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3 hours ago, goathumper said:

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A significant portion of Oregons 2nd and 3rd string D has portaled. A large number of them are headed for Berkeley

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2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What’s left?

- Delano Townsend. I think we’re done at OL if we get him. We can probably overpay some because Robertson is coming back. I’d prefer we take Townsend and another IOL starter, but they asked Robertson to come back for a reason, and I’m sure Brooks was expensive.

- Wendell Gregory. I think Bobby said Texas likes him, but his number is too high. But Gerry keeps bringing him up so I assume we’re negotiating.

- I think we need another LB, but Biles wasn’t cheap for sure. Losing the Wisconsin kid sucks because Biles and Smith are both WILLs.

- Gerry said we’re done at RB.

- Tre Richardson has gone awfully quiet. I’m pretty good with a big 3 of Coleman, Wingo, and Mosley. I’d spend the money elsewhere.

WTF. We have like 40 scholarships left to use. USE THEM.

Go grab all the biggest retard 2* O-line FBS & nicely rated FCS guys you can find and see if any of them break out during spring training.
This is our concern, dude. So, make it the thing we are unconcerned about.

8 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

WTF. We have like 40 scholarships left to use. USE THEM.

Go grab all the biggest retard 2* O-line FBS & nicely rated FCS guys you can find and see if any of them break out during spring training.
This is our concern, dude. So, make it the thing we are unconcerned about.

So… you want us to follow the Aggie plan of portal recruiting. Got it

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Just now, Zhorn96 said:

So… you want us to follow the Aggie plan of portal

Recruiting. Got it

You're not paying attention.
We're putting all of our money into 50-70 scholarship kids.
With the new SEC rules, we can do 100+ scholarships(?).

That means you have 30+ freebies who will take up none, or hardly any of the "money share".

I think I get bronco’s point? I think Texas is concerned about revenue sharing. More scholarships, more mouths to feed. There’s also the Title IV implications. If they add 20 men’s scholarships, they have to add 20 women’s scholarships. That’s a big number, and would probably require them adding another women’s sport. Incredibly expensive.

Rod Babers made an extremely rare good point today. Guys that aren’t playing are dead money. Stashing developmental players sounds awesome, but it would be very costly. So costly I doubt any program approaches 105 scholarships. I doubt many schools approach 85 scholarships if there’s revenue sharing and a salary cap.

I have no idea why they passed this rule in the middle of the NIL experiment. Nobody was asking for it.

47 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

I’ll settle for a Phil Pozderac and Brian Baldinger

Oh gawd pls NO!

#FakeHoldingCalls

Too soon!

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I think I get bronco’s point? I think Texas is concerned about revenue sharing. More scholarships, more mouths to feed. There’s also the Title IV implications. If they add 20 men’s scholarships, they have to add 20 women’s scholarships. That’s a big number, and would probably require them adding another women’s sport. Incredibly expensive.

Rod Babers made an extremely rare good point today. Guys that aren’t playing are dead money. Stashing developmental players sounds awesome, but it would be very costly. So costly I doubt any program approaches 105 scholarships. I doubt many schools approach 85 scholarships if there’s revenue sharing and a salary cap.

I have no idea why they passed this rule in the middle of the NIL experiment. Nobody was asking for it.

I'm not an expert on how it all works with revenue sharing. Not in the slightest.
Sounds like it's more complicated that I assumed.


My assumption is we could bring in a bunch of players who are essentially walk-ons and get no money, but they do get scholarships now.
And another ASSumption is there are a few large humans out there who aren't good enough (yet) to get money to match their size.
But, maybe they're smart enough to want a UT degree. So, they come here for exactly that... a degree and not much else.
But what if one or three of them knocks it out of the park in spring camp?
We've had walk-ons who have done similar. Sure, it's wishful thinking but... you never know.

It was an idea.

6 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Is it too much to ask for our scouting department to find a couple of guys at lower levels like Larry Allen and Erik Williams? Only then will I, a surly horn, be satisfied with this portal haul.

Those are the two I think of, not to slight my memories of Rayfield Wright and Tom Rafferty at all!

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11 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I think I get bronco’s point? I think Texas is concerned about revenue sharing. More scholarships, more mouths to feed. There’s also the Title IV implications. If they add 20 men’s scholarships, they have to add 20 women’s scholarships. That’s a big number, and would probably require them adding another women’s sport. Incredibly expensive.

Rod Babers made an extremely rare good point today. Guys that aren’t playing are dead money. Stashing developmental players sounds awesome, but it would be very costly. So costly I doubt any program approaches 105 scholarships. I doubt many schools approach 85 scholarships if there’s revenue sharing and a salary cap.

I have no idea why they passed this rule in the middle of the NIL experiment. Nobody was asking for it.

Maybe they wanted to kill-off walk-ons and they postulated that making that rule would accomplish that.

9 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

I'm not an expert on how it all works with revenue sharing. Not in the slightest.
Sounds like it's more complicated that I assumed.


My assumption is we could bring in a bunch of players who are essentially walk-ons and get no money, but they do get scholarships now.
And another ASSumption is there are a few large humans out there who aren't good enough (yet) to get money to match their size.
But, maybe they're smart enough to want a UT degree. So, they come here for exactly that... a degree and not much else.
But what if one or three of them knocks it out of the park in spring camp?
We've had walk-ons who have done similar. Sure, it's wishful thinking but... you never know.

It was an idea.

I agree. I think smart teams once this is all figured out will be recruiting 20 or 30 upperclassmen with like Angelo State experience.

Scholarship+perks of being a former Texas football player vs starting at Sul Ross? Surely some kids will take that deal and be good practice and emergency depth. Nebraska back in the day had massive rosters

3 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

I agree. I think smart teams once this is all figured out will be recruiting 20 or 30 upperclassmen with like Angelo State experience.

Scholarship+perks of being a former Texas football player vs starting at Sul Ross? Surely some kids will take that deal and be good practice and emergency depth. Nebraska back in the day had massive rosters

Most kids want to play. I don’t see a lot of upperclassmen with experience signing on to hold down the bench (whilst also not getting paid) - even at a place like Texas - when they could play and make money at their small school.

14 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

Maybe they wanted to kill-off walk-ons and they postulated that making that rule would accomplish that.

As my high school coach told me when I muttered “fuck this shit” after getting run over by a senior who outweighed me by 200 lbs, “Quit bitching, someone has to hold the tackling dummy”.

4 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What’s left?

- Delano Townsend. I think we’re done at OL if we get him. We can probably overpay some because Robertson is coming back. I’d prefer we take Townsend and another IOL starter, but they asked Robertson to come back for a reason, and I’m sure Brooks was expensive.

Townsend isn't very good. Would be a downgrade from what we had this year at guard. Maybe we are at the point that scraping the barrel is necessary but even the most delusional of sunshine pumpers needs to understand that his joining the OL in a starting role is not a positive. Even if we do land him or some other LG we are still going to need a backup center as well I'd think (due to Cruz leaving). It is just Roberston and the incoming freshman unless someone else is going to change position.

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16 minutes ago, HateYouAndMyself said:

Townsend isn't very good. Would be a downgrade from what we had this year at guard. Maybe we are at the point that scraping the barrel is necessary but even the most delusional of sunshine pumpers needs to understand that his joining the OL in a starting role is not a positive. Even if we do land him or some other LG we are still going to need a backup center as well I'd think (due to Cruz leaving). It is just Roberston and the incoming freshman unless someone else is going to change position.

Yeah, there has to be somebody else we like better or are trying to entice. Right guys? Right?

14 minutes ago, Reese Bennett said:

Yeah, there has to be somebody else we like better or are trying to entice. Right guys? Right?

Adding Townsend would make sense if the plan is to also add a better quality guard and then have some combination of Townsend, Baker, Brooks, etc. filling out the other two spots (G/RT). I'm still optimistic about where we end up.

Edited by HateYouAndMyself

3 hours ago, dcar00 said:

interesting I assumed Baker would want to stay at tackle as more money in that position in the NFL...

They aren't moving Baker from RT to G. He's projected as a possible first round pick if he continues his upward trajectory, and he could realistically leave after next season. The "they'll just move Baker to G and get another Tackle" is just stupid internet poster dipshittery. It's dumbass wishcasting for whatever reason. Why would they want to move a natural RT inside, a guy who started in all 13 games and mostly held his own and got better as a RS-FR? He's on mock drafts for 2026 first rd, even though I highly doubt he's leaving after his RS-SO season. It's much, much more difficult to find a natural RT thsn it is a LT. We have a natural RT, but the staff will just disregard that fact, and the empirical evidence of him getting better and better as the season went on. Lol wat? OK. It doesn't matter who here or $9.95ers that say it. It's simply not going to happen, even if their "sources" say otherwise. They're wrong.

What we need are actual interior linemen with experience, or they'll have to cross-train Brooks until Goosby is gone so he can move to LT for the 2027 season, and Cojoe/Chatman will battle it out at either LG or RG. We have to hope Cojoe is healthy enough to even play after tearing his ACL. If they get a tackle out of the portal, it's for depth only, not to start. Don't believe the stupid fan fiction.

12 hours ago, Cajun said:

I normally try to stay away, but tomorrow's Finebaum call-in segment is most likely something that will be impossible to ignore.

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