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William Bludworth

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  1. He might be only the second guy to attend aggy classes and then commit to us. Jonte Newan being the second. Circut of the Americas. They host F1, NASCAR, and other motorsports in its venue. It's located in Austin. I've never been, but it's apparently a good place for F1. I don't watch NASCAR or other shit like that, so that's all I know. If someone already answered this, my apologies.
  2. Too* Too many letters, as well.
  3. I am actually rooting for the kid, and like you said—he's extremely smart, accurate, and tough. I do believe he will stick in the league in one way or another because he is a very intelligent guy, but, and I hate when people do this, but for the sake of comparing how different the league is today compared to when Brady began (I am only using Brady as an example because they both possess elite accuracy, but average to above-average arm strength; relying on precision rather than a cannon)—Brady wasn't considered "elite" coming out, but he did have the same work ethic, team first attitude, accuracy, intelligence, and toughness. Except they (not you, specifically, I have just seen some people post this lazy take) forget the league was much, much different 25 years ago. Guys had time to work, spend 8 hours or more in the film room with the HC, OC, and some others (this is Brady speaking, not myself), and then could come workout whenever they wanted (I guess that's no longer allowed in their building? I believe he said once whatever time hits, the doors are locked, so no more working out at the facilities; now it's just your own place. I honestly have no idea, but that's what I took away from Brady and Manning talking together on a podcast), practiced for however many hours. Now it's all sped up. We have reached a gimme now, I want it immediately NFL; in the same mold as CFB, rather than the opposite. So he's never going to be Brady, we all know that. No one will be. He won't be Mahomes, either. If he has success I believe he can be Brock Purdy-good, or even Joe Burrow/Sam Darnold if they get the right guys around him, which isn't a slight in the least. He's from the Shanahan-tree. Plus his dad was an extremely good coach. His accuracy on short-to-intermediate passes is next level. But the Raiders have to have patience and build around him, which is hard to do in the NFL when your clock is 2-3 years as a HC, and firing Carroll after one season, as bad as it was, shows you just how impatient the league is these days. I mean, Carroll fucked up bringing Geno Smith with him, but I don't believe he should have been fired after one season. His vision to rebuild vs their vision for immediate growth basically tells you how egos often get in the way of long-term success. Do I believe Carroll would have made him the next Russell Wilson? No. Do I believe he would have made the Raiders better over the course of 3-4 years? Yes. He's been in the league since forever, has a SB ring, has coached teams to two SB appearances with one win. But, I do agree with you that his success will be much higher with Kubiak, assuming he's going to the Raiders. Just looking at his resumé he's coached Kirk Cousins, Case Keenum, and Sam Darnold. That's a pretty solid resumé, especially what he did with Darnold and Cousins during their time with him. His work ethic is great, high intelligence, team guy. He has the tools to do it, even with an average to above-average arm. I'm just more concerned about time. He needs time to develop into a good to great QB if he can pick up an NFL playbook, or doesn't have three OC's/two HC's in 4 years. He's a bit of a weirdo, but that's kind of what makes him stand out. His Jesus love is kind of annoying, but so was Tebow's, and now I like Tebow a lot, so I deal with it. They're both really great human beings, and that's hard to find. Cons: Kubiak has never been a HC, NFL owners/GM's are impatient, can they put the pieces around him to work? Pros: Highly intelligent, elite accuracy on short-to-intermediate throws, tough, team-first guy.
  4. I really appreciate the percentages, as well as giving me more insight into panning out vs "failing." It's just, and this is still my personal opinion, if a draft class is weak, and you're already in rebuilding mode, why even bother if you don't see (in their eyes) a "sure thing?" Take Mendoza for example—I do not believe he will pan out. Awesome college player, but I just don't see it, personally. Nothing about him is elite. Actually, not a single QB this class should be taken in the first round, imo. They're all mid, at best. My issue (if you want to call it that) is teams just can't help themselves and have to jump on a QB for the sake of doing so in the top-10, rather than the organization just getting together, making a plan to understand that they don't see any of these guys as elite (yet), so maybe take a chance on one in late RD1 or RD 2-3, or just wait. Maybe they hit on a guy. BTW, I'm totally on board with what you're saying, I'm just more baffled at why they don't wait for late RD1 or another RD to take one in a weak class (all teams). Draft the best possible "sure thing" player in their eyes and go from there. Tom Brady and Peyton said it best—college is no longer developing the QB position, and NFL coaches are no longer given adequate time to develop one anymore, so the risk isn't worth the top-10 pick unless there is an Arch Manning (who will be a great NFL QB), Justin Herbert, Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, etc. Even NFL coaches are taking shortcuts because their leash is so little; however, the NFL is also a retread factory (this last part is me saying the retread part, not Brady or Manning). Or you may hit on a guy like a Drake Maye where you're unsure, but he has lived up to it so far; as has Sam Darnold after getting actual coaching. Every once in awhile you'll get a Josh Allen, whose college production is the opposite of his NFL production. Then in the waiting pod after top-10 to either late RD1 or RD2-whatever you can land a Brock Purdy, Jordan Love, Russell Wilson, Jayden Daniels, Jared Goff, Dak Prescott, Jalen Hurts. With that said—thank you for the percentages and knowledge.
  5. I agree with everything you said. I will always love CFB for the rivalries, but yeah, 90% of these dudes on rosters are or will be mercenaries, with very few loving the program and are also elite and stick it out, regardless of money, or are willing to work with the program to help bring in ore good players (Bijan, Arch, Quinn, Simmons, Hill, JT Sanders, J-Whitt) and CBB is even worse. It has been a moral compost heap for as long as I have been alive. Recruiting is gross af, and the one and done crap sucks. Don't get me wrong, I love KD for what he has done for the university and program, and Tre Johnson because he sincerely loves Texas too, but the guys from Findley prep were bought and paid for without a doubt, and I'm sure tons of others were, but they ended up loving their time here (tbf, I do believe Tristan Thompson and Corey Joseph love Texas, as they both tweet about the program during the season; I'm unsure about Myck Kabomgo), and so many others. For every KD, Tre Harris, Lamarcus Aldridge, Myles Turner, Avery Bradley (he was done so dirty), Greg Brown III, Jarrett Allen, Mo Bamba, and DJ Augustin (I'm talking the elite of the elites, and I know Aldridge redshirted, but these guys all love Texas and are still connected to the university in ways such as attending both football and basketball games, donating money, making appearances, tweeting or social media posts, etc), you get—Dillon Mitchell, Jordan Hamilton (I believe he was done dirty as well, so I don't blame him; but at the same time holding a grudge for so long is pretty sad), Arterio Morris, Jaylon Tyson, Will Baker, Courtney Ramey all just don't care and moved on for whatever reason and have distanced themselves, which is whatever. Even if a lot of the guys who love Texas were in the seedy part of recruiting, they at least still show support for the program. To me, they are no longer former mercenaries, they are Longhorns for life. And of course guys like Danny Gibson, AJ Abrams, Jaxson Hayes, Mike Williams, Brock Cunningham, and Andrew Jones were all mid to high four-star guys, but still appreciate the program. I hate the way CBB is getting even worse, and I didn't even know that was possible until football players started staying for 7-8 years. It fucking sucks. It's hard to care about players these days because who knows if they will even be here next season.
  6. I never had them even as a safety school before heading to OOS For soccer and then transferring to UT because fuck them, and I had better options You aren't kidding—64% acceptance rate. Wow. They're closer to Dallas Baptist in acceptance rate than Texas, Rice, TCU, and even Baylor. Their peers in acceptance—tech, UH, SMU, UTSA, Texas St, UNT, SHSU are quite literally double most every other universities in the state. Their embarrassments continues to be a bottomless void.
  7. This isn't some surprise. Men, and even younger teenagers, are just naturally bigger, faster, and stronger than grown women, even at the highest level. In 2017, FC Dallas under-15 boys' academy beat the US women's national team 5-2. Why they scrimmaged the boys' team: The USWNT used the scrimmage to test tactics and get game minutes against a physically stronger, faster opponent before playing Russia. Context: Former USWNT star Carli Lloyd confirmed the result, explaining that the boys' physical advantages (size, speed) made it a good practice, and the team went on to win their actual international matches.
  8. Oregon cheer has really taken a step down. I remember when they were tier 1, and now they're just OK. Don't get me wrong, I would still bang, but...it wouldn't be the same. She's nice, though.
  9. At minimum, this hire bought Riley at least another year or two. He can always tell the AD just give it another year for him to implement his system and we'll be humming.
  10. I just wanted to add I fucking hate this motherfucker. He's an insufferable, lying, untalented twat-faced ass clown. Sam is cool.
  11. I have no idea why these services rank kids two-three years before they ever step on campus, anywhere. https://x.com/JaylenAddai/status/2016565431885078897Anyway, this is the son of former LSU/Colts RB Joseph Addai, so I would say he's probably going to be pretty good.
  12. If there was ever a great porn name, this is it. Can confirm. They are the best in the sack. My god, what a wonderful time we had. Absolutely disgusting freak, and I loved every second of it. As for Bonnie BJ, you take one look at this picture and tell me she wouldn't commit arson on your house if you didn't text back within three minutes. You can't hide crazy eyes. WNB.
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