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Notre Dame projected to make College Football Playoff, go to Rose Bowl

That’s more like it.

It’s funny how one quality road victory by Notre Dame can change people’s opinions.

Before the Irish beat Texas A&M in their season opener, many college football experts had them on the outside looking in when it came to the College Football Playoff. Brett McMurphy of The Action Network was one of them.

After the Irish’s victory though, McMurphy has jumped into the Irish believers camp. He released his latest bowl projections, and it’s definitely an improvements from his previous projection of Notre Dame playing in the Holiday Bowl.

McMurphy not only has the Irish making the playoff as the eighth seed, but he sees them making the trip to Pasadena on New Year’s Day:

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1830679017466536206

Losing to the top seed in the bracket would be nothing to be ashamed of and a positive step toward the future. If the Irish take care of business throughout the regular season though, we could be looking at even grander predictions for them.

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Staff Roundtable: Who makes the Mount Rushmore of Texas football?

With ongoing discussions regarding the Mount Rushmore of Texas football, the staff weighed in on their own versions.

It seems that every media outlet, social media account, or on-air personalities have attempted to put together their own “Mount Rushmore” of a certain topic. There are no shortages of notable names for the Texas football program, so we’re going to jump on board and give it a shot. From legendary coaches to players on the field, there is quite a pool of talent to choose from.

Patrick’s Mount Rushmore

Darrell K. Royal

It is difficult to put together a top four list that doesn’t involve Coach Royal. The stadium is named after him and he brought the Longhorns three National Championships and 11 conference titles in his 20-year run as head coach. The Longhorns were just 1-9 the season the season before Royal’s hire and went 6-4-1 in that first year including an invite to the Sugar Bowl. Overall he finished his coaching record with the Longhorns at 167-45-5 which included two undefeated seasons.

Vince Young

When people think of Texas, many remember the play in the Rose Bowl on fourth down. Vince Young willed a team that many felt would fall to USC en route to their third-straight National Championship. The highest rated recruit ever at the University of Texas provided many memories, including a National Championship that immortalized Young at Texas.

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Mack Brown

The Texas Longhorns hadn’t won a National Title since 1970, when Mack Brown came to town it changed a lot for the Longhorns. During his tenure, Mack led the Longhorns to nine-straight seasons with double digit wins. Two National Championship appearances and one championship. While at Texas, Mack won 158 games putting him just nine short of Royal’s mark.

Earl Campbell

It would be an incomplete Mount Rushmore without Earl Campbell. The Tyler Rose won the Heisman Trophy in 1977 when he rushed for 1,744 yards and 18 touchdowns. It was the first time a Longhorn had won the trophy. Overall, Campbell finished with 4,443 yards and 40 touchdowns. His rushing yards total was the best in school history until Ricky Williams came along. Still the 3rd highest in school history behind Williams and the late Cedric Benson.

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Four-star cornerback from California puts Texas in top seven

2021 CB Jamier Johnson has cut his school list down to seven, with Texas making the cut. Johnson is ranked the 19th CB in the country.

2021 cornerback Jamier Johnson has cut his school list down to seven, with the Longhorns making the cut. At the moment, 247’s crystal ball has no predictions for where the defensive back will end up.

The Longhorns have been hot on the recruiting trail for cornerbacks in 2021, offering 17 prospects. Four of them have come from the state of California, trying to get some talent from the Los Angeles area.

Tom Hermans’ 2020 recruiting class was dominated by kids from the state of Texas and he may be looking for a couple more out of state kids in 2021. No better place to look than California, especially for a cornerback.

RATING

Stars Overall State Position
247 4 – 25 19
Rivals 4 249 22 15
ESPN 4 273 23 17
247 Composite 4 281 25 21

Vitals

Hometown Pasadena, California
Projected Position Cornerback
Height 6-1
Weight 175

Recruitment

  • Offered on February 5, 2020
  • no official visit

Offers (Top Seven)

  • Nebraska
  • Southern California
  • Ohio State
  • Arizona State
  • Colorado
  • Oregon

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