>Jordan Hicks is nasty too this year.


jk, he is a great LB...wish he stayed in state.

i found this excerpt to be hilarious, in hindsight...

"Ranked as a top-20 recruit by Scout.com and Rivals.com and as the No. 1 high school outside linebacker in the nation, Hicks did say that Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and Texas coach Mack Brown recruited him in a similar fashion.

"They have the same values and they preach a lot of the same things to the team that seem very similar," Hicks said.

The uncertainty around Florida coach Urban Meyer - who initially resigned before the Sugar Bowl but instead will take an undetermined, though likely brief, leave of absence - played a major role in taking the Gators out of the running.

"It affected it a lot," Hicks said. "It showed how much more stable Texas was than Florida, and it had a big effect on my decision."

Ohio State offered that same stability, but in the end, Hicks said it was the little things that turned him toward the Longhorns. He grew especially close to defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, who is the coach-in-waiting at Texas and will take over when Brown retires. Muschamp was offered the head job at Tennessee this month and when he turned that down, Hicks said it showed how loyal Muschamp was to Texas."