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  1. The guy is 5th on the depth chart, in front of one true freshman and behind another. No one is overreacting by pointing out that he’s an obvious attrition risk.
  2. Good lord, man, how many times has this happened to you? Just a bullshit attempt at gaslighting. Fucking dumb.
  3. When he portals in December, will you still be following him at Florida State or Auburn?
  4. I can tell you guys that the Georgia fans are not fans at all of Texas. I was reading a thread earlier on their 247 site it is glorious how much they hate Texas. A bunch of them are admitting to their board, sheepishly, it appears, that they're going to be rooting for Ohio State and against a fellow SEC team for the first time in their lives. Others are simply wishing for a meteor to strike the Horseshoe at about 12:05pm (their time) tomorrow. Imagine how those imbeciles are going to behave when Texas starts beating them.
  5. Just as I typed that, Yea Alabama reports that Roberts has been cleared for FSU. The mods on 247 are saying he'd play only in an emergency. Either way, he's not retiring as some had worried on their boards.
  6. Alabama enters the season with 3 critical, upperclassmen starters out for extended periods of time. Jaeden Roberts (OG) has been in concussion protocol for over 3 weeks and is not expected to play tomorrow. He has a history of concussions, hence the duration on this protocol, and there are rumors on the Bama sites that he may be done. Tim Keenan (DT) had tightrope surgery this week on his ankle and is expected to miss 3-6 weeks. Jam Miller (RB) broke his collarbone and is out through at least the next few weeks. I think they've been underestimating recovery time on this injury. Alabama plays @FSU, ULM, Wisconsin, BYE, @ Georgia (9/27). All three players are potential All SEC or better players with NFL potential. All three players are at risk of missing every game through Georgia.
  7. Unfortunately, that dirty bastard spread his seed all over this great nation of ours. What the hell do you think the moustache was for?
  8. I've talked a little about what some folks who've been to the practices think we're going to see tomorrow. Sarkisian has the personnel in the RB room to go with 21 a lot. He likes the shit he can do in that scheme, we've seen this before. They also think Shannon can block in-line, which isn't nothing. Can Shannon block effectively? I need to see it to believe it, but playing him for that is no different than playing a guy who has never caught a pass in a game instead of him. Breaking character on this for a second, but rationally, if Wingo, Moore and Endries are your top 3 targets, and the collection of playable RBs is your 4th target, how important is the 3rd WR going to be for this particular game plan? I'm not saying McJaggerson won't play or won't be targeted. I'm sure we'll see some of that. I also don't think folks are being very critical in their thinking on this heading into tomorrow because it's a lot more fun to imagine one of Alan Jackson's bastard sons long-striding down the field for a whiteboy party in the end zone.
  9. You don't think Josh Cameron and Bryson Washington have home run power? Cameron caught for 14.5 ypc and 10 TDs last year while Washington averaged 5.9 ypcarry with 12 TDs and averaged 10 ypcatch and an additional TD. Those are great numbers in my view.
  10. I'm going to laugh really hard tomorrow when Texas comes out to open the game on offense in 12 personnel.
  11. What in the hell is "bird week"?
  12. Something that I haven't heard anyone note is that Aranda was the DC at LSU in 2016 during Freeze's last year at Ole Miss. They went into halftime tied. Aranda and LSU shut Ole Miss out in the second half for the win. Held them to 94 total yards in the last 2 quarters and 50 of those yards were in garbage time as the game was ending. Long time ago, so probably doesn't matter. Probably.
  13. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! You actually had a chance to make a decent post and then you add in that ridiculous bullshit. I wish you cheered for anyone else at this point. Why is Michael Taaffe hurling Jaggy at the football?
  14. You guys come on here and claim no one cared about Texas not playing ATM. That's myopic bullshit. We didn't care about playing them, sure. Nationally, it came up in commentary multiple times every year. Conversationally with other CFB fans, it would get asked about and mentioned. You can spare me the "no one watched it nationally when it was being played!" pleas, too. Once the game was gone, it was lamented by CFB fans. I never wanted it renewed, but now I'm glad it is back. Mostly because I feel pretty sure Texas will continue to win more than 2/3s of the time. So you thought this thread needed those scores posted? That it? We needed to see that? Cool, cool, cool.
  15. Here's a Bucknuts Friday insider post of true fucktardery. They quote @Fud's buddy, Dane Brugler, who is running around spewing his idiotic take that Styles is a better LB prospect than Hill for the NFL. They quote a "random" NFL source to support that take, with "random" being a former OSU person that the Bucknuts staff knows. "Yeah, man, I like the guy with worse stats and less experience to project better at the next level." Okay, then. Another insider sprints in with the take that Ohio State might even be better! this season and that they have a deeper and better roster than Texas. It's like reading OU boards but with shittier accents.
  16. Bucknuts asked ChatGPT to predict the Ohio State season. I've spoilered it below. I found it entertaining, even if it has OSU only losing one game all season, their opener.
  17. Friday: -Western Michigan at Michigan State - mostly because there aren't any games worth a damn besides Auburn/Baylor and GaTech/CU. WMU was decimated by the portal and they replaced upwardly mobile talent with FCS guys in many instances and, really, who gives a shit? I don't. What I do care about a little is MSU. I think Smith is a good coach. No one is talking about MSU, mostly because they've sucked for a while. They're picked by everyone towards the bottom of the Big 10. The QB Chiles kind of sucked last year after running his mouth before the season, but he should be improved and Nick Marsh is a stud WR. MSU avoids OSU and Oregon, but they also avoid Purdue, NW, Rutgers, and Wisconsin. Getting to a bowl will be tough even if they're improved, but if they're going to get there, being good enough to blowout a shitty WMU team would be a good start. -Auburn at Baylor - I've heard the SEC talking heads all week speak of this game as though it should be a "dogwalking of Baylor by Auburn" (quoting Chris Marler on SEC Radio yesterday). These clowns think they know ball and all they really know is "muh SEC" and it is always old. Baylor has NFL talent all over the field on offense. Baylor returns 5 starters from a poor defense, but they added talent from the portal and their star LB returns. While I don't think Baylor is a particularly difficult place to play, Auburn has been a dogshit road team. They were 1-3 on the road last year with a win over shitty Kentucky. Auburn has a great WR corps, the interior of the OL is back, Arnold may or may not be worth a shit, Kendric Faulk is good and also overrated and Durkin DC'd them to a top 30 defense last season. I expect Baylor to win and I am interested in seeing if BU does win, do we some sort of complete meltdown in or immediately after the game from Hugh Freeze, who comes across like a ticking timebomb to me. -Georgia Tech at Colorado - Colorado basically replaces everyone on offense except their LT. Salter was great at Liberty playing against the weakest schedule in the country every season. How does he handle things against a better slate of teams with a completely inexperienced group around him? The defense isn't in much better shape and the strength of the D from last season, the secondary, has basically been wiped out. They're counting on a ton of transfers turning their careers around up front. Haynes the RB and Haynes King return for GT, but the offense needs to replace 3 OL, 2 WRs and the TE. I'm sure Key will have the OL in sync, though. The defense returns Efford at LB and 3 other starters, but they're largely being rebuilt as well. Can Gideon actually be a competent DC? I doubt it, but I am biased because of Tech in '08 and will never get over it. Nonetheless, I am taking Georgia Tech to win this one on the road.
  18. Why? This isn't a betting thread and I'm not placing bets. Assume I'm taking the moneylines, I guess.
  19. I guess I’m confused as to why you’re confused. He’s pushing two initiatives he believed in: 1) Laura Dern for the Heisman. 2) The guy was a big poultritarian and never missed a chance to push that agenda.
  20. All of you guys should totally take that.
  21. 5-0, albeit ugly.
  22. Huh? Anyone wanting anything more than a W is delusional. Find the win, celebrate, go home.
  23. Correct, which is why I find the stuff about Patricia amusing.
  24. Moving a random Cincy/Nebraska discussion from the Texas/OSU thread to here. On paper, Cincinnati looks like they can be a decent ball club. They return their QB and a 1st team All Big 12 TE. They bring in spares from A&M at WR and Walker from OU/Wiscy at TB. They have some OLs coming back. On defense, Cincy returns like 4-5 of their own guys and 3-4 starters from other backwater programs like Coastal and NMSU. They have some talent including the mobster veteran DT, Corleone, who has NFL talent. The problem for Cincinnati is that Satterfield is an imbecile and should not be a P4 HC. I assume he’ll be fired after this season and they’ll try to hire Fickell back after he’s shitcanned going 4-8 at Wisconsin. Nebraska, as mentioned, has a now veteran Raiola playing QB. Dane Key, as Drebin said, is a stud transfer. Emmett Johnson has played TB there for awhile. They like him plus two others and all will get carries with Holgerson calling the shots. They return two starters on the OL plus two good OL transfers that started for years at ND and Bama. The defense is mostly home grown and we’re going find out if Rhule is as good of a developer as I think he is because there are a bunch of new starters in the front 7, only 2 of whom have transferred in to Lincoln. The secondary has a ton of experience as starters. I just think Rhule is a good coach and Satterfield is a bad coach. I take Nebraska all day in this one.
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