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Atticus

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  1. Shouting down inanities, posting vulgar memes like “oh fuck, you’re gonna make me hookem”, calling out unnecessary handwringing, and the like is not conducive to building a large community where everyone feels welcome to visit and engage. 

    Being aggressive toward other posters, even when warranted, is generally anti-community behavior too. 
     

    Having surly gives people the ability to talk that stuff down, but maybe there’s a way to encourage that kind of poster to be more active on those topics here instead. 

  2. 1 hour ago, Professor Chesney said:

    This is a very interesting topic, appreciate the spreadsheet work.

    Noticing how none of the 1st round WRs were 5 stars, I wonder how “valuable” a 5 star at one position will likely be versus another position.  For example, is a 5-star WR more likely to be a first round pick than a 5-star DL?  I am too busy (lazy) at the moment to do a deep dive, but a cursory look back at the 5 star WR rankings is kind of shocking.  
     

    In 2021, for example, the industry ranked WRs in the top-40 were: Emeka Egbuka (OSU), JaCorey Brooks (Bama), Mario Williams (lol), and Agiye Hall (lolol).

    In 2020: Julian Fleming (OSU), Demond Demas (lol), J Smith-Njigba (OSU), Kayshon Boutte (LSU), Rakim Jarrett (Maryland) and Jordan Johnson (ND).

    Draft status isn’t the be-all-end-all of player productivity, but only JSN was a first round pick and arguably a ++ player.

    Worthy was an On3 5 star, it just isn’t listed on the spreadsheet. 

  3. 15 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    Not sure if weird is the right word, but it felt like Jordan had a weird career path here.

    I remember him playing corner against Bama in game 2 as a freshman in 2022 once Jamison went down and he seemed like someone the coaches trusted early. Then he was moved to nickel and rarely heard from again outside of special teams. I thnk it's been mentioned before that Gary Patterson kept telling the staff to move him to safety. 

    He's not a corner, not really a nickel/star. Maybe a safety if he has the eyes for it. Watching him get torched by Iowa State in 2022 pretty much turned me off on him as a contributor here.

    Just lacks the foot speed and hips to stick in coverage

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  4. 2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    Biff Poggi - This man is tired of your shit and also sleeves. He's a disgusting fatbody who probably reeks of mung beans on the sidelines.

    Excuse me, but I assure you that if he were truly a frequent enjoyer of mung beans he would not be so morbidly obese.

  5. 46 minutes ago, NorLa Horns said:

    The monday afternoon show with Gerry and CJ. Gerry seems to organically go into on OFT OG sell ,then 5 seconds later gets prompted to do an actual ad read. Smh. 

    Not that i really care. But i still felt like overkill 

    How else do you suggest they make money? Do you work for free?

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  6. 35 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I was talking to a friend about this earlier. If a player enrolls at Texas with an injury or gets injured in his first camp, he’s probably going to get recruited over. Guillette is an exception and probably the baseline talent level that the coaches will wait for. 
     

    I’ve been very pleased with the healthy roster churn. 

    Too early to make a blanket statement like that, Colton Vasek is also doing well to make his way back.

    Injuries don't help, but guys who aren't on top of their shit from the jump are generally gonna get recruited over. Sink or swim.

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  7. 4 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:

    Agreed. I listen to the podcast audio as well. It's brutal. There will be 1-2 minutes of ads inserted into the program, and then Bobby or whoever will do another 30-60 second read. It's becoming unlistenable.

    To be clear, I am a huge fan of what Bobby, Gerry, et. al. bring to the table. But they are producing too much material (it is therefore repetitive), and their podcasts come off very much like a website choked with pop-up ads. I hope this is seen as the constructive feedback it is intended to be.

    Content is king. If anything, they need to put more out there.

    The way they package it could be better, but they are doing a great job so far, and their viewership is steadily growing as a result.

    Whenever I watch, it feels like a good vibe and I'm sure they'll continue to build while maintaining that.

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