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  1. 14 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

    You'll never guess what Texas did to Tech after this:

     

     

    Thank goodness this is the last time we have to travel to this shit hole. Bunch of fucking felons throwing shit at players.

  2. 12 hours ago, campcrunk said:

    Outstanding. No disrespect to McKinley or Reliford but I think this kid might be the best DL in Louisiana. He looks like he's got a Poona Ford type motor with a lot more size and the same kind of power to back it up. I'm certainly no scout and am wrong a LOT so I'm not going to be like 'wAtCh ThE tApE" or anything like that. I just think he looks like the real deal. 

    He is definitely good, my biggest question is how he will be used. He looks more Alfred Collins than Byron Murphy. Does he swing out to a 5 technique/SDE? Does he get big enough to be a 3? It should be interesting to watch.  

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  3. 3 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    I didn't realize that A&M purposely set the date for their Spring Game same day as ours.  And are awaiting our LHN broadcast announcement on kickoff time so they can set theirs 2-3 hours prior.  

    I'm assuming so they can declare they were undefeated before we were heading into SEC season.  

    the Texas Exes and Belmont are coordinating a "Texas to the SEC" deal at 2359hrs on 30 June according to Chuck and Chris.  I remember laughing at the A&M version of this years ago when the videos were posted online.  Part of me thinks it's kinda cool but part of my thinks it's an Aggie kinda thing to do.  What do y'all think ? 

    Are we making a video of all of the other school's yells to release on said date?

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  4. 43 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    On3 updated its rankings.  They have some recent offers super high (Orogbo #26 nationally and Phillips #82 nationally) and then guys like Zion Williams and Townsend as 3*'s and dropped Battle out of the top 300.

    https://www.on3.com/db/rankings/player/football/2025/?state=tx

    Surprising on Williams considering the hype he has gotten, but if I am looking at his hudl with fresh eyes there is nothing that is jumping out at me as being elite. 

  5. 47 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    You have a lot of faith in EA.

    I have actually spoken to the head of marketing at EA in the last 12ish months. They understand the scrutiny on this game will be intense. I told her that they better not screw this up. The developers and project leaders on this game are hardcore CFB fans, which gives me hope that they will get it within the zip code of being a great game. 

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  6. On 2/24/2024 at 9:15 AM, Chooky said:

    Yeah, an entirely different engine. And that will probably lead to some gameplay issues early on. But I think overall, after some patching here and there, this game will be great. I feel like this is one EA knows they have to get right. 

    No, it is not an entirely different engine. It will be built on the Frostbite engine, which is what current Madden is built on. It will not be a reskin of Madden however, it sounds like EA is going to go heavy on RPO offenses, and still have the option based attacks in the game to go with all of the other flavors you see in CFB. I am really excited for it. The look and feel of the game will be very unique. I am curious about the physics, but will just have to wait and see on that. 

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  7. On 2/24/2024 at 9:40 AM, D3zii said:

    Notes from Nalin & Vogel Yesterday morning 


    • Wingo running. 22mph at his size and isn’t even in the top 3 fastest WR on team (Bond, Nibblet, Moore) 

    • Livingstone already faster then Mitchell but doesn’t move as well 

    • Banks is becoming a leader and looks even better

    • They want Cam Williams to win the RT spot but Baker looks about as impressive as anyone and has a business like mindset 

    • Campbell is up and down but is better and making strides

    • Trey Moore looks good quickest on the edge , but this is without Pads. Curious to see how he looks this spring against our Tackles

    • Dre Bledsoe is maybe the most athletic D-Lineman on the team but is also showing a lot of physicality 

    • Sydir Mitchell is finally showing some life, hopes to be a contributor but no vying for starter snaps 

    • Colin Simmons trying to adjust to the weight gain but is showing signs 

    • Liona Lefau is showing major improvement alone with the size gain. With his athleticism could free up Hill in the middle. Needs to get stronger 

    • Secondary will be a major strength. so many body’s, competition will bode well! Gilbeaux is finally showing life. Could play significant snaps with Barron getting snaps at Corner. 

    • Kobe has been mentioned as being around Manny Muhammad and latching on to him. 
     

    • Warren Roberson the most athletic DB on the team. Currently at Corner reminding them of Kitan Crawford. 

     

     

     

    The note on Baker is interesting, but wake me up when they are saying this after pads come on. I doubt he is going to be moving people like Cam Williams in the run game. 

    My biggest concern with Simmons putting on weight that fast is losing flexibility and explosiveness. He will need to do an equal amount of work to get that back. 

    Sydir Mitchell not vying for starter snaps is not gruntling. 

    Lefau and Bledsoe news is very gruntling.

    Roberson being compared to Crawford is lol 

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  8. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    Matthews’ dad took a big bag and told him where he was going.  Matthews was legitimately crying at school as a high school senior ahead of whatever his announcement or signing ceremony was. Just soft. 

    He’s also far and away better than most of their options. It sounds like there are more departures to come from the “lots of talent, not a lot of a motor or ambition” department. 

    ATM is about to field the best Sun Belt team in the SEC. 

    You mean delivering a huge bag to a kid prior to him ever stepping foot on campus and having his parents force him into a school due to being the highest bidder is not a sound recruiting strategy for long term development? I did not see that coming.  

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  9. 36 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    Your points still stands, but picking two obvious abusers of the system like USC and Georgia makes it sounds like you’re trying to undermine your own argument.  
     

    Neither Georgia or USC is “cleanish”, frankly  OU during the Stoops era is a better comparison to UT (although theirs I think is accidental-they’ve been chasing university prestige and don’t have institutional support for the bag game, particularly after Stoops won a championship with Blake’s players).  

    Neither were clean, but what they did paled in comparison to what they were capable of, which is maybe a better way to say it. Texas isn't a total boy scout either if we are being honest, but admittedly far cleaner than those two. We only really flexed on the B12 the last 2 years, and we see how fast we turned shit around and reminded the also ran programs like Iowa State, Baylor, and K State who the fuck daddy was.

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  10. 11 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

    Glad JBrooks is getting draft attention. 

    But not a fan of Dallas drafting him in 1st 2 Rds and there are much better organizations JB could play for...

    Yeah, being a first or second round draft pick and the running back for the Dallas Cowboys sucks balls.

  11. 1 hour ago, statsman said:

    I’ve added to my guilty pleasure of reading Sooner sites. I also listened to a couple of podcasts. This is what they claim, and I’m curious as to other opinions of their accuracy. 
    1. They are frustrated with the modern state of the game. “It’s out of control. Something must be done”. 
    2. NIL seems to be a problem for them. They say that OU can get the money, but Brent wants to build a program on “relationships”, rather than “transactions”. 
    3. They say OU can get the money; it struggles in organizing the collectives and making the “ask”. 
    4. They want the NCAA to step in and regulate this. They think NIL really should just be compensation for promotions, and not pay for play. They also allow that there are probably a couple of key players on each team that deserve significant high six figure pay (you figure that one out).

    5. They are bringing guys like Curtis Loftin and Mark Clayton in to work personnel staff “GM” and recruiting coordinator positions. 
     
    My thoughts:

    Are you kidding me? The NCAA? Do they really think that’s still a thing? Hell, they started the dumping of the NCAA in football, with UGA, in the ‘80s. 
     
    Then, I figured it out. They may never have been real supporters of the NCAA, but it filled a real function for them, for decades. The NCAA had rules, and their key rivals, UT and NU, followed them. This was a huge part of their success. If Texas had bid for players against Switzer, he would never have won a single MNC. But Texas didn’t, and OU could pay a key recruit $150k to sign, no $30k per year, and Boomer Sooner. 
     
    Now, Texas’ boosters are funding NIL, and OU is struggling to keep up. They want the NCAA to step in, and regulate Texas, so they can get back to the good old ways. 

    There is probably a lot of truth in what you say. Tons of schools profited on the big boys like Texas, USC, Georgia, etc running cleanish programs while they were able to load up what resources they had to outbid for key recruits. But honestly, if this is their mindset already then they very well may become the next Nebraska. Unable to compete and adjust in changing times. Anyone thinking the NCAA is going to do anything but implode into itself like the dying star it is has already lost.

     

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  12. 3 hours ago, Frank Drebin said:

    Utah is public.  

    TCU is guess is technically somehow affiliated with the Disciples of Christ.  But barely.

    Baylor and BYU are the only real religious schools in the Big 12.

    TCU and SMU (also Liberty) have dropped formal affiliations with religious institutions over the last decade from my understanding. TCU has a divinity school that is no longer part of the campus officially, but those students can access TCU facilities. 

  13. 1 hour ago, Juicy said:

    For me, when Michigan first won the B1G a few years ago, it was cool to get in the playoffs, even if they got bombed by UGA, but winning the B1G was huge. I am sure Texas fans feel the same way about it this year. 

    Winning it all is insanely difficult, but hopefully teams will still want to be the B1G or SEC champ and realize that is an incredible feat. 

    You may get those absolute Machine UGA teams that only have one goal of winning it all or the season is a failure, but hopefully most teams don't feel that way. 

    It is going to be extremely rare that you have two undefeated teams in conference playing for a championship. Maybe not so rare to have two 1 loss teams in the championship. It would be a fairly simple exercise to give the conference champ title to the team with the better record. The tie breaker could be better conference record first, followed by better overall record. You could call it co-champs if they are still tied, but you could also move to whoever has the higher rank in the CFP if you just absolutely wanted one champ. In the new era of the expanded CFP, I can guarantee you that most coaches would prefer to not have to play that extra game in prep for the playoffs.  

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  14. On 2/22/2024 at 9:15 AM, Juicy said:

    Isn't it 4 games? 

    Round of 16

    Round of 8

    Semis

    Final

    You are correct, even more reason to do away with CCG and maybe even drop a non conference regular season game and go back to 11.  

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