Posts posted by closetojumping
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Am I dumb for waiting for Sunday before buying tickets, flights, and locking in hotel rooms for Orlando? We've decided to make a winter Disney trip out of it for the kids and a few of them will also want to go to the game with me and my wife. My concern is about the Gator Bowl. No interest in going to Jacksonville, personally. I haven't followed much bowl discussion anywhere, so maybe my concern is unwarranted?
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The logic for pursuing Henry is independent of anything else happening with the WR room. The guy is viewed as a sure thing by everyone. He was a lock for OSU until the Hartline departure and they were even getting a sweetheart NIL deal. Now that the guy is on the market, with Texas having multiple ties to the guy, they'd be remiss not to give it a go.
40 minutes ago, tokamak said:WR will be really interesting. Even if Moore is gone, you've got Wingo, Mosley, Livingstone, Niblett as your gadget guy/returner, McCutcheon whom they seem to like, and then God knows what's going on with Lockett/Ffrench. So a top 4 they're reasonably comfortable with + Niblett + a couple lottery tickets. Sark does love his WRs, but a transfer that can definitely crack that rotation won't be particularly cheap. Feels like money better spent elsewhere to me.
For full disclosure, I also thought we were sitting OK at WR two years ago and then we proceeded to bring in Matthew Golden AND Isaiah Bond AND Silas Bolden. So it's likely I don't know shit about fuck.
We also have the news that Texas has made a big NIL offer to Chris Henry Jr., and I don't know how to interpret what that means for a transfer WR (if anything).
Niblett signed with an agent a few weeks ago. He's likely going to be coveted as a specialist within the portal. I don't think we should assume retaining him is a given. Hope he's back, of course, but it's no sure thing.
39 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:i would assume that if Chris Henry somehow ends up here, we won't be doing much at WR in the portal.
If someone of Henry's quality + production entered the portal, I'm guessing Texas would go after that guy with the same gusto, against the same programs. Beyond that, they seem to feel fine with what they believe is coming back.
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This is the year in which some guys are going to truly learn their actual value, it appears. Texas is alleged to be getting aggressive at upgrading key spots and letting guys walk who think more of themselves than the market likely says they should. Moore, in particular, pulled some bullshit late last year and that pretty much destroyed all goodwill once he did jack shit to justify his contract this fall. Good luck with the "NFL", which I interpret to mean UCLA or Colorado or SDSU or some other program downgrade for moderate NIL.
Not saying Texas will go to the portal for WR, just offering Moore as an example of spots that can be upgraded, sometimes with development within, sometimes with standouts from the portal.
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44 minutes ago, tokamak said:
"Nothing" was an overstatement, but Barnes is a bit like Sharma to me. Very talented young guy with a bright future, but are you feeling good about having him as your first (and basically only) man up off the bench at stand up LB? I'm sure Atkinson will play some, but more in a situational, get-your-ears-wet role. There's just a big ol' gap at LB in the roster matrix.
Barnes was the top LB in his class and he's looked good at Texas in workouts and practices, allegedly. Spence is also likely to return. Atkinson will play if he's healthy. Looking for more than that, with other guys also developing, seems like overkill. If someone surprisingly goes pro or transfers, fine. If someone enters the portal and they're a known badass with interest in Texas, fine. I think "potentially" was a reference to whether or not Spence returns, not that they think they're in need otherwise.
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10 hours ago, tokamak said:Here's my thoughts on our needs. I'm using the excellent Google Sheets roster maintained by @AP101S: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TzoBTIvCXfZIk7Sz3C9txMg0yPvrXyVM/edit?gid=1327300395#gid=1327300395
QB: Not a big need. Supposedly Owens is gone. Arch is the starter with Lacey backing him up. I could see going out and getting another Caldwell-type, just for an emergency.
RB: Sark says "potentially". Conventional wisdom says they'll be looking for a potential starter. Expecting this room to clear out quite a bit.
WR: Personally, I could see us passing. We have a lot of numbers here and plenty of needs elsewhere. Latest reporting I've seen is that they'd like to keep the young guys around if they can.
TE: Not a big need, especially if Endries is back. They like the young guys on the roster. Maybe a blocking surface if Shannon moves on.
OT: Starters are set, but how good do they feel about the 3rd option if someone gets injured? Dunno how you bring in a portal option to be your 3rd tackle, though.
IOL: Dear God yes. Dire need. Two guys AT LEAST, please.
DE: Good numbers, and good quality already on the roster. Expensive. I think we're set.
DT: Acknowledged by Sark as a need. Seems like the numbers are OK. Either they must not love Watson or believe the young guys aren't ready yet.
LB: Sark says "potentially". Seems like a need, because you have Lefau, Smith, and then nothing.
CB: Losing Muhammad, but seems like we're in OK shape here with Littleton/Black/Phillips.
S: Depends on a lot of things. Does McDonald return? Is Derek Williams SEC starter quality? Jonah Williams going to focus on baseball? I'm guessing this is why Sark said "potentially".
“Potentially” means a couple of things depending upon the position.
1) They’ve done everything they can to not spook Cooper before he arrives on campus. They had to sell the Georgetown guy to him as a non-threat. They’re not going to come out and say “yep, got to get us a top line RB to get that room in order”. Some of you guys have been really dense about the RB room and Cooper this whole cycle.
2) “Potentially” at other positions likely indicates ongoing conversations with current roster players about staying or leaving.
Beyond that, you didn’t mention Barnes at LB, who is hardly “nothing”, Jesus.
At DT, they don’t have anyone to replace Brevard besides Sharma, and he’s an unknown quality. Getting a known entity from the portal to support that spot is likely viewed as critical, and I’d agree.
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4 minutes ago, LCHorn said:
My impression is that the real GM is Sark, and he doesn’t want to move off Harris because it’s comfortable. This might also account for the decision making paralysis when Sark is absent.
This is correct. Glasscock was not a yes man and had his own pov. Sarkisian wanted a “smooth process” and was fine with him leaving. It’s never not comical to me when people here or elsewhere want to laud Harris.
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21 minutes ago, Teryor said:
Wouldn't let me post 3 quotes at the same time, weird. Gotta say in the last few years of looking at class predictions and best cases this class is definitely the one that didn't meet expectations the most across the board and it's still a quasi top 5 class. Part is definitely a smoothing across the board of "lesser" schools catching up by simply offering more for certain targets but I always just find it interesting to see what we thought would happen especially around Spring and what we end up with
I don’t even remember making a prediction list for this cycle. 5 is the lowest number, by far, that I’ve ever gotten. This was a fucked up cycle. Might be that way going forward as a new norm?
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1 minute ago, UDontKnow said:
Agree with everything you wrote. But it's Justin Wells throwing stones. What the hell does Wells bring to the table?
Weed, perhaps? I’m not sure how generous he is but it’s a pretty widely held belief in the media circles that Wells is higher than a kite on a daily basis.
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2 minutes ago, Js1 said:
OU - League Average and Lovin It
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Finishes 10-2 and makes the playoffs ahead of us
Ha, that's awesome. I changed that title like 10 times though. The premise was covering the season, not predicting it. Those other ones are what they are meant to say.
Also, I can't help it that the SEC fucking sucks.
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In the pantheon of ridiculously stupid thread titles, where does this one rank? I have it just behind "Sam Bradford Seems Like He Sucks" and running neck and neck with "This Alabama Team Is Going To Gargle Balls" (they won the title in 2017 after I posted this on Shaggy). I'm not sure what would even be in 4th or 5th place, but this site is loaded with dumbasses heaving text onto the forums, so perhaps I'm missing a few.
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55 minutes ago, texifornia said:I'd wait until NSD2 and the transfer haul is complete, but that's just me.
Extremely relevant to Texas recruiting.
The guy I'm questioning, happily without waiting to see if anything can be done to clean his mess up, is Kyle Flood. I've been patient and haven't questioned his recruiting choices, but now Texas is at a stage where depth is problem, talent looks like a problem and development, at least on the interior, is a problem. Sure, the portal might be able to solve some of this, but we've mocked Badenbaugh for exactly the shit Flood is doing now.
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Seems like Wells is flipping to Auburn. I guess losing out on Cleveland and Wells pretty much sucks across the DL.
2 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:But we already have a fantastic athlete with drop issues. More than a couple, actually.
Well, you see, that assembly line for this offense needs to keep on rolling. We're not going to have the current athletes dropping passes forever here, now, are we?
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1 minute ago, RGBIII said:
Wisner seems to be looking elsewhere for a bigger opportunity. Moore I would expect the same
Moore should move up to the mountains and stop bothering people or something.
It feels like there are a handful of OLs who are being told of the opportunity to go be fat somewhere else.
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30 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:
How are the martinis?
I don't trust restaurants or bars below a certain type of reputation to make me martinis or manhattans, that includes the workers at DKR. Virgin bloody marys, followed by JD/diet coke for me, if I'm drinking.
27 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:It's crazy you posted this. Growing up around the poverty line, my older brother bought this while working his first job and had it hanging on his wall until he left for Texas. I took over his room and kept that picture with me from there, to Texas, to my various apartments working start-ups in Houston. He thought he'd lost it. I gave it back to him like 10 years ago and he has it hanging in his office at his home to this day.
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6 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:
At least you're in your seats unlike 90% of the SEZ
Well, look, there are servers who come and take orders for drinks, but folks have to go and get their own plates of food. The buffet is better than any buffet on the Vegas Strip and usually has a theme to it. This year, each game featured a menu crafted by a different celebrity chef. Antonia Lofaso was my favorite, and she was a very nice lady, as well. That kind of product will draw you away from your seat for a bit, no doubt.
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14 hours ago, TheBryMan81 said:
It's WR stat friendly, but I've read that NFL tends to devalue (relatively) WR that play in that offense because it stunts their development. In that offense, WR run go routes or comeback routes and that's about it. They don't run the full route tree, they don't read coverages, they don't hot route. So even though they put up stats, they don't develop WR skills.
Can you name the leading WR for Tennessee? Mississippi St? I can't.
Brazell is probably the leading WR at Tennessee and he's very good. He has speed that the NFL will covet and he's not a small guy. Not that you're point is otherwise off, but guys with the physical make-up and production will still get drafted from those offenses.
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23 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:But also that Flood might be.
The only person being thrown out there by folks who would know as being "definitely" out is Akina. Doesn't mean there won't be other changes, but anyone worried that Akina is coming back should stop worrying about it if they can pull themselves together.
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12 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:
There has to be a solution….stuck for at least 10 minutes not moving an inch….really….trying to move about 30 feet to get into my tunnel….worst I’ve encountered.
Wow. I didn't realize this was a thing anywhere in DKR.
We just park in the Manor Street garage, walk across the street to the stadium's SEZ entrance, scan the tickets, take an escalator up to the buffet and bar area behind our suite, then we order drinks, then head out to the seats and watch the band march onto the field. Less than 5 minutes from seat to seat. I thought we had it rough until reading about the trauma you folks are dealing with on the west side. Brutal.
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3 minutes ago, Rimbo said:
I'd do Rosie without those, if we're talking early 1990s Rosie
not Roseanne tho. she's grody, always has been. yuck. definitely need the 5-beauty spree afterwards for that. and one hell of a thorough shower
liar
Absolutely not. My only kinks are that a chick has to be legitimately attractive and also no fat chicks.
And you are embarrassing yourself by rationalizing any moment in time in which O’Donnell was suitable.



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Edited by closetojumping
left out a kind of important "not" there.
The OTF guys expect Cooper to play early, although perhaps not being the bellcow as a freshman. They think he's "football smart", but *not* on the level that Baxter was coming out of HS, which was rare. That's important regarding the playbook and picking up the blitz. It all seems to be predicated on picking up the blitz for the young RBs, along with ball control, I guess.