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Daylan McCutcheon for the win! Also, you doubt the emergence of Aaron Butler at your own peril, sir. As I think about this team in comparison to the rest of the CFB landscape heading into the 2025 season, I continue to struggle with the idea that this is a title contending team while being forced to play Alan Jackson's illegitimate son in the regular rotation at WR. What the fuck is going on here?
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Honest question: which has a higher likelihood of happening - a) Jaggy McJaggerson catches a TD against Ohio State or b) he doesn’t see the field except when he’s spotted carrying Wingo’s equipment for pregame warm-ups?
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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For Kreul, I want him simply to keep OU’s class fully in the toilet. Texas wants what they’re calling a Designated Pass Rusher (DPR) in this class, so maybe they say “fuck it” and take the guy. Regarding taking 28-30, you’re a regular poster on a recruiting board. It reminds me of the posters on the football board who complain about extra playoff or bowl games. I don’t think anyone should worry over attrition or the numbers, just enjoy what will wind up being the assembly of a top 3-ish class or better. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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As of right now, it doesn't appear that they're taking Kreul. I say that because it is known what it would take to shut that one down. Things can and do change in recruiting, as we all know too well, so we'll see. Regardless, if they do take him, it's apparently not to develop him at LB. Maybe that would happen over the years on campus, I guess. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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We can assume that Texas isn't done at multiple spots, including Edge/DE. The OTF guys have been pretty clear on Kreul. If Texas wants him, they can get him. Texas doesn't mind the notion of adding a "specialist" if the player has an elite skill. There is debate about whether Kreul's pass rushing skillset can be truly elite at the P4 level. That recruitment, whether Texas goes all-in on landing Kreul or not, will not impact their efforts for Henderson. The changes to the House settlement confirmed where we thought the NIL world was headed, and to Texas as well. We think we're seeing angst with the Georgia folks? There's a good shot SEC Rant goes up in fucking flames in the future as the mouthbreathing natives wail and gnash teeth. Or tooth, depending upon which coonass clown is posting, I guess. Regarding Georgia, part of the hilarity in their meltdowns is that they've offered more to the 2026 cycle of recruits, and committed more capital for their 30+ signees, than any other school. Their $9.95ers absolutely know this. Their posters are either willfully oblivious or simply laughable hypocrites regarding same. Now, if Texas gets into another feeding frenzy and lands 28-30 guys, that tidbit might not hold up. I kind of expect things to land there, personally. -
OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
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Spoilered below is the Sooners Illustrated preview for 2025 at Edge/DE. Highlights: -R Mason Thomas had a good year last year and they expect him to be a star this year. Venables took him as one of his three player spokespersons to SEC Media Days. - In general, I am in agreement that Thomas should have a damned good year. He's one of those potentially great college players who projects as tweener in the NFL. -Marvin Jones Jr. is a 5 star bust. Georgia was fine seeing him go and FSU people have hinted on their 247 board that he was one of the bigger problems on their team last year. He's a talented, spoiled rich kid who plays when he feels like it. Can Venables get more out of him than that? I'm not seeing Venables as some sort of effective developer of talent thus far, but if there is literally just one example of that being a capability, it's R Mason Thomas. So maybe this guy also turns a corner. -If Jones doesn't win the spot, it's unlikely to be because fellow 5 star bust, Adepoju Adebawore. He did not impress in the spring and the boards aren't touting him this summer either. -Okoye, who Texas coveted when he was a recruit, is someone that they're excited about seeing compete and get a lot of snaps. -Sooners and their fans say a lot of stupid shit, but the R Mason Thomas quote at the end of this article is on a Spider2YBanana level of word salad stupid. -
We have contemporaneous posts at the time of Gabriel's departure discussing what was happening at OU, sourced from people involved with NIL, OU, and the CFB world in general. Tell your FIL he's full of shit.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I've seen more references to Johnny Carson in the last week than I have in the prior decade combined. -
I feel like the gameplan is never set around the TE in Sarkisian's offense, but the position is often the safety valve. Accordingly, there are games where the role isn't really needed in the passing game. UTSA and La Monroe felt like two of those games. Lockett, Ffrench, and Michael Terry are all getting paid handsomely. If they're that far behind McCutcheon, that's portends a grim return.
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Regarding TE numbers, Helm, last year, had a much better season, numbers-wise, than Thomas in 2005. Thomas just always seemed to be there when VY needed him. If Endries is anything close to where these guys are placing him from an expectations perspective, he’s only going to be in Austin for one season.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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futureman allegedly made an appearance at a Surly tailgate once. He was apparently wearing pleated blue jeans. Not sure that dude is winning any races. -
He must have thought it was white boy day or something.
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@someguy What is your view on Shaw’s health going into the August workouts? Any other thoughts on the health of other previously injured guys?
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Correct. Sydney is like my public ambassador, sadly. -
Hahahahahaha. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I couldn't remember the right word and knew that Surly would correct it for me. You ask for a miracle, I give you Saint Tacky. -
Left Behind: A Quick Dose Of Post Big 12 Reality
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On XM 84 today, they were covering the Big 10 Media Days and they played clips of Petitti's speech. It was insightful, particularly since he doesn't speak publicly much. They seem resolute on eventually getting their way. Someone should post the clip if they can find it. Separately, on Finebaum today, he was talking with one of his regular reporters who covers CFB. I can't remember which, but they talked relatively extensively about the SEC position regarding the 8 versus 9 game schedules. They confirmed that ESPN has recently told Sankey and the SEC leadership that they'll pay them more money to put the 9th game on the schedule. It sounded as if the money would not be chump change and it would far outweigh the loss of an additional home game every other year for each team. I know we've discussed this previously, and articles have been posted on it, but it was good to hear that this hasn't cooled off from ESPN's end. They both went on to agree that there is no longer a justifiable position from the SEC end to stay at 8 games after expansion. The momentum is with 9 games. Sankey wants 9 games, and said as much multiple times last week. Then Finebaum gave the ol'innuendo maneuver that "the most powerful programs within the conference want 9 games". He talked about brand damage being done actively right now to the league from all college media angles and the perceptions of other conference fanbases viewing the SEC as cowards. Then they talked about not being in the CFP finals the last two years, with Texas being their only hope last year and converting 4th and 13 to get to the semis. "The noise gets even louder if an SEC team isn't in the finals or winning it this coming January." For Finebaum to be talking like this to his audience, he's been given guidance that he probably should be doing so. I know Texas is worried about the ever-present notion that they're heavy-handed with their partners, but the perception of being pussies, or weak, in the eyes of everyone else in the space is not something they're jazzed about having associated to their brand. Being considered weak or cowardly is untenable compared to being considered a meanie. Alabama is at least one of the other giants that is in the same boat. I don't think this gets solved for 2026, but I do think the 8 conference game argument is losing both credibility and momentum. The easiest path for that to disappear is for Sankey to come to the agreement with the Big 10 on whichever playoff set-up the Big 10 wants. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I paid $425 and got deferred adjudication. I was mistaken earlier in that it was 57 in a 35, not 57 in a 30. Made a pretty big difference for me. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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You guys should be taking all of this to the private board before we're discovered and those damned kids ruin our plot. -
I was erroneous in my recap after reading up on the sooner OL outlook for this season. Because of futility and so many injuries, I'd forgotten that both Howland and Ozeata finished 2024 starting on the OL for 5-6 games. They're now coming off of injuries and missed the spring, so neither one is assured to be starting again, but for the posterity of the recap on this thread, should I or anyone else go back again later and review, I wanted to point mistake out.
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OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
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Spoilered below is the Sooners Illustrated preview on the OL. Remember, OU's OL sucked last year, leading the country in allowing 50 sacks. They were hurt up and down the line all season long, but I'm sure having the defense go full contact and teeing off on them for more than half the season didn't play role. Highlights: -Ozeata (LG) and Howland (LT) finished the year in 2024 as starters, but each had to have surgery on torn labrums in the shoulder, and missed the spring. They're each being challenged for the 1st team role. Luckily, good OL play doesn't involve shoulder health and strength. -Nwaiwu was penalized for more stupid shit than anyone else on their team last year and he was regularly buttfucked by SEC DLs throughout the year. He's still penciled in to start at RG. -They have multiple guys who will either start or be 2nd team that transferred in from far lesser programs (Simmons - Western Carolina, 2 Stanford OLs, Nwaiwu from NT two years ago, Everett from App State in 2023). That's not how you build a quality OL. There may be the occasional diamond in the rough from some of those places, but Bedenbaugh isn't hitting a bullseye on 5 guys being better than what he could have actually recruited. -Due to the shoddy depth of quality talent by lazy recruiting and depending upon the portal, they're also touting the utilization of true freshman Fasusi and Fodje, early, in the rotation. Folks who cover recruiting view both guys as quality talents in the long term, but neither guy should be starting or playing much in the rotation as true freshmen. -One of the interesting battles between Nagy and Venables that we're going to witness early on is within the OL ranks. Bedenbaugh talks to these reporters offline and he's telling folks that Everett is his center. Meanwhile, Nagy went out and bought the C from Stanford, Maikkula, and he's telling people that that guy is the starter. I cannot fucking wait to see how that sorts itself.- 1044 replies
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OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
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I may be misremembering, but I also think it was a 2 for 1. I actually really like the strategy of scheduling 2 for 1s with programs located in fun destinations. Tulane, UCF (probably wouldn't do a 2 for 1 and I know people loathe Orlando, but those of us with kids could make it work), SDSU, UNLV, probably some others. The indefensible part is Philadelphia. Of every big city I've been to in the US, which is most of them, Philly is far and away the place I least enjoy visiting. Maybe that's because I was dealing with a couple of nasty people at Comcast as part of most trips, but, yeah, fuck that place. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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We can all laugh, but I have successfully argued my way out of three separate speeding tickets in my life without the help of a lawyer. One of them involved a Houston cop named Matt Davis. You can look up what that shitheeled ratfuck was doing and got busted for after me, and apparently numerous other people, complained about him and a news station did an investigative expose on him. Separately, this one dude wrote blatantly wrong details down on the ticket that I was able to dispute with, you know, objective facts that I printed out and showed to the judge after the guy tried to act like he was recounting things correctly (he was lying). The judge literally dismissed it while I was handing him shit. That little dude was talking shit to me under his breath as I walking out. Today, I am not disputing anything. Hoping the lawyer can get me deferred adjudication or something that keeps things out of the insurance rate math. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I need to have this one go away. I’ve got a … volatile history and I would prefer not to impact my insurance rates further. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I have to go to court today for going 57 in a 30, so this traffic talk is hitting close to home.
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