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Is JV Joey going to get Tech to the B12 CG next year?
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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If he’s Kelvin Banks 2.0, he is worth it. If he isn’t, there are a bunch of ways this deals screws up their team. -
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If the market calls for a HS recruit to get paid really high, more than some starters, you better be damned sure he’s going to work out. For comparison, I remember in 2001 (damn, that was a long time ago), Texas signed an OL “Class of Beef”. This was to lay a foundation for a NC OL. These guys were all studs, all offered by several top programs. They were Jonathan Scott (All American, high draft pick, had multi year NFL career that would have been a lot better without a horrific rookie injury), Will Allen (starting G on NC team, no real desire to pursue NFL), Mike Garcia (regular depth piece), Roman Reeves, Terrance Young (backup), William Winston. Texas really wanted to Sign Jami Hightower, but he signed with the Ags, where he was a multi year starter that never made the NFL. What’s the point? It’s that if you paid market value for a class like that, you would be having uncomfortable conversations with over half of them after one year. This is a crazy market now. -
Please. You have the Cloak Room, the Daily Texan and Business and Markets. Can you keep CR comments out of the sports boards?
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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William Cunningham was UT president from 1985-1992. He was a good president and he is a good guy, but he was awful for UT football. He wanted the most complying program possible, and he got it. Texas was 50-41 over those years, the 45th best win percentage in the nation. Texas went 4-4 against OU, 1-7 vs the Ags, 3-5 against Baylor, 4-4 vs UH, and 6-10 against every major conference non-conference opponent. William Cunningham hasn’t been president in over 30 years. -
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That is a great point. Deloitte is in the business of selling services (accounting, consulting). I have a hard time imagining them pissing off business leaders everywhere. As a matter of fact, I bet they took this gig with the idea that it would expand their business as institutions contract with them for other services, in hope of currying favor for their favorite college programs. -
I have great ideas for team names: Shrews Harpies Banshees
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Oh, those bitches hate her. Seriously, if any of you ever meet a WNBA player, you have to ask them, “Do you know Caitlin Clark? Is she as awesome as she seems?”
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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It’s called “doe-eyed” and it has been used to describe a feminine trait that men consider hot for centuries -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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You have just described why Marcus DuPree committed to Texas. He wanted to be able to tell dozens of other schools to buzz off while he entertained bids from the real suitors- OU, Mississippi State, Southern Miss and Pittsburgh (Sherrill was the coach). Texas was the stalking horse. Texas finally figured it out and started recruiting Anthony Byerly a couple of weeks before signing day. -
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If, by November, it appears there are no guardrails enforcing the new “rules”, Texas can adapt. -
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The TexasOne announcement (going for-profit, not rolling into AD, maintaining flexibility while seeing how the system develops) is encouraging -
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I know shit about fuck, but I can speculate. -The House settlement: for 10-20 programs, this limits what they will pay players. For the rest of FBS, it requires them to pay their players more than they had been. (Note- this money comes from the AD and I’ll bet every AD, not just OU’s, has to sweat to varying degrees to come up with it). -The surprising thing to me is how rarely we are seeing pissant programs, now required to budget $15-17M for players, sign blue chips. -I suspect Texas is being outbid by programs ready to challenge the limits of the NIL Clearinghouse. Such challenges are a solid bet. -I think the Texas program doesn’t want to back from competition. I don’t think the Tower is likely to force them to do so, as happened under Cunningham. If the Tower does, we will know when we see Sark take another job. (Not saying that is the only reason he would leave, but there is no way he is going to allow himself to become David MacWilliams or late term Akers) -If these recruitments are about NIL, then it’s smart to wait until the end for your final bid. All the other cards are laid down, you know the cost, you know the other player options, you know more about the recruit, and you have a sense of where regulation of rules is. -
I don’t know- Royal never had much of a coaching tree (Pittman? MacWilliams, Bellard, Akers), and Bryant’s is definitely better (Schnellenberger, Stallings, Perkins, fuck Sherrill, Bum Phillips). They both had long term security blankets as DC- Campbell at Texas and Donahue at Bama. I collect old game programs and I’m amazed at some staffs that teams can put together. Examples: 1966 Oklahoma- HC MacKenzie, assistants Fairbanks, Switzer, Rice, Hall, Lacewell 1984 Iowa- HC Fry, assistants Snyder, Stoops, Ferentz, Alvarez I don’t know that Texas ever had a staff like that.
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In the2019 playoffs,KD (his mind made up that he was leaving) was determined to go off, and until his injury, was giving the NBA a clinic on what was possible. Then, he came back in the finals, was putting on another “man among boys” exhibition, and tore his Achilles. Oh, to have seen what he would have done e healthy.
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