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QB Kai just started following Matthew Merrick and DeShon Elliot
and Cecil Cherry and Wheeler, Daylon Mack and Lampkin !!!
.... and UT fan emily Barrett and Paul Hookem, Burnt Orange Nation and
Chip Brown
... Not sure what this is about ... but they are communicating
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and Cecil Cherry and Wheeler, Daylon Mack and Lampkin !!!
.... and UT fan emily Barrett and Paul Hookem, Burnt Orange Nation and
Chip Brown
... Not sure what this is about ... but they are communicating
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UFC? Haven't watched since Chuck "Ice Man" Liddell retired. Chuck was a Bad Man. Knockout
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Blake Munroe has posted on OB and is reporting that there has, in fact, been talks about post-grad quarterback Connor Brewer coming to Texas.
"The talks between the two parties are still ongoing".
"The fact is, if Texas will have him, he's Texas' to lose".
"The talks between the two parties are still ongoing".
"The fact is, if Texas will have him, he's Texas' to lose".
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he's working with the UFC Management helping book ppv-fights now with matchmaker Joe Silva he works behind the scenes now...Anderson Silva is fighting Nick Diaz
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Re: Brewer - Reported by AAS and http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/15/could-former-horns-qb-connor-brewer-head-back-to-texas/
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS
Father of former Texas QB Connor Brewer says Brewer “would absolutely entertain a return to Texas.†Brewer is leaving Arizona.
2:55 PM - 15 Jan 2015
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS
Father of former Texas QB Connor Brewer says Brewer “would absolutely entertain a return to Texas.†Brewer is leaving Arizona.
2:55 PM - 15 Jan 2015
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So has he played a down of college football yet?
Edit: Never mind, just saw he had a 3 yard rush for a TD. I don't know. Only for the reasons we need bodies for competition but there was a reason he transferred out, and then he got beat out by a freshman at Arizona.
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I don't know what Brewer did after he left Texas, but in my opinion, if he came he would be roughly the same talent/experience as a red shirt freshman. Probably a bit more advanced but not a lot.
This is all speculation but at same time, many connections between Watson and Brewer.
Also reports that Steve Spurrier is hot after Connor also.
This is all speculation but at same time, many connections between Watson and Brewer.
Also reports that Steve Spurrier is hot after Connor also.
Blake Monroe just posted this on OB:
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A few weeks ago I spoke of a post-grad quarterback who would have two years of eligibility remaining and that he was strongly considering Texas as a possible landing place. At the time I couldn't give out a name, but many of you guessed that it was former Longhorn signal caller Connor Brewer. Now, with Brewer receiving his release from Arizona, I can confirm that he was the player I was alluding to at the time.
Brewer received his official release from the Wildcats on January 14 and has since heard from many programs across the country, including more than a handful from the Big 12, along with the Longhorns.
The Arizona native would absolutely love to come back to the Forty Acres and has regretted his decision to leave ever since doing so. If he were offered a chance to return, there's little to no doubt that he would jump on it.
There have been reports from other outlets that if Brewer were to land at Texas, it would be for a preferred walk-on role. However, I've been told that's not the case and there is some serious interest being reciprocated from the Horns coaching staff.
Texas quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson has been in touch with members of the Brewer camp recently and Watson has expressed serious interest in the former four-star prospect. The Texas OC/QB coach actually recruited Brewer while at Nebraska and it's very important to note that Watson was actually the very first coach to call Brewer (while at Louisville) after Brewer received his release from the Longhorns in July of 2013.
The talks between the two parties are still ongoing and I wouldn't be surprised if Brewer ended up visiting Texas at some point soon, especially with the Longhorns needing all the options at QB that they can get right now.
The fact is, if Texas will have him, he's Texas' to lose.
Also, while I can't get into what all programs are after Brewer currently, I can say that South Carolina and Steve Spurrier have been after him hard. In fact, Spurrier has personally setup a visit for Brewer and he will be checking out the Gamecocks after National Signing Day on an official visit.
I've also attached some film I know you guys haven't seen of Brewer going up against Arizona's 1st team defense (led by All-American LB Scooby Wright) from this past fall.
YouTube link to film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RJLb-63Ivs
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A few weeks ago I spoke of a post-grad quarterback who would have two years of eligibility remaining and that he was strongly considering Texas as a possible landing place. At the time I couldn't give out a name, but many of you guessed that it was former Longhorn signal caller Connor Brewer. Now, with Brewer receiving his release from Arizona, I can confirm that he was the player I was alluding to at the time.
Brewer received his official release from the Wildcats on January 14 and has since heard from many programs across the country, including more than a handful from the Big 12, along with the Longhorns.
The Arizona native would absolutely love to come back to the Forty Acres and has regretted his decision to leave ever since doing so. If he were offered a chance to return, there's little to no doubt that he would jump on it.
There have been reports from other outlets that if Brewer were to land at Texas, it would be for a preferred walk-on role. However, I've been told that's not the case and there is some serious interest being reciprocated from the Horns coaching staff.
Texas quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson has been in touch with members of the Brewer camp recently and Watson has expressed serious interest in the former four-star prospect. The Texas OC/QB coach actually recruited Brewer while at Nebraska and it's very important to note that Watson was actually the very first coach to call Brewer (while at Louisville) after Brewer received his release from the Longhorns in July of 2013.
The talks between the two parties are still ongoing and I wouldn't be surprised if Brewer ended up visiting Texas at some point soon, especially with the Longhorns needing all the options at QB that they can get right now.
The fact is, if Texas will have him, he's Texas' to lose.
Also, while I can't get into what all programs are after Brewer currently, I can say that South Carolina and Steve Spurrier have been after him hard. In fact, Spurrier has personally setup a visit for Brewer and he will be checking out the Gamecocks after National Signing Day on an official visit.
I've also attached some film I know you guys haven't seen of Brewer going up against Arizona's 1st team defense (led by All-American LB Scooby Wright) from this past fall.
YouTube link to film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RJLb-63Ivs
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Mike Garland
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QB Kai just started following Matthew Merrick and DeShon Elliot
and Cecil Cherry and Wheeler, Daylon Mack and Lampkin !!!
.... and UT fan emily Barrett and Paul Hookem, Burnt Orange Nation and
Chip Brown
... Not sure what this is about ... but they are communicating
— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011
All of it looks highly significant, to say the least. Thanks for the heads up.
Saw this tweet.... (see if I can get it to load)
Kai Favored it... 💯
— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011
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fun article on Kai from last July 31 after committing to FSU - from Baltimore Sun:
Gilman star Kai Locksley's commitment to Florida State makes sense for football, family reasons
"The announcement Thursday that Gilman quarterback Kai Locksley had committed to play at Florida State was disappointing news for Maryland fans who desperately wanted to see the four-star prospect in College Park in 2015.
In the long term, it wasn’t awful news for Terps coach Randy Edsall and, more importantly, for his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, who also happens to be Kai Locksley’s father.
After talking with the family in June at their home for a story about the relationship between Mike Locksley and the youngest of his three sons, I came away with the feeling that neither Mike nor Kai was totally comfortable with the idea of working together.
Mike Locksley was well aware of the pitfalls of coaching his son, having done it with Kai’s two older brothers, first as the offensive coordinator at Illinois and then as the head coach at New Mexico.
In each case, neither Michael Jr. (Illinois) nor Meiko (New Mexico) wound up playing on offense.
At Maryland, not only would Kai have had the pressure of living up to the hype of being among the state's top-rated recruits, but his performance also would have been directly tied to his father’s livelihood.
If Kai was honest in telling me that he would have considered Maryland regardless of his father's coaching there, a part of me believes Edsall might have had a better shot at getting him if Mike Locksley wasn’t on his staff.
Those I talked with for the story all brought up the difficulties of the father-son coaching dynamic.
Cody Hawkins, a former college quarterback who played to mixed reviews under his father, Dan, then the head coach at Colorado, wondered whether it ultimately might have cost his father the job.
"Sometimes, you can be a great father, and you can be a great football coach, but I don't know if you can be both simultaneously," Hawkins said.
As much as the younger Hawkins believed playing for his father helped them forge an even tighter bond, “there's a lot of BS you have to deal with" from outside the program, he said.
While NCAA bylaws prohibited Mike Locksley from speaking specifically about what it would be like to coach Kai, he recalled how both he and his two older sons became targets when their respective teams struggled. It was especially true with Meiko, who converted from quarterback to cornerback at New Mexico.
"All of a sudden, it's not just that Locks can't call plays, but [the son] stinks, too," Locksley said in June. "That's when the Papa Bear in me [came] out."
Though acknowledging the positives of playing close to home for a team he rooted for growing up, even Kai Locksley was aware of “some complications and stuff that needs to be worked out."
From a recruiting standpoint, those familiar with the process always considered the Terps a long shot, partly because of the programs they were going up against but also because of the tenuous history of coach-quarterback relationships when they share the same DNA.
“It usually doesn’t work out very well,†Mike Farrell, national recruiting director for Rivals.com, said in June.
The fact that Maryland was still in the picture down the stretch could have been a diplomatic move, and Kai Locksley's decision to choose the Seminoles might have been solidified when he made his recruiting trip to Tallahassee in June.
Edsall was in a particularly awkward position, caught in the middle of Locksley family dynamics and his own career in College Park.
“To some extent, Randy has to want Kai Locksley" and not not care about family dynamics, Farrell said. "But [Edsall] is also smart enough to know this — not only the family dynamic but also the perception it sends to [high school]quarterbacks next year and the year after that."
Getting Kai Locksley would have been nearly as big a recruiting coup as keeping Stefon Diggs at home, but Diggs didn't have the same kind of baggage the younger Locksley would have had.
"They kind of were my dark horse throughout this whole process," Kai Locksley said of the Terps in an interview The Baltimore Sun's Katherine Dunn. "They were a school I felt could, out of nowhere, just pop up, but we kind of decided together that it was real hard to play for your dad, especially at the level that he's at and [Maryland] being a strong program and a Division I program. It's much tougher to do it in college and we decided it was better to go elsewhere and grow myself as my own man."
Edsall also might have had a hard time recruiting quarterbacks until at least Kai Locksley’s junior year, and maybe longer. Gilman coach Biff Poggi said he knew of "a couple of quarterbacks" Maryland lost while it was still recruiting Kai Locksley.
... Poggi, whose sons played for him before going on to play for Football Bowl Subdivision programs, might have said it best in June when he talked about about the possibility of Maryland bringing in Kai Locksley.
“It’s dangerous to the [Maryland] program,†Poggi said. “Guys start thinking about favoritism, and they get a group of guys in the locker room to agree with them. It’s a disaster. They [Edsall and Mike Locksley] really have to think about that carefully. You have to be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.â€
Not getting Mike Locksley’s son certainly disappointed Maryland fans.
In the long term, it’s probably the best move for all concerned."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/tracking-the-terps/bal-kai-locksley-florida-state-maryland-commit-mike-locksley-20140731-story.html
Gilman star Kai Locksley's commitment to Florida State makes sense for football, family reasons
"The announcement Thursday that Gilman quarterback Kai Locksley had committed to play at Florida State was disappointing news for Maryland fans who desperately wanted to see the four-star prospect in College Park in 2015.
In the long term, it wasn’t awful news for Terps coach Randy Edsall and, more importantly, for his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, who also happens to be Kai Locksley’s father.
After talking with the family in June at their home for a story about the relationship between Mike Locksley and the youngest of his three sons, I came away with the feeling that neither Mike nor Kai was totally comfortable with the idea of working together.
Mike Locksley was well aware of the pitfalls of coaching his son, having done it with Kai’s two older brothers, first as the offensive coordinator at Illinois and then as the head coach at New Mexico.
In each case, neither Michael Jr. (Illinois) nor Meiko (New Mexico) wound up playing on offense.
At Maryland, not only would Kai have had the pressure of living up to the hype of being among the state's top-rated recruits, but his performance also would have been directly tied to his father’s livelihood.
If Kai was honest in telling me that he would have considered Maryland regardless of his father's coaching there, a part of me believes Edsall might have had a better shot at getting him if Mike Locksley wasn’t on his staff.
Those I talked with for the story all brought up the difficulties of the father-son coaching dynamic.
Cody Hawkins, a former college quarterback who played to mixed reviews under his father, Dan, then the head coach at Colorado, wondered whether it ultimately might have cost his father the job.
"Sometimes, you can be a great father, and you can be a great football coach, but I don't know if you can be both simultaneously," Hawkins said.
As much as the younger Hawkins believed playing for his father helped them forge an even tighter bond, “there's a lot of BS you have to deal with" from outside the program, he said.
While NCAA bylaws prohibited Mike Locksley from speaking specifically about what it would be like to coach Kai, he recalled how both he and his two older sons became targets when their respective teams struggled. It was especially true with Meiko, who converted from quarterback to cornerback at New Mexico.
"All of a sudden, it's not just that Locks can't call plays, but [the son] stinks, too," Locksley said in June. "That's when the Papa Bear in me [came] out."
Though acknowledging the positives of playing close to home for a team he rooted for growing up, even Kai Locksley was aware of “some complications and stuff that needs to be worked out."
From a recruiting standpoint, those familiar with the process always considered the Terps a long shot, partly because of the programs they were going up against but also because of the tenuous history of coach-quarterback relationships when they share the same DNA.
“It usually doesn’t work out very well,†Mike Farrell, national recruiting director for Rivals.com, said in June.
The fact that Maryland was still in the picture down the stretch could have been a diplomatic move, and Kai Locksley's decision to choose the Seminoles might have been solidified when he made his recruiting trip to Tallahassee in June.
Edsall was in a particularly awkward position, caught in the middle of Locksley family dynamics and his own career in College Park.
“To some extent, Randy has to want Kai Locksley" and not not care about family dynamics, Farrell said. "But [Edsall] is also smart enough to know this — not only the family dynamic but also the perception it sends to [high school]quarterbacks next year and the year after that."
Getting Kai Locksley would have been nearly as big a recruiting coup as keeping Stefon Diggs at home, but Diggs didn't have the same kind of baggage the younger Locksley would have had.
"They kind of were my dark horse throughout this whole process," Kai Locksley said of the Terps in an interview The Baltimore Sun's Katherine Dunn. "They were a school I felt could, out of nowhere, just pop up, but we kind of decided together that it was real hard to play for your dad, especially at the level that he's at and [Maryland] being a strong program and a Division I program. It's much tougher to do it in college and we decided it was better to go elsewhere and grow myself as my own man."
Edsall also might have had a hard time recruiting quarterbacks until at least Kai Locksley’s junior year, and maybe longer. Gilman coach Biff Poggi said he knew of "a couple of quarterbacks" Maryland lost while it was still recruiting Kai Locksley.
... Poggi, whose sons played for him before going on to play for Football Bowl Subdivision programs, might have said it best in June when he talked about about the possibility of Maryland bringing in Kai Locksley.
“It’s dangerous to the [Maryland] program,†Poggi said. “Guys start thinking about favoritism, and they get a group of guys in the locker room to agree with them. It’s a disaster. They [Edsall and Mike Locksley] really have to think about that carefully. You have to be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.â€
Not getting Mike Locksley’s son certainly disappointed Maryland fans.
In the long term, it’s probably the best move for all concerned."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/tracking-the-terps/bal-kai-locksley-florida-state-maryland-commit-mike-locksley-20140731-story.html
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even this 2015 class is really not Strong's 1st real recruiting class at Texas since he is competing vs. most coaches that have had 2 to 3 years to develop relationships with recruits ... Strong has basically had just 1 year
But how can Texas not be able to grab a top 20 QB with the opportunity here ??
Am I missing something with my Burnt orange-colored glasses on too tite ??
But how can Texas not be able to grab a top 20 QB with the opportunity here ??
Am I missing something with my Burnt orange-colored glasses on too tite ??
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DeMarco Boyd has the graphic I made as his Twitter bkgnd. I'm honored! (https://twitter.com/demarco_boyd)
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If Brewer does indeed come on board, this definitely opens the opportunity for Locksley to red shirt as he preferred. Sooo Welcome back Brewer! (if it helps get Locksley)
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Not excited at all about Brewski, but I hadn't thought about your excellent point.
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Unfortunately, The view of the QB position at Texas has been tainted by the previous Regime. Despite the success of Vince and Colt...These current kids/recruits were young during the Glory years
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January 3, 2015 article on Kai Locksley:
"I had been down there three times during the process and I built a real strong relationship with those coaches and in terms of opportunity and development, the coaching staff is top notch in all those areas," Locksley told The Baltimore Sun in July. "I felt as though it was the best school to help me make my dream come true in terms of making it to the NFL."
Locksley is rated the No. 17 senior dual-threat quarteback in the nation by Rivals.com and ran for 1,050 yards and 17 touchdowns and passed for 915 yards and five touchdowns in 2014.
He played wide receiver in the Under Armour All-America Game Friday, but insisted afterward that he planned to play quarterback in college.
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"I had been down there three times during the process and I built a real strong relationship with those coaches and in terms of opportunity and development, the coaching staff is top notch in all those areas," Locksley told The Baltimore Sun in July. "I felt as though it was the best school to help me make my dream come true in terms of making it to the NFL."
Locksley is rated the No. 17 senior dual-threat quarteback in the nation by Rivals.com and ran for 1,050 yards and 17 touchdowns and passed for 915 yards and five touchdowns in 2014.
He played wide receiver in the Under Armour All-America Game Friday, but insisted afterward that he planned to play quarterback in college.
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