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closetojumping

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  1. Marshall is a guy that Texas is pining for and I don’t get it. The staff is just bouncing from option to option at this point. The $9.95ers are dizzy from it, as we all are. When have I said anything is going to be okay?
  2. That dude was being hailed as their next big thing. He broke his leg in the spring and didn't return until around midseason. They overrate their WRs every year and this coming year will be no different. Sategna is mid as fuck and he and Livingstone are basically brown and white versions of the same player. The guy from Virginia looks pretty good. They have dogshit at TE and dogshit at RB. Their OL flat out sucks.
  3. If I remember right in watching that game, that play was at the end of the game after he'd played like 50 snaps and completely gassed. They had no depth and left him out there in desperation. That dude playing 20 snaps a game, all out, for Texas will look nothing like the guy on that play. People are way to simple with this kind of stuff.
  4. I always cringe a bit when I see you walk up to introduce yourself at parties. "Hi, I am Sydney "The Flesh Cannon" Carton, pleased to meet you." Grim.
  5. That is the first thread title change of the day, sir. If you can't appreciate Shakespeare being overlaid onto the hellhouse shithole that this thread has become, I cannot abide your presence, as you must be some sort of hillbilly heathen, here as part of the problem.
  6. I wouldn't expect you to spend any time on the NIL or Texas annual recruiting threads, but yeah, we discuss all of this. Dell has zero interest in being involved with UT sports. We talked to numerous other billionaires when we were building the original apparatus that became Texas One Fund. A few helped in small ways, but most noped out aggressively and were appalled by the idea of paying players. Once CDC embraced things, which took awhile, some of the bigwigs came in to help. That said, Texas has millionaires in spades and likely more than anyone but Harvard and another Ivy or Stanford, but I don't think they graduate enough guys. Texas has had plenty of support from that end on down. Some guys were instrumental in the beginning on the cash front and they still play major roles, but the cavalry eventually arrived. Texas has had the largest or one of the largest, depending upon the year, payrolls since 2022. That isn't going to change. The wealth that supports Texas isn't overhyped.
  7. Flood and Banks? I assume Sarkisian is in California with Julukeleileieluke The aggie 247 guys implied that he's ready to get out of there and injury concerns are not nothing for him. Yep, and the Fraley guy not make it to the pros at all, but he's pedigreed and certainly well-coached. Why Texas isn't even sniffing around him is the size queen shit and that pisses me off.
  8. A family member of one of my best friends worked for McMullen, McLane and Crane, all closely. When they told us about the Bagwell stuff the first time, Bagwell didn’t know yet. The organization was scrambling to figure out what the hell to do. Apparently, a lot of folks knew before Bagwell did. Tough deal.
  9. People bagged on the guy's rating out of HS because it was elevated with him rated as an OT. His time at OT for ATM was Connor Stroh at Guard bad. As an OG, he had times where he looked really good. He also had some dogshit games this year. He graded out at 62.4 PFF this year, good enough for 304th out of 674 rated Guards. If he's taken any higher than the 6th round, I will point my finger and laugh. They know they want a downhill guy. The guy they're waiting on isn't a downhill guy in my eyes, but whatever. I don't know why the big back from UF and the Mahmoud guy from UW aren't getting attention. This is one of the funniest photos I've ever seen and one of my favorites of this season. I think it is @Red Five who has it saved somewhere. Holy shit. Hahahahaha. The reactions at the time were awesome. "Uh, I hope that's not a frequent thing there." "Is the DT just flinging him aside? That can't be good." And then he's starting. Just outstanding.
  10. Too small for Texas, I know that much. He'll be too small for Texas when he's in the NFL as well.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. That person invited me to ignore them. I obliged. I have no need to unignore them even if they're going on unhinged and nonsensical rants about me. Y'all don't need to repost them either. I am sure something will come along very soon to capture our interest and entertain us in a different direction for this thread.
  14. Wife number 1 was Shaune Bagwell. Her being the team passaround led to Caminiti and Hampton being shipped out and also might be why Kile died young. The Shaune Bagwell Curse. Mike Hampton better keep watching his six. Bagwell has had problems with booze at times after his career ended. I'd heard he'd pulled himself together, but if he's looking beat up, maybe he's hitting the sauce hard again.
  15. I think it is a combination of Cignetti and his staff being really good at their jobs holistically and also, now that they've shown a ton of promise, the school's massive donor base is infusing capital to help them further. I don't know many people I have on ignore, but it's plenty. Some are trolls, some are insipid idiots, and some have told me I should put them on ignore. That poster did that some time ago after their newly iterated arrival on the Football Board over some triviality that spun them into a tizzy. I took them at their suggestion and haven't missed a thing until you guys started quoting more silly shit here. To each their own, but having a loose trigger finger on the ignore button is a feature of my posting behavior that I value.
  16. If Omarion Miller is considered "top tier" in the portal, then the portal is simply chock full of bread. The guy is a solid player but not a #1 WR.
  17. 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!
  18. 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.
  19. Texas took him as a bit of a project but liked his physical make-up. I don't think he was pushed out. He might just want to play sooner than his 3rd or 4th year. Sometimes those guys work out, but these days they seem to usually want to portal. There's nothing out there saying he can't be a player for someone. You're shitting yourself in the review of a photograph when what we're watching unfold is a motion picture. It's dumb to judge this until everything is locked in. As to why people are so far off? Do you work in a stale job, like an admin for the government or a giant corporation or something? This shit is completely chaotic. Even teams who truly have their shit together face a great deal of uncertainty during this period. "But but but Indiana!!! Cignetti!!!" Right. Let's see how things go for them when their portal window opens. Maybe they're the ones who figured it out, but they'd be about it. Kiffin, the portal king, pushed Durham out to make room for Lacy and now Lacy is staying put. Nothing can be taken for granted. I told all of y'all this a month ago when the bullshit started picking up from the $9.95ers.
  20. I laughed. If Texas balks at $1M for Raleek Brown, they’ve been misjudging this cycle’s market for the better part of a year. JFC if so.
  21. I am neither optimistic or pessimistic about any of this. I am simply reviewing the data points and the innuendo and considering where that causes each school to stand. Anyone taking a great amount of faith in conjecture from $9.95ers and/or insiders inside this maelstrom of chaos is doing so out of desperation and/or laziness.
  22. ATM isn't Oregon or Campbell's Tech. They don't have NIL on Texas' level. The only way they actually "outbid" Texas here is with something so truly stupid that it sabotages other shit for them. If Harris and Sarkisian are otherwise spineless enough to let a couple hundred thousand dollars be the difference for them, they are actually weaker than I thought. Texas has landed their targets at DL, TE, special teams, and likely their top 2 priorities at OL. Two guys they tried to lure into the portal at RB stayed home and they may not land the biggest alleged prize in the whole fucking thing that isn't a QB. Okay. That's not a cold start unless you are an overreacting fucktard on a Texas site or wishcasting rival fan. If Texas lands Raleek Brown as part of their RB solution, that will be snagging one of the unquestioned best RBs in the portal and someone that you and other okies were heartbroken over losing when decommitted and signed with Riley at USC. So, no, NFL noise isn't involved with any of this. It's an odd overall take coming from someone rooting for a school signing a bunch of guys that Texas wouldn't lower themselves to, for a second desperate cycle in a row.
  23. FWIW, "insiders" on the aggie 247 board are gleefully running their mouths within the last hour that they landed Coleman.
  24. Things are not very opaque any more and agents will have their shit pushed in if they get caught lying and inflating offers. Schools can turn the table on an agent by telling players they will not deal with anyone working with agent X. Even with someone like Coleman, everyone is going to have an idea of that value based on their own roster dealings, recruiting ranges, and what multiple agents are willing to say. That said, in Coleman's case, he's working with guys that cut massive NFL deals. This shit is just the small fry for them so that they can represent him in the NFL. They're not going to wreck that by overplaying his hand with the schools.
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