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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
I get it. I have friends that know the guy well and they're not fans in even the vaguest since. They view him as a stain on the entire profession. He's a throwback sports journalist, which isn't a good thing. He's allegedly a gambling drunk who can be paid to write shitty things about any entity, but he's talkative and jovial if you aren't a threat and potentially will be buying the drinks. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I will think about it more as that weekend approaches, so maybe I change my opinion by game time, but right now, I'm assuming Clemson is going to beat LSU like a borrowed mule. I have no faith in Kelly, or LSU for that matter, in an opener like this. They've done nothing to earn the benefit of the doubt. LSU is rebuilding their entire OL against what will be a top 5 national front in Clemson. Nussmeier has gathered more hype for someone who's done little to merit it than anyone since Spencer Rattler. "Did you see that 10 yard dig!?! What a throw!! Legend!!" They've frankensteined their defense with hopeful starting additions at DT, Edge, Safety and CB. I know Harold Perkins is hell on wheels against Arkansas, but I have a hard time assuming he's going to be a force in this game. Weeks is awesome, but he's one guy. McKinley might be on the verge of becoming a stud, we'll see. They've got pieces, but it's all been sewn together rather quickly if it's to be an asset against an explosive offense in Game One. Kreul reminds me of highly touted recruits coming out of some of the well-moneyed football factories in Texas. They look great on film, but how much more room do they have to develop? If he's maxed out as a freshman, he can still be an asset. Unless he has more room to grow, however, it seems like his upside is 5 sacks a season in overwhelming passing situations. I'd take that, but I don't have to have it. Nagy deciding that OU absolutely had to have him just illustrates the gap in the two programs right now. Also, something I hadn't really thought through until now is that Nagy is going to cram this guy down Venables' throat. We think he's a DPR on the Texas roster. Nagy is telling everyone he's a 5 star. Anyone think that that loudmouth is going to be fine watching his prized evaluation sit on the sidelines until 3rd down all season? Seems unlikely. "He'll be fine against the run. Get him out there. We're not paying him a million dollars this year to only be out there for 20 snaps a game." As a freshman. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Hold up. Are you saying that Chip Brown is 6th Street? 6th Street is Chip Brown? <cue Crying Game music>- 8086 replies
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Case in point, Ohio State was actually desperate for a seasoned OL from the portal. Their best choice was a starting OT from Rice. He's now iffy on being the starter after they penciled him in at RT before he arrived on campus. It's not like the guy he's battling with has drawn rave reviews, either. They kicked the tires, thinking about depth risk, but Oregon was willing to pay for a starter, which Texas didn't think it needed. Most of the OL entering the portal want starter assurances. That position in particular is as much about PT as money in the portal. Frankly, OL are still the most stagnant people on a given roster. Good ones stay put, bad ones will stay put if you keep paying them, and mostly only the hungry ones not starting are leaving to start. Compare that to DT where starting isn't the priority for a lot of guys. It's almost kind of weird. Even WRs, the biggest prima donnas in the portal, have joined UT's roster and others merely for playing assurances in their system for good money. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Full Ride on XM 84 this morning had Childers and Roy Philpott because Neuheisel was doing work for CBS in prep for the season. Apparently CBS will have a preview show on this weekend, so mental note there for anyone who needs another fix from Brian Jones, Neuheisel and the other guys they'll have on there chopping it up. Anyway, the first two hours of the show involved a ton of Texas discussion. They had resident shithead Chip Brown on and he immediately proceeds to tell them that Texas has no business being ranked #1. He runs down Manning as inexperienced and then recounts personnel losses. Philpott: "Who would you have #1?" Brown: "Clemson" Philpott: "Clemson? Texas just beat them in a game that wasn't really close for most of the game. Why Clemson?" Brown: "They return everybody and they've all gotten better. Klubnik is a stud and is the best QB in the country. Dabo is a championship coach. I just don't think Texas is ready." How in the world is that shitty motherfucker still allowed credentials to this program? He's another one of these buffoons that are constantly negative about the program they cover. This is a guy who has written hit pieces designed to harm the program as a means, allegedly, of paying off gambling debt. He's never said an informed thing that any other writer or talking head couldn't have said better when talking to a national audience. It's despicable. The rest of their discussions that meandered in and out of Texas for 2025 were all positive. Hell, Joe Cook was on Off Campus yesterday and he did a fine job and sounded relatively informed. It's not that hard to just not be a fuck up.- 8086 replies
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Good news for you, recruiting has been exceptional while you weren’t paying attention. How I learned to stop worrying and love the portal. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Burton confirmed this morning what we’ve discussed here about OU raising the ante on Kreul to a level Texas found uninteresting. He’s providing the view from inside the staff’s perspective, so I always like to see confirmation. He also said they’re keeping their powder dry for a bigger fish at Edge if they get the opening they’re hoping for during the season. My view is they should just wait for LSU to make a fool of itself as usual in Week 1 and then make the big offer to Henderson. -
Hester and EJ were previewing their #15 team yesterday on Off Campus on XM84. That team? Florida, same as the AP but they construct their list ahead of time and independently. #15 just happened to match. Anyway, it's a fun build-up to the season each day when they unveil the next team and then have an insider on to discuss them. Their UF insider was, of course, Chris Doering. He came on talking up the juggernaut that he expects Florida to be this season. Fine. Late in the conversation, they ask him, in the early stretch of @LSU, @Miami, bye, Texas, @Texas A&M, which game is circled for him that UF has to win. In the least surprising thing I read or saw yesterday, Doering picked Florida to beat Texas and then went on to say that Texas is susceptible to more losses than people realize. He said the same shit last year and never outright owned it. He and the other idiots are going to predict Texas failing until Texas one day does it, and then they can honk with one another about how they saw it coming the whole way.
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No shit. They're one of the most insane institutions involved with college sports anywhere in the world. They didn't like a head coach and couldn't afford his buyout, so they decided to publicly accuse the guy of having an affair with a younger woman that worked in his offices. This was done at administrative levels. Not some lunatic booster, although they have those and those people helped. No, this was done with the involvement of Harsin's boss. Turns, out, after an independent investigation, there was nothing resembling an affair. All they did was ruin a woman's reputation and smear a married man as well. Why? Because he wasn't winning enough and the contract they gave him was too expensive in a buyout. That is one place that can stay the dumpster fire that it is for the rest of any of our lives. I smile happily every time I see new failures from that place except when it is at the hands of OU or ATM.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
That’s a nice sentiment, but here in the real world, we may find ourselves longing for Matthew Golden if McJaggerson is one of Texas’ 3 best WRs. “Remember when we had Golden answering every need in clutch moments?” Yeah, we do. -
1) Initially, a lot of groups were just making promises. 2) Now it’s mostly contracts. 3) Some schools, USC being the big one, welched on promises to multiple players. Addison’s agent had to show texts and threaten a law suit to get him paid. He chose to transfer to USC over Texas based on an offer that our guys told the agent he wouldn’t get. They never got fully paid. 4) Texas has always used contracts and paid out. Everything has gone through compliance since this opened on 7/1/2021. That’s a big part of why Texas has the best NIL reputation among transfers and recruits in the sport. 5) NIL contracts cannot be performance based. No one can be cutoff for failing to start. 6) Most contracts not crafted by idiots involve payment over time, not lump sum. Usually monthly. 7) Many schools will still “yeah yeah yeah, we’ll get to that” with their promises outside of a baseline payment deal. This is where guys still get fucked. This does not happen to players at Texas and other blue bloods doing it right.
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Explain your question. What I said feels straightforward but I can add clarity if I understood where you’re confused.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Comically relevant to the Kreul discussion with OU. They've been recruiting WR Davion Groce for this entire cycle. They've been up against Baylor and, to a lesser extent, UF the whole time. Groce's camp recently indicated in the last month that they were likely picking OU over Baylor, despite BU putting a good offer together. The player announces tonight and OU has considered him in the bag for a while. Update today is that Florida has come in off of the top ropes with a big time offer. Groce's camp has allegedly given OU this afternoon to match or beat. Remember that part about OU coming in with something crazy for Kreul? Well, that was done when they thought they had Groce locked up at a different number. I'm guessing they're going to have to pass on one or the other. If they pony up for both, I assume that is going to lead to some serious retention issues with the portal if they're not prepared to pony up around the table for experience already on the roster at Edge and WR. Watching OU get put in Sophie's choice after Sophie's choice is only going to get more entertaining. -
Is that what you think begging the question means?
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Apparently Jackson Arnold isn't looking any better at Auburn than he did at OU and Hugh Freeze has stayed on a paranoid, panicked coke bender since practices started. Deuce Knight looks good and they might be compelled to start him on 8/29 on the road at Baylor as a true freshman. If that is all true, I guess I hope for Arnold's sake that he's already been paid in full. If there's a program out there that is the likeliest to start ripping their players off on the NIL promises, besides USC who has already been doing it, it would be Auburn.
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The guy who shows up to tell us he doesn't like preseason polls is claiming that we're taking things too seriously around here? Okay then. I've never understood the complaint about preseason polls. We all know they're not deterministic and haven't been for a long time but especially now. They're a sign that the season is around the corner. They're usually the highest ranking ATM gets all season. They often lead to interesting bulletin board discussions. What's not to like? Do you bitch about too much pussy, money, or texmex? Why would you treat CFB any differently? Wrong British movie.
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
How is Mateer going to the wrong meetings a good thing?- 1044 replies
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Shoutout to the best lunch deal for sushi that I've come across. Akiko's in Meyerland Plaza has several Maki combos that include 5 pieces of nigiri or sashimi or both plus a roll and a soup or salad, ranging between $13.95 and $19.50. The food and service are usually great. I am somewhat fascinated that they're able to price so much quality food that low these days.
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Get a grip, people hate sissies. No-one's ever going to shag you if you cry all the time.
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Well, I hope he’s not nailing any boys, but that’s probably just phrasing. Regarding USC, I can’t remember which thread it was a while back but we were discussing them for this year. I’ve heard several evaluators, Luginbill and Jeff Schwartz, independently talk about the lack of talent on USC’s roster this year. Each said they failed to see double digit future NFL picks there right now. Each segment reminded me of guys commenting on Texas from roughly 2010 to 2022.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Looks like OU went in with something crazy. Guys on Sooners Illustrated who seem to know some things believe that Nagy decided that he's a "must-have" and couldn't concede him to Texas. I know I would have liked to have gotten him for multiple reasons, same as many others here, but this is one situation where it is both a certainty that OU is spending money they don't really have, so that's going to impact their roster and recruiting elsewhere, and they're also dramatically overpaying for what the player is really worth. I'd say good luck to the guy, but if he's going to OU, fuck him. And fuck OU too. Another thing I think this does is make Texas more willing to flip Henderson later. I'm sure they'll keep looking for a good answer that doesn't involve doing something crazy for Henderson, but I do think it opens up some room to get stupid if they wanted to with the flip. -
Dummy. Good lord.
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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Okay, here's the defensive version of the offensive write-up already posted. I can now confirm that Tarp is either one of the greatest gaslighters in sports writing history, or he's so far in the tank about this ATM team because he's a lifelong redass aggie that he's hopeless. I assume it is the latter. The article is unintentionally hilarious. Highlights: -He claims that the Edge spots are now more talented and deeper than last year. Understand, last year saw Shemar Stewart and Nick Scourton starting there for them. In the words of the Virgin Mary, "come again?" He goes on to claim that it is so deep, a true freshman might not get any snaps! Dayon Hayes, a mediocrity at prior stops, is apparently killing it for The Elk. -He admits that the offense is ahead of the defense thus far, largely due to the offense being awesome. It's almost never a good thing to have an offense ahead of a defense early in camp. This isn't a Lane Kiffin or Sarkisian offensive complexity they're dealing with on the campus in BCS, either. -While the defense is absolutely and admittedly going to be smaller than last year, The Elk is suddenly really valuing speed and agility over size, even with the front 3/4. There are two ironies to this guy taking that position. The first is that these dimwits have been tweeking out about the SEC being a "Line of Scrimmage League" for over a decade. It's been hammered to us from the media while Texas was entering the SEC with clowns all over attempting to knock Texas "not ready for our LOS league here, fellas." Right. The second irony is that he claims they're upgrading defensive speed while also admitting that Taurean York and their entire secondary are returning. Sweet Christ. It's delicious. -Julian Humphrey, who was projected by all to take over for Dezz Ricks opposite Will Lee, is now running behind Ricks at CB. Ricks was a savior that folks pointed to last winter and then he continued to suck when he got to campus. They go out and pick up Humphrey and do the same shit with him, and get credit for it! Now Ricks is "someone to look out for at Corner" again. I think I follow him here. What he means is that Ricks is going to be hollering "look out!" to the Safeties throughout each game. -HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!- 486 replies
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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
You ever follow something/read something long enough to where you become concerned that they might actually be correct and you've been wrong this whole time? Well, credit to Tarp, he's made me question myself on some level. Either he's just completely fucking delusional about the skill talent for ATM's offense or I am. "Either I'm off my nut, or he is ..." Spoilered below is an article about what to expect from ATM's offense based one everything he's seen and heard since camp opened. Highlights: -Marcel Reed is going to be the closest thing to a triple option QB since John Blake was running shit at OU. -They're loaded at WR, which will enable them to go downfield a ton. Ignore the article from this weekend about Reed being an incompetent downfield passer, or that in this same article Tarp talks inadvertently about shortening the field and focusing laterally, because those WRs are going to stretch this motherfucker! -Starting WRs appear to be Concepcion, Craver, and Ashton Bethel-Roman. Bussey will be mostly a screen and jet sweep guy. There are some freshman WRs, not the 5 star, the other ones, who will also be in the two deep. Concepcion continues to be talked about as a deep threat. I am starting to think that none of these people have ever watched the guy play. He averaged less than 9 yard a catch last year and less than 12 as a freshman. Who is this guy a deep threat to, relatively speaking? The aggie secondary? -The OL is discussed as a force, with Fatheree being back to his old self from 3 seasons ago. Moving the starting LT to Center, should it happen, is of no mind to be paid. -EJ Smith is now moving really well. He's a fourth stringer who has never done shit at Stanford or ATM, but look out. -He mentions the TEs because he apparently has to do so.- 486 replies
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