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Tulowitzki over Canham, Bakich, Godwin or Walter would be a legendary fuck up. All 4 of those coaches are at programs that cannot counter a serious Texas offer to the HC. Nitpick any one of those guys, fine, but the holes in Tulo's resume are gaping. I'd happily sacrifice everyone on this thread to the baseball gods with only the use of my bare hands and a plastic spork for Texas to go out and get Bakich.

I swear I think someone did a "where are they now?" follow-up years later on the guy and they actually interviewed him.

The biggest contributor from Oklahoma from the Mack era through Herman's tenure was probably Adam Doiron. He's from Nacogdoches but grew up in Oklahoma. He was a contributor at Texas on the DL and was a nonsense guy in the locker room. Not sure if I am missing anyone else. We could argue that Thompson, for Sarkisian, played a bigger role. Feel like I'm forgetting someone. And, of course, the big one that Texas missed on, Wes Sims, who led to one of funniest things I've ever seen in my time online following the horns.

Good lord. Some of those names are disturbing to recall. Timmons had something like a borderline personality disorder. I don't even want to know how things wound up for that poor bastard. Hardeman - didn't he commit a felony or two? I can't remember but I feel like whatever he did was a non-trivial crime. Marco Martin got busted as a molester or some shit. McCullough pulled the Bluto Blutarsky, right? Or maybe it was another highly ranked DB from that 1999 class? One of them did it and disappeared. Maybe I'm thinking of Kendrick Turner. Sonny Davis anyone? Paul Broussard (never signed, but damn)? I don't remember how either guy died but they were viewed as big time talents who couldn't get out of their own way, that Texas needed badly, and that both died violently. Andre Jones and Robert Joseph. We know things didn't go well at all for Jones, who was corrupted while running around with Joseph, a known malcontent. If I'm not katfidding, and I don't think I am, things have gone predictably for Joseph: https://www.panews.com/2021/10/22/pd-groves-driver-had-drugs-gun-5-month-old-child/ https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/crime/portarthur/article/Affidavit-PA-man-fled-shooting-in-car-with-2-11284265.php Fuck that piece of shit. It was the shit with those last two idiots that led to Mack Brown deciding that he would only recruit "good kids who graduate", which essentially meant a bunch of choir boys with very little backbone. Self-selecting out of the state's premium talent was an awesome decision.

You're saying that with certainty, from a year out. Do you understand how silly that looks? Also, do you think you're breaking news with something like this? I probably 800+ CFB games a year. This time last season, Daniels, McCarthy, Penix, and Nix were on no one's 1st round list, if on the list at all. Spencer Rattler was projected to go #1 overall heading into his year 3 season. Sam Howell was anointed in a similar fashion. Some guys will rise. Shedeur Sanders is already falling. This Colorado team is going to struggle to be better than 2-10. Let's see that idiot stay healthy while not making a fool of himself by constantly running his mouth, along with his dad doing the same. If he pulls those things off, maybe he goes in the first 2 rounds. The halo effecting of this guy as a top of the line QB was laughable last season and it is even more laughable now. I don't think calling Brown a "bust" is fair by @texifornia. It's not like any of us were projecting him to be a starter during his recruitment. I think you can follow recruiting and project them within reason and the understanding that any single player is always a wild card and can never be considered a sure thing.

He's already a paid coach at Texas, so somewhere along the way, he must have finished out if he didn't finish the first time at Long Beach.

Boy, Ford's taken quite the tumble.

Tapp is gone. He has other options to play a lot and couple that with NIL. If he doesn't portal, I'll be stunned. Swanson is likely gone but that's not one they're apparently losing sleep over. Hanging onto Gullette shouldn't even be an issue, but the new staff structure and expanded roles for folks is leaving the impression that some folks are overwhelmed and Texas is at risk of losing some players they really shouldn't and don't want to lose. We've known that multiple OLs were going to vanish. Kirkland was a given. Losing someone like Goosby would be a fucking problem. Frankly, losing Agbo isn't helpful either. There are going to be some DB exits. Did Sarkisian mention Red once this spring besides remarking at the beginning that they'd prefer him to have not come in at 240? Bobby is saying 6-8 exits including Burrell, Walton and Kirkland. I'm going with 8-10 and some howling from various directions, including inside Bellmont.

I am taking bets right now for anyone who wants to have a go of it regarding Shedeur Sanders going in the top 3. Name your wager and I’ll take the other side.

Wow. Is this unique or is this a thing?

Shut the fuck up. You all sound like complete idiots.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!! Get a fucking grip on reality here, dipshits. Jesus titty fucking Christ.

In a shocking turn of events, Hookem2147 shows up to normalize failure for the baseball team. He’s had a solid season this year, even if no one else has.

Holy.Fucking.Shit.

Just so I’m following, UTRGV is up by 10?

Can one of you people provide a score?

What in the fuck are you idiots doing?

I grew up playing against Scheschuk. What's he saying in this story?

Well, I wouldn't worry about the numbers. Maybe saying "courteously holding off" instead of "waiting to see how things shake out in the spring game" wasn't the best way to put it. Also, there will be exits after the spring game because Sarkisian sat down with players and gave them an assessment of future role and playing time and they realized they might need to leave. Attrition now isn't an indicator one way or the other of who pushed it. Attrition next week will mostly be about guys they're okay seeing walk. As to Auburn, he has an NIL deal with a roofing company and some other corporate deals because of his look and personality. He also gets taken care of well through TOF. He's almost certainly making more than BO&W right now, as well as any other posters here living in their mother's basement.

Karels posted his follow-up to the article about portal needs for ATM, this time covering the defense. This one also has some really good shit in it. Spoilered for idiots who don't like articles with more than 200 words: The net-net is that things look grim at LB, but it is apparently a low portal need due to a bunch of bodies on campus that are breathing and claim to play LB. Things also look grim at S with the exception of Anderson. No one has differentiated in performance next to him and the most likely guy to start there, Dalton Brooks, is admittedly "a year away" and it would be preferable for him to get more time to develop. They also don't have a NT that is providing any confidence. The giant fatass from Houston of PI descent is getting rolled off the ball and has conditioning issues. Again, "he's still a year away". They are loaded at E and yet still took another portal guy. He hints at attrition at this spot. The Vandy S who is actually decent is still rumored to be heading back to Vandy. They'd add multiple players on defense from the portal without hesitation, after adding 24 (and already losing one of them) in December.

That's good to know. Most guys aren't good with that, so don't expect that as a given in the future with a starter. I'm kind of stunned and I am aware of his NIL circumstances. I will be stunned if it isn't a little more than 3. Some guys are courteously holding off from doing something until after the spring game. That's true for other schools too, apparently.

It’s 4 a year, guy. Just fucking google it. It’s not a mystery.

4 ACC opponents/year.

No clue. I don't really ever look at portal rankings anymore because they have been fucking garbage through at least this past December. ATM's had massive talent drain between what went out and what they replaced it with, so yeah, if they have a #2 ranking, it is an indictment of the whole thing. I hear commentators mention portal rankings as some sort of good thing and they're just falling for more dumb shit by not doing the work look even a little below the surface.