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1 hour ago, texifornia said:

 

Wisner with a nice cut starting at 0:16. Honestly surprised that was him. I've seen 3 years of him and feel like I still don't give him the respect that he deserves. 

4 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Is McDonald's flying?

Yes 

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Jelani’s high school highlights were quite amusing, man against boys stuff. He has his place on defense, but he’d be a helluva wildcat QB. Can return kickoffs, too.

2 hours ago, Helobious said:

Terry absolutely played some WR in high school. I’ve posted about it before but I watched him in his last high school game. I don’t know if I was misreading things, if he’s truly a bad apple, or if he was just fed-up being 1 of 2 players having to carry a subpar team deep into the playoffs but I was not impressed at all with his body language, demeanor, or leadership. I don’t think I’d count on him lasting at Texas. 

I get where you're coming from. I often feel the same way about you as a poster on this site.

9 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

I get where you're coming from. I often feel the same way about you as a poster on this site.

I came away with a different interpretation of that post….mostly that Michael Terry is about to have the best freshman season of any receiver in Texas history as well as being named team captain.

On 8/5/2025 at 10:24 AM, SydneyCarton said:

So you're saying....

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leads to:

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Dangerous indeed. 

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57 minutes ago, sith_horn said:

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I’ve been staring at this still for over a minute. Are there springs under the turf? Is gravity lower in Austin? I just cant comprehend a vertical like this

 

 

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I’ve noticed more than ever this offseason that I’m not too fond of any of you. Once the conversation becomes non-football, I’m just not a fan of 97% of what I read. Y’all feel the same?

The only kind of post worse than a whiny post like yours (and mine right now) are the grammar police posts. The exception to this rule is when the grammar or topicality rants include irony and/or original wit.

You have other tools at your disposal:

1) Provide some of your own football-related insights

2) Provide feedback thru rep

3) Report the post when someone is thread shitting or trolling

Adding to the clutter by whining just makes matters worse.
59 minutes ago, Not a cat said:

Why don't teams just wear those extra helmet pads in games too?  

I'd guess that with all of the gaps and grooves on the helmet there would be a LOT of false facemask penalties that otherwise would've been no-calls.

1 hour ago, Not a cat said:

Why don't teams just wear those extra helmet pads in games too?  

The NFL gave players the option to and some do, I am guessing it's just a matter of time before the NCAA allows it.

1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

Wisner with a nice cut starting at 0:16. Honestly surprised that was him. I've seen 3 years of him and feel like I still don't give him the respect that he deserves. 

After OU he got all my respect. Guy is also 15 pounds bigger and more explosive per Nahlin. 

Why are we expecting anything out of Christian Clark this year? I keep hearing his name pop up with some level of expectation through OTF. Outside of D’onta Foreman, who has had any kind of run after an Achilles injury?

10 minutes ago, Blackcat00 said:
1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

Wisner with a nice cut starting at 0:16. Honestly surprised that was him. I've seen 3 years of him and feel like I still don't give him the respect that he deserves. 

After OU he got all my respect. Guy is also 15 pounds bigger and more explosive per Nahlin.

You couldn't tell it by the weights listed on the roster. Not saying it isn't true, or partially so, but I was particularly interested to see what kind of mass he put on over the off-season and he's listed at 194 lbs vs 200 lbs last season. Perhaps he has redistributed his mass. Or maybe they just need to update it. I certainly expected he would make improvements with another season of his body maturing and Torre Becton's supervision. I'm hoping he outperforms expectations and has a kick-ass season.

3 hours ago, Helobious said:

Terry absolutely played some WR in high school. I’ve posted about it before but I watched him in his last high school game. I don’t know if I was misreading things, if he’s truly a bad apple, or if he was just fed-up being 1 of 2 players having to carry a subpar team deep into the playoffs but I was not impressed at all with his body language, demeanor, or leadership. I don’t think I’d count on him lasting at Texas. 

this reverse jinx deserves rep 

1 minute ago, sith_horn said:

I'm hoping he continues to outperforms expectations and has a another kick-ass season.

FIFY

44 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

This is aggy equivalent of forearm size talk, isn't it?

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30 minutes ago, Daichee Bell said:

Why are we expecting anything out of Christian Clark this year? I keep hearing his name pop up with some level of expectation through OTF. Outside of D’onta Foreman, who has had any kind of run after an Achilles injury?

You mean other than the fact that a team of coaches, who at this point even @satyanash can admit seem pretty decent at coaching and evaluation, keep moving him up the rotation in the RB room ahead of the season? I mean, either they're now poor at their jobs (the coaching staff) or we're being lied to directly by OTF. 

In regards to your question, Willis McGahee had a pretty nice career after blowing out his ACL and MCL in the Fiesta Bowl. Adrian Peterson ran for 2k a year after an ACL injury. Jamaal Charles. Saquon Barkley. Guess those guys aren't very well known, though. 

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1 hour ago, BigOrange1 said:

do you not play NCAA 26?

Is it just me sucking major ass or is it a lot harder than ‘25?? 

20 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

You mean other than the fact that a team of coaches, who at this point even @satyanash can admit seem pretty decent at coaching and evaluation, keep moving him up the rotation in the RB room ahead of the season? I mean, either they're now poor at their jobs (the coaching staff) or we're being lied to directly by OTF. 

In regards to your question, Willis McGahee had a pretty nice career after blowing out his ACL and MCL in the Fiesta Bowl. Adrian Peterson ran for 2k a year after an ACL injury. Jamaal Charles. Saquon Barkley. Guess those guys aren't very well known, though. 

In fairness, Achilles tears are the notorious never return the same injury.  Maybe modern medicine has improved drastically like it has with repairs of other tendons, but we don't see it much because it's a more rare sports injury.

9 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

In fairness, Achilles tears are the notorious never return the same injury.  Maybe modern medicine has improved drastically like it has with repairs of other tendons, but we don't see it much because it's a more rare sports injury.

4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Yeah, the track records of football players after Achilles injuries is much less favorable than for ACL injuries.  Steve Smith had a decent year after recovering from an Achilles injury, but that's the exception.

Aww shit I might have been conflating the two in my head. Sorry @Daichee Bell

 

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2 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

In fairness, Achilles tears are the notorious never return the same injury.  Maybe modern medicine has improved drastically like it has with repairs of other tendons, but we don't see it much because it's a more rare sports injury.

Yeah, the track records of football players after Achilles injuries is much less favorable than for ACL injuries.  Steve Smith had a decent year after recovering from an Achilles injury, but that's the exception.

1 hour ago, Daichee Bell said:

Why are we expecting anything out of Christian Clark this year? I keep hearing his name pop up with some level of expectation through OTF. Outside of D’onta Foreman, who has had any kind of run after an Achilles injury?

JK Dobbins ran for 900+ in 2024.  Tore his achilles in 2023

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20 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

In fairness, Achilles tears are the notorious never return the same injury.  Maybe modern medicine has improved drastically like it has with repairs of other tendons, but we don't see it much because it's a more rare sports injury.

Always hard to use average recoveries with individuals. There will always be good and bad exceptions. All we know is he has moved up the depth chart and according to recent reports getting carries ahead of Gibson. I had written him off as an early contributor, but this seems be a positive data point that indicates his recovery is coming along much faster than most expected. 

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Whether it is true or not, some folks I know who've seen Clark at practice seem to think he looks good and healthy. Achilles injuries, similar to but not on the same scale as UCL injuries, are becoming more common. I think the NBA saw more this year than something like the last 5 seasons combined or something. As those injuries become more frequent, repair approaches should improve recovery as well. What I'd like to understand is how both types of injures can also be better prevented.

I definitely was worried when i heard,  about it but age is also a contributing factor for recovery, achilles injuries tended to happen later in careers which meant by definition they would have lost a step regardless.

 

There's an explosion of TJ injuries in baseball too.  I think athletes are pushing past what the body can withstand.

Here is a good video discussing the topic, players play longer, harder and maybe the shoe is exacerbates the situation.

 

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1 minute ago, kevwun said:

There's an explosion of TJ injuries in baseball too.  I think athletes are pushing past what the body can withstand.

My son is now 11 and these past 12 months in his select world (12U) and Little League (11U+12U), we've been around 6-7 kids with "little league arm" which is basically the pre-pubescent version of serious elbow problems. I don't get it. This isn't an overuse thing given all of the pitch count and rest rules for kids these days. 

I've heard it's a burgeoning epidemic in high school, even. In the 80's and 90's, it seemed like maybe a couple of guys a year would tear their UCLs and require TJ surgery. Now the Astros alone have like 5-6 guys going through the process. 

Derek Thompson did a good podcast on Achilles injuries and prevention in the NBA. A large part was due to premature specialization in sports and overuse.

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

You mean other than the fact that a team of coaches, who at this point even @satyanash can admit seem pretty decent at coaching and evaluation, keep moving him up the rotation in the RB room ahead of the season? I mean, either they're now poor at their jobs (the coaching staff) or we're being lied to directly by OTF. 

In regards to your question, Willis McGahee had a pretty nice career after blowing out his ACL and MCL in the Fiesta Bowl. Adrian Peterson ran for 2k a year after an ACL injury. Jamaal Charles. Saquon Barkley. Guess those guys aren't very well known, though. 

Yeah, that’s not what I’m saying at all, Dick. It would be an aberration for someone with an Achilles. Glad to see it, but it is definitely not the norm. People tend to lack burst after an Achilles rupture. Quite a bit of a difference from an ACL.
 

40 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Whether it is true or not, some folks I know who've seen Clark at practice seem to think he looks good and healthy. Achilles injuries, similar to but not on the same scale as UCL injuries, are becoming more common. I think the NBA saw more this year than something like the last 5 seasons combined or something. As those injuries become more frequent, repair approaches should improve recovery as well. What I'd like to understand is how both types of injures can also be better prevented.

That’s more than gist of what I was asking. I’m wondering if any of our resident doctors are aware of advances.
 

In basketball, it’s been a combination of taking a “negative step” move (putting your leg behind you in order to generate more push) and then pushing off with great force. When the leg is behind you it has the Achilles already in greater tension (due to the large amount of dorsiflexion of the ankle compared when you are simply running). Dame, Jayson Tatum, and Tyrese Halliburton were all injured on similar moves this past NBA season. In Hali’s case, he already had an existing calf strain which was putting even more strain on the Achilles. KD also had it happen a while back.

This type of injury could happen on start-stop moves in football, though I feel like on a grass field it could be mitigated.

Maybe @Magus Ossis can chime in?

1 minute ago, Daichee Bell said:

Yeah, that’s not what I’m saying at all, Dick. It would be an aberration for someone with an Achilles. Glad to see it, but it is definitely not the norm. People tend to lack burst after an Achilles rupture. Quite a bit of a difference from an ACL.
 

I already mea culpa'd man. 

It's the football board, so I guess I'm just doing as the Romans do...

Athletes are bigger, stronger, faster and the weaker points or where there’s give, is the connective tissue. It doesn’t require contact, an immediate stop, pivot or cut can create the tear just as well.

2 minutes ago, Daichee Bell said:

That’s more than gist of what I was asking. I’m wondering if any of our resident doctors are aware of advances.
 

microplastics are likely the issue, ball bearings the solution.

I'm a doctor, but not the medical kind.

3 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

In basketball, it’s been a combination of taking a “negative step” move (putting your leg behind you in order to generate more push) and then pushing off with great force. When the leg is behind you it has the Achilles already in greater tension (due to the large amount of dorsiflexion of the ankle compared when you are simply running). Dame, Jayson Tatum, and Tyrese Halliburton were all injured on similar moves this past NBA season. In Hali’s case, he already had an existing calf strain which was putting even more strain on the Achilles. KD also had it happen a while back.

This type of injury could happen on start-stop moves in football, though I feel like on a grass field it could be mitigated.

Maybe @Magus Ossis can chime in?

Pre-tensioning is definitely a risk factor for a tear. Bursts are the classic event for achilles, so a hard court does less to mitigate the suddenness. Playing the same sport year-round increases the risk for kids for things like TJ. Have to go work. May type more later.

1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

I already mea culpa'd man. 

It's the football board, so I guess I'm just doing as the Romans do...

All good, man. I just hadn’t read that far yet. And, you’re still a dick.

 

11 minutes ago, Daichee Bell said:

Yeah, that’s not what I’m saying at all, Dick. It would be an aberration for someone with an Achilles. Glad to see it, but it is definitely not the norm. People tend to lack burst after an Achilles rupture. Quite a bit of a difference from an ACL.
 

Push off with other foot. Problem solved. 

59 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Whether it is true or not, some folks I know who've seen Clark at practice seem to think he looks good and healthy. Achilles injuries, similar to but not on the same scale as UCL injuries, are becoming more common. I think the NBA saw more this year than something like the last 5 seasons combined or something. As those injuries become more frequent, repair approaches should improve recovery as well. What I'd like to understand is how both types of injures can also be better prevented.

Stopping doing the false step to generate power is a good start.

4 hours ago, Not a cat said:

Why don't teams just wear those extra helmet pads in games too?  

Vanity 

 

3 hours ago, crash_davis said:

This is aggy equivalent of forearm size talk, isn't it?

Cut "aggy" out and place it between of and forearm and you got something.

On 8/6/2025 at 1:51 PM, Js1 said:

Satan's Taint works fine. 

Certainly one of the best of the off- pre-season.

Johnathan Gray was never the same after tearing both Achilleseses

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

My son is now 11 and these past 12 months in his select world (12U) and Little League (11U+12U), we've been around 6-7 kids with "little league arm" which is basically the pre-pubescent version of serious elbow problems. I don't get it. This isn't an overuse thing given all of the pitch count and rest rules for kids these days. 

I've heard it's a burgeoning epidemic in high school, even. In the 80's and 90's, it seemed like maybe a couple of guys a year would tear their UCLs and require TJ surgery. Now the Astros alone have like 5-6 guys going through the process. 

As the doctor said, just playing nonstop all year causes issues. Plus while there are pitch count rules they are routinely not enforced and the kids playing in multiple organizations and multiple sanctioning bodies (e.g., playing LL and PG) certainly don't always keep one organization updated on what they threw for the other one. 

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