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Bill Lumbergh

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  1. Good Lord most of this thread is a beating. I lived in Seattle for several years and have some close UW friends who would be embarrassed this is the best they're bringing to our board. Really shit effort overall. I expect UW will be the hardest matchup we've had this year. I'm not sure as a team they're better than Bama, but in terms of where we're most vulnerable they'll present the biggest challenge we've faced. They have excellent coaching and skill position players, with a month to scout and prepare just like us. These UW fans showing up like we don't understand/believe they'll be good are fucking dumb. It's the fucking playoffs, everyone will be good. That's what makes it exciting. I haven't been this amped for a game for a long time. Glad we have a few more weeks of (hopefully) substantive football discussion leading up to the game.
  2. They didn't, and Billy knows they didn't. He also knows that his members are simpletons who will hear him say that, look at the final score being close, and accept it as truth.
  3. In a world where all you sacrifice is time and a roster spot, this entirely makes sense. I think the issue with Nolen is that it has been said here that he'll be looking for a LOT of NIL wherever he goes. That both is a bad look within the team, if a lazy, low-effort guy is getting paid, but also ties up funds from other priorities. You can take a high talent risk/project, but I'm not sure you can take an expensive one.
  4. I love how aggy says they can sell two starting spots at cb in the portal like that is a good situation for their program.
  5. "Hey coach Elko, I'd really like to spend some time with the guys who we'll be returning on dline next season, where are they at?" "Son, have I ever shown you our campus chapel? Let's go look at that right now because you're just going to love it."
  6. It must suck for Billy that they hired Klein for OC immediately after Petrino. Given their difference in age/experience he must have had to do a little more customization to his find/replace name coordinator hire announcement template. "Rising star" was a predictable, lazy choice for whatever "seasoned veteran" descriptor I'm sure he used for Bobby.
  7. To be clear, I'm not saying he's a good choice for them because he did well against us. I'm saying that they likely chose their OC based on his output in one game against us, just like they spent >$90 million firing a coach bc they were scared of losing to us next year. Shit, Tarp has even admitted that, which is fucking amazing.
  8. Are you implying that aggy looked at anything with nuance, ever? "Scored more on the sips than Bama did, must be good."
  9. I just realized that KState scored the 2nd most points on our defense of all of the teams we faced. If you don't think that stat was the start and end of selecting him as a candidate, you're not paying attention.
  10. You're assuming aggy is making rational rather than emotional decisions. You're asking the question assuming they're not blowing way more than they can afford to re-up him, and that they won't pay the price by not having enough for other needs. If you assume that they'd spend whatever they have to spend in order not to be mocked for losing him, it starts to make more sense.
  11. Came to post exactly this. I believe CTJ posted yesterday that Nolen would be asking for a big payday, and his production doesn't really match the ask. He has the talent, but doesn't really seem to give a shit, assuming he even plays. This feels like the perfect combination of him likely not receiving the level of interest he had hoped for and aggy feeling like they can't take another ego hit right now. I wonder how much of a raise aggy gave him bidding against themselves.
  12. Hasn't Bjork straight up said something along the lines of they'll "figure out" how to make Jimbo's yearly buy out payments from the athletic budget? The easy answer is, they're managing their finances just like many other aggy grads we know. Keep buying shit on credit and "figure out" how to pay for it later.
  13. Billy Luicci has made a living shoveling the shit aggy wants to hear at them. Do you think other media isn't going to pick up on that playbook? aggy aren't really the type for honest, critical assessments. They will frequent whatever outlet tells the most optimistic story about the state of their program. Everything else is bomc, clearly.
  14. I mean, I have zero connection to arch or any sororities at UT (sadly), and I could have told you that the soon to be star quarterback from a famous family is doing just fine with the college ladies.
  15. If Elko was clearly who they wanted, the search could've ended in around 48 hrs. From the moment Jimbo was canned, it was obvious he would be the most obvious replacement candidate. Either a) they had other candidates above him who they waited to reject them before settling, b) they wanted him but not at this price, and waited for other candidates to reject them before caving, or my favorite choice c) a healthy mix of both.
  16. I think this was the best, and most obvious, hire they could make from the start. That said, he's massively unproven as a HC at this level. Objectively, Charlie Strong had a better resume as both a DC and HC when he was hired at Texas. Herman as an OC/HC, as well. Let that sink in when aggy says we should be scared about the hire.
  17. Given his experience, the fact that he's already on staff, and their situation with the search following the Stoops debacle, this probably makes the most sense for them while they fire Bjork and bring in a new AD who can run a proper search next time if needed. However, they've now floated Robinson to FTHC so much and gotten recruits and players excited about it, so I don't think Petrino is a realistic option if they choose to promote from within.
  18. 50 cent has really let himself go these days. You can find me in the club Bottle full of bub Aggy I got what you need When you can't hire Bob Stoops bub
  19. Ross Bjork calling the Arizona AD: we hear you might be facing some financial difficulties. Perhaps you've heard about our recent contract negotiation with Jimbo Fisher and how that ended up for him. Want to chat?
  20. This was always the most obvious outcome. Even if they kicked the tires on other folks, I'm betting they didn't move from Jimbo without confidence Elko would take the job. It makes sense that it should help retain players on the defense. I'm not sure how much "most of the staff won't be going anywhere" helps retain offensive talent.
  21. Some of it went into hands as well, if I remember correctly.
  22. I believe that was the official tagline of the final version of shaggybevo before it went offline.
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