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Bodacious Bevo

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  1. One soft opinion that I have after rewatching CSU is that Ant Hill's run fits were as big an issue as IDL play. Open to feedback on that. But he overpursued on several of CSU's longer runs. That's fixable and seems like it could be as impactful against Michigan as the IDL.
  2. Something I noticed rewatching CSU. Bill Norton had to teach Jahdae how to use the turnover sword. Big man saved our season keeping Jahdae from skewering his hand.
  3. Sure, he came across as an idiot, but my point was about the setting. I didn’t see it live and a bunch of posters were calling it just a game day segment (one said a “live performance”) so I thought it was a sit down interview or something. Then I watched it and it’s him reacting to a magic trick. Hardly a moment where I’d expect someone to be ‘on’ in a PR sense.
  4. Incredible that they’re analyzing Conner’s “performance” at a fucking magic show as if he were delivering the state of the union
  5. So I watched the game with some extra attention on Taurean York. He reminds me of Jerrin Thompson. Smart and will be in the right spots but really physically limited. He'll look good on a bad defense because there are bigger issues elsewhere, but he'll eventually be a liability that can be targeted. In addition to getting juked pretty badly on the long Notre Dame TD run, he got pancaked by a WR on this play. That's a big yikes for a MLB.
  6. I just put it together that he and Sweat are both on the Titans now. If you sort they're roster by weight, they're #1 and #3 lol.
  7. Eh, I think Marion had worn out his welcome and most people knew that.
  8. Ignore absolutely makes the site more enjoyable. I didn't do it for a couple years to have the pure surly experience but now I've got almost triple digits on my ignore list. Trust me, you won't regret it.
  9. Ohhhh that's who that is? I was wondering how someone who posts so much got muted without me remembering them. It all makes sense now
  10. ctj already added some context, but when I looked into it a bit earlier this year (see spoilered section below), it seemed like all donations to the collective were going through TexAgs. It now looks like they have their own Stripe account that goes to Texas Aggies United, LLC. Smart. I wonder if all the banned TexAgs posters are able to donate now. The part about TexAgs "providing content production, technology, administrative, marketing, and athlete activation support and services" is still on their website. Personally, I question the value of that support because their store is currently down.
  11. I still have three unopened bottles of the first batch… mustard ages like wine right?
  12. Our players in Brugler's top 50: 15) Kelvin Banks 23) Quinn Ewers 41) Jahdae Barron 43) Isaiah Bond
  13. For the record, my comment about wishing we still had Red was a joke that he was the size of 2 RBs, hence having five right now.
  14. I wish we still had Red. Then we'd have five scholarship RBs. If we were moving a WR, my first thought would be Bolden. He had 21 career carries at Oregon State. But I don't think we're moving a WR for reasons that have already been discussed here. Also, just for reference, here are the RB carries and distribution in Sark's time here. 2023: 444 RB carries (31.7 per game) Brooks 187, Baxter 138, Blue 65, Red 30, Robinson 12, Wisner 12 2022: 421 RB carries (32.4 per game) Robinson 258, Johnson 93, Brooks 30, Robinson 25, Blue 15 2021: 367 RB carries (31.6 per game) Robinson 195, Johnson 96, Robinson 45, Brooks 21, Watson 10 Average: 410.7 carries (31.6 per game) RB1 19.4 carries per game, RB2 8.8 per game, RB3 4.4 carries per game These are injury adjusted numbers (2021 Bijan had his carries across 10 games). Player carries per game do not add up to team carries per game for that reason. My takeaways: rushing attempts per game has been consistent over Sark's tenure. In a perfect world, we're looking at something like Blue 18 carries per game, Wisner 10, Gibson 4. We don't live in a perfect world though and the situation is more grim than I thought prior to doing this math. We can still overcome it with some injury luck, but we'll likely be counting on Gullette/Page/whoever to give us a minimum of 40 carries this year. Probably more like 60 and it could go over 100 if our top three guys miss more than a couple games. Especially if we have a 16 game season. Two subpackage/scheme things to watch: 1) Wildcat. Roschon and Red probably ran that 25+ times per year. I imagine that's probably dead now given that it's success was declining and we now don't have the body type for it. 2) Sark's use of motion. People like to call it the Keilan role, but it's flexible. It's just whichever athlete Sark has on the field that he can move around to get certain reads or calls from the defense. Keilan was the primary guy for it in 21/22 and Sark ran him with it more. Last year the improved WR core ate up his play time and the carries given to whoever was motioning declined, which was more in-line with what he did at Bama. I'd expect that to continue this year.
  15. Personally, I don't think transfers should be eligible. Maybe a Ryan Watts kind of situation where they came in without much experience. But they should probably have to be here for at least three years. Anyways, here are my qualifiers and the kind of season they would need to win. - Mo Blackwell. Significant and positive contributor. - Juan Davis. Significant and positive contributor. - David Gbenda. All-SEC honorable mention. Sure, he played a lot last year, but he's always been an afterthought. If he puts together a really good year and gets drafted in the early-to-middle rounds, that meets the criteria for me. - Vernon Broughton. All-SEC honorable mention. See above. Collins has spent way too much time in the Longhorn public eye to qualify for me. He's had actual expectations every year since 2021. Gunnar Helm has been too good to qualify. Maybe if he's like an All-American. All the other seniors are returning starters, transfers, or walk-ons.
  16. There's been a couple of times that booing has stood as a small but nice feature. Like I'm winning and driving on offense but get flagged for holding. The crowd starts booing me. I start to think, "What more do these fuckers want?" then I realize they're booing the refs.
  17. Ethics tangent incoming The merging of scholarship and roster limits are another change that, imo, disrupts the system that many know and love, but really just makes CFB more normal and less exploitative. Putting aside talk on how this impacts Texas and CFB as a whole, it's kind of crazy that teams have been able to have students do all the work of being on the team without any kind of financial support. How much time do walk-ons spend on football every week? 20 hours? 40 hours? And they're expected to do it largely for intrinsic rewards while being completely dismissed as second-class players by the public (not this site). That's not to mention the equity discussion around requiring a student to pay ~20k/year to be on the team. Walk-ons are just a weird dynamic that shouldn't exist in modern CFB.
  18. So Xbox online dynasty? Is there already one set up? If not do me and I’ll put one together
  19. A bit pedantic - he’s the #3 LB take but #5 at best when it comes to the board after Barnes, Faraimo, Pettijohn, and the Cali guy that committed to USC
  20. I'll play but can't afford to do the buy in. I could throw in 50 or maybe 100 if someone sponsors me for the rest. Instead of sponsored ad reads I'll read off your sponsored smack talk. On Xbox. All that is if we get the numbers of course. This is a really great idea. Hope we get some numbers. I have some time to help with things for the next two months.
  21. Yeah it's incredible. This man was a paid psy op, checked out in April, purposely tried to lose games, recruited players off the team, etc, and yet he's still your most successful coach in 85 years!? Like, do they not understand how absolutely pathetic their athletic department would be if that were the case? Inb4 'their program is pathetic!' and I get that, but they're taking it to a whole new level. They honestly believe Schloss was trying to lose and completely tear the program down - and yet he's their best coach in 85 years!
  22. And yet they're among the most successful Aggie athletes ever
  23. lmfao if in two years we're wandering the desert searching for DL like we used to with OL and every time someone commits people are like "but can he play DL?"
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