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  1. Just so I’m following, UTRGV is up by 10?
  2. Can one of you people provide a score?
  3. I grew up playing against Scheschuk. What's he saying in this story?
  4. Well, I wouldn't worry about the numbers. Maybe saying "courteously holding off" instead of "waiting to see how things shake out in the spring game" wasn't the best way to put it. Also, there will be exits after the spring game because Sarkisian sat down with players and gave them an assessment of future role and playing time and they realized they might need to leave. Attrition now isn't an indicator one way or the other of who pushed it. Attrition next week will mostly be about guys they're okay seeing walk. As to Auburn, he has an NIL deal with a roofing company and some other corporate deals because of his look and personality. He also gets taken care of well through TOF. He's almost certainly making more than BO&W right now, as well as any other posters here living in their mother's basement.
  5. Karels posted his follow-up to the article about portal needs for ATM, this time covering the defense. This one also has some really good shit in it. Spoilered for idiots who don't like articles with more than 200 words: The net-net is that things look grim at LB, but it is apparently a low portal need due to a bunch of bodies on campus that are breathing and claim to play LB. Things also look grim at S with the exception of Anderson. No one has differentiated in performance next to him and the most likely guy to start there, Dalton Brooks, is admittedly "a year away" and it would be preferable for him to get more time to develop. They also don't have a NT that is providing any confidence. The giant fatass from Houston of PI descent is getting rolled off the ball and has conditioning issues. Again, "he's still a year away". They are loaded at E and yet still took another portal guy. He hints at attrition at this spot. The Vandy S who is actually decent is still rumored to be heading back to Vandy. They'd add multiple players on defense from the portal without hesitation, after adding 24 (and already losing one of them) in December.
  6. That's good to know. Most guys aren't good with that, so don't expect that as a given in the future with a starter. I'm kind of stunned and I am aware of his NIL circumstances. I will be stunned if it isn't a little more than 3. Some guys are courteously holding off from doing something until after the spring game. That's true for other schools too, apparently.
  7. It’s 4 a year, guy. Just fucking google it. It’s not a mystery.
  8. No clue. I don't really ever look at portal rankings anymore because they have been fucking garbage through at least this past December. ATM's had massive talent drain between what went out and what they replaced it with, so yeah, if they have a #2 ranking, it is an indictment of the whole thing. I hear commentators mention portal rankings as some sort of good thing and they're just falling for more dumb shit by not doing the work look even a little below the surface.
  9. You guys read too much into things. There's no "nice" or "mean' or any other thing. There's just closetojumping. If I had the controls to this site last week, I'd have rolled your handle and 20 others into purgatory just the same as I'd do right now if I could.
  10. What kind of burger are we talking about? A Big Kahuna Burger? A Good Burger? A veggie patty burger? No, fuck that. Now, if @immamac would change your handle to Jaggy McPosterjagger or something, I'd be all-in for whatever people wanted to us.
  11. @Dennis Taylor, I think, is a family friend. If not him another handle like his, dammit. Anyway, the last update was that the player is a redass and going nowhere, but that was months ago.
  12. What's the story here? The Houston version is Shaun Bagwell having goes with at least Darryl Kile, Ken Caminiti, and Mike Hampton. The Caminiti trade was driven by Jeff Bagwell's demands, allegedly.
  13. Regarding their current outlook for starting OL, it's really, really grim over there. Holy shit, from Tarp: To translate, they have Crownover and Bisontis starting and neither guy has any film that can be viewed positively. They have a guy at C that was trampled repeatedly last season. Reuben Fatheree is their offensive line's MacGuffin.
  14. Regarding their current outlook for starting OL, it's really, really grim over there. Holy shit, from Tarp: I've provided some thoughts on Texas A&M's offensive tackles but focused primarily on them as players. Now, here are some takes on the offensive line this spring as a whole (the following is solely a product of my thought process). 1. You're going to have at least five starting caliber guys for the five spots up front. Your questions are more about who's going to play as opposed to can so and so be an adequate player at a particular position. 2. A lineup of Trey Zuhn (left side) and Dametrious Crownover (right side) at tackle, Chase Bisontis and Armaj Reed-Adams at guard, and Mark Nabou at center makes a lot of sense for multiple reasons going into the spring game (this isn't necessarily a projection for the season opener…we've got a long way to go before then). 3. Zuhn is experienced and has a nice kick step to stay with people on the edge. He's got to deal with people getting their hands into his chest but he's gradually improved that aspect of his game as he's gotten bigger and more experienced. Crownover offers a lot of potential and is probably the best pure athlete up front. He has dominant reps when everything works for him and that's something that everyone seems to be attracted to. However, he has to reduce the problematic reps and individual games, particularly in terms of his usage rate. 4. Bisontis is a big guy with a quick first step. He looks good on initial contact and his legs keep churning to sustain his advantage. Playing between people and getting help in pass pro will enable him to avoid the "play in space with no help" scenarios he faced far too often in 2023 as a converted guard on the edge (and he was a true freshman to boot). Reed-Adams is a massive guy and he's got quite a few starts under his belt. The trick for him will be dealing with quicker players on the interior since (like Bisontis) you're not going to run over him in pass pro. 5. Nabou is solid on the inside as the pivot man. He doesn't seem to struggle with snaps, and he can be very physical. He is another guy that you're not going to run over. The trick for him will be getting off of the ball, keeping his feet moving, and getting his hand placement going. 6. Beyond what I think would be the first five, there's still generally a lot of people trying to reconcile themselves to a new campus or offensive scheme, gaining experience as youngsters, in track, or dealing with injuries (either from the spring or last season). 7. I think that Reuben Fatheree is an exception to all of the above, I like him just fine, and I could be wrong, but we'll see. ---- To translate, they have Crownover and Bisontis starting and neither guy has any film that can be viewed positively. They have a guy at C that was trampled repeatedly last season. Reuben Fatheree is their offensive line's MacGuffin.
  15. I've got more good stuff coming from those idiots that I'm going to post here as well. Here's a tidbit about that awesome 5 star TJ Shanahan that shocked me: Tarp "Mr_Pibb said... (original post) How is TJ looking?" Shorter than I expected in person. There's guys who are out right now like Dewberry that you would normally expect to make a run at a starting job. Foster is also in track. He might still be a year away. ---- To translate: He's not a player we should expect to see out there and he probably won't ever be any better than that. If you doubt my interpretation, here's another comment from Tarp about the way he feels he has to write on that site from the same thread: Tarp "WesleyTXAg said... (original post) Agreed, but I am also referring to your narrative. So unless you're saying your narrative is A&M's narrative, I think it is worth ..." I'm just telling you what I see and hear. However, you're always going to get push back with this fan base if things aren't what the narrative is, like when I posted the other day that they're probably further behind in talent compared to programs like Georgia and Ohio State or that they're still trying to figure things out due to the number of newcomers. There are other considerations such as the fact that they're more experienced and disciplined than what they were under the previous regime.
  16. From Aggie 247 and my thoughts: Carter Karels continues to attempt subtle messages to his aggie readers that their roster is dogshit and they're going to need to do a lot of work in the portal. He's also hinting at soon to be exits as well. I'm not sure if any of it is getting through. Here's an article in which he talks about the offense and their portal needs. Spoilered so the folks that just come to this thread to crack the ever-hilarious sheepfucking jokes don't have too long of a scroll: So it appears that they're planning on losing a QB. The staff isn't happy at OT and will be in the portal fishing for one of those ever present starting OTs who can start on day one. They think they're losing at least one TB. They also don't think they have RB1 on campus so, again, they'll be all over one of those awesome starting TBs that no one else is bidding for to step right in the lineup. They just lost a WR to foot surgery who had transferred in from Troy and was an immediate starter. He won't be back for the first part of the season, if any of it. They also lack a WR1 on campus and need one of those to magically drop in for them as well. They don't think they need help at TE but the staff also doesn't see a TE1 on the roster. They don't have a functioning C and will be begging someone to join them at that spot, otherwise they're reliant on a completely disengaged Bryce Foster or someone worse. They're "loaded" with guys on the IOL, but Karels seems to be unaware that quantity is completely irrelevant if quality is non-existent.
  17. Carter Karels continues to attempt subtle messages to his aggie readers that their roster is dogshit and they're going to need to do a lot of work in the portal. He's also hinting at soon to be exits as well. I'm not sure if any of it is getting through. Here's an article in which he talks about the offense and their portal needs. Spoilered so the folks that just come to this thread to crack the ever-hilarious sheepfucking jokes don't have too long of a scroll: So it appears that they're planning on losing a QB. The staff isn't happy at OT and will be in the portal fishing for one of those ever present starting OTs who can start on day one. They think they're losing at least one TB. They also don't think they have RB1 on campus so, again, they'll be all over one of those awesome starting TBs that no one else is bidding for to step right in the lineup. They just lost a WR to foot surgery who had transferred in from Troy and was an immediate starter. He won't be back for the first part of the season, if any of it. They also lack a WR1 on campus and need one of those to magically drop in for them as well. They don't think they need help at TE but the staff also doesn't see a TE1 on the roster. They don't have a functioning C and will be begging someone to join them at that spot, otherwise they're reliant on a completely disengaged Bryce Foster or someone worse. They're "loaded" with guys on the IOL, but Karels seems to be unaware that quantity is completely irrelevant if quality is non-existent.
  18. It depends on what you'd classify as "a ton" but it was nothing close to the expectation had he entered the draft. At the time, I'm not talking about it now that we've seen he wasn't able to come back, we thought his decision to come back was a mistake but the guy wanted to be at Texas working his way back.
  19. You and Ian Boyd should get together and go bowling.
  20. That's great and all, but the guy's nickname has been Jagger McJaggerson for over a year.
  21. I think Alabama is going to have some surprising and serious LOS issues in 2024. I'll wait until the portal is closed to really think about it, but as of right now, and from what I saw in their spring game, there's a good shot that they won't look like the same fronts from Bama since 2008.
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