Ja’Tavion Sanders to play for a state title today
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Amidst all the excitement around the hiring of new Texas Longhorns head football coach
Steve Sarkisian, the speculation around which assistants will fill out his first staff in Austin, and discussion of which 2021 recruiting targets the new staff may be able to land in the few weeks that remain before the second National Signing Day, it would be easy to miss the fact that one member of UT’s 2021 signing class still has one game left to play.
The University Interscholastic League (UIL) will hold its football state championship games for Class 6A and Class 5A today and Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Normally these games would have taken place the weekend before Christmas, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic the UIL elected to push back the start of the 2020 football season for all 6A and 5A schools by four weeks.
BON Roundtable: Texas aims to make the most of underwhelming 2021 class
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Following three straight classes that ranked among the top 10 nationally, Tom Herman’s 2021 class currently sits at No. 17 nationally and No. 2 in the Big 12 after inking all but one pledge during the early signing period.
The Burnt Orange Nation staff got together to discuss where Texas may have struck gold this cycle, the misses that ultimately led to an underwhelming ranking, where Texas can go from here, and more.
From a position group standpoint, which group is the strength of this class?
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