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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
tokamak replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Okie State probably wishes that were true right about now -
Yeah. It's fine. Doesn't matter. We're just replacing bowls as year-end entertainment at that point. I don't believe that, say, #19 Michigan truly has a chance to get hot and win 5 games in a row and lift the trophy, but it also doesn't hurt anything. More football is good.
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You're on the right track. The only thing that makes logical sense would be a complete reorganization of college football into something like you propose. I've always thought that 8 10-team regional conferences with promotion/relegation to 1-AA makes a ton of sense. The problem is that it will never happen. Money is the big reason, but there's a whole lot of practicalities that make it impossible. Reorganization and realignment will continue to happen, but as it has already - in fits and starts, piecemeal, and unequally. That means deciding a champion will always have some fuckery to it. We used to argue about who is #1. Then the BCS came along and we argued about the top 2. Then the playoff and we argued about the top 4. Now it's top 12(ish). If they expand to 16, I guarantee that #17's fans will be pissed off in the first year. We as Texas fans are mad right now, and probably rightly so, but there's diminishing returns on the number of teams you put in the playoffs. The 16th best team doesn't actually have much of a chance to win it all. Honestly I kind of doubt that the 12th best does. Fourth best might. The one change that intrigues me a little bit it just getting rid of the committee. Use a computer, or Elo, or whatever and just be done with it. Publish the parameters that go into the calculation. At least that way everyone knows what they need to do.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Yes, but maybe not enough. IT said that they don't believe both Henry and Lott end up at Oregon, but that USC is in good position with Lott. My guess is that Texas has made it's last and final NIL offer to Lott and that he can get more elsewhere. This shit right here is legit: -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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Intredasting. I missed that. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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TBH a lot of this just sounds like last minute negotiating. -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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WR will be really interesting. Even if Moore is gone, you've got Wingo, Mosley, Livingstone, Niblett as your gadget guy/returner, McCutcheon whom they seem to like, and then God knows what's going on with Lockett/Ffrench. So a top 4 they're reasonably comfortable with + Niblett + a couple lottery tickets. Sark does love his WRs, but a transfer that can definitely crack that rotation won't be particularly cheap. Feels like money better spent elsewhere to me. For full disclosure, I also thought we were sitting OK at WR two years ago and then we proceeded to bring in Matthew Golden AND Isaiah Bond AND Silas Bolden. So it's likely I don't know shit about fuck. We also have the news that Texas has made a big NIL offer to Chris Henry Jr., and I don't know how to interpret what that means for a transfer WR (if anything). -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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"Nothing" was an overstatement, but Barnes is a bit like Sharma to me. Very talented young guy with a bright future, but are you feeling good about having him as your first (and basically only) man up off the bench at stand up LB? I'm sure Atkinson will play some, but more in a situational, get-your-ears-wet role. There's just a big ol' gap at LB in the roster matrix. -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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Here's my thoughts on our needs. I'm using the excellent Google Sheets roster maintained by @AP101S: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TzoBTIvCXfZIk7Sz3C9txMg0yPvrXyVM/edit?gid=1327300395#gid=1327300395 QB: Not a big need. Supposedly Owens is gone. Arch is the starter with Lacey backing him up. I could see going out and getting another Caldwell-type, just for an emergency. RB: Sark says "potentially". Conventional wisdom says they'll be looking for a potential starter. Expecting this room to clear out quite a bit. WR: Personally, I could see us passing. We have a lot of numbers here and plenty of needs elsewhere. Latest reporting I've seen is that they'd like to keep the young guys around if they can. TE: Not a big need, especially if Endries is back. They like the young guys on the roster. Maybe a blocking surface if Shannon moves on. OT: Starters are set, but how good do they feel about the 3rd option if someone gets injured? Dunno how you bring in a portal option to be your 3rd tackle, though. IOL: Dear God yes. Dire need. Two guys AT LEAST, please. DE: Good numbers, and good quality already on the roster. Expensive. I think we're set. DT: Acknowledged by Sark as a need. Seems like the numbers are OK. Either they must not love Watson or believe the young guys aren't ready yet. LB: Sark says "potentially". Seems like a need, because you have Lefau, Smith, and then nothing. CB: Losing Muhammad, but seems like we're in OK shape here with Littleton/Black/Phillips. S: Depends on a lot of things. Does McDonald return? Is Derek Williams SEC starter quality? Jonah Williams going to focus on baseball? I'm guessing this is why Sark said "potentially". -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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I'm a little surprised to see Sark say that interior DL is a need, especially in such a straightforward way. Next year we'll have Kanu, January, Watson, Lavon Johnson (?), and then Terry/Sharma/Charles from last year's recruiting class. Seems like you could get a 4-man rotation out of that group, unless they're just really down on Watson and Johnson. -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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I think the picture is becoming clear that the staff is trying to decide if they want Wisner to be The Man next year, and Wisner is trying to decide if he wants to stick around without a guarantee of being The Man. Purely business decisions on both ends, I presume. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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247 prediction where are they now: Quarterback Dia Bell Texas Running Back Derrek Cooper (Photo: Andrew Ivins, 247Sports) Texas Carthage (Tex.) four-star KJ Edwards committed to aggy in June and stuck with it Wide Reciever Pearland (Tex.) Shadow Creek three-star Chris Stewart Texas Aledo (Tex.) four-star Kaydon Finley just never really seemed like a match, ended up at Notre Dame Frisco (Tex.) Panther Creek four-star Jalen Lott we wanted this guy the whole cycle it seemed, circled back one last time late but he stuck with Oregon Norman (Okla.) North four-star Mason James I don't remember this guy ever being on our radar. Signed with Washington Tight End Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei five-star Mark Bowman got an insane NIL deal from USC Brunswick (Ga.) four-star Heze Kent seemed like we decided we weren't that interested. signed with Florida Offensive Line Mansfield (Tex.) Lake Ridge five-star Felix Ojo signed with Tech for huge NIL Klein (Tex.) three-star Nicolas Robertson Texas Melissa (Tex.) three-star Max Wright flipped to SMU like a week ago Clearwater (Fla.) four-star Samuel Roseborough A&M Fort Worth (Tex.) North Crowley four-star John Turntine III Texas Defensive Line Fort Myers (Fla.) four-star Kendall Guervil we tried a lot with this guy but never could pry him off his Florida commitment Tupelo (Miss.) three-star JaReylan McCoy I don't remember much contact with this guy. signed with Florida Monroe (La.) Ouachita Parish four-star Dylan Berymon seems like we might have cut him loose. 247 doesn't show him as signed with anyone Richland (N.J.) St. Augustine Prep three-star Damari Simeon don't remember this guy. signed with Ohio State EDGE Temple (Tex.) four-star Jamarion Carlton flipped to Texas like a week ago after being committed to Baylor forever Prineceton (N.J.) Hun School four-star Luke Wafle we were a finalist but USC came in with big NIL supposedly Norcross (Ga.) Greater Atlanta Christian School three-star Dre Quinn there was a little late smoke with this guy but he ended up signing with Ohio State Linebacker Defensive Back New Orleans (La.) Edna Karr three-star CB Hayward Howard Jr. — Texas Westlake Village (Calif.) Oaks Christian four-star S Davon Benjamin we really wanted this guy but Oregon beat everyone Houston (Tex.) North Shore four-star S Chace Calicut Georgia/prison Cornelius (N.C.) Hough four-star CB Samari Matthews, Texas Willis (Tex.) four-star ATH Jermaine Bishop Texas Austin (Tex.) Anderson three-star S Yaheim Riley Texas -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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My work blocks Twitter, so this is what this post looks like on my screen. I was thinking to myself, "hmm, I doubt $1/week gets it done for a guy like Henry". -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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5-star WRs committed to Ohio State seem like a good investment to me -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Going shopping with whatever we had earmarked for Anderson perhaps? -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I think RB has to be considered alongside the chatter that we will be pursuing a big time contributor there in the portal. Cooper is a good get and it doesn't make a lot of sense to get 2 right now if we're going to the portal. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I specifically remember someone (Bobby?) saying two years ago that he believed the junior Turntine to be the best OL in the state regardless of class. -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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Wisner maybe? Just a wild guess. -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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tOSU also went out and bought the best defensive player in college football off another blue blood's roster -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
tokamak replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
At least they’re consistent. They were big mad at Joe Biden that he didn’t wave his magic president wand and lower the price of everything. Now same deal for Trump. I have some really bad news for them about the next guy (or gal). -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
tokamak replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Narrator: 9-3 Texas did not, in fact, reach the playoffs. -
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