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  1. For all of you idiots with short attention spans discussing the trajectory of performance for Moore and making arguments about his merit, the reason for this discussion on this thread seems to have gotten lost. I brought him up as NIL value for certain roles was being debated. The fucking guy and his camp think he is worth a lot more than anything he’s done so far, so his ass better significantly improve to justify his last second, gun to the head demands that have been nauseatingly met.
  2. A large group of basketball alums have pledged, informally, to support the program with NIL if the next hire is one of their guys. No one is actively trying to push RT out. They’re just making things clear if he happens to not be the right fit in the end. I don’t believe that Moore dropped only 5 passes any more than I believe that he actually dropped 15. 1) You should know when you’re reading hyperbole on this board. 2) You should not be so trusting of subjective stats. The definition of a drop, depending upon resource, is usually really fucking limited versus what any of us might consider as one. 3) I watch as much CFB as any person on this site. Get fucked for intimating otherwise.
  3. Probably that guy. I’m going off of verbal conversations and never bothered looking him up. It’s too early in the cycle for me to worry about naming specifics, I guess.
  4. There’s a lot of bravado coming from one major contributor on OSU’s end, but there are indications from other sources that that entity isn’t reading the room well for 2025.
  5. Downs is a technically sound Safety. He’s not the best player returning on defense in college football. The guy was not a disruptive player in numerous games and had a whopping 2 picks for 7 yards and .5 sacks in 2024. Texas has two defensive players returning that were far more disruptive last year alone. I’d take Downs in a heartbeat, but #1 in all of CFB is going too far. Hills is also returning. They like him as a developmental player that will contribute in the rotation in the future, albeit not necessarily in 2025. He’s worth actually counting as a returner though. As to the guys Texas landed, they would have both been pushing to be in the rotation this past year. Shaw lost a bunch of weight and got serious and had a decent year. If he stays on the trajectory he’s on for a contract year, he’s not just helpful but an asset. They prioritized Brevard, so that should tell us something. I am not as bullish on landing two DTs in the spring portal as others are, but they’re going to try and there is dry powder.
  6. For the shit we have given Muhammad, he ultimately decided to stay at Texas. He’s not super charitable, but ultimately the whole package at Texas was better than whatever he was getting offered by clowns in the ACC and Oregon. D Moore? Less so. For a guy who dropped like 15 passes this year, he and his mother sure think highly of his abilities. I guess Sarkisian does too. Maybe mix in a few more catches in 2025, buddy.
  7. The little guy hasn't done anything on this site in almost two weeks. I just assume that the wife got tired of his angry incel behavior and beat him with a tire iron until he stopped breathing. I looked it up. The guy has over 43,000 rep points. It would be really hard to crowdsource you, with less than a 4th of his rep points. Doing so to him would be nearly impossible and would take more idiots than you could assemble to make that happen.
  8. Does Hayes Fawcett do graphics for $9.95-er transfers?
  9. It’s not like the loss of @Machinator to this board, but it’s a bigger loss than Carl. I did not have Burnt Orange & White getting murdered by his wife on my bingo card for 2025. RIP, you mildly interesting and highly voluminous dipshit.
  10. Smith put a gun to OSU’s head on signing day last year as well. He’s a more flamboyant Xavier Worthy when it comes to the NIL side of being a young star at WR. Anyone doubting his audacity isn’t paying attention. I can state with certainty that a national star asking for $5M in NIL is very believable. That doesn’t mean they’re going to get that, to be clear. As a for instance, Texas wouldn’t come anywhere close to that number for someone, but good luck at Oregon or Michigan if OSU can’t make it work, I guess. In truth, even for a star like Smith, paying out to that level will create unmanageable problems inside the lockerroom. Try telling Caleb Downs that he’s not worth something similar.
  11. Here’s Gerry’s update on the LV linebacker. Note that he’s not offering his own opinion on the recruit, which I’d still like to hear. Nonetheless, the guy’s coach sure seems like he’s a fan:
  12. Here’s an update from Bobby about OTF’s future. He’s foreshadowing some next steps and additions to the staff that regulars on this forum will like.
  13. Here’s an update on the LV linebacker from Burton’s perspective:
  14. That’s pretty cool. I’ve attended a game there and that stadium is terrific.
  15. No. No, I don’t think that’s the case. I’ve been told by a lot of people that I am a super nice guy and I care about all of us being happy in this community. Sort of a “Unite-er-er” some might say. So thank you for whatever compliment you were typing about that I missed. Being insecure and overly sensitive is a tough way to make it in life, so I’m going to be rooting for you on your journey with this site.
  16. Hudson noping the fuck out of College Station, once he started actually interacting with students on campus, and heading back to Lubbock would be hilarious. Good luck to ATM trying to lure a WR in the spring portal when Texas and Ohio State will actually have the time to go after few of them as well.
  17. Everyone is going to make their push for Lattimore. There’s apparently been some thought that Osborne and the scatback whose initialed name and high school I never remember would be a pretty excellent 2026 class. If they get a public commitment from Osborne soon, I will take that as a sign that they’re not likely to play the long game to land Lattimore and that extra NIL commitment will be used elsewhere. That said, it’s worth considering that Lattimore is allegedly an easy #1 on their board. Will be a fun comparison to watch over the years. Sort of like Gibson versus Tatum for the 2024 class. Talent acquisition is never not interesting to me.
  18. He is connected to Ohio State brass and a UT guy. Put weight on his posts. He’s been right way more than he’s been wrong about OSU over the years.
  19. You misread my tone, but, sure, I’ll play. 1) No one gives a shit about your credentials in your imaginary dork war for computer usage supremacy. 2) The purpose of talking about AAS GoBig12 was to highlight where the actual Brees rumors started, as relating to Texas. You were too blinded with insecurity-fueled rage from perceiving that your dork origins were being questioned to apparently grasp that. That is why “who the fuck cares if the AAS had a forum” dummy.
  20. He wasn’t arguing for another QB if you reread it. There has been zero discussion around needing NIL money for another QB in the spring portal. I’m guessing they feel fine there, given that. DT, WR, IOL, PK and RB could all get attention. DT for sure.
  21. Carroll was the defensive play caller for his teams at USC. The fantasy talk of Sarkisian ending his own playcalling tenure is as boring as it is tedious.
  22. His uncle is Marty Akins and one of his grandfathers was a Texas HS coaching legend at Gregory Portland - he sent players to all kinds of colleges. The guy was begging for offers. His parents weren’t keeping from Texas if Mackovic would have listened to Randy Rodgers and offered him. You are mixing and matching a lot of shit in these posts, man. That era was not “pre-Internet” and the AAS had a massive forum base covering all Big 12 programs. The biggest one was the Texas forum, which was the precursor to Hornfans. The Brees stuff that persists to this day - much of it started there. Also, they of course wanted Minor, but Mackovic simply thought that Applewhite looked like a player and wanted the guy on the team.
  23. The professor is the guy that instigated, as a “mentor”, all of the summer of 2020 fallout with the players that bled over into none of them except for Ehlinger staying to sing The Eyes after the OU loss. Witnessing that in the stands led to Ewers decommitting and signing with Ohio State. Also, that game fundamentally shifted where the $$ was landing for or against Herman. So my view is that that professor can go get fucked and sell his divisive woke nonsense elsewhere if I could have a wand, but I’m glad he accidentally got rid of Tom Herman for us. Also, fuck Caden Stearns. Brees had two D1 offers - Purdue and Kentucky. There’s nothing revisionist in terms of the million reasons why almost everyone, including Texas, did not go after Brees. Brock Berlin wasn’t in the same class. He was recruited during the Mack Brown era when Evangel and Miami were both machines.
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