billfromlaketravis
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2 minutes ago, kevwun said: They actually finished 4th per Gerry. It was Texas, Tech, Alabama and then ATM.
I could have phrased that better. aggy probably finished second for Coleman when he signed as a recruit in 2024. He was committed to aggy about 6 months as a high school senior. And I imagine Wiggins recruited Coleman while he was at Bama. That’s just enough reasoning for aggy to believe they were leader for Coleman when he went in the portal.
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4 minutes ago, Duane Moore said: The OTF guys were talking like schools may be closer to carrying 65 scholarships as the game adapts to these new market realities.
Correct. I would say if a player isn’t on the travel squad, pretty decent chance the school pulls their NIL package after the season and moves on.
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I’d argue Horton was always their best possible outcome at WR. Coleman has eyes. He saw the way Arch was playing, and he also saw 8 turnovers in 3 games from Reed just like everybody else.
I guess finishing second for Coleman as a recruit and the Brauny/Looch bullshit updates fed the echo chamber of false hope.
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5 hours ago, Hiphopopotamos said: Most kids want to play. I don’t see a lot of upperclassmen with experience signing on to hold down the bench (whilst also not getting paid) - even at a place like Texas - when they could play and make money at their small school.
This. The NFL will find you anywhere, but they’re going to need some film first.
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I think I get bronco’s point? I think Texas is concerned about revenue sharing. More scholarships, more mouths to feed. There’s also the Title IV implications. If they add 20 men’s scholarships, they have to add 20 women’s scholarships. That’s a big number, and would probably require them adding another women’s sport. Incredibly expensive.
Rod Babers made an extremely rare good point today. Guys that aren’t playing are dead money. Stashing developmental players sounds awesome, but it would be very costly. So costly I doubt any program approaches 105 scholarships. I doubt many schools approach 85 scholarships if there’s revenue sharing and a salary cap.
I have no idea why they passed this rule in the middle of the NIL experiment. Nobody was asking for it.
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1 minute ago, avidhornslurker said: The problem is you're not going to land 4 quality OL in the portal. It's just going to be bodies. How many teams have legit depth on the OL? Maximize the best 6 or 7 OL.
Yep. They’re not going to find 4 starters in the portal. They’d be very fortunate to get 2. It’s why the Michigan bullshit stung pretty good.
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20 minutes ago, SOHHvet08 said: Most of the 9.95ers felt UT need 4 OL (if not more) before the portal opened & UT lost Kibble/Cruz/Neto. So no way UT only takes 2 portal OL.
I’m skeptical. Gerry or Jeff said today they really like the 4 OL they signed in 2025. Coleman Bros, Jackson Christian, and Brooks. All 4 were retained.
They talked Robertson into coming back. So maybe they think they have their starting center, LT and RT. The Oregon State kid is a developmental piece. 2 starter types makes a lot of sense. That’d basically get them to 4.
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Just a dogshit 3 point shooting team. There will be some good shooters in the buyout market. I hope we can work something out. I’m sure he trying, but if Reed were a top 10 3 point shooter it would solve many of our problems.
It’s time to move Jabari to the corner on offense. Tell him to shoot wide open 3’s only. He thinks he’s Durant and mid range game just isn’t there. And oh yeah he’s trying to shoot his way through a horrific slump.
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What’s left?
- Delano Townsend. I think we’re done at OL if we get him. We can probably overpay some because Robertson is coming back. I’d prefer we take Townsend and another IOL starter, but they asked Robertson to come back for a reason, and I’m sure Brooks was expensive.
- Wendell Gregory. I think Bobby said Texas likes him, but his number is too high. But Gerry keeps bringing him up so I assume we’re negotiating.
- I think we need another LB, but Biles wasn’t cheap for sure. Losing the Wisconsin kid sucks because Biles and Smith are both WILLs.
- Gerry said we’re done at RB.
- Tre Richardson has gone awfully quiet. I’m pretty good with a big 3 of Coleman, Wingo, and Mosley. I’d spend the money elsewhere.
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I’ll give Auburn credit. They understand their roster sucks and they need to rebuild. Thus, zero effort to retain Woodyard and Coleman. They know who they are.
Meanwhile Florida is selling everything not bolted down to keep Woods, Wilson, and Baugh. They think they’re close and they’ll run it back with Sunbelt Billy 2.0 and a new QB. They are very misguided on who they are.
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As Sydney pointed out, Shannon Terry being a salty bitch about NIL money is a bizarre take. If it means so much to you Shannon, put your money where your mouth is and contribute a $1 million annually to Bama’s NIL Fund.
Bama doesn’t have a QB and their entire fanbase fucking hates DeBoer. Of course they’re going to lose players to Texas.
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23 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said: I'm finding 2 rumors
ND doesn't let the kids do remote classes , and this is causing a lot of problems
That they are waiting on announcements until the last day of the portal to try and prevent their starters from bailing
Not sure i believe either, but this one is interesting to watch
1 might be legitimate. Gerry has mentioned it before.
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3 minutes ago, PGFrog said: "Florida, Georgia, Deep South, and Texas kids have to want to stay home for 4 years. Until that happens the playing field is level. That said, I expect Penn State to go full All The Right Moves under Campbell, so that takes one Florida/Georgia player off the board."
What does this even mean?
More of this:

And less of this:

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Coleman is a nice surprise. I guess I should have known. He committed to aggy as a recruit without ever visiting. He has no real connections there. Bama had me worried because DeBoer is so shitty at roster management, he would overspend on a WR when Bama desperately needs to upgrade at OL, but Simpson left. Tech never felt serious, but hey they spent $6 million on fucking Sorsby.
Texas always made sense. Mostly because of Arch.
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I’ll stick with trading Jabari. It’s already a negative contract in my opinion.
The kid is just a pussy. He’s made public remarks about how he doesn’t like to bang inside. Dude you play power forward. It’s a big part of your job.
I thought he was an important piece last year because he was the only guy on the team that could consistently hit 3’s, and the defense looked like shit without him. They have the roster flexibility with Durant to move on. Should have probably kept Brooks and moved Jabari.

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Agreed on Horton. They need a big WR that can go up and get it on Reed’s wounded duck passes. Should continue the aggy WR tradition of excelling at catching bad passes.
That said, Coleman probably has a Mike Evans like season at aggy. Very happy to deny them that.
As always they’re more worried about quantity in the front 7 and OL. It’s largely worked out. Cassius Howell was a great find. Scooby played well for a guy they got off the trash heap. Reed-Adams was a damned good iOL they picked up from KU.