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Danimal

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  1. The best North Shore players leave Texas to go nowhere
  2. That's insane, but good for him. I would imagine giving Guervil or any of these recruits that kind of money would blow up the budget for our current roster (i.e. pay comparable amounts to current players). I would guess probably cause it to double, which is absolutely unstable. These poor football programs throwing around huge dollars because of the new rev share cap and their current roster is cheap will have a hard reckoning in a year or two.
  3. I got this guys. I am going to get our streak turned around. You can thank me later.
  4. Derrek Cooper visited in April https://www.on3.com/news/elite-rb-derrek-cooper-visits-texas-for-the-first-time-this-did-a-lot-for-my-interest-in-texas/
  5. That is interesting because Bobby did state over the weekend that Xavier would be more of an of Edge to start then transition to an OLB, whereas Atkinson would be more of an MLB. His comments alluded to they could potentially be in the same class. So for Gerry to put this out after the fact, assuming he and Bobby are trading notes and intel, there is something here that might be more than position numbers that would cause them not to be in the same class.
  6. That was Lockett and Moore, and I think that had more to do with them getting along with each other
  7. I'm okay losing out on a talented, but needs development, 4-star recruit in June because we can't guarantee starting time his freshman year. We've come a long way.
  8. Besides K/P, a successful football team must recruit and fill a minimum number of spots at every position every year. The portal, injuries, draft, and development can change roster projections so quickly. Any successful team needs a reliable pipeline of talent at every position that can withstand this variability. Coaches have ~3 years to evaluate and recruit enough quality players to bring in a minimum number of players at each position every year. There isn't a reason for a successful football team to say they can't find the right fit at a position. The players are there.
  9. June OV recruiting season is not for the faint of heart. On the other hand, happy feeding season for all the recruiting energy vampires.
  10. A&M's Draft performance this year should be the canary in the coal mine for that program under Elko. Although their DL guys got drafted, the story with all of them was "they didn't have the performance that matched their expectations. They are getting drafted on potential." Defense is Elko's bread and butter, but he couldn't get that defense and the elite players to play at an elite level. It was just "meh." And no one can try the excuse of those weren't his players. Yeah they were. He recruited those guys, and he went to the portal to get the defense he wanted. The Year 1 Elko Experience is everything someone should expect out of Elko when it comes to development going forward. It's not going to be great by any means. Let's compound the lack of development with the non-existent QB recruiting. They are spending money elsewhere, but not at QB. Lack of development and talent at the QB position is a scary combo. I guess they are hoping that they will get lucky in the portal? It hasn't gone that way yet. They will win recruiting battles, but the lack of development across the board and the dearth of talent at QB will keep the 8-and-4 train chugging along.
  11. A&M piggybacked their way into the Roseborough recruitment as "close enough to Austin for mom." Sounds like they may have outsmarted themselves in their game theory on what to pay him for the commitment. That is if they think in those methods; unlikely they do. Brauny definitely doesn't understand that, but it's easy to sell subs on the tag line of whooping the gersh dern tsips for a recruit.
  12. This feels like one of the situations where an SEC reporter gets so anchored on a feeling/pick for an old SEC school, and the reporter discounts any new information related to Texas for one reason or another.
  13. Who said that Texas is taking a hard pass?
  14. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/it-s-still-real-to-me-damn-it
  15. The Blake Ivy and Lamont Rogers wins are suspect. A&M did want Christian Jackson and Nate Kibble.
  16. Getting Blue Steel vibes with this pic
  17. Zion Robinson looks like one of those "remember when this guy was one of the top recruits when class rankings first started? Look at how far he fell" cases. 247 loves him at #10 in state, On3 has him at #79 in state. Not mentioned at all as a target for Texas. Michigan and Miami are the top landing spots.
  18. I prefer go head to head with Clemson instead of Miami.
  19. Today I learned about the heat death of the universe scenario
  20. Anyone describing recruiting as boring right now is an absolute masochist. They miss the pain and torture of pining for a 5 star (or a reasonable 4 star) that we had no realistic shot at landing. Malik-mas was fun and all as an example of what landing a highly recruit felt like during the Mack, Strong, and Herman days. But, I much rather land 5 star recruits like it's a regular everyday thing and experience the schadenfreude watching recruiting for OU, A&M, and the old vanguard of the SEC.
  21. This is the good stuff. When fans write this "wish-into-existence" content, you know that fanbase hasn't fully accepted the reality that is in front of them. If there was such a thing as a potential misery scale (calculated as: fan expectation - non-fan rational expectation) for the upcoming football season, I think OU has to be at the top. I can't wait to see this play out in 2025.
  22. My feeling is that Saban probably thinks he can get everyone on board with getting college sports back to exactly the way he likes it, and he probably thinks this commission is his golden opportunity to do it because he thinks he has the power and leverage to do it... Because gosh darnit he's the GOAT and they built a statue for him. But this commission will allow other people with real power, money, and leverage to insert their views and they will check Saban on his dream. Saban will likely throw some real temper tantrums because he isn't going to get exactly what he wants. He's going to end up looking like a fool that wants to keep things exactly the way they are, but everybody else is ready and willing to accept forms of change. After a while people will realize grandpa is losing it and it's time to put him in a home.
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