This week Bobby and Mike preview the Red River Showdown from a recruiting perspective, and make predictions for the game.

After they finish with their Red River preview, Bobby and Mike move on to discuss Mike's recruiting travels. They touch on a number of issues, including what makes a 5-star running back, the special atmosphere in small-town Texas football, and linebacker Jaqwondis Burns, who received a scholarship offer from Texas last week.

Mike's article, Past Recruits Who Will Shape the 2019 Red River Showdown.

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Texas had two commitments visit Oklahoma on the bye week. Bobby and Mike discuss the results of those visits and more.

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Mike and Boby break down the Longhorns getting their spatulas out to flip Troy Omeire from Texas A&M and talk to five-star running back Bijan Robinson.

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Mike Roach rejoins the show after a week on the road. Mike tells Bobby what he saw, including a close-up look at Texas quarterback commit Ja'Quinden Jackson. Bobby and Mike also discuss Texas' latest commitments, three-star all-purpose back Ty Jordan.

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With Mike Roach on the road, ESPN's Gerry Hamilton joins Bobby Burton to discuss Austin's day at the center of the college football universe and why the Longhorns are in better position to capitalize on those kinds of spectacles than under previous regimes.

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Mike Roach tells us who is on commitment watch this weekend and which blue chip prospects will be attending the Texas-LSU tilt at DKR. 

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Welcome to The State of Recruiting, a weekly podcast featuring the insights of Longhorn recruiting analyst Mike Roach and hosted by Bobby Burton. Each week, he criss-crosses the state, watching and talking to blue-chip recruits. And I'm Bobby Burton, a 1992 Texas grad and one of the recruiting industry's founding fathers. I played a formative role in the creation of both 247Sports and Rivals.com. The State of Recruiting is taped each and every Wednesday during football and recruiting season. Subscribe now to The State of Recruiting, wherever you listen to podcasts. Hook 'em.

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