Sometimes I forget I have espnu…

ESPN reported he is considering 5 schools and Texas was not listed among them. He still had some great offers, including LSU, USC, Auburn, and I think Florida. I have not heard officially that Texas has pulled his offer, but I imagine they have. Seastrunk was quoted as saying he did not know if Texas was still interested in him – which is sort of an interesting comment.

I saw the first half of the game and for the exception of one run in which he juked and created about 8 yards on his own, I came away unimpressed. As fast as his times have been noted, he did not seem that quick to me in a live game. It could be that Belton’s D was good, but I feel that Seastrunk is just a tad overrated. I was actually impressed by the fullback for Temple, Derrick Davis; that kid was a beast running inside and lowering the boom on most of his would be tacklers. It was more impressive because it was obvious that his line was not that good. According to his vitals, the guy is six foot and walking around 250, and was very mobile, not fast, but quick. I think if they would have used him solely as a fullback/tailback, he would have been even more productive.

Ash was excellent. His receivers were awful. He routinely put the ball directly into the receivers hands—I can’t tell you how many dropped passes he had—I lost count at 4 and it was probably around a dozen. I never realized how crappy receivers can change the stats for a QB. Gilbert was lucky to have good receivers at Lake Travis.

Temple was interesting in that they passed only a few times the whole game. No wonder Seastrunk gets so many yards. Seastrunk also lost the game for Temple on a lateral pass that hit him in the hands and he dropped it. Inexcusable. He acted like it was a forward pass but Belton’a Darius White (ironic name) picked it up and ran it back. Very heads up play for him. Very poor play by Seastrunk. I did not know he had such bad hands.

That said about his bad hands, I thought he did seem explosive on little plays through the middle that he would find the hole and get 5 or 6 on a nothing play. Plus, if he gets any open room he is a threat to score. His vision and burst of speed is really exceptional.

I was watching the chemistry of the Temple team to see how they treat Seastrunk—seemed like they all pretty much ignore him.

Texas is ignoring him and we have no interest. He blew his chances with us. He is shopping the west coast now too—UCLA, Cal and Oregon. I find it interesting that Trovon Reed is no longer tagging along with him. I think Reed is going to LSU or Auburn, and he is just waiting to announce at the Army game. Seastrunk will probably go the same place, but he is just taking the trips for fun. He is only allowed 5 officials, so not sure who is paying for all his traveling.

I think Ash has great potential to fill out and become stronger. He also had good feet.