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  1. To those waxing poetic about the cornucopia of rich subject matter from the panoply of masterful posters from days gone by, here's a link to what was being discussed, and by whom, a year ago today:

    http://www.shaggytexas.com/board/showthread.php/160037-Texas-Recruiting-Notes-2018-Edition/page282

    I assume fatkid54 is in the slammer for the day or something, and tokamak must be in a meeting, but it's mostly the same ol' same ol. Also, nothing of importance happened on this day last year. Maybe we'll see something interesting occur this time around. 

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  2. 6 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    Alright, I guess I'm doing this. Going back to  the beginning of February 2018. The shhs have been verified by TFB, but I guess they could be wrong:

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/959211578330578945 - February 1, Joshua Moore

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/960570963212546048 - February 5, Christian Jones

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/960658098590543877 - February 5, Jordan Whittington. The presence of the ellipsis in the tweet indicates that this is the first silent of the 2019 cycle, IMO.

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/966536539806294016 - February 21, Calvin Anderson.

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/968908302804504577 - February 28, T'Vondre Sweat

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/980095296884625409 - March 31, De'Gabriel Floyd

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/981720984070828034 - April 4, Kenyatta Watson

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/987849677918932993 - April 21, Tre Watson

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/993487295385948162 - May 7, Brayden Liebrock

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/994006535939518465 - May 8, unknown

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/980095296884625409 - May 21, unknown

    https://twitter.com/BCarringtonUT/status/998951545407442945 - May 22 (today), unknown

    So if I'm wrong, it's either an attribution error in the above list or there was a silent from January 2018 that was mistakenly thought to be a 2018 recruit (which, on reflection, is also an attribution error).

    If anyone else hates themselves as much as I do right now, use this link to check my work: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=from%3A%40bcarringtonut&src=typd

    I already told you that you had an attribution error. 

     

  3. 11 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    I think this one is Smith. He was leaning Texas before, but he needed to make sure he wasn't missing out on his "dream school" by visiting USC. The decision has been made.

    So: Adimora, Wiley, Smith.

    Also, did you previously post as Snake Diggity?

  4. 9 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    I think this one is Smith. He was leaning Texas before, but he needed to make sure he wasn't missing out on his "dream school" by visiting USC. The decision has been made.

    So: Adimora, Wiley, Smith.

    There were 3 outstanding shhh's ahead of this. They were Smith, Adimora, and then Wiley. This one is different. You weren't counting and attributing correctly. 

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  5. 15 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

     

    I mostly read the recruiting threads and add some inanity from time to time. Sometimes I add a perspective, but not often and rarely about specific player's ability.

    The recruiting thread at Shaggy was great because it remained light-hearted and often witty when recruiting news was scarce. The threads there were a refuge from the endless repetition of the football board and the entrenched mutual dislike many posters were addicted to. On the football board there was an addiction to contention over any point no matter how meaningless.

    The recruiting thread here feels like it has been invaded by the football board posters who are annoyed that their readership has fled to another place to get away from them. These posters arrive on this thread which used to be fun and beat it to fucking death with tired observations and opinions.

    Some people actually follow sports for fun.

    When somebody writes that it's foolish to get one's hopes up or he himself will wait before being optimistic, my first thought is who the fuck cares about your timetable for optimism or your presumption about the state of another poster's expectations?

    Who the fuck cares about an individual's crusade to make the same tired fucking joke/observation about a coach or player no matter the context?

    Example:

    Hey, we got a verbal from a highly ranked wide receiver!

    Tim Beck Hater: Can he call plays?

    Tom Herman Hater:  Mensa gonna recruit all WRs this cycle?

    Guy Who Thinks All Recruits Should be Locked Up by June 1: I guess we're not going to get any linemen this year. We're screwed.

    Recruiting Domino Specialist:  I guess this means we're not getting the other guy we want.

    All of the Above:  The coaches are idiots for not openly doing what I think they should be doing. Fuck Giles!

    The above is arguably relevant but a beating.

    I'll not bother with examples of useless arguments that are basically masturbation and should be taken to a private place for continuation. You can find those on just about every page.

    Lastly, some say, "well, there's nothing going on. What else should we talk about?"

    That's the point. SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR A FEW HOURS.

    The fish aren't biting today, why don't we pour garbage in the stream until they are biting. The other fisherman won't mind wading through it and it's fun!

    We should all abstain from posting until we're fairly sure we're adding information, entertainment or a somewhat fresh take. Goofy is generally acceptable. Sententious is not. We'll all fall short of this standard from time to time, but we should at least try to make one thread in the sports boards informative and fun.

     

     

    Bizarre rant. I'm confused on which troubled poster you categorize me as. Beyond that, I don't see a whole lot of difference between this board and the old board in terms of posters. Looks largely the same, but I haven't given it that much thought, I guess. 

    Ultimately, I'm not sure how you get one sort of thread meandering without occasionally getting the other. Somewhere around this time last year on the Shaggy thread for last recruiting cycle, there was a long, drawn out discussion over medical schedules due to MM's mother being a doctor or some shit. And there was repeated talk of boners from grown men over where a recruit might be going. It goes on and on. Let's not romanticize the good old days, given that today is the same as it ever was.

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  6. 1 hour ago, CB'sGotMeLit said:

    Arizona is loaded by Arizona standards for the 2020 class - they have 3 5star players alone, Texas only has 2 currently.  Hopefully, we've maximized anytime spent in Arizona by also beginning relationships with the coaches of the 2020 kids. 

    I dug around a bit trying to find any coach visits to Arizona to see if we have spent time there but to no avail.  Does anyone know if/when we visited Arizona?

    You, sir, are a fucking savant. 

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  7. 15 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Clay Helton appears to be a slow starter, strong finisher. Credit to Herman for taking advantage. 

    I wonder how similar his approach is to Strong's while at Texas. I've asked about it and it's apparently not that dissimilar, but for different reasons. 

    I think Texas focusing on AZ, Vegas, Colorado and Utah is super smart. I'd love to see it grow, as they've only dipped toes in those places. No one can honestly claim ownership of any of those areas and there is substantial talent yearly to merit attempting to cherrypick. 

  8. 4 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    In agreement with other sites, TFB is saying that both Chris Nelson and the Duvernays will not transfer.

    I'm from Missouri until the whistle blows at kickoff in the Maryland game, but I'll take the good news with that grain of salt.

    Perhaps the "fuck it, Duvernay, go deep" playcalling method on 2 of every 3 downs is the gordian knot that the wizards Beck and Mehringer finally sliced through in the spring and Devin decided that worked for him. 

    The word on the Duvernays is that they shopped around for interest during the winter break and there wasn't much for both of them, so they decided to give it a go with the program in the spring. 

    The word with Nelson is that those close to him wanted him to come home and hang out with sweet Chuck for a semester. 

    I know all that's been hinted at, but hopefully this is at least a little more detail for anyone who didn't follow closely. Bottom line is, Nelson made a good decision. The book's unfinished for the Duvernays. Donovan needs to graduate and benefit from a UT degree. Devin could leverage a big season into the NFL, if he's lucky. He's kind of small and not quick, but straight speed is excellent and there's been crazier shit that has happened. 

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  9. 7 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    Today is LA versus Austin chamber of commerce and visitor bureau discussions.

    Meh. I didn't participate, but it is par for the course on any recruiting board since the advent of recruiting boards. This is kind of an "old man yells at cloud" issue. I mean, this thread can go sideways, there's no doubt. I just don't think a one page back and forth about Austin and LA is that egregious. 

    More productively, and this board blows at this but it can get there, would be to actually have a standalone thread discussion about UT vs USC. We're going to be competing for them with recruits in AZ, NV, CA, UT, TX, and CO, for sure, over the next few years. Both programs have strong pros and cons, same for the schools and cities. The battles will be pitched and the reasons why one wins a recruit vs the other will vary. 

  10. 6 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

    No one reads your self-aggrandizing tirades.

    I read them. Some of you guys who can't handle more than one paragraph or who need the narrowest interpretation of subject matter to be adhered to in order to enjoy a thread are nauseating.

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  11. 1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

    where's blacklab with the banhammers for derailing the recruiting thread.  fuck you assholes will argue about any and everything.

    I don't see anything persistent in this thread that is off topic. What is driving this post?

  12. 1 hour ago, Hank_Hill said:

    Odd given that Steele didn’t list us in his top schools. Must be lurking real hard

    More of a skulk, really. We’ve been skulking real hard near places that Steele frequents. It’s apparently really working. We’ve surged into his top 9, I hear. 

  13. I protested taxes on my first house once. I went through the process myself and went to the hearing with all of my prep. It was your basic bureaucratic railroading where it was clear the game was rigged and I didn’t understand it. The 3 person committee declared that they’d uphold the original estimate even though they knew fully well it was bullshit. 

    I came totally unhinged and harangued them in some sort of blind aggressive rage that ended with me telling them that if there is a god above, he was sending them all to hell for little acts like this on their judgment day. My realtor was with me and disturbed by the whole thing and I think I lost a few years of my life with the experience. Two weeks later, bizarrely, I got a notice in the mail that they’d reconsidered and slashed the appraisal by over 20%  

    With that, I’ve never protested a thing for the last 11 years. With another crazy jump on properties after Harvey, I’ve bitten the bullet and filed a protest with one of the tax entities built to play the game. I’m interested to see if it is worth it at all. 

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  14. 11 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

    Antwan Godley was 5-11 225 in college and was dominant. Tongue has a chance to be a WR.

    They’re happy to take Tongue and let him play WR. It’s pretty risk for them. If he’s good, he stays at WR as a big target. If he’s a WR bust, he projects incredibly well at LB. 

    Adimora and Smith will both be longhorn commits before the end of June, likely within the next couple of weeks. 

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  15. 1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

    So sorry to bring you down.

    Maybe we can cheer you up with 1) More dead kids who were just going to class! 2) More doing not a goddamned thing about it! 3) More denial and insisting that this is fine, wadda ya gonna do?!  Would that help?

    Monotonous posting about shit that is broken as fuck, has been broken as fuck, and will remain broken as fuck, is not monotonous posting -- it's ACCURATE posting about an unfortunately monotonous SUBJECT.

    You want denial, rainbows, and sunshine?  I'm not sure where you should go for that.  Maybe ignore reality and look at some funny animal vids.  Those often crack me up.

    Project your silliness onto me all you like if it improves your maudlin day, dufus. I've positioned around nothing here other than you being a beating to read.

    My real view beyond that is that you're legitimately emotionally unstable and I hope you're seeking help for it. I see your droning of whatever new thing has drawn your high and mighty ire on this board and when I don't roll my eyes and click away, I honestly think to myself that you've got mental issues that could be putting yourself and loved ones in danger. Before you project what's going on inside of you to the rest of us, do the responsible thing and take care of your own housekeeping first. 

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  16. 23 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Winston, in 27 college games, had 145 rushing attempts for 284 yards. So 2 yards per rush and 10 rushing yards per game.

    I assume sacks are included in the totals, but it’s not like he took many sacks and any he did take would lower his actual rushes per game even further, but help his average. 

    Tough to sell him as a dual threat when you see those numbers. 

    You seem to be confused. It appears that you think recruiting for 16/17/18 year old kids involves rational decision-making. I'm guessing in your mind there's some concept whereby coaches involved with the recruitment of a player are bound by honor, integrity, and truth and simply present facts unemotionally and without bias. The players and their parents, and I'm guessing you think it will undoubtedly be a two parent household in surburbia, will then calmly do their research, gather for multiple discussion sessions, and then robotically make their decision. 

    Decisions are made on emotion and then rationalized with whatever facts the decisionmaker can find in the aftermath. That's true when buying toothpaste. Emotions go higher and logic goes lower when the stakes on the decision are ratcheted up. 

    What you just postulated is pure fantasy. They're pushing their work with Jameis Winston and the college home of Johnny Manziel to any dual-threat QB who answers the phone, and it will ultimately work with one of them.

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