December 9, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, RandomIdoit said: siap  As long as you have that avatar, you can post as often as you want on any subject. Love is never having to say you’re sorry.
December 9, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Teryor said: More old friends Feel like there were a few UT -> ASU transfers. Have any of them been contributors on their run this year?
December 9, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said: Shanahan was a weird case, one of the services had him rated wildly differently ( on the plus side) than all the others, I think it was Rivals. He might have been considered the best player in the state. Narrator: he wasn’t. It was Rivals. I remember when his family moved to Austin either Roach or Holland was pumping him up super hard as a Texas prospect/potential future 5* too on 247 which they've done and missed on before (Preston Stone comes to mind). Just funny to me which prospects they get on super hard.
December 9, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, gmr548 said: Feel like there were a few UT -> ASU transfers. Have any of them been contributors on their run this year? Alford is a starter. Omeire has 3 catches.
December 9, 20241 yr Author 4 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: The most interesting portal entries so far for me are: RB Ahmad Hardy, ULM WR Eric Singleton, GaTech WR Kevin Concepcion, NC St WR Dane Key, Kentucky WR Nic Anderson, OU, could pair well with Arch on deep passes DL Hosea Wheeler, WKU DL Parker Petersen, Tulane DL Keeshawn Silver, Kentucky - as an over the ball body type LB Jacon Manu, Arizona - Assuming he's recovering well and okay with backup/depth role S Dillon Thieneman, Purdue Anyone care to add any others? @closetojumping there is no shot we actually pursue Bear, right? No idea. Hope not.Â
December 9, 20241 yr Aside from DT and LB, a new kicker and punter are desperately needed. Any decent options?Â
December 9, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Red Five said: Helluva job Bryant, Bledsoe, Ross, Swanson class. I think the best moment from any of them was one play from Ross against Rice last year. I have zero surprise at any of those four. I was not a fan when they signed, but that is all Texas could get at the time, I guess.Â
December 9, 20241 yr Author Popular Post Texas A&M now has lost 17 players to the portal and 2 declaring early for the draft. They signed 25 guys in this recruiting cycle. I have no idea how many seniors are out of eligibility and moving on. I also have no idea how many scholarship players they had this season. That all said, I’m assuming they have quite a few guys they’re going to need to transfer to ATM or they’re going to be very short again. This was a problem last year and they ended up having to jagger up. If these guys don’t crush it in the portal, they are truly going to suck next season.Â
December 9, 20241 yr Popular Post 1 minute ago, closetojumping said: Texas A&M now has lost 17 players to the portal and 2 declaring early for the draft. They signed 25 guys in this recruiting cycle. I have no idea how many seniors are out of eligibility and moving on. I also have no idea how many scholarship players they had this season. That all said, I’m assuming they have quite a few guys they’re going to need to transfer to ATM or they’re going to be very short again. This was a problem last year and they ended up having to jagger up. If these guys don’t crush it in the portal, they are truly going to suck next season. Oh look, somebody is worried about the numbers.
December 9, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, closetojumping said: Texas A&M now has lost 17 players to the portal and 2 declaring early for the draft. They signed 25 guys in this recruiting cycle. I have no idea how many seniors are out of eligibility and moving on. I also have no idea how many scholarship players they had this season. That all said, I’m assuming they have quite a few guys they’re going to need to transfer to ATM or they’re going to be very short again. This was a problem last year and they ended up having to jagger up. If these guys don’t crush it in the portal, they are truly going to suck next season. They have a serious problem unless they spend huge money and bring in 8-10 quality starters via the portal.Â
December 9, 20241 yr 58 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: Hopefully we don’t do that dumb shit where we wait to do visits and bring in players from portal and they end up at various other places and we offer them too late Agreed. Just grab 1 elite speedster and be done with it.
December 9, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, westexhorn said: Agreed. Just grab 1 elite speedster and be done with it. I like freaking out internally about potentially missing out on a guy I hadn't even heard of until this morning. Sue me.
December 9, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said: They have a serious problem unless they spend huge money and bring in 8-10 quality starters via the portal. There aren't enough of those type players in the portal. Â
December 9, 20241 yr 38 minutes ago, closetojumping said: Texas A&M now has lost 17 players to the portal and 2 declaring early for the draft. They signed 25 guys in this recruiting cycle. I have no idea how many seniors are out of eligibility and moving on. I also have no idea how many scholarship players they had this season. That all said, I’m assuming they have quite a few guys they’re going to need to transfer to ATM or they’re going to be very short again. This was a problem last year and they ended up having to jagger up. If these guys don’t crush it in the portal, they are truly going to suck next season.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 29 minutes ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said: I have a feeling the Ags are going to go crazy in the portal. What's considered crazy? They signed one of the top portal classes last year based purely on numbers. I expect something similar. A huge portal class with a bunch of jags and a couple decent to good transfers like Scouton. Edited December 10, 20241 yr by Rickylovesweed
December 10, 20241 yr 37 minutes ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said: I have a feeling the Ags are going to go crazy in the portal. It's a good thing for them that no one else will be looking for quality players in the portal.
December 10, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Vito Andolini said: Shanahan was a weird case, one of the services had him rated wildly differently ( on the plus side) than all the others, I think it was Rivals. He might have been considered the best player in the state. Narrator: he wasn’t. Comically over rated. Genuinely the most overrated player in the last decade+. A five star who is completely un rated nationally by every other group is incredible and said all you needed to know then and now about rivals as a company. Also lots of smoke he tried to jump on elsewhere as a recruit after he committed to a&m and everyone else said no.
December 10, 20241 yr Do yall think playoff teams are going to be a little slower hitting the portal? Seems like all of the visits I've seen are non-playoff teams, other than the one Ga Tech WR to UGA.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, 6th Street said: Aside from DT and LB, a new kicker and punter are desperately needed. Any decent options? Utah’s punter seems to be the best one so far. Averaged 44.7 yards per punt and a long of 62. Second team all conference this year this year.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 20 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: What's considered crazy? They signed one of the top portal classes last year based purely on numbers. I expect something similar. A huge portal class with a bunch of jags and a couple decent to good transfers like Scouton.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 14 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said: Yeah, #19 in the nation, #1 in Texas, That’s an OL LOL. Don't miss that they said he was an IOL too, not a tackle.
December 10, 20241 yr Author 31 minutes ago, NoName said: Comically over rated. Genuinely the most overrated player in the last decade+. A five star who is completely un rated nationally by every other group is incredible and said all you needed to know then and now about rivals as a company. Also lots of smoke he tried to jump on elsewhere as a recruit after he committed to a&m and everyone else said no. Yet another obvious bust that this board had a better handle on than any service.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Hank_Hill said: Alford is a starter. Omeire has 3 catches. Dorbah had his name called a bunch in the Big XII championshipÂ
December 10, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, 6th Street said: Aside from DT and LB, a new kicker and punter are desperately needed. Any decent options? Someone up thread said there's smoke SMU's kicker is heading to Austin after they wrap up their season (hopefully before we do)
December 10, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Vito Andolini said: Shanahan was a weird case, one of the services had him rated wildly differently ( on the plus side) than all the others, I think it was Rivals. He might have been considered the best player in the state. Narrator: he wasn’t.  1 hour ago, Teryor said: It was Rivals. I remember when his family moved to Austin either Roach or Holland was pumping him up super hard as a Texas prospect/potential future 5* too on 247 which they've done and missed on before (Preston Stone comes to mind). Just funny to me which prospects they get on super hard. Rivals guys like Ketch and Dunlap were standing on soap boxes for this guy..
December 10, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, gmr548 said: Feel like there were a few UT -> ASU transfers. Have any of them been contributors on their run this year?  2 hours ago, Hank_Hill said: Alford is a starter. Omeire has 3 catches. Alford had a year at USC between his Texas and Arizona State seasons though. He’s the second leading tackler on ASU. Swanson and Dorbah play a little bit, that’s pretty much it.
December 10, 20241 yr Author Popular Post OU has 12 guys in the portal so far. That includes a starting CB, their leading receiver in Sharp, Nick Anderson, their 5 star starting QB, and two OLs who started this season. That’s not nothing.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, closetojumping said: OU has 12 guys in the portal so far. That includes a starting CB, their leading receiver in Sharp, Nick Anderson, their 5 star starting QB, and two OLs who started this season. That’s not nothing. Oklahoma might take a long ass time to ever dig out- if they are ever able to scrape together money to win in the nil world. They could be wrecked with this and SEC added competition. Hate to see it.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said: What's considered crazy? They signed one of the top portal classes last year based purely on numbers. I expect something similar. A huge portal class with a bunch of jags and a couple decent to good transfers like Scouton. And a few incoming transfers got trap doored before the spring portal window opened if I recall. Didn't track if they did the same thing in April/May
December 10, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, TXRed said: Utah’s punter seems to be the best one so far. Averaged 44.7 yards per punt and a long of 62. Second team all conference this year this year.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said: Oklahoma might take a long ass time to ever dig out- if they are ever able to scrape together money to win in the nil world. They could be wrecked with this and SEC added competition. Hate to see it. In addition to aggy being aggy, and LSU Kelly'D, I am looking forward to all the struggles our regional competitors will have.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 12 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said: Oklahoma might take a long ass time to ever dig out- if they are ever able to scrape together money to win in the nil world. They could be wrecked with this and SEC added competition. Hate to see it.Â
December 10, 20241 yr I think it's going to be pretty funny watching some of these schools who can't afford to fire their coach, go big in the portal instead. You still have to coach these teams.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said: What's considered crazy? Crazy: adjective  mentally deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way.  Nobody is implying they are going to clean up. I’m talking irrational payments to questionable players. Â
December 10, 20241 yr 25 minutes ago, closetojumping said: OU has 12 guys in the portal so far. That includes a starting CB, their leading receiver in Sharp, Nick Anderson, their 5 star starting QB, and two OLs who started this season. That’s not nothing. their youtube people keep talking about how this is nothing because BV got a $15M check to grab difference makers in the portal.  Seems like they are Mateer or bust at QB.. Their WR coach has started offering WRs in the portal as well, WR out of Miami (OH) and has a WR from Arkansas Pine Bluff coming in for a visit too
December 10, 20241 yr Author Popular Post 3 minutes ago, Thiefery said: their youtube people keep talking about how this is nothing because BV got a $15M check to grab difference makers in the portal.  Seems like they are Mateer or bust at QB.. Their WR coach has started offering WRs in the portal as well, WR out of Miami (OH) and has a WR from Arkansas Pine Bluff coming in for a visit too That’s absurd as a premise regarding the $15M for the portal. 1) $15M lands a complete roster for a year. Not Texas or Ohio State level, but next tier. 2) There isn’t enough quality in the portal to merit spending 1/3 of that. Texas was aggressive last year and didn’t spend close to that. There is a ton of misinformation out there about the portal and its trappings at this point.Â
December 10, 20241 yr 39 minutes ago, Lonestar88 said:  Alford had a year at USC between his Texas and Arizona State seasons though. He’s the second leading tackler on ASU. Swanson and Dorbah play a little bit, that’s pretty much it. Dorbah did play quite a bit in 2023 -- 30 total tackles and 6 sacks. He was hurt for part of 2024, which is part of the reason his stats decreased significantly.  Â
December 10, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, texifornia said: General Booty, Fluff Bothwell, and Nitro Tuggle all hit the Portal today. Those are real humans. Bothwell is intriguing. True freshman that put up a 111/832/13 line. 5-10, 220 power back. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/5220197/fluff-bothwell
December 10, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: Hopefully we don’t do that dumb shit where we wait to do visits and bring in players from portal and they end up at various other places and we offer them too late Yea. It's a big reason for how shitty we are this year.
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