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  1. first weekend result certainly does not portend a big change for everton this season but we do debut a new stadium this weekend. good comprehensive video of the new digs.
  2. as if it were even remotely a question.
  3. ugh, annoys me that they used casa grande in the background of their dumbass photo. corban, yale, and alistair all trying to stain the awesomeness of the chisos is unforgivable.
  4. 100% agree across the board but i would say cb is 1a given smith.
  5. i agree but he (helm) was good enough to present a multiple look. personnel did not betray the play calling or scheme. hopefully endries, washington, townsend, whoever the fuck it is can achieve that. if we are throwing with endries and running with shannon, that's obviously a disadvantage.
  6. i did not say i did not like endries...you are inserting that sentiment. i said i am naturally skeptical of a player transferring from cal as it relates to my confidence in knowing what to expect. those are two very different things. great players can come from anywhere...the transfers i expect to kill it the most this year are from utsa and arkansas...two shit teams. i just said i am naturally skeptical and very much in wait and see what he does against ohio state's defense as opposed to relying on being honorable mention for his games against stanford and uc davis before i assume he will effectively replace the production from helm. remember, the part of my post above that you quoted regarding tight ends was in my "i have no fucking idea what is going to happen" part of my post...not my "i think we are going to suddenly suck shit because of this clown ass cal transfer" part. reaching back more than twenty years to jeff tedford's program does not translate to cal's players now. but, of course, it does not mean that he cannot be an impact player. we didn't think there was a reason that billingsley could not have been an impact player when he transferred either. ultimately, i don't have a reason to be confident that i know what to expect from the t.e.'s. hence my designation in my original post. in contrast, i am confident i know what to expect from spence. hopefully two years from now, i'm posting "how the ever loving fuck are we going to possibly replace the greatness that was jack mother fucking endries??!!" my stance on collins and broughton makes plenty of sense when you realize that i disagree with the premise that they both "played like ass" in 23. i think you missed where i said: i think they both made big jumps from 22 to 23 and both were impactful guys...they were just backing up murphy and sweat. as a backup, collins had 7 fewer tackles on the season than murphy did...racked up a couple of sacks, and was an impact guy. just like sweat and murphy made a huge jump from 21 to 22 and then even more in 23, we saw a similar pattern from both of them...that's not a coincidence. collins and broughton were both 23 year olds last year and in their fifth year. all of them have had the benefit of good coaching. as for talent, we will see what baker gets from them. shaw has a 55 career tackles in three years...merely double what collins had as a backup in 2023 alone...a season you have declared as him "sucking." kanu in two years of playing as a rs-fr and soph has 14 total tackles ever...substantially less than collins in his "playing like ass" year as a backup. brevard has had some nice stats and i am hopeful that, particularly with baker's coaching, he will contribute to a solid interior. but it remains the case that, along with cornerback, that the potential drop off at dt is my biggest concern. luckily, we don't have to agree...and we are both hoping for the same thing.
  7. regarding endries, i almost kind of purposefully left him off the discussion to avoid jinxing him. first, he's from cal. while he could be a tre watson level success, i am naturally skeptical of a cal guy having success. two, as amazing as steve has been in the transfer portal, it's extremely bizarre but every one of his tight end transfers has been a calamity. just glad endries isn't from bama. i don't put a lot of stock into the preseason grown ass man koolaid but i am secretly hopeful based on his previous success...just felt like if i said his name that it would end in disaster. hoping that between him, washington, townsend, and shannon, we are at least reliable at pass catching and if we can have some blocking that makes us multiple in their formations, then bonus. hard to see them being as effective as helm and sanders though. i do believe in baker. he was a great replacement when bo bailed and he did a hell of a job last year. i think he's a very good coach and i think our dts are going to be great again starting next year. at dt, age does matter and your points about collins and broughton reiterate that reality. collins and broughton were developing the whole time...before baker got here. while i do believe he enhanced their performance last year through coaching, it is not a coincidence that they started to really have an impact in the rotation in 2023 (there is no disputing that both of them really started to flash at a much higher level in 23 than previously) as 22 and 23 year olds and they were ready to dominate in 24. but i still believe they were both more talented than any of the three senior transfers. if baker is able to get shaw, brevard, kanu, and january as a four man rotation to play at even 85% of the level we've seen the last two years and can spell them effectively with terry, hills and charles at the right times and the occasional mix it ups with sde play in the middle from burke and vasek, then the front 7 will be devastating. but, that is just the on paper talking.
  8. my longcat thoughts on texas 2025 going in... i'm feeling optimistic for a really good team to develop over the season. that said, these number one rankings are more a combination of no one knowing wtf to expect from everyone this season because there are so few good qbs known at present...and arch. 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked. the satyanash side of me looks at the following: pointing out four starting offensive line and the tight end is not sufficient... it's a consensus all american left tackle and 6th year center...plus a millionth year tight end with incredible athleticism and instinct for steve's offense and soft spots in zone. five our of six guys across the front line makes me queasy. losing cam williams mainly means we pick up 100 yards a game in avoided false starts but the rest of them are total fucking unknown situations...and we have already lost one of them that had some meaningful playing time. lots of optimism for cruz, baker, goosby, campbell, robertson, neto, kibble, etc..., but gotta see it first. goosby is the only one of those that has really played some grown ass man football and did it well. this will also be the first time since 2022 that we do not have at least two monster 4-6 years in the program seniors playing defensive tackle in the rotation. the thing that most people under appreciate about the last two years of texas football success is that no one...and i mean NO ONE could run between the tackles on us. murphy and sweat in 23, collins and broughton in 24. we had really nice rotation guys in there as well like norton as well but those four guys were fucking incredible and played like the 24 year old men they were dominating. it's why i wanted michigan so bad in 23...because i knew we could stop them. this is the first time we won't have that in a while. we are relying on older and less talented transfers combined with incredibly talented young guys. but dt is just a position that an 18/19 year old cannot dominate like murphy, sweat, collins, and broughton did. justus is likely to be great one day and i expect him to flash, but i'm worried about the between the tackles run defense for the first time since 2022. while i have zero concerns about de, part of what created opportunities for simmons and moore last year was the middle of the line having to commit to those dts. this is my biggest concern. the other big thing is the loss of our thorpe award winning shut down guys in barron who had an absolutely incredible season last year. the way muhammad was getting abused by the playoffs last year and black's limited experience is worrisome. makuba's picks and enforcement of the middle is going to be missed as well...though i'm not as worried about safety as i am cb because i really believe in mcdonald. still pissed at our on-the-field coaching from the end of both halves of the ohio state game. some of the stupidest shit ever seen. steve's ability to do the most brilliant stuff is only matched by his boneheaded wtf moments. the surly football board koolaid cult member in me looks at the following: with moore's return, if he and simmons are healthy, i'm not trading de with anyone. two studs plus solid depth. i think if hill, lefau, spence, tyanthony, all stay healthy, this is the best lb group we have had a long ass time. i really like safety...especially if derek williams is actually able to return at full capability. add gilbeau, johnson-rubell, and two potential superstars in jonah and filsaime to a budding star in mcdonald...i think safety is going to be a strong point. i love our defense going in...but cb and dt give me satyanash/greenspoint level concern. i loved golden a whole hell of a lot but not that concerned about losing golden and bond. i think wr is going to be a strong point. young guys can make impact there and i think the incoming class is a great addition to wingo, moore, etc... i have optimism at qb. not trying to start a quinn ewers argument thread but i am hopeful that we are going to see better all-around qb play this year...but i was not the biggest fan of qe outside of a few games like michigan last year. i don't envy the bullshit that arch is going to have to put up with this year but i do believe he is going to be really good. but his success is obviously contingent on my one of my bigger concerns in oline and the complete unknown in the running game. if those two play at a high level, arch is going to go fucking crazy. the very un-surly "i don't know wtf to expect" admitting vulnerability side of me looks at the following: rb is an unknown outside of wisner obviously. just have to see what it looks like. love wisner...hoping we can help him out. losing blue in the passing game will be meaningful and we have to hope that steve can scheme some of these fish like terry to fill some of that void effectively. no idea what jordan washington is going to do...but i have a hard time seeing him being as effective as the last two years of te play from gunnar and j'tavion. we have been fucking spoiled as hell the last two years...nothing like that since the run of scaife-david thomas-jermichael. bert really shit the bed last year after an incredible October and november in 2023. praying we are materially better there this year but haven't seen it yet. don't think i'm exactly blazing new territory with any of this but just putting things down to prepare myself. the schedule has us going on the road to ohio state, georgia, and florida. worst home schedule i can remember in a while. not a single game at home in october is fucking irritating. we need to give ou a thorough ass beating in dallas. we haven't beaten them wearing orange jerseys since 20-fucking-15 when foreman shit in baker's mouth. tired of that shit. again, 12 draft picks cannot be overlooked but we have now stacked four straight stud classes and probably the thing that steve has excelled at the most since being here is leveraging the portal for 2-4 key guys a year. anyway, hook'em. can't wait to see what the answers to all the questions above yield.
  9. i agree with this. when i was reading bozo's posts...while i agree with a kernel of what he's saying...i couldn't help think of bozo's old badge of honor signature line on hornfans or shaggy or some shit where he quoted someone saying something about his "smooth talking condescension." pretty heavy dose of that here in his argument that because people are tired of arguing with delusional systems and bots on the twitter shitpile, it's our fault that stupid people are stupid as if they have zero agency or personal responsibility.
  10. all the rest of you, you should really knock the idiotic conspiracy shit off.
  11. apparently, i got you covered...
  12. way to keep your eye on the ball, fellas.
  13. 2026 midterms. in a world where americans turn rational (lol) and elect a congress not comprised of sycophantic pieces of shit with no sense of decency or self-respect, 2027 and 2028 are going to be incredibly uncomfortable.
  14. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/07/nx-s1-5494570/an-epidemiologist-on-trumps-decision-to-pull-funding-for-mrna-vaccine-research nothing that anyone here doesn't already know but a link worth sharing from evil npr.
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