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Damn, I was intrigued by Hall. I don't know shit about fuck, but he seemed like he would've been a good fit and had some good insider relationships already formed for short and long term recruiting. 

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    So he's been on staffs with Choate, Saban, and Schiano and has Houston/Texas ties. Not going to act like this is some no-doubter but seems like it can work just fine to me.

  • closetojumping
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    My sweet Lord. Reading the thread since the Muschamp hiring is borderline exhausting. Some of the hawtest takes on this recruiting board, ever, on here between pages 45 and 48. I was quoting posts at

  • This is a Nansen hire. He was behind the surge last year to bring him on as an analyst. The plan to hire him has been in place for a while, and if Blake would have stayed and Terry still left they wou

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2 hours ago, CHIEF said:

He asked if we could boil him up some "Roman Numerals"

 

2 hours ago, Tonesky said:

Are you sure he wasn’t asking for alphabet soup, with all but I, V, X, L, C, D, and M removed?

 

 

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

That wouldn’t be the alphabet though would it?

Correct. It would be boiled Roman Numerals. 

16 minutes ago, honolulu horn said:

Damn, I was intrigued by Hall. I don't know shit about fuck, but he seemed like he would've been a good fit and had some good insider relationships already formed for short and long term recruiting. 

The non traditional hiring of dudes (Baker, Jackson) who your tree has no crossover with who are totally our of left field looks great until you swing and miss (Herb Hand, Sterling Gilbert, Joe Wickline, Las Koenning, Charlie Williams, Andre Coleman, Jay Valai) at which point you look like a fucking idiot even if you move from them on after one year.

Glad it's worked for Sark so far, and the major difference is that he isn't hiring some old fuck whose on the back half of his career.

He's absolutely earned some rope, but I'm still scarred from the Strong and Herman years.

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Bobby followed up with a comment that Curtis Luper is another name to watch.

Sounds like they think Luper, McKenzie and Barthel from Nebraska might be the three finalists.

20 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Bobby followed up with a comment that Curtis Luper is another name to watch.

Sounds like they think Luper, McKenzie and Barthel from Nebraska might be the three finalists.

Seems like 3 very random names

Luper is 59, Bethel and McKenzie are both 40ish.

Also, "[McKenzie] and his wife, Amber, have two sons – Storm and Bolt."

1 hour ago, Vito Andolini said:

You have to use an iSurly phone, invented by Steve Hand Jobs. Every other word is autocorrected to “fuck.”

The preferred mobile device of Helobius during portal season. 

A lot of this has already been talked about in this thread but if those are the narrowed names: Luper is older but was at TCU for awhile (2013-2019) and had at least a larger title (co-offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator). He's also got some recruiting skins on the wall at Auburn and Ok State (per his Mizzou bio). McKenzie continues to hit the Georgia recruiting area base. Barthel is a bit different with the Big Ten footprint but has the NFL coaching experience. Also seems to be a do more with less developer at the stops he's been at? Maybe?

2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Also, "[McKenzie] and his wife, Amber, have two sons – Storm and Bolt."

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Luper with the UT logo is very interesting. The dude has been recruiting Texas for ages and has some very strong connections in DFW. He is a favorite of many high school coaches and has coached a good number of guys who are on currently on staff at some big time schools. I don't know anyone who knows him that doesn't like him. He served in a "High School Relations" kind of role while he was RB coach at TCU and organized all of their big camp stuff. I bet that he's a Gary Patterson recommendation.

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Curtis Luper, geez. That dude is old, but he can coach and recruit. He had one of the weirdest college playing careers of all time. Like all, all time. 

4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Curtis Luper, geez. That dude is old, but he can coach and recruit. He had one of the weirdest college playing careers of all time. Like all, all time. 

"He was recruited to play at Oklahoma State where he played from 1984–1987 and was part of three bowl teams (playing behind future Hall-of-Fame running backs Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders). Luper left school to serve as an air traffic controller for the United States Army, before completing his playing eligibility at Stephen F. Austin State University where he led the Lumberjacks in rushing and scoring as a second-team All-Southland Conference running back in 1993."

Like Scott Bakula in Necessary Roughness. 

8 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Curtis Luper, geez. That dude is old, but he can coach and recruit. He had one of the weirdest college playing careers of all time. Like all, all time. 

Can recruit + can coach = Idc if he’s 40 or 60. 

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Luper and his wife, Tanya, were married in July 2022. They are the parents of A'rielle, Cameron, Chancellor (a former Mizzou wide receiver), Simara, Charitie (a member of the Louisville volleyball program), Xavier, Cheyenne and Ayden.

Could definitely use a pay boost.

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25 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:
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Luper and his wife, Tanya, were married in July 2022. They are the parents of A'rielle, Cameron, Chancellor (a former Mizzou wide receiver), Simara, Charitie (a member of the Louisville volleyball program), Xavier, Cheyenne and Ayden.

Could definitely use a pay boost.

So what you're trying to say is, that guy fucks.

Some press conference samples of these guys:

 

31 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Damn

Could definitely use a pay boost.

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That show, especially the dad, always creeped me out. 

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

Also, "[McKenzie] and his wife, Amber, have two sons – Storm and Bolt."

that’s an amazing, ironic note, though. 

18 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

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I just chuckle when these 995ers use terms like "monitoring the status of X coach".  They aren't watching a oil tanker fill up. They are waiting for a phone call. 

5 hours ago, Park Gothic said:

Tommy_(London_Symphony_Orchestra_album).

Apropos of nothing, but I remember the b-side of Pinball Wizard was a kickass instrumental that I ended up liking more than the a-side. 

Dogs Part Two. The song is credited to Keith Moon, Towser, and Jason. The latter two were the pets of Pete and John.

 

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

Luper is 59, Bethel and McKenzie are both 40ish.

Also, "[McKenzie] and his wife, Amber, have two sons – Storm and Bolt."

And some of the prominent players Luper has helped develop include Dantrell Savage, Derrick Blaylock, DonTrell Moore, Terrance Shaw, Jeremiah Trotter, and Katie Hnida.

 

when Katie Hnida is one of your few notable recruits, your resume isn’t so great.

9 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

And for some reason, his Wiki bio doesn’t include an All America and Doak Walker finalist. 

https://mutigers.com/sports/football/roster/cody-schrader/17008

I know Schrader had some small school skins on his wall when he transferred to Mizzou, I suspect no one expected him to become as productive as he was.

Yeah, his wiki page is pretty messed up. I know he is known as a recruiter, but then they pretty much only mention guys and girls he recruited while at SFA.

6 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Yeah, his wiki page is pretty messed up. I know he is known as a recruiter, but then they pretty much only mention guys and girls he recruited while at SFA.

Kendall Hunter is one at Ok State that was an All American too

56 minutes ago, Delta Charlie said:

I just chuckle when these 995ers use terms like "monitoring the status of X coach".  They aren't watching a oil tanker fill up. They are waiting for a phone call. 

You don't think they've got their fingers on the pulse of the prediction markets for "Texas Longhorns RB coach on August 30, 2025"? The volume must be in the dozens.

1 hour ago, Delta Charlie said:

I just chuckle when these 995ers use terms like "monitoring the status of X coach".  They aren't watching a oil tanker fill up. They are waiting for a phone call. 

I think using the promo code "OG" the OTF guys are technically "333ers"

3 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Bobby followed up with a comment that Curtis Luper is another name to watch.

Sounds like they think Luper, McKenzie and Barthel from Nebraska might be the three finalists.

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I know this place can go off the rails worse than Charlie Sheen on a Tuesday in Palmdale, but I absolutely did not have a Katie Hnida reference on my offseason bingo card.

When I think of Katie Hnida, I’m reminded that she’s only the second most annoying kicker to come out of Colorado, right behind that douche canoe that kicked barefoot for the Buffs in 99-00-ish.

3 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Bobby followed up with a comment that Curtis Luper is another name to watch.

Listen. If a guy can talk his way into caddying for the Dalai Lama, I'm guessing he also can recruit 5-star RBs to Austin. 

16 minutes ago, texifornia said:

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Not sure how a feel about hiring a guy Gundy fired, but I do like have a dedicated TE coach so Banks can focus on ST

2 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

Not sure how a feel about hiring a guy Gundy fired, but I do like have a dedicated TE coach so Banks can focus on ST

He's an analyst. Any value he adds is found money.

47 minutes ago, texifornia said:

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He looks like one of those facebook local news comment sections hot take memes. How many divorces does he have under his belt?

8 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

He looks like one of those facebook local news comment sections hot take memes. How many divorces does he have under his belt?

Him and Jeff Traylor have that look down to a T.

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1 hour ago, texifornia said:

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I bet I know what he thought of the Super Bowl Halftime Show 

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

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Oh shit we hired Jeff Traylor back???

4 hours ago, texifornia said:

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his son is going to play for Choate as a fullback

4 hours ago, texifornia said:

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This guy looks like he really likes Dabo's NIL policy. 

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Who is the RB coach at Arizona State, and is he a good friend of Nansen's.

CHIEF

7 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

Listen. If a guy can talk his way into caddying for the Dalai Lama, I'm guessing he also can recruit 5-star RBs to Austin. 

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