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Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
closetojumping replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
As of this moment, allegedly Georgia hasn't presented an absurd offer to Terry, while Texas and perhaps Auburn have. That's the whole point of "not sure Kirby is going to let a 5 star in-state DL go to Texas" comments. There's an expectation that Georgia is going to match whatever is needed in the end in order to retain the guy. Georgia might be out of gas though. They're not Yellawood backed or Ellison/Knight backed or built with a collective/corporate combo on the level of Texas. They had to do a whole lot already to get a lot of guys across the finish line and two of those were 5 star DLs. There's always the shot that Georgia's backers have fatigue or nothing left to give in this cycle. Were that to be the case, then it comes down to distance from home for the family and how Texas could overcome it. Auburn's offering, in yet another cycle, is that they have a lot of money to pay a player and the current roster sucks so badly that said player can play significantly immediately. So they got a bunch of guys to hold their nose and sign. Maybe that works with Terry here as well. Allegedly the final bids are due today, so we'll know soon. I'm guessing Auburn wins if they've landed in the range of Texas. I don't see the poors at Bama winning unless the guy wants to give Kalen Daboer a discount for some reason. Probably an Auburn head/Georgia heart kind of deal in the end. At least with Georgia or Texas, development at the position can be pointed out versus the shitshow in development at Auburn with Durkin. They've had two DTs drafted in the last 4 drafts - both 7th rounders last year, already barely hanging on to an NFL roster via the practce squad. -
Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
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He's not currently on PFF's big board, but no one should take much stock in that yet. Guys like Moose Muhammad and 3 WRs from CU not named Hunter are currently on there. I see a bunch of spares that are not going to project better than Golden at the combine or in film review. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
closetojumping replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
I find the SOS argument against Texas to be disingenuous, or ignorant. Guys like Mandel doing it aren't ignorant, they just like bitching about Texas for clicks and personal bias. Old school SEC talking heads are really struggling to frame up the reality of Texas showing up and not giving a fuck about deference or waiting turns or whatever other ethereal nonsense they have in their heads that they think actually matters. Texas scheduled the most difficult OOC game in the country on paper. It's the same next year, too. They played two other eventual bowl teams in the OOC and the dreg on the OOC, La Monroe, wasn't an FCS team and almost went bowling. No one looked at that OOC in the preseason and gave it anything but praise. That should stand now compared to damned near any other program. Regarding the SEC portion, cry me a fucking river. Be better. Stop talking shit about conference difficulty. Tennessee played the same schedule but traded Bama at home for ATM at Kyle Field. They played a decent, on paper, NCSU team, an FCS team, the worst team in FBS in Kent State, and fucking UTEP in their non-con. They couldn't even beat Arkansas. WTF aren't they getting the same level of whining and scrutiny? Teams like Ole Miss and Indiana should be ashamed of their OOC behaviors. Ohio State as well. All pussified nonsense. I'm hoping Texas never does anything but scoff and mock when asked about it.- 4434 replies
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Merely intimating that the guy could be drafted is a sell, to me, at least. Same for Lole. If either of those guys get drafted, you'll be able to knock me over with a feather. Frankly, I'm going to be surprised if either get a combine invite. Lole's medical records alone should prevent an invite.
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
The injury this summer was a stupid thing. Late hit on him after a play was whistled dead by a try-hard trying to standout to the coaches. I agree with what you're saying, nonetheless. -
Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
I'll get mocked and eyerolled on this, so be it. I had fumblitis in the 7th grade. 12 year old me was psyched out about the shit in ways I have never been elsewhere in my life. Couldn't fix it. Every time a handoff to me was called in the huddle, people openly bitched about it. I fumbled once on a long almost touchdown run, wide open down the sidelines and no one within 10 yards of me. Whoop! Right out of bounds. Came back for 5 more seasons of football, touching the ball 8-25 times a game and fumbled twice in five years, both on perfect punchouts by the defender. No clue how it works for grown adults, but that shit is brutal on the mental end. No thanks. That dude defines mediocrity for highly rated WRs. He was valued enough in this last cycle by the staff to merit a significant NIL placement. I think if they can get him back, they'd absolutely take him. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
closetojumping replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
I haven't watched any film and I assume you have. How good is Stewart, really? If Sarkisian gets his pick of the litter for WRs across the country outside of who Oregon wants, is Stewart a top 5 guy? I haven't heard of that kind of talk for him, but it's early, sure. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
closetojumping replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
Get a fucking grip.- 4434 replies
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You keep trying to sell us on Conner getting drafted. You do realize that, eventually, scouts and analysts are going to actually watch his film, right? In more than a handful of plays each game, the guy touches literally no one on the opposing side of the ball.
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
I know it's early, but I just went through two sites, including PFF, regarding RBs for the 2025 draft. 1) Holy shit this is a deep class. 2) Jaydon Blue wasn't listed on either site. Both sites had 30 or more TBs graded. This dude might not even get invited to the combine. -
Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
I understand why this happens and I know I do it too, but you guys are high on your own supply with Blue. He's not a starter at Texas, he doesn't project to be able to add any value running between the tackles, he's not particularly tough, he can be overwhelmed in pass protection, he's not a skilled kick or punt returner and he has the worst case of fumblitis for any player on a Texas roster since Ricky. He does two things well - he's an excellent receiver out of the backfield and he's very fast. Keilan Robinson was drafted in part because he was an excellent ST guy in multiple ways and he was good to excellent at numerous facets as a TB, if totally undersized and unable to run inside. That's just not Blue. FWIW to those who weren't there, Golden did not walk on SR night. I am unsure of the rules and such, so maybe he couldn't simply because he's not going to graduate any time soon or something, but that's likely not the case. I took it as an indicator that he wants to come back. I think the dude is a terrific college WR, so I would love to see that. He catches everything, plays tough, runs solid routes, has a workmanlike attitude within the program, is helpful on kick returns, etc. It would be great news if he returns. Plenty of guys come back within 9 months of an ACL injury and play like nothing happened. It's a truly individual issue, so no one knows shit right now, but it's more likely that he's ready in the summer than not able to workout in the fall, given history of others with the same issue. This isn't the 1970's.- 8997 replies
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Non Texas Recruiting 2025: Look at the poors trying so hard
closetojumping replied to Ricky's one-hitter's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Texas isn’t paying a non-qb HS recruit seven figures. They never have and Phillips isn’t that guy to change it. This bullshit the LSU end is pushing is manufactured out of thin air. The reality is that Phillips’ family started to have very real concerns about Brian Kelly as a human versus being compared to the culture at Texas. Players at LSU are starting to turn on Kelly and have indicated disdain to recruits. LSU doesn’t have $800k/year to commit to a NB, btw. That’s also ridiculous bullshit. $800k was more than LSU used to be able to scrounge up in the bag game for all of their bag game deals in a class combined. Those idiots are as poor as they are dumb and dishonest. There are few dumber, poorer and dirtier fanbases and programs in all of CFB. I am truly enjoying watching those sorry motherfuckers bawl all over themselves. Things are going to continue to go from bad to worse for those scumbags and we get to be here for it.- 369 replies
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Has something changed regarding Blue? I’ve heard all year that, irrespective of this being the deepest pool of draftable TBs maybe ever, he’s entering the draft no matter what. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Also, it’s time for a thread title change to something clever or pertinent. @texifornia, let’s go, bud. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
closetojumping replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Who are the legacies? Lott and Finley? Seems like Lott is going to be highly ranked with everyone wanting him. I haven’t started following heavily so I can’t tell if Finley is in that same range or what. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
closetojumping replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Given these comments and posting the guy’s stuff, I thought “who is his nemesis?” and clicked to view the ignored post. It didn’t disappoint. 1) The guy still has no grip on how recruiting works. It’s hard to be “wrong” when providing info and establishing that things change, and particularly around signing day. 2) The irony of citing guys as sources and then accidentally mocking those same people because the idiot doesn’t understand the intertwined nature between some of us is delicious. 3) To watch an admitted cuckhold call other people “bitch made” and “hoes” shows that, through all of his timult, he’s sadly learned nothing. 4) Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays -
Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
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That dude is a get, in my mind. I liked him more than Bbrown as the season went on. -
Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
closetojumping replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
While it was an inevitability that they'd ultimately edit the game result into a fictionalized victory, it's still always funny to see. The speed is surprising, but also adds to the entertainment. The bigger thing to me is that it's indicative of behaviors throughout the whole organization. The Elk blamed refs, the admins and boosters think they're a few plays away, and the fans convince themselves of their hypothetical wins and glory. Nothing therefore changes, no one gets introspective and grows, and they play Charlie Brown to the world's Lucy, again and again. -
Non Texas Recruiting 2025: Look at the poors trying so hard
closetojumping replied to Ricky's one-hitter's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
That dum dum was talking about 14 signees this past weekend. Looks like he landed two more guys but lost this one. -
Non Texas Recruiting 2025: Look at the poors trying so hard
closetojumping replied to Ricky's one-hitter's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Well, I didn't say anything about the schedule in 2025 being "easy". My argument is that it currently does not look "top 3" difficult, which is the what you said. I didn't dispute that Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee wouldn't be good again next year, like, at all. You can challenge the notion that LSU won't be mediocre, but the trend for them is there. Before having a ton of money and having the right coach, LSU was completely mediocre for more than 4 decades. Saban, new revenue streams, and an inspired fanbase changed all of that. Look forward, however, and they face an uphill climb, irrespective of how much in-state talent they have. They cannot compete on the NIL front. Threatening momma or daddy's livelihood is no longer is a problem when the recruit can get $500k/year as an offset elsewhere. They're a poor school in a poor state surrounded now by serious capital and the same level of fandom affinity as their own. LSU is staring down the barrel of a 7-5 ceiling next season. Ole Miss has been a dogshit program for most of its existence. Kiffin isn't some wizard. He handled the portal better early than others. He's not a great recruiter and surviving by portal arbitrage alone isn't an option going forward. Winning 9+ games at shithole programs like Ole Miss isn't a given or a birthright. Like I said, your schedule isn't going to fly as an excuse next year. Was this a flip today? Jesus. That leaves them with 13 signees. -
Non Texas Recruiting 2025: Look at the poors trying so hard
closetojumping replied to Ricky's one-hitter's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Not sure you can call next year's schedule some sort of monster. -Miami - loses a ton of starters including Ward and Restreppo -USF - loses the QB, might still be better, who knows? -Georgia in Jax - They lose a ton but will reload, of course. Still, just expecting them to be a top 5 team involves ignoring plenty of parity and their roster losses. -Texas - Loses a ton of starters at QB, OL, TE, WR, DT, DE, Same thoughts as Georgia. -FSU - they sucked this year and they will suck next year. the portal arbitrage days are over, they recruit like shit, they have no depth. -@ Ole Miss - those dipshits sold their soul to play for it all this year ... in the Music City Bowl or some shit. they lose everyone and some say Kiffin lacks the same backing this cycle. -@ LSU - they're a run of the mill program going forward. NIL and the portal and an asshole HC that no one wants to play for have hurt them significantly. -@ Texas A&M - they're the definition of mediocre and lose most of their high end talent this year. -Tennessee - I think they'll for sure be a top 10 team. -Miss State - terrible. come on. -Long Island U - fuck you guys with the FCS shit. -@ Kentucky - terrible. come on. A lot can happen with the portal, but if you guys can't go 9-3 with that schedule, Napier is trash. You bring back plenty of talent and have a big class coming in. You're also primed to spend a bundle in the portal. Regardless, that's not a "top 3 hardest" schedule next cycle. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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That dude is regarded as about the surest thing in the entire 2025 class. I would have taken that bullet. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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As in, some folks on the Texas side thought the juice was worth someone else's squeeze because of big boy SEC football and ATM somehow, yet again, being the waking sleeping giant. Fortunately, Hilson so badly didn't want to go to ATM that he chose Colombia, MO as a better alternative. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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Usually when that kind of stuff is thrown around, 50% or better. DK Moore went from a $750k guy to $1.25 overnight. Jayden Jackson went from $100k-ish in offers to OU coming in over the top for $400k in year one last year. One of the guys Auburn on the DL last year was a similar case. When Texas and programs like Michigan or Ohio State are saying "I'm out", you know something has gotten silly. Not saying that happened with DKM because it didn't, but it did with Hilson, JJackson, and a few Auburn signees last year. Another thing with Hilson is that this was like 3rd time that he decided to shop another offer. He may wind up being really good, but most often the third time is the strikeout for disciplined programs. That's a true statement irrespective of who JTerry picks. He probably sets the #1 class and credit to Gerry for saying that he would last week, if so. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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They offered him over the top NIL last week. He then went and shopped it. Somewhere in there, Texas bowed out, agitating some folks by a great deal, but that shit happens every cycle.
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