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  1. 2 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

    They have been hired by the Spaceforce now….   We aren’t stopping the aliens for sure now.  

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    I am counting down the days when the aggies unleash Ultron on us all. 

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  2. 4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Boy, what a fucking dumpster fire this thread has become. It’s cool though, it’s not as if Texas has any key personnel vacancies or anything. Nothing else happening that could domino some things either. Yeah, fuck it, argue over unprovable shit or argue over population counts across the country. Riveting shit. 

    1d1eac29-4e46-406c-b69c-387be60742b9_tex

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  3. 9 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

    I can tell you who I would not want to see in Tuscaloosa, that is Chris Klieman. Those resources, game over man, but they wouldn’t consider him

    Klieman has never proven he can recruit at the level necessary to win in the SEC. His highest rated recruit ever is Avery Johnson, a low 4 star. He is more about developing guys and great coaching, which are both awesome, but there is only so much of that you can get away with against Georgia, LSU, etc. when they can just out athlete you. 

  4. 1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Columbus, OH, is as big or bigger than Austin, TX, from a population perspective. It's the biggest city in the state by far and fucking dwarfs cities with pro teams like Cincinatti and Cleveland. I'm not super familiar with the kind of business and industry in Columbus, but I'm betting it's fairly decent. 

    They have quite a bit of retail, insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing up that way. A way bigger amount of household names in the retail space than you would figure make their HQ's there. For example L Brands (Victoria's secret etc.), Kroger, Big Lots, and others. On the Manufacturing side they have company's like Scott's miracle grow, Worthington, Stanley, Honda, etc. 

  5. 1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

    I see them in tiers:

    Tier 1: Ohio State (number 1 overall. they've got everything except market and even still, Columbus isn't a small town), Texas (resources, recruiting, national brand), USC (history and market), Georgia (recent dominance. they might be tier 2 for the next coach though)

    Tier 2: Michigan, Alabama

    Tier 3: LSU, Florida, OU

    Tier 4: Notre Dame

    Tier 5: A&M, Tennessee, Penn State, maybe Auburn?

    Georgia's recent success not withstanding, they are pretty far behind a number of other schools historically. I try not to be a prisoner of the moment on these types of things due to so much sustained success being dependent on home run coaching hires. There are very few schools that can weather the storm of prolonged futility and still be considered a top job. Texas, USC, tOSU, Michigan, and Bama would be the schools on that list. Notre Dame, Georgia, LSU, OU, Florida are all top 10-15 jobs historically, but could very well fall way back in the pecking order similar to Tennessee after Fulmer. 

  6. 10 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

     

     

    RW: So coach.. who will be my QB? 
     

    The Elk: Weigman

    RW: OK, but who will be my QB after game 2? Also, where is Evan Stewart? I thought he would be here.

    The Elk: Don’t worry, we have raided the MAC, Sunbelt, and FCS for the best players imaginable. We are just one piece away. 
     

    RW: Well at least Holman Wiggins is there..

    The Elk: Yeah, I am going to take you both personally by Sully during the grand tour. You got a penny?
     

     

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  7. Just now, ousux said:

    Seems like he and Milwee have good evals at least. Makes me feel better about Lacey...don't think they did that just to have a chance at his 5* favorite target either.

    Oh, btw...Williams just decommited from Bama, any word on how hard we're trying to get back in?

    He is coming in with KJLacey in two weeks even prior to the news. We were never out.

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  8. 1 hour ago, DixonHur said:

    I don't know much about him, but he just looks big and slow, with zero technique.  

    Honestly, he looks like Cam Williams in high school but with heavier feet. He plays straight up because he is over 100 lbs heavier than everyone and has no need for technique just like Cam did. I think he would be a mauling guard after 2 years with Flood and our S&C program.  

  9. 10 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    Texas A&M can still win the National Championship if Jimbo Fisher has the courage to do what's right...

    He is courageously picking out a yacht at the moment. 

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  10. 17 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

    Recall how the CFP did the Top 4 for this year? Same thing, but it will be 12 spots vice 4.

    5 of those spots will be the Top 5 ranked conference champs, and is where shit gets really tricky. (Note: the CFP Board or whatever is expected to make the change from 6 conf champ auto bids, plus 6 at-large, to 5 champ + 7 at-large at a meeting today/tomorrow as the PAC's dead.)

    This is where it gets tricky. The Top-5 champs might get an auto bid, but are definitely not guaranteed to be the Top 5 ranked. You'll get SEC/B1G/b12/acc, obviously, plus the highest ranked G5 champ. Any of those could technically end up as a much lower seed. Mostly it's going to be the G5 champ, but at some point an upset in the b12/acc championship game could lead to much lower ranked champ.

    Are we having fun yet?

    They'll figure out the auto-bids, then the at-large. Then rank them for the playoffs. The top 4 may not all be conference champions. If they were doing 12 this past season, FSU would have definitely not been in the top 4. Which means that at least 1 of the top 4 would be an at-large, as the G5 champ was also not going to be top 4.

    That's a lot to say it goes by where the rankings fall, and not "champ" status.

    Top 4 teams get a bye week for Round 1, and are the "home team" in R2.

    - Round 1 will be hosted on campus, with 5-8 hosting 9-12. (12 @ 5, 11 @ 6, etc)

    - Round 2 will be 4 of 6 NY6 bowls (Quarter Finals)

    - Round 3 will be the remaining 2 NY6 bowls (Semi-Finals)

    - Round 4 will be at a rotating site (Championship)

     

    This is also what a lot have been discussing in terms of travel. A 9-12 seed making a run would be traveling 4 weeks in a row. Making it difficult on their fans, thus ticket sales. Having R1 on campus helps attendance. Many have made the argument that R2 should also be on campus, and I would also say R3 should be as well.

    Where that problem comes to a head is with... the bowls. They aren't going to want their match-up to start with the #13 team in the country, when previously it was Top 5 or so. It's worked for the 4-team CFP because it was pretty close to business as usual with top match-ups. I'm not sure how that is overcome, but if attendance (and interest) really does become a problem for rounds 2 and maybe 3, then there may be a hand forced and something happens. Nobody wants to see a big game poorly attended, it makes TV look like shit.

     

    Fuck the bowls

  11. 2 hours ago, HateYouAndMyself said:

    He isn't coming here to be just a position coach. He would be coming here as Co-DC. It wouldn't be an empty title either; I would expect him to be significantly involved in strategy and game plans even if he is not himself calling the plays. PK needs help, fucking clearly, and has a history of sharing responsibility and cooperating with his Co-DCs to an extent that most guys cannot tolerate due to ego. It isn't the same as leaving to go work under a lot of other DCs. 

    We would also probably damn near double his salary. Do not go by what other coaches were making on this staff prior. We have tens of millions in additional revenue coming in from the SEC media deal starting next year and basically all of that is going to be earmarked for the football program (rightfully so). On the flip side Arizona is facing massive debt issues. Even if they could afford to match whatever we offer him they are going to be making major cuts to their football program analyst and support staff. They've already announced all that publicly. Their situation is kind of grim. 

    Add in the fact that he and Sark are not only close but supposedly 'best friends', with his daughter already at Texas, and you can see how the situation would be appealing. 

    And yet Fisch chose to stay there over A&M..

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