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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I went Rage rather than Neg. I’m not seeing a path to top 5 at this point. -
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I assume he’s going to OU. Kind of crazy that Florida isn’t in the final 3 since many thought they were neck and neck with OU. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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At WR, they're having to account for retaining: Wingo, Lockett, Ffrench, Terry, McCutcheon, and Mosley for the 2026 season. They have 3 WRs that they like already in the fold. If McJaggerson, Niblett, Butler, any, some or all, also turn out to truly be contributors, that's 1-3 more guys on the payroll. Paying a premium for a 4th guy who is very, very unlikely to contribute as a freshman with that lot in front of them, just doesn't make any sense. I see the logic with putting a defensible offer forward and standing on it. If a legacy can't make that work because they need to grab another $500k elsewhere, fuck'em and move on. Honestly, I'm not sure putting as much of a commitment on the last cycle's signees at WR makes a ton of sense either, but they got into a feeding frenzy. Another thing of note is that Moore, McJaggerson, and McCutcheon were the cheapest guys signed in each cycle. We know Moore is a starter who was a big contributor last year. We all know we're being told that Jaggy is about to be a surprise contributor. The staff is telling everyone who will listen that McCutcheon is the most likely freshman to play and contribute early at this point. It's just not clear right now that focusing massive NIL is smart at the HS WR recruit level. I don't think it can be said that is stupid to do so, either. I am glad we were aggressive with Wingo and the haul from last year, of course. Still, I am sure the assessment of this strategy is ongoing. -
I took the wife and kids last night to see this. Not a racing fan, and neither is anyone else in my family, but I heard good things and my wife likes Brad Pitt, so, in. I thought it was a lot of fun. I had zero expectations, so maybe that was key, but I enjoyed it and so did everyone else. I know it was 2.5 hours, but it held the attention of my kids for that period of time and that isn't easy to do. Would recommend.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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As I've said before about him as well as Finley - Fuck him, his dad, and I hope to be able to laugh at his decision in the future.- 7791 replies
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2026: The World's Drunkest Elk
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From last year's recruiting thread. @bizzle had them at 9-3. It reads like most of us were thinking in the 7-5/8-4 range but a lot you guys were convincing yourselves of ATM beating ND to open the season. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Good lord. Spoiler that shit. -
Texas A&M Recruiting 2026: The World's Drunkest Elk
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I think I am going to start an ATM 2025 football season thread on the football board in a similar manner to what I posted for OU. The current cycle recruiting thread doesn't make great sense for such and then the meta thread on the football board isn't great for that either. I say this because it's a pain in the ass to go back and find what we were saying about them before last season, much less the seasons before that one. Penn State had a public conniption fit about Pribula leaving during the playoffs. You can google that. Some of it was about the current state of being the middle of the playoffs, some of it was about not wanting to lose Pribula's talent. Missouri does a good job of evaluating talent and managing the portal. They scouted and chose Pribula. So, they like him. I assume Missouri goes something like 8-5 or 9-4 because they're not great and they have an easy schedule. I also assume they're good enough to beat ATM on the road, given that I think ATM is mediocre team this year and they're pussies on the road, historically and lately. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Given how deep Texas is in the secondary, the Matthews recruitment just has a feeling akin to the WR position this cycle. What I mean is that SCar will be more desperate to sign the guy than Texas, they’ll bump up their offer into a range in which Texas has to change theirs, and Texas chooses to stand pat. Then, suddenly, darn it, no Matthews to Texas. -
Texas A&M Recruiting 2026: The World's Drunkest Elk
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Ah, yes, ATM Football - The Road Warriors ATM is 2-10 over the last 3 years on the road. They have to play 5 true road games for the first time in 5 years. They won 2 road games last year - at a hapless Florida and at hapless Mississippi State. Missouri isn't a shitty team. They were a paper tiger last year and they'll be similar this year, but they'll go to a bowl and they play far better at home than on the road. They have a good QB with mobility in Pribula (transfer from Penn State), they stole an excellent WR from MSU, and they swiped a terrific young back in Hardy from LaMonroe. They melted down off of a terrible referee call last year and Burden literally quit on the team, had a dramatic fit on the sidelines, and they fell apart. That going to happen again, at home? @LSU, probably at night with all of the drunk cajuns, is not going to be close. @Arkansas? Sure, Arkansas got raided in the portal and has little help around the QB. Auburn at home is no gimme. Auburn has a great WR corps, they're going to be excellent in the trenches on both sides of the ball as they return the entire starting OL, and Jackson Arnold has a new change of scenery and some talent. Texas A&M went 8-5 last year, losing 4 of their last 5. They went 7-6 the year before and 5-7 before that. All 3 of those rosters had more talent than the roster ATM is fielding this year, against a more difficult schedule. You guys that come on here and whine that this board always oversells the losses on the ATM schedule are frozen in some sort of lazy time warp from 2021. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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No, but he has started calling everyone “dear boy”, which is annoying. -
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As Sydney gets older, he is taking on George Plimpton’s visage more by each passing day, though. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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D3zii: Do you find it hard to hide the fact that you’re gay? SydneyCarton: What are you, what are you talking about? What!? D3zii: Look, buddy, two seconds ago, you were ready to give me a jump. SydneyCarton: A jump? (laughs uncomfortably for a few seconds) … I’m terribly sorry to disappoint you, D3zii. D3zii: Hey, but I don’t have a problem with it. I don’t care if you putt from the rough. SydneyCarton: What are you, “p-putting from the rough”? What on earth are you talking about? -
I guess it might have been discussed somewhere on this thread but not lately. Has anyone ever watched this Australian cooking show “My Kitchen Rules”? My in-laws are British and Irish so they’re always watching and suggesting various Commonwealth shows they find on Britbox or wherever and they told us about this one on Prime. We’ve watched almost two seasons and it’s pretty good, thoughtless fun.
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