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Park Gothic

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  1. I was one of those folks. I stand by what I said about Anwar, even a blind dog finds a bone sometimes. And I'm still from Missouri on this hire. But I also didn't like the Baker hire (or at least didn't understand it), so take that for what it's worth. But I just can't shake the feeling that we could have done better given who we are and what we have to offer. Sark / PK know better than me, though, and I'm happy to be wrong again. But I would like for us to poach a home run hire at some point, rather than raising someone from obscurity based on potential. Whoever we get to replace Choice will be a step down, but maybe we can get someone with a proven history and skins on the wall? It doesn't need to be a Frank Wilson or a Tony Alford, but someone at that level would be nice.
  2. I know, but I can still be upset about it.
  3. Good Player / Average Player / Bad Player Loved Bijan Ehlinger Swoopes Divided Simms Applewhite Kai Money Hated E. Acho Hager B.J. Foster Notes: I tried to limit selections to the beginning of Mack Brown's tenure or later. There are too many players going too far back otherwise. There are hundreds of choices for the "good player / loved by fans" spot. Colt, VY, Ricky, Ced Griffin, DJ, etc. etc. etc. I just picked Bijan because he's the most recent favorite. It's hard to find an actual bad player who is loved by fans, and hard to find a good player who is hated by fans. I loved Acho while he was at Texas, but have really lost any affection I had for him during his broadcasting career. With Swoopes, I actually think he was a good athlete but a bad QB. He stepped up for us and played out of position, and I love him for that. But he was not a good QB.
  4. Crazy that the best superbowl performance by a WR in 25 years was for the losing team in an absolute blowout. Surely you're aware of the running joke about Ojomo being young.
  5. I'm probably being pessimistic, but I doubt we pull Mickens from ND. They seem to really like him and can pay. And do we really want Orphey from Rutgers? The Rutgers defense was in the bottom half of FBS and their passing defense was equally uninspiring. I don't have any greater context or insight than that, but I just don't see why we would want the guy. I appreciate the Choate connection point out by @Hookem2147, but Choate doesn't work here anymore. I just don't see compelling reasons for hiring the guy, although I'm more than happy to be set straight. That makes me think that out of the three guys listed by Anwar (who probably knows less than dick), Sanders seems the most likely. Narduzzi knows ball and coaches a good defense, and this guy has moved up the ranks. And I don't think Pitt has enough money to spend keeping him even if they like the guy. So he could be a real possibility. All of that being said - I don't see this guy having any connection to Texas, the South, or even the NFL. I would expect one of those three things in whoever we hire, for recruiting purposes if nothing else. So I come back around to Anwar being dumb as dirt and full of shit to boot. I doubt any of these three are really on our short list. At best, Mickens is looking for a raise and Sanders is being kept warm as an emergency option.
  6. Nope. That number is the average for the 14 pre-2024 schools.
  7. Note that the $52.5 million distro was only for schools with a full year in the league. Texas and OU got roughly half of that (I believe a little over $27 million).
  8. Pssh. Call me when we get a kid from Hadouken High School.
  9. I love Babers but this cannot be a serious suggestion. Dude has never held a coaching position at any level.
  10. https://247sports.com/player/nicolas-robertson-46140540/ Nice. That's a big tater with a solid offer list.
  11. Am I remembering correctly that the deadline to enroll passed this week, so no more transfers until spring? I’ve been in trial (yes, another fucking lawyer) and have tried to stay up to date on this thread, but have probably missed something in my skimming. Don’t get wrong, I like fantasizing about murdering Jerry Jones as much as anyone, and it’s fun to watch CTJ and BO&W flirt like early seasons Ross and Rachel. But are we expecting any actual transfer news any time soon?
  12. I love that it's the bull rush that is fucking Jones up, because he's worrying too much about getting worked around the edge. Sorrell has got the "game within the game" part of playing DE down cold.
  13. Less “heavy in the loafers” and more “fat in the ass”
  14. Is Brandon Harris actually any good? I always thought he was just a biddable yes-man who was good enough at his job to keep his job but no better. Was I wrong? And if I’m not, why did we give him a huge raise? Because Sark likes the guy?
  15. lol at all the Micah Hudson posting. The white knights and the "greatest generation" posters are both ridiculous in their own uniquely stupid ways. Fuck Tech, fuck the Aggies, and fuck Micah Hudson too. And Looch is such a thin-skinned pussy. Any criticism is a "crusade" against him that is "ruining the board" for everyone. Never surprising but always entertaining.
  16. This thread prompted me to go back and look at our class on 247. I didn't realize that 22 of the 25 HS recruits are early enrollees. I knew it was a big number, but 22 out of 25 is insane. Awesome head start for all of those guys.
  17. Today fucking sucks. Glad he got to finish Twin Peaks but I don't think we'll ever see a director or artist like him again. I don't give a shit about celebrity deaths but I'll admit this one hit home.
  18. Locking this thread until April would probably be for the best, but someone would just start another one.
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