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Nigel Tufnel

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  1. It’s not binary. A lot of people (including Saban) think that PK’s D and Sark’s O were not the best fit. Doesn’t mean that they both haven’t been good over the past 5 years. But the soft, bend don’t break D and finesse O were in trouble vs UGA and OSU teams. Those together have given UT a finesse identity.
  2. Posted this on the other board. For many of us, PK never felt like a good fit for Sark’s O or the SEC. Saban said as much in the playoffs last season. He said that at some point UT would have to play some man on D and be aggressive. PK was a “bend don’t break” DC. That doesn’t fit well with Sark’s finesse O. Sark’s O did better with Saban style D. That seems to be what he wants.
  3. Saban said as much in the playoffs last season. He said that at some point UT would have to play some man on D and be aggressive. PK was a “bend don’t break” DC. That doesn’t fit well with Sark’s finesse O. Sark’s O did better with Saban style D. That seems to be what he wants.
  4. This. PK’s style of D was not a good fit for the league or to pair with Sark’s O. This seems like a better overall fit.
  5. I think they alluded to it in the screenplay they wrote together, in that this seems like severe mental illness with drug addition as a symptom. I think he said something along the lines of “taking drugs to silence the noise, but it only amplified it.”
  6. Quite the opposite, sir. And while that may be the overall sentiment, I find most don't realize (or care) that they have built their entire framework of following recruiting, who should play, coaches developing or not developing players, etc., around these guys that are really, at most, only organizing a small percentage of names for people to follow.
  7. FIFY After Lil’ Nigel finishes his eligibility, I may go into more detail on our experience with the 9.95 recruiting guys. It’s just a matter wanting to deal with the pushback I would get for messing with people’s paradigms.
  8. So, Kirby Smart, Bob Stoops, Ryan Day, Dabo Swinney, Dan Lanning, Marcus Freeman? We could go on here. I get that he may not have been qualified, but it’s got to be more than never being a head coach as others have already pointed out. None of those I just listed were ever a head coach, even in HS. But now we open the UT vs OU hiring history for the past 55 years (UT always hires someone with HC experience, OU does not (except for Schnellenberger). OU has more conference titles and National Championships in that time. There is a lot that goes into it.
  9. I accompanied Lil' Nigel on an unofficial during the season 3 years ago now. This was the prime of Sark wanting size over anything else to make over the roster. Both Stroh and Kirkland were there with us. They were the two largest 17 year olds I will probably ever see. Stroh was the larger of the two, an absolute giant. While the OL certainly go larger, those two obviously did not work out and I can't see how this wasn't apparent in all those practices.
  10. Lil’ Nigel’s 2nd grade teacher would put this song on when they returned from recess all amped up. They would quiet down and start humming along a lock into a more quiet class time. It was a great use of music.
  11. And I disagree, as do the coaches in that conference.
  12. I don’t see this. He did well as OC at UNLV. He took over a sub-.500 team from the past two seasons. He got them to the cusp of the playoffs in a conference with Montana, Montana State, and UC Davis (predicted 6th, finished 4th). He is very intriguing with good (if not great) results. Now, the head scratcher is why he gambles moving from HC to OC. The main answer we have seen first hand with Jeff Choate leaving a great FCS gig at Montana State to be LB coach at UT while more than doubling his pay.
  13. This is a huge pet peeve of mine. Lil’ Nigel plays and they have several players with untucked undershirts (because it looks cool). EVERY single game this year I saw a player brought down at some point in the game by their undershirt. There is practice film of Saban making a big deal of all jerseys needing to be tucked in. He got it.
  14. This correct. They also do this on the Monday of the prior week (10-11 days before) with all four possible teams and matchups.
  15. Dude. No brainer. That will be awesome!
  16. Isbell set last night in Houston: Crimson and Clay Hope the High Road 24 Frames Traveling Alone Last of My Kind Flying Over Water Tupelo If It Takes a Lifetime Eileen Decoration Day Live Oak Alabama Pines Open and Close Stockholm Cigarettes and Wine Bury Me Miles If We Were Vampires King of Oklahoma Encore: Ride to Robert's Cover Me Up This Ain't It
  17. It was a good enough throw, great catch.
  18. Been repeated in my house often while the kids were growing up. It’s a good lesson in general.
  19. Lord Farquad to the Giants is official.
  20. Wow, there is so much wrong with that. It’s actually scary.
  21. We have taken the shuttles the three times we have been. Twice from downtown and once from the Long Center. No one transportation is better than the other, so you may as well not have to mess with driving. Once on the bus either way, we moved without much wait. The line after the race to board the buses was the only wait we really had, and wasn’t bad. My kids absolutely loved it. It is a spectacle and it feels big, because it is. That energy is palpable throughout the crowd. I hope y’all have a great time.
  22. Seriously. If there was a market for those rings, I could retire.
  23. Agree, but the captaincy was absolutely a problem. Shipnuck's article above sums it up well. Europe was much more prepared analytically the past two years. Unfortunately for Keegan, the play of the US team on Sunday only shines a spotlight on the "what were you thinking?" line of questioning.
  24. RIP to former ‘Horns pitcher, Steve Cantu, who passed away yesterday. He was way too young.
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