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  1. 8 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    Sark was gushing about the DBs today at a speaking deal in Houston. 

    I don't think Holmes is going to be a high draft pick or anything but I don't think it would be the end of the world if he ended up starting opposite Manny. I'd probably be more concerned that the primary backups are true freshmen. 

    Go rewatch Holmes allowing every single pass thrown his way against OU to be a completion last year. Or the exact same thing in any other game in which we faced a competent QB. He is trash. He hasn't improved this Spring either. As for the "Sark was praising him and the others!" bullshit I would point out Sark made similar comments about Catalon, Taafe, Thompson, and every other useless JAG we've had come through here in our secondary in recent years. It means nothing. 

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, CashMcCoy said:

    Stuck in the Shaka era? We finished 240th in the country in 3FGA/game, 99th in 3FG%.

    Not talking about this past season. Talking about our current roster and what it needs to be more well rounded exactly so that we do NOT see a return to the cancer that was Shaka ball. Honestly with the size of these guards it may not really be an issue anyway. 

  3. Hopefully we can bring in one of these forwards with actual scoring ability. I can't stomach another year of bullshit where we can do absolutely nothing but run down and brick a three on offense. Need some versatility. Absolutely must get at least one true center type though. Shedrick is injury prone and Onyema is one of the worst players to wear a Texas bball uni in a long time. 

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  4. 21 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

     

    He’s young, but the kid can play. As a Michigan fan, it sucks to see him go. Would definitely like it if Texas was in the mix here.

    I'm not doubting you but curious what you are basing this on? He was a low tier recruit that barely got into a handful of games after they became blowouts. Was he getting a lot of praise from Michigan insiders and practice reports or something? 

  5. 3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    You're forgetting Tapp, Melvin Hills, and Wardell Mack. 

    I won't bother trying to troll you with Arch Manning and Will Randall. 

    I meant Mack when I said Ward (had a brain fart) but you got to it before I could edit it. For some reason I always want to think Wardell Mack's last name is Ward instead. Probably because I am regarded. 

  6. 46 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

     

    As for Louisiana, I think his value there is overrated.  Not saying he's not a good recruiter there, but we have NIL and a winning program now. 

     

    100% agree. 

    Who has Joseph actually helped us secure from Louisiana? We keep hearing that fucking narrative and it is usually in the context of "Joseph is helping with player X due to his ties to the state!" followed by that player never actually landing at Texas. 

    Derek Williams was 100% a financial decision. I don't care how certain people try to spin it. That was an NIL war and we won. Be proud. No shame in it. Thank those who opened their wallets. We could have ritually sacrificed both Gideon and Joseph at midfield to Bevo three hours before his announcement and it wouldn't have changed a thing with Williams. 

    Only other notable player I can think of from Louisiana is Mack and Joseph's great contribution was finishing well behind both LSU and Florida. He ended up not being a take at LSU and it took Florida both completely imploding AND firing Mack's primary recruiters (both of them) including his position coach with no replacement plan in place. I'm glad to have the kid but it isn't like Joseph did anything impressive in that recruitment. Am I forgetting someone? We haven't even brought in any notable non DBs from Louisiana except Manning and if anyone tries to give Joseph an ounce of credit there they should be laughed off this site. 

    I'm by no means saying Joseph is not overall a very solid recruiter. I know he is. The specific "he helps in Louisiana!" bullshit however hasn't seemed to actually matter at all. Sure as hell no reason to factor it into his ongoing employment. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, Laxtonto said:

     

     

     

    Don't even get your hopes up. It is USC. They almost had him in the Winter portal but he wanted to see how that new defensive staff would come together first. Apparently he liked what he was hearing from people he knows on that roster. Unless something really crazy happens I doubt he even takes other visits. Maybe he will use it as an excuse to get some free travel in but USC came in way over market value to make sure this one doesn't turn into a bidding war with others.

    Obviously something could change but I've been expecting this one for weeks. This info per one of the bigger contributors to USC's NIL efforts. 

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  8. 21 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    Khalif Battle is somebody we should be all over, Big guard that can really score.

    Gets downhill and to the FT line which is something we really struggled with last year. 

    I am assuming all the Arkansas players hitting the portal are just planning to follow Muss to USC. 

  9. 7 minutes ago, Viper said:

     

    Is this the kind of stuff the NCAA is going after Tennessee for? I assume based on these quotes that there will be more investigations. I guess it's just a question of if the govt allows the rules (and how soon the BIG10 and SEC leave the NCAA)

    Nope. That is what makes the NCAA such a laughing stock right now. 

    The heart of the Tennessee investigation comes down to them flying a QB in for a meeting with their collective on a private jet owned by a booster. No one from the school itself was involved and this literally predated the national NCAA NIL guidelines anyway. It was during that wild west period. So even if the NCAA wanted to claim it would be a violation to do such a thing now it certainly was not then. The whole thing is a complete joke. 

     

    You have kids being outright taken advantage of with predatory contracts that piss all over both the spirit and letter of the NIL regulations (state and NCAA both) not being investigated because then the NCAA might actually have to hand out a real punishment. Instead they are doing this smoke screen horseshit chasing after impermissible travel with both Tennessee and Florida State. 

     

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  10. 23 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    I know we have Cedric Baxter and two highly-rated freshman RBs who just enrolled. But I think we need to find ways to get Blue as many touches as possible. From what I read about him in high school and his flirtations with the transfer portal, I thought there was a chance he’d be long gone by now. But he seems to have put it together and could be one of our best players on offense.

    It is a fairly meaningless distinction at this point but I'd argue Blue is RB1 going into Spring. He simply looked consistently better and more productive than Baxter when getting the ball. He didn't even seem appreciably worse at making it through contact than Baxter. It really doesn't matter though because both will feast if they stay healthy. 

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  11. Just now, BornAndRaised said:

    Question for anyone who would know:
     
    Is Nansen, or any other coached announced by the team under contract immediately? Is there some quick opt-out provision or something? I thought the Board of Regents had to vote on approving coaching contracts, or is that merely a formality?

    Thanks, I'll hang up and listen.

    My understanding is Nansen is already under contract and the buyout for him to leave Texas is ~500K. That is what the Arizona side was saying during the HC buzz anyway. 

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  12. 8 minutes ago, salonghorn said:

    Yes, I am quoiting myself. Maybe I am not understanding this. Does Bama at this time have the ability to take players from the Portal?

    Yes. 

    Every team can take players from the portal at any time. The only 'deadline' really would be the end of January which is the final point when kids can enroll in classes (so you need them on campus and enrolled by then if you want them to participate for the Spring). 

    Bama could go out right now and the raid the roster of Washington or Arizona if they wanted. They can also still add players who were in the portal before it closed and have yet to find other landing spots. Losing their coach after the portal closed does hurt their ability to find replacements and it might end up decimating Arizona if their top kids follow Fisch to Washington but that is just unavoidable. There is also the Spring window (opens April ~15th) so its not like these schools making late coaching changes do not still have plenty of opportunities to fill holes that are created by the transition. 

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  13. 25 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Manu sounds great, but Sark didn't encourage Gbenda to come back for a 6th year to replace him. 

    I think it is more likely Blackwell that would hit the portal in April than having any real issues with Gbenda. Good chance Gbenda won't be starting anyway if we move Hill to MIKE as some seem to think is likely. Both guys on the two deep at MIKE and WILL are going to play roughly the same snap count anyway. You add Manu into that mix and the one pushed out is most likely Blackwell since I would expect Manu / Gbenda is your MIKE and Hill would then stay at Will with Leafu / Blackwell competing for backup spot (with Blackwell probably hitting the portal if it doesn't look good for him). 

    I have no idea if we will even make a real effort for Manu so not worth worrying about (yet). Would be as big an upgrade or perhaps even bigger than the addition of adding Mukuba though. 

  14. Nansen is hopefully already on the phone with Jacob Manu. Exactly the kind of LB addition our room needs and a monstrous upgrade over Gbenda. I get it might push a couple of guys out in the Spring portal if we add him but it is worth it. Bring that mother fucker over here. He took massive steps forward in 2023 and was first team All-PAC. 

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  15. Williams means a hell of a lot more to Auburn than he does us. Huge optics win for them if they can pull it off and a giant direct fuck you to Bama. Also gives them a real shot as they try to flip Lacey. Put all that together and it is just very hard for me to imagine Texas offering anything close to what Auburn likely will. It is like how Texas viewed Simmons this cycle. We weren't going to let ourselves be beat out even if things became unreasonable. Auburn is that way with Williams. But they are also... Auburn. So maybe we have a chance. I really doubt it personally. 

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  16. 1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    So I saw the banner, closed it, and then went into this thread expecting it to have the sark details as it’s the coaching  and staff thread.  Nope. I guess it’s in the sark thread in which his merit is argued, but why should it be there and not here?

    What details are you even talking about?

    Literally the only thing known at this point is that the extension is four years. That was in the text of the announcement tweet itself (posted above). There are no additional details to post or anything worth discussing until we get the actual details which is unlikely until the BOR formally approve it and it gets released to the public. 

  17. 3 minutes ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

    Is this equivalent to the spouse who left to live the glorious single life and came crawling back home after finding out nobody else wanted them?

    I would say it is more equivalent to some girl who hangs around hoping you might one day throw them a pity fuck gaining self respect and trying to find herself a boyfriend only to realize being your backup low tier side hoe is actually the best she could do for herself. 

    The spouse analogy implies a level of importance to OSU that Rodgers simply doesn't have. 

     

     

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