Is it safe to assume our own contracts are like this? The template the BIG has given their schools includes real teeth. I admit I haven't bothered to look into it at all on our end but I would assume the SEC / Texas use similar. edit: It may sound like a silly question since you would assume 'yes' but holy fuck look how generally incompetent those guys are. I take nothing for granted anymore.
Auburn WR Cam Coleman Sources tell On3 that Cam Coleman has departed Lubbock and his visit with Texas Tech has wrapped up. He’s expected at Alabama sometime on Friday. Outside of the Red Raiders and Crimson Tide, Texas and Texas A&M are the two other major players in this recruitment. Sources have told On3 a decision could be made by Coleman this weekend, at the earliest. At this point, the trip to Tuscaloosa is expected to be his final visit.
Most draft experts seem to project Moore as the first QB off the board and likely the number one overall pick. No way he returns for another year at Oregon. Even if after interviews Mendoza leaps him he is still at worst probably going top 3-5. He is imo (and seemingly that of most NFL scouts) far ahead of Ty Simpson.
Oh I mostly agree and just wanted to shit on Harris. My expectation is that the Aggies want to up their offer to Coleman and having that fuckpuppet Lucci push out a "he is going to Texas if we don't act!" narrative helps motivate their wallets.
We absolutely do. That room is full of question marks beyond McDonald. They want to add a proven safety and if that ultimately drives someone like Filsaime into the portal so be it.
I don't think how much I've given makes me special or anything. I know many on here give far more. I'm sure people who have only given a few hundred or a few thousand feel similar frustrations if that was a meaningful amount of money to them. I will say that I have given more than enough for your average married couple to comfortably retire on since NIL began. My general feelings about much of that money being wasted by Sark's incompetence and lack of focus is basically... Jokes aside the reality is that you have to accept the good with the bad. You could easily say "Well the ~million I put in this year basically paid for that fucking WR who never played a snap for us" or you can think "well the million I put in was a big part in keeping Simmons". You just can't let yourself get focused on the micro of it because yeah it is maddening.
Some of the names being floated right now as portal risks were supposed to have already been locked down with signed contracts for 2026. That is extremely alarming.
As I was saying yesterday it was likely an either/or situation with Kobe Black and Mascoe. I'm happy making that trade but Black wanted to start and he just realistically isn't beating out Phillips, Littleton (if he goes move fully to corner as most expect) and Mascoe. Hopefully they still get something worked out because I think Black has finally turned the corner. No pun intended.
This is the exact reason I was saying last night we shouldn't go anywhere near Quincy Porter. He is probably going to be an excellent WR but he rode the bench year one and then asked OSU for double the money. It would set an extremely dangerous precedent. How are you ever going to convince your own former high ranked recruits who aren't impact starters to take less in year two (which is just an absolute necessity to maintain any kind of feasible budget) if you go reward a guy exactly like them from another school with a big payout? Fuck that drama.
Porter wouldn't make much sense. That is basically like getting another Lockett or Ffrench from the portal. Total unknown who is asking for big money based only on his former five star status. Probably a really good player and he definitely fits the larger bodied profile of what I would like to see us add in the portal but that is just too much risk in one position group. Get someone proven even if its a lower ceiling player.
I don't know anything about that specific player but it always feels like a red flag when the announcement tweet references an absolutely meaningless preseason watchlist.
IT had mentioned it earlier but glad to see someone else confirming it. I get the Wisconsin kid was Muschamp's top choice or whatever bullshit they are saying but Uluave is an insanely talented player. Just a tackling machine. I'd happily tell Coleman to go eat shit and put his money towards Woods, Uluave and the FSU safety.
If you want a brief distraction from our own misery go take a look at the Washington fan and player melt downs on twitter, reddit, etc. Apparently this guy gave them zero warning that he was even considering a move. Just up and noped out. Their entire program found out from the Thamel tweet basically.
Omg the LSU shit just got even funnier. Apparently Leavitt is there on his visit and basically just got done watching their basketball game with Kiffin. So that means while this dude is sitting there eating fucking nachos watching bad basketball with Kiffin sunshining him about their future together... Kiffin's side was finalizing a deal to lure out the QB he is actually planning to take.
Getting Uluave on campus for a visit is huge positive news as well assuming he makes it here. Would be a perfect fit for what we need opposite Smith at ILB.
Yes. They absolutely do. Not getting into it more until a decision is announced by Black either way. I would also happily make the trade if it comes down to it anyway. Just was annoying to learn something today that suggested it is either/or.
I would be happier about this if it didn't very possibly mean the departure of Kobe Black. Black has been at times frustrating but he showed signs of turning that corner in the second half of our season. Maybe we can keep both anyway.
Real answer? They come up with a solid plan and then completely ignore it every year because a star player catches their eye. It has happened repeatedly with us having done preemptive leg work with very good options only for it to go abandoned because they have one semi productive phone call with the agent of a star player usually not even in the portal. Then they try to redo their budget plans on the fly. Oh then some current player for us gets his offer doubled by a rival and we have to meet THAT need. Suddenly the pot shrinks and while we would still easily have the money to address every single need in a quick and effective manner... that would require giving up on the star fucking. Which Sark is basically never willing to do. None of that means we won't end up with a wildly successful portal class but that pattern has played out three years in a row.
I jokingly predicted a couple days ago that the most Flood thing ever would be to whiff on the G/C we actually need from Michigan but still land the completely unnecessary RT. Looks like that is happening. edit: before someone starts being a dramatic pussy I would obviously be happy with Sprague. I would just be much happier with Baker again playing RT and actual proven guard for that money.
We need 2 RBs no matter what. Don't both need to be top end guys but look at the RB room for next year as of now. Clark, Simon, Terry (who is still untested at RB and got a whopping one carry in the bowl after all his hype), Cooper and Jet. Cooper is NOT the kind of RB expected to contribute much as a freshman. Great upside longer term and he had a very good senior season but for whatever reason experts do not think he impacts 2026 /shrug. Jet is a project. Need to add two bodies to that. At WR I wouldn't consider Tre Richardson a replacement for Coleman. I think we probably need to add a larger bodied WR and speed guy either way. If we spend big on Coleman I bet we go value for the speedier WR take. Likewise if we whiff on Coleman and get a more expensive speedy guy like Richardson I think we still would want to add a depth building larger WR to replace Livingstone. As is the only two guys on campus over six feet at WR are Wingo and Lockett. Everything else looks about right.