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Tex-19

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  1. Completely agree with this. Seems like the 9.95ers have said they're doing more strength work this offseason so maybe that will help but could be BS. On the other hand, it did seem to help with the soft tissue injuries that piled up under Yancy, which was supposedly one of their focuses. They need to find a middle ground approach.
  2. That all makes sense but it's the coaches job to develop the LBs so they can make the plays needed. If the coaches can develop another LB or two, then this point no longer applies. If they can't do that, that's a problem itself. There's plenty of athleticism on the roster so assuming Ford is solid, then they just have to get the light to turn on for 1-2 of DMo, Gbenda, Diamonte, and Richardson. Frankly, it shouldn't be that hard. With that said, I do prefer schemes with aggressive DLs. But PK made it work damn well at UW so it's hard to totally trash the scheme.
  3. Well one of their safety commits just got poached so I guess we'll find out
  4. So many ways we could've won 8 games last year. Field a decent defense, have QBs that don't suck, have more than 1 WR that doesn't suck (after Whit got hurt), play two halves instead of one, have players that care about winning, etc.. I'm blindly optimistic that the defense will be better because how could it not be. WR is better. QB probably better but TBD. Culture? Reportedly better but who the heck knows, especially once things get tough. So to me, this seasons hinges on QB, defense, and culture. If none of them improve, we're looking at 6 wins. If they all improve materially, we could easily be looking at 9 wins. Gotta feel there will be some improvement at QB although there will be growing pains. Imo the other two could be drastically better or no better at all, I have no idea.
  5. Nike isn't going to pull the plug on B1G teams. The company isn't Phil's little pet project anymore. Not to mention he probably still likes money. That said, he's clearly an influential guy in the sports world and can flex some muscles in all this.
  6. Is Sark the Fashionista? wtf? Also lol at saying Sark got fired from his previous 2 head coaching gigs. Apparently leaving UW to take the USC job counts as getting fired in Looch's book. Good fact checking Billy!
  7. There will be growing pains at QB, people need to temper expectations a bit early in the year. Ewers hasn’t played a competitive college snap, he will make some bad mistakes like all newbies. Agree that QB play impacts OL a lot. Card had zero pocket presence early last year. The other thing that helps both the QB and the OL is having WRs that actually get open so the QB can get the ball out. No question we should be a lot better in that category.
  8. Agree also bc of major upgrades at WR. The most underrated factor though is team mentality. We probably lost 2-3 games last year bc of it (2nd half collapses and Kansas). Fix that alone and we’re probably looking at 7-5 last year. Can they fix it? Idk.
  9. Where do you think Campbell cracks the lineup first? RT or G? My uninformed guess is only Banks starting week 1, then maybe 1-2 others sometime after Bama. Unfortunate that only Hutson was an EE bc otherwise it could be a different story.
  10. Theoretically Jones could become serviceable with another year of development and the move to RT. Not holding my breath but we’ll see. Majors was fine second half of last year. I’m not too worried about him or Angilau. Conner was bad when he played last year, but of course he was a true frosh so I’d expect improvement. Again, we’ll see.
  11. I'll be surprised if Williams starts this year. Sounds like some classic 9.95er kool-aid. I think it'll be Banks, Ang, Majors, Connor/Campbell, Jones/Campbell.
  12. But will he be willing to move inside later? Seems pretty uncommon for guys to make that move unless they’re struggling
  13. Just wonder if he could make a quicker and possibly greater impact at G. I.e. I’d rather have him as an All American G than an above average T, especially if Banks and Jones/Cam can handle the tackle spots.
  14. Is Campbell still starting out at OT instead of G?
  15. Wonder if they flew too close to the sun with that very publicized Nico deal
  16. Why not I wonder? With ND, Clemson, Miami, and FSU, plus all the bball schools, that'd be a good conference.
  17. If I'm in charge of each conference: ACC: Getting Notre Dame is pretty much a do or die proposition. Gotta go all in on them, give them what they want. Imo the ACC can survive all this but they need ND. If they get ND, they could then go poach 3 others - I'd go for TCU, UH, and WVU, Cincy, or UCF. That would be a good conference. SEC: I don't really think this changes much tbh. SEC is still easily the top dog with the TX/OU additions. If some ACC schools are interested, cool, but no need to do anything. Big 10: Go for ND, Oregon, and UW, in that order. (as a fan, I hate the addition of West Coast teams but whatever) Could also look at Cincy, WVU, Kansas. Pac / Big 12: Have to merge together. Probably too many schools to do that now which is where the ACC poaching a few Big 12 schools could actually be mutually beneficial. Pretty much no way they can catch the other 3 at this point, but they could remain relevant by merging.
  18. I still refuse to believe Oregon and Phil Knight get left out of all this.
  19. It’s Twitter silly season again. Be careful out there.
  20. Yeah this is objectively way worse that TX/OU going to the sec. Culturally, geographically, everything.
  21. I kinda disagree. Having the non-traditional schools in the conferences is part of the fun of college sports. College football is pretty much just becoming a minor league sport with nothing special/unique about it.
  22. This kinda sucks as a neutral fan of the game. Mega-conferences are gonna be lame af
  23. Can't believe Phil Knight would get left out of this. PAC-Big12 merger gotta be the next step.
  24. Agree. It’s funny to see but not enough to do anything on
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