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  1. Sounds like something the #1 Chuckles Fan would say.
  2. You should change your handle to “#1 Chuckles Fan”.
  3. Not sure what anyone else is talking about but you just compared Chuckles to Bill Parcells and it looked like you were interested in putting in more work to defend the guy. So please, keep going.
  4. Harris is a laconic yes-man who’s constantly more reactive than proactive. He’s bailed out by a HC who is something of a control-freak when it comes to roster management and oversees in great detail that issue on behalf of Harris - when he has the time. He’s also regularly bailed out by the NIL machine, even as he’s talked shit about it unwittingly to people involved with it. The latest experience with this guy was the program being flat-footed on transfer risk coming out of the Cotton Bowl. Everyone was left scrambling when over 30 guys came forward with demands Unacceptable. As SC alluded to, not everyone in the coach’s offices thinks he’s the cat’s meow as he’s frequently seen playing favorites. Finally, Harris himself is allegedly a leak to OB and probably passed those thoughts on himself in order to ensure it’s part of the dialogue. I don’t care about the playcalling and don’t see him giving it up, but he absolutely needs to hire a red zone assistant that he takes seriously. An older, former HC known for being great on that front would be awesome. Someone from the NFL maybe. He’s incompetent in the red zone and someone needs to call him on it if he doesn’t see that.
  5. The posters who cling to the notion that Sarkisian is UT’s Jimbo Fisher are some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet. I see them on Twitter as well, throwing out the canards of various stats that appear to show Fisher outperforming Thirteen Win Thteven through 4 years. I’m sure a few of them know better and just prefer to troll, but most of them really appear to be too stupid to grasp trajectories or all of the obvious gaps between the two regimes. By the end of year 4, the attrition and arrests and numerous other culture issues were starting see a lot of daylight. There’s none of that at Texas under Sarkisian. Similarly, because of the abject failure of their mercenary class of 2022, many of them really do seem to believe that the same thing will happen to other highly ranked classes to follow. They seem to be legitimately unable to see the obvious reality that that class is the fucking outlier. It was the most expensive bagged class of all time and they pulled those mercenaries into a culture rotting from the inside. The issues were so clear that we spoke of that class having issues there in real time. Their behavior shouldn’t surprise me, but it does. These are truly stupid people.
  6. Sir! In the spirit of Abe Lemons, I’d like to buy a glass-bottomed car just to see the look on LotusHorn’s face as I ran him over. Also, having never read this thread except for this last page, this looks like some sort of bum fight. Sarkisian pretty much fucking hates the NFL, btw. Credit to him and Sexton working another raise though.
  7. I somewhat agree. Most of the time, cordial should be the approach. However, sometimes, a motherfucker needs a beating and you need to fight your way through the fodder to get to him. I never felt that way in football, but a GBall guy, like 6’6”, 230 on their court, straight up punched me in the face during a free throw shot. I went after him in the handshake line and while he laughed as people were pulling me back, he also seemed fine that people were physically restraining me: Vernon Crawford at Texas City did the same in hoops after two years in football telling me he was going to fuck my mother while I caught passes on his ass. And then I tried to pull a pitcher out of his girlfriend’s house after he was protected by his Dobie teammates to get him to the parking lot after he threw at me on 4 straight pitches. He later played for years in MLB too, so his arm was a lethal weapon. I saw him at a wedding that I was paying for a few years ago and he tried to apologize to me. What a complete pussy. It’s been 30 years, pussy. Enjoy your pension. So now that I think about it, I don’t know how much I disagree. That said, I don’t if I am a standard example of the norm.
  8. That’s mostly bullshit. I won’t tell the story that my friend told me in private, but a recent meeting with key boosters for both NIL and infrastructure bombed in ways that were uncomfortable to hear relayed. He would have been more motivating if he’d have showed up nude and drug his balls all over the snack table, dumped the tea urn over the top of his head and then walked out the entry door while whistling dixie.
  9. I’m interested to see if they even let that dumb motherfucker fly back with the team. That was a truly stupid follow-up to a td saving tackle.
  10. Forgot to say that the other big thing is that there is a feeling among everyone observing that this team is getting outcoached every game.
  11. I asked someone yesterday who is a patron of the program while we were on a call sorting some other shit unrelated to basketball about the future. The bottom line is that Terry is really well-liked, but he’s not motivating anyone. Money is down, attendance is down, ratings are down, and enthusiasm is down. The biggest problem for him is that the Moody Center is dead during games and poorly attended. He has to make it to the second weekend or he’s gone.
  12. He used a lot of words to make Jonah Wilson sound like something other than a complete mediocrity. Don’t worry, Brandon Harris has Kenny Baker’s back when it comes to filling up that DT room!
  13. This is more 2026 than 2025, but the thought is that Turntine is going to scare off any other highly ranked OT prospects from also signing with Texas. Ojo is one of several answers given when this has come up. We need tackles. So Flood needs to have magic and find someone lower ranked that he really likes and can transform into a high quality starter eventually. I’m kind of ambivalent about Flood. I see the growth with some of the guys that you cited and I feel really positive. Then I think about Conner and Majors attempting to run block or Campbell looking like he has less than 2 synapses firing and I get concerned.
  14. Morbid obesity? Is that a “health issue” or a “health choice”?
  15. Niblack got a $300k deal, didn’t play much and expected more. Good luck to whoever thinks he’s worth it. ATM would be awesome.
  16. Regarding Hudson, I talked to a friend today who says there actually are demons the player is having to battle. Tech did not want him to leave and gave him a great NIL offer to stay. His camp felt he needed a change of scenery. Unfortunately, the best alternative offer came from ATM and they underestimated the psychological impact of living there. I know that sounds like a bit of troll to get to the College Station punchline, but it’s the truth. Hudson’s camp literally mentioned that there aren’t really any trees there either (comparing it Lubbock). It sounds like the guy needs to get some help and then go play somewhere like Wake Forest or App State. Maybe stay away from Seattle though.
  17. Sir! You take your revisionist, woke, millennial nonsense and stick it straight up your own billowy asshole. We're not examining the frailty of John Hughes' portrayals of adolescence in white suburban America of the 1980's on this subforum. We won't have it!* *Also, Susannah Gora breaks all of that down pretty interestingly in this book from like 15 years ago: "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation"
  18. Yeah, as we've discussed for ATM, LSU and OU, the kind of attrition at Bama that they're seeing isn't healthy in terms of it not being a new coaching situation. Even still, let's say Daboer thinks he's doing great work by cleaning house - these are all Nick Saban recruited and evaluated players. It's not like the guy was brining in garbage or anything close to that. For 2025, they brought in 8 transfers, mostly guys that weren't playing at prior schools or weren't starters. They lost 24 guys, most ranked way higher than those they brought in, some of whom were starters at Bama. That's a net loss of 16 guys with mostly higher pedigrees leaving versus coming into the building. For 2024, they added 14 guys and lost 31. That's more than 50 Saban Era players in 14 months leaving to find greener pastures. 54 guys, a few of whom are walk-ons. Heading into 2025, there's less than 25 Saban recruited players on the Bama roster. Of the 54 exits, many were starters at Bama. They lost a starting OT, TB, several WRs, Edge, LB, and DT to the 2025 portal. Double digit players that left Bama in the 2024 cycle started for their new colleges or they played significant roles. Bond, J Brooks, Downs, Amos, Kite, Ricks, Preston, R Williams, Benson, Holstein, McLaughlin, at the least, played starter this past season for new teams. I didn't check on a bunch of others with whom I was less familiar, but there could be more.
  19. @billfromlaketravis does this for free. I would take the first half of the 2024 for Bond any and every day. The entire recruitment of Shannon was that of "come in, we'll develop you into a starter if you show patience, we are going to need an in-line blocker". He was lowly regarded, but we talked about his potential value in that context on this site. We know they can develop guys, so hopefully we get to see that from him this season. We need to see that. As basically the second to last guy taken in a great class, getting value out of Shannon would be major bonus money, similar to Helm. E Winston is another guy who was lowly regarded during this past cycle, since we're thinking about lowly rated TEs for a second. I couldn't get a positive thought for the guy from others except the throwaway line offered regularly of "Banks must see something". He's got great hands and seeks contact. He's just 6'1 but weighs like 240. It would be cool if they actually used him in some H-back or Fullback scheming, but that's likely just fan fiction on my part. If they don't, though, I don't know why in the hell they recruited the guy. All of the recruiting write-ups on him basically said that he could be an outstanding weapon for the right scheme, wherever that is, because of his twitch, ball skills, and general anger on the field.
  20. Right now, somewhere, Sydney is almost certainly masturbating furiously to the confirmation of Niblack’s departure. Why the hell would anyone want to be a part of our group? If I could find a better class of losers to hang out with, I’d have left years ago. We’re a confederacy of dunces if there ever was one. They clearly thought the same in pursuing the Purdue TE. That said, the word all fall and continuing this winter is that unless someone is of seriously high caliber, they’re going to mostly stand pat. If they like what they’re working with this spring, it would take someone special for them to make a move. Agbo still being on the roster probably helps.
  21. I was listening to the SEC channel on XM today during chauffeur hours for me. They had the PBP guy on for Bama and discussed the basketball team for a bit. Then Doering and Burns brought up the football team and the outlook for 2025. It’s always interesting to me when insiders for other programs get to forecasting and this session didn’t disappoint. The guy, Chris Stewart, couldn’t have sounded more entitled. While he admitted to having no clue who would be the starter at QB, he declared that they’d be better passing the ball and wouldn’t see a decline in the running game. Then he stated that the defense finished the season playing like a championship unit. WTF? Finally, he topped the whole thing off by saying that the schedule looked manageable and they’d be playing for titles next year. I’ll wait until after the spring portal period to really develop my own pov on their 2025 roster, but for sure they’re losing a bunch of Saban legacy talent to the NFL off this last roster. Milroe, who they all generally despise as a player and take for granted, Booker, and multiple defensive players will all be drafted. However, we can consider the schedule right now. For a team suffering from major talent attrition the last two cycles, I would not be taking a bunch of these games for granted. @FSU - yes, FSU just went 2-10, so maybe this is a walk, but they went hard, again, into the portal and Norvell is touting their comeback. ULM - the ULM staff seem like they might be really good at talent evaluation. Something to watch but of course Bama will win this game by 50. Wisconsin - Fickell is coaching for his job in 2025. I expect Bama to win, but this is a veteran roster at Wiscy. Also, if you really want a laugh, check out the Wisconsin schedule for 2025. Those poor bastards could legitimately go 2-10. It’s early, but they might have the hardest schedule in the country. Off @Georgia - this looks formidable but Georgia lost more off of their roster this offseason than damned near any team in the country. Vandy - sure this is a revenge game for Bama, so maybe they roll here. That said, Vandy is a veteran ball club and brings back the majority of the talent that beat Bama last year. @Mizzou - Based on returners, this is another toss-up game. Tennessee - Tennessee will be an overrated top 15 team in 2025 but this should be a hell of a game. @SCar - SCar will likely be favored in this game. Sellers is really good and so is the SCar defense. Off LSU - the tigers think they’re a title contender next year. I don’t see it, but the talent between these teams will be comparable. Toss-up. OU - OU returns a lot of experience and brings in a very good QB transfer. They’re going to win 8+ games in 2025 but will one of those be in T-Town? Maybe? Eastern Illinois - credit to Bama for playing two P4 non-con games but these FCS scrimmages are still shameful. @Auburn - Auburn is going to be much improved in 2025 and this is their jihad game. In order to get to the SEC title game, Bama likely needs 6-2 at worst and it could very well be 7-1. I see a 9-3 team at best and anything down to 7-5 won’t surprise me. People have rolled their eyes about the Bama program being victimized by gravity in discussions on this site. Well, collapses can happen quickly in CFB. They just had their worst record in 17 years and the recipe for things getting worse this year is there. It’s a different era now and the talent on the Bama roster isn’t top 3 any more. Further, their experience isn’t robust either.
  22. No idea. They were clearly wrong though.
  23. Well, sure, there’s all that. However, based on what Moffitt did to the roster last offseason at Elko’s behest, the toughest part for Hudson might be when they bring Kevin Spacey in and strap Hudson to a chair at the lunch table and then force feed him giant cans of spaghetti and meatballs until he dies, passes out, or shits himself violently. That extra 25 pounds won’t be added passively, guys.
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