Texas had an offensive line that didn't completely suck, was 2006.  The last time it had an offensive line that was actually good, was 2005.  

For the last several years under Mack Brown, and then all years of Charlie Strong and Tom Herman, Texas was evaluating talent poorly, and developing talent even worse.  What few blue chips were coming, were being completely wasted.  I actually felt sorry for them, any time a decent prospect committed to us.

But now the evaluation is much better, and the development is off the charts excellent.  Sure hope we can keep the momentum going forward, I know many of you share my opinion that o-line is the most important position group on the field.

Both lines are important but between the two, I place more importance on the o-line.

But our d-line talent development has been awesome as well.  We just put two former 3* DL into the top 38 picks in the NFL draft.  And next year it'll be a bevy of DEs.  It's been amazing watching how much better this coaching staff develops talent compared to the last... I don't know... 50 years of Texas football.