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  1. 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. 

  2. 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. 

  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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.  

  6. 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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  7. 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

  8. 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..

  9. 7 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    The WR rotation will definitely be tight as usual in 2024, but it wouldn’t be shocking if we expanded the circle of trust to 4 guys instead of the 3 we rolled with this year.

    We did rotate a tad more in 2021 and 2022 since we didn’t have 3 alphas (some of which was due to injuries).

    Golden and Cook definitely have 2 of the spots. Then you could add a CJ Daniels and leave that 4th spot open for a Wingo/Moore. My bet is they find a speciality role for Niblett for a handful of touches to utilize his speed.

    I would love to see some sort of package where we get Blue, Niblett, and Golden on the field together. That would be pretty scary. 

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  10. 55 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

    Not really.

    OFEI

    2 LSU

    3 Georgia

    8 Oklahoma

    9 Kansas

    10 Kansas State

    15 Ole Miss

    17 Texas

    18 Missouri

    20 Alabama

    21 TCU

    22 Texas A&M

    23 Tennessee

    25 UCF

    26 West Virginia

    27 Iowa State

     

    Looks pretty even.

    Does it? Only 4 of the top 13 teams listed are B12 teams. 

  11. Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

    Rubbell will be nickel/star

    I wonder if they'll kind of use Mukuba like they did with Jahdae but instead of putting him at corner he slides to safety in certain defensive looks. 

    I could see that, although Watts at the safety position shouldn't be a liability that is exploited like Thompson and Taafe.

  12. 2 hours ago, Atticus said:

    I love me some Mo Blackwell, but he's probably best as a core special teamer on this team. Too bad he couldn't put on more weight.

    Gbenda is nice if the lightbulb continues to come on for him. He could even be draftable next year if he makes a similar leap from last year.

    Gbenda is still limited athletically, and while he has been vastly improved under Choate, I believe the starting linebackers coming out of spring even if Gbenda stays will be Anthony Hill and Liona Lefau. The staff is super high on Lefau. Gbenda's best move would be to follow Choate. He will get exposed in the SEC pretty easily. 

     

     

    1 hour ago, DZX158 said:

    Burton reported Jelani McDonald moved to Safety. 

    A starting tandem of Watts (if he stays) and Williams, with Filsaime, McDonald and Rubell as the primary backups, plus Taafe as the glue guy to pair with the younger guys represents an enormous makeover of that room into a suddenly hyper athletic and scary unit. 

    28 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

    Hope Kirkland, Goolsby, and Chatman stick around. Cojoe and Stroh might be further down the IOL depth chart 

    I doubt Goosby goes anywhere, he is the heir apparent to the LT spot unless Baker takes it from him. Kirkland is doubtful to leave because of the knee injury, but if he does I can't say it would be impactful at this point. Chatman may be a flight risk along with Cojoe, but Stroh is likely going to be a program guy that maximizes at some point and maybe finds a starting job a couple of years down the line. I can't say that losing either Chatman or Cojoe would be felt. 

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