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Skipper

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  1. Just now logging in and the thread went as expected. The officiating in the first half was as bad as 2015 Okie St. It was beyond obvious what was going on. Loved that the team said Fuck You Yormark it don't make a shit. Almost done with this garbage fucking conference.
  2. Disappointed our resident HP poster (Porterhouse) quit the site so he can't chime in about how overrated Tre is and how he'll never be a factor in college. Wondering if he would keep that up now that he's apparently going to be a horn.
  3. Skipper

    9-1

    Maybe I need to watch it again. Because I thought it was a bad angle but the fact I thought he appeared to pursue at about 3/4 speed after Savion passed him (i.e., complete opposite of the Whittington hustle play) may have clouded my initial reaction of "WTF is he in the game".
  4. Skipper

    9-1

    It's also been different things back-to back-weeks. Against KSU if was (i) terrible tackling on the long TD at the sideline that gave them momentum then (ii) back-to-back turnovers. Last week, we started mixing in defensive backups with the big lead (while also probably calling less aggressive defense) and it kind of fell apart. If we just make the tackle on what should have been a 9 yard gain (setting up a 3rd and short) instead of a 50+ yard gain (ending with the Savion hurdle) on their first TD drive, they probably never get back into it. That was just abysmal execution by virtually our entire secondary. Then momentum is a weird thing once you lose it.
  5. Agreed. Embarrassing for the conference something that confusing managed to get published. But this is the Big 12 we are talking about. Completely fitting. Amateur hour. As long as it ends up fucking someone that is not Texas (preferably OU), then great.
  6. I don't think you understand the definition of "upside". Upside does not equal "sure thing". Far from it. If Jimbo has a 1% chance of reaching a national championship game in 2 years, and his replacement has a 1.5% chance, then by definition, that replacement has more upside.
  7. I used the word "upside" for a reason. I'm not saying it's likely either would out-perform Jimbo. But I would give literally anyone qualified to obtain the A&M coaching job better odds of a top 5 finish in 2025 or 2026 compared to Jimbo simply because after back-to-back disappointing seasons in years 5 and 6 he had lost all momentum, didn't have player buy in and his roster was about to become even worse. Everyone was predicting another mass portal exodus this year and his roster management has proven to be absolute shit before that even while signing top classes. Again, I don't think it's "likely" either Elko or Traylor has A&M making a deep playoff run in the near term. But it's more likely than if Jimbo were coaching. So yes, I think more upside. I would have been absolutely thrilled with 2 more seasons of Jimbo instead of competing against a new name and renewed booster enthusiasm (portal $$). I don't know how those idiots can afford it, and I certainly don't think it's going to win a risk/reward analysis with the $$ we're talking about, but making the change now did increase their odds of near term success at least some amount no matter who they hire. Would obviously be happy to see a roster exodus and portal flop prove me wrong.
  8. I'm not going to take the position that Elko doesn't have more upside than Jimbo. Because at this point in his tenure and lack of momentum, just about anyone that takes that job probably has more upside. But I think they let it play out 2 more years if not for Texas winning + moving to the SEC. Not only would it save $15MM+, but punting an up front $19MM payment 2 years down the road has a lot of value in the current interest rate environment
  9. Someone let me know if I'm missing a game but I looked at week by week ratings out of curiosity and I think there has only been 1 Big 12 matchup the entire season that did not include Texas or OU and broke 1.5MM viewers. Oklahoma St. v Kansas St. Do you know what was unique about that game? It was a Friday night with absolutely zero sports competition. The NHL hadn't started, NBA hadn't started, obviously no NFL other meaningful NCAAF games, and it was a night off for MLB playoffs (all 4 divisional series started Saturday).
  10. It certainly gives them a better chance of winning that Jimbo. But it also certainly doesn't scream title contender overnight. They were in a shitty situation but it will never cease to amaze me they blew $80MM+ because Texas is 9-1 (with a W @Bama) and joining the SEC next year. There is zero chance if either of those weren't true they make this move.
  11. He probably forgot about the pass behind the LOS to Brooks that went for 80 yards last week. I guess Sark should just call the plays behind the LOS that went for big gains and not the others.
  12. It's not going to surprise me at all if announced Sunday after Thanksgiving (or that Saturday night) and it comes out later that the deal was cut last week.
  13. I'm going to be pretty shocked if it's not Elko. Just too obvious given he was just there a few years ago. It's a hire Billy and the rest of the Ag media can sell (much moreso than Traylor). He would likely be able to keep most of the defensive talent/recruits. The question would obviously be offense. I don't know much about the current Duke OC (Kevin Johns) but he doesn't have a resume that jumps off the page. Getting a home run OC hire is what would be tough as not many names that really jump out at you (that likely aren't in the market for one of the smaller jobs that opens up).
  14. This. He would by great in our offense.
  15. Skipper

    9-1

    If you are negative because we 'might be disappointed with a first round playoff performance' your expectations are ridiculous. Nothing about this teams screams should be playing for a national championship. We have way more holes on this roster than those that should have that level of expectations.
  16. Yep. I assume A&M $$$ in play for the portal just went up considerably compared to if Jimbo were getting another year. They aren't bringing in a new coach (and a new coach isn't taking a job) without some assurances they are ready to put money to work. We're going to need our donors/one fund contributors to step up.
  17. As stated above, that was a pretty balanced game with bad calls and subjective calls that went both ways. I 100% agree that the fuckery was getting to be under too much of a microscope after the lack of calls we've seen all season and the horrible no call on DPI in Bedlam. We'll see if that continues though.
  18. To me this game is on the defense. I haven't seen a lot of Iowa State football but certainly haven't seen much I would consider "dynamic" on offense. They don't have top end talent like Breece Hall or Xavier Hutchison. This is a game where the defense should dominate. But obviously against OU (which had more offensive talent) but also 2nd half against both UH and TCU our defense was absolute garbage. Our secondary can't cover and safeties take terrible angles, LB's get lost, DE's do nothing and backup DT's get pushed around. This is a game we need our defense to step up.
  19. Skipper

    9-1

    I mean I think we're saying the same thing when I noted pretty much everyone that interacted with him hated him.
  20. Skipper

    9-1

    I'm not talking about the players dude. I'm talking about everyone other than the player. Pretty much every player group in the history of football blames the coaches if the team isn't successful, if they personally aren't successful, if they don't think they are playing enough, etc. etc. It's never their fault. Maybe you should take that into consideration when filtering the information you get.
  21. Skipper

    9-1

    LOL. No it wouldn't have. Literally 100% of the people that interacted with him daily or weekly (or in the case of donors, intermittently) hated him. He was an absolute jackass. Yeah, it's a bit ridiculous.
  22. The timing of this just doesn't make sense to me. I'm trying to understand the strategy for doing this now vs. 2 weeks from now. If you are a potential draft pick or a potential portal free agent why in the world would you suit up 2 games (or a bowl) for a school that just gave up on the season? I wonder if they have multiple players just shut it down right now because I sure as hell would instead of risking injury for those assholes.
  23. Skipper

    9-1

    This. We have really good high end talent but still lacking depth and still a ton of subpar players playing serious minutes. If you take a step back and look at our flaws it's not fair to expect this team to look like a top 3 team week in and week out. That's just not what we are now. We have national championship caliber talent at the top end but certainly not the overall roster
  24. It was just a god awful initial angle. And then he's either just incredibly slow or gave shit effort as Savion kept running. It was bad. This Texas team has a lot of top end talent on both sides of the ball but we still have holes all over the field where we are playing JAG's or worse. And that play was a perfect example.
  25. This. Red just isn't good at that role. Not even in the same ballpark as Roschon last year. Need to just scrap it.
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