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  1. Read the first page before Christmas and just caught up. Apologies in advance for the length and multi-quote. Background: I joined surly when the new site started. I was never on shaggy, HF, etc. I used to be more active on the LonghornNation subreddit and am still friends with some of their mods but I rarely go there much anymore. My internet consumption is mostly surly, youtube, some reddit, and a little bit of twitter (mostly Longhornfrenzy when those sweet, sweet aggy tears are flowing). I was on a Texas podcast for a couple years Anyways here's a couple ideas I've liked in the thread and also some stuff that I'm willing to take the mantle on at the end I'd love to have a dedicated chalk talk thread. No spam or mundane shit. Maybe restricted posting access to only people that have demonstrated some knowledge. I think that earned flair for well-known members and some threads or a board where they can post would be a good idea on a larger scale. Hell, maybe some of the TEs could join for some video chalk talk content in lieu of podcast appearances Somewhat related - I'd love a game thread restricted to good posters or maybe a slow mode where you can only post once every x minutes. I'm not sure what you've done before, but I've looked into this before and here's the information I came across on creating an organization account and posting internships: https://careerengagement.utexas.edu/employers/recruit-ut/employer-recruiting-guidelines-procedures/ I like this idea. Message Board Geniuses is a similar model. Lots of novelty accounts operate this way I think Bump to shoutout the podcast but that has been discussed already. Only thing to add is having a network or something where you can let other people put out shows under the Surly Cinematic Universe or something while you and imma hold down the main podcast and put that out when you can I think that some of these goals are going to ultimately take some formal organizing, for better and worse Two things I can do to contribute: A 2023 season offseason book club. I can post the highlights, every play, and broadcast replay for a game each week. Everyone can relive the season, discuss, review, pick up on missed stuff, etc A post or series of posts on culture. Brining in academic concepts like leader-member exchange but write it up in a way that's interesting. Might be a single long post or a series. If either of those things are the type that can be sponsored concept for a business I'd be open to that. I mention that only because I saw some of the other discussions on bringing in corporate sponsorships
  2. Guess we’ll find out who’s better come November
  3. Thamel has ins pretty much everywhere. He’s not getting all his Texas news from Ewers The wording of this tweet makes me think it came from the Diaz/Duke side
  4. I refuse to have this conversation again I refuse to have this conversation again I refuse to have this conversation again What did Moore even do though? Take two visits? Not make a decision on your preferred timeline?
  5. This seems like an appropriate enough time and place for a life update on another aggy 2022 5* legend, Chris Marshall. My brother is on the team at Kilgore Community College, where Marshall ended up after getting kicked from Ole Miss. He says Marshall is really good. They don't throw the ball a ton and he's been injured this year, but he's obviously very talented. That said, he'll show up to practice in street clothes because he's a "saturday only player." Sometimes he'll suit up for team/scrimmage portions and ball out, but generally just doesn't practice. Oh, and he missed their playoff game because he was in jail after getting busted with marijuana. In the article it says he got caught in a traffic stop with a quarter pound, which is dumb and not a big deal, but my brother said he'd been selling out of his dorm room and wasn't particularly discreet about it. 247 has him ranked as the #1 JUCO player but he hasn't signed anywhere this week.
  6. Butler only ran in one meet. I think it's unlikely he took track seriously. For reference here are some other guys' PRs: Matthew Golden 11.25, Xavier Worthy 10.55, Evan Stewart 10.58, Ryan Wingo 10.67, London Humphreys 10.66. Even the guys with faster times have some runs in the 11s early in the season.
  7. His dad has worked there for more than two decades (before the kid was even born) and is fairly high up in th AD. Kid’s a low three star. This isn’t a scandal
  8. His dad is the Assistant Athletic Director for Equipment and Apparel at a&m. So PWO and might get free tuition anyways. Good pickup tbh, though very low impact.
  9. 2024 Texas Transfer Tracker (Updated 12/21/23 5:00pm) On3 Transfer Portal Wire: https://www.on3.com/transfer-portal/wire/football/2024/ This is the quick hits for Texas-related transfers only. Out: Offense WR Casey Cain (UNLV), WR Isaiah Neyor, OL Sawyer Goram-Welch, QB Maalik Murphy Defense S BJ Allen (North Texas), S Jalen Catalon, CB X'Avion Brice (North Texas), S Larry Turner-Gooden (San Jose State), DL Kris Ross In: Offense WR Matthew Golden Defense DB Andrew Mukuba Targets (Estimated Needs): TE (0-1) Holden Staes (Notre Dame) WR (1-2) Antwane "Juice" Wells Jr. (South Carolina); Deion Burks (Purdue); Matthew Golden (Houston; visited 12/15) DE (0-1) Trey Moore (UTSA; visited 12/9) DL (0-1) Jamaree Caldwell (Houston) DB (1-2) Andrew Mukuba (Clemson; visited 12/15) K/P (1)
  10. Service academies are also weird because their recruiting is so different. Just hard to take anything away on their coaches.
  11. Texas does have NIL rolling though, to the extent that anyone does. We’re trying to expand the donor base due to exhaustion of some of the heavy lifters so far. Fully unleashed just means that there’s still room for growth.
  12. How would you know if those questions are similar when you say you don't follow recruiting? You're asking a big question without a known answer due to contracts not being public knowledge. It's a complex topic given all the legal changes for NIL and all the other structural changes in college football.
  13. I think the poster you quoted is talking about the aggy in the screenshot saying Elko’s pitch should be “give us your third year and if it doesn’t work transfer for your fourth!”
  14. The answer is Worthy, as others have said, but one thing here is that I think 'doubling' is going to mean different things for Mitchell and Worthy. For Mitchell, you can bracket him and take away the standard route tree. For Worthy, it's going to require more from the game plan, formations, and secondary communication, because Sark is going to move him around. Our goal is to get him the ball in space. He's going to motion a lot and will almost certainly catch several screen passes in the game. He's also good running routes down the field of course. It's like guarding a Steph in basketball - he creates gravity that demands attention all the time, not just a double while he has the ball. TCU this year tried to play Worthy straight up with a future NFL draft pick in Josh Newton and Worthy absolutely abused him. I really trust all four of our top guys, but Whittington and Sanders are the best at finding soft spots on medium-to-long money downs Personally, I view Worthy similarly. I think he'll rise on boards and that our fanbase somewhat underrates him because of some pretty bad moments last year and some NIL shenanigans. I definitely think he'll go ahead of Mitchell. It's still too early for a lot of the draft mocks and analysts to have caught up to the season
  15. 2024 Texas Transfer Tracker (Updated 12/17/23 5:40pm)
  16. 2024 Texas Transfer Tracker (Updated 12/17/23 4:15pm)
  17. Plan 2024! You know how Sark has talked about Pete Carroll telling him that he could come in and do it his way and deal with the growing pains, or do it the last guy's way and get the same results? Aggies really misunderstood the lesson.
  18. Yeah, I was typing up another response - I agree with you that Quinn was clearly a more developed prospect than Maalik two games into their career. My original point was just about comparing their game 2 performances. Quinn never got past the script against Alabama. We don't know what would have happened there (I think he would've continued to ball). I just hope Maalik's performance this year - which helped us reach the CFP - isn't going to cost him opportunities.
  19. People forget how good Murphy looked in the first half of K-State. Yes, he made some mistakes and was a massive liability in the 4th. But he started strong. He played well enough to give us a cushion, at least. Lots of teams wouldn't get that from their backup. Hell, many won't even get that from their starter. Ewers that game against Alabama: 9/12, 134 yards Maalik's first 12 throws against KSU: 8/12, 159 yards, 1 TD As a prospect, Maalik has some very clear issues. But I think anybody that thinks significantly differently about him now compared to August got caught up in the spring game koolaid.
  20. Aggie 2024: ERobbed by an Orange in Sheep's Clothing Aggie 2024: All According to Plan 2024 Aggie Error 202404: Class Not Found
  21. I agree. That said, the staff has been really good at evaluating what they have on campus and planning for the portal. Trust the corches. '22 cycle: Passed on OL when many (ahem @JFKFC)called for it. Passed on EDGE (except Drew Sanders IIRC) when it was the perceived biggest need. WR is probably the position you can criticize, but they did take three (Neyor, Hall, Milton) and we didn't have near as much to sell coming off 5-7. '23 cycle: Passed on LB when many called for it. Passed on TE when many called for it. S is probably where you can poke holes. They got Catalon, but he's injury-prone and redundant with our good safeties. I would guess they expected Crawford to be playable. He got a lot of hype in the spring. FWIW, Ja'had Carter (the other safety we went after) totaled 5 tackles for tOSU this year. The vision for internal development is pretty clear by now. The staff has a good record of knowing which positions are actual needs and which can be filled with guys already in the program. There may have been some opportunities to add guys in '22 that would have jump-started us a bit, but I'd say it's all worked out.
  22. Really avoiding work rn, so I found Penix's career long. Interestingly, it came on a throw back to the QB. Actually a pretty solid scamper. And it turns out he had a second rushing TD on the next drive, on a zone read. So personally I still don't view him as a running threat, but he does command some discipline from the defense.
  23. ESPN has season-long sack yardage stats. So if you remove sacks and yardage lost from their rushing stats: '23 Penix: 19/53/2.8/3 '23 Ewers: 26/159/6.1/5 I think Ewers is a bigger threat with his legs but it's not going to be part of either team's offensive gameplan. Either guy is mobile enough to pick up first downs with his legs when needed. Quinn is more likely to belt off a random 25 yarder. In the first five games Quinn was running quite a bit and doing so effectively even if he looked a newborn foal taking its first steps. He just hasn't done it hardly at all since his injury.
  24. Not sure it was a surprise. Any given conversation on surly has a decent chance to end in BOW shit talk. Like our own Godwin's law. Also not sure the turrets turned. He usually just walks in front of them and sits down.
  25. Not to say anything about Nolen, but Scruggs said the visitor would be on campus tomorrow, not this weekend
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