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turtlepond

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  1. 4 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    I just can't believe how all this is breaking for Texas. If we had just hung onto that lead against ou and beat fucking Kansas, Sark would be cleaning up. Hell, he might anyway. 

    Think about this:

    1. LSU hires just about the most unlikable dude ever who runs off the their rainmaker db coach and revered s&c coach, and has an exodus to the portal. 

    2. Riley blows up ou, guts the staff, destroys the programs identity and then they have massive decommitments and portals. They end up with arm band boy, a Briles rape apologist for OC and about the biggest retread loser DC you could possibly find. But at least they stole atm's strength guy back so the dudes who didn't portal out can relearn the tried and true okie tradition of eating their own vomit. 

    3. Oregon isn't usually even on the radar but my lord did Cristobal lift his leg on that program. Just in the nick of time so we can get back in on those ol targets. 

    4. And aggy... Well, they haven't gone through anything like the other ones but losing their strength guy and DC a few days before signing day ain't good. I think Fisher will be hard pressed to replace them with the same quality guys but you never know. At least it throws some uncertainty into the mix at a critical time. 

    5. The highest rated qb recruit in Texas since vy portals from Ohio State and isn't looking out of Texas. Then tech, our only competition for him, goes and hires a ton of no names to run their offense. 

    Who could have imagined all this shit two weeks ago? If Sark can't flex right now, it ain't ever happening. 

    What he said….

  2. 2 minutes ago, The Dog said:

    the "player not yet in the portal" stuff sounds a lot like the "last second flips" we used to hear about that never occurred. It's an old $9.95er trick to keep everyone's attention. 

     

    Yup. First rule of $9.95 club is always act like you’ve got scoop you’re holding on to. Second rule of $9.95 club is always act like fatass Ketch and blab something that wasn’t supposed to be mentioned. 

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  3. 1 minute ago, Ignatius said:

    I think the only Grandys left in Texas are in the metroplex but might be wrong. I went to the one in Plano right off of central 4-5 years ago but that might be long gone…

    Sorry to keep this segue going, but, I happened to drive past a Grandy’s near downtown Garland the other evening. I had no idea they were still still open. I also had no idea Garland has a “downtown”

    TLDR; Garland sucks, and tomorrow is Quinnsday

  4. 12 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

    Guys. I kinda knew sark met with him Friday.  My neighbor walks thier dog and saw sark sitting on the couch.  Obviously I couldn’t say anything then 

    I’m going to Costa Rica right after Christmas. Any chance your neighbor could walk my dog for a few days while I’m out of town, while keeping me in the loop on Ewers and his UNT visit?

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  5. 2 minutes ago, UncleBuck said:


    And I wasn’t lying about a jerky dealer, either. Kid a couple houses down from the in-laws would made and sell jerky. He’d call the wife and get an order. We’d go to the in-laws and he’d bring it by in a brown paper bag, we’d slip him the cash and he’d walk back home.

    He lives out of town now, so we have to get some from him aunt who makes jerky also. His is better. He actually came through for Thanksgiving last week and called to see if we wanted any. We bought quite a bit. Dude has professional bags and everything now. Shit’s legit. Wanna try making some myself.

    You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention…. 

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  6. 1 minute ago, Chuckie Finster said:


    This website has lost its fucking mind if they think the second highest rated QB in recruiting history is basing his transfer decision on a guy who was a GA for a mediocre team half a decade ago.

    Zach Kittley has been responsible for about 4-5 NFL QBs drafted in the first round in the last decade, right? 🙂

    meanwhile, wiki tells me that his father is tech’s t&f coach. Nepotism sure can pay off sometimes

     

  7. 1 minute ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

    Is he a highly ranked recruit?  If so then cut bait.  Is he a 2-3 star recruit who is also looking at Sam Houston State and North Texas then maybe we have a shot if the stars align.

    See, I’m trying not to take that tack again. I don’t follow ANY recruit’s Twitter stuff, so all I can go off of is the reports that he’s been one of the most firm prospects thst the staff has had in the works this past year. But, it seems that when the snowball gets to rolling downhill, it gains so much steam that it’s inevitable to get out of the way or get run over. Hopefully, this is one of the kids that simply wants to make his mark as a keystone to turning the program around instead of riding the wave of other classes

  8. 2 minutes ago, burdine said:

    It's not really my whole premise, I just didn't write out all the other things that get discussed here which matter too.

    I guess I think it's under-discussed that we just aren't putting kids in the league like  we used to and some of our competition for talent still does.

    We have recruited at a much higher level than we have been putting kids into the league the last 5 years or so. 

    Why is that?  Kids see that.  All the wasted 4 and 5 stars at Texas that don't get drafted high or even at all.

    I also think that is not something that gets fixed overnight.  I think all the staff turnover is part of that.

    I get this season sucked.  I get we have no momentum.

    So either we nuke this staff again after the next year or two and hope to catch lightning in a bottle and get lucky  OR we try and see if this staff can gel or be upgraded over the next year or two while keeping these kids in the same system so they can develop properly.

    It seems like we are past the quick fix stage unless we get very lucky.  This offensive staff seems good enough.  Maybe figure out how to change or maximize the staff we have instead of wholesale talking about nuking it all the time.

    I know patience is a tough sell.

    I think the theme of kids go to Bama to get in the league and Texas kids get to be undrafted free agents needs to be changed and it might take patience to do it.

     

    You’re not wrong. It’s just a tough pill to swallow. Texas damned if they do, damned if they don’t, when it comes to staff changes. Sarkisian may turn things around. He may not. But, the pool of 2023 recruits up to bat next is pretty small when rivals put our sales pitch on the table. 
    Right now, Texas sells “what if”, “take a chance”, while other schools are selling “get on board or you know you’re going to miss out”

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