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#10202
3 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

I question the long term economic analysis of trading a Texas degree with minimal comp for an Arkansas State degree with a few hundred K. I get that 20 year olds and their “agents” might make that decision, because math is hard.

3 hours ago, immamac said:

You think he's playing school?

Yeah...if players gave a fuck about that, Northwestern would be killing it in the portal.

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

This seems like a strange portal pitch.

I get the pitch, but I'm pretty sure that you still pay taxes for road game states.

#10204
12 minutes ago, D3zii said:

Who were the top 5 ?

Ill take a shot in the dark

  1. Ohio State

  2. Georgia

  3. Texas

  4. Notre dame

  5. Oregon

  1. tOSU

  2. Oregon

  3. Texas

  4. Notre Dame

  5. Georgia

Right teams, wrong order.

Indiana is 14.

Edited by JBJ

#10206
4 minutes ago, westexhorn said:

Wouldn't they lose a ton of people? I want to see how Cig manages to rebuild after this year.

They are recruiting well and are doing well in the portal

#10208
3 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

“Harris is a shitastic tsunami of Neolithic incompetence.” Direct quote from my BMD. He likes saying “Neolithic incompetence” a lot and I asked him if he got that from Beverly Hills Cop 2 and he was mum.

Star Trek Spock GIF

#10211
1 hour ago, Js1 said:

You should probably step back from the ledge instead of constantly insulting your user base. Idk that’s just me though.

he's not wrong tho

#10212
32 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Transferring without any remaining eligibility is a new one.

#10216
34 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

Yeah...if players gave a fuck about that, Northwestern would be killing it in the portal.

I get the pitch, but I'm pretty sure that you still pay taxes for road game states.

Pros do, but these guys arent being paid to play … allegedly

#10217
8 minutes ago, Redneck Mutha said:

Just got back from Costco so this hits particularly close to home.

maya rudolph bump GIF

I’m fairly certain this guy has multiple posts on this thread.

#10218
9 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Did Harris fuck up so many of these meetings?

Work through the mentality of this.

What's more likely?

That Harris just goes rogue and fucks up meeting after meeting after meeting with, coincidentally, only the players that either didn't produce anything in 2025 or were/are having people brought in from the portal at their position?

Or that most of those players in those positions are being offered less money than they made last year and see the team trying to add players from the portal in their positions as recruiting over them? So they are choosing to leave and go elsewhere to both make more money and have a starting job?

Gerry said Barnes told him he had 8 different teams contact him with offers to start next season within 30 min of it going public he's in the portal.

It doesn't matter if Harris, Sark, Trump, Biden, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, or the fucking Buddha are the ones giving them that news.

#10219
10 minutes ago, Lurch said:

First Team All-Name

The hero that kept jimbo employed for an extra year.

#10221
35 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

On paper, maybe. We won't know if they really did well until next year.

You give Texas the benefit of the doubt all the time, Indiana is probably deserving of that too.

#10222
1 hour ago, Js1 said:

You should probably step back from the ledge instead of constantly insulting your user base. Idk that’s just me though.

Why? If him insulting the morons made them go away he could have cleaned this place up and made it respectable years ago.

Even when he bans a lot of the idiots and deletes access to posting they just pop back up as some new stupid name. He can't get rid of them, they're like some super species of roach.

#10224
1 hour ago, Tex Pete said:

I think they already used that one a few years back.

The classics never go out of style.

#10225
51 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

Yeah...if players gave a fuck about that, Northwestern would be killing it in the portal.

I get the pitch, but I'm pretty sure that you still pay taxes for road game states.

Is this pay for play now with the house thing?

#10226
3 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Work through the mentality of this.

What's more likely?

That Harris just goes rogue and fucks up meeting after meeting after meeting with, coincidentally, only the players that either didn't produce anything in 2025 or were/are having people brought in from the portal at their position?

Or that most of those players in those positions are being offered less money than they made last year and see the team trying to add players from the portal in their positions as recruiting over them? So they are choosing to leave and go elsewhere to both make more money and have a starting job?

Gerry said Barnes told him he had 8 different teams contact him with offers to start next season within 30 min of it going public he's in the portal.

It doesn't matter if Harris, Sark, Trump, Biden, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, or the fucking Buddha are the ones giving them that news.

Both things can be true. Ideally you have a GM who can articulate the trajectory a player is on within the program, what that envisioned role is worth and what the player can do to change that role. There’s also a level of consistency, professionalism and engagement you want from someone in that role, which it doesn’t seem like Harris is bringing.

There was an article talking about what TCU(?) was doing to prepare for the portal. They focused their portal scouting on players from the region, those they had previously recruited or those who have some connection to the state or program. Judging from our pursuit of the Michigan olinemen we don’t have that philosophy, and depending on how things wrap up that could be an expensive and damaging self inflicted wound.

#10228
16 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Work through the mentality of this.

What's more likely?

That Harris just goes rogue and fucks up meeting after meeting after meeting with, coincidentally, only the players that either didn't produce anything in 2025 or were/are having people brought in from the portal at their position?

We'd also have to believe that all the other GMs are equally inept what with other blue blood rosters draining of that bottom/middle (relative to starters) talent.

The Great Flattening is upon us. Rejoice and despair!

#10229
2 hours ago, JBJ said:

They saw enough that Owens and Ffrench were seemingly last on the depth chart for this year. Doesn't really mean they would be busts two years from now. But, yes, coaches should have a good idea on where they are and how much they are worth the effort/$$$.

That combined with you can't pay people to sit the bench anymore. The top players you need have gotten way too expensive. Teams have to put their resources in those players and a few players like a Justice Terry or Lance Jackson they anticipate developing into top level starters in a year.

Everyone else is getting offered peanuts in comparison. The days of paying big money out of HS for anyone not projected to be a major star have to be over. I doubt any mid to high 4 star guy gets offered anywhere near what they have in the past. This is just that transition year where last year's recruits were paid on the old model but this year's portal is working off the new rev share model.

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#10236
5 minutes ago, TXRed said:

As a Junior (2024)

  • Earned Master of Science in Global Retailing in December 2024

  • Fall Academic All-Big 12 Conference

  • Played 11 games on the line, starting nine games - all at left tackle

  • 81.8 pass-block grade (PFF) ranked second on team

  • 480 snaps played including 479 at left tackle

  • Just one sack allowed in 227 opportunities

  • No pressures allowed in seven of first nine games

  • No hurries allowed in eight of 11 games

  • 90.0 pass-block grade at Kansas (Oct. 19) – no hurries in 33 chances

#10239
3 minutes ago, Bevo said:

As a Junior (2024)

  • Earned Master of Science in Global Retailing in December 2024

  • Fall Academic All-Big 12 Conference

  • Played 11 games on the line, starting nine games - all at left tackle

  • 81.8 pass-block grade (PFF) ranked second on team

  • 480 snaps played including 479 at left tackle

  • Just one sack allowed in 227 opportunities

  • No pressures allowed in seven of first nine games

  • No hurries allowed in eight of 11 games

  • 90.0 pass-block grade at Kansas (Oct. 19) – no hurries in 33 chances

i want that need GIF by The Cooligans

#10240
5 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

I am guessing he finally got his huge check

I thought he was holding out for a LT spot. Wants to play himself into the first round.

#10243
16 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

We'd also have to believe that all the other GMs are equally inept what with other blue blood rosters draining of that bottom/middle (relative to starters) talent.

The Great Flattening is upon us. Rejoice and despair!

There is way more money than competence in college football, probably football in general.

#10244
12 minutes ago, destroya said:

Both things can be true. Ideally you have a GM who can articulate the trajectory a player is on within the program, what that envisioned role is worth and what the player can do to change that role. There’s also a level of consistency, professionalism and engagement you want from someone in that role, which it doesn’t seem like Harris is bringing.

There was an article talking about what TCU(?) was doing to prepare for the portal. They focused their portal scouting on players from the region, those they had previously recruited or those who have some connection to the state or program. Judging from our pursuit of the Michigan olinemen we don’t have that philosophy, and depending on how things wrap up that could be an expensive and damaging self inflicted wound.

TCU doesn't have the clout we do. It's going to be tough for them to pull nationally from the top of the portal.

I dont blame Sark for going all out at the top only for guys who are the best. The Michigan guys are starters on a Big 10 team that is known for OL development. They pushed hard for Baugh. They're pushing hard for Coleman. They took their shots at the top and are pivoting to the next level and starting to land targets.

They absolutely need to have scouts scour the entirety of college football at every level for talent that's being developed. No matter where it is located.

As far the players in the portal, that's happening with every top level program. We had the #1 recruiting class out of HS last year. Those guys were crazy expensive, and with the change to the system this year in rev share you just can't afford to pay the ones that are not developing quick enough what they made last year to sit the bench. All these teams around the country have rev share money and starting jobs to throw at these guys. No one is convincing them to stay without offering up that bump in pay.

#10245

It's been posted before but interesting to see where UT's targets sit. Raleek had good blocking (ASU is hidden under Nebraska). Smothers did not. Texas in the laughable zone.

YAC is obviously only one metric for RBs that doesn't favor smaller guys like Raleek.

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#10247
16 minutes ago, Bevo said:

As a Junior (2024)

  • Earned Master of Science in Global Retailing in December 2024

  • Fall Academic All-Big 12 Conference

  • Played 11 games on the line, starting nine games - all at left tackle

  • 81.8 pass-block grade (PFF) ranked second on team

  • 480 snaps played including 479 at left tackle

  • Just one sack allowed in 227 opportunities

  • No pressures allowed in seven of first nine games

  • No hurries allowed in eight of 11 games

  • 90.0 pass-block grade at Kansas (Oct. 19) – no hurries in 33 chances

He already had a masters degree by December of his junior year? Man, Nigerian parents don’t fucking play.

#10248
14 minutes ago, Js1 said:

i want that need GIF by The Cooligans

Dislocated left knee in September in their win over Colorado

#10249
1 minute ago, tokamak said:

He already had a masters degree by December of his junior year? Man, Nigerian parents don’t fucking play.

I’m sure he had an associates degree when he graduated HS. That’s a thing now.

#10250
57 minutes ago, Lurch said:

First Team All-Name

1 hour ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

What a career arc for this dude lol

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If Tim Robinson was a highly ranked QB out of HS

Tim Robinson What GIF by The Lonely Island

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