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  1. Some actual recruiting stuff today of interest, spoilered below from GH. He's very high on flipping Malakai Lee, likely because Lee had given Texas the notice that he wanted to join the class before he announced. That led to Texas trying to figure out if Ojo was in or out. He said he was in and they let Michigan win the commitment. Must not have hurt the Lee family's feeling too much if he winds up flipping.
  2. I'm more excited this year than 2009. It's 2005 for me in terms of the last time I had more confidence. I thought the 2009 team was razor thin and that the OL was a piper tiger. I remain shocked to this day that Texas made it to the title game and was controlling it before Greg Davis' dumb fucking playcalling. My perspective has very little to do with Arch Manning. I really would like for him to be awesome, but the Texas football team, and all of us, don't actually need him to be awesome. He needs to be solid. Beyond that is all found money for this team. This is the deepest roster for Texas in most our lifetimes. There are dudes at every position and in every class. The storyline used to be that the Alabama second team was a top 10 team. I never fully bought that, but top 25 for sure. I see this roster in that same vein. The defense's second team is probably a top 10 unit, or close enough to argue it. There is that. I think the hype and the anti-hype at a national and casual fan level is all driven by the interest in Manning. That's fine. I just think it is misplaced. Kannell and Dvoracek taking Texas in the #8 spot of their rankings is a great example of the anti-hype. They're almost solely reacting to Manning and thinking they're coming across as savvy that he and the OL will have growing pains. Guess what? They will. The opposing team still has to score more than 17 points if and when that happens. Good luck with that. The Manning focus from every direction is burying this team's lede, and I'm a-okay with that.
  3. I'd say maybe throw yourself into other Texas fall sports but Ange Kelly fucking sucks and so does, apparently, the women's soccer team. Volleyball plays this week, though. Probably not completely sating, but it's something. I see the NFL preseason in the same light and that will do tonight.
  4. Write him off, buddy. As a general rule, if a freshman isn’t in the “I’m told” part of the $9.95er updates before their first fall camp ends, they’re never going to produce for the program.
  5. Anytime Tarp can get a minute away from the football department censors, he's writing subtle SOS letters disguised as threads in which he's trying to let anyone who may be listening know - know that the aggie defense is going to have its cheeks clapped on a regular basis. Spoilered below is an article in which Tarp explains that the dominance in camp of the aggie offense might not be the greatest thing. It's also giving an indicator that the aggie front 6/7 is small and is going to get manhandled this season. He fails to say they're also slow and that they lack talent, but we don't need him to tell us that, as we've watched them play. Highlights: -York and Scooby Doo go 227 and 230, listed. York is a menacing 5'10". York is tiny and he's not going to have massive guys in front of him to buy him time on plays. He's like a midget version of Danny Stutsman. He'll rack up 10 tackles per game, averaging a distance of 9 yards down the field per tackle. -Albert Regis is listed as 6'1", 320. He's a buttplug who's probably not clocking in at 6'0" if he were somehow invited to the combine. -What they fail to account for in the interior isn't helped out on the outside, where they are also small-ish. Here's where Tarp explains that they're going to have to walk safeties up on most plays. -Luckily, Tarp points out the solution to all of this: The aggies need to always be playing with a lead. If they have the lead, they can theoretically apply pressure on the passing game. I didn't realize that being small and slow made your matchups favorable in the passing game for a defense, but I am not an aggie sportswriter, either. -The good news is that ATM won't be playing any teams this year with talent in the running game. There aren't any guys like Jeremiah Love or Ahmad Hardy or Jadyn Baugh or CJ Baxter with size and speed to punish their weakness. No mobile QBs like Taylen Green or Arch Manning or DJ Lagway or Lenoris Sellers to press the outside and run RPO. Nothing to see here, folks.
  6. Ohio State scrimmage update from Bucknuts spoilered below. Their insiders are pretty subdued while trying to stay positive regarding the OL and running game.
  7. The Canterbury Tales was a bawdy, medieval delight to read, sir. I don’t see a problem with scheduling ASU or Louisville as the P4 future opponent. Hell, ASU is ours in like 2032/2033 or some shit.
  8. Huh? This thread doesn’t bother us. I love this thread. Hounding your dumbass is more fun than it should be, but here you are living up to my expectations again. I can’t lose.
  9. This has been a big part of my argument all offseason. They’re getting a lot of credit for their roster and I don’t get it. They lost guys to the NFL and they’re replacing them with guys who aren’t getting drafted. They’re getting credit for returners and they don’t develop guys. So what if mediocrities are returning? Separately, the other major issue is that all of the breaks they got with their schedule last year are turned against them this season. Five true road games, three of the opponents ranked in the top 10. They’re talking about an easy blowout against UTSA. UTSA is a 2024 bowl team returning a bunch of good ballplayers with a good coaching staff. I’m not expecting a UTSA win, but I will be surprised if it is a walk in the park for ATM.
  10. Adjacent to our season, Bama lost Jam Miller for a lot or all of the year with a separated collar bone. Dude is good and they thought he was going to have a big year.
  11. Hell, I don’t remember posting a first one. You’re going to have to remind me.
  12. Gerry said he’s a bad fit for the Texas offense? You’re confident he said that, bill?
  13. I consider it some sort of banal version of performance art by slorch. It’s sort of the forum version of Tech’s athletic programs historically. Blandly mediocre, largely irrelevant and vaguely unfamiliar.
  14. Okay, let’s get a grip here. Texas isn’t hated in the media. Some folks resent Texas, sure. For most, things are better when Texas is contending, like’em or not. Same for an others like ND and USC. It helps their discussions. Also, I go to a lot of other fanbase boards. Everyone thinks the media hates their team. All of them.
  15. Yeah, I remember you saying that. I don’t remember Gerry saying it. I don’t think the staff purposely fucks with $9.95ers who put in work and share information. Two way street. Sometimes, the “billfromlaketravis filter” simply has to be applied.
  16. Spoilered below is an article mistitled by Tarp. He says it’s about the LBs, but it’s about the RBs. Highlights: -Tarp again pushes one of the most laughable bullshit premises that anyone talking about ATM seems to have to push -that Reuben Owens is a big play guy. If I remember correctly, the guy’s longest play from scrimmage is less than 25 yards and very few are more than 10. Where in the fuck did this notion come from? -He’s identified that some of the aggie honks have prematurely started pushing true freshman Morrow as the next big thing. This is happening because idiots who cover the team overrate 7 on 7 performance.
  17. Sort of like how Gibson is like 4th on the depth chart at this time? Are you sure this is actually what Gerry said, bill?
  18. Pretty sure they played for the conference title in 1997 and were routed. I think you’re thinking of their claims for the 2007? and 2010 South Division titles when they did not, in fact, play for the conference title.
  19. Does clickbait work?!?! JUST DID!!
  20. In that thread, one guy comes on and adds that half the stadium or more was maroon and that the aggies actually had the advantage in that game. They’re truly pathetic people.
  21. You learn quickly, Park. We’re all very proud of you here.
  22. The Elk could go full Fred G. Sanford on the sidelines during a meltdown this year. That heart could go at any moment.
  23. “What do you want to see against UTSA?” thread of mostly idiocy and delusion linked below. Highlights: -At least one guy is calling them “tusa “ -40+-10 blowouts predicted repeatedly. -Table stakes for one guy is 600+yards from the Klein offense. https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3553333
  24. More road futility goodness as they’re also talking about titles in the same forum:
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