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  1. Things are trending well with Florida safety commit, Fillsame, and expects him and his dad to make an OV. Per Gerry
    32 points
  2. This is the aggy thread, lets leave the Astros and Altuve out of it please.
    23 points
  3. He's not good. He has two valuable assets that are unteachable - physique and arm strength. Beyond that, he's not just mediocre at most other facets for a QB, he's off the charts bad at a lot of them. He's scared of contact. He imagines pocket pressure in ways that make Quinn Ewers envious. He's immobile to the point of being a statue. He has the touch of drunken step parent and the accuracy of a storm trooper. He can read the field the way a kindergartner can read James Joyce. He's got Garrett Gilbert's long striding down pat. In short, he's got a lot of unfixable problems and he's never going to be a productive QB at the P5 level.
    21 points
  4. Texas has never pushed for Bussey. They recruited him, but he didn't mesh well on his visit, he doesn't have a definite position, and he's always been a "is the juice worth the squeeze" recruit for Texas, with the answer being "no". McKinley has the issues discussed in the past that kind of make his recruitment similar to Bussey's. There is a belief that he's looking for a reason to stay put with ATM. Good for them, I guess. Offensive Tackles with serious shoulder injuries should simply be avoided. Can they come back from them and be fine? Sure. Can they wind up total busts in part because of the nature of the injury? Tommy Brockermeyer. Texas would have absolutely taken Myles Davis and they simply got beat in that recruitment. Texas would have absolutely taken Corian Gipson and they simply got beat in that recruitment. Given where things are trending with Filsaime, there's an argument to be made that Texas would not take either of the other guys at this point. Don't call me a liar if Texas lands Filsaime and still also takes Davis, but they'd have to feel like they have nothing to lose by adding him at the last minute. Obviously, landing Filsaime is the big deal and not a sure thing at all. Regarding Gipson, there is justified concern about recovery from a serious knee injury, even in 2023. Regarding DT, Texas likes what it sees for its roster in 2024. There isn't the kind of urgency that people were begging for heading into this cycle. Between the guys coming back and the guys they are signing, apparently things look good. Someone significant in the portal wouldn't stun me. I'll be stunned if Murphy returns, personally. Panama Red Bryant can go fuck himself.
    20 points
  5. Holy shit people- he's talking about Byron Murphy with the top 80 grade for the 2024 draft. Is Malik Murphy even draft eligible in 2024 NFL draft? Stop eating paint chips.
    19 points
  6. Am I taking crazy pills or are you guys fucking with me about this Murphy having a day 2 grade and thinking he's talking about Maalik?
    19 points
  7. I still can't get over the hilarity of hiring him for $75M and letting him go for $76M.
    18 points
  8. I would want Traylor to fail miserably and spectacularly.
    18 points
  9. I had a libertarian classmate in law school who argued (in class) that fire departments and all other public agencies should be subscription based as all taxation is theft. Looked him up the other day and he's assistant general counsel for the Texas Public Finance Authority where his 6 figure salary is covered by taxpayers.
    17 points
  10. Wanna go one better? There is a 500% chance that his views today are EXACTLY the same as they were back then, and he truly does not see the dissonance there. Because - and this is really important - libertarians are delusional idiots.
    16 points
  11. You should find who did this and MAKE THEM APOLOGIZE TO US!!1
    16 points
  12. I say all of that about the little “walk-on” at aggy, in “tongue in cheek,” as that’s basically what my Dad was in the early 60s at Texas, but not a walk-on, as each successive year brought on players that were bigger, faster, and stronger than my Dad. For four years, he was the weekly scout team guy, both offense and defense, except for his special teams duties on Saturday. My Dad never played an offensive or defensive SNAP, during a game, until his Senior year, during the waning minutes of the Cotton Bowl vs Navy. All his time was on KO prevent or return. Four years, but got to play the last drive, in a position that he didn’t practice, but to just get out there! Because of those waning minutes, he “lettered” from UT. Hook’em!!!
    16 points
  13. Gerry is at least somewhat circumspect about it but Wells might as well fly a fucking plane banner over Stillwater. He's approaching Fat Ketch territory.
    15 points
  14. I hope nobody minds if I mention that Eugene Vindman, retired US Army Colonel, born in Kyiv with twin brother Alex, announced Wednesday he's running for Congress in a swing district in Virginia. His family moved to the US when he was 3 years old and after serving in ROTC during College he was commissioned to the infantry. He's a combat veteran of the Iraq war. Lately he's been a war crimes prosecutor concerning war crimes committed in Ukraine, and he's been working to set up training for battlefield maintenance and repair of military gear near the front lines.
    15 points
  15. One of the most overrated college football programs hiring one of the most overrated coaches sounds perfectly on brand to me.
    14 points
  16. Title IX director - Art Briles
    13 points
  17. The past 6 months I have had to say goodbye to three Kitty fur babies and now are dog Bailey another fur baby. My heart hurts. It is beyond ridiculous right now! Even the vet says that we have had a lot of grief the past few months. Oh and couple of months ago just before the Alabama game my mom almost died, had it not been for a blood transfusion on life flight to the hospital she wouldn't be celebrating Thanksgiving with us this year. FML , time to sage and cleanse. I couldn't even take my sunglasses off saying goodbye to her, I didn't want her to see me sad.
    12 points
  18. Scattershooting A&M's coaching search: Bjork & Co. casting a wide net By Billy Liucci November 17, 2023 I've spent a few days doing some serious sourcing and checking in at virtually every level of what can still be described as the early stages of the Texas A&M coaching search. And since I've pretty much been providing every pretend insider on Twitter and across social media with their “updates” via various TexAgs Radio and podcast appearances, I figured I'd provide you all — and all of those who have zero shame in claiming my information as their own — with some thoughts and insight on the process while also providing a “wishlist” of my own. For starters, there is what's been described to me as “incredible interest” in this job. Not surprising at all, but I've been told that even Ross Bjork and those assisting him in the head coaching search have been pretty floored by the coaches who have reached out. I also had a well-placed source tell me yesterday that the Aggie AD has visited in some capacity with no fewer than 15 candidates as the Aggies prepare to whittle down the initial list. I'll mention several of those candidates scattered throughout this article. • Let's start with three names I'm certain Bjork and the Aggies will meet with or have met with already: Duke's Mike Elko, UTSA's Jeff Traylor and Lance Leipold of Kansas. As I said during last night's “Ask Liucci” segment, I fully expect these three to remain real players into next week. As Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman reported on Thursday, and as I'd been saying was going to happen, Bjork met with Traylor a couple of days ago via Zoom for what was described to me as an “introductory meeting.” That's how most of the initial meetings between Ross and the various candidates will go. The hopeful timeline is still to have something locked in and ready to roll prior to the portal opening on December 4. • I mention the early part of next week because, after a full week of intros and paring down the list, I'd expect a little more of that from Bjork (who will be flying to some of the destinations) and the Aggie brass beginning again on Sunday. Sometime around the middle of next week, I think you'll start to see the list whittled down to a small handful of finalists. The hopeful timeline is still to have something locked in and ready to roll prior to the portal opening on December 4. Or in the days following the Aggies' regular-season finale at LSU. • I continue to hear great things about Elijah Robinson's first week as the Ags' interim head coach. Practices have been incredibly lively and energetic (and fun!), and participation is off the charts (not many guys missing due to being banged up). Robinson has not only impressed everyone in Bright and in the Aggie locker room, but he's also turning heads department-wide. E-Rob was so impressive during the Monday presser that I've received several calls since from folks who matter telling me how proud they were to have the revered defensive line coach currently sitting in that chair. It's still a longshot, but Robinson has impressed enough that the possibility of him beating LSU and making a strong case for the job isn't out of the realm of possibility. • Dan Campbell? If you've been listening, I tried to make it pretty clear from day one that the Aggie AD would absolutely attempt to gauge preliminary interest in the job but also cautioned that the A&M legend and Detroit Lions head coach wasn't going to be a real option. He's one of the hottest names in football, and loves Texas A&M University more than I can put into words, but Campbell is also the most loyal and appreciative person I've ever met. He has poured himself into the Lions and the entire city of Detroit and believes the organization and city are on the verge of something special. He is going to see things through in the Motor City, but I still hold out hope that he's the man running the show in Aggieland someday a little further down the road. Maybe A&M's head coach following this particular hire. • I've mentioned more than once that the response is about what you'd expect for a job the magnitude of Texas A&M to draw on the open market. Forget what a lifetime Aggie-hater like Joel Klatt says; the reality is that everyone in the coaching profession understands that the A&M head coaching position is no worse than a top-10 job nationally and probably significantly better than that, all things considered. The former Texas A&M TE said in a Friday media availability that he would do everything he can to help the University in its search for its next head coach. Regardless, the interest the job has drawn includes more than a couple of names that would probably shake up the national conversation quite a bit if word got out. I won't reveal anything at this time because I still think we're talking about “extreme longshot” type stuff, but the thing to keep an eye on here are coaches who, for whatever reason, may be unhappy or feel underappreciated at their current spots, no matter how great the talking heads and that particular fan base would convince you they currently have it. Think Jimbo Fisher at Florida State, Brian Kelly at Notre Dame, Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma… there are plenty of examples and they're out there annually. To whatever degree, I think the current list possibly fitting that criteria would include Riley at USC, Dabo Swinney, Ryan Day (if he loses to Michigan again next weekend) and Brian Kelly (though Michigan is the one to watch when it comes to the current LSU head man). • The conference that is most interesting to me right now in terms of potential A&M targets? The Pac-12. I guess I'll start by explaining in a little better detail than most why Oregon's Dan Lanning isn't an option. The short and sweet version? That $20 million buyout everyone references is actually north of $40 million and possibly even approaching $50 million. There's apparently a Nike component that was added after one year in Eugene that makes Lanning's buyout the most prohibitive in college football if not in college football history. I guess I'll start by explaining in a little better detail than most why Dan Lanning isn't an option. The short and sweet version? That $20 million buyout everyone references is actually north of $40 million and possibly even approaching $50 million. Moving around the league, however, there are some interesting options if you're Ross Bjork and A&M. Remember when I first talked about the hire and said the likelihood would be that the Ags would not be spending Jimbo Fisher-type money on his eventual replacement but that the right coach could certainly draw the Aggies up to make something big happen? Washington's Kalen DeBoer would certainly fit that description. The word I've heard is that the man who currently has the Huskies sitting at No. 5 with a Heisman candidate in Michael Penix Jr. leading the charge and a 100-11 coaching record is absolutely on the Ags' early list. He has staying power, as well, but the issue could center around timing, as the Huskies could be playing for a while. Additionally, UW is already reportedly negotiating a raise and extension, so DeBoer will be a tough — but not impossible — pull. A couple of names that several rival coaches around the country consistently mention to me are Oregon State's Jonathan Smith and Jedd Fisch of Arizona. Smith currently has the Beavers at No. 11 as they prepare to close the regular season with showdowns against Washington and Oregon. I've been told he's impressive as hell and someone who was on the Aggies' very early radar. The same can be said for the 47-year-old Fisch, who one Pac-12 rival said has been the toughest staff/team for his squad to prepare for and play against over the last two seasons. I know the two names aren't going to generate big waves on TexAgs or throughout A&M's social media circles, but they've certainly drawn at least some level of early consideration from the Maroon & White and have tremendous reputations nationally. Just a couple of names to file away when focusing on the big names and also the more likely finalists. Matt Rhule certainly made a name for himself in this part of the country for his turnaround in Waco of the Baylor Bears. • Matt Rhule has only been at Nebraska one year, but what he did at Baylor makes him somewhat of a known commodity in this part of the country. I’d simply file this one away as a name to watch if, and only if, Rhule made it clear to the decision-makers in Aggieland that he would be interested. Certainly someone who possesses a lot of the traits laid about by Bjork stated he’s looking for in the program’s next head coach. • Moving through the Big 12, Leipold is a surefire candidate, in my opinion, and Bjork may also give Kansas State's Chris Klieman a look. An interesting possibility for the Aggies? How about TCU's Sonny Dykes? The second-year boss in Fort Worth checks more than a few of the boxes Still, if there's a most likely candidate from A&M’s former league, I think Leipold is the one to watch the most closely. • Finally, don't 100 percent rule out the coaches publicly saying they're not interested in the job. While I don't even envision Lane Kiffin donning the Maroon & White at Kyle Field or Coach Prime leaving his sons, Shedeur & Shiloh, and Travis Hunter behind in Boulder, comments such as the ones each coach made this week when asked about the A&M job have been made by basically every coach who has ever left one program for another. There should be a video library dedicated to such viral sound bites over the years
    12 points
  19. I'm sorry, I've been told that comments and videos speculating about where players might portal are media hatchet jobs and signs of an outright conspiracies to keep sleeping giant programs like ....<checks notes>...Arizona down into perpetuity.
    12 points
  20. That recruiting update is fucking outstanding. That guy is not just offering hope, he's pushing improvement in the ATM class. As multiple recruits are planning visits to numerous other schools now, Brauninger is dismissing the notion that any of them will walk, and then promoting the notion of a decommitment coming back into the fold. I don't think that kind of audacious gaslighting could be pulled off with any other college football fanbase outside of ATM. Holy shit.
    12 points
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    12 points
  24. Just to be clear, they’re upset that a for profit national media outlet made a video speculating where players might transfer off aTm, after the clock started on free transfers from the largest coaching buyout of all time, and the #1 recruiting class of all time, in the age of NIL, and clicks and content? And they’re not only surprised but acting like it’s some offense? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Also one of those idiots spelled groveling as “grauvelling.” Even for me that’s a big Wow.
    12 points
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  26. The Qatar campus can't be pleased about this development.
    12 points
  27. Smoaky HS forum is always good when East Texans bicker.
    11 points
  28. From my kitchen chalkboard where my sphincter is already tightening at the prospect of another Longhorns second half situation FIGHT!
    11 points
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  32. Lots of fun crying (snap reaction is they shouldn’t have don’t it but it’s aggy so shrug and laugh) but I want to make sure that if anyone missed it, there’s a post wherein the poster spells groveling “grauvelling”
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