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  1. A good update:

    https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-3-2025/

     

    Key Takeaways

    1. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s theory of victory and negotiating tactics assume that Russia can outlast the West and Ukraine in a war of attrition.
    2. Kremlin officials continued to refuse to publicly discuss the outcomes of the December 2 US-Russia meeting, as ISW previously forecasted.
    3. The Kremlin is reigniting narratives that Odesa City is a Russian city.
    4. Russian forces achieved the tactical breakthrough northeast and east of Hulyaipole in mid-November 2025, likely in part by concentrating and committing a force grouping comparable in size to the one operating in the Pokrovsk-Dobropillya direction.
    5. The 5th CAA’s tactical breakthrough north and northeast of Hulyaipole could enable Russian forces to achieve operational successes in both the Hulyaipole and Orikhiv directions. Russia’s ability to exploit such a breakthrough, however, largely depends on Ukrainian resistance and denial of Russian river crossings.
    6. High ranking Kremlin officials continue to set conditions to justify potential future Russian aggression against Moldova and the Baltics.
    7. The Kremlin is attempting to mobilize Russian and Belarusian civil societies, including Belarusian organizations and the Russian Orthodox Church, to garner support for the war in Ukraine and influence campaigns globally.
    8. Ukraine’s European allies continue to provide military aid and support to Ukraine.
    9. Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Vovchansk, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area. Russian forces recently advanced near Siversk and Pokrovsk.

     

     

     

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  2. 15 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

    Sitake to Penn State seems about as good a fit as Brian Kelly to LSU. I just don’t see dropping a Tongan LDS member with all of his experience and recruiting network on the west coast and mountain west into the middle of BFE Pennsylvania working out very well. 


    Regardless, Penn State can be competitive if it has a better NIL network than its competitors. This is doubtful so expect more mediocrity. 
     

     

  3. Just now, Lonestar88 said:

    Also, ON3 and Rivals are the same thing now. I don't even know how you got two different listed weights there.

     

    Google gave 1 weight for On3 and the link/click through gave a different weight on Rivals. Anyway, he supposedly will start out at edge and move inside when he reshapes his body. He won't see the field for a couple of years from what I can tell. 

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  4. 7 hours ago, Lonestar88 said:

    If he’s already bulked up to 281 in high school, I feel pretty confident saying the weight won’t be much of an issue.

     

    Has he though? Gabe Brooks on 06/03/2025 said he weighed 240lbs. On3 has him listed as an edge at 240lbs. Rivals has him listed as a DL at 250lbs. ESPN has him listed as an end at 235lbs. I watched the Temple Reagan game this year where he had 1 sack and 2 tackles and overall didn't make much of an impact. His stats for 2025 were good, though, 68 total tackles, five sacks, six pass-breakups and a forced fumble. Those stats and watching him play scream DT but he seemed to get pushed around too much when I watched him. Anyway, that's why I called him a tweener. Tell me what you see though in the games you watched. 

     

     

     

  5. On 11/10/2025 at 11:38 AM, Chili dog said:

    Isn’t there generally a pretty poor hit rate on OL out of the portal? Apparently it worked out ok for Ohio State, but is that normal? Or is the expectation that some guys who might not otherwise jump into the portal could be encouraged to do so if the right school were interested? 

    Worked out well for Oregon as well as a few other schools.

  6. 9 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    I think we have decisions to make at wr also wrt bringing in a transfer and also current roster retention/NIL allocation. 

     

    We have multiple years of Mosley and Wingo should be back. We will either keep Moore, or give him up to Ffrench or Lockett, or give up 2 of those 3 and pick up someone in the portal. Lot's of options and they are all good. 

    Our offense is stacked next year. We just need to improve the O-Line. 

     

  7. 10 hours ago, SOHHvet08 said:

    Gerry Hamilton was adamant this week that UT wanted to keep Max Wright in the class.

     

    At what price? Is it pushed out or something else when SMU offers more money and UT isn't willing to match? He was always or should have always been considered a class filler. Personally, I never saw any way that he could see the field here because he was too slow. 

  8. 41 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    @Gatorubet covered most, but I'd say that Ukraine is getting modern fighters in numbers the Russians can't (along with the munitions for them), 

    That’s debatable. They were promised 100 Grippen but it wasn’t a grant according to the video I posted a few days ago. Ukraine will need to pay for them. Ukraine, however, has worse financials than Russia (again in the video). So, I am a little skeptical whether Ukraine will ever see the full 100. It seems to me to be more of just a letter of intent.

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