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  1. If it gives anyone comfort, I recently caught up with someone who would generally know that feels positively about Kenny Baker purely as a coach based on this spring. He isn’t some “rah rah just give more effort” charlatan. The techniques he is teaching and his methodology seem to be legit. Didn’t get into if he was better or worse than Bo Davis. Forgot where I posted it last year but the same person in spring/summer last year insisted Byron Murphy would be a revelation.
  2. Purely based on limited observation, it seems like the teams that coax a player into the portal are usually the ones that win out since they have already done a lot of the legwork making their pitch through intermediaries. Big example that come to mind is Drew Sanders with Arkansas. Curious if anyone feels differently.
  3. This is a very interesting topic, appreciate the spreadsheet work. Noticing how none of the 1st round WRs were 5 stars, I wonder how “valuable” a 5 star at one position will likely be versus another position. For example, is a 5-star WR more likely to be a first round pick than a 5-star DL? I am too busy (lazy) at the moment to do a deep dive, but a cursory look back at the 5 star WR rankings is kind of shocking. In 2021, for example, the industry ranked WRs in the top-40 were: Emeka Egbuka (OSU), JaCorey Brooks (Bama), Mario Williams (lol), and Agiye Hall (lolol). In 2020: Julian Fleming (OSU), Demond Demas (lol), J Smith-Njigba (OSU), Kayshon Boutte (LSU), Rakim Jarrett (Maryland) and Jordan Johnson (ND). Draft status isn’t the be-all-end-all of player productivity, but only JSN was a first round pick and arguably a ++ player.
  4. I tried Verdad Kitchen for the first time, and I think it easily has the best fajitas in Austin. To be sure, “best fajitas in Austin” is a low bar compared to Houston or San Antonio, but I would put these up against el tiempo, pappasitos, la piscina etc. Definitely on the pricy side, however. We also ran into Cooper Manning, so another positive data point.
  5. Nice. One of my favorite cities; there is something for everyone there. Really easy to bike around. Not sure if you need any recs, but Joe Beef lives up to the hype. Otherwise you can’t really go wrong with hiking, restaurants, and clubs. Only negative is that the Casino does not have craps. Biggest tip is to make sure to check the weather a week out. May can be near freezing cold or a sunny paradise.
  6. By complaining that you’ll miss “a bunch” of away games each year, you’re implying you travel to the big XII towns where Texas actually played their away games. I don’t see how that logical leap is so difficult to make? @bolverk admittedly schooled me on driving geography so my initial point on convenience is weaker. So I’ll just stop being poor and fly instead.
  7. Jeez dude, take 20% off the top there. This is an overly dramatic, terrible take. So much wrong here. Lamenting that you won’t get to travel to scenic big 12 towns like Lubbock, Ames, Manhattan, or Stillwater? I refuse to believe anyone can argue in good faith that these are better road trips than Nashville, Athens, Baton Rouge or Oxford. Also, I don’t understand the flying point because it is not like the SEC is more geographically inconvenient than the big 12. Have you ever driven to Lubbock? It’s miserable and takes like 9 hours. Baton Rouge, Fayetville and the Mississippi schools are all closer or comparable distances. Calling ESPN execs “fascist” is the dumbest, most nonsensical overreaction I’ve seen on this board and that is a high bar. I don’t think that word means what you think it means. Finally, zero chance you forego binge drinking during football season. Most unbelievable take in the entire post, honestly.
  8. Can someone explain why Terrion Arnold is getting projected in the top ten? Admittedly most of my perception is colored by him getting roasted by Texas’ receivers in September, but he doesn’t seem like an athletic freak and defaulted to pass interference whenever he was getting beat. He wasn’t even the best CB on his own team this past year. Did seem great in run support though.
  9. *failed DC. So really it is just convincing a successful and highly compensated NFL d line coach who hasn’t coached college in 10+ years to come down and cater to the whims of teenagers. Slam dunk imo
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