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I see a path to 11-1 in the train wreck that is the ACC this year. They just have better athletes than any other team on the schedule. Do you think Dabo is letting Riley call his game now? I missed the App State game but in watching the NCSU game, they were running plays that Clemson doesn’t usually run these days. I see these guys as the clear favorite to win the ACC top 4 seed for sure. People and the media will talk about Miami, but Clemson could roll into their championship game match-up with Miami without hardly being tested since Georgia.

He’s a known recruiting witch and now he’s at the CBB equivalent of the Yankees in terms of history (I’m ignoring the one stat that Texas doesn’t more or less own nationally for this reference). We should expect things to get loud in the baseball program for sure. It’s looking good.

There are rules here, man.

Is “incredible” the new “breathtaking”? Is incredible the old breathtaking? Are they the same? “Some ugly baby, huh?”

I think Hawkins can be a quality dual threat QB in the college game. He’s always going to be at injury risk due to size and OL support (at least for this season). Guys I know who that cover this stuff think he’s got a good head on his shoulders and that he’s tough. OU will hype him as their next Heisman candidate if he puts up any kind of numbers at all, but we know that is par for the course. I don’t see him as that, personally.

That’s great and all, but I’m not sure how it sells with anyone, including the majority of their players. This isn’t a “red bandana” moment. People are much better informed these days about origin stories and details regarding things remembered. Many of the players are just mercenaries or transfers or both. None of them had been born at the time of the accident. The aggies might think there’s a lot of sentimental and emotional value to milk from the senseless loss of lives and maiming of others due to the failed building of a stack of logs, but I’m not convinced that anyone else is getting behind that. “Wait, this happened because you wanted to burn down the stack of logs you were building? To express hate for another group of people? With no supervision? And you fought the victims’ families in court and hid behind sovereign immunity? Well sign us the fuck up! Get Tom Rinaldi on the line asap!”

Serious thought exercise for people regarding the OU offense: Name a player you’d take from that side of the ball and who you would replace them with on the Texas depth chart. -No one on the OL -No one at TE -No one at QB I don’t even see how those can be debated. -One could argue Burks for a backup slot if he’s healthy. He looks good, so do our guys. The okie media oversold him after the spring, he’s not some revelation. -Barnes over Gibson or Wisner behind Blue? Given UT injuries, sure, Barnes is a fit somewhere in there. Not one starter from their depth chart and it’s not hard to not be a homer looking at it. They’ve recruited poorly on offense, haven’t developed who they’ve recruited and they done a poor job with them in S&C and keeping them healthy.

“Might be our easiest conference win” is what it will be. This is the worst team in the conference by a wide margin. They just lost at home by double digits to the second worst team. Only UH is as bad a team in the Big 12 this year and those are probably the worst P4 teams. These guys are slow, undersized, undermanned via injury, and look poorly coached. Along with Ohio State, I think Texas is the fastest team in the country. This is a match-up made in heaven by the football gods for Texas when it comes to “welcome to the SEC” bullshit. Hey motherfuckers, Texas is not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with Texas.

— It looked like Texas redshirt freshman DT Sydir Mitchell got into a heated argument with a teammate in the second half before being escorted from the field back to the locker room. A source close to the situation said, "Sydir is having a hard time at Texas. It's been very rough for him." Mitchell (6-6, 350) has played 20 snaps this season after having to get his weight down from 372 pounds in the spring. He didn't play against ULM before being escorted from the field.

Don’t put that shit on me. They have plenty of people around them that have to know what to tell them about that stuff. Surely.

Ha. I don’t know that one. I laughed at his bullshit at the end though. If you ask Bobby on OTF, he might recall it. Hell, he or Gerry.

This is going to be one of those grim “where are they now” stories when they check in on him in 10 years at his mom’s house in New Jersey. They’ll be interviewing him while he’s trapped inside a gravy-encrusted concrete chair as he admits that he spent the majority of his 6 figure NIL from Texas on the local chinese buffet and an industrial grade ice cream maker.

Update on snap counts and injuries for the maroon clad dipshits: -TJ Shanahan started at C and took about 20 snaps before suffering some sort of injury that they’re not allowed to disclose but he didn’t return. If he’s really hurt, they are absolutely fucked at C. -Moose Muhammad took exactly zero snaps while perfectly healthy on the sidelines. He’s apparently a real piece of work in the locker room or something. -The same is true for highly touted 4 and 5 stars from the vaunted 2022 class - Donovan Green (a walk on got some snaps at TE ahead of him), GabrielBrownlow-Dindy (they need to pass the hat at his dad’s church and see if they can’t buy his fatass some snaps), Jared Kerr, Enai White (they are no longer even listing him as someone with the team but they haven’t said he’s left), and Malik Scylla. Well, Scylla got one snap, which might be worse. It’s like he was accidentally sent in. -Shemar Stewart left with a serious shoulder injury and did not return. That’s another big one to watch. -Bryce Anderson started and played 21 snaps but left with an injury. -Future hall of famers Reuben Fatheree took 20 snaps and Kam Dooooobie Doobie Dewberry logged 16 whopping snaps at G while someone was injured for a couple of drives. This is a bad team loaded with no-talent assclowns and they’ve got guys dropping like flies over there.

Update on snap counts and injuries for the maroon clad dipshits: -TJ Shanahan started at C and took about 20 snaps before suffering some sort of injury that they’re not allowed to disclose but he didn’t return. If he’s really hurt, they are absolutely fucked at C. -Moose Muhammad took exactly zero snaps while perfectly healthy on the sidelines. He’s apparently a real piece of work in the locker room or something. -The same is true for highly touted 4 and 5 stars from the vaunted 2022 class - Donovan Green (a walk on got some snaps at TE ahead of him), Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy (they need to pass the hat at his dad’s church and see if they can’t buy his fatass some snaps), Jared Kerr, Enai White (they are no longer even listing him as someone with the team but they haven’t said he’s left), and Malik Scylla. Well, Scylla got one snap, which might be worse. It’s like he was accidentally sent in. -Shemar Stewart left with a serious shoulder injury and did not return. That’s another big one to watch. -Bryce Anderson started and played 21 snaps but left with an injury. -Future hall of famers Reuben Fatheree took 20 snaps and Kam Dooooobie Doobie Dewberry logged 16 whopping snaps at G while someone was injured for a couple of drives. This is a bad team loaded with no-talent assclowns and they’ve got guys dropping like flies over there.

The OU mods were reporting that he’d be at their matchup with Tennessee.

I’ve always thought Freeze was a good coach. I’m now wondering how far off base that view might really be when reviewing his work. At Ole Miss, they were aggying the bag game before the aggies showed up and did it too. They were paying double what anyone else would and amassed serious talent. Then it all fell apart. At Liberty, they basically play an FCS schedule. Anyone can win there with that bullshit. Now at Auburn, you can’t outspend everyone all of the time and the schedule is tough. So what happens? They’re a mediocre program with a piece of shit for a HC that the lunatic fanbase is beginning to discover it doesn’t like very much. As much as I would like to see Auburn beat OU and ATM, I can get behind just watching Hugh Freeze burn that thing down to the studs.

Mississippi State is easily the worst team in the SEC. They can’t run, they can’t pass, they can’t tackle, and they can’t defend the pass for shit. They adore Jackie Sherrill and his clown obsession. These idiots think cowbells are innovative and intimidating. ULM has better personnel at multiple positions compared to these redneck dipshits. Texas wins by more than 50.

Yes. Heupel confirmed that he went fully conservative in the post game. He had a multi-score lead against a terrible offense and chose to grind the defense with his power and depth. Which he did. Is this some sort of meme for folks here? I feel like I’ve seen that notion challenged on here a few times. What in the fuck are you guys watching if you didn’t see that Texas decided to comfortably get out of Ann Arbor with a win and just play keep away in the second half of that game?

“And that App State team with all of that experience was really good too!!” They went 6-6 and weren’t invited to a bowl.

Auburn’s penchant for turning the ball over and OU’s penchant for creating turnovers is not a good combo for Auburn. I expect the OU mash unit to win comfortably on the road. Hugh Freeze is just a dick with ears in the era of NIL and the portal when he’s forced to run a program in a real conference. It read like you were claiming the offense had pieces, and I had the same thoughts as Mitch, frankly.

An off week is still after Auburn and won’t be fixing season ending injuries. People claiming the “OU defense is legit” didn’t pay any attention to what Heupel decided to do last night.

OU has absurd injury issues at this point. -They lost Dolby (cheetah starter, kind of like a bad version of Barron) for the season and maybe ever with a dislocated ankle. -Burks left the game and is rumored on their 247 board to have a season ending issue. No idea if valid but the dude is hurt with a lower leg injury and that nullifies his overrated value. -Anderson severely reinjured his quad and may be done for the year. -Anthony isn’t playable because he’s a shadow of his former self. -Tatum has a neck injury or concussion or both. -Terry has a vagina and has now been helped off the field more times this season than they’ve played games. It’s hilarious. -Jayden Jackson has a shoulder injury. -Danny Stutsman has a weird head injury that causes him to disappear from within 5 yards of the LOS in big games. Dude had 3 tackles last night and Tennessee literally ran the ball 50 times. -Oh and now they’ve sunsetted their previously perceived savior at QB for a true freshman who looks like an Alex Orji starter kit. Venables wouldn’t commit to either QB in the postgame press conference and might be cooking up a divisive QB controversy if we’re really lucky. If I’m Arnold’s helicopter parents, I’m pulling him from school now and connecting with the folks at North Texas regarding guarantees for next season.

I thought that Florida was going to blow MSU out in this one. I understimated Florida’s incompetence.

Some of these guys, and the “bonfarr” poster in particular, with the “players don’t notice cheerleaders” notion and then talking about his experience in high school. Tell us more, Elton. Half of the fucking reason I played football was due to the cheerleaders and drill team. I’m quite certain I am not the only one.