Texas fans' ignorance on display while Longhorns get destroyed in recruiting

For as hot as the Aggies have been on the trail lately, their chief rivals in the Texas Longhorns have been having the equal and opposite experience. Despite a win earlier this month when John Turntine made his pledge to the Longhorns, most recruitments that Sark and company have been in on have not turned out their way.

We saw two more examples of that today when Frisco WR Jalen Lott, a Texas legacy on both his mom and his dad's side, committed to Oregon, followed not long afterwards by LB Brayden Rouse, who many fans considered a Texas lock, committing to Tennessee.

It doesn't end there, though. The Longhorns were believed for a long time to be the leaders for Temple DE Jamarion Carlton, a top-50 prospect in the nation, with their competition being LSU, Baylor and Texas Tech after the Aggies bowed out. Now, though, it looks like Carlton is trending towards the Bears with an announcement incoming this Thursday.

Aggies can enjoy these developments on their own merits, of course. It's pretty funny to watch the Horn fans twist in discomfort as prospect after prospect heads elsewhere. This has led, though, to one of the unintentionally funniest remarks I've seen in quite some time.

Texas fans demonstrate they don't know what a salary cap is for in midst of recruiting cold streak

As yet another supposed Texas lean committed elsewhere, Bobby Burton of On Texas Football put this gem of a quote out:

The discussion of a salary cap is downstream from the new revenue share agreement that results from the recent House v. NCAA decision. Of course, a remark like the one that Burton makes above can only be made by someone who has no idea what a salary cap is for.

I feel resolutely sure that the Lakers, Knicks, Cowboys, and Steelers would all love if they were apportioned a salary cap commensurate to the relative share of revenue that they bring their respective leagues compared to other teams. However, the salary cap is explicitly there to prevent that happening.

This isn't baseball. You can't just be the Dodgers or Yankees now and outspend everyone, even though there's an argument to be made that that's exactly how Texas has conducted their AD thus far.

No, this cap is meant to prevent you from spending foolishly. If Texas has overcommitted their money elsewhere and are therefore faltering in these recruitments, that's their own fault. Should have had more foresight, I guess!