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Barbacoa

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  1. Based on what I keep hearing, I think people are scared to be too positive about Arch because all the information out there is positive for us. If football wasn’t a factor, I think he would come to Texas in a heartbeat. I’m not sure how anyone today could pick another school over us. Stuff still has to play out, but he loves Texas and Austin. Has lots of friends here too.
  2. They are certainly ahead. By how much Im not sure. My hope is the staff has gone radio silent on twerps like me because they have the cooperation theyre looking for elsewhere.
  3. Aggy will try to close Stewart this weekend. Would be a serious flex and Im sure they're willing to go above and beyond to stick it to us.
  4. I think Sark is on the verge of losing the locker room and this season could end in disastrous fashion, including losing some good players to the portal. But I think our portal prospects are better than we realize. I think we are about to be on an emotional rollercoaster.
  5. Definitely not selling hope. But if I were forced to bet, I’d bet that the reality of our immediate situation is worse than we realize in the locker room, and the reality of the future of the program is more positive than it seems.
  6. I’ll also add that the staff seems unnaturally quiet. And I think matters of the portal require silent running of the ambush submarine. Not saying that’s what is going on, but it would make 100% sense.
  7. Was just told the staff is doing their best to wade these new portal waters. Honestly it sounds very difficult and there isn’t any real precedent for some of this stuff since the rules have changed. I don’t have any names but that’s bc there aren’t names being given. It has to remain quiet for obvious reasons. As I mentioned above, it isn’t all the stimulating exercise of seeing how we can improve our team through the portal. It’s also the energy draining exercise of trying to prevent some of our own guys from saying sayonara. That’s the new normal. I think by reading between the lines the portal has priority over the recruiting trail. I think that underscores how important NIL deals are in relation to traditional recruiting activities. Friendly reminder that we are in uncharted territory in terms of the legal impact the average fan like us can make on the future success of the team. It’s pretty fucking cool honestly.
  8. I’m nowhere near conceding Stewart to A&M. If he commits there, then they deserve to sign him. It also means they missed elsewhere and are seeing to it that he isn’t on our sideline to play against them. From what I’ve seen, they have a specific plan as to how their resources are allocated recruiting wise. Jimbo might be an embarrassment of a guy in the real world, but he understands what to do on the recruiting trail. I’m not sold Sark is that guy yet.
  9. Kelvin Banks is definitely an example of the type of player I’m talking about. The only reason I can think of that we aren’t pushing harder is bc we have someone else in mind who has already been in a college weightlifting program and has seen snaps. But I think you’d agree with me that we should be pushing really damn hard for him no matter what. It’s confusing and the answers aren’t readily available out there. Which is worrying people, and worry can turn into frustration and anger quickly. Especially with what we are seeing on the field.
  10. Keep in mind I doubt that article is all just Nahlin’s opinion. I think he has good info and I put stock into much of what he says. I’m fairly confident his personal numbers would be higher as well.
  11. There are recruits we won’t be able to sign that want to come to Texas as of today. Five star players. The portal is the only reason I can think of that we aren’t pushing for these commits. It isn’t a matter of us wanting them, it’s a matter of how competitive we can be compared to the other schools recruiting them. We will end up with a couple of them, but we could sign a top 5 class no question if we went hard on the recruiting trail. It’s my feeling the staff chooses to remain competitive in the portal instead of grabbing these recruits, but I don’t know that. And my point above was not that people are wishcasting about our position. It’s that people are wondering if we could get burned in the portal and that we will lose our position with the high end recruits.
  12. Not meant to cause a stir, but there should be a reminder that the portal works both ways. After a tough season, losses to the portal are inevitable, and it’s not always players we want to see leave. I think Sark should be much more aggressive than the numbers Nahlin has in that article. There has been a lot of speculation that our lack of high end recruits so far is because we are keeping our powder dry for the portal. I still think that’s the case, but there’s very little information available about the portal stuff for obvious reasons. I certainly can’t say I have confidence in our plans there, because I simply don’t have a good barometer for what we can expect. All the positive info I heard was back when we were 4-1. Hopefully it means the staff is just keeping things air tight, but people friendly to the program are starting to wonder, and the silence from the staff isn’t really creating goodwill in the middle of a really frustrating run of football.
  13. As far as Im concerned, Fort Worth is ground zero for Operation Stop Sucking So Bad. QJ and Garrett Hayes would be serious additions.
  14. He yells at the Qbs for leaving the pocket during practice.
  15. Im not sure anything could be more positive than our current President and the board being aligned towards winning and serious football. Thats the really good part. They want to win. This whole conversation isnt really even possible under the previous regime.
  16. All I can do is laugh to myself about the reality of this statement. Beard is taking no prisoners. Guy has the juice. I’ll admit I thought Herman was that guy. His pitch was very very good regarding all facets of running a big program. I felt VERY confident about that hire. Was actually an important lesson for me.
  17. I agree with everything @closetojumping said above. The reality is our people simply don’t understand how college football works. And worse, when you tell them they don’t want to believe it. It’s like telling a kid Santa clause isn’t real, but if he still behaves he will get toys anyways. It’s one thing for our dipshit admins and donors to not get it, but there have been a couple of troubling instances to where I wonder if our staff knows what they’re doing or not as well. I have some thoughts on the matter, which can basically be summed up with the idea that our BMDs are the wrong people to be talking to. They simply have too much money to play these petty games. We need them for the big ticket items. Problem is, it’s much harder to identify “regular rich people” who would are zealots like myself and others on this board.
  18. Several programs have decades of bag game infrastructure set up that work quite well. They arent looking to transition away, the market will have to force them. Texas could definitely use its intellectual horsepower to force change, but as @SydneyCarton pointed out, no one currently gives a fuck or even believes its a thing we should be doing.
  19. This is so depressingly accurate. Stuff is in the works but its moving at a snails pace.
  20. While I agree, we are years away from the bag game going away. Cash is king, and cash now is even better. Unless you can guarantee an NIL deal, it isnt going to help much when Alabama says fuck all that here's 80k and a dodge charger lease.
  21. Cfb is becoming a job. Much easier to quit a job than quit a team. Plus I think a lot of kids regret going too far from home.
  22. I think misrepresentations were made by cherry picking what went on during Herman's tenure. Also the false message that we have built in desire to get things going. We dont even know what it means.
  23. And theyre coming to our house next season. Game will get hyped through the roof as this clash of cfb powers. But in reality its a middling Big 12 roster versus an entire squad of fuck lions. And we will have all of these fans and donors that pretend like it isnt our standard when we dont keep up.
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