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  1. 1 hour ago, ousux said:
    6 hours ago, TankedBevo said:
    PK and Sark must see something that I don't. This dude has done fuck all at the college level and isn't a run stuffer like we need to be replacing. 
     
    I hope I'm wrong though. 

    Maybe what we need is already on campus and this big Poly kid gives us good depth? I'm gonna go full aggy "trust the corches" here, but I'd be a lot more confident if this kid was on Bo's radar before he left.

    He just entered the portal a few days ago. He'll be a backup next season, even if we don't add anyone else. Not all transfers are starters. The hope is to find someone who can compete for the starting nose spot in the spring.

  2. 10 hours ago, Sundodger said:

    Have you fired Sark yet?  Now 0-3 vs. this non “blue blood.”

    Is it true that Sark brought back his drinking buddy, cheat on his wife wingman Johnny Nansen?  If so, you are fucked.

    Sark and Deboer both left for better jobs. Don't know what to tell you. I would say I know how you feel, but I don't. It's gotta suck though.

  3. 7 hours ago, Newy25 said:


    Aaron Bryant got some PT in 22 and we didn’t even see him this year? I thought he looked promising in limited snaps. If we don’t land another portal DT we are probably banking on one of the true freshman to be in the 4-5 man rotation. 

    We really need another DT with the attrition we've had (Sweat/Murphy going pro, Carter transferring, and Ross off the team). A one-year rental like Caldwell would've been perfect to bridge the gap. Gotta get a DL coach and hope another quality guy (hopefully one of the Bama DL) jumps in.

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  4. Oregon's recruiting will almost certainly take a hit whenever Phil Knight (85) decides to go. They'll still do well because of the brand they've built, but it'll be tougher. As for Lanning, he had a talent advantage over probably every team they played the last 2 years, besides UGA who beat them 49-3. Maybe he dominates at Bama for 20+ years.. or he could totally flame out. Much more likely the latter imo.

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  5. 1 hour ago, alphahydro said:

    Yeah, there's a big gap between where we are today and back-to-back national championships, but I see your point. 

    I look at it like this.  

    Year 1, Sark took over someone else's team.

    Year 2, he showed he can take step one to build a team with a winning record.  (not too hard at a school like Texas)

    Year 3 he showed he can take step two to build a big xii conference champion level team that is probably at worst a 6th-8th best team in any season.  (It just so happened this was a rare season where a team that good had a puncher's chance at a national title).

    The question is - can he take the next step and build a team that is a legit national championship contender? (step three)

    And after that can he build a program that reloads? Step four. 

    At the end of the season, you have to say this was a scrappy team that overachieved and did a good job of problem solving and improving over the course of the year.  (If anyone doubts that, just check where your expectations were after Rice or Wyoming)

    And so, for now, Sark is at least on the right trajectory.  And we will see what additional steps he is able to take.

    In the meantime, we should celebrate the efforts of the players on this team.  Who balled out and overachieved over the course of the season and made it entertaining for the fans, imo. 

    I would say he already accomplished step 3. You don't have to have an all-time team to win an NC (although it certainly improves your chances). This team wouldn't beat 04 USC, 05 Texas, or 19 LSU, but they could definitely hang with 07 LSU, 09 Bama, or 13 FSU.

    That said, I don't think this is our final form. We still have a lot of room for improvement in the secondary, edge, and interior OL. Even Quinn this season was probably around the baseline for what Sark wants at QB.

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  6. 41 minutes ago, alphahydro said:

    Losses always suck, but sometimes they are more or less painful depending on the context.   

    Obviously the context of this loss was it took us out of a shot at a national championship, but if you take a step back and look more broadly than just 1/1 to 1/8, I think there are a couple reasons why the loss didn't suck as much as it could have. 

    1) Season overall was enjoyable and exceeded any reasonable expectations

    Imagine another fanbase of a team that was 8-5 last season, hadn't fielded a top 5 team in a while, but recruits well. They are starting a soph QB, a young OL, and a reasonably young defense.  Pick a random blueblood team in your head.  

    And before the season you said, hey, I'm from the future, next year, you guys are gonna

    • win the conference title in your final year in the conference 
    • get scoreboard on all your old, annoying ass wannabe rivals who are staying in the old conference
    • beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa by double digits
    • avenge all your regular season losses
    • get to CFP.  Draw a tough matchup in semis and unfortunately the opposing QB is going to play absolutely lights out, leaving your team just short on a last minute comeback drive
    • pundits and coaching staff will sum up the season as "a young team that was one play away from playing for a national title"

    If someone from the other fanbase said, man, what a letdown, you'd think their expectations were a tad high.

    Expectations are a lot different when the team is building off a top 5/10 finish the year before and the QB/OL/key players at every level of defense are all upperclassmen and headed to the draft after the season ends.   

    Losses in those years hurt more in part because deep down you know there is an ebb and flow to cfb and this is a "ceiling year" for the program/staff.  It's always gonna suck to be close to a national championship, but 2023 was more of a holy shit this is a great opportunity to sneak in and win a national championship with a young team sort of years.  Yeah it still sucks to lose a shot at a national championship, but the downside just isn't the same as it is in a year like 08/09, because the implications are different.

    2) Sounds dumb but the end of game mattered imo

    In terms of the impact on the program, I know this sounds stupid but I thought it was important that Texas had a shot to win the game at the end.  As opposed to a couple more bad swings and Texas loses to UW by 17.   It also helped that Penix made so many tip-your-hat throws.  From an outsider's perspective, it just wasn't a bad loss.  And I'm just saying that makes a difference in terms of what the pundits are gonna say next year, and what the coaching staff can say on the recruiting trail, etc. 

    3) Next game wasn't a gimme

    TBH, if Michigan could severely limit the run and get a big rush on Ewers, I'm not sure the next game was a gimme.   Yeah, we could have won, but it wasn't like another team with an Okie state profile was waiting in Houston.  It's not like we lost the national championship, we lost the chance to play in a game where we prolly would have had all our signs stolen been in another really tough matchup, this time for the offense.  All I'm saying is, even if we had won, I wasn't as confident about a Michigan matchup after seeing them in Pasadena.  So, again, yes the loss sucks, but the implications aren't as far reaching as they could be. 

    4) The impact of this season and the Sugar Bowl will be decided next year

    Someone from the future could have come here in August and said hey, this staff is gonna take an 8-5 team that is still young in key spots and get them one play away from playing in Houston.  Then they are gonna build off that and get the program on the right track.  I think we all would have taken it.  (shit, I would have taken that in October).

    If the coaching staff problem-solves and the players are motivated and bust their ass during the offseason, 2023 could be a turning point for the program.   

    If not, the loss will sting more over time, i suppose.  But i'm not gonna worry about shit that hasn't happened yet.  hook em. 

    Kirby had some tough setbacks before finally breaking through. I think we could be on a similary trajectory with the way Sark is building the roster. Sucks because we had a legit shot this year, but we should have plenty more.

  7. It has to suck knowing your team, once considered a great program, will never win anything of significance ever again. Texas, despite being down the last decade, at least has all the necessary requisites. Top recruits from Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, etc. have zero reason to go to corn.

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  8. 2 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

    I don’t doubt it considering how many Texas media personalities seem to be trying to dip their toe in the YT market right now. I’d have to think though you have to be really, really, really popular to be able to make a living off YT content only, right? For example, it looks like the livestream yesterday had 12K viewers which is pretty good but it’s not outrageous numbers for YT.

    Didn't Bobby create/sell basically every major recruiting service? Anything he makes from YT is vacation money.

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