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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1594484, member: 27"] [B][URL='http://No links to . . . allowed on this site.com/Bolt/Dino-Babers-Texas-is-very-lucky-to-have-Sterlin-Gilbert-as-OC-41926128']Babers Disciple to Become New OC at Texas [/URL][/B] What [B][URL='http://247sports.com/Coach/Dino-Babers-517']Dino Babers[/URL][/B] had to say about Texas bringing [B][URL='http://247sports.com/Coach/Sterlin-Gilbert-3718']Sterlin Gilbert[/URL][/B] into the fold as the Longhorns' offensive coordinator [URL='http://texas.247sports.com/Bolt/Art-Briles-on-Texas-OC-Its-like-someone-stole-your-identity-41924901']won't get as much traction as what[/URL] [B][URL='http://247sports.com/Coach/Art-Briles-505']Art Briles[/URL][/B] had to say on Thursday. But the words of the former Baylor assistant, who bought into Briles' offense during his time in Waco (2008-2011), should provide further assurance that[B][URL='http://247sports.com/Coach/Charlie-Strong-567']Charlie Strong[/URL][/B] made a good hire. Babers, who hired Gilbert away from Temple High School to be his offensive coordinator at Eastern Illinois in 2012, [URL='http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/12/10/sterlin-gilbert-texas-offensive-coordinator-tulsa']told Sports Illustrated, “Texas is very lucky to have,” his former assistant running things on the offensive side of the ball[/URL]. Gilbert was with Babers, who recently accepted the head coaching position at Syracuse, for one season at Bowling Green before he left to take the co-offensive coordinator position at Tulsa under [B][URL='http://247sports.com/Coach/Philip-Montgomery-507']Philip Montgomery[/URL][/B], another former Briles assistant. The Baylor style of offense, a power spread that not only puts stress on a defense horizontally due to the sideline-to-sideline alignment and vertically spacing of the explosive skill athletes on the perimeter but also relies on a sound running game, is what Gilbert will implement at Texas. Gilbert coached successful passing offenses at Eastern Illinois and Bowling Green, but the personnel at Texas fits the offense despite the Longhorns having finished last in the Big 12 and 117th nationally in passing offense (145.9 yards per game) during a 5-7 season in 2015. [/QUOTE]

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