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  1. 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.
  2. Wow. I hadn’t checked in weeks since my picks sucked early on. Cool.
  3. I think they are simply covering as many bases as possible. If they wanted Singer, they'd have been on him like white on rice several weeks ago. My bet is that if Daniels pulls the trigger, they're done, and it he doesn't, the OSU guy gets the full push.
  4. They're not being incredibly parsimonious or responsible, frankly, but they are not rumored to be in the ballpark of what ATM did with the 2022 class. They seem to view WRs in the portal as pretty fungible. I think they could pull the rug on one or both of these recruitments at any time.
  5. I didn't. He looked maxed out. I'm hoping Texas stays away.
  6. Texas didn't spend any time recruiting Armstrong, though. We can call it an evaluation miss if you want, but he's not a North Shore recruit that Texas fought for or that we were pining for on these boards.
  7. It was literally *the wrong* answer to his question. No one regrets not getting Redding. Why do we not regret it? Because he fucking signed with Texas. This isn't an alternate universe where that didn't happen. The guy's question, translated for idiots, was "Name a player from North Shore that Texas didn't sign who went on to do things elsewhere that we envied as fans." Shad Banks? No. Zach Evans? No. Denver Harris? No. Damian George? No. Damatrius Davis? No. Jaeden Roberts? Ehhhh, maybe? Robbie Reid? No. Eric Monroe? No. My memory starts to fade at some point, but there've been plenty of guys wind up elsewhere and then they did a whole lot of nothing. K'Lavon Chaisson or Deandruw White would have "literally" been the only answers to the prior poster's question that made a whole lot of sense.
  8. I don't even think I can imagine the levels of insanity I would be trending towards if Sarkisian or any coach at Texas was basically just acting as if the portal doesn't exist. Pulling my hair out would be only a start.
  9. North Shore players these days are generally a mess. You're unlikely to see Texas devote a ton of effort to recruiting that school unless they find an exception from the character and work ethic side. This is the opposite of what the guy was asking. Are you too dense to grab that? Or did you think adding Redding's name would be cute since he was actually a star at Texas? Did you think we didn't have that knowledge already?
  10. Clemson is hilarious. That remains a fun program to watch, as long as you're not cheering for them.
  11. It was coordinated. One of the entities and the guy behind involved with everything is also good friends with Liucci.
  12. We’re now in that spot where everything tends to wind up hilarious with the aggie logic knots. 1) If Ewers declares, they can exhale and talk about what a weapon he is and what a downgrade Arch Manning is. 2) If Ewers stays, he sucks and there will be a QB controversy. There are other gems in there as well. “By golly, if those big money sips demand Arch Manning plays, Sark will put him in there.” This is coming from an organization that recently and regularly has shown us that the big money aggie donors have their fists jammed all the way up aggie AD asshole and can work them like a puppet. Nevermind that Texas donors are helping bring Ewers back, also. Don’t examine the absurdity of that juxtaposed to those same people apparently forcing Manning to play. Lastly, one of the guys on there talking about Texas having less talent than ATM next year, and others chiming in, is outstanding. It really is fun to watch these idiots go through the same cycle every year. By late August, the morons in the media will have them ranked and their fanbase will be calling for protests of different services who have Texas ranked higher.
  13. Everyone of you fucking idiots participating in the uniform discussion on this thread should be banned. It is nauseating when it inevitably pops up weekly on the football board, and there is absolutely no value in having it here as well.
  14. I’m guessing this is another one in which, if Nahlin actually has a source, it’s from the player/agent side.
  15. Boy, Washington fans are pudding soft. Their level of angst and bitterness about Sarkisian is absurd. They just beat the guy twice in little more than a calendar year. He was gracious both times and the CFP was a really good game from both programs. Get a fucking grip, UW fans.
  16. I never truly followed the bus debacle, as I generally viewed LonghornBob as irritating background noise on the forums. Did he really steal a bunch of peoples’ money and then they were marooned, unable to go to Stillwater? I always figured it was bullshit, but it still comes up every now and then.
  17. Most of the responses to this have covered things, but the part about NIL from UNLV versus Texas can use more color. When Texas lands a guy like Catalon, in terms of a competitive portal recruitment, certain expectations are set on both sides. When a portal recruitment like that winds up not working out and the guy then transfers again, it’s very unlikely much NIL was involved at all. Maybe a couple of schools showed interest, but him landing at UNLV should tell you that it wasn’t about the money. The guy has some chronic issues at this point, some of which, or much of which, is mental. Any program talking to him is going to figure out really quickly that he may not love football anymore. Maybe Odom can help him rekindle that if he can stay healthy? Who knows, but there wasn’t going to be that opportunity at Texas in 2024. You worry too much.
  18. You’re confusing my thoughts on the Utah LB coach, with a similar name, to the Arizona guy. I didn’t mock the Arizona guy because someone I’m friends with who has a clue was talking about him with me ahead of anything public and then someone credible said it on air before Nahlin crafted his own narrative. I stayed out of the Nansen discussion here. Regarding the Utah LB coach, it’s as I said the whole way. That was pure fiction and he was never a candidate.
  19. It really is incredible. He fucks up on twitter more than his parody account.
  20. I have a son who is really good at baseball and was in a showcase tournament for 10 year olds last week. Yes, 10 year olds. Anyway, players from all over the country were there and they had a lot of fun. Last day of the tournament, last game of the day, my son’s team is playing the other remaining team. There is this giant kid on the other team and he is absolutely crushing the ball. I look him up in the app and his name is Miller Warehime. I go look up Derek Warehime’s bio and he has a kid with the same name. Suddenly it made sense as to why the men’s room had been shut down for portions of each day. Anyway, nothing matters until puberty for that stuff, but at age 10, his kid can mash at the plate as well as any kid that age ever could.
  21. I doubt it will matter at Texas or anything, but a fun name to watch as the years pass. Some folks seem to think he's HC material in the future.
  22. Some of the 2023 guys will leave and no one will be upset about it other than some recruitniks and football board idiots. For sure you and I know this, but I think it gets short shrift here on Surly and with the other forums. If Texas is going to recruit from anywhere north of St. Louis, which I am all for, they should probably expect those guys to need 6 months to acclimate, at least. It didn't help that this past summer was one of the absolute all time scorchers throughout the state. A lot will need to change for Kirkland to stick. I think the others are well-liked, with some maturity issues for one of them, but if another school is willing to offer significant money to any of this group, it is highly unlikely that Texas can match. Folks really like Goosby and Chatman, I believe. I won't be surprised if Freeze does his thing and shuts this one down today. Hope that doesn't happen, of course.
  23. I can’t remember which autist was on here lamenting the DL situation for 2024 during the spring and summer, just over and over and over. At that time, I said it was likely that Texas was going to have at least one freshman in the rotation for 2024 and they were fine with that. As I understand it, they’re expecting that at least one of the signed DTs is going to get meaningful snaps. The guys in this cycle are in better shape than Mitchell was and used to the climate. Money for DTs in the portal may not be there because there are a lot of mouths being fed and some of those will be incoming players that need to produce.
  24. You just made a pretty brutal argument against the value of continuity. Christ.
  25. Seems like fantasy, but sure, if you can get that dude, get him. Other guys I like for various reasons: -Mike Reed (Clemson) - He's had multiple guys drafted, he's been recruited by other programs every year and stays with Dabo, so it's probably nearly impossible to get him. -Evan Cooper (Nebraska) - Young and has coached under an excellent defensive coach. Knows Texas and the area. Probably a second tier kind of guy, but I like guys that have learned and been retained under smart defensive coaches. -Aazaar Abdul-Rahim (BC) - This might be my favorite. He's had CBs and DBs win some form of All Conference almost every season he's coached. He pupiled inside of the Saban machine for two years and then cut his teeth coaching at Maryland. The dude can recruit lights out. Hafley has done everything he can to fend off suitors by promoting the dude 2 or 3 times. He can recruit all over, but east coast and southeast for sure.
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