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Nigel Tufnel

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  1. I would add to this the answer to a previous question above regarding what is the difference we see between the two. The first thing that leapt out at me was before the team even had one practice in January. Schloss had signed the #1 class in the country (or damn close to it). I pointed out for a couple of years while Lil' Nigel was recruited that Schloss and his crew are relentless recruiters and it wasn't even close as to the effort, coordination, and thought put into the recruiting process.
  2. Diplomatically, of course, because of a shorter life-span, we agreed on taking at around 60 years of age (because he could get from 55 to 60 financially).
  3. Pension can be taken at the earliest at age 55 and is dependent upon earnings. I worked with a former NFL player who if he took the pension at 55 it would have been about $77k/year. If he waited until 65, it would have been around $250k/year.
  4. I think this is key and nice to hear if true. A main difference between Sark as OC at Bama and his offenses here have been the difference in defenses. Saban even said it during the playoffs that Texas would have to play some man at some point. PK has been a "bend but don't break" DC. Saban teams were not and it seemed like the Bama offense got a couple of more bites at the apple than at Texas during a game.
  5. Just too early to see how their offense will be. They have had zero, repeat, zero outdoor practices so far. It is easier to simulate pitching indoors than hitting (backgrounds and such).
  6. You are assuming that the scholarships from the school do not cover athletics. They absolutely do. All of the Ivys have “pay what you can” systems. Average cost at Princeton after aid is something silly like $10,000. This is a major way of getting athletes in.
  7. They don’t have athletic scholarships, but they have more than enough for scholarships that come straight from the schools. $10B+ endowments help with things like that.
  8. Lil’ Nigella was one of the fortunate few that got their acceptance three weeks ago. Nothing more than good luck of being in the batch they actually processed. We have gotten over our shock and have been continuously asking each other “Can you believe that happened?” We are very proud and excited. She is waiting on a few more schools just to see how she feels. She has a spot in SRD so she is set for housing.
  9. Our default was always to swing a bat thats weight is evenly distributed. At a young age they really can’t go wrong with that. They are too young to worry about end weighted, etc. CATs are end weighted (what big power hitters swing). A one or two piece evenly distributed aluminum works for almost every younger kid.
  10. Seems like he should be further along by now. Always at the beginning of the book.
  11. A QTIP Martial Trust solves many of the step parent/step sibling issues. But (big “but”) you have to get the parent to do the planning.
  12. Jay Rogers, current NFL coach and son of the University of Texas Recruiting Coordinator at the time, Randy Rogers was two years ahead of Brees. Westlake was undefeated with Brees as a Jr., then he hurt his knee and they lost their only game of the season without him. His senior year, they won state.
  13. My dog peed the state of Texas in the snow this morning. We are very proud.
  14. DM sent. He is well aware of the track times, etc. It is his first love.
  15. Nyck Harbor is just about in a league of his own. He is a freak athlete among freak athletes. I’ve talked about this a bit in the Recruiting forum but there is definitely a “system” in place and it can be a crap shoot whether or not you are invited in. For just about every player it is a 50/50 prop as to their hit rate in college. We get wrapped up in the 4* and 5* that we forget that they are all pretty much 50/50. That being said, Lil’ Nigel (5’ 11 3/4” 170 lbs) ran 10.4 in high school, owns basically every receiving record at his 50+ year old 6A Houston high school, was 1st team all district for 3 years in football (18 offers), 2 time all district in baseball (5 offers), and district champ in LJ (24’), 100m, and 200m. He was basically ignored by several of the writers people follow on here. He even wrote a couple of them asking if they could actually rate him, but he couldn’t even get that. I had one of these guys joked with me about telling one of his crew not to bother sending him video of defensive ends if they were white. So, yeah, I get tickled when fans give immediate credence to the services like they are the experts. What the schools want more than anything are mature bodies that are ready to play now. We see most of these kids and we joke that they look like they are 30 years old, yep, that is what schools want.
  16. Just checking in here. Carry on.
  17. Not same level, but Butch Davis leaving the University Miami for the Cleveland Browns is best I can remember off the cuff.
  18. Yep. Applications for 2025 freshman admissions at UT up 25% this fall.
  19. Ironically reminds me of this old bit from Steve in the ‘70’s.
  20. That’s as good as anything out there. Fantastic.
  21. Huh…waddaya know? I thought lead singer for Thin Lizzy died.
  22. Actually he did, your are correct. But only after it had been lied about publicly. By all accounts he is a good kid and team player. Should end up in Miami.
  23. Yeah, that is what the big boosters and fans have said online. But he didn’t. They are looking like the wizard behind the curtain trying to make it look like they have things under control. It’s a mess.
  24. Past two years they had multiple QBs with NIL. He did not and won the job both years. Still didn’t get paid.
  25. North Shore has 2 JV teams and 3 9th grade teams. They have large participation numbers. Westlake has 2 JV teams and 2 9th grade teams.
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