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Yeah. The only way they tried to address it at all was the narrator commenting, “It surprised you as it was the first time you had ever know. Jonathan to put someone else first”. I think when Nicholas was visited the last time by Stephen, he smelled the aftershave (he is shown sniffing hard) of Jonathan on Stephen, and in an unconscious state reverted back to five years old, and said, “Mummy, I want to go home” (five year old Nicholas wanting to go home from Italy). That forced Stephen to realize that his son really traumatized the two (before he finds Nicholas watching in that one photo).
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We might want the UH DB, or others. In the new format, there are 25-40% more snaps in a season against P4 (hell, P2) opponents than before. I think Sark knows that he needs more guys to physically play snaps at a high level. I understand perfectly why they would try to sign more guys, not because they’re needed to finish the regular season, but because they’re needed to finish the post season, too.
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One thing is clear- in this era of college football with eight figure roster salary totals, and near unrestricted freedom of movement, Texas has thought through some things, like: - what to do when a top recruit costs more than you are paying entrenched starters - what to do when a player performs well but the scale for his position rises dramatically - what to do when a costly recruit doesn’t produce quickly that our competitors are working through on the fly. I know nothing of Texas One background, if the primary funders insisted that parameters and protocols be worked out in advance, in a coherent manner. I bet, though, that the funders of One Oklahoma’s are asking now why it is such a shit show, why they paid nearly a million for 96 snaps that are now going to Miami or similar.
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I listened to the SoonerScoop podcast. They were cautioning their fans to not get mad at Stone. The moderators admitted this is a bad look for OU. When players leverage their position for more money, fans can get upset at them for being greedy,…if they are fans of a team that doesn’t churn the bottom of its roster and process disappointing prospects out. OU is not that team (neither is Texas), so it doesn’t get to point fingers and cry about gratitude. The rules in Liar’s Poker- “no tears” and “don’t bet more than you can afford to lose”
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I hate to keep bumping, but I have to tell you- I absolutely love seeing Sooners post on their boards about college football not even being fun anymore, since team building is just a function of raising and spending money. As a Longhorn fan of over 40 years, I can tell them that you can still enjoy this sport even when your most bitter rival is winning recruiting battles by just paying more.
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Also, good luck for OU continuing to recruit high profile HS players given: 1. They have a poor recent record of five star recruits developing (this used to be Texas) 2. They have earned a reputation as a program that will compete financially to sign a high profile recruit, but will cut the pay if he fails to flash early.
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At IT, Ian Boyd trolls the Sooners regularly. He predicted when they hired Nagy that the org structure (they both report to the AT&T guy, who may be parallel to Castiglione) would create conflict. Before Nagy, when (frankly less than special) Damonic Williams was threatening to enter the draft (Ha!) in order to vie for continued NIL (he was overpaid last season), OU found a way to keep him. Now, maybe Nagy is trying to enforce a pay scale? Loving this.
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In the OU message board, someone posted that his NIL was $800k, and that was halved for next year, and that didn’t go over well. Have no idea how good the info is, but it sounds plausible.
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Oh, sure, that’s how Texas operates. First thing we do in building a roster is find out who OU likes…
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Fair enough. Mukuba was great for Texas and Texas was great for Mukuba. I’ll accept what you say about Texas and Downs, because I don’t know any more than what I hear on podcasts. If anyone is worth $1M, Downs is probably it, right?
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Alright! We get to discuss a counterfactual! As I recall, Down decided on the Buckeyes over the Horns and Dogs fairly late, so Texas had a number it was ready to pay. Therefore, I only need to come up with enough more to overcome the Buckeyes’ package (and it may not have all been money that won him over). I stated that would have been worth it- Texas would get notably better (for two years), and the Buckeyes get notably worse. How much would it have taken? Would dropping Niblack have done it?
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The female version would be a 50 year old woman that looks 60, wiry, wrinkled leathery skin, lots of makeup and barb wire tattooed around her biceps.
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On the Shipley recruitment, I was hoping that the OU full court pressure strategy would be less effective on a transfer, than on a HS kid, just due to being older and (hopefully) more mature.
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