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  1. 1 hour ago, Hank Chinaski said:

    Yes, and then when a reasonable waiting period has transpired and the disappointing returns are in, they may backtrack a bit with the “greatest ever” talk, but will remain steadfast in their argument that whoever or whatever they’re talking about is still better than tu’s.

    This is how you get people who watched college football from 2002-2005 and concluded that Reggie McNeal was still better than Vince Young.

    1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

    Terrific post.

    They see that UT has a journalism school that has produced graduates who become reporters and editors at prominent publications...

    They take this delusion and decide they need a jounalism school so they can produce similar biased reporters and editors as their goal

    They could have had a real journalism school built by the perfect candidate. Had she succeeded in doing that, A&M probably would have closed that school again because students and graduates of said school would refuse to be redass puppets.

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    The parrots of Texags, over and over:

    You see, Vince Young [or Radio] is a great athlete. Reggie is a great quarterback

    That mindset existed in the mid 70's, that George Woodard was better than Earl Campbell.  They do it to themselves, starting at fish camp, that everything aggy is better, just because.

    They see what UT has, take their delusion to obtain/produce "similar" results, and end up with something less than what they could have had. 

    It is not the buildings that are important, it is the results of the people in the buildings that matter. 

  2. 29 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    The punter making the linebacker look small is a fun surprise.

    Trevor Gerland punted at Texas from ‘06-‘09. Went to my kids high school, was a 4.4 guy, all state in Football and track, finished second to Jamaal Charles at the 5A State Championship in the 110 m hurdles. Fastest punter I ever saw.

    It’s nice having multifaceted players.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Dennis Taylor said:

    Leaving NO was a fucking disaster. Forever to check out, forever for car to get fetched, literally bumper to bumper til past the airport, several more areas of brake lights for days, Baton Rouge bullshit traffic as always...5 1/2 to get there, 9 to get back. Awful 

    People posted here about this. The combination of Texas Football, Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, New Years Weekend pointed to a massive clusterfuck Tuesday morning. No way I was gonna deal with an hour valet wait before a 500 mile road trip. We stayed in Metairie and we’re on the road before 10, had a 30 min (w/ lunch) slowdown/go around in BR (went by LSU). Ran into some rain an hour from Austin.  Not a bad day for us.

  4. 1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

    Arch Manning's first media day delves into backup role, family

    Andrea Adelson, ESPN     Dec 30, 2023

     

    Article #2...

    Year 1 of Arch Manning: The frustrations and lessons the QB encountered at Texas

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    Story by Andrea Adelson  • 2h

     

     

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  5. 2 hours ago, Duane Moore said:

    Would highly recommend watching this video if you have the time and want to get pumped about a guy (who, if you’re like me) you haven’t heard of before this week. Another son of a former NFL player, about 1% body fat, trains as a boxer (Scipio will go nuts when he sees that), great looking family, and did the work to graduate early. Looks like a perfect fit for culture and talent. I understand not everyone has the resources to put together a 10 minute, professionally produced profile story like this, but this kid could be an amazing pickup for us. 

    Fantastic pickup. On a recruiting class of superlative people, and football players, he may be at the top. Learning to jump rope so he can learn to box so he can be quicker on the field. Epitome of dynamic playmaker. Lifting after a boxing session? Who does that? Looks like Dorsett in the hole w/ some Lam Jones open quarter gait. 

    Hard to see why he wasn't a Day 1 priority. Who cares? We got him. Sark's QB room + WR room + RB room ...

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  6. 2 hours ago, DixonHur said:

    It's one thing to keep your options open.  It's another thing to make the whole process about you.

    2 hours ago, DixonHur said:

    Lol, wut?

    The issue is with the showboating and publicly making it about the individual.

    Perhaps you don't understand that the whole process is about the ... wait for it ... individual. Identifying, recruiting, visiting, hosting, and signing the individual. For a lot of these kids, they are the biggest thing to happen in their schools and towns in a long time, if not ever. Towns close down for their games. Their signing ceremonies are celebrated in the school gyms, surrounded by their families, coaches, teammates, friends, classmates, etc. This is the culmination of everything they have put into sports. Let them have their moment.

    2 hours ago, Teryor said:

    It is about the individual, all of these decisions are about individual high schoolers doing what makes them feel best and believe are in their best interests and if your feelings are hurt by these kids I hope you find another hobby

    This. College recruiting is not for the faint of hearts. The emotional swings and overwhelming volume of misinformation far exceeds the actual positions of the individuals and the coaches. The $9.95's and the diarrhea of analysts and recruirt-niks takes a practiced mind to sift through and process and digest the information, and ignore it, til the name is on the paper docusign.

    Don't ridicule each individual for taking the time to evaluate all the information available and making an informed decision, for them, regardless of how that fits your time table and preconceived notions.

  7. 5 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

    Does Bud understand that ATM’s 3 highest quality “commits” didn’t actually sign yesterday and are likely to go elsewhere?

    PhD; “Doctor of Philosophy,” which refers to the immense knowledge a student gains when earning the degree.

    The practical application of that knowledge after earning said degree is another story.  Our PhD contributor has not made the distinction between committing and signing.

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  8. Bum Phillips talked about the keys to being a good coach, one being to own the locker room.

    You're going to have some guys that are behind you and a few who aren't, and a lot of them somewhere in the middle. The key is keeping the guy's that aren't behind you away from the guys in the middle.

    Better not to intentionally introduce one of those "aren't behind you guys" into the mix.

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  9. 7 hours ago, Sgt. Slaughter said:

    You boys sure are doing a lot of fucking celebrating for getting 5th place. Are we really satisfied? 

    Fuck the rankings; take a look behind the numbers.

    Listen to Sark's press conference. He's not done yet. He talks about each players attributes, the character of each person. How they identified a lot of these guys ~ 2 years ago and have watch them work and develop.

    We signed 4 guys who have a 3* composite ranking, which pulls our rankings down; a punter, an IOL, and 2 DL.  I value the rankings of Bo Davis & Kyle Flood infinitely higher than anybody else.  They got the guys they wanted very early in the process. Large humans with big frames that can move, that played other sports (BBall or Baseball).  Sark joked about the recruiting guys catching up to his staffs evaluations.

    Adding a 3 year starter at DB, from Austin, and a 2 year starter at WR from the portal that bring an ethic and maturity to meld with a stable of new recruits.

    Sark talked about the EE's (~16  of 22), getting them on campus early for strength and conditioning. Having enough guys in the spring so the 1's go against the 3's and the 2's against the 4's, at the same time.  

    11 hours ago, crash_davis said:

    Paraphrasing, he said that he they busted their asses all year with the teams to get to this point and felt bad that they had to get in the portal early to find a home. Sark seems like a damn nice person. 

    FIFY.

    He said, "It Sucks!!!" Kids having to make a choice early to make sure they have a spot, and not being able to finish with the team they have been an integral part of all year. 

    Sark is perfect for Texas. He talked about Jeff Choate, enticing him to leave a HC job at Montana State to be a LB coach at Texas, and starting 5&7.  Choate is the new HC at Nevada, and still coaching for Texas. Sark shared his wisdom on balancing the old and new jobs with Choate, having done it twice.  He talked about Mukuba's HS coach being on the Texas staff, and Chris Gilbert before him. He wished Gilbert a Happy Birthday in the press conference. Sarks people skills, his awareness and attention to detail pegs the meter, and will pay dividends for us over and over.

    3 hours ago, gmr548 said:

    Do you think there might be something a bit different about the situation the team is currently in than in years past that might prompt that change?

    Yes. Guys who weren't fully on board leaving last year as soon as they could v. guys putting in the work all year, having more and better guys in front of you, and encouraged by the coaches to transfer is much different. 

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  10. Just an FYi, I bought tickets for a couple of home games at DKR right before the game, and demand far exceeded the supply.

    All Texas-Ex's tickets were gone very early.

    Individual people trying to sell tickets over 2 games: one, which I bought.

    Buying from "scalpers" was almost non-existent, there were very few of them buying or selling, almost all trying to buy.

    I bought one from a scalper after looking for 30+ minutes.

    Bottom line, I think there is a lot of pent up demand for some Texas Football in the Big Easy.

    After a fuck-over from Seat Geek immediately before and after the CFP announcement, I got my tickets from Ticketmaster. Just looked, and similar tickets, all in, are about $40 more than I paid 2 weeks ago. 

     

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  11. 9 hours ago, nnm said:

    This is one of the strangest little twists in the 2023 aggy corching saga. I could see him not updating his Twitter bio (what HS kid actually uses Twitter anymore?). I could see KState not updating their webpage because they’re busy with other things. But no updating of either school’s webpages, plus radio silence from Klein?  

    This is the $64,000 question! or ~ $75 Million ... or whatever

    Why have they not updated the official website? Is Klein the OC or not? Who, if anybody is recruiting? How can you identify and pursue transfers and recruits if you don't even have a coaching staff?  Who is behind the transfer portal? Elko? Grad assistants? Looch? Does aggy have a website that transfers can self recruit and sign themselves up? Very bizarre.

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