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AUSTIN, Texas -- What is Tom Herman inheriting as the new coach at Texas? Well, for starters, it is a far more attractive job today than it was three years ago thanks to the recruiting and roster-building efforts of Charlie Strong and his staff. Jullian Taylor Jersey . With the young talent hes leaving for Herman, this is no rebuild.About a month ago, Strong made a claim thats worth assessing again: No matter who coaches Texas in 2017, theyll win 10 games.Because this is Texas, it makes perfect sense to saddle the new coach with lofty and borderline unfair expectations before his first day on the job. But the next staff is taking over a team primed to play for Big 12 titles again soon.The cake has been baked, Strong said Friday after his final game. The only thing you need to do now is put the icing on it and slice it.Just look at the depth chart. Texas underclassmen have accumulated 109 starts on offense and 112 starts on defense in the past two years. The starting lineup for the final game of Strongs tenure featured only four seniors. Its still a young team whose players didnt come close to reaching their potential during another losing season.The consecutive top-10 recruiting classes that Strong and his staff signed make up the core of the roster going into 2017. Those 50-plus players have logged a significant number of snaps in two seasons, so the Longhorns 2017 and 2018 teams ought to be loaded with experienced talent.Texas finally has a quarterback, and Shane Buechele had more ups than downs during his true freshman campaign while throwing for 2,958 yards, 21 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Theres another elite arm on the way, local product Sam Ehlinger, an ESPN 300 early enrollee.The Longhorns have absolutely restocked up front during Strongs three years. They have an All-America-caliber left tackle, Connor Williams, and an offensive line that showed growth and built depth in 2016. Eight offensive linemen who have starting experience are expected back next season.On the defensive line, the Longhorns have a pair of pass-rushing future stars, Malcolm Roach and Breckyn Hager, among their seven returning players who have started games.The defense Strong put himself in charge of for his final eight games has four big-time linebackers: Malik Jefferson, Edwin Freeman, Anthony Wheeler and Jeffrey McCulloch. In the secondary, nine players who have earned starts are set to come back.Herman will surely try to persuade 2,000-yard rusher DOnta Foreman to return for his senior season, but the departure of Strong and the allure of being a high draft pick (potentially late first-round or to mid-second-round) will be difficult to overcome. Foreman feels hes NFL-ready, and after watching what he accomplished in 11 games this season, its hard to dispute that.But Texas has another young power back to build around, Chris Warren III, when he gets healthy, along with seven returning receivers who caught at least 18 passes this season.Youd sure like to be here a year from now, offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert said after the loss to TCU. Theres a huge, huge bright future here.And Hermans staff will have plenty of time to keep building before signing day. Texas is expected to take around 20 signees, and only seven players are currently committed (five are ESPN 300 prospects). Between the recruits currently committed to Houston and the states top uncommitted players, filling out the rest of the class shouldnt be a problem.With all those pieces coming in place, its not hard to understand why even a 7-5 season likely wouldve been enough to buy Strong one more year. In his final week on the job, he acknowledged there are plenty of reasons to be excited about Texas future. The foundation has been built.Does it all add up to Texas contending for a Big 12 title in Hermans first season? Its not easy to size up the rest of the conference heading into next year, nor has the Big 12 even released its 2017 schedule. But we do know Texas makes a trip to USC on Sept. 16, an early-season challenge that should help set the tone for the rest of Hermans Year 1.The expectations are always high at Texas. Herman knows that. The Texas hes taking over is especially optimistic about whats coming next.Yeah, its coming, and thats whats going to be fun, Strong said Monday. This group of guys is going to win a national championship. I said it to them. That group of guys will win a national championship. And I feel that strong about that statement. 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Its good to come back and just talk ball with him. He tells me his goals, I share my stuff with him. ... I know how he thinks. I know how he likes to go about his business. I know what he likes to do off the field. He and I should have the best relationship ever.Carr and Cooper live close together when the team is not in Napa and often get together for informal throwing sessions during the offseason. The extra time together at camp allows them to get to know more about each others family and goals and made the talkative Carr even closer with the more guarded Cooper.But more importantly it gives them more opportunity to talk football and to get even more in sync when they hit the field for practice and games.We have a lot more time together, Cooper said. We have time to talk about things, talk about what we want to accomplish when we come out for practice. We have time to talk about the script because every practice is scripted. How he wants me to run certain routes. Thats the biggest thing. We have more time to talk about things.The Raiders coaching staff was very receptive to the idea. Offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave said it reminded him of his playing days in San Francisco when 49ers quarterback Steve Young and tight end Brent Jones roomed together the nighht before games. Ronnie Lott Jersey. Musgrave hopes this leads to even more success on the field.Its just good, as those two young players grow together, to be more productive, Musgrave said. They take initiative to get better. ... They like football, and they want to be great.Carr and Cooper took little time in their first season together to strike up chemistry that has the Raiders optimistic that they have a dynamic passing duo in place for years to come.Cooper had 72 catches for 1,070 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie, becoming the first Raiders receiver in a decade to reach the 1,000-yard mark in a season.Those numbers could have been even higher, except for the fact that Cooper dropped a league-high 18 passes, according to Pro Football Focus. Cooper was also slowed late in the season by a foot injury and only topped 20 yards receiving once in the final four games.With his foot healed and a full season together in the same offense, Cooper and Carr are looking for even bigger numbers in 2016.Now, its those little details that we always talk about, Carr said. `Hey, make sure you get to the top of the numbers. 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