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1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

He doesn’t speak for me, sir. He misused “their” for “there” and that’s a faux pas that I simply cannot abide. 

Yeah but he finally got a computer with spellcheck, so that’s a move in the positive direction.

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3 hours ago, Reese Bennett said:

The pizza talk is fine and all, but it just doesn't have the pizzazz of chicken fried steak.

Combine the two together and you have steak pizzaiola which is fantastic. 

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13 hours ago, statsman said:

Well, she has probably been to Columbus more times than anyone should. 
 
Every couple of year’s I like to pop into Conan’s to get a Whole Wheat Savage. 

I live down the street from Conan’s so this hits close to home 

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Tomatoes weren’t introduced to Europe until the 15th century, by those returning from the Americas.  What was pizza like before then?  Hell, all Italian cuisine?

sometimes, you have to leave your borders for a key ingredient.  Just like football roster building. 

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4 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

Bobby: "Thursday"

Overview:

  • Texas still leads for Cooper going heading into his decision this Sunday
  • Texas still fucks in recruiting, even in the "rev share" era. So, stop going full Satya.
  • 'Member when we didn't land a five-star over multiple years during the desert wandering era? I 'member... Well, we're about to land three in one week! #enchubbened
  • Mosley and Endries are "even better than expected." Arch about to win the Heisman? 

Espn Texas GIF by College GameDay

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As of late last night, I am told that Texas still holds the pole position for Hollywood, Fla., five-star running back Derrek Cooper over the likes of Miami, Florida State, Georgia and Ohio State.

He is planning to announce his decision Sunday evening. Again, fingers crossed.

**

A lot of Texas fans are understandably giddy about what transpired on Tuesday.

The pledges of Tyler Atkinson and James Johnson are massive.

But perhaps even more, it showcased that the new “rev share” era of recruiting would not - rather, could not - stop the momentum the Longhorns have arduously built over the past couple of seasons.

In other words, Texas, even in the rev share era, can and will capitalize on the momentum the Horns rightfully earned the last couple of years.

There were some who doubted that, and perhaps justifiably so.

But the commitments of Atkinson and Johnson blow the doors off of that misconception.

**

Three five stars in one week would be exceeding expectations.

Yet that’s exactly what we’re looking at here if Cooper picks the Horns on Sunday.

As a reminder, Texas has gone multiple years in the past 15 without adding a single five star in its class.

Three in one week is as clear of a picture as we’re going to get about what’s going on in Austin, of the juggernaut Sark, GM Brandon Harris and the entire staff are potentially building.

**

One quick team note:

The early returns on wide receiver Emmett Mosley V and tight end Jack Endries are “even better than expected”.

To those behind the scenes, it’s becoming clear that in Endries, Texas truly has a very capable replacement for Gunnar Helm.

Mosley fits right in with Ryan Wingo and DeAndre Moore. Mosley is surprisingly athletic, an exacting route runner, and may be the team’s best 50-50 ball winner this season.

 

So honest question and not taking any digs at anyone...but do we not consider Brandon Harris in over his head/ borderline incompetent like he was being accused of a year ago?  Is Sark still carrying the water for him or has he genuinely improved?

I know last July people were freaking out, but several "in the know" and "reliable" posters were pointing to Harris as a big part of the problem?

Has that changed?

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3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Tomatoes weren’t introduced to Europe until the 15th century, by those returning from the Americas.  What was pizza like before then?  Hell, all Italian cuisine?

sometimes, you have to leave your borders for a key ingredient.  Just like football roster building. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pompeii-fresco-pizza-180982446/

Looks pretty good for 2000+ years ago:

Fresco

 

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Posted
27 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

When I went from a great big fatass to sub 200 pounds after my fat surgery I can't eat anything bread related. My Pizza now consists of fucking thin cauliflower crust with fake peperoni on it.   I would kill everyone in here except for Sydney to eat half a deep dish pizza.  Sydney is spared b/c I just learned he's a cat guy, of course.   

Good lord.

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Posted
3 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Nick Saban basically skull fucked the nation, but particularly the SEC, into having to just accept the fact that Alabama was a tough beat because they put guys in the league, and they played the game. It took the greater part of a decade, but it finally got normalized. 

I look forward to Texas normalizing that shit sooner, rather than later. Wolk seems to get it, and can read the obvious as fuck tea leaves. One more year of exciting draft returns for Texas, and we could be looking at the bullshit, surface level excuses of "Texas only wins recruiting battles because of money" and "Texas doesn't develop players" and "We don't want mercenaries" disappearing off the face of the earth. I cant speak to how Championships will fall in Texas's favor, but I know that eventually, even the dumbest motherfuckers, will have no choice but to accept that Texas is developing talent at a high motherfucking rate and Austin is a great place to play ball if you want a future in the NFL...and money now. 

I can't wait. Those fucking toothless SEC hayseeds basically incepted themselves to accept the reality that Alabama and Nick Saban were real, and there was an entire cognitive movement around SEC dick-riding by those atavistic waterheads to have to accept that reality without killing themselves. Because at least Alabama was one of them, right? No one views Texas as "one of us," and more importantly, Texas doesn't view the rest of them as peers, either. We're never going to join their little double digit IQ club, and they won't be able to handle it when we're crushing recruiting, getting dudes drafted, and playing for titles. Their brains will explode. It will be the most bitter dick they've ever tasted, and I am fucking HERE for it. And even better, aTm will almost certainly try to keep saying "See I told you so" to those goobers for some semblance of acceptance, and the rest of the SEC is going to reject the fuck out of them too. This is the inevitable end, and we're already seeing the beginnings of it with every single "I hate what the game has become" take on their fucking boards that coincides with whatever lie they're telling themselves currently to get through the day as reality starts to set in. Enjoy the lies you're telling to yourself now, boys, because sunlight is coming and there won't be any dark corner of your dim mind where you'll be able to hide from reality. 

It sounds like you're asking if we know how good we've got it. 

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2 hours ago, Redneck Mutha said:

Freshman Mosley (playing 6 fewer games) had more receptions, yards, and TDs than Freshman Wingo. 

Obviously apples to oranges because of the differences in depth/need, but some damn fine stats from him in that horrific Stanford passing offense. Looking forward to seeing what he (and Endries) can bring.

Mosley must have gotten lasik before going to Stanford. 

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17 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

So honest question and not taking any digs at anyone...but do we not consider Brandon Harris in over his head/ borderline incompetent like he was being accused of a year ago?  Is Sark still carrying the water for him or has he genuinely improved?

I know last July people were freaking out, but several "in the know" and "reliable" posters were pointing to Harris as a big part of the problem?

Has that changed?

I don't know. Seems like a guy who has only signed top 5 classes and been the GM of the only team to go to back to back playoffs might have an idea of what hes doing. no matter what message board posters say. 

Might be that the HC at Texas who seems to to have a pretty good handle on hiring people might know something about his GMs competence.

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Posted
4 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

Bobby: "Thursday"

Overview:

  • Texas still leads for Cooper going heading into his decision this Sunday
  • Texas still fucks in recruiting, even in the "rev share" era. So, stop going full Satya.
  • 'Member when we didn't land a five-star over multiple years during the desert wandering era? I 'member... Well, we're about to land three in one week! #enchubbened
  • Mosley and Endries are "even better than expected." Arch about to win the Heisman? 

Espn Texas GIF by College GameDay

  Hide contents
 

As of late last night, I am told that Texas still holds the pole position for Hollywood, Fla., five-star running back Derrek Cooper over the likes of Miami, Florida State, Georgia and Ohio State.

He is planning to announce his decision Sunday evening. Again, fingers crossed.

**

A lot of Texas fans are understandably giddy about what transpired on Tuesday.

The pledges of Tyler Atkinson and James Johnson are massive.

But perhaps even more, it showcased that the new “rev share” era of recruiting would not - rather, could not - stop the momentum the Longhorns have arduously built over the past couple of seasons.

In other words, Texas, even in the rev share era, can and will capitalize on the momentum the Horns rightfully earned the last couple of years.

There were some who doubted that, and perhaps justifiably so.

But the commitments of Atkinson and Johnson blow the doors off of that misconception.

**

Three five stars in one week would be exceeding expectations.

Yet that’s exactly what we’re looking at here if Cooper picks the Horns on Sunday.

As a reminder, Texas has gone multiple years in the past 15 without adding a single five star in its class.

Three in one week is as clear of a picture as we’re going to get about what’s going on in Austin, of the juggernaut Sark, GM Brandon Harris and the entire staff are potentially building.

**

One quick team note:

The early returns on wide receiver Emmett Mosley V and tight end Jack Endries are “even better than expected”.

To those behind the scenes, it’s becoming clear that in Endries, Texas truly has a very capable replacement for Gunnar Helm.

Mosley fits right in with Ryan Wingo and DeAndre Moore. Mosley is surprisingly athletic, an exacting route runner, and may be the team’s best 50-50 ball winner this season.

 

Wait, we did land a few.... Malik Jefferson, Brandon "film my life, aggies" Jones, Caden Sterns , Erik Fowler, Bijan, Bru "I'll attend 3 universities in 4 years" McCoy, JT Sanders (Herman hold out), BJ Foster, Jordan Whittingham, Jalen Green, and a few others while we constantly shit ourselves. We just closed our eyes and grabbed a ton of shitty 3* kids that keep us enraged and forgetting. 

Posted
4 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

Nothing wrong with being a "little slot guy." Greater sensation, you know?

Not if you can't fit the whole thing in there, it isn't. Yeah, ok, this is tight, nice, but what about the rest of the shaft?

Posted
2 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

I don't know. Seems like a guy who has only signed top 5 classes and been the GM of the only team to go to back to back playoffs might have an idea of what hes doing. no matter what message board posters say. 

Might be that the HC at Texas who seems to to have a pretty good handle on hiring people might know something about his GMs competence.

Alternatively, Texas’ current advantages may supersede any downside with Harris.

He’s also been in his role multiple seasons now, so maybe he’s learning.

It’s likely a combination of factors. Regardless, I’m not sure Harris represents any material competitive advantage for Texas’ current recruiting success. 

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10 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

I don't know. Seems like a guy who has only signed top 5 classes and been the GM of the only team to go to back to back playoffs might have an idea of what hes doing. no matter what message board posters say. 

Might be that the HC at Texas who seems to to have a pretty good handle on hiring people might know something about his GMs competence.

Get fucked with your passive aggressive bullshit here. Some of us have dealt directly with the guy, and his boss, and every other part of the machine. Guys can get better at what they’re doing. You don’t get to retroactively use posts to talk shit about the current situation. The guy currently singing Harris’ praises was one of the biggest voices last summer about the guy’s issues, dummy. He just can’t go out and declare that the his audience at the time. Ironically, some of us were able to say something, and then we get to see this kind of shit for passing it on. 

In short, if you are thrown a fucking bone, we don’t need to hear how it tastes. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

"Texas doesn't develop players"

I feel like this needs a deeper dive. People say that about us because it has been true for a very long time. I've been following Texas football since the McWilliams era, and I can't recall a time it wasn't true.

But now, you got T'Vondre Sweat (3-star; 2nd Round). Gunnar Helm (3-star, 4th round). Michael Taaffe (no-star, 2nd-round projection for 2025, returned for final year). These are the kinda hidden gem fuckers the Purple Wizard would bring into the Little Apple and train up into guys who'd beat our 5-stars' asses and get drafted. 

Unlike Purple Kryptonite, we also have all those 4-stars and 5-stars, and also unlike previous eras, they are coming here to work. Playing at Texas isn't the goal; it's a way to reach their goals.

Yeah. The Georgia $9.95'er is seeing the difference earlier than even most of OUR fans are, to say nothing of the rest of the CFB fandom. Because this is a new thing for us. 

And I'm SO fucking here for it.

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41 minutes ago, TexasRenegade said:

So honest question and not taking any digs at anyone...but do we not consider Brandon Harris in over his head/ borderline incompetent like he was being accused of a year ago?  Is Sark still carrying the water for him or has he genuinely improved?

I know last July people were freaking out, but several "in the know" and "reliable" posters were pointing to Harris as a big part of the problem?

Has that changed?

Along this train of thought, it's been interesting seeing schools load up on their football front offices/scouting teams this offseason with LSU/USC being the most visible about it and I wonder how many schools will put in similar infrastructures.

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31 minutes ago, William Bludworth said:

Wait, we did land a few.... Malik Jefferson, Brandon "film my life, aggies" Jones, Caden Sterns , Erik Fowler, Bijan, Bru "I'll attend 3 universities in 4 years" McCoy, JT Sanders (Herman hold out), BJ Foster, Jordan Whittingham, Jalen Green, and a few others while we constantly shit ourselves. We just closed our eyes and grabbed a ton of shitty 3* kids that keep us enraged and forgetting. 

You forgot Tyler Owens…

Sylvester Stallone Facepalm GIF

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Posted
10 minutes ago, William Bludworth said:

I can't believe that dude is in the NFL. It's truly something else. 

Well he’s probably in the top 1% of the most athletic people on the planet. He’s also a dumbass who never really figured out how to play football, but that hardly matters for special teams contributors 

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Posted
38 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Get fucked with your passive aggressive bullshit here. Some of us have dealt directly with the guy, and his boss, and every other part of the machine. Guys can get better at what they’re doing. You don’t get to retroactively use posts to talk shit about the current situation. The guy currently singing Harris’ praises was one of the biggest voices last summer about the guy’s issues, dummy. He just can’t go out and declare that the his audience at the time. Ironically, some of us were able to say something, and then we get to see this kind of shit for passing it on. 

In short, if you are thrown a fucking bone, we don’t need to hear how it tastes. 

You're wound too tight. 

 

Posted
4 hours ago, SimkinsMan said:

First of all, I'm hugely appreciative of Bobby's support for the program and the information he brings. Most of the good things in the 9.95 business over the last two-plus decades are a result of his efforts whereas there are, mostly, a lot of shady characters out there. (Some of them are also shady in the sense that they create a lot of shade). So this is not a criticism but rather an observation.

Anyway, it seems pretty clear from the way that Bobby is propping up Brandon Harris that Brandon Harris is his source.

There's probably not a bigger Texas sports fan in the world than Bobby. He took his obsession over it and built multiple companies out of it. Hats off to him.

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24 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

Well he’s probably in the top 1% of the most athletic people on the planet. He’s also a dumbass who never really figured out how to play football, but that hardly matters for special teams contributors 

Vet true. He's fast as shit, but as smart as the man who though it would be a good idea to reach down and pet a great white in South Africa, only for him to lose his entire arm up to his collar bone. 

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2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

When I went from a great big fatass to sub 200 pounds after my fat surgery I can't eat anything bread related. My Pizza now consists of fucking thin cauliflower crust with fake peperoni on it.   I would kill everyone in here except for Sydney to eat half a deep dish pizza.  Sydney is spared b/c I just learned he's a cat guy, of course.   

Is this why you eat salsa with your bare hands like a toddler (or whatever CTJ is accusing you of I haven't followed it that closely)?

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

I don't know. Seems like a guy who has only signed top 5 classes and been the GM of the only team to go to back to back playoffs might have an idea of what hes doing. no matter what message board posters say. 

Might be that the HC at Texas who seems to to have a pretty good handle on hiring people might know something about his GMs competence.

I was one of those people who thought Harris was incompetent. Or, at best, a biddable yes-man who tweeted eye emojis that did not actually seem to be related to recruiting.  And I don't think my sentiment was entirely unfounded. 

Now - yeah, you appear to be correct. I'm glad that Sark was able to see something in him and that the guy has gotten his shit together. I've said this a bunch of times, and I'll say it again at my peril, but I am fully in "trust the corches" mode when it comes to the Sark regime. If Sark was willing to let Glasscock go and put Harris in that role, dumb as it seemed to me at the time, that seems to have been the right call. 

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1 hour ago, Teryor said:

Along this train of thought, it's been interesting seeing schools load up on their football front offices/scouting teams this offseason with LSU/USC being the most visible about it and I wonder how many schools will put in similar infrastructures.


USC's started work and then two weeks later they sold his office. He's working from a storage unit in Compton now.

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1 hour ago, UncleSonny said:

Well he’s probably in the top 1% of the most athletic people on the planet. He’s also a dumbass who never really figured out how to play football, but that hardly matters for special teams contributors 

How many NFL players do you think are outside the top 1% of most athletic ppl on the planet?

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6 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


Keep that stuff up and I'm sending you back to Ohio, where you'll be back on the chain gang in no time. 

In the Middle of the Road, yeah. 

Where has everybody gone?

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14 minutes ago, TommyGufano said:

How many NFL players do you think are outside the top 1% of most athletic ppl on the planet?

Well let’s see here. There are about 8.1 billion people on the planet. There are about 2,200 players in the NFL that play in any given season. Let me do some quick math: 

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5 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

Well let’s see here. There are about 8.1 billion people on the planet. There are about 2,200 players in the NFL that play in any given season. Let me do some quick math: 

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I'm sorry, I didn't take any math past undergrad

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6 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

Well let’s see here. There are about 8.1 billion people on the planet. There are about 2,200 players in the NFL that play in any given season. Let me do some quick math: 

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I see the 1 at the very tip end! What prize do I win?

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I should probably just take the rest of the afternoon off, and/or maybe just spend the rest of the afternoon trying to read Texags, but earnestly. That would be less painful than this shit. 

 

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Posted (edited)
2 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I should probably just take the rest of the afternoon off, and/or maybe just spend the rest of the afternoon trying to read Texags, but earnestly. That would be less painful than this shit. 

 

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Or, hear me out...just don't look to the right of the screen. Tah-Dah! 

Read TexAgs? I would rather listen to Winston Churchill tell the world how beans on toast is better than a sirloin. 

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Posted
16 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

Those were the days.....

 

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Mangia’s on Anderson still open.

I’ve got medium deep dish savage with jalapeños and anchovies on speed dial.

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6 minutes ago, CosmoDog said:

Mangia’s on Anderson still open.

I’ve got medium deep dish savage with jalapeños and anchovies on speed dial.

Uhhhh... Conan's is not Mangia.  

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When things are going good, everyone is a genius, especially the boss. When things are going poorly, everyone’s a moron, especially the boss. 

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