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Spindletop

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  1. I agree with this--I think the biggest differentiator will be development. Since everyone is now up-front about the money, it'll be about who can develop a player into a potential draft pick. Especially as some programs (like Texas) have a larger share of transfers as part of the 85-man roster that are poached from other programs.
  2. NCAA rules don't allow NIL to be used in recruiting? What does that mean? Coaches can't discuss potential NIL payments with prospects? What is the "within-the-rules" version of this? The coaching staff tells the NIL groups which players they want, the NIL groups talk to the parents or agent, and the parents/agent relay the NIL offer to the player simultaneously with the scholarship offer? Some of this is baffling. Welcome to the NCAA, I suppose.
  3. We are getting Evans Coaching staff stability, on-field performance and recruiting momentum are all in the shitter at A&M. Errbody
  4. Not quite. Elko/Bjork have yet to reach the towering heights of 27-25 and 77-0. I think they can get there.
  5. If this season has taught us anything, it's that whenever we think that A&M couldn't get any worse in their stupidity and decision-making process, they prove us wrong. Just wait until Elko starts announcing a bunch of Shawn Watson-tier hires.
  6. Game-winning TD? I think it's more likely we blow them out 77-0 than it being a one-score game. Their program is circling the toilet right now.
  7. This isn't going to happen under the current coaching staff. There's a gulf of difference between the culture of our program and say, A&M. Mindset, attitude, all that stuff matters. People who like the work environment they are in, get along with colleagues, and feel they are being fairly compensated don't tend to do a lot of job-hopping. If the work culture is toxic, everyone's looking for the exit. The current, increasingly-professional version of college football won't be any different.
  8. This. It's obvious they haven't thought any part of this through. In their excitement surrounding firing Jimbo, their mouths started writing checks their red asses can't cash (see: the Stoops fiasco, keeping Robinson as an interim coach, their slow-motion NIL/roster train wreck, and now this). My guess is they made promises to Elko and Klein around coaching and support staff budget, and now that it's time to fund those promises, the money isn't there. Those promises in turn were based on promises from their big money guys, who are coming up short both on the liquidity and desire front. The Stoops fiasco in particular probably burned some bridges internally. They are the college football version of startups raising billion-dollar funding rounds with no bottom-line profit and bloated cost structures. Free money doesn't last forever and their leadership is figuring that out far too late. The phrase "dumpster fire" gets thrown around a lot in CFB but I really can't think of a more poorly-managed program other than perhaps Briles-era Baylor.
  9. Very weird. It's possible that contract negotiations are ongoing and there's some sticking point that hasn't been finalized. ...which if it was salary, would be totally hilarious. Bjork is exactly the kind of guy who would mess up the most important item in a term sheet.
  10. Robinson is coaching their bowl game right? The decision to let him stay on when he's already working for another school is baffling.
  11. Where did A&M get two more national championships from? I thought they only had one (1939).
  12. I am interested in a career as a science fiction/fantasy writer. Think TexAgs would be a good place to break into the industry?
  13. I am also predicting Ewers to flip back to us. Like @stork642 and others in this thread, I have no sources and no information. That'll be $9.95, please.
  14. This, why are people assuming that Manning is that much better than Ewers? I want Ewers in the class. I couldn't care less about what happens next year. I don't want to wait a year for the most talented players to be on the field.
  15. Chris Simms also committed to Texas. That was considered a long shot at the time.
  16. Would we take both Dixon and Fouonji? If we take those two and Collins, that puts us at 23. Hold a spot for Kelee Ringo, or a linebacker, and call it a day?
  17. What position does Hullaby project to in college?
  18. What happened between us and Achane? I remember some posters here talking about him. Was it 1 of either him/Mookie/Ty Jordan?
  19. Speaking of this, I really want Taylor Hamm back in the business.
  20. Benefiting who? Is Jimbo recruiting Simpson to get his son a scholarship somewhere, or is UT-Martin's coach recruiting Fisher's son to get Ty Simpson an offer at a big school? Regardless, none of this will matter unless Jimbo can fix his late-era Mack o-line problems. And history suggests that this will never happen.
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