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closetojumping

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  1. As bad as AD Mitchell's fumble into the end zone was, he poured gasoline on the fire by getting called for a hold on a what would have been a lead-taking score late in the game. Whoops. Hope it doesn't impact his playing time.
  2. What I understand is that the dad is attempting to let the player make the decision, but is steering to the reality that money isn't everything, and you're probably not going to wind up living and working in Oregon. You're also mixing some Finley recruitment into these thoughts, I think. I've been told that Texas wouldn't take Finley for free at this point, but we all know there can be a gap between what is said and what is done, so who knows? Regardless, Jermichael Finley seems like a turd.
  3. Some of the Florida 247 posters can be entertaining. Here's another image from them:
  4. Here's an article where Sun Belt Billy is basically caught either lying or completely clueless about injury, this one being to rotational Nickel Back, Aaron Gates. SBB announces yesterday that Gates will be back soon and they have good injury news on him. Today they announce that Gates has a torn labrum and will be undergoing shoulder surgery tomorrow, likely ending his season. There's other injury news in the article, including mentioning that starting DT Bett has a knee injury from the Miami game and isn't working out. That's like the 4th or 5th DL to go down. Fans and reports are not happy on their 247 site with one reporter implying that Napier is so checked out, he hasn't been paying attention to his staff's injury updates.
  5. Lest anyone accuse us of being idiotic dreamers, my working assumption is that Pittman either retires or reunites with Smart at Georgia. Their boards are pining for the guy while also hating on Searels. I don’t know why, but the term “hard retard” is hilarious to me. It’s coming to text chains near you. I’d like a Delorean so that I could go back to that day in the earlier times of this board when you were on the verge of being crowdsourced on the $9.95er board and I stepped in and defended you from exile. There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret. Not because you’re on here, or because they think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid poster who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can’t. That kid’s long gone, and this old man is all that’s left. I got to live with that.
  6. Dad wants him at Texas. We’ll see if that wins out.
  7. The food talk ran its course. Bring it back further and I move that we start reporting and negging. Pittman was known as an awesome OL coach before he got the Arkansas gig. I’d take him as analyst, right now.
  8. Snapcount tracker for ATM from the Auburn game. Notice how little depth is being deployed by these guys. An injury here or there and they really start looking proper fucked.
  9. Sun Belt Billy gets Dallas Wilson back from injury this week, so UF is pumped about that. They also expect 2 other WRs to play in Sturdivant and Mizell. Things don't look as positive on the defensive side of the ball.
  10. Vogel has a pretty good view on UF statistically spoilered below. Highlights: -UF can't get to the QB. They're second to last in the nation in sacks this year. -DJ Lagway threw a fantastic deep ball last year. He's not doing much well this season. -It's not just that UF can't throw. They can't run the ball either.
  11. Fair. I am a great compartmentalizer. The only time I ever think about the Charlie Strong era is when someone here brings it up, and then I think about it only long enough to dismiss it.
  12. That is literally impossible. Conner was asymptoting towards the worst runblocker in Texas history. He was scraping near an area under the curve known as The Jason Glynn Experience and you do not want a player anywhere near that realm. Stroh might actually be the worst runblocking lineman in Texas history, but that's only mildly worse than Conner. I'll get shit for this, but this post reminds me of the thought I had last year when Kelvin Banks got hurt. "Why does it have to be one of the guys that you don't want injured?"
  13. My relatives have been harping on the Petrino hire since day 1 last season. When we were up for last year's game, the tailgate chatter was hyperfocused around losing big to Texas so Petrino could take over. It's a bizarre fixation. I laughed listening to Arkansas fans bitch to me about Texas not beating them badly enough. Bizarro world.
  14. Apparently Neto denies the Armenian genocide and has taunted Kyle Flood by printing out box scores of Rutgers' 2015 football season and taping them all over the coaches' office. He's persona non grata accordingly.
  15. Grant me whatever you want, call me whatever you like, I don't give a shit. You've clearly had to change your handle at least once in order to keep posting here, so your thoughts seem really valuable. Beyond that, this post reflects some combination of instability, imbecility, and insecurity. I don't know if that mix is going to work well for you with my posting behavior. You may want to put me on ignore for your own good.
  16. The problem is that Sarkisian wants to run IZ until he's blue in the face. He couldn't last year because of the RB room, but he's damned sure back at it again this season.
  17. That was part of my point. I'm not saying quality candidates can't come out of Arkansas, but that doesn't really change the overall position of the school within the academic hierarchy of the US. And yeah, I no longer hire out of the Ivies unless it's Penn and try to avoid Stanford for similar reasons. Conversely, LSU and OU are off-limits for just producing almost nothing but incompetence. LSU should just be closed. Their output is doing more harm than good for any economy they wind up being a part of in this country.
  18. Oh come on. Bad feet for a 370 pound galoot is a systemic problem that isn't going to work itself out. This dude is going to be exploited by every staff worth a fuck that Texas faces. Luckily there are no excellent defensive minds remaining on the schedule for Texas to face, so yeah, we're good to go and should just cross our fingers and give him time. I joke about the "Kyle Flood needs to be fired" arguments being made throughout this thread, but if we don't see material developments as the season progresses, how the OL is being handled needs to be examined in the offseason. On the one hand, the NFL production has been outstanding, particularly considering that Goosby will be following suit. On the other hand, the run blocking has sucked from day one and the talent acquisition hasn't been spotless.
  19. Improving from dogshit isn't saying much. On par with Missouri, LSU, OU and the other shitty academic schools in the SEC is saying even less. I get that it is personal for people who send their kids to these places. I paid for the entire experience of ATM for a child when it was a better academic institution than the diploma mill it has become and I still feel the need to defend its academics occasionally because of that. That said, objectively, the academic rep and the talent output for business-related degrees suck at Arkansas. I've hired Arkansas grads over the years and I am related to two more, one of whom is grant-winning and published MD, and I stand by that position. The rankings all agree. We are talking about Arkansas on this thread. Your post that the school is "top notch" is outright fucking dumb. Own it or shut the fuck up. Moving goalposts in the conversation isn't fooling anyone and has people speaking of your idiocy in hushed and concerned tones as they read this page of this thread.
  20. You know @Wulaw Horn's a dreamer But his heart's of gold He had to run away high So he wouldn't come home low Just when things went right It doesn't mean they were always wrong Just take this song and you'll never feel Left all alone Take him to your heart Feel him in your bones Just one more night And he's coming off this Long and winding road He's on his way He's on his way Home sweet home Tonight, tonight He's on his way He's on his way Home sweet home You know that he's seen Too many romantic dreams Up in lights Falling off the silver screen His heart's like an open book For the whole world to read Sometimes nothing Keeps him together At the seams He's on his way He's on his way Home sweet home Tonight, tonight He's on his way Just set him free Home sweet home Home sweet home Home sweet home Home sweet home He's on his way He's on his way Home sweet home, yeah He's on his way Just set him free Home sweet home
  21. Hey,man, what the fuck is this nonsense? The school is top notch? According to people who went there, perhaps, and that is about it. The Jones family cannot be involved with NIL due to the league's position that ownership participating in NIL for college athletes constitutes a conflict of interest. When we were courting Cal McNair, he asked the league's compliance end to provide an opinion, and this is what they came back with for him, which was fucking great.
  22. Spiking the ball on the 20 with a Kiffin coached team. Strong work.
  23. I will shit a golden razorback and set you on fire if this Arkansas team goes 4-3 down the stretch.
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