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  1. 54 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    1. The problem is just about never internal. It's external forces stopping A&M from a slew of nattys.

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    They went from speculating that Texas tampered on the Georgia receiver to assuming everybody is tampering but Jimbo, so it's those mean schools who are not as pure as A&M cheating their way to keeping Ol' Rock down. (External forces)

    Above, it's the media blackballing A&M and being really mean.

    This guy gets it. What a frustrating existence his must be.

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    2. The one internal problem they mention, they never understand.

    Let's start with Aggie logic on Jimbos worries about being fired for cause if he, for the first time ever, starts cheating:

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    And their ire at Jimbo not earning his paycheck with the suggested meaning they can do something about it. Good God, man!

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    A middle school volleyball coach, indeed. He had the balls to go there. What will be the next simile? Elementary school janitor? This genius is merciless.

    Oh, and you set the market price for Jimbo by guaranteeing so much money over so much time with him coming off a losing season at FSU. Nobody held a gun to your head. You were proud of the deal. You got exactly what you paid for. To A&M, he is indeed worth his salary.

    Aptly named Aggie:

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    oh, it's very comforting to me, sweet "oh no".  Very comforting indeed.

    I've been struggling for a while to figure out who the typical TA poster reminds me of and I think I've hit it.  They are all the kids that hang around the main bully in most movies.  They aren't the leader, they are typically dumber, uglier and derive all their power from being associated with the leader.  It doesn't matter whether the leader is actually popular as in some movies or just a bigger, slightly brighter version of the these kids.  In the end, they deify the bully and even when the bully gets knocked down by the protagonist, they fail to adjust to the new paradigm.  

    Also, who the fuck uses a political statement as their sig on a football forum?  

    props to @texifornia for posting and for @RomaVicta for the analysis.  It's somewhat akin to what researchers must have felt seeing Goodall's work for the first time, but without a feeling that chimpanzee were closer to us than we thought.

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  2. 5 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    Wait... what? I'd never seen that before.

    Great minds think alike, I guess.

    Especially "measledick." I thought I was being really truly original with that.

     

     

    7 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

    Oh. I was really impressed w your post until I saw you basically lifted it verbatim from a CDC Tweet.

     

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    @TreatyOak is messing with you. It's not a real tweet, just excellent editing.

    Your genius is yours.  F Chris Beard.  I was finally happy as a Texas fan to unleash the kraken and have an alum make us into the next duke/Kansas/Kentucky and the measledick doesn't understand the crazy hot matrix and that you don't lay hands on a woman unless your life is threatened.  Fuck, even than most men wouldn't.  

    So fuck Chris Beard and fuck anyone that can't see that the university did it's best to give him all benefit of the doubt and only fired it when it had no recourse.  We are Texas.  There is nothing wrong with paying players but it was against the rules before.  It's not anymore and even when it was, it's morally grey, as are a host of other issues.  I don't care if we paid players before it was legal or potentially made it easier for athletes to graduate.  I do care that we never condone rape, murder, child abuse, and domestic violence.  We're not fucking Baylor, Penn State or Aggy

    In terms of the actual next coach, chances are that it'll disappoint.  It's gonna be hard to find a guy for whom this set up better than Beard.  It better not be Terry.  His body of work is his body of work.  People don't reinvent themselves this late in their career at a higher level than they failed at before.  I appreciate what he's done and hope he stays on.  I like Lloyd and Oats.  Not sure musselman's out of the question and if cdc wants him I'm sure he'll take his shot.  

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  3. 19 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    Why the hell are they playing him at CB. No way he ever plays there in college 

    There are worse things than an athletic tweener with a long development path practicing coverage.  Being able to keep a linebacker/box safety in to mitigate a good te or back isn't the worst thing.  He's still got a couple years to grow into his body and learn the position he'll ultimately play, likely off ball backer...

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  4. 5 hours ago, quigley said:

    My take:

    Pluses: QB, developmental OL (but not 2023, a year where OU will have to have 4 new starting OL), RB numbers, Edge, LB, DB

    Deficiencies: High pedigree RB (a position where it frequently translates), HUGE deficit in WR numbers (will need to get from portal and so far haven't), interior DL (a position which was filled with JAGs last year and it showed in poor defensive run efficiency)

    There was some reporting where 14 of 25 were high school team captains and 13 of 25 are early entry. This is supposed to be taken to mean that the class has high character and will be ready to contribute early. Of course, we'll see.

    Counterpoint: They picked OU...

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  5. 4 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I mean… I’m not sure if we need a portal guy if they think Cook and Moore can contribute as freshmen.

    Neyor, Worthy, J Whitt, Cook/Moore, should work.

    Unless… Stewart is waking through that door. 

    I mean, Neyor is coming off a major knee injury.  Yes, hopefully he comes back but you don't count on him.  I expect between cook and moore you get 1 guy who can contribute but that's 3 guys, plus contributions from thompson, red, and/or cain.  I don't think we're in a place where we take a Milton type player but for sure if you get another starter caliber player you go add them.  Someone like either of the 2 WRs that Georgia just got would have worked fine.  Rumor suggests there's a portal WR out there that's already in mind.  I assume Stewart would also be welcome but I think the Aggy plan of spending obscene amounts on their few stars is working.  I was hoping Bryce Anderson would shake free as well but I guess not....

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  6. 14 minutes ago, NoName said:

    amazing.

     

    Coaching Career from USC website, he doesn't have a wiki so can't pull it from there:

    • 02 - high school OC
    • 03-06 - head coach at high school + semi pro team
    • 07-08 - GA at Washington, working with QBs
    • 09-12 - QB coach in 09 then 3 years as OC at Illinois State
    • 13-16 - OC/QB Coach at Georgia State
    • 17-18 - co-OC and QB coach at Sacramento State
    • 19-21 - Offensive Analyst at A&M
    • 22 - offensive analyst at USC / interim inside WR coach

     

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    Luke Huard, who comes from a family of outstanding quarterbacks, joined the USC staff in February of 2022 as an offensive analyst.  In March, he took over as interim inside wide receivers coach while Dave Nichol was away from the program for a personal matter.
     
    Huard, 42, spent the previous 3 seasons (2019-21) as an offensive analyst at Texas A&M.  The Aggies earned berths in the 2019 Texas Bowl, 2021 Orange Bowl and 2021 Gator Bowl.
     
    Before that, he was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Sacramento State for 2 seasons (2017-18).  The Hornets averaged 486.0 total yards and 37.6 points (fifth nationally) in 2017 as quarterback Kevin Thomson set several school season records, and then averaged 402.8 total yards in 2018.  
     
    He was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia State for 4 seasons (2013-16).  GSU quarterbacks Ronnie Bell and Nick Arbuckle set numerous school records, including Arbuckle’s Sun Belt records in 2015 for passing yards (4,368) and total offense (4,273).  Arbuckle, who ranked sixth nationally in passing yards per game in 2015, was the Sun Belt’s Student-Athlete of the Year that season.  Nine Georgia State pass catchers earned All-Sun Belt honors during Huard’s tenure.  The Panthers played in the 2015 and 2017 Cure Bowl. 
     
    He was at Illinois State for 4 seasons (2009-12), the first as the quarterbacks coach and then adding the offensive coordinator duties the next 3 years.  In 2012, the Redbirds led the Missouri Valley Football Conference in passing and total offense while scoring more than 30 points per game, and they advanced to the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs.  Quarterback Matt Brown was a 3-time All-Conference selection, and was the 2009 MVFC Newcomer of the Year and 2012 MVFC Offensive Player of the Year.
     
    Huard was a graduate assistant at Washington in 2007 and 2008, working with the quarterbacks.  Quarterback Jake Locker was the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year in 2007 (he went on to be an NFL first round pick).
     
    Huard started his coaching career in 2002 as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Washington High in Tacoma (Wash.).

     

    I mean, that's the resume of someone you maybe hire as a wr coach or tag them with a co-offensive coordinator title if you really want them. Without knowing his body of work, you could easily argue that Drew Mehringer, Shawn Watson or Andre Coleman have better resumes.  They all were offensive coordinators at the fbs level and/or multiyear coordinators.  Would love for this to be true but I'm guessing it's just to set the floor to make another less shitty hire seem okay.   Then again, Aggy.  

     

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  7. 46 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

     

    Hiring Beau Baldwin as OC might be the worst hire of the whole cycle. 

    I had no idea who that was but this is pretty appalling.  Maybe Carrington won't be the worst coach on that staff?   This guy makes Mehringer look like a star. 

    From Wiki:

    On January 16, 2017, Baldwin was hired as the offensive coordinator for California of the Pac-12 Conference under new head coach Justin Wilcox. In Baldwin's second season at Cal, the Bears’ offensive efficiency ranked as the second worst among all Power Five teams.[3] Under Baldwin, the Cal offense led by their third-string quarterback was shutout for the first time in 20 years in its Pac-12 conference game against Utah on October 26, 2019.[4] As the offensive coordinator for California, the Bears finished the 2017, 2018, and 2019 football seasons with the 11th, 12th, and 12th ranked offenses respectively out of 12 teams in the Pac-12 Conference in Yards Per Game.[5] During those same seasons, the Bears finished with the 10th, 12th, and 12th ranked offenses respectively out of 12 teams in the Pac-12 Conference in Total Points Per Game under Baldwin's offensive leadership.[6]

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    On December 10, 2019, Baldwin was hired by Cal Poly as their new head coach, replacing the retired Tim Walsh.[2] Since Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong introduced Baldwin as head coach and stating on December 11, 2019, "We need football to rise to the level of academics", Baldwin has coached his teams to only 4 wins, held a lead in only 9 games, and has been outscored by halftime of those games by 429 points.[7] Baldwin has the fewest number of wins by any Cal Poly head coach through their first 25 games in school history.[8] Baldwin has an 0–5 record versus in-state rivals UC Davis and Sacramento State since taking over as Cal Poly's head coach.[9]

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  8. 6 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

    No. But I'm surprised that Saban isn't showing him the door after his performance this season.

     

    22 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

     

    I am genuinely surprised that Jalen Milroe isn't in that list.

    We have a rojo opening.  He's a pretty good athlete and he could possibly find a good career as a running back or wide receiver.  It's crazy that Hayden Conner was far and away the best of that trio.  

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  9. 1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Get ready for Jimbo - Harbaugh comparisons in every, single aggy post from now until at least October 2023. 

    I read that as every simple Aggy post but I feel like it fits fine.  Never mind that harbaugh's worst record at Michigan was 8-5 and 4th place in the division (excluding truncated covid year), which is the standard for jimbo's Aggy record.

    Never mind that harbaugh is an alum who restructured his contract to reduce the buyout.

    He's not even a sitting championship coach.   Wait till Aggy starts to spend money to encourage, nay reward, those players who understand sacred Aggy traditions like grabbing your nuts, building collapsible bonfires, and yell practice. 

    I am very worried that Aggy is smarter then us stupid sips and am very concerned that they will extend Jimbo further.  How many sitting championship coaches are there?

     

  10. 2 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

    Can you expound on why you don’t think Wisner will be getting LOI papers? Grades? He’ll sign elsewhere? Something else?

     

    thanks

     

    Im personally pretty high on Brooks. Kid can play.

    My guess would be because he's not starting on his high school team and is playing some wide receiver.  Probably a guy who peaked a little early

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  11. That defense played better and we started to make some nice adjustments, including covering the dagger concept that burned us a couple times before.  

    You put ossai on this team and it's 7 points a game better.  Will be essential to get/develop a good edge and keep sweat to pair with Murphy/Collins next year

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