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  1. The OSU guys are trying to be soft about it, but apparently the OSU defense looks dramatically better than the offense, mostly due to QB and OL play. I think that was also the story in the spring. They did matchups 1’s vs 1’s, 2’s vs 2’s today and the defense was kicking the offense’s ass. A bright spot for the offense was when Smith beat Devin Sanchez deep by 5 yards for a TD.
  2. Of all the guys who have transferred since Sarkisian took over, Gullette and Walton were guys they wanted to keep. I think they’d both be struggling for oxygen in the Edge and LB rooms now anyway.
  3. I was going more for John Hammond about Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park. Messed up the quote a bit though.
  4. Bobby dropped this in his update today: ”There’s a little positive chatter behind the scenes on recruiting. Texas is gaining some confidence on a pair of players currently committed elsewhere.”
  5. Update for today from Bobby with some interesting takes on the younger players. ***** Texas will hold its fourth practice of training camp later today. It’s scheduled to begin at 6:30pm, just like last night. The first two practices were held in the mid-afternoon of the Texas heat. They’re meant to get a team prepared for the worst conditions. The team got a real feel for that. One Texas player was severely dehydrated and subsequently missed the next couple of practices (yes, I know who it is, but, no, I’m not going to name them). Bottom line, the message from coaches is clear: stay hydrated, get your rest and treat your body right because this is an extremely taxing sport, especially in the middle of summer. ** There’s a little positive chatter behind the scenes on recruiting. Texas is gaining some confidence on a pair of players currently committed elsewhere. ** There are so many talented young players on this roster, a few of them are already looking to leapfrog talented veterans or at least solidify a spot in the rotation either as a starter or key back-up. Those players (so far) include: - WR Daylon McCutcheon - TE Emaree Winston - OL Nick Brooks - DT Josiah Sharma - DE Lance Jackson - NB Graceson Littleton Others to watch for: - WR Michael Terry - TE Nick Townsend - OL Jackson Christian - DE-DT Justus Terry - CB Kade Phillips* - S Jonah Williams* * Neither Phillips nor Williams practiced the first two days. But both have been received positive reviews through summer training, enough so to merit inclusion on this list. ** KJ Lacey, Jamie Ffrench, Kaliq Lockett, Jordan Coleman, Zelus Hicks, Myron Charles, and Bo Barnes all look the part early but are not situated to make a major positional impact early. However, Hicks and Barnes could absolutely be major contributors on special teams. Lockett might also get some early run there, too. He was surprisingly good as a gunner and blocker in early punting practice reps. ** We’ll keep our ears to the ground for more practice notes for you. Hook’Em!
  6. Oregon State plays at Texas Tech and then at Oregon in mid-September. It would be great if Murphy could guide them to a win in one of those games.
  7. Something worth tracking this month is the audience that Ohio State is building for the Texas game with recruiting visits. They’re talking about over 100 2026 & 2027 recruits. We usually overlap in recruiting 5-10 elite guys.
  8. I don’t remember this but this post made me laugh. I need to see the post and those around it. I was dogging the guy’s character and watching people shriek for a good 6 months. People who did the work knew this clown was going to fail.
  9. They’ve begun fully hyping up Taylor Wein at Edge opposite of Thomas. That either means they’re just doing it to claim amazing depth, or the 5 star DE and Jones Jr are absolutely busting and they need an escape route.
  10. I have that witless dipshit on ignore. My advice to him is to start his own thread on whatever subject is interesting to him and then put the work in to make it relevant to others. When someone steps out of line, neg them and shout them down. Then, watch that thread flourish. The rest of us will be green with envy and abandon all other threads to participate.
  11. Terrifying. This looks like Mega Alan Jackson skiing across the galactic plane.
  12. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!?! Spoilered is a write-up from Tarp that lays out as subtly as he can that Reed is the same guy who sucked against prepared defenses last year, with posts following that rationalizing his points into some form of positivity, for the most part. This is Tarp at his best. He’s trying to tell them that the QB actually kind of sucks and he’s not going to get much better, but he knows who his audience is. He’s also giving The Elk his first “fuck you” of the fall and knows he’s headed for a reprimand accordingly. Greatness:
  13. I think Snopes did a thing on that picture and the shop owners provided a defense for it that I guess made a sliver of sense, but, yeah.
  14. I have to assume that we have some absolutely classic posts about Evans on that cycle’s thread. I remember in the early days, Evans was considered a once every 5 years kind of back. As time went on, it became clear that he was another North Shore fucktard and Texas was going to have other priorities. Then we’d occasionally have the drive-by football board poster show up and demand answers as to why Texas was focused on other recruitments, etc. Standard stuff, really.
  15. Spoilered below is a write-up on OU’s second practice earlier today. It’s pretty awesome. Highlights: -Injury problems have already started. We knew that Eli Bowen was hurt, but the fucking guy is limping around in a boot. What the hell is going on with OU’s medical group? Beyond him, multiple potential starters and backups are already not practicing. Tatum is hurt again, like clockwork. The Gibsons aren’t close to working out. -The skill players besides Ott are objectively terrible. Their WR group is dogshit. The TEs are worse. -The OL has holes all over it. Nwaiwu wasn’t at practice and they had a true freshman working with the ones and twos.
  16. I agree with this. When everything starts to slide towards irrevocable chaos around here, I show up and restore order.
  17. If that dude is returning punts or kicks, our season has careened sideways in a manner that will see this site burned to the ground and many posters with it.
  18. One thing I noticed for sure in June is that all of the casinos have lower minimum tables for craps and blackjack. I saw $15 at Aria and everywhere else, even on weekend nights. I’m hoping that holds. $50 mins last year was a fucking joke.
  19. Via Sikahema was of Pacific Islander descent and was truly force in the return game. The only similarities between that dude and Jaggy are they’re not black and played WR.
  20. At some point, I’m sure I did. My view about his college game evolved but doubted it again for the NFL. Outside of being white WRs, are you also comparing their skill sets as similar?
  21. An alleged doctor involved with OSU medical stuff said it is “an inverted low ankle sprain, will take anywhere between a few days to a few weeks before he’s back out there”. I know various doctors and perhaps even a nurse could tell us what “inverted low ankle sprain” means.
  22. Here’s a snippet about Ohio State’s NIL situation fed to Bill Kurelic from one his AD sources. The one thing he’s not telling them, that @alincoln previously noted in one of these threads about OSU for this cycle is donor fatigue. I’ve since heard the same. They’re not going to get Hiter, apparently losing him to Michigan, and their class is just “good” and they’re not in on a ton of remaining prospects for the cycle either. “ ** The why of NIL? … Why? That seems to be a common question among ’Nutters when it comes to NIL. There’s a belief that Ohio State has missed out on several high-caliber recruits because other programs are willing to amp their NIL game when the Buckeyes are not. We’ve asked around - a lot - and have a few vibes to pass along today and in the next few Houses about that. As one might expect, there were strong opinions on how Ohio State is approaching NIL and WHY. We will dive deep on that. Today is a little more basic. One source in the know’s opinion on the biggest factor working against the Buckeyes is “it’s a way more level playing field.” While Ohio State did not get off to the fastest start in the NIL era, your Buckeyes were elite over the last 18 months. Ohio State was among the best at generating funds and was “up there with Oregon and Texas” when it came to available NIL resources. Then came the NCAA change on July 1 that allows schools to directly spend up to $20.5 million annually on athletes. “Now literally everyone has money,” our source said. “That’s the main reason why it’s so tough. Lots of leverage out there.” More to come … a lot more.”
  23. This is getting ri-fricking-diculous now. Nahlin is a proven idiot and this is just reinforcements for the fight in that argument. This roster is loaded up and down. Jaggy McJaggerson isn’t cracking the top 70, folks. This is also getting hilarious. The build up on this guy is trending past absurd and straight into plaid.
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