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  1. Dumb take. I don’t know how we’d manage. —— I assume Canham isn’t the first choice. That said, Beau Vine wants everyone to know his pursuit is fruitless, guys. No way. Canham cannot be money whipped into a conference with a pulse. Not happening. GTFO and leave the naïveté to new visitors, dipshit.
  2. Ohio State going big on Davison is like an NFL team trading up into the first round to draft a TB.
  3. This man deserves a better handle name. JaggyMcJaggerposter would slam and go hard. He’s earned it many times over.
  4. I see this has surprisingly devolved into the worst active thread on the board right now. Unsurprisingly, BO&W and SydneyCarton are squarely in the middle of it.
  5. I wasn’t expecting that. Whoever lands him pulled one off.
  6. The problem with going after SEC guys is that the financial situation for those schools isn't the same as it is for Oregon State or the ACC schools or freaking ECU. I think Canham and Godwin played at the schools they're currently coaching, but that can still be overcome. Hell, Jonathan Smith is coaching at Michigan State right now because Oregon State is permafucked in the go-forward for major athletic programs. Canham might make the most sense, but I think Bakich could win big at Texas.
  7. It's kind of unbelievable how predictably all of this is unfolding. Deion's arrogance in the notion that he's some sort of magnetic force that will simply attract the best and the brightest due to that was only reinforced by the start early last season and all of the adoration. That didn't translate at all in recruiting, it's starting to seriously lose its luster with the current roster, and the transfer portal this cycle is shit for them. It may turn out that the HC of a program actually has to, you know, put the work in on recruiting, player relationship management, and portal recruiting. That would blow a lot of minds, not the least of which will be Deion's. Then he'll just blame a bunch of other people and mysterious forces working against him and fuck off elsewhere eventually. This CU 2024, short of a number of portal hail mary completions, is 2-10/3-9 at best and the roster is all his (un)doing.
  8. I'm sure we'll eventually learn more, but it certainly appears like Brooks is leveraging Texas' NIL and brand prowess to get what he wants from elsewhere. That's how I'm interpreting comments from folks I trust.
  9. That's right on McCullough. I think Turner was the 0.0 guy. Aaron Ross is the mirror image to EM. The NCAA really tried to fuck him on technicalities. Glad he and Texas stuck with it, as he became a longhorn great. Hopefully his kids are as amazing as their bloodline and come play at Texas in whatever sports they're excelling.
  10. Either go away for a while until the dust has settled or buckle up. I don't think talking about decade+ old recruits and failures is the same as lamenting old losses and stuff. Part of why most of us follow recruiting is that the talent acquisition side of things involves character evaluations and the aftermath reviews of those are interesting.
  11. Should be obvious, guys. They promoted several folks and expanded their roles, not the least of whom is Brandon Harris. Sarkisian handled the whole thing in ways that smack of overconfidence in the wrong people on that end. Let's all see how it sorts itself out, but there is real risk on some significant fuck ups that can only be classified as unforced errors.
  12. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but where do you guys that follow tennis closely see the Texas women's team landing this year? Are they a national title contender? Or more like a sweet 16 kind of team? I know it was up and down for a while but for those who get to see a lot of tennis, where are they now after stringing wins together and getting healthy-ish?
  13. Tulowitzki over Canham, Bakich, Godwin or Walter would be a legendary fuck up. All 4 of those coaches are at programs that cannot counter a serious Texas offer to the HC. Nitpick any one of those guys, fine, but the holes in Tulo's resume are gaping. I'd happily sacrifice everyone on this thread to the baseball gods with only the use of my bare hands and a plastic spork for Texas to go out and get Bakich.
  14. I swear I think someone did a "where are they now?" follow-up years later on the guy and they actually interviewed him.
  15. The biggest contributor from Oklahoma from the Mack era through Herman's tenure was probably Adam Doiron. He's from Nacogdoches but grew up in Oklahoma. He was a contributor at Texas on the DL and was a nonsense guy in the locker room. Not sure if I am missing anyone else. We could argue that Thompson, for Sarkisian, played a bigger role. Feel like I'm forgetting someone. And, of course, the big one that Texas missed on, Wes Sims, who led to one of funniest things I've ever seen in my time online following the horns.
  16. Good lord. Some of those names are disturbing to recall. Timmons had something like a borderline personality disorder. I don't even want to know how things wound up for that poor bastard. Hardeman - didn't he commit a felony or two? I can't remember but I feel like whatever he did was a non-trivial crime. Marco Martin got busted as a molester or some shit. McCullough pulled the Bluto Blutarsky, right? Or maybe it was another highly ranked DB from that 1999 class? One of them did it and disappeared. Maybe I'm thinking of Kendrick Turner. Sonny Davis anyone? Paul Broussard (never signed, but damn)? I don't remember how either guy died but they were viewed as big time talents who couldn't get out of their own way, that Texas needed badly, and that both died violently. Andre Jones and Robert Joseph. We know things didn't go well at all for Jones, who was corrupted while running around with Joseph, a known malcontent. If I'm not katfidding, and I don't think I am, things have gone predictably for Joseph: https://www.panews.com/2021/10/22/pd-groves-driver-had-drugs-gun-5-month-old-child/ https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/crime/portarthur/article/Affidavit-PA-man-fled-shooting-in-car-with-2-11284265.php Fuck that piece of shit. It was the shit with those last two idiots that led to Mack Brown deciding that he would only recruit "good kids who graduate", which essentially meant a bunch of choir boys with very little backbone. Self-selecting out of the state's premium talent was an awesome decision.
  17. You're saying that with certainty, from a year out. Do you understand how silly that looks? Also, do you think you're breaking news with something like this? I probably 800+ CFB games a year. This time last season, Daniels, McCarthy, Penix, and Nix were on no one's 1st round list, if on the list at all. Spencer Rattler was projected to go #1 overall heading into his year 3 season. Sam Howell was anointed in a similar fashion. Some guys will rise. Shedeur Sanders is already falling. This Colorado team is going to struggle to be better than 2-10. Let's see that idiot stay healthy while not making a fool of himself by constantly running his mouth, along with his dad doing the same. If he pulls those things off, maybe he goes in the first 2 rounds. The halo effecting of this guy as a top of the line QB was laughable last season and it is even more laughable now. I don't think calling Brown a "bust" is fair by @texifornia. It's not like any of us were projecting him to be a starter during his recruitment. I think you can follow recruiting and project them within reason and the understanding that any single player is always a wild card and can never be considered a sure thing.
  18. He's already a paid coach at Texas, so somewhere along the way, he must have finished out if he didn't finish the first time at Long Beach.
  19. Boy, Ford's taken quite the tumble.
  20. Tapp is gone. He has other options to play a lot and couple that with NIL. If he doesn't portal, I'll be stunned. Swanson is likely gone but that's not one they're apparently losing sleep over. Hanging onto Gullette shouldn't even be an issue, but the new staff structure and expanded roles for folks is leaving the impression that some folks are overwhelmed and Texas is at risk of losing some players they really shouldn't and don't want to lose. We've known that multiple OLs were going to vanish. Kirkland was a given. Losing someone like Goosby would be a fucking problem. Frankly, losing Agbo isn't helpful either. There are going to be some DB exits. Did Sarkisian mention Red once this spring besides remarking at the beginning that they'd prefer him to have not come in at 240? Bobby is saying 6-8 exits including Burrell, Walton and Kirkland. I'm going with 8-10 and some howling from various directions, including inside Bellmont.
  21. I am taking bets right now for anyone who wants to have a go of it regarding Shedeur Sanders going in the top 3. Name your wager and I’ll take the other side.
  22. Wow. Is this unique or is this a thing?
  23. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!! Get a fucking grip on reality here, dipshits. Jesus titty fucking Christ.
  24. In a shocking turn of events, Hookem2147 shows up to normalize failure for the baseball team. He’s had a solid season this year, even if no one else has.
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