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  1. Kyron Hudson, WR, from USC is in the portal. They’re not happy about it. Dude isn’t a burner, but he’s a pretty damned good college WR. One of us is missing a joke, that’s clear.
  2. Is that what good looks like to you?
  3. Man, who could have figured that Kevin Wilson would turn out to be a liar and a piece of shit?
  4. Scarlett was part of the 2022 class, so he can’t be a freshman. White is almost certainly gone. Hicks is there, he’s good and he played a lot. Regis might be going pro. I don’t know who Boadi-Owusu is. The guy is giant tub of goo. I cannot imagine, given how terrible their S&C appears, and how far so many of their players have gotten, that they managed to help the biggest lard ass on the roster lose weight.
  5. Players viewed as sure things at any position are in the tranche behind star QBs. Top 50 national guys. Anyone else trickles down from there. IOL, LB, TB, TE, ST - those groups don't command as much as WR, DT, DE, QB, S, CB, generally speaking.
  6. Give me Key over Anderson or Brown. There have been rumors for awhile that if Anderson went in, Texas would be interested. I don't know if that is true, and if it is, how much of it is driven by pettiness.
  7. Ohio State just signed an OL class of 3 guys, with 1 being an OT. The OT was in the top 100 while the IOLs were outside of the top 300. This is basically what OSU does every year. Ohio State just got its ass whipped on the OL front against Michigan. Ryan Day is facing serious questions about the OL depth on the team due to a rash of injuries and some of the lower ranked JAGs having to now play a bunch. They're now forced into playing true freshmen, who are not Kelvin Banks types, due to depth issues. Day's already fired one OL coach and now he's being pressured to do it again. Is it the OLC or is it Day? They've under-recruited that unit since Day took over. They always have highly ranked classes with a lot of flash at QB, DB, and WR while quietly under-signing OL groups with very few stars. For comparison, in the last 4 cycles, Texas has signed 18 guys while OSU signed 15. Georgia signed 22. Texas and Georgia signed multiple top 150 guys compared to Ohio State, who signed just 2. While it's not as bad at Bama, they're trending towards the same kind of problem. They've signed 15 over that same 4 year span, however the quality compared to Ohio State's pulls isn't close. Bama has signed many top 150 OLs in that group. Still, depth and development matters. Bama's had plenty of OL problems themselves. Anyway, I expect to Ohio State to fold-up against the first front 7 worth a shit that they find in the playoffs. If they open against Tennessee, that could be it. Fun times for us, really.
  8. You got me. Obviously, eventually that is likely to happen. Maybe this is the cycle. Either way, the LSU people talking about it with Phillips are simply making shit up and feeding it to the rubes within their foul-smelling fanbase. That said, I do love some cajun food. Last night, my youngest daughter requested cajun, so I cooked boudin, blackened some red snapper and made a creole pasta. We ate better than LSU did on signing day.
  9. In thinking about Monday and the portal this cycle, several things are similar to last year. 1) Texas allegedly has a group of "targets" who have made it clear that they're entering the portal and are interested in Texas, or plan on just straight joining Texas. 2) Brandon Harris is still right in the middle of handling the portal efforts and setting expectations on all sides. 3) Texas is really committed to landing DT help. Accordingly, I am managing my expectations about all of the shit starting to float out there, both in regard to what could be coming UT's way and who could be heading elsewhere.
  10. The least amount of draft picks produced by Bama in more than a decade was 7 in 2022. That class still included 2 1st rounders. The last 2 drafts have seen double digit picks each year and 6 1st rounders total. Until there's some sort of fall off, a discount will probably be a thing for a bunch of guys. Bama didn't sign a top 5 class this cycle by slinging around top level cash. I assume the allegedly very competitive offer to Terry is being put forward for the simple reason that he's an outstanding prospect at a position of desperate need for Texas. Doubt there's much else to it. If that guy short-circuits a dev cycle and can play early, that lessens pressures in the portal. Maybe that's what they also see.
  11. Another highly rated bust from the 2022 cycle. He sparsely received snaps this season. I'm sure he's expecting to get paid. I'd say "good luck" to him but he was one of the constant shit talkers along with talentless assclown Bobby Taylor during the 2022 cycle. I'm guessing some old stuff in his twitter timeline is pretty hilarious, going of off memory. BTW, that's 18, I think, out of 30 signees from the vaunted 2022 class that have now fully busted at ATM.
  12. As of this moment, allegedly Georgia hasn't presented an absurd offer to Terry, while Texas and perhaps Auburn have. That's the whole point of "not sure Kirby is going to let a 5 star in-state DL go to Texas" comments. There's an expectation that Georgia is going to match whatever is needed in the end in order to retain the guy. Georgia might be out of gas though. They're not Yellawood backed or Ellison/Knight backed or built with a collective/corporate combo on the level of Texas. They had to do a whole lot already to get a lot of guys across the finish line and two of those were 5 star DLs. There's always the shot that Georgia's backers have fatigue or nothing left to give in this cycle. Were that to be the case, then it comes down to distance from home for the family and how Texas could overcome it. Auburn's offering, in yet another cycle, is that they have a lot of money to pay a player and the current roster sucks so badly that said player can play significantly immediately. So they got a bunch of guys to hold their nose and sign. Maybe that works with Terry here as well. Allegedly the final bids are due today, so we'll know soon. I'm guessing Auburn wins if they've landed in the range of Texas. I don't see the poors at Bama winning unless the guy wants to give Kalen Daboer a discount for some reason. Probably an Auburn head/Georgia heart kind of deal in the end. At least with Georgia or Texas, development at the position can be pointed out versus the shitshow in development at Auburn with Durkin. They've had two DTs drafted in the last 4 drafts - both 7th rounders last year, already barely hanging on to an NFL roster via the practce squad.
  13. He's not currently on PFF's big board, but no one should take much stock in that yet. Guys like Moose Muhammad and 3 WRs from CU not named Hunter are currently on there. I see a bunch of spares that are not going to project better than Golden at the combine or in film review.
  14. I find the SOS argument against Texas to be disingenuous, or ignorant. Guys like Mandel doing it aren't ignorant, they just like bitching about Texas for clicks and personal bias. Old school SEC talking heads are really struggling to frame up the reality of Texas showing up and not giving a fuck about deference or waiting turns or whatever other ethereal nonsense they have in their heads that they think actually matters. Texas scheduled the most difficult OOC game in the country on paper. It's the same next year, too. They played two other eventual bowl teams in the OOC and the dreg on the OOC, La Monroe, wasn't an FCS team and almost went bowling. No one looked at that OOC in the preseason and gave it anything but praise. That should stand now compared to damned near any other program. Regarding the SEC portion, cry me a fucking river. Be better. Stop talking shit about conference difficulty. Tennessee played the same schedule but traded Bama at home for ATM at Kyle Field. They played a decent, on paper, NCSU team, an FCS team, the worst team in FBS in Kent State, and fucking UTEP in their non-con. They couldn't even beat Arkansas. WTF aren't they getting the same level of whining and scrutiny? Teams like Ole Miss and Indiana should be ashamed of their OOC behaviors. Ohio State as well. All pussified nonsense. I'm hoping Texas never does anything but scoff and mock when asked about it.
  15. Merely intimating that the guy could be drafted is a sell, to me, at least. Same for Lole. If either of those guys get drafted, you'll be able to knock me over with a feather. Frankly, I'm going to be surprised if either get a combine invite. Lole's medical records alone should prevent an invite.
  16. The injury this summer was a stupid thing. Late hit on him after a play was whistled dead by a try-hard trying to standout to the coaches. I agree with what you're saying, nonetheless.
  17. I'll get mocked and eyerolled on this, so be it. I had fumblitis in the 7th grade. 12 year old me was psyched out about the shit in ways I have never been elsewhere in my life. Couldn't fix it. Every time a handoff to me was called in the huddle, people openly bitched about it. I fumbled once on a long almost touchdown run, wide open down the sidelines and no one within 10 yards of me. Whoop! Right out of bounds. Came back for 5 more seasons of football, touching the ball 8-25 times a game and fumbled twice in five years, both on perfect punchouts by the defender. No clue how it works for grown adults, but that shit is brutal on the mental end. No thanks. That dude defines mediocrity for highly rated WRs. He was valued enough in this last cycle by the staff to merit a significant NIL placement. I think if they can get him back, they'd absolutely take him.
  18. I haven't watched any film and I assume you have. How good is Stewart, really? If Sarkisian gets his pick of the litter for WRs across the country outside of who Oregon wants, is Stewart a top 5 guy? I haven't heard of that kind of talk for him, but it's early, sure.
  19. You keep trying to sell us on Conner getting drafted. You do realize that, eventually, scouts and analysts are going to actually watch his film, right? In more than a handful of plays each game, the guy touches literally no one on the opposing side of the ball.
  20. I know it's early, but I just went through two sites, including PFF, regarding RBs for the 2025 draft. 1) Holy shit this is a deep class. 2) Jaydon Blue wasn't listed on either site. Both sites had 30 or more TBs graded. This dude might not even get invited to the combine.
  21. I understand why this happens and I know I do it too, but you guys are high on your own supply with Blue. He's not a starter at Texas, he doesn't project to be able to add any value running between the tackles, he's not particularly tough, he can be overwhelmed in pass protection, he's not a skilled kick or punt returner and he has the worst case of fumblitis for any player on a Texas roster since Ricky. He does two things well - he's an excellent receiver out of the backfield and he's very fast. Keilan Robinson was drafted in part because he was an excellent ST guy in multiple ways and he was good to excellent at numerous facets as a TB, if totally undersized and unable to run inside. That's just not Blue. FWIW to those who weren't there, Golden did not walk on SR night. I am unsure of the rules and such, so maybe he couldn't simply because he's not going to graduate any time soon or something, but that's likely not the case. I took it as an indicator that he wants to come back. I think the dude is a terrific college WR, so I would love to see that. He catches everything, plays tough, runs solid routes, has a workmanlike attitude within the program, is helpful on kick returns, etc. It would be great news if he returns. Plenty of guys come back within 9 months of an ACL injury and play like nothing happened. It's a truly individual issue, so no one knows shit right now, but it's more likely that he's ready in the summer than not able to workout in the fall, given history of others with the same issue. This isn't the 1970's.
  22. Texas isn’t paying a non-qb HS recruit seven figures. They never have and Phillips isn’t that guy to change it. This bullshit the LSU end is pushing is manufactured out of thin air. The reality is that Phillips’ family started to have very real concerns about Brian Kelly as a human versus being compared to the culture at Texas. Players at LSU are starting to turn on Kelly and have indicated disdain to recruits. LSU doesn’t have $800k/year to commit to a NB, btw. That’s also ridiculous bullshit. $800k was more than LSU used to be able to scrounge up in the bag game for all of their bag game deals in a class combined. Those idiots are as poor as they are dumb and dishonest. There are few dumber, poorer and dirtier fanbases and programs in all of CFB. I am truly enjoying watching those sorry motherfuckers bawl all over themselves. Things are going to continue to go from bad to worse for those scumbags and we get to be here for it.
  23. Has something changed regarding Blue? I’ve heard all year that, irrespective of this being the deepest pool of draftable TBs maybe ever, he’s entering the draft no matter what.
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