McMichael was as badass as they come. If we had a couple of clones of him now we would wreck s**t. I hope he rests easy and in comfort. The man led an interesting life. I wish that for all of us.
These are the salad days. The Louisiana-Monroe postgame thread will likely involve multiple proclamations of suicide & arson, at least 2 threats on my life and some donkey-punching.
There was an article from, I think, ProFootballFocus that graded out 422 college LBs from last season. If I remember correctly, Brockermeyer was next to last and Overshown was in the 380s. Odds are, we could grab a player from almost any school and it would be an upgrade.
I don't think the portal shits out quality starters and future NFL 1st round draft picks. I'm not even saying that these guys are average college football players. They could be terrible and still be an upgrade for us until the talented freshmen are ready.
These coaches all turned things around quickly at Baylor. Think about all of the scandals and madness that have happened in Waco. All of it deserved. Still, Baylor has won the Big 12 3 times since our last conference title in football.
Look, Sark is a millionaire and I'm just another keyboard warrior. Perhaps he is right, and rolling out basically the same o-line and LBs this year that were atrocious last year will work out for us. I guess people like me should shut up and stop complaining about it. It seems to be happening no matter what.
Multiple times, I've seen people here post things like, "With our incredible skill position talent, if our o-line could just be functional, if it could just be average, we could win 9 or 10 games." I agree with that sentiment. We don't need all-american or all-conference o-line play from potential transfer portal additions. Baylor didn't need it from their transfer portal linemen when they won the conference. I don't have unrealistic expectations that we will find future NFL 1st round picks in the portal. I just want functional o-linemen who can make our o-line average. If we roll out roughly the same o-line as last year (less our best o-linemen from last year who is now gone) we won't be close to an average college football offensive line.
Kelvin would be at least a 3-year starter at any school in the country...including Bama & UGA. He will get NIL money anywhere. I think he wants to win and a 6-7 win Texas season would likely compel him to leave.
I would like to believe they know talent too. As for playing it out and seeing what happens.....we did that last year and it was a disaster. Now, we will likely start pretty much the same crew with the best of the bunch no longer here.
You said maybe no one hit the portal. They did last offseason......Baylor took multiple linemen from the portal and went from 2 wins to conference champs. If you don't find that point to be compelling, and a serious black mark on the talent assessment capabilities of Sark, then I don't know what else to say.
...and, if Sark wanted a kid and couldn't convince him to choose us over Baylor, he is definitely the wrong man for this job.
Please answer my question. Okay
Is portal season over? No
No more OL or LB are available or will become available? More could be available.
Are we not adding anymore players between now and fall camp? Based on Sark not adding any O-line & LB transfers that are difference-makers last offseason and so far this offseason, I don't think so.
He signed the number 1 OL class in the country, including two five stars who are likely to be better than many of the options available in the portal. I don't think they will meaningfully contribute this season. I am also worried we will have a poor season and many of the highly touted recruits will leave. Baylor added multiple linemen via the portal after a 2 win season and then won the conference.
Miss me with the "he's made no effort to rectify the weakness on the team and just sat on his ass the last 4 months" bullshit. He hasn't done it for this season. If we suck again, and lose a lot of these freshmen, how will you feel then?
Sark chose not to improve our O-line & LBs last year through the portal, and that more than anything else, led to a 5-win season.
He has made no effort to rectify that mistake so far this offseason. I sincerely hope he proves me wrong, but for some surreal reason, he (wrongly) has confidence in the crap show we will roll out as starters at these position groups.