I see the issue. You use the same word "we" to refer to three different groups in this single paragraph. And none of them are the Texas football program.
This is my favorite part of sports message boards. Fans complaining about early results compared to what fan expectations were. You know, the fan expectations that were driven by insider info from insiders whose info was wrong that created the disappointment in the first place. It's a weird self-propelling vortex of crying. "Insiders told us that we would get all these guys and we were targeting only one DL but we didn't get these guys they were wrong about that but we were definitely only targeting one DL why would they be wrong about that oh my god what are we doing wrong somebody think of the children?!?"
That's probably what he is (except it's likely a 2027 signing/draft pick they're banking on) but that's a lot more of a shot than a 7th round pick usually gets.
Well unless you consider your coach never allowing you to even attempt a kick over 50 yards an indication. Leg strength isn't the only important thing, obviously, but that seems like an important omission. I can't figure out how you'd miss that and only see the positives of a guy who signed with A&M, though. Weird. Put it together with his first season: Those stats seem to be a guy who made a 50 yarder, his coach let him try one more, then said never again. So let's look at that 50 yarder: (1:00 mark if it doesn't queue) Low line drive he puts everything into and it barely gets there. Let's double check. Here's the next week's attempt from 54: (15:35 mark) So there's your answer, A&M got a very accurate kicker with a weak leg. In 2024 Illinois stopped letting him kick anything past about 46 yards. They used Ethan Moczulski for kickoffs last year. This year he strengthened up and kicked off, managing only 51 touchbacks out of 67 KOs which I'm pretty sure includes fair catches. Plus he kicked two out of bounds when he muscled up. Don't get me wrong, high accuracy from 45 and in is valuable. But saying this guy is better than Spetic is speculative at best.
I was just pointing out that all your negatives are based on your wishcasting that Texas can just tamper any player in the country into the portal. What my post presupposes is what if they can't?
Not sure what sports universe you reside in but here in this one things happen like sudden improvement by players in professional leagues once a coach or staff notices something. This isn't unusual at all. Might not happen here of course, but speaking of laziness, who are your suggested kicker takes instead of Spetic?
It's been explained, but I guess I'll try one more time. Every single one of his misses in that 40-49 range is to the same side. So IF (yes a big if) our coaches think they see a technique flaw in his film they can fix then it's a great get. Not sure the relevance Auburn has since we're not comparing him to Auburn for next year's roster.
This is the key in the NFL and it's up to Ewers to take advantage. He is a cheap option who showed enough to let him be the starter while they rebuild for at least a season. If he proves to be a potential answer then he buys himself a second year before they look at QBs in the first round. If not then they draft one.
Backtracking on a feature story within hours is a great look, Stew. And Livingstone has certainly completed his heel turn by giving that clown an interview to run that story.
We started Connor Stroh for 5 games. Any of these guys' playing videos would have to be a snuff film for them not to be better than that. Of course that just brings up the point that our OL coach who thought Stroh should start will be the same guy.
I mean he had accuracy issues early in the year related to timing, not really accurate throwing ability. But that's got why Livingstone didn't produce more.
Top 4 seeds as determined by the committee to be top 4 teams in the nation are now 1-5 (I'm not counting Boise St. and Arizona St. because the committee didn't decide those seeds that was by rule). But y'all want them deciding a 4 team playoff when they have no idea how to evaluate football teams.
Excellent. Fuck Kirby Smart. That missed facemask call is the worst I've seen since KSU spun Eric Crouch's facemask all the way around. Only pure corruption or incompetence explain that one. It was right in front of the umpire with an unobstructed view and the defender pulled Lacey's facemask sideways so he had a perfectly perpendicular view.
The point is that the conference you're from shouldn't automatically boost you or bar you. Teams from the top conferences can also get their heads kicked in by very good teams. The committee being completely incapable of identifying the best football teams as they claim to do is another issue altogether.