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closetojumping

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  1. That’s pretty cool. I’ve attended a game there and that stadium is terrific.
  2. No. No, I don’t think that’s the case. I’ve been told by a lot of people that I am a super nice guy and I care about all of us being happy in this community. Sort of a “Unite-er-er” some might say. So thank you for whatever compliment you were typing about that I missed. Being insecure and overly sensitive is a tough way to make it in life, so I’m going to be rooting for you on your journey with this site.
  3. Hudson noping the fuck out of College Station, once he started actually interacting with students on campus, and heading back to Lubbock would be hilarious. Good luck to ATM trying to lure a WR in the spring portal when Texas and Ohio State will actually have the time to go after few of them as well.
  4. Everyone is going to make their push for Lattimore. There’s apparently been some thought that Osborne and the scatback whose initialed name and high school I never remember would be a pretty excellent 2026 class. If they get a public commitment from Osborne soon, I will take that as a sign that they’re not likely to play the long game to land Lattimore and that extra NIL commitment will be used elsewhere. That said, it’s worth considering that Lattimore is allegedly an easy #1 on their board. Will be a fun comparison to watch over the years. Sort of like Gibson versus Tatum for the 2024 class. Talent acquisition is never not interesting to me.
  5. He is connected to Ohio State brass and a UT guy. Put weight on his posts. He’s been right way more than he’s been wrong about OSU over the years.
  6. You misread my tone, but, sure, I’ll play. 1) No one gives a shit about your credentials in your imaginary dork war for computer usage supremacy. 2) The purpose of talking about AAS GoBig12 was to highlight where the actual Brees rumors started, as relating to Texas. You were too blinded with insecurity-fueled rage from perceiving that your dork origins were being questioned to apparently grasp that. That is why “who the fuck cares if the AAS had a forum” dummy.
  7. He wasn’t arguing for another QB if you reread it. There has been zero discussion around needing NIL money for another QB in the spring portal. I’m guessing they feel fine there, given that. DT, WR, IOL, PK and RB could all get attention. DT for sure.
  8. Carroll was the defensive play caller for his teams at USC. The fantasy talk of Sarkisian ending his own playcalling tenure is as boring as it is tedious.
  9. His uncle is Marty Akins and one of his grandfathers was a Texas HS coaching legend at Gregory Portland - he sent players to all kinds of colleges. The guy was begging for offers. His parents weren’t keeping from Texas if Mackovic would have listened to Randy Rodgers and offered him. You are mixing and matching a lot of shit in these posts, man. That era was not “pre-Internet” and the AAS had a massive forum base covering all Big 12 programs. The biggest one was the Texas forum, which was the precursor to Hornfans. The Brees stuff that persists to this day - much of it started there. Also, they of course wanted Minor, but Mackovic simply thought that Applewhite looked like a player and wanted the guy on the team.
  10. The professor is the guy that instigated, as a “mentor”, all of the summer of 2020 fallout with the players that bled over into none of them except for Ehlinger staying to sing The Eyes after the OU loss. Witnessing that in the stands led to Ewers decommitting and signing with Ohio State. Also, that game fundamentally shifted where the $$ was landing for or against Herman. So my view is that that professor can go get fucked and sell his divisive woke nonsense elsewhere if I could have a wand, but I’m glad he accidentally got rid of Tom Herman for us. Also, fuck Caden Stearns. Brees had two D1 offers - Purdue and Kentucky. There’s nothing revisionist in terms of the million reasons why almost everyone, including Texas, did not go after Brees. Brock Berlin wasn’t in the same class. He was recruited during the Mack Brown era when Evangel and Miami were both machines.
  11. I was merely answering a question about Day being rumored to be looking at the NFL. I haven’t followed actual NFL hires though.
  12. Neuheisel has been saying that Day and the Bears could be a thing for weeks now.
  13. I think you had asked about the two guys being lowly rated to some effect? If so, and I haven’t checked rankings yet for the 2026 class, but both of the dudes we’re talking about are going to be big time P4 targets, including Texas. The way I’ve heard them spoken about, they sound like top 150 guys. It sounds like both guys would lean UT. If the number does move to 105, I do think that increases the likelihood that Texas tries to get greedy in certain spots.
  14. I don’t have an opinion since I haven’t seen either. The word is that they’re planning on taking 2 true safeties, so maybe both guys get the push. The thinking as of last week that I heard is that the Panther Creek guy is a better football player and the North Crowley dude is more athletic but might not ever be the better football. Why wouldn’t they take both guys? Maybe they will or maybe they have someone else ranked higher than both as a priority. Not sure yet.
  15. This dude is toxic in every way. The idea that any place worth a shit is going to give him a shot in the spring seems absurd.
  16. There are like 250-ish draft picks in each draft. Guys below that are highly unlikely to be drafted. That list looks like ass.
  17. Do you honestly believe that this is a thing for Texas or anyone else?
  18. I laughed. In all seriousness, no one should be surprised if that dude gets poached in the next year or so.
  19. The Panther Creek S is the number one target at that spot on the board. Not saying there won’t be other targets, but he is number one. That includes the potentially higher ranked dude out of N Crowley.
  20. I don’t know, man, the issue looks systemic. It’s not like Sarkisian has only sucked in the red zone with Ewers. Also, the Grubb stuff is the worst fan fiction you guys have been tossing out.
  21. It’s funny, I haven’t thought much about who good candidates would be regarding red zone aficionados. I’ve always had a high opinion of Mangino. That would be a hilarious hire.
  22. And then ATM intervened. This was more of a case of the guy thinking he’s worth more than what Texas thought he was. UCF was presumed to be his landing spot for reasons that aren’t solely financial. So ATM must really want him if he goes there. Niblett played all over the field this year and got snaps in many games, usually while the game wasn’t out of hand. The staff likes him. Sarkisian, allegedly, is falling in love with the concept of optionality. Winston, Townsend, and Niblett are all variants of that at different sizes and the scatback with two initials for a first name in this 2026 cycle is also being valued in the same way. What that eventually means for the evolution of this offense, if it does evolve at all, is anyone’s guess. I posted about this on the recruiting board today after getting an earful from two separate and unrelated ends this week about Harris and how he is valued by Sarkisian and maybe not so much by others. Too lazy to go find it or rewrite it, but I offered what I can on it.
  23. You’re being overly optimistic. I do expect Lott to be a Longhorn in the end though. The IOL from Klein makes the most sense. I find myself wondering if Stewart sticks with the commitment, or is allowed to stick with it. The number is almost always going to be 3 or more, especially with numbers going to 105. Of course, that might be why Stewart stays committed as an inexpensive 4th guy on a larger roster. They are going to go after a WR in the spring if they’re able to get traction with the right one.
  24. The thing about legacies these days is that you can still land them, all things equal. However, when everyone else knows the player is a legacy, they’re going to make sure they help that kid get his market value from the home team.
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