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  1. closetojumping
    Get your stories at least vaguely correct if you’re going to try and fit in, noob. Derek Warehime was our toilet destroyer. I’ve hired him to make an appearance tonight at the Moore family cookout. If things don’t go our way tonight, he’s letting everything fly around 8:10. He’ll have been eating collard greens with hot sauce by the bucket ahead of that, so we get to win either way.
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    The guy is calling a commitment out of the blue without notifying the Texas staff. Sounds good. Brandon Harris thinks Texas is in great shape on this one.
  3. closetojumping
    Well, light the cigarettes, boys.
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    I *think* he was convicted. That should be probably be fact checked. I know he was arrested for it, and not that long after leaving Texas, if memory serves.
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    If you haven’t read all 15,000 pages of the “Realignment Talk Not Going Away” thread and monitored with religious fervor, that is on you, sir. The realignment dorks would be seriously offended if they read any other threads besides that one and the “Left Behind” thread.
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    Oh man. Kyle Richardson. Forgot about that dude. I used to hang out with his girlfriend when we were all at Texas. Had a class with her and such. Good times.
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    He’s also a convicted child molester, so let’s not just lump him in as someone who needs to be too heavily defended.
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    Texas wanted 2 top DEs in this class. If they could land a 3rd really good one without a big NIL need, great. I viewed Jones as a non-entity once Orogbo locked in. Regarding OL, where plenty of NIL is always there, if you have two guys who are quality candidates and one is going to cost a lot more and has serious risk on his commitment to the sport, you have to seriously weigh in on what you think the talent gap, if any, is.
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    Rogers loves football and is less about the night life. This could be a trade that irks people but makes sense in the long run. Get him and Brooks and holy shit, that is an OL class. Even without Brooks, that would be a terrific OL group. Also, for people thinking, bizarrely, that NIL is weak or doesn’t matter, take the top 40 players on the roster and everyone of those is an NIL win and a lot of them were highly competitive and involved serious jack. Yes, that includes a backup QB. That is Simmons, Wingo, Moore, Baker, Banks, Niblack, Bond, Hill, Muhammad, DWilliams, every TB, etc., and so forth. The only thing broken in this cycle is approach at DT overall. That doesn’t include Sharma to Oregon. That one is a feature and not a bug. Any idiot using that as a cudgel in an argument should start getting negbombed to clean up the discussion.
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    Hahahahahhahahhahaha. Outstanding.
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    Yeah, let that guy go to Oregon. Regarding Chase Sims, the decision makers didn’t want him in during the summer visits. Now they’re unlikely to get a visit at all. This shit is getting sadly hilarious.
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    Hope is not a strategy. I’ll be crossing my fingers too, since that’s all we have at this point.
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    Who the fuck was saying that on this site?
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    I wrote about this somewhere, but we did a road trip last summer that basically went entirely through SEC country over 2 weeks. I’d wear UT gear occasionally and every time I did, I get comments about Tennessee being “ the real UT” and the thing that drove them crazy was my complete ignorance and indifference. “Cool” and “good for you guys” were met with befuddlement. Then I’d just say “look, we’re Texas. I don’t need to explain or debate that shit with anyone. “ and that would end the conversation every time. It’s a land of sensitive, insecure people when it comes to Texas showing up. Bama is largely excepted from that, except for their behavior around the stadium directly after their loss.
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    Well, if I said that, it had to have been a while back because I do not believe that is where things sit right now.
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    I had this conversation with a buddy who is really, really handwringing right now about Moore to Oregon. If that dude wants to go play in Oregon for QB money, Texas can and likely will choose to match. Of Texas doesn’t do what is required to land Moore, you can knock me over with a feather. Sarkisian wants him worse than anyone else in the recruitment. Compare that to other situations and it tells a story, certainly.
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    So you’re just parroting what I’ve been saying on here for a while then. That considered, the Oregon issue is separate from all other thoughts. There is no outbidding Oregon. If they want to buy someone willing to live in Eugene, they fucking win. We are the boss in most situations, so it’s pretty much impossible for me to bitch about it. Anyone whining about it on here is a simple idiot or completely ignorant of the situation and walking into the middle of the conversation while the adults are talking.
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    I haven’t been since 2019, but have been there in August like 4-5 times and never thought anything of the heat. I guess we expected it, but the water and the breeze offset it.
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    Barnes is trending towards top LB in Texas. We should be fine expecting Texas to land two more LB targets and own of them will be highly regarded. WR should not be anything less than great. You are too pessimistic on OL in general. Even right, it’s a good class. For what’s on the roster and what Texas is getting, DE/Edge is great to elite. Jackson is criminally underrated even with school and family pedigree in his favor. It’s fucking dumb.
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    We don’t really even know if Oregon has “figured it out”. Are they rolling 7 figures to everyone on the roster at DT? You nor I know that, and neither of us can claim that it is likely. Beyond that, we have figured it out at Texas. It was fucking hard and it is hard with players every cycle. So fuck off on the premise in general. Part of how you “figure it out” is players on the roster come to an understanding of why some roles merit more than others and dealing with it, same as in the pros. Outside of QB, no one has dealt with, “hey, that third string freshman DT is getting $1.2M and I got less than half of that to come here.” Irrespective of whether Oregon can then pony up, that dynamic among teammates is a problem. It’s a problem in the pros when it happens too.
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    Can you link this? I’d like to read about it. The only DT that was truly an overpay was Sharma. Texas wasn’t outbid elsewhere. The argument may need to be “Texas is going to have to overpay for DTs until they’re able to recruit on a level playing field since they hired a nobody who has to prove he’s on the same plane as the competition. “ Then you also need someone competent, consistent and capable of original thought manning the acquisition and roster communications to both talent and staff. This one could be fixed right now, but will likely not be fixed until more surprises make appearances, this cycle and hopefully not also down the line from that.
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    You don’t need to tell us you’re joking about getting offered to post elsewhere for money. We’ve all seen you post. Jackson has never been considered a DT by anyone involved. If he grows into that, great. You guys look at numbers and start getting worked up. Word is, he’s as fast and quick as ever and will be a fucking monster at edge. I’d like to see this season from him first.
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    Well, if one impressive young man believes it, that’s good enough for me, sir!
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    Muhammad is our best CB and he’s good.
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    Bishop? Or is that already public?

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