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  1. You’re probably right. That guy would be in the running to win a national contest.
  2. BTW, regarding Wolk on Griffin, he posted an update today admitting that Texas and FSU likely have as good a shot as Bama. Griffin is OVing to Georgia this weekend, but they’re not bullish about landing him.
  3. I asked about this guy and Howard to one of the best evaluators in the business. His view is that this staff is developing really well and they have everything needed to become excellent CFB dbs and Howard could easily be transformed into an early round pick if he really wants to put in the work and stay healthy. Apparently the Riley guy has ridiculous instincts? If he’s one of those dbs who can see the future, they don’t come around every cycle. Probably wishcasting to that level, but should be fun to watch. They’re definitely looking for guys they can develop who won’t be hitting the portal after one fall semester. They’re still going to take any of the highly ranked guys that they can reel in at db.
  4. I may have been too subtle for this forum. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256394/
  5. Are we doing this thing here where we don't care about beating OU? Is that it? That's where we are right now?
  6. Is Lincoln Riley the most punchable face in the entire landscape of CFB? He's got to be near the top of the list. After thinking about it for a second, that might actually be worthy of its own thread. You've got Riley, Ryan Day, Bielema, Liucci, Danielson, Kirby Smart, James Franklin, Carson Beck, Venables, and Bill O'Brien just off the top of my head. It's a sport loaded with villains who look the part.
  7. Well, then you answered your own question, sir.
  8. Aaaaannnnndddd that's my view for coaching candidates at ATM for baseball, in the OU recruiting thread. Solid work. Replace what I just about Canham and sub Dillingham in and it kind of works still.
  9. Regarding "realistic" options, Canham at Oregon State is the one guy I would really prefer to see them avoid. He coaches at a weird school already. He recruits well, he develops well, and he's winning at a tough place to win (now, obviously they've won titles before NIL and losing conference affiliation). He's also really young, so he'd be there a while. Nope. Pick some other dude.
  10. Even if do right, no can defend?
  11. You people ignore the Blue Raiders from Murfreesboro at your own peril.
  12. Carlton is a 5 star? I guess I missed that one. Texas does not want to spend the fall playing catch-up at DT like last cycle. There's something to be said for taking an in-state guy that is "pretty good" while also cherry-picking nationally. They'd be insane not to take Carlton as the 4th guy in a 4 guy class if they can lock him up early.
  13. That last clown, like so many of them, is just flat out lying. "Barr fights" for wearing aggie shit. Right. Hell, I have been in multiple bar fights and never once was it because of a team shirt or hat. Now, guys talking shit when they should have known better? Sure. I can see that rube getting his ass beat a few times for not shutting up and whining out loud with all of his aggie tropes about tu and such. Watching these guys try to grasp where things sit is very gratifying. Some of them get it to some degree, and they have to think they're taking crazy pills due to other responses. Much like the talking heads in the media, many of their fans really believe that Texas and ATM are *this* close in football. It almost takes effort to possess that point of view right now. Texas has the best roster in CFB and ATM has a bunch of guys named Bob. There are maybe 15 guys on their entire roster that could make the Texas 85, and that might be stretching it. And, beautifully, the talent in this rivalry matters. It's not like OU historically, at all. Texas will be ready for ATM this fall, whether ATM is 9-2 or 2-9 heading into that game.
  14. I think you give Kendall Rogers too much credit. That aggie honk is crossing his fingers with the notion that 4 wins gets ATM into the tournament.
  15. Borba looks completely lost at the plate. He might as well be going up there with a foam bat. Same outcome.
  16. Wolk is an SEC honk secondarily to his Georgia allegiance. I'm not talking Texas and OU in the SEC, either. He defaults to any old SEC team if not Georgia when picking guys from SEC country. For Justus Terry, he had Georgia by a mile and if not them, Auburn. He did not include Texas as a contender until after the guy announced for Texas. Griffin may wind up at Bama, but Wolk isn't dealing with new information on this one. He's simply picking who he would always pick. Wright is someone that they think they can develop and not worry about being on the roster through that development into his 3rd, 4th or 5th year. They're thin at OT and need some padding. The high 4 and 5 star guys aren't going somewhere in which they're going to need to wait until year 4 to play. Texas can land 2 of the highly ranked guys if they thread the needle right, but they're not getting 3 of them.
  17. If I could kick you in the nuts through your monitor, I'd do that, but I can't, so negging is what we're left with on sites such as this. There's nothing to "lighten up" over. You stretched an innocuous post about a dad bragging about his kid, on a thread where that's part of the idea, into a weak attempt at humor. I took umbrage to it because it was a dumb take that involved something I posted. There's no value for me in feigning to agree with your post.
  18. Is this a thing? Surely the USC alumni base wouldn’t accept that.
  19. Me enjoying watching my little kid play well in little league means I think he’s headed for the big leagues? Okay then. What’s the point in a thread like this if we don’t get to share good things about our kids’ seasons? So shitheads like you can post unfunny potshots? Cool. Negged.
  20. “AgShaun00” coming in with what will soon be known as fact - Texas had to pay double what ATM was offering to get Bishop. He’s already got access to both programs’ offers and what drove the decision for the player. Also, to be clear, no recruit is getting a firm NIL offer from Texas at this stage in the cycle. Not Bell, not Bishop, not any of them. Guys committing now simply believe they’ll be taken care of and UT has players on the roster helping assure recruits that that is true. Agents and parents all know that as well. Those idiots are truly lost.
  21. I don’t believe for a second that Texas is after Henderson.
  22. Just perusing the aggie 247 site any old time, one can find them calling for the heads of key positions for numerous sports. Many of their posters want Earley gone right now. Many of them also can’t even spell his name correctly, but hey. I get that the guy is probably a predictable bust, but firing him after one season is insane even for aggies. That will cost $3M and what coach is going to go there immediately following that debacle? A healthy amount of them want The Elk fired if he doesn’t go to the playoffs this season. I think he has like a $30+M buyout. The guy might not be a 10+ win a year guy, but who would be there? Many of them seem to think the new basketball coach is in a one year trial and want him gone if he doesn’t take the program to heights it has never reached in year 1. Your point about Marcel Reed is also dead on. Part of why they’ll never win anything is because they’re fueled by the insecurities of what those around them are accomplishing at any given point in time, chief of whom is Texas. They’re like a drove of lemmings, just looking for the next target to take over the cliff with them all.
  23. Sosa has no business being in the HOF, ever, ever, ever. He is one of the guys where you can see that he was a shit ball player before the roids and when fading them. The only fucking reason he did what he did was because of his massive roiding. The rest were good long before the roiding and I can see the argument. So you think a cheating gambling addict with control of actual outcomes and desperate to make money drew the line at betting against his own team? Right.
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