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20 hours ago, Pdawg88 said:
I’ve had that conversation many times. And I will tell you with all honesty he has never said one bad word about Texas. He thinks Sark is an amazing coach, and he has told me that he thinks Texas is going to be really, really good this year. I think the writing was on the wall for Casey with Ewers coming in. But again he has never said a bad thing about Texas or any of the coaches around me.
I simultaneously believe you and know that he did indeed feed a bunch of really negative shit to media in order to frame up the situation for Casey Thompson in the best possible light. That included attempted to layer staff and organizational racism into the mix. He'd probably rather not talk about all of that, which was all bullshit.
13 hours ago, Pdawg88 said:You again? Let me guess, you want to drive the 6 hours again and fight me just like last year? This asshole sent me private messages wanting me to meet him halfway from OKC to Austin so we could meet up and beat shit out of each other in a Loves parking lot . I’m pretty sure that most (not dumb enough to say all) OU fans are not cool with beating women. Never put my hands on a women in my life and never will. For the record I said Mixon should have never put a OU uniform on again. Now settle down and have a great day, we only have a couple weeks till the season starts and you can get back to sending me more messages.
This is hilarious and what makes the Internet great. You guys should have met up.
12 hours ago, Scholz said:Hey dipshit, please explain the reason for posting douche bag Sooner players on the UT site? You think there’s a big desire for that countdown here? Go away.
And your whole fanbase is full of shitty human beings who will put up up with violence against girls for football wins. The players I listed are the tip of the iceberg and none of you lifted a finger in protest. Ever. The only reason you’re not as bad as Baylor fans is solely due to sheer volume. Scumbag okies.
FWIW, I find what he's doing hilarious and informative. I hate OU as much as anyone, but watching statsman lose it made me laugh out loud.
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I think I posted this in one of the baseball threads but never here. Brauninger is involved with a select baseball organization called, shockingly, "Twelve", and they're based, shockingly, out of Katy. After the Schlossnagle Maneuver, they announced to the parents of their organization that no players on their rosters were allowed to visit or talk to Texas. They're not a good enough organization to make that demand, but they are clearly insecure enough and dumb enough.
When you see their teams, you know who they are before you can read the names on the jerseys. The coaches are all either swole fat or just fat, all with beards and many mullets, sunglasses with the connectors, usually in crocs. The dads fit the same profile, all wearing maroon at least partly. The moms are as stereotypical as you could imagine as well, jorts and bedazzled tops, "BASEBALL MOM" on either hat, shirt, or both. Baseball earrings as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float.
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3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:
I heard he was much more impressive on the mound than with the bat at that tournament, which is interesting because you usually hear more about him as an outfielder.
Something that raised my eyebrow is that he tried out for the Area Code team this summer but wasn't selected, and pro scouts put that roster together. Maybe he just had a bad day at the tryout but that is typically an event you need to play in if you are going to be a slam dunk high school selection.
If you keep this kind of thing up, I'm going to start convincing myself that he might actually show up to bust somewhere in college.
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9 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:
From what I know about him, he is more tools than production right now. He doesn't/hasn't played a ton against high-end competition, and when he has, his bat has apparently been really shaky. But he can really run and is up to 93-94 from the left side on the mound and that will grab the attention of any team.
MLB teams have really shied away from investing heavily (day 1 type money) in high schoolers with his type of profile in recent years.
I think a 50/50 chance of him making it to campus sounds about right currently, but it honestly may come down to what sport he prefers because the number of guys who play both at a high level in college is basically zero and I don't see Jonah Williams as Kyler Murray. And if he prefers baseball, that might bring the draft more into play because he could be willing to sign for a reasonable amount.
He allegedly had a great camp in Atlanta this summer against top tier competition. If true, that's a driver for OTF. All 4 of their guys, GH, BB, CJV, and BM have connections to both the scouting world for MLB and to the college baseball world.
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6 minutes ago, Codaxx said:
I dont doubt you, but curious as to why you say that. He hasnt been to many schools and Texas is the only school he visited in the last few months. Did I miss something here?
OTF talked to the player and family and their takeaway was that he'd be committing to Georgia soon and that him actually taking the OV in the fall to Texas was unlikely. Then today he comes out and says he's about to announce. Hold out hope if you'd like.
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3 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:
Byron Murphy is being extorted by a woman who was formerly identified as a man and touts her oral sex proficiency via an online nickname.
Okay, I follow. I thought that was debunked as a known NFL scam artist under police investigation already?
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18 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:
I mean there's way better examples than the one of Charles being pinched for blow. If I had a dollar for every millionaire with that much blow in their pocket on the reg every single weekend in this country, I'd have another few million to have fun with. I'm sure you know they treat black people just a tad differently in regards to drugs...
Fuck, I'd be much more embarrassed about a tranny, going by 'head honcho', calling my first round pride and joy of UT out for unpaid 'services'. Woof
Can you explain in plain English what you're referring to in that last paragraph?
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2 hours ago, SL Xpress said:
Invariably Texas stacks up well in recruiting year after year with pretty much anyone. I'd say the three recruiting superpowers in years past were Stanford, Nebraska, and Texas. Stanford is often hard to gauge because they can't/won't accept commitments until admissions says they're accepted to the school, which doesn't happen until late in the process. It's also tough to be completely clear on if they lost a recruit because of academics or something else. In the past, though, if they wanted a player and the player could qualify academically, they pretty much got them. Not sure how true that's been over the last two recruiting cycles, so we'll see what happens in the future.
Nebraska and Texas are 1A and 1B in that order. Nebraska tends to make their choices quickly. They rarely extend their recruiting efforts past the summer. If a player wants to wait and take visits, often they'll just go on to their next target, which puts a lot of pressure on kids if they do get an offer. For about 3 years there they didn't really lose any recruiting battles. Ayden Ames switching to Texas was one of the first ones in three years they lost on. Last year they beat Texas on Campbell Flynn, but Texas beat them on Macari Spears and Taylor Harvey, although Nebraska was pretty much on the outside for both of those players, even though both of them visited the Nebraska campus. Taylor Harvey was even there for their big record setting volleyball match in the football stadium.
Outside of that there's another tier of recruiting, probably led by Wisconsin. Wisconsin doesn't really beat Texas or Nebraska for recruits, but they rarely lose to anyone else. Pitt arguably has the best class this cycle, and they're certainly part of that 2nd tier. Louisville is recruiting better than they have in the past, and their past recruiting led to a couple of Final Fours and the championship match appearance against Texas. Minnesota used to put together highly rated classes but have fallen off the pace a bit. USC has a really good class.
If you're not Nebraska, it's pretty tough to beat Texas on the recruiting trail right now. Macari Spears and Abby Vander Wal could make a case for the #1 player in the country. They're both left pins. Henley Anderson this year is in that same kind of category. Taylor Harvey was the highest rated middle in her class (although I wish we'd been able to grab Favor Anyanwu - she's going to be a beast of a middle for the Trojans). Genevieve Harris is widely regarded as the best setting in her class. Texas had several good liberos at their elite camp this year, and chose to offer Cugino among them, so whether she ends up being the best or not, they're getting their first choice.
It's tough to find issues with Texas volleyball recruiting right now. We're pretty much the 800lb gorilla in that arena. And now the NCAA is going to add 6 more scholarships to the roster, going from 12 to 18 (which makes me very happy - no more 2+2 and 1+3 deals for players to walk on in the hopes of being offered a scholarship later down the track). There are no guarantees regarding future success, and it will be tough to replicate back to back championships, but they're well positioned to be Final Four threats for the foreseeable future, that's for sure.
To be clear, if Elliott finds someone at a key point in the cycle that he has to have, and that recruit or transfer is interested in Texas, Nebraska nor anyone else is relevant at that point. He’s not allowed to just say that about anyone though.
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I had a nice roast duck breast with a plum compote at a Ffrench restaurant in The Bahamas last night. I thought, as I ate it, “fuck those sorry motherfuckers”. I feel like I willed this into existence.
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1 hour ago, BornAndRaised said:Ketch is parroting the same shit on twitter. Basically saying Texas was and is still confident, and they feel like his decision isn't final and will be made final later. We will see I guess.
25 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:Gerry with some interesting tidbits on Sharma.
Told Texas the night before his announcement he was picking Texas, changed his mind in the morning.
Mom is on the visit with him today and thinks her son made a decision too quickly.
This one might not be over.
To be clear, Gerry has not heard from the family that the recruit made a commitment too quickly. When I read what he wrote earlier, I read it as Gerry speak that different gurus were spouting off about that but he’d talked to the mom and she didn’t say anything like that to him. I could be wrong, but my batting average interpreting Gerry’s comments is pretty high.
The bigger thing the Sharma visit indicates is that Texas came back to the table on the NIL side. Not certain of that, but it fits the puzzle nicely.
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5 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:
Yep, in this day and age she may be “keeping Texas in” to drive the price up for LSU/OU if those are her top 2. From a money standpoint she’s playing the recruiting game smartly
4 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:It was discussed on the UCONN board but when likes were still public on twitter Chavez was liking a bunch of comments about NIL.
She's going to the school that pays her the most money. All the other discussions are pointless.
We’re all starting to understand as well as anyone that the batshit crazy recruitment can scare up some weird levels of money. Obviously this could be one of those recruitments.
That said, OU has focused on football, gymnastics, and softball. They’ve overspent in football for the 2024 cycle and had to pull back a few times in heated recruitments in order to win some others. If Chavez is a $500k recruit, the first of her kind in WBB, and they’re paying that, they will be robbing peter to pay Aaliyah. As the numbers go higher, it makes their squeeze elsewhere more acute.
LSU is currently making ridiculous promises to football recruits, setting the market in baseball, paying for gymnastics and WBB. There is significant doubt that they’re going to be able to live up to their promises in football and their own $9.95ers have admitted on multiple occasions that they can’t match the big boys. Kelly also admitted as much with his “we don’t get involved in bidding wars” nonsense. Does Mulkey have someone backing her that can make all of that irrelevant? I don’t know.
Texas has serious money interested in ensuring that WBB is a priority in NIL. There’s also work being done to line up a strong corporate sponsorship component.
My view is that Texas can win this recruitment even though Texas might not be the choice without NIL. They need to get an OV and lay it all out.
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I went to CS many times while my daughter was going there a decade ago. It really did always feel like you drove 30-45 minutes through the countryside to drive right into a boring suburb of Houston with some of the saddest architecture and landscaping around. A true nothing of a place.
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10 minutes ago, Js1 said:
If the Love's lady was not willing to match for OU, considering their history and the best coach in the game, I find it hard to believe any other school was/could match this offer.
This was a former player and her booster husband going hog wild.
Yeah, it’s just something we’re going to see across all sports. Every cycle, someone, somewhere is going to go crazy for a player or two in most sports.
I am assuming Chavez is going to cost a ton. I’m interesting in seeing how committed Texas is to getting her if the money is the deciding factor. WBB has a lot more support at the moment.
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The rankings should for sure trend more like On3 and not at all like the shit heap that 247 puts out. Net gain/loss values plus fit for need could be pretty cool.
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12 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:
I wish we had some donors who were nuts
Texas has “nutty” benefactors in multiple sports. The football payroll for the 2024 cycle (recruiting and roster management getting us to this season) was met at a number close to the fucking Tampa Devil Rays payroll. Basketball, WBB, baseball, volleyball, fucking golf.
You want to land the likes of Canady in softball, go find someone who just loves Texas and loves softball who also happens to be worth billions. $1M for a softball player is like paying a football player $10M/year out of your own pocket.
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I read this on the beach today. It was well done. Multiple spots were humorous but the ULM write-up was legit hilarious.
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6 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:So 15 current commits. Terry, Lockett, Brooks and Ffrench seem to be the guys we are trending the best with right now. That would put us at 19 commits headed into the season/September. Faraimo, Sanders and Fasusi I guess you could say we are in the fight but doesn't feel like those are trending Texas right now. Same with Tilmon based on what Gerry said today (appears to be Utah). Aidan Anding feels like a complete wildcard depending on how his LSU visit goes.
I'm going to assume the class number will be 23-25? That leaves room for 3 DTs (senior evals or flips; I wouldn't think they would fill up on bread with a 4th unless the flips become out of control, just use that spot in the portal), 1 more LB and potentially 1 more DB or maybe an OT they couldn't turn down? QB, RB, TE, OL and Edge feel like they are or will be done by the time the ball kicks off against Colorado State.
The only risk with Terry is that Oregon decides they have to have him and make any objections moot. So the only risk is all of the risk.
I’m waiting for the moment when Texas decides it’s tired of losing guys it wants in this cycle. That’s happened every cycle since Sarkisian got here. That will play a role with what you mentioned.
Also, Jonah Williams sounds more and more like he’s MLB bound. Texas has as much interest in signing him for the hype and keeping that hype away from ATM or OU as they do in ever seeing him on campus.
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42 minutes ago, Underdog said:
The fuck you say?
If you aren’t prepared to change your handle and lay low for awhile, I would rethink whatever you are about to do next. There are some very, very serious bbq twits on this board, and they’ll come at you with everything they’ve got if you attempt to back Dickey’s.
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43 minutes ago, victory88 said:I also wonder if Texas will come in towards the end with their final offer rather than doing it now and allowing the agents/players to shop themselves and have months to find better offers to drive the price up...
I’m not saying this won’t happen in some instances but that’s not the way it’s mostly been working.
Take Collin Simmons for instance, or Derek Williams the year before. There were amounts agreed to and that is what both sides stayed with to the end.
The Wingo’s tried to renegotiate, with Missouri gladly trying to fuck things up, and Texas held firm. The dad wanted their word to mean something in the end, and it was never fully believed that Missouri was ultimately going to be able to come up with the money.
There is plenty of skepticism around several NIL allotments right now - LSU and USC being the usual idiots potentially just faking it until they make it. We’ll see. No one should have any doubt about Oregon, Ohio State, FSU, Miami, Georgia - those schools have the money to back up their offers, even if each school is working with varying pooled amounts for each cycle.
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1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:
Another poor soul attracted to ebil tu.
Is this recruiting season going as well as it seems to be to the casual fan? Looks like we're cleaning up, but I'm an idiot on this topic.
Baseball recruiting is hard to follow due to limited visibility and draft uncertainty. Rankings include commitments from players who will never step on campus. There aren’t enough CBB recruiting dorks to offer enough data for most of us to figure out what we truly believe. That said, yeah, seems like things are going well.
The sands are shifting a bit regarding draft behaviors and NIL for HS recruits, and interest in CBB is allegedly on a significant rise, so maybe there’s better coverage and clarity in the future.
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14 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:
When I first moved to Austin, I went there once every two or three years. It gave me the same jittery feeling as dating a girl who texts every 30 seconds and it's not even about sex. Seemed about as Mexican as ice-fishing in Canada while some girl texts you every 30 seconds and it's not even about sex. Jangly interior like a Hooter's full of lawyers and they're not even dressed like Ho Barbie. The waitstaff, not the lawyers.
This isn't English.
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22 minutes ago, F250 said:
Are you arguing with yourself?
Maybe. Someone quoted me on to here, but I don’t mind the discussion.
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2024 Spring Practice to Fall Camp Thread - Who’s a JAG now?
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