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billfromlaketravis

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 23 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

    I'm finding 2 rumors

    1. ND doesn't let the kids do remote classes , and this is causing a lot of problems

    2. 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.

  10. 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: image.jpeg

    And less of this: articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&di

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. On 1/9/2026 at 10:45 PM, UTexasFight said:

    Not even a championship game participant in 3 years for this conference is beyond embarrassing

    What did you expect with NIL? The Big Ten has much larger, older, and wealthier alumni bases than SEC schools. And oh yeah, they have much better schools with smarter kids.

    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.

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