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  1. Norton was viewed as a one and done role player, which is what they got. He made low 6 figures. I'm not sure it's going to be much different for that type this cycle. Graham and Grant could have either picked up $750k in the portal. They were retained for slightly less than that. That is going to be around the ceiling for DTs this time too. If an AA enters the portal somewhere, maybe the number goes to $1M, but I doubt it. I just don't see a lot of inflation. Blind squirrels still find acorns and broken clocks are still right a couple of times each day.
  2. Ha. That post was not aimed anyone's political views, more just how off-putting the whole concept of political yelling matches is to me in general.
  3. There are many GM roles in place, with admin support underneath them as well as scouting. They're just all generally reporting to the HC instead of having him report into them. There are pros and cons to that. Texas has a terrible GM in place and the HC and coaching staff are carrying a lot of water accordingly. If the HC sucks and the GM is a wizard, I am not sure it works for a program with the HC on top.
  4. I doubt it. Texas did well at DT due to scouting and evaluations. There was big money thrown around last cycle for DTs all over the place. Texas was interested in Grant, Graham, Williams, Alexander, the dude at UCLA, the UH guy that went to Oregon, etc. All of those guys went for the kind of money that lead to Texas not matching and seeking value elsewhere. We've already been to this movie.
  5. I've not heard that he's any sort of problem regarding attitude and such. I also haven't heard if he'll be back or not. They never got to a spot where they trusted him to handle the playcalling, allegedly. Maybe him getting more snaps this past weekend is promising.
  6. I can't really point to some random post of TexPete's on this subject because I've never bookmarked a page on this site, for any reason. And I haven't noticed him doing it any more than others, but I'm not tracking the guy. It sounds personal with you guys. I can say that when I've told folks to kill the political shit or get fucked, they've either killed the political shit or they've gotten negbombed by many folks on the board. Access and rep are the coin of the realm here, whether we like it or not. So getting someone crowdsourced or trending towards it is about all we have. I'll argue it does work, which is why it only pops around here every few weeks or so. Cloak Roomers generally cannot fucking wait to bring their shitty political takes into any discussion, so if it wasn't working, all of the echo chambering honks from that place would be shitposting here too.
  7. I agree. I also didn't react to the original post from whoever it was due to that, but I see the other way of it too. This reads like a school marm wrote it. The recruiting board has always washed its own face and has no need to fall back on "ackshually, I need to speak to the manager!" as a means of managing dialogue unless it is last ditch effort.
  8. I understand that the computers like Clemson enough to have them matching SMU, but I view that as evidence of bias. I don't know how they're biased, but I've lived long enough to know that designers weave their biases into their creations. Some sort of weighting to recent history in prior seasons or some shit wouldn't be surprising. I bring that up only because I think having Clemson as a pick'em against SMU is fucking dumb. Clemson doesn't have the dudes that they've had in the past. SCar looked substantially bigger than Clemson on both fronts. On the SMU end, they are very fast and not lacking for size compared to Clemson. They also have an electric QB that will give the same Clemson defense that shit itself against Sellers fits.
  9. I don't get trying to troll TexPete on this issue. He's correct regarding the general sentiment of this board. Y'all have a playground to go yuck it up on that shit and no one is pining for it elsewhere.
  10. The pending House settlement is allegedly causing many schools to balk at paying massive buyouts to make coaches go away. Those schools are instead funneling more money into NIL and hoping the current coach gets their shit together. I don’t know about all of history and one of the pedants on here will certainly point out some unknown from the annals of history if they can, but Gundy is easily the best coach at OSU for any of our lifetimes. Jimmy Johnson wasn’t there long enough and Gundy’s longevity is kind of crazy. He’s still not super old. They’d be idiots to push him out. The notion that someone else could come along and repeat his success, much less improve upon it, is frankly laughable. Okie State is historically a backwater program unless they’re paying out the nose to buy players. Now that everyone can buy players, good luck to them being competitive on that front. They should hang on to Gundy with white knuckles. Jimbo is a dumbass and did his best to tear two different programs down to the studs, but the guy can recruit. I don’t think Texas would have anything to worry about, but all programs on the east coast, eastern midwest and in the greater Philly/NJ area would have to start accounting for WVU with big time recruits. VT, PSU, UNC, Ohio State, UGa and Tennessee would all have a new headache to deal with in recruiting. Also, Fisher is allegedly a very petty motherfucker. He’d likely go out of his way to fuck with ATM. There’s no offset to his ATM contract. It would burn them up even more to know he’s getting paid good money by someone else every time they cut the annual check.
  11. The conversation should be about 6/11. The 12 seed goes to UNLV or the Big 12 winner.
  12. One thing to remember here is that Texas doesn’t always ignore the lunatic shit. They’ve never been the lunatic, thankfully, but they have decided to beat them on multiple occasions. Retaining Worthy when Riley offered $1M wasn’t done via reassuring conversations with X. Texas didn’t get Wingo signing on the line that is dotted by just poo-pooing Missouri. Muhammad is a budding star at Texas because Texas decided they didn’t see anyone of replacement value within reach. I am not sure we don’t see some of that over the next few days. It won’t be explained to the board either way, at least any time soon, but you guys can stay hopeful, I guess. I will say that if Texas lands Justus Terry, Texas decided to be the lunatic.
  13. Why don’t you take a stab at defining the term “market” for us? Just a simple request. Tell us what you mean when type “market” out here.
  14. Savea was a bust. Nonentity who won’t be back. Norton was a solid double. I would expect the Big 12 to be used as a farm system for Texas in this cycle. At DT, for 2025 season in terms of rock solid roster spots for Texas - January, Hills, Bryant, Charles. If they keep Mitchell, great. Dicey. Sharma has been offered something stupid by Lincoln Riley’s dumpster fire. Maybe something fabulous happens around signing day and they hang on to Sharma. I’m from Missouri on both things. They need proven ballers from the portal. I think they’ll get a few and it’s going to be expensive, but so be it.
  15. That guy is 47 years old.
  16. As always, you fail to fully grasp the environment but never allow that to give you any pause whatsoever as you spray the board with whatever words spill out of your brain and onto the keyboard. There is no “market rate” for individual players. If someone shows up with 2 or 3 times what the player has seen, at the last minute, it’s a choice then and there for everyone. When that happens once, okay. When it’s 5 schools for 6 different players, with portal work also coming, it’s a fucking problem and it has nothing to do with some notion of a “market rate” or whatever the fuck else you want to bawl all over.
  17. Portal work this cycle will be less about failing prima donnas who act like shitheels while having proven nothing at the P4 level. A big part of the focus will be on retaining the roster. Part of the crazy money stuff coming from desperate schools is to make insane offers to established players playing for playoff teams. Another big part of the focus is going to be on landing 3~4 DTs including at least one difference maker. Attrition there plus damage/ineptitude in the 2025 recruiting cycle is about to blow a gaping hole in that spot on the roster. Everything else is secondary, tertiary, etc.
  18. Could he be really good anywhere else? Think about it. No one is getting processed except possibly Texas with multiple major risks right now. You should also stop guessing. If/when he enrolls, he’s not eligible for the draft this cycle.
  19. I feel like he’s always poor-mouthing though. I will say, I would be highly entertained by seeing the SEC get snubbed a 4th team. The hue and cry from these idiot-laced fanbases would be glorious.
  20. Yes, that dude is legit if he is healthy.
  21. On the coaching change end, there’s also a serious expense attached to buying guys out in terms of those getting fired and potentially those getting hired. I don’t know to what extent the aggie assistants are covered by buyouts, but we all can see clearly that they’re really dumb with their money. If they’re going to fire a guy that is owed $1M in buyout money, that is going to drawn from the same supporters helping on NIL. For a glimpse on that, I read this morning that Joe Jon Finley is owed $1.95M if he’s fired at OU. Castiglione is usually far better with his deals than any idiot involved at ATM.
  22. Feel free to post about whoever is transferring. We don’t know who the staff might value at this point.
  23. I view the coaching change discussion as mostly fan fiction on the aggie end. They went 8-4 and The Elk isn’t likely to be wanting to just fire guys that he hired less than a year ago due to a few losses. Sarkisian didn’t face that kind of pressure after 5-7.
  24. There is a zero percent chance of Bama getting snubbed for an 11-2 SMU. Zero. You guys batting this notion around haven’t been paying attention. Time and again, the committees have gone out of their ways to fuck over any and all contenders for a SEC helmet team, particularly Bama. SMU brings nothing to the table over big brands with large audiences. They also do not deserve any form of benefit or the doubt. Beat Clemson or go get fucked.
  25. It is bad TV. I can’t remember who mentioned it, but one of the analysts on XM84 said a while back that the viewership analytics showed a lot of channel changing once injury timeouts became prevalent in a contest this season.
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