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  1. 1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    The remaining schedule is manageable if we can split with the Mavs and beat the Warriors and Lakers

    you mean the clippers?

    It's a really tough stretch over the next 6 games: DAL, @MIN, GS, MIA, @DAL, ORL.  

    After that Utah and POR should be easier but both are on the road, and then the season finale @LAC, in which the clippers may or may not be resting players- they probably won't have a shot to move above their current #4 seed but might still be fighting the pelicans, mavericks or suns to hold onto it going into that last game.

    This team is really gonna have to earn it to make the play-in, but these high pressure games going down the stretch can only help the young players in the long term, especially now that we have an actual coaching staff in place to take advantage of the situation for development.

  2. On 2/8/2024 at 4:32 AM, South Austin said:

    Giles has got friends in every town and village from here to Dalhart, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the next two-star defensive lineman already.

    and then the scene cuts to Fritz walking into Giles' office to find him asleep and snoring with his feet up on his desk and a bag of chips spilled all over himself 

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  3. 4 hours ago, troph said:

    Any Michigan portal news for us? I can’t wade through the garbage. 
     

    I think promoting Sherrone Moore at least delayed potential portal entries, seems like the players love him(insert Rodney Terry Joke #728 here). I’m interested to see what happens once they get the rest of the staff finalized since the DC left to follow harbaugh to San Diego.  

    8 minutes ago, Mother mopar said:

    I heard Texas...

    Hit a grand slam
    Nailed the visit
    Moving up his list
    Took care of business
    Did what it needed to, to hold serve

    I heard the ball was on the 1 yard line 

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  4. 3 hours ago, Juicy said:

    He was literally just live in Schembechler Hall. So yeah. Sure about that. Pretty much the textbook definition of "back in the building" 

     

    2 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

     

    has Mgoblog never heard of flightaware?  What the fuck are those amateurs doing over there

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  5. 4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    If Michigan actually offered and sign him to a contract that gives him full immunity from NCAA investigations/sanctions, then god damn, I never want to hear how UM is a peer institution of UT Austin ever again. 

    Wasn't the speculation Minter as DC and Jay Harbaugh for ST? At least that's what I thought I read.

    Yeah that's what I saw, doubt that he'd just give up Minter if he were interested in coming along, but maybe he really wants to get the old band back together.  Most likely the Fangio stuff is not related, IMO. 

    If I were a Michigan fan I'd be hoping that if Harbaugh left, at least Minter would stick around.

    also that immunity rumor does say that the immunity is from the current investigations, and if they really feel like those are meritless bullshit then it shouldn't matter that much to give him immunity from them specifically.  

  6. 1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    Poor, poor Alabama is all in their feelings because mean old Texas is poaching their players.

    "Texas just declared war on Alabama?" Uh, you started it buddy. Fucking hypocrites with their heads in the sand about how things went down pre-NIL. If only we could go back to the good old days when recruits were bought and sold under the table with a push from sleazebag street agents and uncles with their hands out. I think Deboer is a really good coach, but I am rooting hard for him to fail miserably and get crushed under the weight of Alabama expectations and weak NIL backing.

    https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/01/goodman-texas-declares-war-on-alabama.html

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    The modern age of the SEC is here, Nick Saban is gone and Texas just declared war on Alabama.

    It’s a lot for me to process in these vulnerable hours after Alabama said so long to the architect of “the process.”

    The Longhorns might not officially be in the league just yet — that happens in July — but Texas let everyone know on Sunday that it’s ready to carve out its own sadistic reputation in the most cutthroat conference of them all. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian was once beloved in Alabama, but now he is a Marvel supervillain after lighting Alabama’s soul on fire.

    Call him Sark The Shark. Call him Sark The Savage. Sark, the rogue. Sark, the vengeful, insatiable genius.

    With the carrot cake commemorating Saban’s retirement still fresh, Texas robbed Alabama of its reputation, its cherished memories and arguably its best player all in the same chess move. In the wake of Saban’s retirement, Iron Bowl hero Isaiah Bond left Alabama for Texas and I still can’t believe it.

    Saban retired on a Wednesday and Bond was gone before new Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer could even unpack his travel bag.

    DeBoer asked players to give him a chance. Bond said give me some cowboy boots and a black hat.

    Bond is the receiver who made the famous touchdown catch in the most recent Iron Bowl. It made him an instant celebrity in the state of Alabama. Fourth and 31 will go down as one of the greatest plays in Alabama football history, but we’re less than two months removed from that magical moment and it all suddenly feels like the charred ruins of a smoldering empire.

    There was once a time when being an Iron Bowl hero meant legendary status for life. That era of college football is officially gone.

    It was Auburn that was supposed to feel eternal pain after Alabama’s miraculous throw from Jalen Milroe to Bond, but now Alabama will be watching an Iron Bowl legend suit up for Texas next season. Is nothing sacred anymore? Is Bevo the new king of the SEC? How is this even real life?

    Being an Iron Bowl legend was once an access card to a different world. In that sense, things haven’t changed. Now it’s a ticket out of town.

    I suddenly feel like writing breakup poetry.

    Is it too late for Saban to un-retire?

    Can His GOAT-ness pull an Urban Meyer?

    Hold my beer while I stick my head in the oven.

    Take away this pain with a blindside concussion.

    Let’s be clear. There should be no hard feelings for Bond. He did nothing wrong in transferring from Alabama to Texas. No one can fault a player for cashing in when they can. The money is out there, so go get it. That’s the game. That’s the American Dream.

    College football in 2024 is pure, uncut capitalism. No rules. No regulations. All business.

    But it hurts, man. I can’t lie. Even for a grizzled, time-hardened press-box pilcrow like me, this one cuts deep. Players come and they go these days, but that doesn’t mean fans and observers of the game have to enjoy it.

    Bond entered the transfer portal shortly after Saban announced he was walking away. Bond later said that Saban’s retirement “100 percent” informed his decision to walk, too. Saban saw all of this coming, of course. When asked about the NIL transfer era, Saban once famously snapped back, “Is this what we want college football to become?”

    Answer: Heck no.

    Saban didn’t retire because of the changes to roster management in college football, but losing players to the portal certainly made the job less enjoyable. Coaches dedicate large portions of their lives to recruiting players, and schools spend millions of dollars to fund the chase, and then, after all that, Iron Bowl heroes leave for another school.

    Saban was the greatest recruiter the game ever saw. Raising money to pay players is the key to winning for Alabama’s new coach, and there are deeper pockets in the new SEC. What’s an Iron Bowl compared to a Texas war chest filled with gold?

     

    They declared war on all of college football years ago, they’re just not used to other teams fighting back is all

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    5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

    They had to know they weren’t getting Bond. Elk out front should have told them.

    Why would they even want him, I thought they had circled back to being all about coaching up 2 & 3 stars from places like Old Dominion.  

    Oh wait, they lost that coveted ODU transfer to the Elk's old team, didn't they?

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