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  1. I’m trying to imagine what belief is off the table for someone who earnestly believes a 10 year old has multiple major programs offering scholarships. This is way beyond flat earth or faked moon landing territory. I’m sure there is something that would be more outlandish and unbelievable, but I’m coming up empty.
  2. Moore is the poster child for how this era hinders development. He came in as a guy who “did everything right”. Then he pulled that leverage move where he threatened to transfer, Texas caved, and the combination of the money and “winning” the leverage play put him in a different mindset - and whatever steps forward you would want to see in development from a sophomore to junior year sure didn’t seem to show up on the field. Hindsight is 20/20, but Texas would have been better off finding an established G5/lower P4 guy looking to prove himself for 2/3 the money.
  3. the thing killing this program right now are the mid 4-star types who think they are 5-star sure fire NFL first round picks, and act like it despite not having earned a damn thing. Most of these kids have agents and family members in their ears telling them to sit out, protect their draft stock, don't risk putting up bad film if less than 100%, don't risk injury playing against lesser teams. These are back ups, mind you. Texas has indulged this the last few years. It bit them in the ass this year and will continue to bite them in the ass if something doesn't change. I'm hopeful that it will. I'm increasingly of the mind that Texas should pay a premium for the no doubt unique talents and pay for proven production and avoid/be hyper selective for those upper mid tier high school recruits. Time will tell, but I'm growing in my belief that this new evolution of free transfers and 6/7 figure payments out of high school are hindering the development of a high proportion of these guys. Find the ones who are truly devoted to the craft and/or know how to handle the money and have a support system around them that is conducive to development. Otherwise, find the ones who form their work ethic at the G5/lower P4 level and have successfully developed and bring them in.
  4. Saw this in HEB last week. Have not tried it. Don't think I intend to.
  5. I don't understand where Notre Dame's leverage is coming from. They need the CFP more than the CFP needs them. If Notre Dame whines and cries and refused to sign onto whatever CFP arrangement is ratified by the conferences, their recruiting will absolutely tank - why would any player with options go to a school that can't win a national championship? What fan would think a playoff champion would be illegitimate because a weakened Notre Dame wasn't participating? Notre Dame deserves no special treatment - they are not bigger than the sport. If they want the protections and guarantees affording to conferences, they should join a conference. If they insist on being independent then they get treated as any other independent. If their record and strength of schedule merit inclusion, they are eligible to be included. Nothing more, nothing less. Why do so many administrators feel the need to bend the knee to Notre Dame? What on earth can Notre Dame possibly do? They have no leverage, yet they make demands and expect special treatment.
  6. people need to read this, then read it again, then read it a third time - a lot has been written about Baxter and it is true insofar as he is an outstanding worker, person, teammate, etc. But what CTJ wrote isn't usually included in the gushing, and it is absolutely true and need to be understood as part of the bigger picture.
  7. LT 27 SA Johnson 19 North Shore 46 Dickinson 29
  8. she's playing with fire and probably should retire for her own good. I posted an article from a syracuse paper a while back outlining her eye issues. It's good to see her doing well at Syracuse, but she didn't have a future at Texas.
  9. FWIW - You are overrating Worthy’s injury. It occurred in late October and was less serious than Wingo’s thumb injury.
  10. This is 10000% true - both Mariachi performances were total energy drains. I like the Mariachi's in the 4th quarter of the Sam Houston St. type games, but it is way out of place in any kind of intense game atmosphere. I understand and embrace the entertainment aspect of the stadium experience. I know it isn't for me and, for the most part, I neither enjoy it nor am particularly bothered by it. I also go to most away games. Other than the OU and Michigan experiences, every place does it more or less the same. There does seem to be a bit of competition, wanting to be the one with the newest or latest gadget. DKR seems (mostly) ahead of the curve on that with the drones and lights and such - though UGA had this coordinated wrist light things that produced a pretty remarkable light effect during timeouts. I realize this is probably too much to expect, but I wish there was more flexibility/adaptability. I understand there is probably a script that is produced ahead of time that they follow, but it would be great if there was more of an ability to read the room, so to speak, and make snap decisions on what will best work. The mariachis went over like a lead balloon early in the game - I know it would suck for them to get cut later, but rolling them out again later was a disservice to the team/stadium. Knowing when to stay out of the way, or when to do a crowd favorite. Is 4th down coming up? Did they just give up a long TD and need some pumping up? Is momentum building to a crescendo? There needs to be more adaptability.
  11. You are finally using your powers for good. I, for one, applaud this development.
  12. Ah, now I understand what you mean. I just interpreted that as a crappy rendering of burnt orange, but that is probably a misfire on my part.
  13. right - Reggie was making the choking sign to the NY Knicks. The graphic isn't suggesting Reggie Miller was choking.
  14. she obviously needed to go, but Kelly was the best human being among the UT coaches.
  15. my seat at the stadium had a perfect angle to see the punt, and to my eye it was called accurately. It had weird spin where it was out of bounds but not slicing away, so it was consistently a few feet wide, but consistently so.
  16. The game in Fayetteville last year was one of the tamest game environments I've ever seen. The supposed hatred people love to wax poetic about is overblown. Players on both will be more motivated by Brad Spence moving from Arkansas to Texas than any sense of historic rivalry that was last relevant several decades before they were born.
  17. is it possible for a QB to have a negative IQ?
  18. Sellers is so brutally bad.
  19. i would go so far as to say it would be logically indefensible to NOT go for it.
  20. they are so bad on offense. so very very very bad.
  21. such incompetence.
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