2022 Texas Portal News

[Baron]

I hear you loud and clear.

I just made my Christmas list and it was this:

Quinn Ewers

Bray Walker

JC Latham

Marvin Mims or Theo Wease

So, I've done my part.  Probably end up with a lump of coal, but I've been good this year.

Forget the ou guys. They learn to hate Texas from day one on campus.

 

[Baron]

That line has become a joke.

Thanks to Tessitore. Had he never said that it wouldn't even have crossed people's minds.

 

[NEOkHorn]

Forget the ou guys. They learn to hate Texas from day one on campus.

Pretty sure flashing the Horns down is a prerequisite for an official visit to Norman.?

 

[TFloss32]

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[NEOkHorn]

As long as we don’t hear him say that Texas has always been his dream school, we have a chance.lol

 

[DMAC]

Rumor has it, McGuire and tech may hire Riley Dodge, as the QB coach at Texas Tech.  The former head coach from Southlake Carroll.  Ewers coach.

I have heard through multiple sources, that Tech is very much in play for Ewers, and with the recruiting being done by McGuire right now, Tech might actually have a shot here.

But who is Quinn Ewers?

Ewers was the top rated quarterback in the 2021 recruiting class, and the number one overall recruit in the country. He left Southlake Carroll early to go to Ohio State after a request to use his name, image, and likeness in high school was rejected by the UIL. Now, after one season on the bench in Columbus, he has entered the transfer portal, looking to come back closer to home it would appear.

Here is where I get lost. After doing some research and hearing multiple rumors as well, I’m being told that one of the ways Tech could grab a huge advantage in the pursuit would be to hire his former head coach at Southlake Carroll, Riley Dodge, as the QB coach at Texas Tech.

I am fully invested in the success of the Texas Tech Football Program, and I am sure a commit from Ewers would likely change the scope of Tech recruiting for years to come, but I don’t think I like the fact that a recruit could impact coaching decisions. Yes, he was the top recruit in the nation last year. Yes, Riley Dodge might be ready to make the jump to college as a position coach. But is Riley Dodge the answer? Is it worth hiring the wrong person to get a top recruit?

We all know Coach McGuire has strong ties to Texas High School football, and he would undoubtedly have an idea if Dodge is the right fit for Lubbock. I’m not worried about McGuire for one second.

Call me old school, but I don’t like recruits being able to influence long term coaching decisions for a program. Let us not forget that we have three quarterbacks already in our program that are more than capable of leading our offense. Do we really NEED Ewers to succeed? You be the judge.

https://www.vivathematadors.com/2021/12/4/22817434/should-texas-tech-pursue-quinn-ewers-winter-2021

 

[T-ShirtHorn]

It’s still tech 

 

[DMAC]

It’s still tech 

Mahommes say hi

 

[Wayne]

Mahommes say hi

Leach or Kliff are not coaching. 

 

[T-ShirtHorn]

Mahommes say hi

Mahommes was not the number one player in the nation looking at making millions. 
 

https://247sports.com/Player/Patrick-Mahomes-II-21009/

 

[T-ShirtHorn]

Rumor has it, McGuire and tech may hire Riley Dodge, as the QB coach at Texas Tech.  The former head coach from Southlake Carroll.  Ewers coach.

https://www.vivathematadors.com/2021/12/4/22817434/should-texas-tech-pursue-quinn-ewers-winter-2021

Also should be noted Riley will have the westlake job if he wants it. 

 

[DMAC]

Mahommes was not the number one player in the nation looking at making millions. 
 

https://247sports.com/Player/Patrick-Mahomes-II-21009/

Yea hes only making 40 million a year in the NFL but whos counting, right?  What QB have we sent to the NFL doing that kind of cash?

 

[DMAC]

Also should be noted Riley will have the westlake job if he wants it. 

Cool great info.  Thanks for participating you can go home now.

 

[T-ShirtHorn]

Yea hes only making 40 million a year in the NFL but whos counting, right?  What QB have we sent to the NFL doing that kind of cash?

So your argument is that a guy who was rated a three star under a different coach that is there now, turned out to be a good QB in the NFL? He might choose to go there, but speaking of NIL only Texas is a better spot than Tech.

 

[DMAC]

Learn to read buddy and stop being selective I already above "I think Ewers goes to Texas" but you just want to argue.  You have added nothing.  You downplay Mahommes when our last QB even worth a crap was Colt and VY a decade ago.

 

[T-ShirtHorn]

Learn to read buddy and stop being selective I already above "I think Ewers goes to Texas" but you just want to argue.  You have added nothing.  You downplay Mahommes when our last QB even worth a crap was Colt and VY a decade ago.

Ok buddy whatever you say. 

 

[DMAC]

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Rumor has it, McGuire and tech may hire Riley Dodge, as the QB coach at Texas Tech.  The former head coach from Southlake Carroll.  Ewers coach.

https://www.vivathematadors.com/2021/12/4/22817434/should-texas-tech-pursue-quinn-ewers-winter-2021

I don't know if I leave SLC for a QB coaching position. Kinda down the totem pole for someone who is a king where he lives.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

I don't know if I leave SLC for a QB coaching position. Kinda down the totem pole for someone who is a king where he lives.

But, it probably pays twice what a HS coach makes and it isn't a bad place to start if Dodge wants to be a collegiate HC some day. 

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Question for the experts or at least more learned than I. How soon could or should we know something concrete about Ewers destination?

If it doesn't happen today or tomorrow, then most likely it will be later. 

And, while I'm neither a brain scientist nor a rocket surgeon, I'm not just another pretty face either ?