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  1. I read that last night. Does anyone if the guy ever got to the ATM campus or was announced by atm?
  2. Eh, fine. Saban is in his 70’s. It’s a given that anyone following or covering the sport would have conversations about the guy retiring. Why mention that shit? It’s worthless unless you’re also trying to apply it to the notion that you were somehow privy. Me calling the guy out for intimating he had heard the Saban news and did nothing with it has nothing to do with Isaiah Bond entering the portal. I don’t know if that guy will, but I don’t know why damned near every Bama player wouldn’t at least explore it.
  3. I’ve started seeing random reporters claim that they knew something about Saban leaving beforehand and they sat on it. Literally no one knew that Saban was going to retire, including Saban, until yesterday afternoon. The guy’s family was surprised. Thus, anyone who ever makes that kind of claim can be absolutely dismissed as an honest and serious reporter. Super K has always been a dipshit, but he’s revealed himself to be a simple liar here.
  4. Anyone worrying about a down side with Ed Orgeron is a dickless coelenterate. We can’t lose with that guy. He’s an amazing DL coach, one of the best recruiters literally ever, an absolute train wreck of a human, and extremely loyal. He interviewed with UF and decided he didn’t like the fit. He wants to coach because he loves coaching. Yes, please. If Sarkisian were to leave, and it looks really unlikely, Deboer would be #1 on the list. If his time at Maryland doesn’t impress you, wait until you see what that imbecile did at New Mexico. Nielsen is a better option, but we’re probably splitting hairs. There’s what people say and then what people do. Saban employed Lane Kiffin because he needed him. That dude was erratic as hell while at Bama and Saban let him get away with it. Similar stories exist regarding other staff members at times.
  5. This bullshit is indefensible, so spare us the rationalization. Start a thread about job rankings on the football board. Discussing various dl coach options, rumors about that or other vacancies for other schools. Any of that is better.
  6. Boy, what a fucking dumpster fire this thread has become. It’s cool though, it’s not as if Texas has any key personnel vacancies or anything. Nothing else happening that could domino some things either. Yeah, fuck it, argue over unprovable shit or argue over population counts across the country. Riveting shit.
  7. So, yeah, that happened. I figured he'd stay on for a few more years, but allegedly a health issue is a factor. My friends say that the conversation with the longer staff members tonight was also about it being time. He's looked at having to replace 3 assistants and managing the portal this spring and raising more NIL money and just felt tired, a lot, this week. Felt like it was time and the landscape had changed. I don't know where things really do go for Bama, but, yeah, I like my characterization of who we are. This was well said and even more meaningful now.
  8. Maybe the Saban retirement simply shakes everything to its core, but the thinking prior to it was that Williams' camp was using Texas as a means of ensuring they were getting top dollar from either Bama or Auburn eventually. Texas still wants the visit, but I don't think we should be very bullish.
  9. To be clear for anyone following, I'm happy to just come out and say what I was told because it has since become public discussion on Twitter. Fisher was calling agents and family of aggie players during the bowl break and asking, if he got the job at LSU, if they'd be interested in transferring in. "The LSU job is taken, though?" To which Fisher was indicating that Harbaugh was going to the NFL and that Kelly would be offered the job at UM. Kelly's not exactly meshing in Baton Rouge, although the ATM and Bama blow-ups aren't going to hurt his cause. Fisher, clearly with some conversing with Sexton and possibly Woodward, thinks he'd be the guy at LSU and they could get him cheap. Now, more recently, Michigan insiders are hammering the Sharone Moore to HC notion, so maybe we'll never get to see any of that deliciousness. Regardless, while I do have friends, at least for the moment, at Bama, there wasn't any buzz coming from there about anything until today.
  10. That rube makes ignorant comments based on his own fears and wants, and does so in a manner that seems based on some fact set in which he's solely in possession. In a land of worthless morons spewing trash from their keyboards, he's near the top of the heap of the simple idiots. I know some people are opposed to the ignore option, but it's guys like that dildo who make it worthwhile. I realize that I sometimes click on a new page in a forum and almost every post is hidden because I'm liberal with the option, but I don't feel like I've missed much when I see these types quoted.
  11. Bo Davis was, allegedly, quietly busted paying coeds to fuck DL recruits at Bama. They trumped some other shit up to make it seem like something else, but the guy was effectively a pimp and left Saban no choice. He got through compliance at Texas. Unless they never called anyone at Bama, they knew this when hiring him. To be clear, Bama had no interest in seeing Bo Davis at Texas, so they were likely very happy to hint around about this at a minimum. Orgeron could pass compliance at Texas. I think it's far-fetched, but like everyone else, I would be highly entertained. He was pretty good at actual coaching, not so much on the recruiting trail. Pass Oscar Giles was a lazy dipshit at Texas. He had no business being here with Herman. If he's hired to come back in a coaching capacity, assume that DL recruiting will be in the toilet and players will be playing up to whatever level they personally desire to reach without much coaching guidance. His performance here was sadly comical.
  12. It's a large Texas forum. Every thread will largely be dominated by Texas posters. This is news? Not only that, it's funny in some form? My view is that the Big 12 will be fine as the 4th of 4 larger conferences. They'll get 2 teams into the CFP many years and should be happy with that. They likely won't be, because they'll have some random "underranked" also-ran team at 10-2 that they'll be whining is more deserving than a Big 10 or SEC team that is 9-3 and getting in. Same as it ever was. In terms of the Texas vs. Tech relationship, I know every person I've spoken to about moving on from Tech is excited about it. People in Lubbock have been miserable shitheels to Texas visitors for decades and not just on a "horns down" level but on a throwing things at people/jumping guys wearing UT gear after a game-level of bullshit. You can make claims that that happens at Texas too, and, well, it absofuckinglutely does not. It's never a regular thing at Texas and other fans never feel threatened. Tech's brass has gotten really brazen about making a play for the PUF in some form. Then they turn around and bawl in public about Texas not playing them long term. The reality is that those things are intertwined. If Tech wasn't trying underhanded shit with the legislature in regard to something that isn't theirs, Texas would have felt much better establishing a structure for ongoing athletic competition. Texas tried to take Tech with them to the PAC and the PAC and the aggies blew it. Even when the SEC discussion, allegedly an offline set of conversations with the Big 10 ended with the conclusion that the Big 10 could simply not rationalize taking either OU or Tech with Texas. The academic side of both schools are a blight on any conference. Out of other options and being realistic about the future, Texas reluctantly went with OU and left Tech behind. Tech parlayed that into an eternity of ill will between the schools. If they want to blame that on Texas, no one will give a shit but their echo chamber.
  13. We knew that AD was coming at this point. He was here for the spring. It wasn't public yet, but as far as anyone helping closely on some of this stuff, it was known to be highly, highly likely.
  14. I haven’t confirmed this, but the deal with Daniels seems similar to some others I’ve seen regarding NIL. Players will make some visits, some school will offer something really high, the player will keep visiting and find the school they want. They go to talk NIL and the school is like “we can’t do that. if someone is really offering you that, you should go do that. “ Then, either the bluff is called and a deal is had, or the guy really had a silly offer and he heads off to take it. Not saying that’s what happened here, but if Texas was trending and then the numbers were too far apart, it would look like this.
  15. When people involved with covering buyouts and such say things like this lately: "RT's our guy. He just needs time to clean up the mess.", I think anyone hoping for something after this season are in for a lot of angst. When the money stops referring to Terry as "RT", we'll know people that matter are getting restless.
  16. The part where the gomer tries to account for a hypothetical match-up between Bama and Texas, with Bama winning, being a reason for voters to rank Bama ahead of Texas in the final poll is absolutely outstanding. That is some of the uncut dope that I can't handle. If only Texas and Bama had actually played this year. Man, then we'd really know who the better team was and then voters could vote accordingly.
  17. You guys rival sarvanaash with your constant offseason "here's how we lose a bunch of games no one is expecting" handwringing. It's become a sure sign of spring approaching on Surly when you two start picking out losses and assuming worst case scenarios. If you'd like to take the under on 8.5 for Texas next year, consider this an open invite to bet me any dollar figure you'd like to pledge on the under, and I'll take the over. Kentucky is now a threat? On the road, in Austin? Since the bestest Kentucky season ever in 2018, in which they went 10-3, let's look at their road performance: 2018-2023 (excluding corona 2020, in which they went 1-4 on the road) they are 12-11. Man, over .500 as a middling team in the SEC, on the road, is pretty impressive, right? 6 of those 12 wins are @ Louisville and @ Vanderbilt. Both programs during this same period, outside of Louisville in 2023, have been between some level of mediocre and putrid. Kentucky has gone 7-6 two years in a row and both seasons include one FCS opponent. They are as plain as grits in recruiting and scheme, they're losing defensive talent to the draft, and they run an offense predicated on running success. You'd have to believe that another transferring QB behind a middling OL and a new back would be able to go on the road, gash the Texas run defense to great success, and then the Kentucky defense would be able to somehow run roughshod over an experienced and good Texas OL in order to get to its 1st round caliber QB and TBs. Okay. Cool. How about Florida? Florida has gone 6-7/5-7/6-7 for the past three years. They haven't had a winning season since people believed cloth facemasks were a new fashion statement. Since 2018 (excluding corona 2020 in which they went 3-1 on the road) they are 10-12 on the road. But wait! That includes 2018/2019 when Mullen had UF on good footing and they went 7-1 on the road. From 2021 forward, they're 3-11 and 2-7 under Sun Belt Billy. Their lone 2021 road win was against a Texas A&M team that couldn't tie its shoes. They actually lost at hapless Vandy that same season because they were fucking terrible also. Their 2023 road victory? An absurd gift of a comeback against another loser program - South Carolina. There isn't more than maybe a couple of players on that roster that understand anything about winning against good teams on the road. Meanwhile, UF has been ravaged in the portal and there is the stench of death looming over the program. They play the toughest schedule in, maybe, history, in 2024. They come to Texas immediately after playing their emotional rivalry game against Georgia in Jacksonville. Barring a miracle, Napier is probably already fired when they visit Texas and they're playing out the string. This is a "trap" game in which anyone can reasonably expect these guys to get up on the road after being pummeled by a probable top 3 team at a neutral site? Get a grip. Anything can happen on any given Saturday, but the L risk for Texas next season is 1) UGA in Austin 2) @ Michigan 3) Jihad in Dallas 4) Jihad in BCS 5) Jihad in Fayetteville and 6) idiotic grab bag of options for Sarkisian to simply fail as a coach. Texas ATM and Arkansas should legitimately suck next season, so anything past #3 is just worrying about being stuck in 2010-2022 land again. Go there if you must, spare the rest of us that journey.
  18. I don't know what more Sarkisian needs to understand about Arkansas after what he experienced in 2021. I think he witnessed some serious Bama blowouts against Arkansas and assumed the same lackluster effort and crowd behavior when Texas headed north. That considered, I sure as shit hope the guy and the team understands what is in store for them. Arkansas will be coming off of a bye, of course. They're not going to be good next year but their schedule favors the optics of a turnaround if they're at all competent. They play Okie State in the non-con in Stillwater and anything can happen in that game. Win it, and they're 3-0 ahead of the SEC. They miss Bama and Georgia. They get Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Texas all at home. So they're either playing for bowl hopes and high on a turnaround, or they're playing out the string and there's the surefire "win it for coach!" premise in which Pittman is a dead man walking, but a lifelong pig, and they're all fired up to play Texas as their fucking bowl game. If only Arkansas could play Texas every week! I hate that game even though I expect Arkansas to absolutely suck ass.
  19. I feel bad for both OSU and Wazzou. I'm not someone lamenting where things have gone in college football, largely because it pretty much all serves to UT's benefit, but I do regret that this happened to those guys and their fans.
  20. Fun thread. Should be an interesting follow. Thoughts: 1) I am genuinely surprised at the lack of laziness in those polls. I expected to see someone like ATM thrown in, just because. 2) Michigan, and I haven't fact-checked this, but per XM84 discussion this morning, is losing 5-7 6th year seniors, 5-7 5th year seniors, and something like 4-6 4th year seniors. Harbaugh himself told Neuheisel at Big 10 media days in July that he had 20 guys who will/could get drafted in the 2024 draft, breaking the records. Anything close to that, plus Harbaugh's exit, merits a significant downgrade in their outlook. They're only a few years removed from a losing record, they're unable to continue to cheat with impunity, and they haven't recruited at an elite level. Unlike this past year, Michigan's schedule is rough. In September, they play a decent Fresno team, then Texas, then a bowl-eligible Arkansas State team (led by chronic pussy, Butch Jones, so maybe not much to this one) and then they go to socal and face USC. There's an okay chance that they're 2-2 heading into October. 3) Ohio State and OU have the same problems. They've got skill help, but they're QBs are big question marks and they're going to be playing behind patchwork OLs with low ceilings and limited time working together.
  21. This is correct. The top 4 were selected for the playoff and the playoff happened. The AP means dick-all in the era of the CFP.
  22. That is some bizarre dream erotica, right there, troph. My dream erotica involving Nick Saban usually involves me ultimately beheading him while a crowd cheers, or throwing him off a cliff while a crowd cheers, or feeding him to a pin of hungry pigs while a crowd cheers. Never has it involved any collaboration with the guy, but to each their own.
  23. Well, Mr. Stewart, no one besides your son and the propagandists at Texags have been claiming injuries on his end. You make a sound argument for defending your behaviors and ATM's in this process, but the rest of us didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday. Your son quit on the team to finish the season. Any team digging in on his work ethic and behaviors at ATM is going to be told about that pretty quickly. I'm intrigued on this one. I cannot foresee NIL being at play here, so if he comes to Texas, I'm assuming floor or zero NIL value for him. I don't want him and thought he was a bit of an asshole during his recruitment regarding Texas. But, sure, a special teams guy that can spot in as a backup occasionally at LB, fine. Whew. This did not look like a guy that Sarkisian was honestly targeting.
  24. I *almost* feel bad saying this. Evan Stewart going somewhere and sucking and not getting drafted or drafted really late would also be a really helpful recruiting tool in the age of NIL. This guy was a 5 star, in our backyard, and we needed him desperately. He and his family chose somewhat more money (this part is a bit of poetic license) over being developed. So we took other guys instead of him. Our guys are high draft picks, that guy is struggling to make a practice squad.
  25. Wow. I hadn’t checked in weeks since my picks sucked early on. Cool.
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