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This was posted and discussed on the last page, probably while you were on forklift duty.
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"no idea" why he tagged you in it is bullshit and you know it. He tagged you in it because he is a fucking idiot.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
closetojumping replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I didn't want Texas pursuing Klubnik. I think I wrote something like "let him go be whiteboy awesome somewhere else" and I am glad it all worked out. The guy was worthless in 2023. He was fine last year but he's wildly overrated at this point. He plays in a dogshit conference with superior talent around him, so he'll look great and likely be a Heisman contender. None of that invalidates that I didn't want him anywhere near Texas and I am still thankful Sarkisian saw it the same way. In short, eat your fucking shit on this one. I didn't say the guy couldn't put it together at the college level. If me not wanting him at Texas hurts your widdle feels, I can live with that. Texas has Arch Fucking Manning starting on Saturday and part of that was because Sarkisian looked at the landscape and decided he'd rather go after him than some long-striding system guy at Westlake that you idiots and Dabo Swinney like to run around honking about. Don't summon me to this off the rails, bloviating thread loaded with you and other imbeciles again. -
Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
The shittiest odds we considered were ATM -180 for U 8.5 and Texas -180 for O 9.5. We actually got USC U 7.5 for +140. I didn't get that one, but I guess folks love ol'Lincoln. -
Someone paid to write about this stuff told me recently that Umeozulu might be too much of a loose cannon to merit risking Manning's health over and that Hutson is fine in pass pro at Guard. They like Robertson fine and maybe better than Hutson at Center. I assume the reference to "optimal five" involves those two considerations. I still expect Goosby-Neto-Hutson-Campbell-Baker but I am not willing to bet on it.
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The past 3 seasons, I've put up this post about picking the big outcomes for the season and the threads were fun for a few of us, so why not this season as well? Last year, I don't think anyone picked more than 6 out 12 playoff contenders correctly. The Big 12 screwed everyone, and not in a good way. Who had SMU making it in? Not many. Bama staying home? Okay then. Anyway, this year, there are 12 seeds again, with 5 conference winners. Seeding is changed to just that of the 4 highest seeds getting the byes and then the next 4 hosting the first round. SEC Title Game: Texas versus Bama. Texas wins. Georgia has come back to the pack in talent, Mike Bobo is a buffoon, and their culture is rotting. Stockton is not Stetson Bennett 2.0. Bama is well-coached with a ton of talent at key positions. Simpson doesn't have to be a hero, he can let his WR corps do that for him. I'm a Texas homer and I think Texas has the best roster in college football right now. Big 10 Title Game: Penn State versus Ohio State. Ohio State wins. Penn State and Big Games James Franklin are choking charlatans and this season will bear that out as usual. They have to win 1 of 2 games on their schedule in order to make the title game, home against Oregon after a bye and 3 non-con patsies that would make Bill Snyder blush. They'll spend all camp and the first 5 weeks of play focusing on beating and scheming for Oregon. They'll lay an egg at Ohio State on November 1 and still make the title game. They'll lay another egg against Ohio State in that game. Big 12 Title Game: Arizona State versus Baylor. Baylor wins. ASU returns everyone but Skattebo. Folks not picking ASU to compete in or win the Big 12 are vastly overrating the impact of losing one gritty RB from a roster. Baylor has elite, NFL talent at QB, WR, and RB. They return 4 OL starters and the other starter transfers in from starting at Ohio. They're going to be well-coached on defense. Frankly, that Baylor isn't a top 15 ranked team to start the year is surprising to me. I expect them to beat Auburn at home this Friday and then to beat SMU in a few weeks in Dallas. Both could be great games. They miss ISU, Tech, BYU and Kansas in the Big 12. ACC Title Game: Clemson versus Georgia Tech. Clemson wins. Clemson is being wildly overrated by the national media right now. "They have All Americans and NFL talent all over the field!" People suddenly love the front 4 that Texas beat like a borrowed mule 9 months ago because Tom Allen is apparently a wizard. Can't keep a job to save his life, but he's a wizard. They don't have an answer at RB and their OL is annually pedestrian. Klubnik is a Heisman finalist lock, also, apparently. Whatever. The ACC fucking blows as always. I refuse to pick SMU or bet on Cristobal. I like the guy running things at Ga Tech and King and the RB are tough guys behind a well-coached OL. Fuck it, I'm taking GT to get to the finals. Texas, OSU, Baylor, and Clemson are your automatic entries. Your other eight entries: Big 10 - Oregon, PSU - both of these are byproducts of playing no one in the non-con and the Big 10 fucking sucks below the yearly top 2-3 teams. SEC - Bama, Georgia - LSU is a paper tiger and they're about to get laughed at again after failing this Saturday for like the 6th straight opener. It's hard to take anyone else seriously in another top heavy overrated conference. Big 12 - Arizona State - "the Big 12 gets a second seed!?!?" Yes. I think ASU is pretty loaded and could easily see an 11-2 team getting preferred to mediocrities in the Big 10 and SEC. ACC - Miami - For whatever reason, the media feels compelled to not call the ACC the sack of shit that it is. Therefore, someone will get the benefit of the doubt, undeservedly, and then shit themselves in the playoffs. I assume Miami finds some way to do it again where they don't make the title game but have a great record. Notre Dame - It's not really ND's fault that USC or Stanford sucks or that Arkansas blows. ND has to win 3 of 4 against Navy, Miami, Boise State and ATM. That could put them at 11-1 and in. I can see it. Toledo - Holy Toledo! - Why does no one from the MAC ever contend to be the G6 team that gets in? Toledo returns a bunch of guys and Candle is a good coach. Their schedule is a cakewalk. Big matchups include pummeling a shitty Kentucky team to open and later heading to Pullman for Wazzou. If those are your tough match-ups, your schedule is stinky butthole. Give me Texas versus Clemson in the finals, Texas winning the whole fuckin' thing. Thoughts on some other teams that I don't see making it: ATM - I have a whole thread on these imbeciles where we discuss why they'll be lucky to be Texas 8&4 this season. OU - Same as ATM except I don't see how they get to 8 wins. Michigan - Underwood is a true freshman. He's bound to cost them some games. Nebraska - I like where they are at and their schedule. They are my darkhorse to make it in. Maybe I am overrating Rhule and Raiola. I think people are more down on Raiola than they should be. USC - LOL. Soft as Charmin. Ole Miss - Southern James Franklin can't get over the hump and a rebuild year won't be the time to debunk that notion. Tennessee - I actually expect them to struggle to get to 7 wins. South Carolina - Having one great player on each side of the ball will not be enough. They don't reload in SCar, they have to rebuild. BYU, Utah, ISU, KSU, Tech - These guys will beat each other up. ACC - the whole conference can get fucked for its weakness. UNC doesn't make a bowl. Liberty - the worst schedule in FBS, manipulated for the CFP, and that will lead to their dismissal. Boise State - Jeanty was a generational talent in a conference that rarely faces that. Back to earth BSU falls. Link to last year's thread: Thoughts and picks are welcome.
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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
-180, unapologetically. We took a blend of favorites and underdogs, but that was a big one. I wanted to put some punch to my rooting against ATM this season and I got it. -
OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Cal is like the rich, intelligent big brother to Auburn. They are both wildly dysfunctional as institutions when it comes to sports and, specifically, football. Cal has Justin Wilcox as their HC. He consistently gets bowl-invite quality outcomes from his teams, especially on defense. Meanwhile, he's underpaid, he has little help for his staff, his facilities suck, their NIL sucked until lately, etc., etc. What does he get as a reward for keeping Cal competitive in spite of all of that? They bring in NFL numbnuts Ron Rivera to be his boss and meddle in shit. That dude is a fucking clown. Wilcox shuffled his staff around after last season and hired Harsin as his new OC. A bunch of offensive guys that went through the spring bailed afterwards, so something happened there with Harsin. Ott was one of the guys who left. Given everything around Cal's general football dysfunction, maybe the OU offer looked like a deal. -
Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
We're witnessing a moment in time in which our two biggest rivals are both signing and then failing, over and over again, with numerous 5 stars and high 4 stars. It's wonderful to witness, but it is also really interesting to me. Why so? Because they look like they're failing in very different ways. OU - These guys are landing 5 stars/high 4 stars that other big time programs are also recruiting. The Adebawore guy was wanted by everyone. Jackson Arnold had a bunch of big name programs after him. The Tatum guy had many schools after him as well (yes, he's a bust. busting in real time.) Is Peyton Bowen going to live up to his billing? Maybe, but he's got a ways to go. He was pursued by Oregon and ND until the end. The 5 star TE who just transferred after the spring was on the radar for many teams. David Stone was hotly pursued by many of the usual suspects. ATM - These guys have been landing highly ranked guys that a lot of other programs are avoiding. Myles had the choice of ATM or Utah in the end. USC pulled their NIL portion of their offer. The Georgia guys currently committed weren't pursued by Georgia and other neighboring powers, for the most part. Multiple guys from the 2022 were labeled as mercenaries at the time and had offers pulled from the likes of Bama and Georgia or they were never offered in the first place. Walter Nolan and Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy were both guys that were considered transfer certainties during their recruitments. Reuben Owens hit them up for money after taking money from Louisville and his gangster dad has tried to rework his deal several times since then. So with OU, my view is that they have a legitimate developmental problem going on right now, likely in the S&C area under Schmidt and on the field with the coaching staff. It shouldn't be surprising since most of the OU staff and the S&C team are pure ass. Bedenbaugh, Bates, and Venables have good reps, but counter that with Jones, Finley, Murray, Schmidt, the LB coach failure from Clemson, and Valai and it all starts to make sense. If you are a 5 star and you go to play for Venables, you're not doing so due to NFL aspirations. He's not getting guys better while there. With ATM, I think they have an evaluation problem. They're flat out ignoring character red flags because Jimbo and The Elk are starfuckers. The influencers around The Elk are starfuckers, both Liucci's crew and the big money. They're ignoring physical red flags. Someone said that Myles' wasn't going to pass the physical at USC, or that USC believed that, in recruiting circles. ATM didn't give one shit about that. They've ignored tweener status in multiple recruitments. I'm hoping neither regime figures any of this out.- 469 replies
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OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
The total as of yesterday is 6.5. Some of the injured players will surely come back, but what you have to remember is that Venables runs full contact practices all year. He's going to get guys hurt based on that alone. They had like 5 serious injuries in the spring. How many did we have? I feel like maybe 1 or 2. Maybe that makes them tougher, I don't know. It didn't last year. I don't agree about Michigan, either. Yes, they'll be starting a true freshman at QB. Yes, that probably leads to a few losses on its own even if the dude is as good as advertised. However, they bring back most of their OL, which was good by season's end. They bring back a good HBack, they portaled in Justice Haynes from Bama as well. They have dogshit at WR but highly ranked guys at TE. Defensively, Will Johnson quit on them shortly after the Texas game last year. They lost their NFL DTs and a DE. They return almost everyone else who started on defense from midseason on, and they get back Rod Moore from injury. Moore was an AA candidate for 2024 after his 2023 season. I expect the Michigan game to be a rock fight. Maybe OU picks that one up, but it's no gimme. -
OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
The problem for them is that, even if the QB is a big step up in talent, that's all they have on offense unless Ott is in 2023 form. The WR and TE rooms are absolute dogshit. Mateer had better WRs to work with last year. Seriously, look it up. With them benching Ott, and look, we all know Murray is capable of ruining a season for someone out of damned near mere spite alone, they have nothing at RB to really plan around when you face them. They've convinced themselves that their shitty OL from last year, the worst in P4, is somehow going to be better because ... they're all back. We were in that spot for 13 years. Depth is shit as well. I have tried to convince myself that they're better than folks might think and I can't get there. 8-4 is their absolute ceiling and that includes injury luck, which they already aren't having. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2027: I remember watching his dad play
closetojumping replied to BornAndRaised's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Here's a list of recruits set to be at the Texas/Ohio State game on Saturday, per Kurelic at Bucknuts. I didn't bother reviewing or parsing between classes. Just thought some recruiting dorks might find something interesting in it, as I am sure Texas and OSU overlap on at least a few of these guys. QB Brady Edmunds (2027) (commitment) RB Favour Akih (commitment) RB Kemon Spell (2027) (Penn State commitment) RB David Gabriel Georges (2027) RB Elijah Kimble (2027) RB Wayne Shanks Jr. (2027) RB Noah Roberts (2027) RB Rayshawn Duncan (2027) WR Chris Henry Jr. (commitment) WR Jerquaden Guilford (commitment) WR Jamier Brown (2027) (commitment) WR Monshun Sales (2027) WR Javien Robinson (2027) WR Deanthony Crittenden (2027) WR Dakota Guerrant (2027) TE Corbyn Fordham (commitment) TE Brock Williams (2027) TE Jordan Karhoff (2027) TE Anthony Cartwright (2027) OL Maxwell Riley (commitment) OL Kellen Wymer (2027) OL Qua Ford (2027) OL Cameron Wagner (2027) OL Lual Aleu (2027) OL Jimmy Kalis (2027) OL Luke Injaychock (2027) OL Mason Wilt (2027) OL Kaeden Penny (2027) DE Reinaldo Perez (2027) DE Jameer Whyce (2028) DL Jamir Perez (commitment) DL Kellan Hall (2028) EDGE Anthony Sweeney (2027) EDGE Jayce Brewer (2027) DL Jamir Perez (commitment) DL Brayden Parks (2027) LB Cincere Johnson (commitment) LB CJ Sanna (commitment) DB Blaine Bradford (commitment) DB Simeon Caldwell (commitment) DB Jordan Thomas (commitment) DB Ace Alston (2027) DB Kaleb Elkins (2027) DB Emmanuel Moses (2027) DB Isala Aisa Wily-Ava (2027) DB Kenaz Sullivan (2027) -
Most of us will never know. I don't need to know. All I know is that he was a lying, entitled, rich guy who leveraged his daddy to cause harm when he was an adult male already. Seems like a shithead. Good for him in his personal life if he turned a corner with all of that kind of behavior, but the CFB public will always view him and his bullshit as the reason that the tech idiots fired the best thing that ever happened to them.
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OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Spoilered is a roundtable of their writers discussing expectations this season. Highlights: -8-4 is the floor for the team to be viewed as a "success" this season, with one of the guys calling for a playoff run. -They really think Ott, Arbuckle and Mateer are the truth and will transform their putrid offense into a top 30 scoring offense. -One guy touches on their CB room being a potential disaster. This almost reads like foreshadowing. -
OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
In catching up on the sooner thoughts regarding the depth chart, Ott at the 3rd RB spot is really polarizing. Guys are saying he's getting paid $800k and has been bragging about that in the locker room, that he's had a bad attitude and hasn't put the work in at practice. Some guys are using the move to rationalize that this is finally going to be Barnes' big year. It's all just outstanding. Venables indirectly shit talked Ott and several other guys on his call-in show, stating that "the best ability is availability" and they weren't just going to trot guys out for games who aren't able to push themselves in practices. This shit is great. -
OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
There is some interesting and comical shit going on here. 1) Ott is not listed as the starter and is listed behind a true freshman. Now, he's had new injury problems in camp and has missed practices, so maybe that's the reasoning. Still, they and the national media have assumed his health, and they've used that to buoy their expectations of the offense this season. They had one of their beat guys on XM 84 last week specifically citing that "well, the offense will be better no matter what just due to Mateer and Ott at QB and RB". Well, if, lo and behold, they get the Ott more akin to 2024 than 2023, that immediately changes the color and shape of that offense. 2) Venables said at SEC Media Days that Javonnie Gibson was out of his boot and would be participating in fall camp and early games. Dude hasn't run a drill yet and isn't listed. Neither is Jaydon Gibson, yet those two were cited all offseason as big reasons why the offense would be better this year as well. 3) Jaren Kanak as the starting TE is hilarious. The okie boards are seeing this as a good thing. A sign of pure athleticism meeting terrific development by ol'Joe Jon. It's remarkable delusion to witness. I have been saying from the spring forward that their TE room looked like a plumber's ass crack, but even I didn't think it could be this bad. 4) They have 4 starting OL positions with "OR" as an option. One of those includes listing a true freshman first and another position includes listing 3 guys as costarters. OU fans and writers see this as depth. If you witnessed their OL last year and have followed all of their injury issues through this camp, you know it isn't depth, it's desperation. 5) If Taylor Wein might start for you on the defensive front, maybe don't start calling that defensive front the best in college football. 6) Eli Bowen is still in a boot. Is that dude even going to make it back for later in the season? 7) Starting a true freshman at CB should go really well for them. I want to see that guy go up against the Auburn and Texas WR corps. This is a team that Phil Steele ranked #9 in the country. People are picking these guys as their CFP dark horse.- 745 replies
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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
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I wasn't in a spot where I could have gone in 2005, but these days, I travel to many road games. I was in Tuscaloosa in 2023 and Ann Arbor last year, as well as numerous others recently. It's posts like yours and first hand accounts from friends of mine who did go to Columbus that led me to the decision to stay home this year. It sounds like it was the most unbelievable shitty behavior one can fathom for a sports event this side of Euro soccer hooliganism. I've been around okies, aggies, red raiders, trojans, lsu people, @ morgantown, you name them, and the OSU fans sound like the worst by far. That said, they weren't anything unusual in Dallas in January, but that was a neutral/Texas-leaning setting.
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I know you're kind of an absolutist, so you're not going to buy-in on something until you see it confirmed like 3-4 times, but thinking about what Texas did last year with different personnel versus what they'll do this year, and having the worry be that Sarkisian will just do the same shit, is bizarre. When Sarkisian has the talent to run inside, and the talent to pass downfield, he's had his offense do those things. Like, there's a long history of that. So, yeah, we're going to see a more downhill approach. Separately, the defense is fucking physical. They've made a point of showing the world that year in and year out, so the team is going to exhibit plenty of physicality.
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You can be a bitch and still be successful and intelligent. I’ve witnessed instances when not having a spine was actually a saving grace for some shitheads.
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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Some news from their end: -Moss is cleared to play versus UTSA. The size of his workload is TBD. -I've spoilered Tarp's "10 Things" about the UTSA below. He more or less predicts a blowout while also accidentally highlighting that UTSA's strengths favor ATM's weaknesses. He says "the matchups don't favor UTSA" and then proceeds to explain that they return most of their OL and their leading rusher. He also says that they were good against the running game and return most of their DL but ATM's running game will be a problem due to rebuilding at LB. As we've discussed, while I do not expect a UTSA win, this game is ripe for giving ATM fans a ton to bawl all over in the aftermath. -The overarching prediction result for the regular season from the 247 posters is that ATM is poised to go 9-3, conceding losses on the road to ND, LSU and sip. I went to Lake Charles with buddies yesterday and we took under the season total of 8.5 for the Texas 8&4 Aggies. -
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