Posts posted by Brian Fantana
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1 hour ago, mdmost said: This year's Miami team can give Tech fans a preview of what they can do with a great defense and an above average QB. Maybe that's Sorsby.
They have looked like us defensively but yeah with a competent QB and probably a better OC. I will be interested to see what Leftwich can do with a QB that can A) move, B) move at the right time in the right direction, C) probably isn't nearly as panicky as Morton.
If he can't improve our output (the redzone TD% was a huge red flag all season) with that and probably a better OL then cya
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36 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said: I'm not here to defend the honor of the SEC, but anyone trying to draw conclusions about conference depth from the results of non-playoff games in this day and age really isn't paying attention.
As for the playoffs, all the SEC losses have been to the two finalists or to another SEC team, so I see no shame there.
It ain't that serious man take a breather
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2 minutes ago, Foosters said: In what way? Seems like basic contract law.
I do think they need to fix this for the long term health of the game. Fans of the major professional sports would lose their fucking minds if every single player on every single team entered free agency every year.
Legally sure it's "fine" the vibes are just awful.
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3 minutes ago, South Austin said: I just don't know why any of that changed your "soft spot" for Tech (if you really had one to begin with). On the backing of a filthy rich donor, they upgraded their talent in the mercenary transfer portal in order to compete in the NIL era, and they touted their portal class to beef up publicity for their program. They're trying to compete.
And yeah, Tech's offense shit the bed in its first playoff game, and for now they want to ride or die with McGuire. I'm not sure why that offends you or eliminates your "soft spot" for Tech or otherwise makes you so indignant. If anything, it should keep in tact that soft spot you have if you really believe that in the end Tech is just flirting with second tier status. It's a far, far cry from what we've seen from aggy over the last . . .[checks notes] . . . forever.
And the portal class was objectively a slam dunk. Every single one of our "big time" transfers showed out and were exactly as advertised or even better in certain cases. The only ones that technically didn't contribute as much as advertised were Skyler Gill-Howard (only because he dislocated his ankle in the 5th game of the season and never saw the field again) and Quentin Joyner (torn ACL a week before the season started).
The portal class was very defense-heavy for obvious reasons. Offensively they should have gone in harder on the offensive line, perhaps at wide receiver as well, and obviously we needed a different QB. Morton just isn't very good and Hammond wasn't ready/tore his ACL. With another good OL or two and a competent QB, that Oregon game is very different. The defense performed as well as you could expect against an offense like that.
Sometimes you have to see up close what it takes to compete in the CFP and we got a lesson. Oregon got a similar lesson last year and we can only hope that we learn from it as well as they seem to have.
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28 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said: Lolz, unlike Tech, Texas did not embarrass themselves. So yeah, you got more alright, you took it balls deep. JMU and Tulane played better than Tech. As those mighty mormon conference mates of yours say, "soak it all in " 🤣
Also, I don't give a good fuck if you were seeking my endorsement. You earned it two boards ago, and are earning my disdain now by doubling down on this Aggy behavior.

Are you gonna cry?
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Edited by Brian Fantana
There are injury concerns with Leavitt. Tech doesn't wanna go down that road again.
Morton was a broken, 6 foot tall statue that couldn't make reads fast enough in real time as a 99 year senior. Throwing their eggs in his basket was a mistake in the first place and hopefully one they won't repeat.
Will be interested to see what Leftwich can do with the offense with a QB that can actually do the things he wants to do.
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6 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: Just a simple clarification. For the first time ever, schools can spend their own revenue, up to $21M, on payments to athletes.
The NIL model of compensation is not so limited. But it is ostensibly to be coupled to a NIL consideration and is not ostensibly directed by the university or team.
The NIL collective, which I think Campbell primarily employs, does kind of skirt the intent of NIL. But err'one uses em.
I know you're not necessarily saying this, but this always feels like another extension of "it's only wrong if Tech does it". If UT lines up a bunch of Lambos inside DKR when recruits show up, that's all above board.
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