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Jimmy Two Times

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  1. SIAP, but what absolute drivel from that fat slob Ari Wasserman. He has to be one of the least talented national reporters and that is no small feat. 

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    At the Houston Touchdown Club’s annual high school awards dinner on Wednesday evening, a television reporter from KRIV-TV briefly caught up with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian about an important topic.

    News broke earlier that day that backup quarterback Maalik Murphy intended to enter the transfer portal.

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    “That stuff is always difficult, but Maalik has been an awesome teammate and a great guy to be around,” Sarkisian said. “We wouldn’t be in the position that we’re in without him.”

    Texas wouldn’t still be playing meaningful games, and Sark knows it. And it’s now moving forward without Murphy as it prepares for its first appearance in the College Football Playoff.

    Sarkisian has a policy that prohibits players who have entered or plan to enter the transfer portal from remaining with the team while the process plays out. The rule, surely, has good intentions. Sarkisian wants complete buy-in from everyone on his roster at all times. If a player is considering leaving Texas, he has to know there are ramifications for that move in an era where players can come and go so freely.

    This unfortunate situation — for the player and the program — is a by-product of a messed-up college football calendar and a team rule that may no longer be enforceable as soon as next year.

    If anyone deserves a one-time exception to this rule, it’s Murphy.

    And if any program needs a player as it prepares for a big-time matchup with a national title potentially on the line, it’s Texas.

    First, let’s examine Murphy. He came to Texas as part of the Longhorns’ 2022 recruiting class as a raw prospect with loads of upside. Murphy was the first quarterback hand-picked by Sarkisian at Texas, and he left his home in Southern California knowing he’d have to develop before his time came.

    In mid-December 2021 — just days before Murphy was set to sign with the Longhorns — Quinn Ewers announced that he was transferring to Texas after a brief stint at Ohio State. Murphy could have backed out of his commitment to seek a smoother path to the field. He didn’t.

    Then, after Ewers arrived at Texas, the Longhorns signed five-star quarterback Arch Manning, perhaps the most hyped high school football prospect of all time — because of his ability and, of course, his name.

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    Murphy, despite being in the middle of a quarterback depth chart sandwich that was likely never going to afford him the chance to start, stayed at Texas. That took a tremendous amount of sacrifice for a big-bodied quarterback with a huge arm and big ceiling, especially considering he all but certainly could have started elsewhere this season.

    Now let’s examine Texas. This team has belonged to Ewers since he arrived in Austin. He was the native son, the Texas-born gunslinger who was born to revive the Longhorns football program. But Ewers has suffered semi-serious injuries in each of the last two years that have forced him to miss multiple games.

    When Ewers got hurt this season, there was Murphy, the quarterback who could have left the program on several occasions, to save the day. He led Texas to multiple wins — including the thrilling 33-30 overtime victory over Kansas State on Nov. 4.

    When Sarkisian said Texas wouldn’t be in this situation without Murphy, he meant that quite literally. The backup quarterback saved the day for a Texas program that came into the season with a history of losing those Kansas State-like games even when it wasn’t dealing with significant injuries.

    Now the Longhorns are willingly moving forward without the player who helped them stay on course for the CFP when their starting quarterback went down.

    We don’t know how big of a gap there is between Murphy and Manning. But even if Sarkisian is comfortable in the event that he has to turn to Manning on the sport’s biggest stage, you’d have to think Texas is a better team with Murphy on the sideline than without him.

    So why not make an exception for Murphy and keep him through the end of the season? If any program needs him, it’s Texas.

    Who loses?

    It’s impossible to blame Murphy for leaving. He would be doing a disservice to himself if he were sitting on Texas’ bench next year. Sarkisian knows that and still adores Murphy and the sacrifices the quarterback has made for his program.

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    But Murphy, looking out for his best interest, had to make his intentions known as his peers around the country enter the portal and snap up the spots.

    You can’t blame the player for doing this.

    You can, however, feel pity for a player who would have every bit of a claim to a national title ring as anyone else on that roster whether he plays in January or not.

    This is going to be an issue for more teams in the future. Next year, the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams, and the postseason games — which will begin in mid-December — will bump up against the portal window.

    What about the Murphys on those future teams?

    It’s just an impossibly unfortunate situation.

    Sarkisian may feel as though he has to stand firm on his policy because making exceptions for individual players could create a slippery slope with others. But in this instance, for a player like Murphy and in a situation with stakes so high, maybe hold a team vote? Maybe consider an alternate path? Anything?

    Texas earned its spot in the College Football Playoff. Murphy helped the Longhorns get here.

    He should be on the sideline on Jan. 1.

     

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  2. I noticed in The Athletic's transfer portal article they noted that, although Nolen and Jardin announced their intention to transfer, A&M has not entered either player in the portal. Do any of our portal experts know if this something that the schools can hold up unilaterally? It strikes me as extremely Aggie to refuse to do so in an attempt to strongarm players in to coming back. 

  3. 44 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    K Robinson is poster child for a RB sticking around in this program. You may not start, but you will get an opportunity to play. He was fucking great the last 2 games. 

    R Choice had a nice tweet about K Rob today, about sticking around and not complaining. That's the culture we have in this program. Players who have it will stay, those who don't will leave. Fuck em if they don't have it.

    On top of that, he put the work in to become an elite special teams player and will likely earn a few NFL paychecks. Indicative of the culture Sark has built and pretty fitting he was basically the first guy Sark brought in.

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  4. 3 minutes ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

    I think you will see Elko get the best player in the country at whatever position they can get them at. 

     

     

     

     

    This is an interesting departure from Jimbo's strategy. Could definitely see things working out for them if they get the best player in the country at every position. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

    He was beyond shitty.  Seriously.  He couldn't have possibly played worse.

    The pick sixes were incomprehensible. Completely tanked any chance of beating Utah or Oregon St. He got absolutely killed by play calling and CK's years-long disregard of HS O-line recruiting, but showed next to nothing against P5 opponents. To the point where I don't really expect him to succeed at his next team.  

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  6. 21 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

    FWIW - Eric Nahlin (IT) had a note on Kris Ross this morning.  Ross was dismissed from the team earlier this year but is still at Texas and attending classes.  IT is reporting that North Shore source has told them that Ross hopes to return to the team.  

    Wil be interesting to see how Sark handles it.  According to IT Ross did not have any history of bad behavior and he has a skill set (quick first step) few if any of the DL on the team possess.

    Was there ever any insight as to what he did? Kind of impressed he's willing to stick it out/appears to be taking the right steps. It would be great to have him back, think he could be a real player with another year in the S&C program. 

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  7. We had multiple chances to beat them last year and they had (i) a home game (ii) a more dangerous QB, (iii) weird weather conditions, (iv) 119-0 penalty yard advantage and (v) one of the most inexplicable, terrible QB performances from QE that you could imagine. It's going to take a Big XII ref magnum opus plus more for them to pull this off. 

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  8. 1 hour ago, DixonHur said:

    My brother and sister both went to ND, so there's a bit of family rivalry in my prediction.

    But aggy has them at home and they'll be working on that game plan all off-season.

    Will Notre Dame just be ignoring the game all offseason? Would think people will eventually learn that you can't pencil in wins for the aggies against capable opponents - especially ones that have any ability to pressure the QB. 

  9. 1 hour ago, Frank Drebin said:

    That sounds like Fisch then.  Otherwise, Robinson would stay.

    I'm kind of hoping they "steal" sitting almost-beat-Georgia champion Ryan Day right after his third consecutive loss to Michigan. 

  10. 22 hours ago, WinningIsHard said:

    Not the type of runners UCF has. They do not have the explosive offense like UCF imo. 

    Dan Marino Holy Shit GIF

    Those poor fuckers have their own Derka. 

    Great point not like we have a top national offense that scores almost exclusively on explosive plays. 

  11. 4 hours ago, horn4life said:

     

    I'm glad as hell Ewers is back in the fold, because the kid has the most experience of any QB we have.  I also think that Maalik could have done just about at well in his 3rd game as a starter.  So I guess the good news is as far as outcomes, our QB's are very similar.   And at least now we have a second stringer who has actually taken some snaps as a starter. Something we haven't had in a long time. I realize Ewers is coming back off an injury, and hopefully he can get back to his Alabama form, but that was not this weekend. Still notch a win and move on.

     

     

    Good point, we haven't had a backup with starting experience since... Hudson Card who started and played in numerous games over two years. 

  12. 7 minutes ago, Hard Times said:

    If this team had VY, Casey Studdard and Micheal Griffin I wouldn't be so concerned. And what does 9-1 really mean when the B12 sucks donkey shit this year? I don't think anyone projected the B12 to suck so bad either. This year just may be the worst B12 ever, especially when adding the newcomers.

    Means we comfortably handled Alabama in Tuscaloosa and largely took care of business against every other team with one slip up. Sure we'd like more style points but damn how can folks be this miserable about a team with a live chance of making the CFP.

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