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Unless more NIL dollars flow in, I don't see how the additional roster spots will affect spending decisions for most SEC schools or most college football programs. I think most schools were hitting their spending max at the 85 limit already. To use an MLB analogy, I think these extra roster spots are going be filled with guys from the portal who are like journeyman/ "AAAA" type player who who signs with an MLB team in the offseason with an invite to the MLB spring training with a chance to make the MLB roster if the stars align in spring training. Every now and then that works for a 4th or 5th outfielder or a middle inning reliever spot, but rarely do teams get a middle of the order bat or rotation ace out of these guys.
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It seems like Texas is more or less doing this. I think there are plenty of examples from this past recruiting class where Texas held to its offer on a 4 star type kid and that kid went for bigger money elsewhere. Also, there are the examples where Texas is being aggressive on sure fire talent, which led to us getting Atkinson and Cooper. Overall, I think the approach Texas this past recruiting class was in line with this sentiment to not overpay for 4 stars and target sure fire 5 stars. What threw Texas off was 1) they misread how the flood of money across schools would shock the market - this led them to not getting 4-stars at reasonable rates because other schools overpaid + having to be more aggressive of 5 stars than they otherwise expected, and 2) completely misreading the OL landscape - this was partly due to #1 but also poor prioritization on Ojo v. Lee and others. It seems Texas will be shifting to a more highschool recruiting approach of targeting premium players & value investing in lower 4 stars and 3 stars + portal recruiting for proven players to fill needs and fill development depth. I think in the long run, if this approach takes hold across other programs, this will push down the starting income of these 4 stars and/or sink programs that are overpaying for them.
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The world is and has always been full of idiots with opinions. We just so happen to live in an era where there are few safeguards or obstacles to limit the number of idiot opinions for mass consumption. Game threads on Surly are a top example of this plague.
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Is this a WATCH.THE.TAPE eval? I love these; these 100% always workout.
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It's the pre-spring game. I am looking forward to seeing guys like Townsend, Lance Jackson, Kobe Black, Lockett, Sharma, Cruz, etc. get a good amount of snaps
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I think Texas fans will have to get used to some 4 star kids flipping on signing day every year going forward. There will be those schools that will spend more on the 4 stars at the last minute than Texas is willing to go because Texas will use the budget to be more competitive on 5 stars and portal kids.
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I wouldn't mind having the OL coach that practices against the Georgia defense every week coach our OL.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Having players like this will help justify future ND wins over Stanford as a reason to always put ND in the playoff. Apologies for the CFP rant on this board. -
Maybe Sark wants another Cole Brevard type that he can line up over the ball? I think Sharma is the only one of the list that fits that mold, and Sark probably wants another one with experience
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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Danimal replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Dude is mad because worthless Arkansas was worse than Florida and couldn't play spoiler to any team this year. That's all that Arkansas football has become. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Danimal replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
So the Texas vs. OSU 16.6M was the highest regular season number. The TV network execs are really going to hate losing that windfall of money starting next year. I guess we will see tonight if the networks have talked with the CFP committee. That's our only hope. My longshot call is they drop ND to 12 and put us at 10. -
I believe Sark only targets transfers from P4, right? Probably not worth posting portal news about non P4 players.
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Opposing offenses figured out how exploit Jaylon Guilbeau, and our back up freshmen had a learning curve. Michael Taaffe was out some of those games. Jelani McDonald was out most of the Vandy game. Refs helped Vandy along. Georgia got hot in the 4th quarter. We put backups in against Ark in the 4th. I'm less concerned about our defense. A better offense that can sustain drives can help the defense.
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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Danimal replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Cry more? Are you 12? I know there are idiots on this board, but I didn't know I was responding to someone who needs their parents permission to use the internet. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Danimal replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
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