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UncleSonny

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  1. Thanks, I forgot we had a dedicated thread for qb talk. I'll say, this feels like more of a true tossup than any qb battle at UT I can remember. We've had some hotly contested ones, especially by fans, but you usually had a pretty strong idea who would take the first snap in the first game. Even when dipshit reporters were running with obviously bad information. I have no idea who starts vs. ULaLa, it will really will come down to performance in the August practices. I don't think there is a wrong answer though, they can both be really successful in Sark's offense.
  2. IT QB battle talk: Nahlin sticking with his Hudson prediction but feels like like he's hedging a bit from earlier in the offseason.
  3. Bringing back aggy on Thanksgiving is my preference. Most of my best childhood memories of Thanksgiving is the ags in the family talking shit all day, everyone watching the first half together, then the the aggy family standing up down at halftime and saying some version of: “welp, I guess if the refs are just gonna give this thing to you sips we may as well git’on home then. Gett’in late anyway” Followed by my dad’s sarcastic, “well happy Thanksgiving to y’all. I’m sure next year is the year for you guys”
  4. Howell played. Their top two rbs, top wr, and best defensive player all opted out.
  5. Welp, that's that then. It's official. The thought of the Manning clan dealing with Leach is pretty hilarious though. Eli seems pretty involved in his nephew's recruitment really. Must be bored.
  6. So what are we going to do tomorrow with no news expected, work or something? I guess I am a little curious to find out if I'm still employed.
  7. Hahaha. More elite recruits will stay in Texas because more elite recruits will go to UT. As for the overall number of Texas high schoolers that play college football? I'm not sure, who gives a shit. So now in addition to financially floating these schools for all these years and being responsible for the economic ruin of their cities, we also have to feel guilty for putting them in a tougher position when they are in a recruiting battle against Kentucky and Vanderbilt for Texas 2 and 3 stars?
  8. Zack the Ag with an impressive Helobious-like read of the situation. Really locked in.
  9. To me the most annoying thing Leach ever did was not have the decency to lose in a single other conference game that 2008 season. They were a good team and we drew them in Lubbock, at night, on Halloween weekend. Lost a close game that we should have won, shit happens. But somehow that is the one season where they didn't drop at least 2 conference games. Shit, in 8 out of 10 Leach seasons they lost at least 3. Just one more loss and we win head to head tiebreaker against OU, kick the shit out of Missouri again and play Florida for the National Title. One more conference championship and a damn good shot at another crystal football. Or maybe Gideon could have just caught the ball. God fucking dammit.
  10. Some good connections between the various coaches in the new league. Feels like half the coaches in the league have been on a Saban staff, but just from the new additions: Sark goes way back with Lane. Most recently was Saban's OC. Former Texas OC in Harsin and there is a ton history with Leach from the Tech days. Little Briles from his Baylor tenure and brief Texas playing career. I'm sure Muschamp will pop up as someone's (Georgia's) DC sooner rather than later as well. Lincoln joins a conference with his mentor Leach at MSU. Thousands of cheeseburgers ago Josh Heupel was a player at OU and more recently a fired coach. Should all make for some fun matchups and storylines over the next few years.
  11. I guess this thread is as good as any for this, Billy keeps throwing a hissy fit about how we just aren't ready for the meat grinder that we are entering. Their joke schedule last year is a mirage, check the bowl results: Well...about that. The SEC was an impressive 7-2. Of course 2 of those wins were Alabama (lost 52-24). One of them was aggy over UNC. 3 of the SEC bowl wins were by teams a&m didn't even play (Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss). The ags did play both SEC programs who lost their bowl however (Florida lost by 35 to OU & Auburn lost by 16 to Northwestern). Those two also happen to represent their two most impressive regular season wins. That leaves 1 SEC team that won their bowl who the ags actually beat during the season: Miss St. They won an all-timer of an Armed Forces Bowl against Tulsa by 2 points. TLDR: The closer you look at it, A&M's big coronation season becomes even more of a mirage. So thank you for pointing that out Billy.
  12. Call me a cynic, but I have my doubts Looch was propping up the Big12 for their undefeated bowl record last year or OU’s dismantling of Florida (aggy’s single notable win)
  13. Yeah, the cross division rivalry games have been their main scheduling problem. Adding two teams and reorganizing gives them a great chance to solve it.
  14. No kidding. Not even on anyone’s radar last Wednesday morning and they are running through the legal formalities by Monday and Tuesday. Crazy they set this whole thing up with no leaks.
  15. everything right on schedule
  16. I’m fascinated by the mindset of doubling down so many times after being called a dumbass repeatedly over the course of a few days, then sitting down today and actually deciding it’s time to do some reading and see what this talk about Texas to the SEC is all about. I know this is a message board, talking out of your ass is half of the point, but holy shit. It’s kind of unsettling to see his (weak) mea culpa and realize he wasn’t trolling.
  17. What Sydney said, but also this can’t be right. Even being explicit that we’re leaving the conference at the end of the GoR term doesn’t make us a hostage without a vote or say in anything for the remainder of the term.
  18. Lets go, who's got the dial-in?
  19. When looking up UT's record vs. Ole Miss I got curious and checked the all-time record vs. the rest of the conference. We have a winning record against every school except two, anyone know who those two are? Probably not who you think:
  20. Love it, bring on the shit talk. This is going to be fun. It probably wasn't too hard to choose pictures for that tweet, they only have a single win each against Texas and OU. Although to be fair they've only played OU once apparently.
  21. Doesn't do much of anything to make the Big 12 viable in the long term so I'm skeptical but we'll see. Out of curiosity though, what are the rules for adding teams to the Big 12? Do they need TX/OU 'yes' votes to get them in considering we currently have to posture that we'll be in the conference until the GOR expire in 2025? Is playing ball with adding members something can use to leverage our earlier release at a smaller payout?
  22. I kind of agree and there probably is a universe where things could have worked out. Like people said above, bad leadership as well as a thousand little decisions and mistakes killed it. So it goes.
  23. New nickname alert! Dude is working hard to make "Evil Twins" happen, but I'm not sure it will stick. Doesn't have much punch to it, imo.
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