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I came here to save my fellow Texas Patriots. After the worst debate in history, Biden is plotting to leave Texas in ruins and eradicate many Gulf Coast Patriots. Take cover and prepare for the worst. There will be little time to prepare and almost no advanced warning, unless you are following the right scientists and meteorologists who are seeing what’s about to happen. God speed.

Spoke with Henderson III to recap his trip to Lubbock, time spent around the coaching staff and what Red Raider fans should expect from him in the future.

#1 in the state and #4 nationally Duncanville faces off against Desoto who is #5 in the state and #17 nationally. My kid's got an early game tomorrow so that looks like one hell of a matchup to watch.

Update: whoever is texting this guy pretending to me needs to stop. Trying to escalate this while using my name might be even shittier than the guy throwing golf balls out his window..

I have your number now and will share it if you do not stop and text the guy saying it wasn’t me



So driving home today heading north on 75. I’m in the far left lane cruising around 80-85 and a white bmw comes flying up. We are steadily passing people on our right and at this point this guy is only feet behind me.
There is finally an opening to move over so I let the guy past and then get back in the lane.

Then the guy rolls down his window and starts lobbing golf balls at me! Thankfully none hit my car and he sped off as I slowed down to create distance between us.

Fast forward a few mile and traffic comes to a crawl at springcreekish on 75 and I wind up behind this guy again. Got his plate this time as well

Once traffic starts flowing again the guy starts lobbing golf balls again! I create distance again.

I then see him exit 75 at Bethany and I stay on 75. The dude slows down so he’s even with me on the feeder and starts launching golf balls at me yet again. Heard one ball hit this time but don’t see any damage thankfully. Best part is I could see him this time to add to the 911 call.

Long story short, people are insane, be careful out there and if you drive a white BMW with SYM 9664 the police have your information and please seek mental help.

A. Let’s first celebrate the fact that we owned the Rangers in 2023 by a combined record of 11-6 and outscored them 115-96. Just completely dominated little brother yet again. Ho hum.
B. Let us also celebrate our umpteenth consecutive AL West Division title and our seventh consecutive ALCS appearance.
C. This is a fort and no Ranger fans are allowed.
D. If any Ranger fans do post in this thread, guess what? You can’t hurt me because I’m already dead.


Now down to brass tax:

Who is the next manager of our beloved Houston Astros?

I tend to think Dana cleans house and hires a completely new staff.

Espada gets an interview and I bet Crane makes a call to Hinch. Bagwell will push for Ausmus too.

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good morning boys and girls, happy Friday!

in this week's Flare...

• new offers
• remaining 2025 targets
• commit highlights
• recruiting edit of the week
• recruiting around the Big 12

Friday Flare





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Wondering if there’s any good under the radar bagel restaurants around here? I haven’t found anything other than the Einstein Bagels.

Taking my girlfriend to brunch on Saturday after our 5K so trying to plot where we could go.

Thanks in advance!

OFFENSE – 471 Total Snaps

QB

Jr Behren Morton 430

So Cam Brown 23

Fr Will Hammond 17

RB

Sr Tahj Brooks 308

Fr Cam Dickey 75

Jr Cam Valdez 48

Fr J’Koby Williams 23

Outside WR

So Coy Eakin 359

Jr Caleb Douglas 290

Sr Jordan Brown 67

Fr Micah Hudson 52

Fr TJ West 10

Fr Tyson Turner 8

Slot WR

Sr Josh Kelly 360

Sr Drae McCray 140

Jr Brady Boyd 23

Fr Kelby Valsin 17

Sr Drew Hocutt 3

TE

Sr Mason Tharp 249

Sr Jalin Conyers 157

Jr Johncarlos Miller II 157

Fr Trey Jackson 2

OL

Sr Caleb Rogers 463

So Sheridan Wilson 461

Sr Davion Carter 341

Jr Dalton Merryman 323

Jr Ty Buchanan 311

Sr Sterling Porcher 268

Sr Vinny Sciury 147

Jr Caleb Rodkey 10

Fr Jacob Ponton 8

Fr Dylan Shaw 8

Fr Holton Hendrix 8

Sr Jaxon Hughes 8

DEFENSE – 466 Snaps

DT

Jr E’Marion “Dooda” Banks 272

Sr De’Braylon Carroll 227

Sr Quincy Ledet 176

Fr Jayden Cofield 169

So Trevon McAlpine 73

Sr James Hansen 38

Fr Keyshawn Williams 2

DE/OLB

So Harvey Dyson 207

Jr Isaac Smith 205

Fr Amier Washington 183

Fr Braylon Rigsby 99

Jr Charles Esters 92

Fr Ansel Nedore 62

Jr Sam Carrell 24

Jr Terrell Tilmon 12

LB

Jr Jacob Rodriguez 325

So Ben Roberts 309

Sr Bryce Ramirez 107

Fr John Curry 105

Fr Miquel Dingle 69

So Wes Smith 5

Sr Trent Low 4

Jr Gage Elder 3

CB

So Maurion Horn 391

Fr Macho Stevenson 225

Sr Bralyn Lux 158

So Jalon Peoples 138

STAR

Jr AJ McCarty 304

So Brenden Jordan 160

Fr Marcus Ramon-Edwards 11

SAF

Sr CJ Baskerville 433

So Chapman Lewis 243

So Jordan Sanford 139

Sr Devynn Cromwell 106

Sr Joseph Plunk 39



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Wednesday Update: Denton Ryan defensive coordinator, former Irving head coach Aaron De La Torre died suddenly on Wednesday.​

This has been confirmed. No cause of death yet. I deleted the story from last week, but kept the link.

Denton Ryan High coach accused of assault in viral videos; Hickory Creek police investigating​

Link

The coach in question is Ryan’s Defensive Coordinator. Ryan plays Aledo tonight in a #1 vs. #2 game in Aledo.

Update​

On Tuesday, the Hickory Creek Police Department closed its investigation into a case involving a man said to be a Ryan High School football coach and a boy. Investigators met with the boy's parent, who believes no criminal activity occurred, the department said. Denton ISD also told the Denton Record-Chronicle the district's investigation into the matter was also complete after no charges were filed.
A woman says a Ryan High School football coach assaulted a 12-year-old boy in videos that have garnered thousands of views on TikTok.

D1 Baseball has been unveiling their top 100 programs rankings over the past couple weeks. Below is an excerpt of how they've come up with the rankings...

In the fall of 2015, we presented our inaugural Top 100 Programs rankings, which we described as an attempt to assess the overall health of each program in the current era. A lot can change quickly in college baseball, so we decided to make this a biennial exercise. We updated the Top 100 in 2017 and again in 2019. But after the pandemic wiped out the 2020 season, we decided to push the 2021 update back a year to 2022.

For the purpose of this exercise, we don’t care what happened in the 1970s or 80s, or even the 90s or 2000s — that’s ancient history to a potential recruit in 2021. Tradition is nice, but it’s more important to establish a tradition of consistent winning in the last decade, and especially in the last five years. Our ultimate goal here is to identify the programs in the best shape right now, with an eye toward the next five to 10 years.

So we began by awarding each program points for making regionals, winning regionals, reaching the College World Series, and winning the national championship in the last five (completed) seasons, and a fewer amount of points for success between six and 10 years ago. That gave us a starting point; then national writers Aaron Fitt, Kendall Rogers, Mike Rooney, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge made adjustments based on evaluations of coaching staff quality and stability, facilities, scholarship/financial aid situation, conference dynamics, momentum, and recruiting and player development proficiency. As the chairman of the Division I Baseball Committee likes to say every year, it’s more of an art than a science, but we tried to take many factors into consideration and debated our rankings internally at length. Reasonable minds will disagree on the rankings, and we want to hear your take, so weigh in with your own thoughts on the D1Baseball forums.
2024 Top 100:

100-- Long Beach State
99-- College of Charleston
98-- Wofford
97-- Ball State
96-- Cincinnati
95-- Kansas
94-- Fairfield
93-- Xavier
92-- St Johns
91-- Ohio State

90-- Columbia
89-- Pennsylvania
88-- McNeese
87-- Texas State
86-- Houston
85-- Kennesaw State
84-- Old Dominion
83-- South Alabama
82-- Cal
81-- Georgia Southern

80-- Samford
79-- FAU
78-- Boston College
77-- Missouri State
76-- Stetson
75-- Tulane
74-- Central Michigan
73-- Charlotte
72-- Iowa
71-- Gonzaga

70-- Washington
69-- Liberty
68-- SE Missouri State
67-- Northeastern
66-- UCF
65-- Troy
64-- VCU
63-- Sam Houston
62-- South Florida
61-- Kansas State

60-- Virginia Tech
59-- Army
58-- Cal State Fullerton
57-- Campbell
56-- Wright State
55-- Oral Roberts
54-- Illinois
53-- San Diego
52-- Grand Canyon
51-- UC Irvine

50-- LA Tech
49-- UNC Wilmington
48-- Notre Dame
47-- Indiana State
46-- Georgia Tech
45-- Arizona State
44-- Michigan
43-- Nebraska
42-- Maryland
41-- Indiana

40-- UCLA
39-- Louisiana
38-- West Virginia
37-- Alabama
36-- UC Santa Barbara
35-- Miami
34-- South Carolina
33-- Coastal Carolina
32-- Oregon
31-- Kentucky

30-- Georgia
29-- Clemson
28-- Duke
27-- Arizona
26-- UCONN
25-- DBU
24-- Wake Forest
23-- Southern Miss
22-- East Carolina
21-- Oklahoma

20-- Auburn
19-- Oklahoma State
18-- Louisville
17-- ***Texas Tech***
16-- TCU
15-- Ole Miss
14-- NC State
13-- Oregon State
12-- North Carolina
11-- Stanford

Top 10 to be unveiled later....

But in some order you'll have: LSU, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Florida State, Virginia, Vanderbilt and A&M.

Here is the blurb on Tech from Kendall Rogers:

2022 Rank: 9. 2019 Rank: 9. 2017 Rank: 18. 2015 Rank: 38.

It’s hard to believe, given its track record under head coach Tim Tadlock, but the Red Raiders have not reached the College World Series since before the pandemic in 2020. After that canceled season, Tech went 39-17 overall with a Super Regional series loss to Stanford at home before going 39-22 with another NCAA tourney appearance in ’22. Tech went 41-23 overall with a trip to the Gainesville Regional before having a rather odd 2024 campaign that ended with a 33-26 overall record, 12-17 Big 12 mark and no NCAA tourney appearance for the first time since 2015. Kind of like Ole Miss, conventional wisdom suggests the Red Raiders will figure things out entering the 2025 campaign, but time will tell. I still think Tadlock is a premier head coach. The Red Raiders have solid facilities, and there’s still a strong draw to Lubbock with a premier conference and tradition. We will see if they can right the ship in the coming months. — Kendall Rogers

Other Big 12 teams are in bold.

What say the RRS brain trust?

Does anyone know or can they ask the higher ups what they think the plans are for Tech baseball scholarships beginning next fall. The roster size drops from 40 to 34. Scholarships can be 11.7 to 34. What is Tech planning? Rumors have been the $EC, ACC and B12 would all go to 34 next fall. Has anything been stated by Tech?

Anyone else been listening to this new podcast? It's quickly become a part of my morning drive for the past few weeks. These dudes have legit knowledge of the X's and O's of the team and opponents but also throw some humor and insider info into the mix to keep it entertaining.

Looks like they are on Spotify, YouTube, and the apple podcast app. I'd give them a listen if you haven't already.

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Took a quick look at the rest of the Red Raiders' opponents this season. Not too in depth but just something to get your attention on these teams...


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On LOB12 "Big 12 Squad Edition" and hooo boy is it a doozy.

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CU about to have a bunch of extra fans this week.

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Army and Navy. Both are 3-0 in the American Conference. If both finish 1 and 2 in the conference they will play Dec 6th in the conference championship game.


The crazy thing about this scenario is they play each other in the annual Army/Navy game 8 days later Dec 14th.

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Big day for the junior prospect as he picks up Michigan, LSU and now Tech offers all today.

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@Williermo

Who is the first FBS coach that gets canned this season?

Is it Aranda, Napier, or someone else? Could it be Cumbie?

Who will be the hot names in this cycle to take a new job?

Not looking for anything too fancy, I’m just trying to get the whole fam there.

You can text me or dm me. 214-734-8450

Thought I’d start a thread. I might be the only one posting here, not exactly a marquee event. Anyone else plan on watching?