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Michigan State and Stanford were at Darius Snow's basketball game last night. Bobby Kennedy and Duane Akina were representing Stanford.

100% agree with this. He's a signing day flip with the purpose of giving the Ag'tards some faux momentum.

Ok, what's with Vahe and Anderson switching in/out at LT?

The WV AD may tell him to take a hike. I just spent a week in WV with extended family and those people want him gone bad...and that was even before their shitastic excuse for a bowl game.

I remember Riley being brought up a few times and the name was met with a very loud resounding "NO" because he was part of the air raid family tree and that schtick wouldn't work around here.

Is Justin Fields to OU a done deal? Or close to it? If so, I'd have to bet money that Spencer Rattler ends up on the portal...at least that's the way things are trending these days.

What's also concerning is that a lot of athletes are going to put themselves into the portal with hopes of bettering their situation, but in the end they won't get picked up and will end up with nothing at all.

So far, this is the correct answer. Mid major/non-P5 will essentially become a feeder system. Kids at those schools who perform (conference MVP, all-conference types) will transfer out to bigger schools. Non-P5's will basically become a training ground. This won't affect the Alabama's of the world negatively...they'll be able to fill immediate holes and needs with proven college players much more easily. This portal will have a huge trickle down effect in recruiting as well, especially in sports not named football. The sport I referenced above has 160+ players on the portal. That is 160 new scholarship opportunities for 2019 and 2020 kids to fill. This is where I think Junior Colleges will start to thrive. So now a school has three options available to them for filling a spot, and the route they choose will be dependent on the depth they have a the position. You get a college ready player from another school via the portal (this will be the option for a lot of P5's) You fill the spot with another HS recruit You go get a JUCO player Option 1 is where it's going to get NASTY. This is completely hypothetical: Let's say that Thompson and Rising leave, and Shane decides he's ready to get into coaching now. So who is our backup, today? Now Tom has to decide if getting another HS kid is his best option, or if he wants a transfer. He looks at the portal and doesn't see who he wants, but he knows the QB at University X had a huge year, put up ridiculous numbers, etc. Tom calls the QB's HS coach, trainer, gf, whoever to find out if he's happy. During the conversation he talks about having an immediate needs, sells some playing time because of Sam's injury history, etc. By the time the conversation is over, Tom has convinced the person on the other end of the line that Texas needs them and if they can get the QB on the portal Texas will take them. This option is what will make the rich way richer...they can cherry pick college proven kids to fill needs. And be honest, who would turn down Alabama, tOSU, Texas, OU, etc. in this situation? Option 1 is already happening in other sports, at a VERY high rate. Teams selling "we are a World Series, Final Four, championship team and you are the one missing piece we need. Get on the portal and come join us." It's freaking ridiculous. I don't think football has had the time to start working the system yet, since it was put into place during their season. But I'm calling it now, this spring will get WILD as far as the portal goes.

I posted this on the Recruiting Board in the 2019 thread as well. The Portal - I have pretty intimate knowledge with it and how it works. I can tell you that currently, in one small female NCAA D1 sport, there are 160ish players on the portal, today. That is for a non-revenue, no life after college, female sport. I can't imagine what Football, Basketball and Baseball look like. Here are some facts on how the portal works: A student-athlete does NOT have to inform their coach of an intent to transfer. They can walk into the compliance office and request to be put on the portal. Once that request is made, the compliance office has 48 hours to put the student-athletes name on the portal. Once the student-athlete requests to be put into the portal, all contact from any sport coach to that athlete is cut-off. So in this case, no football coach can contact Rising or Thompson directly. That athlete can contact coaches, that is ok, and a coach can request a meeting with the student-athlete but it has to be done through the compliance office and a compliance office official must be present during the meeting. This is assuming the player went in without telling the coach. If the coach was notified prior, the student-athlete can waive the no contact rule. Once on the portal, a student-athlete can be contacted by any coach in the country...it's free reign. And every coach has access to the portal. Yes, a student-athlete can start taking visits, including official ones, if they have any remaining from their original recruitment. Remember, you only get 5 paid official visits. Student-athletes on the portal are not required to sit out a year automatically. The conference transfer rules will be applied to the student-athlete...coaches may NOT individualized transfer rules to be applied to individual student-athletes. Once a student-athlete enters the portal, their future financial aid cutoff. So, if you do it before the beginning of the spring semester, you will not be on scholarship in the spring. So essentially Rising and Thompson have forfeited their scholarships for the spring. Also, your access to athletic facilities, trainers, etc. is immediately terminated. The coach from the sport can ask for that sanction to be waived - so if Rising and Thompson went to Herman and gave him a heads up, and he's ok with it, he can tell compliance that he would still like for them to have access to athletic facilities and such. This is how they can be currently practicing with the team while on the portal. Athletes on the portal do not fall under the same recruiting guidelines as first time recruits when it comes to contact period, dead period, quiet period, signing period, etc. They can be contacted any time after their name shows up on the portal. Football is the only sport that has a set game number to determine a redshirt. All other sports operate as any participation constitutes using a year of eligibility. If you're going to redshirt in non-Football sports it has to be declared before the season begins. The shirt can be pulled at any time, but one can not be applied after the start of the season. Hope this helps give a little bit of clarity on how this thing works. I have no idea how this thing came about, but it really is an awful thing to have right now. I know that several sports have already proposed legislation to change the portal drastically, or to get rid of it all together. But those things only happen every two years, so this will be the model for at least two years.

Let me add some insight on a few things...and I apologize for the length of the reply, too many words, etc. Fields - his sister will attend Georgia to play softball and that family has been all Georgia FOREVER. His transfer is strictly playing time related and the racism cry is just an excuse. Rising and Thompson (and possibly Overshown) - welcome to a new generation of athlete and kid. This portal stuff will be the worst thing to happen to college athletics in a long time. Some will call it entitled, and to a degree it is, but this generation of kids is used to instant gratification, in all facets of life. Patience is a word that does not exist in this generations vocabulary. The Portal - I have pretty intimate knowledge with it and how it works. I can tell you that currently, in one small female NCAA D1 sport, there are 160ish players on the portal, today. That is for a non-revenue, no life after college, female sport. I can't imagine what Football, Basketball and Baseball look like. Here are some facts on how the portal works: A student-athlete does NOT have to inform their coach of an intent to transfer. They can walk into the compliance office and request to be put on the portal. Once that request is made, the compliance office has 48 hours to put the student-athletes name on the portal. Once the student-athlete requests to be put into the portal, all contact from any sport coach to that athlete is cut-off. So in this case, no football coach can contact Rising or Thompson directly. That athlete can contact coaches, that is ok, and a coach can request a meeting with the student-athlete but it has to be done through the compliance office and a compliance office official must be present during the meeting. This is assuming the player went in without telling the coach. If the coach was notified prior, the student-athlete can waive the no contact rule. Once on the portal, a student-athlete can be contacted by any coach in the country...it's free reign. And every coach has access to the portal. Yes, a student-athlete can start taking visits, including official ones, if they have any remaining from their original recruitment. Remember, you only get 5 paid official visits. Student-athletes on the portal are not required to sit out a year automatically. The conference transfer rules will be applied to the student-athlete...coaches may NOT individualized transfer rules to be applied to individual student-athletes. Once a student-athlete enters the portal, their future financial aid cutoff. So, if you do it before the beginning of the spring semester, you will not be on scholarship in the spring. So essentially Rising and Thompson have forfeited their scholarships for the spring. Also, your access to athletic facilities, trainers, etc. is immediately terminated. The coach from the sport can ask for that sanction to be waived - so if Rising and Thompson went to Herman and gave him a heads up, and he's ok with it, he can tell compliance that he would still like for them to have access to athletic facilities and such. This is how they can be currently practicing with the team while on the portal. Athletes on the portal do not fall under the same recruiting guidelines as first time recruits when it comes to contact period, dead period, quiet period, signing period, etc. They can be contacted any time after their name shows up on the portal. Football is the only sport that has a set game number to determine a redshirt. All other sports operate as any participation constitutes using a year of eligibility. If you're going to redshirt in non-Football sports it has to be declared before the season begins. The shirt can be pulled at any time, but one can not be applied after the start of the season. Hope this helps give a little bit of clarity on how this thing works. I have no idea how this thing came about, but it really is an awful thing to have right now. I know that several sports have already proposed legislation to change the portal drastically, or to get rid of it all together. But those things only happen every two years, so this will be the model for at least two years.

There is really no bigger indictment of how awful our run game was than looking at OU's depth chart and realizing that they were rushing for 300 yards a game with their 3rd and/or 4th string running backs.

He's back...que the incoming Twitter rant from Zach Smith. This should be good! Wonder what he'll blame Herman for now?

If Patterson would have stayed any longer as our AD this is the shit we could have expected to see our terrible football team to be wearing.

Would anyone be surprised if LSU offers Warren while he's on his OV this weekend? Wouldn't be the first time.

I don't know what the rest of the film looks like because I can't get past the first play where he kills the punter. Just keep rewinding it...WOW

As posted above, that doesn't account for the 1500 freshman. It also doesn't account for the people in the Lovejoy ISD, who were once a part of Allen ISD. Essentially Lovejoy is made up of the "country club" folks from Allen, who got tired of how their tax dollars were being spent, so they broke off and founded their own ISD.

That's racist.

Lindaman to Florida is official. That helps us since that should eliminate Florida from contention with Iakopo.

You are a saint...thank you.

Quick question for the masses...can anyone tell me who the apparel vendor was on the concourse of the East side uppder deck? I had my 5 yo son with me at the Iowa State game, and the vendor had a bunch of toy 18-wheelers for sale. It was a replica of the Texas Football 18-wheeler. He kept begging for one, and I kept telling him to put it on his Christmas list, you know, thinking I could easily find it online and get him one for Christmas. I have looked at the Co-Op site, and the site through Texas athletics, and I cannot find the damn thing. Any ideas where else I should look? Or who might have been operating the booth?

I think Mookie and Kelvontay are trending yes, adding a third of the same "type" might be a hard sell. But to answer your question, yes. After the RRR game Herman made a comment to the media about needing to increase the team speed and used a direct comparison to OU in that regard. I do think that going forward speed will be a top priority and one of those things we can't have too much of. Ya, coaches say that all the time...it's coach speak. But I do think it will actually be a high priority.

Could also mean that some stuff has come to light or things have transpired and now the coaches are indifferent on whether he stays or goes...or that they don't want to touch him with a 10 ft. pole. Pure speculation, but sometimes recruits don't live up to their end of the bargain.

Does Tech have any speedsters committed that we could poach?

And I think this fanbase would be A-ok if he didn't play. I have no problem getting his backup some quality pt against a quality opponent. I mean seriously, can't be any worse, right?

Wonder how that will work for The Pirate given that he publicly stated he'd never step foot in the state of Texas again until Tech pays him what he's owed. And if I were a Tech fan, I'd probably be there protesting the Leach firing ala 2009. I'll give it to them, several people made some pretty damn funny shirts to sell around the stadium.