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  1. I've been talking to RevelXP about a lot of stuff with regard to group buys, tailgates, experiences etc for both the Sugar Bowl and the CFP National Championship at NRG. Sugar is basically a dead end as they were frozen out by the Sugar Bowl committee, but they are the official and sole partner for premium tickets and experience at the CFP National Championship. There is a suite at club level 40 yard line, Texas side if they win that seats 26. If we can fill that with people willing to pay 6500 per person all in for the pre-game party, VIP in stadium stuff, fully catered and open bar during the game and post-game party after it is available to us. I know that's a lot of money, but it's also a chance to watch the game with other like minded folks in a one in a lifetime type of experience vs paying 3k+ or even 6k+ for similar seats (based on current market prices) with nothing included. The premium ticket inventory they have is currently priced right around the same price as secondary market, but includes pre-game and post-game as well as a food and bev credit during the game. So if you are going to buy lower bowl tickets to the CFP NCG don't do it from the ticket sites, buy from RevelXP and that way you only have to put down $250 dollars instead of buying the ticket, fully refundable.
  2. the recruiting and NIL angle has me curious about Kalen DeBoer. So Penix was his QB when he was a coordinator at Indiana and DeBoer has had two spectacular years first and second year after Washington shit the bed in 2021 after the short COVID year in 2020. Lake was the coach then. Before that Petersen who did pretty well, a few 10 win seasons with mostly bowl losses. DeBoer wins big at Sioux Falls (NAIA and now Div II) but they appear to always win - noting that he took them to another level certainly wining their second, third and fouth championships. He had a quick stop at Fresno then jumped over to Washington and took off with an 11-2 record in year 1. Interestingly Penix has been there for both years. Trying not to shit on other WA players, I think it's clear their success is very, very much dependent upon their senior and heisman finalist QB. So I'm curious what we know about this guy and what the future looks like for him? His last recruiting class and the one in the works appear to be meh. one of the Washington posters here said they aren't going all in on NIL (which means both high school and portal difficulty for the best players). What's next? a drop off after Penix? Move to the Big 10 with the best of the Pac-12, so add Mich, tOSU, Penn State to the mix? I guess I fell down the rabbit hole and am wondering what the next 5-6 years of football look like for them with what appears to be a great coach, and a serious disadvantage in recruiting. thoughts?
  3. Nobody is expecting the defense to win us the game lol. We know who we are, score as much as you can and then somehow the defense has been extremely good in the 4th quarter. We’ve had games where we literally didn’t stop anybody until the 4th quarter but it’s enough. The team can handle being scored on though, Oregon dropped 21 straight on them to go up and they still dominated the 4th. One of the X factors is Washington has faced every pressure and game scenario possible this year and hasn’t blinked. They are legit the most ice cold team I’ve seen in a while. His name is Zach Durfee who gives a fuck he hasn’t played a snap
  4. This is going to be serious post from me, for once. Guys, I'll admit it. I'm really, really scared of Texas A&M. They've already surpassed us in baseball and basketball and now they're getting ready to surpass us in football. It's not enough that they have have the most passionate and most welcoming fans in college football. You can read about it from all the visiting fans. Add in that they have the most unique and passionate traditions of any school ANYWHERE! How much do they want to win? Well, they paid and landed the TOP RECRUITING CLASS OF ALL TIME. Heck, they paid a championship-level coach $78 MILLION JUST TO STOP COACHING AND HE WASN'T EVEN THAT GOOD! That's a commitment to excellence that no one has ever heard of before! Unlike Texas, they're SEC ready and have been so for the LAST 11 YEARS. They controlled a much better Bama team then we faced, and SHOULD have won that game. They understand what it takes to win in the SEC. We don't. And now, they have an extraordinary coach who GETS THEM! We are officially screwed!!! Like the rest of college football fans, I am scared and don't feel safe. Can anyone suggest what I can do, cause this is frightening.
  5. my view of the game: 1. Unpredictability factor - I think Texas is on schedule or a year early tbqh. This is uncharted territory for the entire team (5-7 / 8-5 / 12-1). That said, the leaders of this team are ballers and that includes a sophomore QB. But 18-22 year olds, who knows. A month to get cocky, a month to get motivated, a month to get in trouble, a month to get healthy, a month to scheme. Those are huge wild cards. How will the kids respond? How will the coaches attack. PK can "dial up" some bad mother fucker schemes. See Alabama. Sark is a known quantity here. But tendencies matter and Sark has his issues with pedantic adherence to play calls like 4 straight runs at the 1 (insane no calls notwithstanding) against OU. We've had plenty of red zone problems. We did see changes against Tech and oSu on short yardage so that's a wildcard too. Another wild card - officiating. Texas will not have to deal with a Big 12 crew. That bodes very well for the Horns on both sides of the ball. All of this to say, I would not bet on this game, too many wildcards and unknowns when you really take a step back. 2. Texas run defense - game is over if we don't stop the run. Good news, no Texas fan should be worried. No one has run on Texas. The Horns have the top rated DT rotation in the country and Sweat has been so dominate he even made an appearance in the Heisman polling. Our stats show better for opponents than how the games really played out and yet Texas is still one of the best against the run. Washington fans think they will have no problem because "last year". Be confident, don't care, had sex last night. And don't care, everyone has said the same thing. Sweat is immovable. Murphy is a fucking machine. The speed on the edge and the scheme (as my pedestrian eyes see it) pushes the run back to the inside and the big guys eat it up. Ford and Ant Hill are great in supporting Sweat/Murphy and co. Could WA get their RBs in space on the outside? Sure. When they do, will they have success? Sure. Will they have success consistently in the run game, enough to rely on it? They could, but all statistical analysis, all game output to date suggests that is actually not likely. I suspect Washington's coaching staff has a view more similar to ours than their fans. 3. Texas defense on first down // Texas defense on third down - I think this is where the game is decided. if Washington stays ahead of the chains, Texas is in deep shit (same can be said for Washington's defense vs. Texas offense). And Washington will score points and will have several sustained drives and probably some big plays too. Each time that happens, discard, forget and line up again. The game within the game is having enough opportunities to put the pressure on Penix (more so than he's used to and require that he alone perform). If Texas can get into obvious passing downs after stopping the run, then Hill, Sorrell, Burke can pin their ears back - and I think this group has what it takes to get their sacks. Texas gets more than 3 sacks (see Alabama / Texas had 5) and Texas is well on the way to a win. As for winning first down, I would expect at least 1/3 of the time, Texas can do this. Missed execution in the passing game (it will happen), run stuffed, penalty, sack, whatever it may be. 2/3 of the time I suspect Washington will have a solid gain, a run, pass, defensive penalty, etc. Will that be enough? Can Texas get into situational third and long and execute? Executing on third and long and first and ten will require pressure and stopping the run. Let's see what happens, but situational opportunities will turn this game. The more third and longs we get, the better Texas will fare. So I will not only watch for third down conversion rates for Washington but maybe more importantly, how many third downs does Washington have to play from (and within that set how many are third and long). The more (to a degree) the better chance Texas has to stop them. That is the crux of the contest when it comes to Texas D vs. Washington O. 4. Texas offense - Look, I've seen Washington play. They play physical defense... for a Pac-12 team. OU and Alabama are probably more physical than what Washington will bring (can't wait for idoits that know nothing about Texas OU to come in here telling me I'm wrong about that). And we aren't going to get any bonus points for "murderer's row" but we took everyone's best shot this year and once you get past the obvious OU and Alabama teams, teams like KSU and Iowa State, the core of that daunting gauntlet, are also physical football teams. Washington is a much better team than those two as an example, but physicality is just not something that is going to keep me up on this one. Texas pass pro is legit, someone in the OL thread posted championship week we had 3 of the top 5 graded linemen - and that's with two sophomores, 1 junior and 2 seniors (check my math). Simply not worried at all. Doesn't mean it won't be a battle, but I think Washington will have to bring pressure to overwhelm the Texas OL in pass pro. If Washington gets 3-4 sacks, maybe. But that pressure will put Texas in a position to take advantage whether it's screens and runs or the long ball. Texas will run the ball, Texas will pass the ball. QE and Baxter/Blue/KRob will get their yards and Texas will get its points. Where Texas can lose this on offense is the 3rd quarter disappearing Houdini act, or Quinn starting slow, or turnovers. But on paper, Texas O should cruise and score 35+ points. 5. Turnovers/special teams - This could help either team balance out the success or lack thereof on points 3 or 4. Texas gets a timely INT, it won't matter if Penix threw for 300 yards. Washington gets an INT it won't matter Texas defense was winning first down to get third and long. Same with X on the punt returns, KRob on KO and punt block teams. I'm sure Washington will try to get theirs too. Obviously a wild card as well. 6. Washington hurry up ? - will Washington try and emulate OU's offense with the no huddle hurry up? Quite frankly it's the only offense that has beaten Texas all year. If you can keep the Texas DL rotation from happening on schedule you can gas our DTs or keep Sweat/Murphy out of key downs. It will be interesting to see if Washington tries to change or just stays to their strength. Some have said they hurry up to the line to call the play but that's not the same as a full tilt hurry up offense. Could be another wild card factor. I don't know who wins, I think points 1 and 5 (maybe 6) make it impossible to know. But when watching, to me it's about Texas defense creating as many third and longs as possible and on offense staying in attack mode and executing well. Texas wins third down like it has all year (best in the nation), Texas wins. Penix converts on third downs more often than not - or better for him - avoids too many third downs all together and Washington wins. Queue up Washington fans telling us Penix is all world, best third down passer in the history, Texas doesn't stand a chance, Washington will run for 250 yards, Texas is arrogant, fans are stupid, queers and steers, Sark is a drunk, whatever the fuck, don't care.
  6. There's no way Penix wins the Heisman unless it's a conspiracy to pump up the playoff. If he does, the award is completely meaningless. He's been clutch as fuck, but he's had too many stinker games this year to deserve the award. I'm not really sure that Daniels deserves it for going 9-3, but his stats are insane. Nix would have been a lock if we hadn't shit on Oregon's dreams in Vegas. As for media deepthroatings, the next one UW gets this year will be the first since we beat Oregon the first time. All we've heard since the ASU game was how Oregon was really better than us and was going to kick our ass in the P12CG. I've seen very few media pundits picking us the last couple days. I've even seen some say we're the TCU of this year's field.
  7. I went to hardcorehusky right when we hired PK to get their take on him. It's a good board and has the same general go fuck yourself ethos as surly. As far as I can tell, it's really the only other message board I've been to where they don't overIy moderate it and pretty much anything goes. I check it out infrequently but it doesn't do anywhere near the traffic that this place does. I went back after the playoff announcement. Some of you i.e., @troph are going a little overboard with the crowdsourcing here IMO. They are generally a bunch of assholes like we are. You should probably take it more in stride instead of going full fatwa right off the bat. Also regarding their take on Sark.... if we had a coach who pulled us out of a zero win season into respectability, and then he bailed on us for our rival where he failed in the most publicly humiliating and spectacular way possible, we would shit on him endlessly. I get where they are coming from on him.
  8. I’m glad to see one of you guys knows how to talk football. I agree with you. Line play is going to be the difference. Both teams have shit pass defenses and great skill players. If you guys pressure Penix and stop DJ, you win. If not, we win.
  9. The Texas team you beat last year wasn't even the 2022 Texas team. Many key guys missing there. Quinn went from being a bus driver down the stretch of last year to being thrust into a starring role. Worthy was dinged up and had a broken hand. Even our 3rd string back was lightly used due to a sports hernia. This team is much improved from last year on both offense and defense, and the physicality on both lines will be one of the biggest differences you'll see. Increased team speed and talent at the skill positions as well. Improved special teams personnel and coaching. Texas needed the run last year to really get anything going offensively. This year, we are much more versatile in how we can win. Your best bet is more dropped passes or stolen possessions due to turnovers or penalties. Washington has also gotten better. Dillon Johnson is better than Wayne Talupapa, Penix is still Penix. Trice looks more explosive this year. Jabbar Muhammad (Big 12) is better than what y'all put out there last year. It's gonna come down to line play. Even if you guys have a small advantage there, I think we have enough to pull out the win as long as we protect the ball.
  10. If we win the Sugar Bowl, these are going to go into the stratosphere and anyone buying now will feel great about themselves. On the flip side, if we lose, you're probably going to lose a few hundred bucks per ticket (especially factoring in fees).
  11. As Texans like to say, Sark is all hat, no cattle. At UW, he was all about flash, with very little substance. He was known for his drinking and philandering, and he earned the nickname "Seven Win Steve". He almost always lost big games, and had a never ending supply of excuses. USC did us a HUGE favor when they took him off our hands. Any UW fan who knew shit was glad to see him go. It opened the door for us to upgrade massively with Chris Petersen. It was hilarious to watch him continue his bullshit at USC, and the final straw being a loss to UW in LA in 2015 was delicious. Getting canned at SC definitely humbled him, and I think spending time with Saban was very beneficial for him. I don't think Sark is the same clown who coached at UW. I don't really hate him, but I will relish beating him again on January 1st. Also, if you spend much time at Hardcore Husky, you'll come to realize one thing: we hate everyone.
  12. I guess the question is, are we looking at something sustainable or a Jimbo flash in the pan. If we think Sark can continue to deliver (gonna be harder to win the conference going forward... bigger conference and arguably tougher conference), we do whatever it takes. If we think Sark is a good solid coach but most of our success comes from NIL, good batch of players, we're Texas, etc. (history shows that aint enough IMO), then be tight.
  13. Billy Liucci claims we had a weak schedule. The Ags believe him. The truth is that Texas, I think in about 80% of the years since the Ags left the Big 12, has had the harder schedule than A&M. A lot of that is due to them playing UGA only once, typically having only 4 road games, playing nonconference pansies, and getting South Carolina as their permanent rivals. That way they can, in their good years, win their nonconference patsies, South Carolina, and three other scrub SEC teams and brag about going 8-4 in the brutal SEC. Which is like going undefeated in the BDF.
  14. I think everyone is in agreement that the current 4 best teams are in, and, without Travis, FSU might not beat anyone in the Top 10. As a fan with no dog in the hunt, I'm stoked that we should be getting the best games possible playoff games. The committee just likes to oscillate between "best" and "most deserving" pretty loosely depending on which team they're trying to get in. An undefeated SEC East (often just as bad as the ACC) team would literally have to be playing towel boys in the backfield for the committee to even consider leaving them out. FSU was undefeated, the ACC had a winning record against the SEC, and FSU had a better OoC win (LSU) than their entire conference (Louisville). But, to your point, everyone outside of Florida is going to snap out of it before the end of the week because no one cares enough about them. The outrage of leaving the SEC out would have lasted for months.
  15. I think our defense is good enough to stop Washington 50-60% of their drives. The key to winning is going to be our offense. We have a qb who can deliver the ball anywhere and on target. We have receivers who can catch anything. We have a couple of running backs who are a threat to go all the way on any fucking play. We simply cannot go conservative at any point in the game. Sark has to let it all hang out on every series. Use the entire playbook (except for the delay handoffs up the middle). I kinda think if the coaches do their job and we show focus and discipline, we can blow these motherfuckers out of the water. ONe note though. They will do everything they can to put pressure on Ewers. That's where Sark needs to concentrate his efforts. Keep them off balance, move that ball around, get Ewers out of the pocket for long balls and above all, keep him healthy. Swings screens. Quinn has thrown a few balls cross-field that were dangerously close to being intercepted. Stop that shit. If we can avoid turning the ball over, we're going to win this one.
  16. By Billy Liucci September 1, 2021 Key notes from Billy Liucci interview You're going to see this contract be 10 years, starting from now, with an average right around $9 million per year. You're starting the existing deal over with a significant raise to make him the second-highest paid coach in the SEC behind Nick Saban and one of the highest-paid in college football. This is a great deal. We're going to look at it again as a great bargain. We've been talking about it for the last three years and how wrong people were the first time. Now they're doing it again. People don't seem to understand the no-buyout thing, and that makes me laugh. The buyout is $9 million a year, $90 million guaranteed. Nick Saban doesn't look like he's going to retire anytime soon, but say Alabama comes after Jimbo Fisher in three years when Saban is done. That's the only school that could take Fisher with the money that Texas A&M is paying. If Alabama does that, it means the next three years have been really good in Aggieland. A buyout does nothing. When was the last time a school didn't hire a coach they wanted because of a buyout? Do you think a one-year buyout, another $9 million, would keep A&M from going to get a coach? The buyout is $90 million. It also keeps the coach here. It's like the SEC not having a grant of rights. The SEC basically says, "You want to leave? Go." I don't think there is any danger of Fisher leaving. The danger is losing money. If it doesn't work, you lose money. Everyone is making a big deal about it, but it's like me and Olin living in the same neighborhood. If I saw him driving a Maserati, that's Olin's business. Not mine. The way the media is acting would be like me walking around the neighborhood calling Olin an idiot for spending that money on a car. Who's the idiot in that scenario? A&M is three years into this, and they have a pretty good idea of what they're investing in. People are saying it's only one good year, but it's not. It's one great year and three years of progress. Jimbo's first year was a nice, strong season. They finished ranked and won a bowl game, playing great football at the end of the year. His third year was a top-five finish, an Orange Bowl championship and a legitimate argument to be in the playoff. In 12 years as a coach, Fisher has a national title, a playoff berth and another top-five finish. He probably has five top-ten finishes in 12 years to go along with that. At what point do you look at that resume and say that Fisher is an elite head coach in this game? He is. It's not debatable. Texas A&M has a coach that is among the very best, the top five, in this game. If you look at what Fisher is doing in recruiting and don't feel extremely confident in your investment, I don't know what to tell you.Regarding the timing, coaches don't like negotiating during the season. What if Texas A&M reached the playoff this year and LSU spiraled? I think Texas A&M did the right thing. We got our guy, and he's locked up for as long as he wants to coach.This guy won a national title. He won 27 of 28 games with Jameis Winston in 2013 and 2014. People want to say it was all Winston, but you can't take away a guy's best player. If you take away Vince Young, what did Mack Brown do? Take away Joe Burrow, Ed O doesn't win a championship. I know what Dan Mullen has done, and I know what Jim Harbaugh has done. What in the hell have they done that Jimbo hasn't done? Mullen won a New Year's Six game, and Florida caught some criticism for that extension. The blowback shows how big the spotlight is on Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher. For the people that say A&M isn't relevant, you're hearing most of that from Texas, Oklahoma and some from LSU. They're whining fake tough guys. If you say a negative thing about Oklahoma, the Sooners go insane. Somebody asked me if I'd rather have Lincoln Riley or Jimbo at Texas A&M, at the answer is Jimbo. Riley is a good coach, but he coaches in a league where he has five times the talent as anybody he plays. They're both good coaches, but it's apples to oranges. Jimbo Fisher is a great fit at Texas A&M. Texas might be the most delusional fanbase in American sports. They're loud on Twitter. They get these talking points, and no matter how bad their team is or how good things are going in College Station, they cannot come off their talking points. How much money did they pay to fire Herman and hire Steve Sarkisian? We know what Sark has done. You want to boil it down to Fisher not winning a title in three years? You spent $75 million to hire Sarkisian. LSU is just scared. They had that great year and smoked the Aggies in 2019, but they've lost two of three to Texas A&M. Jimbo Fisher is the guy they've tried to hire twice. Ed Orgeron is a trainwreck of a coach, and they know it. They were hoping they could possibly hire Fisher at some point, and the Aggies just put up a wall around College Station. A day ago, what was the big cry coming out of Austin, Baton Rouge and Norman? That Fisher would be in Baton Rouge in a year. That was the battle cry from those three fanbases, and they wouldn't shut up about it. Today, 10 years and $90 million later, A&M is stupid for paying it? It's a constantly moving target.
  17. Does anyone know if Sark has ambitions to go back to the NFL? I know Sark often references Saban, but I think he aligns closer to Pete Carroll. I don't know if he shares Pete's drive to coach in the NFL or not, but that seems like a potential risk in a few years if he has interest. I can't see him going to another college program unless Texas screws things up in a big way (ie bring back patterson, etc.). I say pay the man ~$9m plus some good incentives, but no long term guarantees. This year has been great on all levels, but it's a down year for the conference and obviously a small sample size. A couple more years of double digit wins and I'll be convinced. I feel like we're still in the first quarter and up 21 points. Feels really good, but no guarantee we're winning the long game yet. We've definitely had some things fall our way this year and we could have easily missed the CCG and playoffs based on a couple plays, but winners make their own luck in my opinion (at least in the long term).
  18. Sources: Willie Fritz bringing two key off-field staff members to Houston Fritz securing personnel, football operations JOHN BRICE 3 HOURS AGO Willie Fritz is still assembling his on-field assistant coaching staff at Houston, which hired away Fritz from Tulane over the weekend, but he has secured a pair of key off-the-field moves. Sources tell FootballScoop that Wes Fritz is joining his father's staff in the role of director of player personnel for the Houston Cougars. He had spent the past eight seasons in a similar role at Tulane and also served as the Green Wave's pro liaison. Additionally, Fritz is bringing with him Shane Meyer as his director of football operations. The 2022 FootballScoop Operations Director of the Year, Meyer spent his playing career under Fritz at Central Missouri and had served as the ops head for Fritz at Georgia Southern before he also followed Fritz to Tulane. Fritz previously told FootballScoop of Meyer, "Shane takes care of everything so all players and coaches need to do is go win football games. "With Shane, he's so smart. He was a three-time Academic All-American when he played for me. On top of that, though, it's the work he puts in. He does it all for our program."
  19. Lunch with Liucci: Billy Liucci joins TexAgs Radio (Monday, December 4) By Billy Liucci December 4, 2023 Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 10:45:21) I have a lot of thoughts on Texas in the playoffs. They are deserving by the way it's set up. They deserved to be in over Alabama. You could argue Florida State. Should Florida State be in over Texas, over what everyone knows but won't say, how rancid the Big 12 was? Should Alabama be over FSU? They beat No. 1 Georgia and beat the same LSU team that was FSU's best win by about the same. Alabama's only loss was to another playoff team. With Jordan Travis, FSU was not rolling people. Is 12-1 Alabama more deserving than a 13-0 FSU? There were a lot of teams that would have gone undefeated after that Alabama game with Texas' schedule. There are more teams that would have navigated that with one loss. No one looks at it that way. It will fall back on these imaginary moving target metrics. They are not doing what they said they would do, put the four best teams in. As things stood, Texas would have been at or near the front of the discussion where you are talking about Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, and Florida State for the last couple of spots. It doesn't make sense to me how they put Texas in without much of a doubt. They did not ask the counterpoint questions. That's all we got when A&M was considered. That's all Florida State got. No one ever said, "Notre Dame lost to Clemson in the conference championship." Before, Notre Dame beat Clemson without Trevor Lawrence playing. We talk about FSU not having Jordan Travis. Travis could not hold Lawrence's jock at quarterback. Clemson slaughtered Notre Dame with Lawrence. There were crickets. They put Notre Dame in back in 2020. There is no consistency. They don't give the real reason. No one will be happy when they are left out. I am very happy they are going to a 12-team playoff. I would like eight. I don't think the No. 13 team in football will win a national title. They could do that in basketball or baseball but not in football. In no particular order, the eyeball test says the best four teams are Michigan, Washington, Alabama and... That is where it is tough. Georgia or Texas. Everyone is talking about Florida State. FSU just beat Louisville. I have an opinion that has nothing to do with A&M. Oklahoma State lost 45-3 to Central Florida. They lost to South Alabama 33-7 at home. Those are disgraceful losses, and that is who Texas played in their conference title game. Louisville lost to Pitt, but they have been a good football team. FSU held them to six points. FSU won in The Swamp. That's a big difference between Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. FSU did it with a third-stringer. I think I would put Texas in there. I think I would go with Alabama too. I would be wrestling with Texas, Alabama and Georgia. Texas had the easiest path but one of the two toughest games. Georgia, how do you put them in over Alabama? I can't put Georgia in over Alabama. I couldn't put Alabama over Texas. To me, the best teams, those three are fighting got two spots. Segment 2 (10:45:21 - 11:15:17) Is Georgia better than Washington? Probably. Washington had a stretch where they weren't dominant. They barely beat Arizona, but look at Arizona now. Segment 3 (11:15:17 - 23:06:17) We have not talked about Elijah Robinson. There are a lot of things out there these days that were flat-ass wrong. One youngster in particular races to our site every time something happens. 75 percent of it is wrong. I will be wrong sometimes. It is not going to happen a lot. If you are reading or hearing stuff and I am holding back on it, there is probably a reason why. Elijah Robinson was never staying. He was always wrestling with a tough decision. His leaving is tough for the program, players and fans. There is not a negative thing I can say about that guy. One thing with portal and coaches leaving is don’t say the whole thing is falling apart when the transition is going to be rough. I mentioned Brian Kelly. People at LSU were like, "What the hell did we just do?" He was a wildly successful coach at Notre Dame. People forget when A&M hired Jimbo, there was a rough transition. I know, ultimately, it didn't work, but it wasn't cause Jimbo could not handle the job. People freaked out with Steve Sarkisian too. Look at how Kelly and Sark have turned out. Losing Elijah is tough, so you go hire Sean Spencer the next day. Mike Elko knew that if he lost him, which was possible, this was his answer. The key is to have an answer. Elko would have loved to keep Elijah. You lost a coach. You will lose some players as a result. I know everyone expects a mass exodus. I don't think it's that. You will lose guys that hurt. You have to replace them. You go find better. You go find the equivalent. My point is, as fans and on social media, try not to ride the wave so much, because all it does is feed the wave. This place is not burning. If you lost a veteran player at a position that is not All-Conference, for whatever they are making in NIL, you go get another one of equal or greater value if you are good at what you are doing. I know losing Elijah hurts, but if a couple of players go because of that, you can bring guys in. This has not been a national championship team or program. They are 12-12 the last two years. Who are the lay-down first-rounders? Is McKinney Jackson a first-rounder? He is a damn good player. I hope he is because that kid poured a lot into this place. He played and practiced hurt. My point is that the program is not where it needs to be, and that is why there is a coaching change. There needs to be a culture change. Part of it is coaching, but part is players too. I don’t think any one guy is bigger than the whole thing of what you are trying to get accomplished. I don’t think any one coach is either. Elijah will be as close as you get to that. I see people saying, "They should have made him the defensive coordinator." Some people go, "Well, Elko is the defensive coordinator, really, anyway." That is not true. He did not call the defenses at Duke on game day. That was Tyler Santucci. Elijah has never called a defense in a football game. As a head coach when you have a lot of money to spend on coordinators, is that the direction you go? He might be a great coordinator, but right now, he has never called a defensive play. Tyler Santucci has only done it for a year. In the perfect world, you keep Elijah, and he ascends to be your defensive coordinator, but you don't do it out of fear of what might happen. There is tough decision-making involved. I have watched coaches and A&M do things out of fear. Example: "Don’t let Dameyune Craig go because you have Evan Stewart committed or Cameron Coleman‍ committed." Then what happens? What has happened at that position in a five- or six-year stretch? That type of thing does not win long term. Segment 4 (23:06:18 - 29:14:16) This is the first coaching change we have seen at Texas A&M since the portal has been like it is. Jimbo was hired six years ago. There was a different landscape. It was just graduate transfers. Other guys had to sit out. It was not even called the portal. It's a different day and age. With the transfers, when guys say they are going in, there is a 48-hour period. Walter Nolen might go in, but they are meeting with A&M and Elko today before that is official to see if they can make it work. If there is not a way, wait to see who comes in. If a guy goes in, he does not have to transfer. Unfortunately, a lot of that will happen. They will test the market. They will be lied to. Elko and the staff will go into the portal with the intent to upgrade the roster and change the culture as quickly as possible. The goal is not to have a massive turnover, but there will be. You will not have answers immediately. Wait and see how things play out. Oklahoma State lost virtually every meaningful player last year, and they played for a Big 12 title on Saturday. They beat Oklahoma. They managed to field a football team and, in their conference, have a pretty damn good season. How does Sean Spencer do here? Who does Mike Elko hire as his offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator? That's what really matters. When you lose a player, who do you bring in? The first and second most important things are the offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator. Elko thinks that the defensive coordinator thing is important so he can be a head coach. He wants to be a head football coach. Let's wait to see who those are before we judge this first coaching staff
  20. He/his dad reached out to Deion last spring about him transferring over, since he'd looked at Jackson State during his recruitment. Allegedly there was a tepid response about competing for playing time and no NIL so Taylor stayed put and collected his money. There's going to be some pain for Texas in the portal this cycle, but Texas should also win again on a net basis from the portal. There is a lot of interest coming UT's way across the board. I would expect Texas to lose, to the portal: 1 QB 1 TE 2 WR 4 OL (SGW, Merril, Kirkland, Cajoe are the most likely for varying reasons. They do not want to lose, but may lose, several other back-ups if there's NIL craziness. The only way Cam Williams is leaving is for a giant pile of cash from another major P5 that Texas simply cannot match or doesn't want to match.) 2 DT 2 DE 2 CB/Star 2 S I would expect Texas to take, from the portal: 1 TE 3 WR (they are looking at cream of the crop stuff here, and they may decide to be picky and take 1-2 and see what happens this spring) 1 DL 1 LB 1-2 DB (they will take elite DBs only, and apparently Korie Black qualifies) Texas is going to sign 23-25 HS players. So if they're losing 15-20 in the portal and 15-20 to draft plus graduation, that would have them net zero to net down 9 max. If they're going beyond potential net down 3-4, I assume they're making that up in the portal. There are roughly, supposedly, 15 guys on the roster that they'd be fine losing, although not necessarily being aggressive with that many. I expect there to be 3-4 transfer announcements shortly and then a relative trickle until the playoffs are over. There are going to be a few guys who, as soon as they've met with Sarkisian, are going to feel like they need to get the fuck out and get a landing spot somewhere quickly. That will outweigh the desire to be a part of a playoff team. I'll be shocked if it is more than 5 guys and the same if it is like 0-1. We will all know a lot more over the next 36 hours regarding transfers out since the guys they're the most bullish on not being a part of the program going forward will be met with quickly, immediately following anyone, if there is anyone, who they view as a real flight risk ahead of the playoffs that they do not want to lose. One caveat to all of this is that no one knows to what extent the culture being created, and the opportunities being presented, puts both a lid on guys leaving and the quality of the guys they can bring in. Everyone is assuming some pain on the portal side related to NIL expectations in the market, and the unknown aspects of the depth and breadth of that, and whether or not Texas can handle it. There's a legit chance the program can happily play inside of all of these numbers, but no one is preparing for the best case scenario.
  21. Sark tore this mother fucker down to the studs after year one and said I am going to do this my way. That takes a lot of courage and belief in what you are doing, especially when you are talking about a blue blood program. Just two years later, here we fucking are, a shot at winning a Championship. Along the way, all he has been doing is preaching a vision to recruits. One that is coming to fruition starting now. The staff has damn near been Nostradamus playing the patience game with recruits believing teams were not what many expected them to be. Sark seems to do very well at identifying the right guys for the coaching staff. At this point, there is no reason that staff budget should not go up. There is no reason we should not have one of the highest staff budgets in the country. Sark definitely seems to be perfecting his craft as he goes and learning from his shortcomings. I'm not naive to believe it is going to be smooth sailing yet, especially with the move to the SEC. I was coming around to Sark last year, I was bullish on 10+ wins this season. I am bullish on Sark, he truly seems to have fixed our culture problem. LFG!!
  22. Aggies always getting gyped out of the bottom seed. It was the politics of ratings that kept them from the 64th seed in the NCAA tournament one year then pitted them against the only team that could beat them in the first round the next year. It was politics and likely the debil sips that failed to credit their glorious victory over an oft-beaten Florida team enough to overcome their crushing at the hands of Alabama in football 2020. In the below, they underestimate our diabolical goals and dare to lump Alabama in with us as meritless puppetmasters: Again with the ratings. I don't know why, as the only cult recognizing the evil destroyer that is tu, they can't see the big picture. In our meetings, where we wave dildos, sacrifice babies, and engage in homosexuality which is de facto evil, we discuss how our destructive goals go beyond merely disrupting college football. What starts here undermines the World Order and all the goodness in the world that can be embodied in an ignored honor code. I guess the T in t-sip actually stands for tofu. Further, tofu evidently diminishes awareness of things. I guess sipping tofu makes one unaware that the Aggies are calling us tofu-sippers. Human Being's got some smarts. Quote the cult leader? Check. Display unsubstantiated confidence in greatness of the cult? Check. Awareness of what a bad combination this is? Get back to us on this one. And below, a visionary steps out from the blind throng to enlighten the world. So far, only 14 souls have adhered to The Word. I think we can assume anyone calling the man E-rob, Erob, or that black coach who black kids can relate to are aware of your Truth. I think your administration is aware. The laughing world is also aware. I doubt he's as happy there as you and your mom. You mean the coach whose absurd extension you celebrated didn't do this? I must have missed all the quotes from you critical of Jimbo's head coaching skills. I suppose knowing how to win a natty doesn't count for much anymore. Thanks for telling us. Nothing ever goes without saying in your rambling bloviations. Nothing ever goes without repeating and offers to fight anybody who doesn't disagree with acute politeness. Thanks for the recruiting season chestnut we all need reminding of what an irresistable place A&M is. Whoop! Feeling better already. Such as it is. He must mean signing the guys that were once a part of the roster. They've been good at that. Interesting that there is nary a mention anywhere of the loss of Jimbo as a recruiter. Maybe that's why they clung so hard to Robinson (E-rob to the ignoratti); he was a hedge in their minds on what they were losing in Jimbo. That goes double for me and anyone else addicted to this thread.
  23. This appeared unbidden in my google news feed this morning: https://wreckemred.com/2023/12/04/texas-tech-football-independence-bowl-bid-reminder-2023s-disappointment/ O-Zone layer. Holy shit. Go Bears. ”This uninspiring bowl matchup against a 6-6 team from a university that cares more about preserving the health of redwood trees and finding a new hole in the O-Zone layer so that it can further decry the degradation of human existence as we know it than it cares about winning football games is a reminder of how disappointing 2023 is destined to be for Texas Tech football fans.
  24. Well it's a fact that FSU turned down SEC membership so that they would have an easier path to MNC. Karmas a bitch, they deserve it. “I felt, Paul, that it was too difficult to win through the SEC to win a national championship,” Bowden stated. “I felt like our best route would be to go through the ACC and that did prove out to be correct. But, I don’t know if we could have made it through the SEC.”
  25. i mean...i don't think the QB was the issue in that game for Ohio State. he's absolutely fine. on paper they should have won the game with that + winning the hell out of the middle 8 + the 3rd down and RZ success rates for Michigan. but, their RBs were terrible, they had bad turnover luck, Michigan went 4-4 on 4th (3-12 otherwise vs Ohio State going 4-9 on 3rd), the defense got basically no push, the defense got basically no HAVOC, had a bad stop rate, etc. he will end up somewhere, do pretty well and we are not far from the "better fire Ryan Day, he ran Kyle McCord out of town" takes from that insane fanbase. bad luck + poor defense + coaching not to lose (playing for FG, gutless on punting) was why they lost that game. not Kyle McCord single-handedly, like a ton of Ohio State fans seem to think
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