Everything posted by Burt Macklin
- Texas Roster 2026
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
Texas defense ranks per F+ the last three years: 8th, 2nd, and 14th. The odds Muschamp does better than that are pretty fucking low. If PK really did want to leave, then fine. If this was actually a firing the year before Sark is trying to make a big run at the title, then this was a dumb move.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
This choice of OC gruntles me greatly.
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Sam Ehlinger
Supposedly Sam told them he wanted to stay with Denver. Correct.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Let's not be so quick to judge. We can't really say whether he's a good fit for Michigan until we know what felonies he's committed recently.
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Formula 1 2026
Yeah, I think the level of secrecy over the first testing is a clear admission these new engine regs, which led to such weak engines that they had to create ridiculous moveable aero regs so cars wouldn't lose power at the end of straights, are absolutely terrible. I'm expecting this to be quite a clown show early on, which should at least provide some entertainment. We'll have to see how it plays out, but i think the moveable aero will be awful for overtaking. Pretty much every type of formula car racing series understands that you need some assistance in overtaking due to the dirty air created by such aerodynamic cars. Indycar has push to pass, F1 had DRS. F1 already had issues with overtaking this year with DRS, and now they didn't just get rid of overtaking assistance, they actually went even further and made it significantly harder to overtake. Moveable aero means even less slipstream on a straight because the wings will go to Monza-level and no car will have a huge advantage in the corners since they can all raise their wings. Maybe the limited engine power means teams will choose to deploy in different parts of the track and that could create some overtakes, but I doubt it. All these teams are going to identify the optimal places to deploy and likely have almost identical mappings, just like what happens now. The only real hope for much overtaking is one or two engines being significantly more powerful than the others, but that's a bad thing because it means about half the field will be completely uncompetitive.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - This Is Fine
Kewan Lacy of Ole Miss is reported to be our top target. If we hire Baugh's RBs coach, that could change. I'm sure we've contacted Baugh's camp already since he'd be #2 if Lacy is #1.
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Formula 1 2026
I expect the driver market to be crazy next year once drivers know the best engine and teams with these regs. There's a lot of rumors heating up that Charles will actually leave Ferrari after 2026 if Ferrari struggles with the engine and the regs. His ties to Jules and Ferrari will always make it harder for him to leave Ferrari than probably any other driver and team, but he also has to know he'll be wasting his whole career on a team that will never get it together if he doesn't leave soon. There's been a lot of smoke that Aston wants Charles, and they could be a real option for him if they get 2026 right. Then again, if the Merc engine is as dominant as some have rumored, Charles will probably do whatever he can to get into a Merc-powered car.
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
You know if he transfers here Helobious is getting a custom #13 jersey with Baughtista on the back.
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
He started with the players he’s recruited the last four years. How the fuck does that earn him leeway?
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Formula 1 2026
In 2022 I convinced myself it was possible Ferrari had absolutely nailed the new regs and Charles could become a WDC. I don't even believe top 4 is possible this go around.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - This Is Fine
He was pretty much the same as last year, which is a good college QB. He didn't really make any progress as a passer, and he's pretty limited when it comes to reading the field and making plays from the pocket. He's elite at avoiding sacks and extending plays, but his limits as a passer means he takes a lot of hits and he's pretty small. He's not elite, but some school is going to pay him a stupid amount of money, similar to Carson Beck last year, because he's a big upgrade over what a lot of schools have. If Hugh Freeze and Auburn had been able to poach him last year, Hugh Freeze would still have a job. Other coaches will be thinking the same thing this year.
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
Sac State raised a ton of money to move up to FBS. They had a significantly larger payroll than any other FCS team. It would be like McGuire going 8-4 or 9-3 with this year’s Tech roster. Their record didn’t improve because of his coaching, and failing to even make the playoffs with that kind of payroll advantage points to his poor performance as a coach.
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Formula 1 2025
Absolutely crazy that Max throwing a hissy fit in Spain and running into George cost him a title this year. I kind of hope he finishes one short of the record for his career now.
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
That would be unbelievably dumb. Marion underachieved with a big budget at Sac State this year and has never shown much evidence he can actually coach.
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Formula 1 2025
Sure, Leclerc’s used to the Ferrari, but Lewis has had a full season to adjust by now. The reality is age has caught up to Hamilton and Leclerc is a top 3 driver on the grid. Even if the chasm narrows next year with new cars, Leclerc is just significantly faster and better than Hamilton at this point in their careers.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - This Is Fine
Unfortunately, for 2025 and out confidence in this staff’s evaluation ability, we have a lot of those. Fortunately for our portal prospects in 2026, we can free up a significant amount of money to make a push with Arch next year.
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
Speaking of ex-coaches… I’m sure this is going to go really well for both Brennan and Deion. No way this turns into an absolute tire fire. And Marion is really committed to his streak of never holding the same job for more than about 12 months.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Ah yes, the classic “he was really our first choice all along for an eight figure position, but we sent the initial offer to the wrong email address and then completely gave up until we whiffed on 30 other candidates” excuse.
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
lol wut. That’s not even remotely in his favor. it took him 8 games to figure out who his best 5 was, not because of a bunch of individual development along the line. That’s probably the biggest indictment on him. He had no fucking clue who his bets guys were and he tried 4 other options before he lucked into that lineup due to injury.
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Formula 1 2025
The burning question for this race is if Max is in 1st, Lando’s in 4th and Oscar’s in 2nd or 3rd, does McLaren give Oscar team orders to drop and swap with Lando and does he follow them? I’m guessing yes to both because Oscar has done everything the team’s asked him so far even when it’s BS, but that would really test the limits of his loyalty.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Yeesh. This seems like a huge mistake. JMU has placed 2 coaches to good P4 gigs in the last 2 years. Seems like they should have kept with hiring up and comers with the promise of a big time gig rather than a guy who just flamed out miserably with all the resources a coach could want. Billy just isn’t a good coach.
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - This Is Fine
Some play their best football in blue jeans.
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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Newy is dead on here and people need to stop repeating moronic talking points like the one petscii makes above. If Texas played Texas State at home instead of the #1 team in the country on the road, we would be ranked #8 and guaranteed in the CFP. Texas isn't getting punished for losing to Florida. We're being punished for scheduling a meaningful, challenging OOC game. The Committee spouted a bunch of bullshit in the offseason about weighing strength of schedule and is now almost entirely going off of W-L record to seed teams. They probably just killed almost all good OOC matchups for the foreseeable future. More than anything, this sucks for the sport. Secondarily, it sucks for UT this year who are absolutely one of the 12 best teams in the country and would be a no doubt CFP team if we only had the Florida and UGA losses.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Perhaps an ex-QB who views the Honor Code as more of a guideline?