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21 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:
aggie going to aggie ....
Just... wow. Imagine thinking of that and being like, "yes, this is a really cool idea. We should totally do it to show everyone how awesome and totally not weird we are."
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I just can't justify getting it to myself. I've played 4 games for even a moderate amount in the last few years: NCAA, Elden Ring, Lies of P, and Bloodborne (yes, still - I love that game with my whole heart and will probably keep coming back to it until the day I die). One of these is very much not like the others and, although I enjoyed NCAA 25, the nostalgia of having one updated version is enough for me. Plus, I just haven't had time for any video games lately. Maybe eventually if the early reviews are earth shattering or something.
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For the folks wondering if he's an interior lineman: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/20147061/6508744ba676570578c06675
Full disclaimer: I'm not a scout, highlight feels ultimately don't really tell you a damn thing, and I don't know shit about fuck. However... his movement looks super polished and athletic. He seems more fluid than some TEs I've seen us recruit (cue the size complaints). Speaking of, from the highlights, the size criticism certainly looks overblown. Sure, he could get bigger - but most HS OTs can - and he's still heavier than Sam Cosmi and Connor Williams were. Plus, even if his weight is not ideal, strength certainly doesn't seem to be an issue.
tl;dr: WATCH. THE. TAPE. We got the better player today
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12 minutes ago, utfan87 said:
here’s some of the rivals clips 🙈
Oof. The reps against KJ Ford and Jake Kreul were brutal. I know it's only a handful of highlights of one day of drills - but I think maybe the top tackle overall shouldn't get reverse pancaked by a guy half his size in absolutely humiliating fashion like that
Edit: I also agree with the Sooner narrating that video - his body language absolutely sucked in the very limited clips we saw there
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Bobby: "Ojo's gonna be ranked outside the top 100 in a week or two."
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14 minutes ago, Atticus said:
Confirmed that deal publicly? Wild shit.
Fire that agent immediately, and massive bullet dodged
Seems like pretty good advertising for both the agent and Tech. But, yes, totally agree that we dodged a huge bullet here based on what he was telling the coaching staff
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That's a lot of money to spend on a prospect who's far from a sure thing just to be able to say, "see? we can recruit with Texas." I don't blame Ojo a bit for taking the money - and I also don't blame our staff one iota for deciding to pass on that potential albatross of a deal
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2 minutes ago, closetojumping said:
Ojo was apparently not very straight with the staff. I’m interested to see how interested they are in him down the line when he inevitably enters the portal. They were interested in Hudson or Stewart with similar histories.
If it's true that he was telling Sark, as recently as last night, that Texas still led, I can't imagine he'll get anything less than the full Evan Stewart treatment
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6 minutes ago, texifornia said:
He'll take you behind the scenes to Tech handing Ojo a contract with a lot of zeroes and Ojo saying "yes"
Best of luck to this young man in his development - he's going to need it. Especially when there's intense pressure to play him early
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10 minutes ago, CastHorn said:
Texas really wants a lot of guys. I don’t see Tech in on them. This doesn’t make sense in the context of their class. Why not just put together a Top10 class?
I think there's some symbolism for Tech here. They get to say, "see all the interviews where Ojo said Texas told him he was their number one target? Well: 1) we beat him for this guy; 2) we can outbid them for whoever; and we're just as good as they are." Spoiler: 1) we bowed out because they made a stupid offer for a developmental prospect (admittedly one with an extremely high ceiling); 2) they can't; and 3) they are not now, never have been, and never will be as good as us at pretty much anything except maybe tumbleweeds and STDs per capita.
I will take all of this back if Ojo commits to UT tomorrow. In that case, he's clearly the second coming of Anthony Munoz, Orlando Pace, and Tony Boselli all rolled into one.
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6 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:
Fong just flipped his pick to Tech for Ojo
”Beyond the belief in the program, Pete Nakos and Steve Wiltfong are hearing an exciting NIL package has been extended that would make Ojo among the highest paid in the 2026 class.”
Well, saw how they bought championships with Nija Canady, sooo... good luck to Ojo and Tech, I guess. Have fun developing by playing against the nation's best in... the Big XII
Edit: I'm also happy to see very few people actually freaking out about this - you really shouldn't. I understand the Ojo thing was kind of expected but still. I expected more people to lose their shit. Does anyone out there really, genuinely think we have a lower budget, House settlement and NIL, than Michigan, tOSU, TAMU, and freaking Tech? We just got a kid that Oregon considered a "must have."
I really think that, due to NIL and House shit, there will be more flips than ever this recruiting season as players are re-assessed during additional evals and senior seasons and offers are "amended." I also think that we're keeping a significant portion of our powder dry for guys we feel that we cannot afford to lose. Ojo, who has now received about 18 comparisons to Javonne Shepherd, clearly does not fit in that category. Go get that bag, young man - I don't blame you one bit. Maybe we circle back for Lamar Brown, Xavier Griffin, and/or Jalen Lott (though I doubt it for all of them except maybe Griffin, tbh). Remember when Tech tried to outbid us for Quinn Ewers and we dragged our sweaty, unwashed balls over their face?
But there will be flips and huge momentum shifts. Big ones. Just ask Jonah Williams, Justus Terry, Kade Phillips, and Josiah Sharma. And some guy named Xavier Worthy
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7 hours ago, Foosters said:
Is it normal for 5 stars to have bad technique, poor strength, and to be regularly dominated by high level competition?
I was kind of thinking the same thing as you and several others on this issue. I wonder if Tech is also promising him lots of early playing time. That would be an... interesting decision
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1 minute ago, texifornia said:
I'd imagine Elko or whoever asked him to do that so they can declare yet another big head-to-head "win" over us
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I had something incredibly prescient, impactful, and possibly even program changing to say about the state of Texas football and recruiting. Then, the series finale of Six Feet Under started playing on Netflix and now I'm a wreck who can't remember any of my astoundingly profound, likely universe-shifting prior thoughts
Anyway, since we're already bitching about thread derailments in early July of the recruiting season when very, very little permanently impactful things are happening (at least if we're to believe, as I do, that the program is going to turn up the heat in a big way in a couple of months and leaving some bitch ass, crooked af programs wondering "WTF just happened?"), let me say only this: poor Keith deserved better
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14 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:
The tOSU 247 board has a thread going about the upcoming game. I few reasonable takes, but majority think they will roll and are better at nearly every position than Texas.
One of the better takes that has been posted numerous times is that we are apparently starting a true freshman OT. I'm guessing they are talking about Baker, who's already been here a year plus.
Similarly, I remember a lot of UMGoBlog posts (and from the UM blog community as a whole) about how they were also better than us at every position and would win every single matchup ("DONOVAN EDWARDS WILL RUN FOR 300 YARDS because Texas has no one who can keep up with him - just like Reggie Bush did once. Texas will rush for -0.75 ypa because Graham and Grant. Kenneth Johnson will pick off every pass that Quinn Ewers throws - Ewers will literally be 0-0 for with 27 picks. Something something Loveland something another 300 yards.").
Absolutely spectacular prognostication, bitches. Hopefully, this turns out similarly. And more than that, hopefully those piss jug throwing fucks go 0-12 on the season and all of the very worst elements of that fanbase murder Ryan Day's To Catch a Predator looking ass before committing mass harikari. Apologies to the 7 respectful Ohio State fans. I know a couple of them post here but can't remember usernames for shit. Y'all seem OK. Don't do the harikari thing but if you still want to kill Ryan Day, I wouldn't object
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On 7/1/2025 at 11:39 PM, Tex48 said:
This one was awesome.
It really was. This was the first time in a while I sat and watched the whole episode. It's really interesting that they (Mack and GDGD) identified him as a real player when he was just a sophomore and that he really wasn't particularly polished or developed at all when they first saw him play. The line about, "OK, coach - but what is cover 2?" cracked me up. I always suspected there was a ton of potential (which admittedly just means "you ain't done it yet," - as the great man once said) there but for the head injuries. I feel like this interview vindicates that belief a little bit and all those concussions were a fucking shame. But, as someone else said, I'm really glad to see that he's not displaying obvious signs of CTE - because I really thought that might be an issue for him by now, even at this early juncture. Instead, he comes across as a funny, clever guy and I'm now a bigger fan that I was previously.
Also, the immediate chemistry with the younger Shipley is very interesting. We can only imagine what those two could have done but for injuries and atrocious coaching... Fuck GDGD. And fuck Shawn Watson just for good measure
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13 hours ago, Park Gothic said:
The game is "Is she hot?," not "Would you do her?" - those are two completely separate questions. I would obviously fuck prime Susan Sarandon. I have done far, far worse. But I just don't see why people consider her to be some sort of beauty. She's got...saggy eyes? Not sure how to describe it. Same thing with Betty Davis and Elizabeth Moss. Who I would also fuck but do not consider to be beauties by any means.
As long as we're very faithfully sticking to the topic of recruiting the 2026 class, I just wanted to say that you're a madman, sir, and I absolutely cannot respect your opinion on this (though I'm sure you have many fine, perfectly cromulent opinions on many other topics). Susan Sarandon is and always will be one of the hottest women I've ever seen. Something, something, crawling crotch first through broken glass (or at least the young, unmarried version of campcrunk would have).
I think I've already said all I needed to say.
Also, any Twin Peaks fan who can discuss the universe's love for Dougie Jones is OK in my book, even if they are wrong about certain award winning actresses. May the White Lodge (or whatever that weird Judy entity living in Sarah Palmer was - if you're into that) keep you safe and happy
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14 hours ago, closetojumping said:"Every cycle is different."
Since the 2022 cycle forward, NIL and the portal have combined to create an extremely complicated landscape to navigate. Texas (the Surly/Burton cabal, the AD, Sarkisian and staff, big money boosters) have solved the riddles presented in front of it each time. It hasn't been voodoo or just following the same "process". It's taken a lot of collective buy-in and hard, smart work and some luck each time.
Hell, part of why Saban quit is because he couldn't model future recruiting cycles and portal activity into his "process". I don't know how much of the details he's gone into publicly about that, but he's gone into the nitty gritty on it in private, and he's become a plaintive bitch about it.
At some point during each cycle, something has clicked for everyone involved and Sarkisian has been able to close on recruits, the current roster, and portal candidates. You can find the moments on the timelines for each period, really. Whatever the case, each cycle from July 1, 2021 forward has involved a spring/summer period of complete fucking shock. This one looks no different. I think a lot of folks are currently flatfooted by how some other programs are initial handling ramifications around House.
"Past performance does not really inform future returns."
I think this is important to note for this board, largely because there seems to be a reflexive "this is how it always goes" notion from the natives of this forum. I get it, but I'm not personally subscribing to that line of thinking. Why? Because the dynamics of this cycle are, yet again, different.
Some of the money being thrown around by other schools, whether because they can (Oregon, Michigan) or because they're desperate (USC, LSU, Florida) or because they cannot help themselves and refuse to fall behind (Ohio State, Notre Dame) is fucking shocking. This is not a case of $100k making the difference. When other offers are coming over the top of yours by more than $1M for non-QB roles, that's just flat out new.
Don't conflate some of these situations with a collective getting or staying aggressive, either. Some of this is coming through the school and not subject to the same compliance. It's "rev share" money. What happens if what's reported to be 85% of $20.5M is really $35M because the program can just do that? I haven't read the House agreement, but what I've heard and what makes sense is that if someone is washing through the rev share, no one externally is going to have the mechanisms to see or hinder that, or punish it.
So what can programs do if that's the case?
Do it as well? Not likely. Most schools cannot. The $20.5M is a huge fucking burden to get to in the first place. Other schools are just not going to take that approach. It seems pretty clear to me that Texas isn't going to do anything of that sort.
Keep building through collectives? The burden has now been lightened for boosters at places like Texas, no doubt. However, if Texas wants to reach the mountain top and stay around there, they're going to have to be honest with themselves about it, much as Ohio State and Notre Dame are currently having to be as well. Will Texas? I don't know, but I'm relatively informed and still optimistic.
"Maybe everyone is just catching up to us in NIL!?"
I feel like this anxiety needs to walk away from the keyboards of this board, if nowhere else. No one is going to "catch" a competitive advantage. There is a very small handful of schools that sit above the rest in terms of access to capital and House doesn't change that. Texas would have to choose to give that up. Is that something a totally aligned organization and its benefactors are going to let happen? It seems unlikely.
I think it is fair to think that Texas is still surveying the landscape and not making all of the moves early, but it will eventually take action and flips and surprises will fall in our favor down the line. I also think it is prudent to realize that there's risk on in this cycle that either may not happen or the calculations will be wrong, with timing being yet another factor that could work against Texas out of nowhere.
"The current season doesn't really impact the current recruiting cycle."
One final thought around all of this is that the performance within the season now matters more than ever. The old thought above this in bold is now an old trope. Money being funneled in for recruiting and roster management is some of the same money recruiting to buyout an old coaching staff and to hire a new one.
Florida's money started flowing after they decided to keep Sun Belt Billy. If that flips and they have to fund a big buyout, there will be blood with that roster and recruiting class. If USC fucks the chicken again, they likely still can't afford to buyout Riley, but that obvious future need may well close off the NIL valve and lead to serious attrition even without coaching change. These are scenarios that will play out at multiple schools before the mythical "signing day" in December.
I think Texas is going to have another amazing year on the field, so it can only benefit from the carnage within the realm of poor performance and coaching hot seats and firings.
I very much suspected this was kind of what's been going on but seeing in put in writing by someone who actually knows WTF is going on is very, very heartening. I am very much looking forward to flip season (NO JINX) as certain teams underperform and/or realize that their mouths have written checks that their asses just can't cash
Also, I am GREATLY looking forward to watching Riley crash and burn (I mean, more than he already has) at USC. Couldn't happen to a better coach or program
Edit: I also think it's EXTREMELY important to note that our very talented, very promising, young roster has lost virtually no one of any real consequence (sorry Savion Red, you didn't count in 2024 and you don't count now). That is HUGE and is being greatly underestimated by a significant portion of the board. You think losing Kendal Guervil sucks? Imagine Ryan Wingo, Colin Simmons, or even Alex January transferring to tOSU or Michigan. Guervil (and the rest of the defeats, pending or otherwise, from the 2026 class, some of which may very well wind up being temporary), are pinpricks at most - and I firmly believe the end result will wind up being very, very gruntling to the non-doomer portions of this board
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12 hours ago, Chili dog said:
Was it Arthur Bryant’s? Because that place is highly overrated.
It was not. I don't remember the name of the place but it's apparently super popular with the locals. I may have blocked it out based on the sheer psychological horror of seeing brisket cut on the equivalent of an HEB deli machine set at 0.5 thickness (best setting for Cajun turkey, btw). I mostly remember being initially excited because the line was out the door and around the restaurant. Then, I got my food and to call it "a letdown" is just so woefully inadequate. Seeing the huge line and being excited was like being an aggy fan when they were up 37-10 against UCLA. Then, actually tasting the paper thin brisket and "burnt ends" was like seeing Josh Rosen fake the spike and hit Jordan Lasley in the end zone with 40 seconds left of whatever.
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4 minutes ago, Rimbo said:
I mean, these aren't mutually exclusive.
You're absolutely right - but there's definitely an implication in some of the above posts that the women listed there are somehow equivalent to the some of the women I saw waiting in line for a popular KC "BBQ" joint I had to eat at because a client said I just "had to try it." He's a fucking idiot, their shitty deli meat "brisket" sucks, searing cubes of beef does not a burnt end make, and their women are busted. The pork ribs were OK, I guess. Also, Anna Kendrick and young Susan Sarandon in particular - absolutely would. All day long. Or at least 37 seconds it would take me to finish
Anyway, I got mad about horrendous KC "BBQ" and kind of forgot my point.
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3 hours ago, Chili dog said:You haven’t seen me at a tailgate, but if you ever do, I will double down. I agree on Stone and Kendrick, though. Worse than Graham. But at least they can act.
And I feel kinda bad bagging on anyone’s appearance. Heather Graham isn’t hideous, but she’s far from a smoke show. I give her a 7. I think she triggers me because she is so bankrupt of any talent that she would have to look perfect to justify her fame, and she does not. She’s legitimately the worst actress in the history of cinema, and I find that distracting, like thumbs or knees for you. She ruined the second Austin Powers.
I also find it distracting that her eyes are on the side of her head and her forehead takes up a little too much real estate on her face. If she were in any way charming, clever or believable as an actress, I might be able to over look it. Instead, I find those imperfections agitating. If she weren’t willing to flash her tits, we’d never have heard of her.
Y'all motherfuckers. Y'all motherfuckers. I'm not saying that Anna Kendrick, Heather Graham, young Susan Sarandon, or Emma Stone are all 12/10 or anything. And I'm sure those of you whose wives haven't left you penniless, destitute, and miserable beyond comprehension, dearly, dearly love your spouse and consider her (or him - no judgment here) to be the most gorgeous sentient alive.
But y'all motherfuckers. Somewhere between the ages of 17 and 27, likely the vast majority of that timeframe, all of y'all would have crawled belly first through broken glass for a single crumb of a crumb of pussy from any of the actresses listed above. Don't act like you wouldn't have. It's unbecoming.
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4 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:
Put down the drugs bro
Or at least share them. I sincerely hope you brought enough for the whole class. Full doses, preferably. None of this microdosing silliness that really only exists to make people more effective proles
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Totally agree but with one small alteration. I know I'm only one of the 82,258 lawyers on this board who post dumb shit instead of, you know, actually working - but I do feel pretty safe in prognosticating on this