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Uncle Nate

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  1. 16 hours ago, Vertigo said:

    Are you kidding me? To drop a massive deuce in their punchbowl with a first round knockout of a B12 school would make their fans go apocalyptic. You could live on those tears for years. 

    That could be dangerous.  A guy like me could totally OD on that.  Fentanyl would be safer.

  2. 9 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

    I'm chuckling because Cody Campbell literally did this exact thing, before Matt Wells was hired. I'm glad he pulled his head out of his ass and decided to work with everyone, because his ego was absolutely out of control, to the point of being blacklisted by the AD at one point.

    I had never heard that.  

  3. 9 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    To be clear I'm not saying that just anyone can step in and coach a paid and loaded roster and yeah prior blueblood down years proves that really bad coaching can mess up even with elite talent. I'm speaking purely in the context of the first coaching search at OSU since I was a student and the new landscape we need to navigate. I think collecting NIL commitments is way more important than who we hire. Considering its almost certainly going to be a G5 HC or P4 coordinator there is going to be risk either way and my concern is less about who that name is as how much we can raise. 

    The other key, and what I think is THE KEY that made it work for Tech, is everyone has to be in alignment on what it is you are trying to do.  In your scenario above you mentioned the possibility that the big NIL donor would want to demand Dana possibly as the coach.

    That simply won't work.  The NIL sources can't hold the institution hostage on their personal wants and desires.

    What was great at Tech is that the Matador Club (Campbell, Sellers, Cash, tons of other donors) worked with Joey, James Blanchard, Kirby, et al to find out what they needed.  Blanchard as GM identified not just talent, but FIT.  Priorities were placed on DL first, OL second.  Everything down to the last dollar was very strategic and had to fit with what Joey and his coaches identified as what they wanted and needed.

    Without that, throwing a ton of NIL money at talent isn't going to work.

  4. I'm in the minority...I liked the beveled Double T, always have.  Thought it was the upgrade we needed over the old one (happened in the mid-to-late 90's).

    1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

    This is just not true, man. Look at how much Texas has spent. Not trying to talk shit here, UT fans, y'all are just the most pertinent example right now. 

    Like yes, obviously paying a premium for top talent is important, but it's only one piece of the puzzle. Talent evaluation, roster construction and cohesion are extremely critical and Tech seems to have hit on all 3.

    We identified the holes in our roster and filled pretty much all of them with very good players, by all reports there are zero locker room issues and this team really enjoys playing with each other. No one's ego is getting in the way.

    For all the flak Joey McGuire gets around here, and I certainly have had a number of issues with him (mainly focus and discipline, penalties continue to be a problem at times), the one thing he is really good at is getting all of his players to buy in and put the team ahead of themselves. Everything you hear out of the program is team, team, team.

    None of that happens simply by throwing money at the problem. 

    1000000% Amen.

  5. 24 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

    You sand aggies are a little full of yourselves these days.

    Go Coogs!

    We have something we’ve never had before. A defensive line. 
     

    These things (DLs) are kind of cool. Who knew that a real DL can make all of the rest of the defense infinitely better?  

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  6. On 11/30/2023 at 4:42 PM, Blotto said:

    Arky shitcanning Robert Paulson halfway through next season and installing Petrino as HC has gotta be the play. They couldn't bring Petrino back as HC directly, but they'll give him the  interim gig mid-season, praise him for his service to the school, and remove the interim title by 25. Its Arkansas, nobody will be surprised. Hell, we're all expecting it. And yes, I realize I'm tossing the word "school" around quite loosely. 

     

     

    Got any lotto numbers or stock tips to share?

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  7. 6 hours ago, StrippersAndNobelPrizes said:

    Bring back the OG slogan:

    Ponies

    Polos

    Porsches

    Probation

    It doesn’t need to be brought back. That’s  the reality for a good number of the frat guys at SMU. 

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  8. 20 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

    Utah was running the ball at 300 yards per game and didn't cross 100 yards until garbage time. Was pretty happy about that. Running QBs have been a thorn in our side for many years.

    I still get Seneca Wallace PTSD from time-to-time.

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