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  1. I would certainly hope not—er, you said squinter? Well, I suppose that is kind of a negative. Better than the other, for sure, when talking about QBs, that is. I hope he finds one of those too though. Just be prepared, youngster. You’ll surely be a squinter if you aren’t.
  2. I remember the CWS broadcasters saying that David Maroul was going to skyrocket through the Giants organization. He was playing remarkably well at the time though. Michael Hollimon made it to the big leagues briefly, but I don’t think Seth Johnston (drafted 11 rounds higher) ever did. I know this probably isn’t the proper venue, but does anybody remember what the story was with Sam Stafford? I know he got hurt, but I don’t recall if that was the reason he didn’t sign with the Yankees. The Campbell stuff had me thinking of guys who were drafted high but didn’t sign. Sorry if this has already been discussed. Congrats to DC. Noble to consider returning, but his Texas legacy is in tact. Time to go get paid and chase his dreams at the next level. He earned it. As many have stated, a better opportunity/organization would be very hard to come by.
  3. Not as notable, but UCF was 6-6 in the 2016 regular season after going 0-12 the previous season. The next year they went 13-0, claimed a national championship, and put Scott Frost on the fast track to becoming one of the most spectacular coaching busts of all time. He finished with the worst record for non-interim head coaches at Nebraska in six decades. His ineptitude made me a occasional lurker on their message boards and yt channels because the past dozen or so years of Texas football has led me to take comfort in the misery of others facing similar hardships. It’s possible to have a remarkable turnaround, but I think a forgiving schedule is the primary ingredient of that formula. As for a&m, I agree with what Bobby has said—they have to get better LB play this year. The defensive line is going to be ferocious, but I have no idea what will happen behind them. I like the Diggs guy as a downhill player. Secondary should be decent. Mathews and Anderson showed well at the end of the season. They have to be hoping that McCall and Grimes will perform to their earlier projections vs what they’ve shown on the field to this point. If that offense is dysfunctional again this year, similar results will follow. I could see Jimbo neutering Petrino (assuming he has any actual autonomy at all to begin the season) if he takes too many risks early, and reverting to the rock fight shit he kept rolling out last year because he knows the defense will keep them in most games. Weigman should be fine, but they better hope like hell that he stays upright. I’d love to see Arkansas and South Carolina beat them because I think they see those as simple wins, and it is a goddamn shame that we won’t get to see the pirate continue his campaign of torture and torment against all things aggie. RIP to that legend. With that roster, one would assume 8-4 has to be the baseline. With that coaching staff and persistent questions about whether the culture has improved, 6-6 is certainly in play. Like ctj said, they really were a couple of late hiccups from 3-9 last year. I wish we played at LSU. Covid took that revenge match from us. Did you mean Arkansas? I thought the atmosphere at DKR for both LSU and bama was really good, as good as it has been since tOSU in ‘06. I expect it to only improve going forward. Hell, I’m looking forward to Texas playing in the Big House before the sec shit even kicks off next year..you know, the largest college football stadium, and third largest stadium of any type, in the fucking world. Those guys are so dumb. They really do place undue importance on all the shit that happens other than on the field. It’s a function of them being completely irrelevant in that particular aspect of the competition (the part that actually matters the most). “Those fan bases will eat them alive..” Texas fans don’t give a shit what other fan bases think of them because they don’t have a deeply-ingrained subordinate mindset and aren’t seeking approval or legitimacy from anyone. What are they going to say that we haven’t heard before? These are the same people bloviating about how Texas has ruined the past two conferences they were in. That Texas is universally despised..so what’s new? What a bunch of fucking losers. Yeah, facilities and fan bases are going break Texas, but these whiny motherfuckers were throwing a bitch fit the minute the move was even announced (literally the impetus for this magnificent thread’s existence)..okay. Half of their fans are already on the verge of giving up. Lose to Texas at home in ‘24, and those gashes will start sobbing and advocating that a&m take their ball and go stomping home…to the big 10, defanged pac, or better yet, the new-look big 12. That is who they are. This is long, sorry about that.
  4. Ah, you’d think with such an ornate throne, a hologram might have been in order.
  5. Cool helmets. Is that..um, a cardboard cutout of him?
  6. Sooners hope their newest East Texas back is more like Adrian Peterson and less like these two beasts: (*Van, TX—Town listed is incorrect) Total contribution from them— 26 G, 70 Carries, 266 Yds, 1 TD, 5 Rec, 39 Yds Village bicycle looks to be in excellent condition.
  7. Here I was thinking that Florida guy from yesterday was doing a damn good Nahlin/Harris reenactment. Now I see I was taking Eric for granted.
  8. In all seriousness, I’ve seen some tournament coverage on NHK. I bet it is quite an experience in person.
  9. 78669AG: I have a story for y’all…My grandpa was mediocre at football. This story is about some other guy. That guy (Ragan Gennusa, probably) was good at football, got a scholarship from Darrell Royal, and took advantage of the opportunity (story should end here). My grandpa didn’t, but I’m going to make it seem as if he turned down a scholarship at Texas…because he didn’t want to compete for playing time (noble cause), and chose SFA instead (good plot twist, eh?). Gramps got homesick in Nac (so playing time really didn’t matter…let me guess, the gf was back in PA?) and decided it would be best to finish at Lamar. Hence, no ag tag (Tarleton?), and I have to tell this shitty ass story about how my grandpa’s poor judgment and inability to challenge himself is somehow indicative of some malfeasance by Darrell Royal, even if it were true (he gave scholarships to girls?! That’s an unfair advantage!), to a bunch of dumbasses who think what allegedly happened with the QB was on par with buying a kid a gold car and still getting spurned, in order to fit in…as if paying for two stars wasn’t enough. Epilogue: Mr. Gennusa earned a BFA from Texas and did quite well for himself as a professional artist of some renown. Gramps maybe got a degree from Lamar. Moral of the story—if Texas offers you a scholarship, take it. Also, “if it happened before the 70s, it’s basically irrelevant” …So, Texas 2 A&M 0, in the shit that really matters, then? Army fielded arguably the strongest team(s) in college football history precisely because they were a military service academy (a real one)..I believe ctj or somebody has a nice thread dedicated to this history on the football board. Navy had two Heisman winners and two top five finishes in the early 60s. As always, their arguments have no merits.
  10. Haha, right? You want to bury the lede with that? “Guys I’m really excited about where this class is headed…let me remind you about how poorly things can turn out.” The ‘22 reference is as good as it will ever get for them. No need to get cute with the rest of that bullshit. Also, didn’t Leon’s football career likely just end due to him going into the stands to fight a fan during his semi-pro indoor football game? Awesome trip down memory lane, Howell.
  11. I was looking at 5-star receivers who went off the beaten path over the past decade and this one is up there. Obviously, Travis Hunter is in a category of his own, but that one doesn’t even strike me as that weird given his unique skill set, the cult of personality around Deion and JSU at the time, nil considerations, and the specialty training he could receive from his coach. Bru’s shitshow, while hilariously bizarre, was not too illogical given the circumstances presented. That left me with four guys who roughly fit my criteria—Laquan Treadwell, Robbie Rhodes (admittedly not a great fit), Speedy Noil, and Demetris Robertson. Robertson‘s is easily the most baffling case: 5-star wr from GA turns down Kirby Smart and Nick Saban to go play for Sonny Dykes on the other side of the country. He was in the portal less than two years later. Hudson (even as a legacy) is doing a really nice revival of that production—apparently choosing a middling air raid system over virtually every top-tier school in the country. It’s not hard to see the similarities between Coleman’s decision and Noil’s a decade ago. Top ten overall recruit from the heart of SEC country, rumors of behavioral issues, and a somewhat surprising commitment to the aggies. It really is interesting how strikingly similar some aspects of Sumlin’s and Fisher’s tenure are. And hey, one advantage Jimbo has over Summy is that the killer receiver he signed back in the day was actually acquitted in his murder trial..point Jimbo. Let’s hope, for these kids’ sake, that their career arcs don’t mimic those of their football forebears. —————— “You could see some snaps with three 5-star receivers on the field and a 5-star talent..” Here’s the thing, Bill—you could’ve seen that at any point last year if Demas wasn’t a complete fuck up, Marshall wasn’t his mirror image, Jimbo didn’t give up on Cupp, or he didn’t decide to sit Moose for an entire game because of a wardrobe decision. You know, if Jimbo could have simply been a competent head football coach? The real question is—can those fledgling 5-stars stymie their moronic bullshittery long enough to get on the field together? As the Bard once said, “what’s past is prologue.” We’ll see..
  12. “As long as the alumni medal..” LOL It’s nice that the LSU football program (Woodward has done a nice job overall) actually has a high-functioning adult at the helm for the first time in two decades (and the two schlemiels they had previously still won titles), but it will be a cold day in hell before I ever give a shit what those dumbfucks see when they look at other programs and assess the men running them. Anyway, I’ve said it plenty, but thank you to @texifornia for creating this marvelous thread. Seemed like we reached a milestone when the SEC schedule was released a couple weeks ago. Expanding the scope was worthwhile. It truly is the most entertaining place on this site. I hope whatever is going on at twitter doesn't stymie the flow of information in this critical space or on the recruiting threads. Thanks to @Longhornfrenzy and all who contribute as well. I appreciate it.
  13. I don’t want to derail the conversation, but who did this? (SIAP)
  14. “So much for the supposed momentum coming off their moral victory in a close loss against Bama.” Is this like getting dumped by a coach who led your team to four straight conference titles and five straight top-ten finishes in his five year tenure, calling him soft, saying you’re glad he is gone, hyping up the new coach (who has never been a HC before) as a better culture fit, waxing poetic about how much tougher and more disciplined the team is, and then getting summarily donkey punched 49-0 in your biggest rivalry game? I mean, @texifornia chose the title of this thread for a reason. The early returns on the Venables era look like the definition of a moral victory gone awry. Siri, show me what toughness and discipline looks like on a Brent Venables team.. Okay Siri, that was early October. I’m sure they improved. Tell me about November. I want to hear it in Coach V’s own words..(first three minutes)
  15. Short answer: We actually win shit, and point out that they don’t, and haven’t, for a literal lifetime. (Note: The fact that we, on principle, choose not to fuck sheep, and to have female cheerleaders, might also play a role, but I haven’t investigated that angle much. Could contribute to the “uppity” claims.) Longer version (spoilered for space): Hey aggies, here’s some words to live by: *Prom queen /= sheep, you bumpkins
  16. Sad news. RIP. Strongest arm I’ve ever seen in a hs qb. I’m certain he was a hell of a lot more than that to the people who knew him, but that’s what I remember about him. Maybe I’m off base, but it seems like an inordinate number of kids from the top of that recruiting class have already passed. At first glance, I see—Joe McKnight, Mallett, Austin Box, convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez, and Andre Jones. I was thinking Mallett and Jevan Snead were the same class, but Snead was a year ahead.
  17. No, I’m sorry but you are giving that dolt way too much credit. He has no connections inside the program. He’s simply looking at Cupp and Wilson transferring from A&M, some db whose name I can’t even recall transferring from Texas, Spencer signing with Tech after being processed by Texas, plus whatever Hudson is doing now, and trying to formulate some larger narrative. That schmendrick castigated his own followers this spring for giving credence to the notion that BMDs have a say in determining whether coaches are retained or let go. He went on to state that Tech didn’t really need BMDs and their meddlesome ways at all…the AD could get by on small donations alone. “You don’t want to become Texas” he said, describing it as the most inept athletic department in the nation.. Same guy told everyone on the internet that Chris Beard would never leave Tech for his alma mater because he “bleeds Lubbock” and Austin wouldn’t suit him (probably right on that bit)…less than a week later, the McDonald’s meeting took place. Not to belabor the point, but this year he also claimed that Mark Adams, the guy who hadn’t sniffed a D1 head coaching job since the 90s, was an “elite culture-builder” and “one of the greatest bball minds in the entire sport.” He called Gavin Kash’s final AB vs Texas this year “as close to an actual life-or-death situation as humanly possible.” I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried. So, while the message may resonate with what has been reported here, nobody on the inside is talking to that dude about messaging or anything else. Most Tech fans despise him. He’s a fat fucking moron who makes Ketch look like a totally photogenic, respectable journalist.
  18. I was going to write some snarky, satirical response to this bold tweet from a five-year pro commenting on the official visit activities of his collegiate rivals (whom he never actually competed against): But I forgot and it is pretty old now, so I’ll just submit a series of pictures I found: *Note: Armani (53 GP, 1 Start) spent his entire year with the Colts on IR. Deshon (42 GP, 35 Starts) spent his entire rookie season on the Ravens IR. Apologies for the tardiness.
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