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  1. The Ewers camp was actively running Bond and Mukuba over and backing up and then running over them again heading into the CSU game. Until Bond’s injury, they looked like idiots on both fronts. Ultimately, Bond’s lack of prep and lack of size made him mostly a liability on the field, and his attitude allegedly sucked off the field, once his injury happened. As to being the dumbest guy on the roster, or ever, well, there’s a guy that transferred after disappointing everyone on this board who allegedly can’t read at a JR high level.
  2. Bobby likely doesn’t know who it is either. Like I said, for the staff side, at least, there’s apparently not enough fretting over it for the name to even be leaked due to outreach and such to keep the player in the fold. How we feel about it will be different, I’m assuming.
  3. I believe “billowing assholes” is SC’s preferred terminology.
  4. Do you hear yourself? You’re admonishing someone for post length and repetition? You’re lack of self-awareness rivals Tom Herman’s. I agree regarding PK. Disagree about WR. Exactly. Thank you!
  5. No one is handwringing. A discussion can be had about a position, its players and their outlooks. We can all project whatever we want about how it plays out, but discussing its current state honestly has nothing to do with handwringing. Banner day for you and Sydney on this thread.
  6. The people white knighting for Hudson are hilarious. This shit is about NIL handling, pure and simple.
  7. 1) Yeah, they look like different levels of the same concept to me. 2) Moving the goalposts from trying to put the term you conjured on me to now claiming that you meant willingness the whole time. Where do you think you are? You’re not in some mouthbreathing gotcha contest in the Cloak Room.
  8. Allegedly, they really like Washington. Unless they’re going to land a wizard in the spring portal, our best hope is what I referenced previously - Niblack is ready, and Washington and Shannon come on strong as a duo. If Townsend and/or Terry also force their way out there, that would be awesome. As of right now, my view is that the TE room is the most unproven group on the roster.
  9. Listen, will you take an adderall and focus for a minute or something. You invoked the term “embracing”. Not me. I used the term “showed a willingness”. I guess those are synonymous for you, but they weren’t for me. So I responded to you using that term. How was this not clear for you in my prior post after I quoted the fucking posts to help you and then further explained it?
  10. I, for one, am shocked, SHOCKED!!!, that Micah Hudson is a fucking bust and likely won't finish his college career as anything but ghost story in Lubbock and College Station. Evaluating HS recruits is hard, but I feel like we hit on more than we miss with this stuff. It helps to get input from some of the best guys to ever do the work, of course.
  11. Written like only a true wide receiver could.
  12. Quoted it all so you don't have to quote, surmise or paraphrase incorrectly. This whole "exercise" is not all projection. The outlook for the TE room next year is an open question worthy of discussion and impacted by past and potentially future transfers. I wrote "shows some willingness to block" and you came back claiming that flex TE's "embracing" blocking is a low percentage outcome. My response was that a flex TE doesn't need to be anything more than serviceable, meant to imply that the notion of "embracing" is bit of a ridiculous ask. So, no, I didn't move any goalposts. What is projected is the concept that I know that the guy hasn't learned the playbook and can't block. I don't know that either outcome is true and doubt that that is where things sit for Niblack or he would have been trapdoored 3 weeks ago. My point was that if those things are happening, or happen, then he'd be an asset in 2025 since he's already proven he can be one elsewhere. As to the guy not getting into the rotation later in the season as he's potentially not learned things about the playbook or improved his blocking, therefore that's why Juan Davis played more, maybe we're watching two different programs. I've now watched Sarkisian and his staff play less and less guys at most positions as each season wears on because they tighten their overall circle of trust. You seem to be seeing new guys breakthrough due to late season practice performance or something. Okay then. Regarding NIL spend, some of the NIL efforts for recruits and transfers are designed with multiple years of development in mind during that recruitment. Texas didn't break the bank for Niblack and he could have taken more money elsewhere. I don't know if that means they were taking that approach with Niblack or not, but it's not as simple as "we paid him NIL expecting him to come here and immediately beat out 5th year players", which they also do in some circumstances, such as with the WRs in the 2023-2024 cycle. As to the Agiye "Argyle" Hall stuff, you went to the "I also feel like the percentage of guys who transfer to a school, expect playing time and don't recieve it sticking around and not moping and getting their shit together is also pretty low." and then said you didn't really mean on Hall-lunatic levels, but your sentiments in the prior sentence speak to guys like Hall nonetheless. What is a moping slacker for a football team if not a cancer?
  13. You're projecting a lot of your misgivings with other players onto Niblack. 1) Flex TEs don't need to be maulers. Sanders wasn't mauling anyone. He learned and developed into being a serviceable blocker during his time on campus. 2) I don't know what Agiye "Argyle" Hall has to do with the discussion. Niblack isn't a head case or a cancer. He's also got proven production for a major program on his resume. He averaged over 16/ypc at Bama with 20 catches and 4 tds as a Soph at Bama. 3) Juan Davis had multiple years in the program doing yeoman's work, knew the playbook, and earned the trust of his coaches. He was a serviceable guy this year and had zero learning curve in his role. I find it absurd to be dismissive of him and point to a newcomer's inability to beat him out as some sort of metric. Whoever is leaving, it's someone that the staff and NIL side decided wasn't being realistic versus 2025 expected outcomes. Maybe that is Niblack and this is all moot other than the hypothetical missed season of glory because the staff really didn't give much of a fuck of him coming or going at this juncture. Then we will all get to enjoy watching the development of Jordan Washington and Spencer Shannon as a duo while Townsend shows flashes and Randle continues running amok at the Pi Phi house. That considered, I'd rather hang on to the senior who we've all seen kick ass against us get a shot in the Texas uniform. I'd lose a 3rd string OL or back up safety for that trade.
  14. I find helobious entertaining, so I’ve never pondered putting him on ignore, if memory serves. I thought his write-up was useful as a data point. Maybe the guy is kind of a dud due to attitude, we’ll see. I know the staff is pretty high on him as a swiss army knife on offense and he didn’t come cheap on the NIL front. So now we get to wait and see - is it Sarkisian, Banks and Jackson that we should trust, or will Helobious’ superior evaluation skills rule the day?
  15. Niblack was a good flex TE at Bama. If he actually learns the playbook and shows some willingness to block, he’d be really helpful next season. It’s not like he was an unproven guy. I realize that you have been attempting to sell us on the notion that “Will Randle is being seriously underrated by this board” for the past two years, but I’d like to see Niblack stick and be a senior leader in the TE room.
  16. There was late activity from other schools trying to flip him. He supposedly had a stud senior season and is still growing. We're right on the edge of thin at LB, so getting into the two deep after Hill heads to the NFL doesn't sound insane to me. He'll almost certainly play on STs if he's at all worth a fuck. That will be a good indicator for Chester too. If they're not playing STs, probably both ain't going to make it.
  17. Muhammad and Trey Moore are back. Texas lost guys they were fine losing or guys they flat out told to head elsewhere for better opportunities. There's one guy yet to announce who is going to inflict pain for us as fans. I'm assuming, still, that it is either DWilliams or Niblack, but who the hell knows? It wasn't a starter but it is apparently a big name. While Williams started, given that he's been out for months, I'm assuming they're not counting him as a starter if he's the guy being referenced.
  18. Let's have an eval-off! I think Cunningham will be the standout of the 7 lowest rated guys. You take Stewart. The winner will likely never even remember the bet in 4-5 years. The loser, if called upon, has to take one of the village idiots off of ignore for a month and then like everyone of their idiotic posts on this board for that period.
  19. On Jackson, I think he's got the highest floor of any player in the class. I think Gerry thinks the same. Other services criminally underrated him, from my view. At WR, Sarkisian really wanted the guy out of Hitchcock that went to ATM. That dude didn't want to join a big time class at Texas and thinks he'll be the man at ATM. The targets from there ended up having some serious input from Jackson, who is earning Sarkisian's trust. The McCutcheon recruitment was 100% Jackson. All fall, the word was that they wanted a burner at WR from the portal. Either they're waiting for the spring window to really lure somebody or they've decided that they have that guy on the roster. I am dubious on the premise that Jaggerstone is really that guy. Things look good on the DT front for the 2026 cycle. They're well-regarded by multiple guys that they have high on the board. Let's hope Sarkisian let's Baker be more aggressive early. The word is 6 OLs for the 2026 class and that it's a favorable class for high level talent liking Texas inside the state. Some folks think Turntine is the perfect fit at LT for Sarkisian's offense. No one is coming in over the top for Turntine. He's the number 2 priority behind Bell on the entire national board for Texas. He's viewed as the surest thing since Banks and a surefire 1st round pick if he's healthy. I like Cunningham. My view is that the Coleman guys never play a major role due to timing of former and future signees. Stewart doesn't do it for me. Chester is a mystery and maybe they know something no one else does because they made him an early priority and faced little competition in keeping and landing him. Winston was a bizarre take whose upside looks like Juan Davis in his 5th year, to me. Token Christian will transfer to Lamar and start as a 5th year senior at Guard and then have a nice career in farm equipment sales in East Texas.
  20. The 247 commentary regarding both of these subjects was informative. On Wilson, half of the board was basically "next man up!" and the other half was kind of stunned and worried. The mods admonished the next-man-up audience saying that the staff was surprised and had no desire to lose the guy but that Ohio State was offering major dollars that Georgia didn't have. Much like the Cam Ward scenario last year, either people around the program were full of shit about how much they were offering, or Missouri (like Miami in 2024) just came in with something fucking absurd. UGA has some 5 star talent at Edge, but they're either a true freshman or still fully unproven. On Bobo, apparently Kirby is well aware of what many in the fanbase think of Bobo, and he doesn't give one shit. It's Mack Brown with Greg Davis, fully. They'd have to truly collapse for a change to happen there, per the mods.
  21. They're pretty amazing at TE as a program. Obviously Bowers was a generational talent, but he wasn't rated that way in HS (decently ranked 4 star). They pushed to win that recruitment. DWashington they paid for, but he was worth it and they helped him become a highly drafted guy as well. Yurosek will likely be drafted and his year there probably helped. Delp isn't on Washington or Bowers' level but he's good and will be a early mid-round guy, I'd bet. Luckie is another highly ranked that they landed and the evaluation looks great. Now they've got 2 more well-regarded 4 star TEs joining in 2025. They evaluate, recruit, develop and utilize that position better than anyone else in the country with the possible only exceptions being Notre Dame and Iowa, but I'd argue that Georgia easily does the recruiting part better than either of those schools. If Banks ever left, I'd like to see Sarkisian throw insane money at whoever's getting it done at one of those three places.
  22. On the subject of rosters for 2025 and transfer impacts and such, things look wildly dark for Georgia. Transfers out - 13 players including starters at QB, CB (benched for attitude and his replacement sucked and the mods are pissed he went to ATM) and WR-ish in Evans, plus Damon Wilson (was inked in as a starter for 2025). Transfers in - 6 - Branch brothers, Noah Thomas, 2 mediocre safeties besides the Branch mediocrity, and an also-ran TB from Vandy The losses for this team are insane: -QB Beck, gone -Etienne, gone -All 3 starting WRs and 2 heavily played backups, gone -TE, Yurosek is gone -4 of the 5 starting OL, gone -All DTs, including an AA, gone -DEs/Edges, gone -LBs including an AA, all gone -S, including an AA, both gone -K, gone They return the backup QB, the TB Frazier (who was a far cry from Etienne's capabilities), Delp at TE, the RT who played LT against ND and got repeatedly beaten (1 of 2, the other one is gone now), 2 CBs (one is Harris, who their board is saying the staff needs to replace), and a punter. That's 4 real starters from their 22, a ST guy and a couple of key back-ups. I know everyone assumes Georgia just reloads, and I think they'll be good, but they're not a top 10 team without something crazy in the spring. Apparently, their NIL backers and really fatigued and the fact that they just won two titles isn't helping on that front.
  23. Lives in Georgia, commits early to USC, is looking around and likes Texas. Seen this movie before. If he's not just looking to get paid for visiting, he'd be a really good target.
  24. The whole thing reminded of the time when LotusHorn showed up on 247 and acted dead serious as he declared to the board, who waited on bated breath to read his "insider" analysis whenever he posted, that he'd discovered that closetojumping was Greg Davis. I had the same reaction when reading the punchline about Muhammad: Like that situation, I think whoever provided the news on Muhammad was just being fucked with by staff or agents or something. There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd. Are there some posts you've made somewhere on this site that you can link to that indicate that you aren't a total fucking moron? I'm trying real hard to keep my ignore list under 100, but the shit I've been reading from you lately is basically forcing my hand.
  25. To be clear, I don't think any of the 3 of us deserve any direct credit for anything that has transpired with retention over the past few days. Could be wrong about the other two guys, but I've not been involved with any of it other than bullshitting with folks.
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