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  1. They’ve flipped 5+ guys before today but recently and still have a few in play. What point are you trying to make here?
  2. Yeah, the posts questioning what's going on are starting to creep in. I'm sure both sign there, but it's fun to see.
  3. There's a Dabo/Clemson thread on the football board and I posted about this yesterday on that thread, but yeah, Swinney is firmly entrenched in his approach. He says they're retaining basically the entire roster and won't lose hardly anyone to the portal. Maybe a few to the pros. He spent the rest of his recent PC talking about how they were going to become the first 3 loss national title winner this year, after apparently just rolling through SMU this weekend. That dude is cushioned with his fantasies by the ineptitude of the ACC. The two times they went up against SEC teams this year, they were smaller, slower, and crushed at the point of attack. I'm sure they'll do awesome in the playoffs, should they somehow actually beat SMU. I'd love to see Texas face them.
  4. They really are somewhat closer to aggies, as a group, behavior-wise, than we think. They currently blame everything on "The Snubbing" and believe that the universe has secretly aligned against them since that specific moment in time. It's fun to witness.
  5. Dude. You should go read some of these other sites I have access to via a 247 subscription. They're hilarious and dwarf anything we're doing here. LSU and FSU are hysterical messes.
  6. Phew. Someone stepped up. That's pretty fucking big. Now it gets interesting with JTerry, Hicks, Fasusi, etc. Is Texas pushing all-in? Does this pull us off of some or all? Could be a big move in either direction. Or, it's just another signing week and Hicks comes to Texas while the others go where they're expected. IT'S FLUID!!!
  7. No recruit is an island, entire of itself. Every recruit is piece of the roster, a part of the main. Lacey could damned sure be called upon for various reasons including a rash of QB injuries.
  8. They're going to win the Stewart NOLA auction. They're not swinging for one DT and they're offering significant paydays. Riley and Elko are in the same spot of trying to convince the money that they are *that* close and just to shore up a few key spots to land on top, particularly DT.
  9. I think I've been as straightforward as I could be in that Sharma already flipped to USC earlier this week. Texas has been doing what it can, but USC's extremely desperate. This goes back to being too selective early on if you weren't going to have the cajones to do what it takes to retain the guys you do land. They want to develop as many guys from the ground up as they can. At every position. That obviously doesn't mean they'd ever ignore the portal as one of winners there in each cycle. I think people are confusing the costs of recruiting these days, really. I know imma knows that, but just building off of the point around development. Some guys cost most than others. Some guys still sign with almost no NIL understanding or expectation. Other guys know their specific market via the help of agents or savvy parents and it goes as high as $1.25M/year for non-QBs, apparently, given that that's part of why Moore went to Oregon. Even the stars fail to normally go nearly that high. But that's not "the market" generally speaking for a position. Chase Sims could have been had for virtually nothing. Guidry, same. WIth UT's S&C and coaching development in this regime, either guy winds up contributing and potentially becoming draft picks. Neither of them approached something like $250k. His trajectory has been downward, even before Daboer. It's odd. Injuries and culture issues this year didn't help. Dude quit on the team midseason. I wouldn't touch him. The $9.95ers are idiots for rating him so highly. That's a brand thing only. Nansen basically decided he wasn't really interested in Petitjohn until it was far too late. Not sure what the guy was thinking, as he's been very good otherwise. Just a bizarre play. On Lacey, I think there was some element of loyalty to both the recruit and the evaluation on Sarkisian's end. Given the guy's track record at QB, I guess I've got to just shrug and call myself the idiot for doubting him when it pans out.
  10. If you don't know Milroe's "Let A 'Naysayer Know" tattoo story and the viral Gameday moment last season involving it, you should google it all out of general cfb interest.
  11. Yeah, it's been a great cycle and such, but there are some busts mixed in as well. This isn't texags. 1) DT recruiting did not go well. Texas might wind up landing JTerry somehow, and that could save it. Sharma is anything but a lock for Texas today. If they sign only one, that's laughable. They had chances to lock in multiple quality guys earlier in the cycle and they didn't. A final group of Charles, Sharma, and JTerry would be great. A final group of Wynn, Sims, and Charles would also have been just fine. They left too much variability in this group and risk closing with only one. 2) Committing to Lacey over the dude from DFW wasn't ideal. 3) Letting Ohio State win on Petitjohn will always suck. Not understanding Faraimo's general disinterest was just idiocy on Nansen's part. I do not believe he is eligible for the MLB draft after signing his LOI today.
  12. I’m guessing Barnes is in for Texas, but him changing his plans like this isn’t a positive. It’s fucking irritating.
  13. If Barnes had a ceremony at 7:30, why haven’t they announced his signing?
  14. DJ Sanders is an out of shape bad bodied project. I thought he was over-ranked all along. If he’s anything but a bust, I’ll b shocked. That HS has future star at TB that I assume Texas is recruiting. Expect more shenanigans with that shithead coach if the player’s family isn’t fully running the show.
  15. Dry erase version or permanent? I’m using white crayon, personally.
  16. It’s crazy because I don’t think they really even resemble each other on the field. “Get me somebody! Anybody!”
  17. Townsend is a box to check regarding today’s trends. Texas managed the aggie NIL push coupled with the “we have no one better on the roster and you’ll be playing immediately” pitch.
  18. That is going to cost a lot of money. Wow.
  19. That is the current case with USC as well. USC is about to land multiple guys though, so doubt it holds through tomorrow.
  20. I used to view Michigan as sort of a mirror to Texas in the north. No more. That cheating shit and them defending it and trying to gaslight everybody turned me off. That said, they're fine to be doing what they're doing from our perspective, but I sure as hell wish they were attacking the OSU recruiting class rather than going with a gunshot approach. I am tired of Ohio State in every possible way. A shitty fanbase, a shitty state, a shitty coach, the sense of entitlement, their cheating, and their 120+ years of almost constant success being the big bad brand in the middle of the most boring part of this country.
  21. Aggie said: We literally play the schedule card every opportunity lol Who knows if they do .. but I don't think we make the playoff with their schedule either You have to really wonder if playing a harder schedule is worth it if in the last 30 years there are no trips to Atlanta, and only one trip to the BIGXII title game. Florida St and Miami became powerhouse programs in the 1990's when they were the only big dog football programs in the ACC and BIG East. Would you rather be the big fish in a small pond, or a big fish in a huge pond with other big fishes? Texas fled the BIGXII because they were tired of TCU and Baylor kicking their ass....so it works both ways. Texas..."FLED" the Big 12 to escape TCU and Baylor? Did we not win the conference last year? They never really do pay any attention to sticking to actual facts, do they? By the '90's and before joining conferences, both FSU and Miami were national powerhouses.
  22. That's not what y'all are discussing. It's not the most topical issue. Where goes are going and who Texas might be losing or flipping are far more topical right now. Finally, we've discussed the bomber types swooping in and changing everything for years. Knight has been a central discussion item across multiple recruiting cycles. Ellison doesn't change anything and it's to be expected. Texas still has the machine it needs for most situations and those guys aren't taking everyone. The Yellawood guy is no different at Auburn. If Texas ultimately successfully woos Dell or Musk into participating, we're good on that front as well. Nothing new here besides y'all getting silly about your comparisons and disagreements regarding ownership requirements, etc.
  23. Zion Williams and Walter Mathis, one, the other, or both, would be the kind of petty shit I could see Sarkisian enjoying. I'm here for it. Can you two goobers take this shit somewhere else? We are here on Signing Day Eve and Sydney is sending Wulaw spiraling on some ownership/GM fantasy discussion. Good grief.
  24. Florida State currently has the 34th rated recruiting class by On3. The rumors are swirling that they're going to lose their top two remaining commits by the time the week is over. Soloman Thomas (IOL) is heading either to LSU or UF. Kevin Wynn (DT) has everyone and their mother pushing for him but Georgia appears very confident.
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