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Jimmy Two Times

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  1. I generally agree with this. I decided to be generous and give them OL mainly because I was more impressed with Hinzmann down the stretch as their returner than I have been with DJ Campbell as ours (although I obviously watched a lot more DJ and am overly critical of our players) and I truthfully know very little about their other OL. Goosby was more impressive than either of them in his limited stretch now that I'm thinking about it, but it's so hard to project either unit given all the turnover. At RB, I don't view Wisner as materially better than Donaldson, who I expect to be healthy week 1. I'm not counting Baxter as I don't expect him to contribute at the start of the season and I truly wouldn't care one way or the other if you swapped Gibson and Peoples on our roster, so RB depth washes out for me. At QB, you're probably right. I'm sky high on Manning and would bet on him as the better player, but they purport to be very high on Sayin. Good point on the extra year in the system. I just have a hard time making any kind of judgment when I haven't seen the other QB play. Fair on the secondary as well, I think I'm so scarred from Downs' performance in the Cotton Bowl that it completely blinds me. I think Atkinson would be nice depth on our roster, but if you have NC aspirations and he's your feature pass rusher... not great. Overall, I'd be far more concerned about defensive line and LB if I were them than I am about anything on our roster.
  2. I will give them WR/TE, OL and it wouldn't be crazy to argue safety/CB. We are definitively better at DL, LB and edge rushing. RB/QB, kind of up for grabs IMO. I think the Ohio State DL and edge rushers is the biggest gap between the teams' position groups.
  3. On the flip side of this, I worked as a valet in college. If some middle aged guy/gal was acting like an asshole, I'd just nod and add a minute to my time "finding their car." Usually those people weren't big tippers anyways. Needless to say, my valet career did not last very long.
  4. Just listened to Dia Bell interviewed on the Cover 3 podcast (link for anyone interested, it's at the start). About as media trained a high schooler as you'll ever hear, in the sense that he's very polished but not robotic at all. You didn't need to read between the lines to pick up that Arch staying 2 years has been communicated to him. He also sounds very willing to wait his turn. Really impressive prospect.
  5. It doesn't make any difference. If they're recruiting high school around the level of Nebraska, Georgia Tech, etc., there's no way they can supplement via the portal even if they were in a position of financial strength there... which they aren't. They are incredibly fucked with a lame duck, meathead coach and quite a few key contributors set to leave after this year. They basically need Mateer to be Mayfield 2.0 and then also stay for his final year of eligibility in 2026. There is no prospect of a turnaround given their recruiting and development under Venables. Nagy already seems like a complete disaster. We beat them in softball. They are in hell from here on out.
  6. This is the key point for me. After 3 years of elite recruiting + probably the best retention of any program (I can't recall losing one singular player off our roster that I cared about), there's not a single recruitment that feels make or break in June. Plus, if all of this is stemming from schools like A&M "creatively" deploying the House settlement... we're working with that same pot of money and there's no indication that anything has changed regarding our financial position at the top of the landscape. In all likelihood, we will add a top 5 class to a top 3 roster, minimum. Hell, we have a whole slew of blue chip defensive linemen on the verge of committing.
  7. She's been atrocious and gets a boost in perception because her brother was worse and the LA media (looking at you Ramona Shelburne) coddle her. The Lakers have been underfunded in all of the non-salary cap markets: assistant coach pay, strength and conditioning, player perks, personnel (the Lakers have one of the smallest data & analytics departments). On top of that, she involved Kurt and Linda Rambis and Phil Jackson in actual personnel decisions. Remember the Magic Johnson debacle? She ran the Lakers like it was a family-owned deli and stumbled ass backwards into Lebron, AD and now Luka through no fault of her own. Hopefully Pelinka goes next.
  8. Why would you be happy if she is staying with the team in any capacity? I guess for sentimentality reasons, I'm fine with her in a ceremonial role. She's been a very bad owner.
  9. Correct. And the idea that we can just portal one in, while not wrong, is misguided. If we find ourselves in a position where a portal transfer is a critical need, that depletes our portal resources to get a player at a non-premium position that doesn't have the benefit of multiple years in the program. On top of that, RB is probably the position with the highest risk of injury. We've relied on true freshman for high leverage snaps each of the last two seasons at the position, you need depth.
  10. Projected record is 8.0 wins and 4.0 losses. Kelley Ford model is dialed in this year.
  11. It's incredible how much he has to dig for a perceived win. Up 6-5 on head to head recruiting battles of in-state lineman since 2023 ya stupid sip. Our class rankings over those three years: #3, #5, #1. A&M's class rankings over those three years: #10, #16, #10. There is quite literally not even one position group that they've recruited better over that time period.
  12. On top of that, we’ve signed legit blue chips in Wingo, Ffrench, Lockett and Mccutcheon in consecutive classes, so it’s not like the staff is going all in on “under the radar” guys. We’ll probably end up getting 1-2 of the highly rated players in this class, based on recent recruiting, and it’ll be a moot point.
  13. And even if they absolutely nail the Rhule Model, they're not touching us at our current level of recruiting and developing. Maybe they can catch us in any given year for a game, but we're just separating as a program right now.
  14. Just watched Lamar Brown film. Holy hell, what a monster. He would be our best interior defensive line prospect since who? Looks better than Justus Terry to me. Maybe Malcolm Brown?
  15. Helobius at dinner with the softball team would prompt a congressional investigation.
  16. Thank god Mike White got a teachable moment with a freshman. I hope it was worth losing this game.
  17. I would’ve been arrested on the field
  18. So was Goode supposed to just stay on second and let the ball go into centerfield?
  19. Mia is one of the greatest female athletes I’ve seen. Agility and hand eye coordination with good size.
  20. I watched the games and Bert Auburn literally did not miss a field goal last year.
  21. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't think the 2021 version of Jaylan Ford would factor into our depth chart this year.
  22. Vasek getting healthy would be huge for this. As it stands, our EDGE/LB room consists of Simmons, Vasek, Burke, Trey Moore, Zina Ant Hill, Spence, Lefau and Tyanthony Smith. That's a tremendous amount of speed, size, coverage ability, pass rushing ability, run stopping... you can just envision so many different combinations of those players based on situation, without a real drop off in talent level. If you look at the same position groups from 2021 when Sark/PK got here, it's astonishing, Overshown is probably the only guy who even cracks the current two-deep. Just incredible roster building and development.
  23. I like our bats against Canady. Just have a hard time seeing her going through Mia, Atwood, Mitchell, Stewart multiple times per game without getting dinged up. If Maloney/Henry can get on a handful of times we'll be in great shape.
  24. Man. We are looking clean through two on defense. Mentally focused.
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