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  1. This is turning into the worst January 6th ever!!!
  2. I think this was a joke, but just to make this clear to every single person and to ensure they spread this to their Texas Tech friends/Cody Campbell dick slurpers....Texas has spent more in NIL than Tech has in every single year since NILs existence. Cody Campbell is just loud about it, and Tech is such a shit ass school that the mainstream populace can't believe anyone would go there for any reason outside of vastly overpaying to get them to that shit ass school in butt fuck egypt Oh, and they still haven't scored a single point in the playoffs
  3. Bobby is a really good man and he does the hard work as a journalist when he is on a story. His weakness is that he’s not cynical enough with his trust in people from the coaching and AD worlds. Agents, recruits and parents? Yes. Coaches across the landscape? Tends to believe them with less skepticism. I don’t think he gets actively lied to, I just think when someone like Harris or Flood is telling you something, you have to temper it a bit. Gerry is the opposite. Almost too cynical and skeptical at times, but it has served his track record well. He’s been right more than anyone else in the space time and again. That’s true on evaluations as well. For every Daniel Cruz people want to bitch about, there are many guys like Byron Murphy and Cam Williams that he liked a lot more than the rest of the industry. I don’t think Nahlin is unconnected, but I do think he is also too trusting. We should question anything coming from OB or Chip Brown because those guys are often actively being used in messaging campaigns of one sort or another and they don’t even seem to care as long as they can claim having a source or a scoop. Vogel, South, Scruggs and others are young guys still learning and occasionally stumble into good stuff. I think South is the best of them, personally.
  4. Woods, Sprague and Guarena are all getting in-homes today with the Texas staff, per OTF
  5. Pretty sure it was Spider Y fucking that chicken so congrats on owning a legitimate special needs person
  6. Too small for Texas, I know that much. He'll be too small for Texas when he's in the NFL as well.
  7. 28 points
  8. It's amazing how stupid some of you motherfuckers are being, including some generally good posters, whining about the fucking "all-in" bullshit. Since this is something that isn't perfectly obvious to all of you (I assume) grown adults, I'll spell it out for you. It doesn't take a fucking navigator the level of Magellan to realize that at some point after we got left out of the playoffs, Bobby and company spoke to staff members who said "We're all in on winning a title in 2026." Great soundbite, so Bobby and company used it. Letting PK go, while giving him his payout as a thanks out the door, and bringing in Will Muschamp to run the defense? Guess what got recycled? "This is just another sign that the staff is all in on Arch and 2026." Pretty normal shit. 995ers talk to sources and ask how we're going to approach the portal? "We going to be aggressive, we're going to be very aggressive." Now, hardly a stretch for a normal person who covers a sport to go with "Again, the Texas staff is going to go all-in the portal to build the best team." Does this mean that Texas is going to get everyone? No. Does it mean that Texas's own coaching staff and support staff aren't capable of being wrong, or royally fucking things up? No. Can they misjudge the market? You bet your ass. Does it mean other schools can't retain their star players? Nope, not at all. Does it mean Texas, over the past many years, hasn't reached agreements with players and then have them not enter the portal? Nope. That's all on the table. But the fact that the people who have fucking latched onto the "Going All In" turn of phrase like a fucking dog with a bone as somehow illustrative of the 995ers failing at their jobs, or being idiots, or as any kind of mockery of them is fucking bizarre to me. They're basically repeating what coaches and sources told them, and honestly, I fully believe the staff things they ARE all in on 2026, and have every intention of doing their best. Now, whether they fuck it all up and fail, that's the question. But folks here should address their mockery and derision towards the football staff after the portal closes, not the 995ers (except the obvious buffoons and grifters). And I'll stress "after the portal closes" because we've seen a half dozen meltdowns at least in the last 3-4 years about high school and portal recruiting, hell, even the hiring of Sark's first DC, where shit was quiet and shitty for weeks/months and then lo and behold multiple rabbits get pulled out of hats, and we get PK, and we sign a half dozen portal DT's, and we close on Colin Simmons and Tyler Atkinson and Kade Phillips at the 11th hour.
  9. 24 points
    So let it be written, so let it be done.
  10. That would actually make a good thread title.
  11. I hate to break it to you, but seeing just how far the recruiting board regulars can finesse the English language to call out the deluge of dumbasses and dipshits around here is one of the few bright spots when actual recruiting news is scarce. Sydney’s thesaurus must be as well worn as his spellcheck key is unused. You should just give up and use “ur” at this point
  12. Your take on Bobby is so fucking clueless it’s almost reads like parody. Bobby is a friend of the Texas program and if you ever met him and talked Texas football with him you would not have this opinion. And calling him the worst in a market that includes Ketchum and Nahlin is the hawtest takes of all time.
  13. 22 points
    Governor Newsome chimes in
  14. Bobby banned me from 247 for being too mean to Mack Brown
  15. Was in an accident involving brush fire and tractor. Careflighted to Austin for treatment. Might be some extreme long term/permanent injuries
  16. Get him in the weight room for a few months, put some good weight on him, and we'll have an athletic guard who can catch batted down passes.
  17. Gonna need a lot of help filling this out, but this is my attempt at a reset on Tuesday afternoon RB - Need 1 or 2. Baugh and Brown from Louisville were thought to be top choices but ended up re-signing with their current teams. Lots of smoke regarding Raleek Brown from ASU, but he's more of a change-of-pace back. Not many names yet regarding a between-the-tackles type to compliment him. WR - Need 1 or 2. Waiting on Cam Coleman (along with aggy and Tech). Tre Richardson from Vanderbilt might be a plan B? TE - Got Masunas from Michigan State. Probably done here. OL - Need 3. Most serious candidates seem like the Michigan duo. Passed on the Wyoming guy and no interest in the NDSU guy. Apparently we're talking to Patrick Kutas from Ole Miss. DL - Need at least 1 NT-type. Got Geffrard from Arkansas. Also talking to Zion Williams from LSU. He's less ready to play than Geffrard and would be more of a developmental piece. Same for Simpson from Miami I think? DE - Not a huge need, but they'd take a guy. Some smoke with Jayden Woods from Florida. Kenny Owozulu from UTSA visited. LB - Need at least 1. Top candidate is Alliegro from Wisconsin. CB - Not sure on need. Mascoe from Rutgers visited. S - Not sure on need. Edwin Joseph from FSU visited. There was some talk of trying to bring Derek Williams back. Not a player for Koi Perich, apparently. Specialists - Already got a K, P, and LS committed. Jeff Banks is hitting the beach.
  18. Bobby got snippy on OTF this morning due to being called out for gaslighting the chat
  19. Texas insiders are more worried about other schools than ATM. I expect news today, mostly positive, and potentially an avalanche. It's Tuesday, after all. Apparently, the Michigan guys are the answer. If those guys don't come Texas' way, plan B is going to be conjured out of thin air. Texas feels best about that guy, Zion Williams and the LB from Wisconsin. Raleek Brown may want $1M, but no one is offering him that. Texas offered Wisner $500k and he took it as an insult. His agent talked to like 30 schools and they ended up signing with FSU for under $600k. Smart move by Wisner, totally. If Texas doesn't land the Michigan OL guys, go ahead and light the cigarettes, boys. The usual suspect, our beloved former SEC QB and current GM, seems to completely confident in landing every target at the top of Texas' board.
  20. Oh shut the fuck up, Megyn. You voted for this shit; your kids should be first in line. "I will not be joining the Fox News cheerleading brigade" because now it could affect me personally. Fuck you.
  21. My loyalty?! For 24 years people have been trying to troll me. People who know how. Now, do you think that's because my posts are friendly and inviting? Or do you think it's because I'm a chaos agent and an asshole on Surly? Go fuck yourself, you fucking child!
  22. As bad as that day felt, there was a little relief in the thought of “at least this is all over.” Turns out it was only the beginning.
  23. 16 points
    My suspicion about what's going to happen is that it's going to be the stupidest thing imaginable. Because that's what makes the most sense with this Administration. Trump is just going to announce one night on his social media that the United States has annexed Greenland. And that's it. Probably not even an executive order or anything that formal. Certainly no act of Congress. Just a stupid 3:00 AM "Truth." And then it'll be the "Gulf of America" all over again. Idiots in this country will start saying Greenland is part of the United States. The rest of the world will look at us like we're a bunch of morons. Google Maps will put "(Disputed)" underneath "Greenland." And on the ice shelf itself, nothing really changes. There will be American troops there because there are always American troops there. The United States has a treaty right to have as many bases as it wants in Greenland. And the Trump Administration won't ever appoint a viceroy or a commissar or director general or whatever, because that would indicate planning and organization--two things this Administration definitely does not do. And then in three years, a Democrat is going to be elected president. The entire "we own Greenland" thing will be quietly forgotten (after an appropriately circumspect ambassador in Copenhagen quietly apologizes to His Danish Majesty and his government). In 20 years, we'll be at a bar somewhere and overhear someone say, "remember that time we annexed Greenland?" So fucking stupid.
  24. FYI, at this time, he is the #4 ranked CB in the transfer portal.
  25. aggy sure did crawfish at lightning speed on Coleman 🤣
  26. I didn’t know this kids name an hour ago - now I desire him more than anything else in this world.
  27. 15 points
    So, I know most of us with half a brain already knew this shit, but just wanted to put this quote out there for any brain-addled lemmings and lurkers perusing this thread: DO YOU FUCKING IDIOTS NOT GET IT? This is « l'état, c'est moi » bullshit. It doesn't matter what I said yesterday; this is what I want today. Oh, I told you to believe that a while back, but I've changed my mind, so now you have to change your mind to suit my interests. @Incredulity Are you still incredulous about his intentions? You voted in a capricious tyrant who wants to be an absolute monarch. But some of you, like that weird cocksucker, @Macklemore, actually want to have a gotdam king. It's fucking Orwellian, but somehow fucking dumber, like Ignatius J. Reilly playing Palpatine or some shit.
  28. Regarding Baker to OG consternation, Baker has signed his deal, loves Texas and believes that Guard is his future when he heads to the NFL. If Sprague comes to Texas, we can quit worrying about that causing Baker to bail. On top of that, he would apparently be part of their count as a new IOL starter. After the Wyoming midget showed up smelling of cabbage with tiny hands, with no alternative solution in mind for another IOL, the push is being made to get Robertson to return. Expect multiple Texas portal entries should all of these top targets actually sign with Texas at Edge, IOL, and CB. No one seems concerned about new exits at the other spots. See above. You may not like the strategy, but they at least think they've had one. I was referring to the lack of a plan if the Michigan OLs stay at Michigan. Regarding Bama and Coleman, Bama is a poor. I don't take their pursuit of Coleman seriously, given what Texas and ATM are both offering. Perich is expected to go to Ohio State. People are now using Tech as a means of driving up their ask to the places they want to go. Dude hasn't shown much interest in anyone who isn't willing to go over the top with an offer. He wants Caleb Downs money. While Caleb Downs is able to see the future and can play any role on defense better than anyone else other than DT, that's not Perich. That's not anyone else in CFB even recently, really. But with the visit to Tech, maybe that dude does wind up with Caleb Downs money from someone.
  29. Jayden Woods and the tall Michigan OT are both from the KC area. A UT related plane landed there this morning.
  30. We stopped looking like shit on offense once Arch figured it out.
  31. 14 points
    Anyone opening Surly on their computer at work is too dumb to be employed.
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