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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
That Stanford game. JFC. Mack was upset about the fans not showing enough love after the opening game. I think maybe the opener that year was a lackluster performance against UNT. Texas won like 30-0 but the OL looked like hammered dogshit. A Nose Tackle named “Booger”, who was legitimately no taller than 5’10” and looked like a human fire hydrant, went nuts and basically shut the run game down. So Texas fans were meanies on the Internet and then one got loose on Mack’s call-in show and complained about the performance. So, Mack Brown had one of his kept men in the news corps following the program, Jerry Scarborough, right a stern admonishment in his newsletter at the fans. You could practically see Mack Brown wagging his finger at us through Scarborough’s write-up. He warned us that Mack could just take an NFL job and then we’d apparently be stuck with John Mackovic again as our only choice. I met up for one of the first times with PhxHorn, SLX, oneriver, CrazyJoeDavola, and other GoBig12 and Hornfans great posters at the time at a Chuy’s in Houston the Friday before that game. Phx was beside himself over Scarborough sending that out (they were friends) and then lamenting that Mack was focused on the wrong shit and we were in trouble for the Stanford game. “No way, man. “ early 20’s ctj thought. It was a late start on the west coast. We looked like shit almost immediately. Stanford had no business beating Texas that night. It was infuriating. I don’t get what they think they’re doing with this kind of stuff. It’s pathetic. You’re putting other programs, with no ties to ATM, up on a pedestal. I get that there are no “iconic” images from ATM history to tie their WR corps to, so just don’t do something pathetic like this. They can’t help themselves though. They’re going out of their way to embarrass themselves here.- 486 replies
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
closetojumping replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
He gave $20M to the actual finance program a few years ago, I believe, as well. -
Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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There’s a bigger reveal here for you guys than just a new facility. -
Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
They're being vague about injuries because The Elk is one paranoid fatfuck, but the rumors are flying. Jerome Myles posted on SnapChat from a hospital bed at Memorial Hermann Joint Center and they're saying he reinjured his knee and is having surgery. No one will confirm a timeline or the degree of injury, but it's actually posted on an Aggies247 thread that was started by one of their "insiders" a week ago, saying that the guy was awesome in practices and scrimmages and passing multiple players on the depth chart. Separately but on the same front, Reuben Fatheree has the dreaded "lower leg injury" and is on crutches. Carter Karels confided that they don't have specifics, but he's not expected to return to practice for "at least a few weeks". Given that that guy missed almost two seasons with a knee injury, I'm not sure I'd be real optimistic on his healthy return in just a few weeks if he's on crutches and wearing a boot. BTW, this was also disclosed on Texags, but apparently only to the premium subscriber board, which has non-subscribers comparing The Elk and Liucci's behavior to Little Debbie Franchione.- 486 replies
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Do you understand how generations work? I feel like you should. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
I know how to read a room. The problem is, many times in my life, I’ve read the room and then said “fuck it”. I don’t recommend it for everyone, but I’ve had a hell of a ride. -
Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Apparently an insider on Texags' premium board has posted a bunch of camp notes. @Longhornfrenzy do you have access to that forum? I don't. One of the things he's stating is that safety is the worth position on the field for them, that they're all soft or slow back there, and that Bryce Anderson is playing himself out of a role and likely won't be a starter. Paraphrasing from someone on Aggies247's paraphrasing of Texags. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Prettaaayyyy, prettaaayy good. I'm sure I'm on ignore lists on this site, but there are thousands of users and lurkers. I don't think that site has thousands of posters. I just went up in flames with like half of their board. It's comical but now it has me wanting to post more there. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
I don't think that's too conspiratorial and two things can be true at once. I think Goosby is hurt worse than anyone is letting on. I also think they'd rather have Robertson at Center and Hutson at LG, but that complicates some things with the Omeozulu family and they like the Edge brother. It'd be fucking great if the guy could actually play Tackle. I've lost faith that he's worth a shit at this point, though. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
It's at the point now that a bunch of them are piling on top of one another to put me on ignore and brag about it. It's pretty outlandish, but it does make it easier to address shit in the future with Bobby, Gerry and the like without having to deal with a bunch shrieking harpies in the process. Some guy also called me a bad fan and the biggest longhorn fraud on the Internet. I don't know why that kind of stuff entertains me and makes me want to interact further, but it does.- 8086 replies
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That sucks. I wanted that dude from the portal. I thought he was going to have a great season.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
No. Just go with the obvious answer. Goosby is hurt worse than anyone is saying and they're trying to figure out if they can win against Ohio State with some other option, or if they're going to press forward with a physically limited player. They don't tell the truth with injuries, and I don't blame them, but Vogel is too naive to actually filter out the bullshit part of the news. Occam's Razor wins here. The simplest answer making the fewest assumptions about why they'd suddenly be moving three different positions around while the starting LT is missing practice is that the LT is either hurt in ways that need to be gameplanned for or something off the field happened and it's the same same from there. -
I actually think that Michigan State is going to be improved this season and more formidable going forward with Smith at the helm. Michigan State has some decent NIL backers. Everyone got turned off by the Mel Tugger stuff, but if Smith shows real signs of life, they're going to be okay on that front. Regarding Maryland, folks should look at their schedule. They just brought in a decent dual threat, true freshman QB, and Locksley has actually amassed some talent. Everyone is picking these guys at the bottom of the Big 10 with Purdue this year. Maybe that comes to fruition. That said, I think they've got a shot at being an ASU type of riser this year. Regarding the schedule, they play poo in the non-con and then they miss Oregon, Iowa, Ohio State, USC and Penn State. They get Indiana and Michigan at home and go to Indiana. They could go anywhere from 3-9 to 9-3.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
I can't figure out if it is a bit with you or if I am going insane. I see pics that don't render from your posts at least once a day. Am I the only one? I don't have this issue with any other posts. Is SouthAustin an broken image posting imbecile? It's got to be one or the other. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
My behavior on OTF has been reported and now I'm hearing about it. I did not say a single cussword and did not call anyone a name. Several people have told me to kill myself. It's always the same shit on those sites. They're inhabited by more echeeses than anything.- 8086 replies
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I have Irish relatives through marriage and we've visited plenty, but mostly on the west coast with Galway as the home base. The crazy thing about going from there to Dublin is that, the first time I did it in 2009, it was like a 6+hour drive. Maybe more like 7+ if memory serves. Now? Less than 3 hours. They've really built out a lot of infrastructure that they were lagging on for decades. Anyway, to tex's original post, the kids growing up there still have to learn Celtic/Gaelic/whatever they call it in school. They say there's a pocket of like 10,000-ish people on the island who still speak it as native tongue. Also, Dublin is a terrific city. I want Texas to open against someone there, preferably Notre Dame, someday. I'm excited about the Iowa State/KSU game. Does Matt Campbell do his typical opening game bedshitting? Or does he have his team ready for a conference rival? Does Klieman move on from whatever personal stuff was causing him problems last year? Can Avery Johnson approach living up to the early expectations when he arrived? Can he complete a forward pass at least 15 times in this game? Interested in finding out. The KU/Fresno State game could be fun. Leipold has another new OC. Maybe Jalon Daniels figures some shit out more quickly this season. KU closed well last year, but their start was ugly and ruined the year.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
All I was trying to point out is that CJ Vogel's nonchalance is fucking dumb. This isn't some sort of good thing. Don't portray it as such. Some of your reader base isn't the complete room temp IQ group that posts the most loudly. Jesus. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Of course, I question the OL shit on the OTF thread and those guys are all immediately defending it as no big deal. Vogel calls it "manufacturing depth". Right. Removing meaningful reps from 2 different positions with 12 days to go is not the old "let's get some crosstraining going" type of move. You don't rob two positions to solve for another one. That creates 3 problems. Omeozulu has never taken reps at OT while at Texas. What the fuck is happening here? -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Surprised this hasn't made it into this thread. The Fox commercial for this game is pretty fucking great:- 8086 replies
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
From CJ Vogel at OTF: Texas LT Trevor Goosby will be sidelined for a practice or two more according to head coach Steve Sarkisian Monday morning. Again, Goosby is not expected to miss much time and it is likely he returns before the week concludes. However, when Goosby went down Saturday during the scrimmage, it was third-year lineman Jaydon Chatman who entered the starting lineup at left tackle. Today, I am told there was some movement on the first team offensive line which aligns with a theory I had earlier this month in regards to Neto Umeozulu and his versatility. The Longhorns bumped Umeozulu out to left tackle, Cole Hutson out to left guard and plugged Connor Robertson into the lineup at center according to a source. We have heard often about the cross-training ability of many offensive linemen currently in Kyle Floods' room, and this further builds on that topic with another veteran getting snaps at tackle. ***** That makes me feel like whatever the injury is to Goosby, it's worse than they're letting on right now.- 8086 replies
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Ourlads link to their view on it: https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/texas/92016 Spoilered for non-clickers: Personal Comments: -They're just wrong at this point at ZWR. -Haven't moved Cojoe out of the DC, moved Chatman to LT2 or Brooks to RT2. -January looks like 1st team over Watson. -Owens is likely 3rd and not 2nd string at QB. -Everything else looks pretty good. -
I wasn't overstating, but you are certainly overreacting.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
I can't decide if this idiotic "what's an average Texas running back?" discussion is worse, the same or better than the "should or shouldn't Arch run the ball" pedantry of the last 3 pages. I feel like both might actually be more boring than the tried and true "name the most terrible memories of Texas football" contests. -
OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Here's an article about David Stone having an "awakening" and now really coming on as a DT for the 2025 season. I'll be surprised if he has, but, hey, there's nothing that can be disproven until the ball is kicked. The guy was developing a reputation of having a bad attitude before entering the portal. Nagy was fine letting him go sit and collect money somewhere else, but Venables threw a hissy fit and OU matched Auburn, allegedly. After that, suddenly Stone is just wrecking shit.
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