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  1. 2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Man, your constant bitching about that is getting old. 

    BO&W entertains me with his stupidity and sometimes he’ll link to, or C&P, something worthwhile, so I don’t have him on ignore.

    That said, he’s a title-ist imbecile and a general know-nothing, so when he’s vomiting on coaching search threads, I just scroll past every one of his posts without reading. It works quite well. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, Pancho said:

    wake up and it’s GTLV

    gym, tan, laundry, violence

    Black dudes have to tan? I’ve lived my whole life not knowing that. 

    15 minutes ago, Pancho said:

    I don’t recall any report that said Few was lined up, only that there was slight interest. 

    What I’ve passed on is that he expressed interest and there were talks with a third party of some sort. Everyone is basically denying that these days, moving it to “Few said ‘no’” last time, which is new. 

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  3. I used two 2 seeds that I do not trust deeper into the tournament - Tennessee and Bama. Bama almost killed me today. I'm pretty surprised that I'm the only one that has picked either. Last year, I feel like a bunch of us got killed trying to get cute with lower seeds while there were still 1's and 2's in our hip pockets. I'm hoping to see that happen this time around too, I guess. 

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  4. Gerry/Bobby candidate info:

    Friday AM Update: Texas basketball and Rodney Terry

    The Texas basketball staff is business as usual, as of late last night. The staff is scheduled to have meetings this morning with portal recruiting and high school recruiting the No. 1 topic. 

    Obviously, everyone and anyone around the program knows and understands what is going on. 

    The Longhorns are currently in the final two for 5-star power forward Koa Peat (Gilbert, Az./Perry) along with Arizona State. The decision is considered a toss up right now. He is the younger brother of NFL offensive tackle Andrus Peat. Andrus Peat chose Stanford over Texas, USC and others coming out of high school as a 5-star recruit. 

    Terry's future at Texas ...

    Nothing has changed on our end at OTF. We continue to believe that Terry has coached his last game at Texas. 

    There is a lot of timing with the movement, as Bobby Burton wrote yesterday. 

    "But first and foremost is the modus operandi of Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte and the timing of how he fires and hires coaches.

    For example, consider the timing of CDC's hirings of the two highest profile coaches at Texas - Steve Sarkisian and Jim Schlossnagle.

    Tom Herman was officially fired on Jan. 2, 2021. Steve Sarkisian was hired later that same day, on Jan. 2, 2021.

    As for Schlossnagle, previous Texas baseball coach David Pierce was informed he would not be retained on June 24, 2024. Just one day later, Schlossnagle was hired, on June 25.

    In other words, during high-profile hirings, Del Conte's m.o. is crystal clear. He likes to do things cleanly, moving from one head coach to another with immediacy. As one source put it, CDC and Texas do not want to do anything considered merely "patchwork". They want a replacement ready to go prior to releasing the other head coach."

    The Texas brass is well into the process of vetting candidates. 

    Some notes on names of interest ...

    OnTexasFootball believes Sean Miller and Tommy Lloyd are legitimate names to know. Those are not the only legit names to know. 

    Sean Miller's agent is Jimmy Sexton. 

    Tommy Lloyd's agent is also the agent of Rodney Terry. Lloyd has a nine million dollar buyout.

    Names such as Doug McDermott, Todd Golden, Ryan Odom (VCU), Mick Cronin and 2-3 others have been vetted on some level. Also, yes, some unicorns have been too - but they aren't truly realistic at this point. In the last go round prior to Rodney Terry's hiring, contact was made with the agents of Mark Few, Billy Donovan and Quin Snyder. All said no at the time. 

    Asked a college basketball coaching source about potential fits at Texas ...

    On Sean Miller, "Terrific coach. Has the type of offensive system Texas needs. Would win at Texas. Understands demands of big time job."

    On Tommy Lloyd, "Great offensive system. Very impressive recruiting strategy. His assistant Jack Murphy, and Tommy are a strong combo in international recruiting. Would be a good fit at Texas."

    I asked the college coach about Bill Self for fun. "He would be an amazing fit at Texas. Would crush it. No question." To be clear, OTF is not saying Self is a realistic possibility. 

    To be clear, OnTexasFootball is not saying the next Texas coach is one of these three. 

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  5. 3 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

    I have a friend that works with the recruiting visits there.. he says Mitchell is looking more like an OL now.. and that they are raving about Kanak lol

     

    They are ecstatic about Mateer and they feel they have a future 1st rd WR (the Ark-PB transfer)

    It's full koolaide season up there right now..

    I remember when Jackson Arnold was the truth and we were going to get to know it. Also, Burks was a revelation who was going to be next great 1st round WR out of OU. That feels like years ago, man. Or 8 months ago, whatever. 

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  6. 19 minutes ago, BillyGoatHill said:

    No Way Beer GIF by Busch

    Plenty of room for expansion and seats down the walkway on left field.

    $10 million has already been talked about for redoing the area under the stadium where the concessions are now. 

    The suites as they are now are EMPTY for the majority of games. Not sure how that is a priority. Maybe that changes with the SEC now, but in the past, only big series plus regionals and Supers are they full.

    Outfield seating is already in the works for left field (dumbass city give up that road in left) plus another Yeti yard in right (space is there now)

    Upgrade the Locker room ?? Not sure what is wrong with this....

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    The $10M project is likely a $9.9M project for future reference on these kinds of things that might pop up again for any of the sports. CDC doesn't have to get BoR approval for projects below $10M. There've been a few $9.9M projects already and the concessions area is likely another.

  7. Posters on Sooners Illustrated aren't big fans of Joe Jon Finley as the TE coach. They have a thread right now talking about how former highly rated TE prospect Davon Mitchell is now clocking in at 275. He's "shaping up to be more of a blocking TE", per some of their sunshine pumpers. 

    "He's only 18!"

    "He'll lose it by the summer time!"

    "He's really carrying it well!"

    Schmidt and JJF have a history of swelling their TEs up to unhelpful sizes, per some of the haters there. I haven't tried to verify further.

    I found the spoilered post below to be both insightful and hilarious (as a Texas fan). Kanak at TE cracks me up. The hagiographic tale of his turn from solid Clemson commit to OU signee, tearfully apologizing to Coach Dabo for having to go with his heart and begging Coach Vegetables to take his top 100 ranking and let him sign with his first class in a painful act of betrayal to Coach Dabo for both of them - what a guy. Whispers of "Coach BV's next great All American LB" could be heard on Norman podcasts and in coach/booster gatherings. Now? 7th string TE. hahahahahaha

    Spoiler

    Joe Jon has 8 players in his TE room. Mitchell is one of six players that did not take a TE snap in a game for OU last season. With that many new options to put on the field, one would think that performance on gamedays for the TE group has to go up this fall. Even if Mitchell can't run routes and/or catch the ball, his size suggests he is going to be an asset to the offense as a blocking TE.

    84 Davon Mitchell TE 6-4 275 R-Fr. York, Ala. (Los Alamitos [Calif.] HS)
    81 Will Huggins TE 6-6 262 R-Sr. Lenexa, Kan. (Pittsburg State University)
    44 John Locke Jr. TE 6-4 252 R-Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Louisiana Tech University)
    86 Carson Kent TE 6-4 244 R-Jr. Milton, Ga. (Kennesaw State University)
    18 Kaden Helms TE 6-5 238 R-Jr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue West HS)
    22 Trynae Washington TE 6-4 233 Fr. Midwest City, Okla. (Carl Albert HS)
    12 Jaren Kanak TE 6-2 230 Sr. Hays, Kan. (Hays HS)
    19 Kade McIntyre TE 6-3 220 R-So. Fremont, Neb. (Archbishop Bergan HS)

    @Constant @Pdawg88 @kilroydos and any sooner I am forgetting, what are y'all's thought about JJF and the TE position at OU right now?

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  8. I'm reminded of former Astros prospect, Colin Moran, due to these last few posts.

    True to his almost name, the guy once cleanly fouled a ball off of his face. He missed months after that due to the injury. I have watched and/or played baseball for many decades and I have never seen anything like that, before or since. I believe it was partly out of embarrassment that the Astros included him in a trade that offseason and he never wore the Astros uniform again. 

    May this Moran be less Moranic than the last one.

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  9. 1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

    Do they have a Armanti/D'onta Foreman situation going on with the Bowen brothers? Peyton was the big name recruit but he hasn't done shit. Seems like they only offered Eli to get Peyton, but Eli seems to have surprised a bunch of people by not sucking as a true freshman.

    Also, what happened to Adepoju Adebawore? He was a national top 10 guy and he's got 10 total tackles in two years with 2.5 sacks. 

    They’re not developing guys. If you are a 5 star and want to go bust, sign with Venables at OU. Go look at what a lot of the highly ranked 4 stars and 5 stars are doing there. Busts all over the place. Remind you of anything elsewhere in the recent past?

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