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Spindletop

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  1. Schools getting a bump in recruiting during a new coach's first full cycle is normal. If Elko finishes with a top 5 class, my hat's off to him. Good job leveraging your employer's NIL and selling playing time, a new vision for the program, and whatever else a new coach sells.

    The problem for them is that one year of recruiting momentum won't be enough. Marcel Reed is not the answer at quarterback.

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  2. 11 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Almost. It’s not the offer, it’s the fact that ATM will pay for every demand ahead of an actual signing right now. 

    -Pay a guy to unofficially visit and pay for his family? Sure

    -Pay for a commitment? Sure. 

    -Pay for a visit? Sure. 

    Does Elko not understand that the signature is ultimately what matters? Or does he think he can flywheel "momentum" into something, like a lower price for the signature later on?

    I don't get it.

    (And from the inside, I wouldn't be able to explain it)

  3. 8 hours ago, Rockwell Torrey said:

    You sound smart. Why are you here?

    Ha, I think most Surly posters are pretty clever compared to the typical Internet message board. I mean, have you ever been to Texags?

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  4. 1 hour ago, Blotto said:

    I will qualify my earlier comments by suggesting I was really talking about the football players and basketball players (probably baseball as well)....the ones that arrive in Austin with fat NIL deals with dreams of a high paying professional career. I suspect that swimmers, rowers, etc... are probably more disciplined than the average student and would do well in class. But I'm guessing the majority of our scholarship football and basketball players wouldn't sniff admission to UT if it weren't for the fact that they were badass athletes. I've heard a lot of these guys speak and they don't sound particularly well educated. 

    Totally fair, and what you are saying could be true.

    My sample size is small, and doesn't include the sports you mention as far as I know, but I have been happy to have student-athletes in my class because they take the "student" part seriously and are really trying to pick up the material. Of course, there is self-selection bias because I teach in a major that has a reputation for being difficult. No academic advisor will direct students to our department for an "easy" major.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

    Well, on the other hand with 70,000 supposedly enrolled in that degree factory, there should be at least a handful online who are not operating with a smooth cerebrum.

    A bunch of my college friends are sending their kids to A&M. The state's population has grown a lot and getting into UT is hard. I am not sure if these kids who grew up as Longhorns suddenly become redass, or remain 2%ers, or something in between. A&M has also gotten so big that Fish Camp fills up within hours or minutes of the slots opening up, so at least, a smaller percentage of the incoming class is getting the immediate indoctrination.

    At the public in-state price point, A&M seems to be the next best option for a lot of people. Not exactly sure why UT-Dallas isn't higher on people's lists, but for whatever reason, it just isn't. Or maybe getting into UTD is also very competitive (I don't know).

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  6. 19 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    also, it seems statistically impossible for all of these 2022 players to bust so badly.  Like you couldn’t pick highly rated busts at the clip jimbo did here and their money paid dearly for (in 2022 terms). It’s almost like that place ruins people.  Someone should write a white paper on it.  That’s not bad luck. It’s something else. 

    There must be something in the water in College Station.

  7. I posted this in the A&M thread on the Football board. Reposting here for people's reference:

    I don't know much about A&M's history over the last 30 years other than them losing some hilarious games like 27-25 and 77-0, so I asked ChatGPT about the QBs being replaced and this is what it came up with:

    1992-1995: Corey Pullig 4-yr starter

    1996: Branndon Stewart replaced by Mark Farris midseason

    1997-1999: Randy McCown 3-yr starter, replaced Mark Farris

    2001: Mark Farris replaced by Dustin Long midseason

    2002: Dusting Long replaced by Reggie McNeal midseason

    2005: Reggie McNeal replaced by Stephen McGee midseason (injury)

    2008: Stephen McGee replaced by Jerrod Johnson midseason (injury)

    2010: Jerrod Johnson replaced by Ryan Tannehill

    2012-2013: Manziel 2-yr starter

    2014: Kenny Hill replaced by Kyle Allen midseason

    2015: Kyle Allen replaced by Kyler Murray midseason

    2016: Trevor Knight (ChatGPT says he transferred from OU? Don't remember this guy)

    2017: Nick Starkel (? who is this?) and Kellen Mond swapped back and forth (?)

    2018-2020: Mond starts for 3 yrs

    2021: Haynes King replaced by Zach Calzada (injury)

    2022: Haynes King replaced by Max Johnson, who was then replaced by Connor Weigman

    2024: Looks like Weigman about to be replaced by Marcel Reed

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  8. I don't know much about A&M's history over the last 30 years other than them losing some hilarious games like 27-25 and 77-0, so I asked ChatGPT about the QBs being replaced and this is what it came up with:

    1992-1995: Corey Pullig 4-yr starter

    1996: Branndon Stewart replaced by Mark Farris midseason

    1997-1999: Randy McCown 3-yr starter, replaced Mark Farris

    2001: Mark Farris replaced by Dustin Long midseason

    2002: Dusting Long replaced by Reggie McNeal midseason

    2005: Reggie McNeal replaced by Stephen McGee midseason (injury)

    2008: Stephen McGee replaced by Jerrod Johnson midseason (injury)

    2010: Jerrod Johnson replaced by Ryan Tannehill

    2012-2013: Manziel 2-yr starter

    2014: Kenny Hill replaced by Kyle Allen midseason

    2015: Kyle Allen replaced by Kyler Murray midseason

    2016: Trevor Knight (ChatGPT says he transferred from OU? Don't remember this guy)

    2017: Nick Starkel (? who is this?) and Kellen Mond swapped back and forth (?)

    2018-2020: Mond starts for 3 yrs

    2021: Haynes King replaced by Zach Calzada (injury)

    2022: Haynes King replaced by Max Johnson, who was then replaced by Connor Weigman

    2024: Looks like Weigman about to be replaced by Marcel Reed

     

     

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  9. 2 hours ago, SimkinsMan said:

    Then there are the heroes.  TexAgs guy who asked the question and what shot down by Schloss is Davy Crockett, defending the Alamo. He will not be forgotten. Looch knew the whole time but didn't say anything because he wanted to let the guys enjoy their national title run. He was close with Schloss, had the scoop, but wanted to let the aggies enjoy their moment. What a guy. So informed, but such a dyed-in-the-wool ag. Another hero.

     

    Which one is Gap Kid?

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