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  1. I feel like folks are putting the cart before the horse on recruiting and NSD.  We're getting beat by teams that don't have a single top 10 recruiting class on their rosters.  String together multiple CCG appearances with the recruits we have and the rest will take care of itself.   

  2. 53 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

    Instead - Texas said 'yes' to the 12 million a year, and the 3yr contracts for assistants, and the 3 new practice fields, and the total autonomy over all things football - and they bought him the tennis bracelet - so now Urban has everything he wants and he just needs to decide if its really what he wants to do.

     

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  3. 26 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    You've got this backwards - bourbon whiskey does have standards, and Jack Daniels and Dickel both meet them. However, those style themselves as "Tennessee Whiskey" because they are made in Tennessee and use a charcoal steeping step called the Lincoln County Process.

    This is my understanding as well.  "Tennessee Whiskey" is an attempt by its makers to distinguish themselves from bourbon (and in part, Kentucky), not the other way around.  

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  4. He sure seems to be lagging behind in an offense that can make walk-ons and grad transfers with a week of practice look like superstars.  I think it may be a similar issue to the issue with BJ Foster: his role was more important under his old coordinator than it is under the new one and he's struggling to adjust.  

  5. The stuff about Steve McNair was really interesting.  You can see the love for McNair is very deep.  VY didn't just tell us that he called him Pops and that he was a father figure, he told us wny he called him Pops, why McNair was a good man.  

  6. 6 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    I've been waiting for this stupid take to show up. You just compared a CB coach to a guy who overhauled an entire offensive scheme, in one season, to fit the talent at hand and call plays with almost perfect execution to a guy who's coaching CBs. It's impossible for him to be Joe Brady because ti's impossible for a CB coach to have that kind of impact on a program, period. 

    If it's impossible for a CB coach to have such an impact on a program, why is everyone freaking out so much without knowing what the rest of the staff looks like?  Can you name 5 current CFB CB coaches not named Akina without looking it up?  I know I can't.   

    They're taking a flyer on a young guy that the DC has a hunch about.  If the rest of the defensive staff looks like that, we have a problem.  Otherwise, it's like a hardway bet in craps.  If it hits, we're golden.  If it doesn't, well hopefully we've properly hedged our bets elsewhere.  If we really can't afford to take a flyer on a friggin' CB coach, Herman's fucked no matter what happens.  

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  7. 1 minute ago, kevwun said:

    Tom Herman is going to end up getting fired because he couldn't stop hiring coaches who weren't good enough for fucking Rutgers.

    Then so be it.  He'll either get results or he won't.  Jay Valai could be next season's Joe Brady for all we know.  We won't know if Herman is repeating the same mistakes he did last year until November at the earliest.    

  8. 23 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:

    It's also just how Herman's offenses operate. Almost every single year, the H receiver will lead in targets/receptions, with X being next and then a pretty big drop off. The Z and the TE will usually be 3rd and 4th but significantly below the other two and then you'll have 1 or 2 RBs with a solid number of catches.  I'm curious to see if Yurcich's influence can cause us to be less reliant on specific positions/players and better at attacking each defense's weaknesses from week to week.

    It will be interesting.  At least from the analysis in Boyd's article, Yurcich really seems to favor outside receivers more, but still rely heavily on the slot.  I'm curious to see how things shake out as well.  

  9. 22 minutes ago, OnAComputer said:

    They were mad he picked Texas over Utah

    Maybe, or maybe they just thought he gave a poor interview.  He just started covering Longhorn Football this season. I've heard him before on podcasts and was not impressed.  He's writes decent copy but doesn't seem to have much insight to offer as a sportswriter.  It's a drag, I'm pleased with the quality of The Athletic otherwise.      

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  10. 26 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

    Rumor has a it from a friend of a friend with inside information gleamed from the cousin of a mailman that the new Offense Coordinator will be none other than Mr. Bill. Yes that Mr. Bill. Consequently if we ever lose, no only can we laugh about it, we shall also be able to point our bony fingers at Sluggo.  Expect long offensive drives in the future to end in disastrous results as we all scream in harmony  "Oh No Mr. Bill". 

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  11. 15 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    how would that work for eligibility going forward? Would playing in the bowl game count as this year, or next?  Seems like it would be pretty dumb to burn eligibility for a shitty bowl game. 

    He redshirted in 2018 when he was at Texas.  You have 5 years to play 4 seasons, so he burned a year by transferring and not being granted a waiver.  He'll have 3 years left whether he plays in the bowl or not. 

  12. I'm warming to Ash.  If the team does well, he'll probably be gone in two years for a HC position and Herman's seat will be cool enough to snag an upgrade from another program.  If he fails, who cares, Herman will be canned and we're starting over anyway.  If the floor for keeping Herman is being a solid Top 10 team in two years, that's not an unreasonable goal with Ash and Harrell as your coordinators.  

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  13. 37 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    If Arky had stayed in the SWC would they not have made the Big 12 over baylor? Wouldn’t Texas and the Oklahoma schools want them, if nothing else, for geographical reasons?

    Baylor and Tech alums in the Texas legislature basically strong-armed Texas and Texas A&M into taking Tech and Baylor with them from the SWC into the Big 12.   

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Big_12_Conference#Texas_politicians

  14. 18 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I think if you separate our views from the landscape of the process, it makes perfect sense. We're viewing it as a drinking buddy thing. In reality, Herman could be simply offering "I won a title with this guy as my defensive counterpart. He's as good as there is out there and he fell into our lap. Let me let him get to work." While we think we know better, a superior in that situation, cheering for his subordinate and supposed breadwinner, wants to give him what he needs to turn things around. On paper, Ash isn't going to look much worse than many other guys mentioned here. It's the proximity to Fuckface that has many of us with the heebie-jeebies. 

    I feel like the BBS community always makes the coaching world more exotic than it is. These are just mildly intelligent humans, at best, with often stunted emotional psyches, trying to do the same shit we all see every day in the working world if we're above entry level. Guys on the boards have turned many of these characters, such as Del Conte, into cartoon characters or Michael Scott and company.

    You're absolutely right.  Add that to the fact that Herman anticipates being forced to bring in someone he doesn't know as OC and merge his offense with theirs, it makes sense that Herman wants a known quantity that he trusts and knows how to work with running the side of the ball that he's weak on.  And it could work, it just isn't sexy.  

  15. 1 hour ago, IDIOTsavant said:

    I think a large part of Hutchins failures can be blamed on our S&C program. I have more faith in McKnight, but our 4th quarter performance this year still has me skeptical.

    It ain't conditioning.  The offensive line has been plenty effective late in games.  The defense gets gassed because we're not nearly as deep we were last year on defense.  There's a reason so many true freshmen are playing in the secondary and why Hager has played out of position most of the year.  

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