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  1. This is a day we have no business winning and Yainer is going to drive in 6 for a win
  2. We have a great start to the season with the CSU blowout, aggy losing, and when we win next weekend, Heisman talk ramps up and we probably go up in the rankings. Really fucking sucks that YGIFS passed away just as all of this is about to go into overdrive.
  3. I liked his play calling last Sat. Lot of misdirection. Also, CSU's D simply had no idea whether the next play would be a run or a pass. That was a Cowboy trait back in the Aikman days. First and goal from the 5... Pass. You just never knew. I'll give both the O and D A's for execution. If the D has a good game, we win handily. If not, it'll be touch and go. Gotta give us the edge over their homefield advantage
  4. ok it might be a conspiracy. arsenal has won 4 of the last 13 matches officiated by kavanaugh. three times in that span VAR has had to overturn a straight red card against arsenal. fuck this guy. klopp got darren england banned from reffing liverpool matches. the same needs to be done with this fuckface prick and arsenal matches. arsenal has one loss and, including saturday, two draws in 2024. every other game has been an arsenal win, usually a clean sheet and/or ass whooping. yet we can’t win and are constantly getting bullshit red cards from this mancunian fuckstick whenever he’s in charge of our matches. fuck all of that. get this clown out of here. i honestly haven’t been this mad in years. after going like 16-1-1 or whatever after xmas last year and still losing the league title by two points to that saudi club up in manchester, it feels like the season could already be over because of one single twat with an agenda and a whistle. i’m still seething over this shit because it’s ruining my ability to enjoy watching this league that’s already a one-team league. FAK.
  5. This is going to be like the 2016 season, where aggy’s close opening loss against a strong Top 10 Norte Dame team will look shittier as the weeks go by and they realize the Irish aren’t that good. Except Texas actually enjoyed a win in 2016 before we crashed back to reality.
  6. Loochador is up on youtube. It's a Labor Day miracle! Just starting it but he's already going into the whatifs. If we had got a stop on 3rd and 5 on ND's eventual game-winning TD drive, we would have got the ball back with a chance to go win the game! And the receiver pushed off on that play! Really makes you think.
  7. Would love to see it happen, but I don't really think that's possible. Even if we were to go undefeated and he wins the Heisman, that's still gonna be VY.
  8. A friend who couldn't go today gave my kid and I tickets, so it was cool to see Ferrari get the F1/WEC wins today. And it sucked to be able to see less than half of the track. Wasn't, too, too hot, so we had that goin' for us. WTF was going on with those 2 hypercars banging down the back straight, and which drivers were involved? I assumed there would be a penalty since the inside car pushed the outside car almost into the armco. Was there?
  9. Liucci with a lot of words Saturday's pre-game build-up checked every box imaginable. The 12th Man and the Fighting Irish. The return of “Power.” Johnny f'ing Football and Nick Saban. Sports celebrities dotting the sidelines. Mike Elko leading the Aggies into battle for the first time. With 107k packed into Kyle Field under the glare of the national spotlight, the stage was set for an epic night in College Station. College football, the greatest sport in the country, is the pageantry, the tortuous offseason build-up and the realization that an entire season oftentimes feels like it hinges on a single game. That's what makes opening a season and, in this case, a new coaching tenure, with a premier opponent equal parts special and stressful. On Saturday night, as Notre Dame calmly marched 85 yards down the field for the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter, Aggies and Irish alike felt like the 2024 campaign was hanging in the balance less than sixty minutes into a 12-game season. Unfortunately, the Aggies weren't quite ready for primetime, as Marcus Freeman, Riley Leonard and a terrific Irish defense proved a little too much during a “gut check” closing stretch. That, my friends, is why TexAgs and social media were on fire into the wee hours and why Notre Dame fans are likely breaking down what already looks like a clear path to the new 12-team playoff over Sunday brunch in South Bend. Unfortunately, the Aggies weren't quite ready for primetime, as Marcus Freeman, Riley Leonard and a terrific Irish defense proved a little too much during a “gut check” closing stretch. This should be a tough one for A&M fans — and, more importantly, the coaches and players in Bright — to process on the day after. In talking to folks both last night and already today, the overwhelming sentiment is “same song, different verse” and “here we go again.” Emotionally speaking, I get it. The offense and quarterback struggled to move the ball and produce points, and the Aggies dropped a very winnable big game, failing to capitalize on a golden opportunity. Despite losing the turnover battle 2-0 and not being able to generate anything in the passing game, the A&M defense took the field with 6:23 remaining in the fourth quarter, needing a stop to get the ball back and win the game. When the Ags are that close to securing a top-10 win to open not only the season but the Elko Era and can't get it done, every mistake and shortcoming is magnified, and the frustration is understandably much higher than after a run-of-the-mill A&M loss. We all know what the Ags left on the field last night, and no one understands that as much as the guys in the losing locker room. Had Conner Weigman hit Noah Thomas for a chunk gain past the A&M 40-yard line instead of sailing a throw that was picked off, do the Ags finish that drive out and go up 13-3 instead of watching the Irish tie it at 6-6? The Aggies were also on the move just before the break, but a second drive stalled in Irish territory following Weigman's uncharacteristic second interception. Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Not entirely impressive, Riley Leonard passed for just 158 yards and no touchdowns. He rushed for 63 yards. And the play of the game may have come when the Ags had the visitors right where they wanted them. With the game tied 13-13, Notre Dame took over deep in their own territory with under seven minutes remaining. A quick stop and the Aggie offense would take over in great field position, needing only a field goal to win it. The Irish were staring at a third-and-5 from their own 20-yard line, backed up in the deafening north end zone. The Ags had the defense on the field, needing a third-down stop (Notre Dame was just 2-for-10 on third downs, mind you) with the game hanging in the balance. It's exactly what Elko and everyone in that stadium wanted. And then Leonard converted, and then he hit Beaux Collins for a 20-yard gain on the visiting sideline. Then a few plays later, Jeremiyah Love burst into the end zone from 18 yards out, and the Aggies went from being in an excellent position to win the game to needing a small miracle. That's how close this one was...but it was also clear that Notre Dame was the better team (albeit very slightly) down the stretch. For the most part, Saturday night’s tug-of-war went pretty much as planned. As August drew to a close, this game had all the makings of a 23-20 or 20-17 type of affair, hence the 2.5-point line and O/U sitting somewhere around 43 points. I don't think Elko or Freeman would have offered much disagreement if you had told them the first one to 20 on Saturday would win. With the strength of both teams weighted heavily towards defense, a new OC on each sideline, one quarterback coming back from a season-ending injury and the other playing his first game in a new program, a 13-13 game in the fourth quarter could have been predicted. What wasn't expected is what has many wringing their hands while taking a peek at the SEC schedule. Weigman went just 12-for-30 for a mere 100 yards and two interceptions without a touchdown. The junior gunslinger was inaccurate down the field and looked very flustered by Freeman's man-heavy defense. In addition to turning the ball over, Weigman had a chance to shake off a bad night by leading the Ags down the field to tie the score in the final minutes. Instead, he threw three incompletions on four downs as Notre Dame sealed the win. That's not the Weigman we expected to see in 2024, nor is it the quarterback so many NFL scouts believed they'd seen on tape. Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports According to Pro Football Focus, Conner Weigman’s passing grade vs. Notre Dame was a lackluster 28.0. Defensively, the Aggie defensive line played well for most of the game, but some long runs and Leonard knifing through creases on key downs resulted in nearly 200 rushing yards allowed. Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock also called a good game and kept his new quarterback from holding on to the ball too long, which resulted in the Ags not producing a single sack. Long story short, the Aggies needed a lot to go right to knock off a top-10 opponent in the season-opener, but two things I felt very confident about going in (and for good reason) would've been a strong showing from Weigman and the Aggie defense being stellar against the run while putting real heat on Leonard in his first Irish start. That's certainly something Elko, Klein and Jay Bateman are probably taking a very deep dive into as we speak. The fact is, if the Aggies are going to win more games than they lose in the SEC this year, it's going to come on the strength of quality play under center and with the Maroon & White fielding one of the better defenses in the league. You're just not going to win many games by turning the ball over and allowing nearly 200 yards on the ground. That's especially true when facing a top-10 foe. Make no mistake about it: The Irish are a legitimate top-10 squad in year three under Freeman. They're also on the fast track to the CFP, thanks to a schedule that looks as easy as any in the country from here on out. I realize Notre Dame doesn't play in the Southeastern Conference and get the feeling that's adding to the frustration levels following last night's outcome, but there are a couple of points that should be talked about when it comes to the Ags' season-opening combatant. The first is that Notre Dame is a top-10 squad led by a great defense and an experienced, poised and fleet-footed QB. The second has to do with the fact that the defense that the Aggies faced last night will probably be the best they see all season. Texas could be the only exception in the season finale, but the Longhorns lost a lot of off last year's unit and were generally untested by Colorado State on Saturday. Either way, the Irish are elite on that side of the ball, led by a pair of defensive backs and an interior defender who should probably be preparing for their first NFL action next Sunday. Look, the Irish aren't vintage Alabama or Georgia or any of the vintage LSU defenses (or even Clemson in '18 and '19) that the Ags have faced since joining the SEC, but they're a loaded, veteran-led unit that is going to rank among the nation's very best this fall. The fact that A&M and Weigman struggled against a group that had eventual No. 1 pick and Heisman winner Caleb Williams in virtual hell (sorry, Touchdown Jesus) for four quarters last year isn't shocking, but it was also obvious that Weigman and his receivers have a long way to go. Klein understands that the Aggies can't simply write this one off to facing a top-tier defense. As Elko said, they'll have to find ways to get Weigman more comfortable within the offense and get more creative when it comes to getting receivers open. Klein understands that the Aggies can't simply write this one off to facing a top-tier defense. As Elko said, they'll have to find ways to get Weigman more comfortable within the offense and get more creative when it comes to getting receivers open. That's just the reality around here until members of the Aggie pass-catching corps prove they can get separation against higher-level secondaries like Notre Dame. Based on his track record, there's no reason to expect anything less than the first-year A&M offensive coordinator using the next few weeks — against McNeese, a Florida defense that allowed 41 to Miami on Saturday and Bowling Green to begin to sort things out and get the Aggies right. And just in case anyone didn't notice, the Ags did look much better up front than they have against a solid to great defense at any point since the 2020 season (save maybe the 2021 Alabama or 2022 LSU upsets). If there was a silver lining on Saturday night, that certainly was it. Am I concerned following the Ags' season-opening setback? Sure, but the fact of the matter is that the Aggies faced a top-10 team in Elko's first game as Texas A&M's head coach, the first game of a new offense, a new defense and a quarterback who hadn't taken the field in 11 months. The hope was that it would all come together immediately, but the reality is that wasn't going to be the case. That didn't mean the Ags couldn't beat Notre Dame because we all know after watching things play out that they very well could have. Elko and the Aggies had a chance to make a resounding season-opening statement on Saturday night, but instead, it was Freeman and the Fighting Irish who spoke most loudly when the game was on the line. Scoring a top-10 win in your first game anywhere — including A&M — is a pretty damn tall task. While we can and should (and will) break down all of the areas that kept that from happening, it's important that Aggie fans understand that the new boss got here tasked with reversing a trend that had the Ags playing below .500 ball over the past two seasons. As much as we want it to, it's not going to happen overnight. But it almost did, which is where the frustration lies. It's funny because I spent much of the game watching alongside comedian Shane Gillis. He's as knowledgeable a Notre Dame fan as we are when it comes to our Aggies. For most of the four quarters, we laughed about how much each team needed the win and how both programs have struggled to win the true spotlight games like the one we were watching. He compared it to another game he was at a year ago at this exact time when Freeman's Irish lost a heartbreaker to Ohio State in South Bend. The Irish got better as the season progressed and, this time around, broke through. Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Saturday represented Mike Elko’s first game as the head coach at Texas A&M. He now owns a 16-10 record between his time at Duke and Aggieland. Turn the corner and breakthrough. That's the same thing the Aggies did following “marquee” early losses in 1998, 2012 and 2020. I realize those are A&M's three best seasons in the last 30 years, but you could also include a more modest example of which Elko was a part. That was Jimbo Fisher's first season when a gut-wrenching Week 2 loss to Clemson was part of a very solid 9-4 opening act. Way too many examples from other power programs in recent seasons on both sides, from Brian Kelly winning the SEC West at LSU (despite losing the opener to FSU) to the likes of Steve Sarkisian, Brent Venables and Josh Heupel combining to finish right around .500 in their first years in Austin, Norman and Knoxville. What does it all mean? It means this season has only just gotten started, and Elko and his staff now have game tape — good and bad — to examine. The Ags' next chance to “breakthrough” will likely come next month vs. an unbeaten and top-10 Missouri team, but until then, they'll have to improve enough to go win at The Swamp and in Arlington against Arkansas in a couple of have-to-have-it SEC games with McNeese State and Bowling Green as important tune-ups mixed in. How Elko's first season in Aggieland is ultimately judged isn't going to be based solely on any one game. Not the first and not even that last one. And had the Aggies won the final five minutes last night at Kyle Field, the same thing would ring true today. That's how fine the margins can be and probably will be several more times this fall. What we'd be saying (as would Elko) is there is still plenty of work to be done and weaknesses/flaws to address, but the Ags at least showed they're learning how to win. We'll see if they show the same resilience that last year's Irish and a few memorable A&M teams have shown in the past. It's a long season, and the safe money is on the Ags showing steady September improvement. As such, it will be fascinating to see what last night's season-opening result looks like for both teams sometime around late November
  10. I wanted Navarro to win, but someone (or several people) should be fired for letting those kids with oversized tennis balls run down to the side of the court before Coco was going to serve at 3-5 in the 3rd. For someone already in her head about her serve & her double faults, that was a huge distraction that said “We have confidence that you’ll choke.” And she had 3 double faults in that final game to lose the match. And after losing, Coco skipped signing any of the kids’ tennis balls. She didn’t glare at the kids, because they didn’t know better, but the people who let them go down to the side of the court should all be fired.
  11. Go up by a run, add insurance, let one in, then they tie in the 8th, we waste the 9th. Flip a coin win or lose in extras. I already read this script.
  12. I get what you are saying, but this is insane and Message Board Genuises level stuff. Ewers is in his 3rd year starting. Experience matters. Making mistakes in live fire, correcting those mistakes, getting your weaknesses discovered and exposed - all of it is an essential part of development. So many have been eager to bury Ewers over the last few years because of his recruiting pedigree and physical gifts, but they neglect the impossible to circumvent, absolutely necessary growing pains that go with game reps. Posts like this are simply setting up Arch for when he inevitably makes mistakes of inexperience. I hope everything you said happens. I will feel very good about Arch next year, for obvious reasons that we are all excited about. Texas can win with Arch next year and Arch may very well end up better than Ewers when it is all said and done. But there is zero chance a first year starter Arch is better than the version of Ewers that wins the Heisman in his 3rd year of starting.
  13. It’s absolutely possible that UT wins a national title, Ewers wins the Heisman and goes 1/1 in the draft and we have improvement at the QB spot going into 25. It’s like the Miami hurricane teams of the 80’s.
  14. This is what college football should be all about. 2 blue bloods squaring off in front of 100,000 people with gameday in town and the eyes of the college football nation upon our horns. this squad, I believe, is really freaking good. We are going to take it to a 1 dimensional Michigan team. Texas is going to win and it’s going to be like Ohio State in 2005 and be the platform to launch us into a pretty special season. game week thoughts and articles and commentary goes here.
  15. Obviously you are new to this thread. Go back to when Ewers threw the pick. We are doomed and won’t win a game
  16. And I'm going to say something as someone who has been a part of losing Republican campaigns--I've heard this talk before. I heard exactly this when I was a very low-level volunteer guy working on George Bush's campaign in 1992. I heard this when I was hustling for Bob Dole as a CR in 1996. "Yeah--it's ok if Clinton wins because we're still going to have the Senate . . . ." Now, I'm going to tell you that such rationalizations didn't usually start coming out into October. But still--I've heard exactly this before. We were fucked in 1992 and 1996, and we damned well knew it. But here's the thing--the GQP is even more fucked now. And they don't know it. In the 1990s, the Republican Party was still a real political party. It had policy positions that it wanted to advance. It had ideas with which its supporters agreed. So you could go to them and say "but so long as we keep the Senate and the House, our ideas and policy positions will still be advanced (or at least not completely frustrated)." And shit--that was especially true with the Great Triangulator in the White House. So you could still motivate people who knew they were going to lose the White House to go out and vote in the down-ballot races. The GQP today isn't a political party. It doesn't have a single ideology or a single set of policy positions. It has a single cult of personality. The less-engaged will stay home because it's not fun to get your teeth kicked in. They don't fucking care about the Senate or the House or the state legislature. If it's not Trump, they don't give a shit (as they've repeatedly shown in midterms and special elections).
  17. Lot of ins and outs to this Curry/KAT contract comparison. My unwanted thoughts: 1. Curry was grossly underpaid for a good portion of his career. He signed an extension coming off injury at well below market value, which in no small part allowed them to sign Durant and everyone else for the meat of their run. I'm pretty sure he was getting about half of what Durant was making when KD signed with them. He's owed back pay. 2. The Warriors are not going to be competing for championships in the foreseeable future and are likely to not even make the playoffs. They have the most expensive building in the league and he is the most important person in the history of that franchise. Even with a crap team, they still have seats to fill and people will come out just to see him, even if he's washed and they're losing. We saw it with the Lakers and Kobe. He's worth it to them, just to put butts in the seats. Conversely, they can't have him show up in a Lakers uniform goofing around with Lebron and have a nice tribute video to say "thanks for everything". They just can't let that happen under any circumstances. 3. KAT seems like a nice enough guy and is no doubt talented, but on the basketball court he's a brain dead, mangy, flea-ridden dog. His contract is enough of an albatross, but it's the combination of it with the Gobert contract that makes it untenable for the maintenance of the rest of the roster. The Twolves got so much mileage out of that Denver series, it's not even funny. I still can't explain the game 7 second half Nugget collapse. But if not for that, we're having a completely different conversation. One where they blow a 2-0 lead going home for games 3 and 4, and losing by 45 in their own building to close it out in game 6. I still chalk up that entire series as a fluke. And for them to get pasted in 5 by the very flawed Mavericks just lends more credence to the idea. As great as Edwards is, I still refuse to believe you can win a championship with Gobert and KAT playing major minutes for your team until I see it with my own eyes.
  18. June 21 was 14-11 where Nick Hernandez and Montero gave up 7 in the 8th. the one game since then was the 13-12 win in Minnesota the day after the 4th of July when Luis Contreras gave up 6 earned runs in the 9th and we had to burn Hader in a game we led 13-5 going to the bottom of the 9th
  19. So, they list of reasons why I vote blue has already handle by numerous other posters. But why I am excited, specifically, for this cycle? Over the last ten years, the far right had been gaining strength across the Western world. While the names of the parties and politicians have been different, the world has become more isolationist, more anti-immigrant, and more racist. Whether it is Farage, Le Penn, or Trump, there seems to be a growing wave of hatred and dipshittery. It's been scary and depressing. Then Biden debated on June 27th. Fuck. I caught maybe three seconds of it scrolling past, but I knew the story. A second Trump presidency was just assumed after that. Then, later that week I watched John Oliver's piece on the upcoming UK election. Labor was going to crush the Tories after 14 years. Watching Oliver's elation after 14 years of stupid, shitty, ridiculous bullshit, gave me some sense that we could survive a second Trump presidency. On the 4th of July, it Conservative Party was crushed on a massive scale. Granted, the Conservative Party isn't Farage's Reform Party, and you could read that election as the Tories losing votes to Reform. But, there was more to it that. There was the need to actually have the government be competent. There was the realization that the isolationism of Brexit was economic idiocy. Then the French were up to bat on July 7th . Le Penn's National Rally Party had done well enough in the first round of voting that it looked like they were going to get plurality, if not the out-right majority. But the moderates and the leftists said fuck that, teamed up, actually had some candidates drop out to avoid the far right from winning. In the end, the right wing ended up in third and the left wing coalition received the most votes. Just an insane result. Granted, it's not all great with Rally being in that position after the first round. But, the election demonstrated that 1) moderates and leftwing are more concerned about the right wing than each other, 2) just a huge number of people will vote when facing the prospect of the far right government. So, now it's our turn. And I am excited that America will do its job. I see similarities in the French election - Harris is openly courting moderates from the Republican Party. Despite some controversial policies with Israel and the border, the coalition is holding on the left. It looks like it will be high turnout election. Trump and MAGA are just too disgusting for most people who are paying attention. At the very least, I think we will keep Trump out. But I am excited by the prospect of more of a UK landslide that sends a clear message that MAGA is just not viable. I hopeful that this phase in our global politics is coming to a close.
  20. i am going to begin with the words of the brilliant and gifted spencer hall, who everyone should subscribe to: TLDR: i have no idea. i think we go 9-3 because elko is a smart guy and the floor is significantly raised, i think this roster has more talent on it than people realize, and i am first and foremost a fan, which means i am willfully, blindly optimistic about collin klein, even though the jury is very much out. speaking of collin klein, i think he is clearly the biggest delta of this whole ordeal. there are those that think he is running bill snyder's 2004 greatest hits, and those who view him as one of the brighter young offensive minds in college football. he is about to be running an offense in the most difficult defensive conference in america with a decided lack of playmakers*, speed or highly ranked players at the skill positions and a qb who threw 119 passes last season. let's fucking go. (*holding out hope for noah thomas). qb: weigman is whatever you want him to be right now. great pedigree, decently natural thrower of the ball, reasonably accurate and pretty tough when not getting rolled up on. can he stay healthy behind the ol, and how often does klein feel like he needs to run him as an easy button? tons of upside here and in the current world of college football, great depth with marcel reed and jaylen henderson. ol: i think history will judge me gently when i went all in on steve addazio being recommitted to football. last year was so absurd that between scheme and talent this group will surprise and be mediocre. trey zuhn is a passable left tackle another year removed from the knee injury, coaches love bisontis at guard, nabou or faaiu should be an improvement on bryce foster falling down at center and contrary to ctj's desire for reed-adams to be a jayhawk casualty, the guy is a very competent guard. i do not for the life of me understand what has happened to ruben fatheree and the fact that crownover may be starting is concerning. g-c-g should be solid, rt cannot be a turnstile. another place klein should be helpful is not calling for these guys to hold blocks for 7 seconds each passing play. rb: leveon moss is a talented guy. needs to stay healthy because behind him is amari daniels, who was really fast his sophomore year of high school 40 pounds ago, and ej smith, who does all the little things right except gain yards when handed the football. maybe bussey gets some snaps, whatever. this room goes as moss' health goes. wr: yikes. i really like noah thomas and there is potentially something there. other than that . . . jahdae walker reminds me of the juco guys i got excited about circa 2001, jacob bostick couldn't get on the field in the worst college offense of all time, moose muhammaed will have 12 catches for 171 yards against lsu after not playing for 6 weeks, and cyrus allen and micah tease are supposedly very fast and can't catch. jabre barber will be useful if he returns from injury. evan stewart is going to win the biletnikoff and i'm going to cut myself. te: they're pretty big and can block and kind of slow. coaches really like tre watson, we'll see. donovan green looks like a shell of his freshman self, needs another few months to heal, supposedly the swedish guy is coming along, will be interesting to see how much 12 and 13 personnel gets run here. i'm as bullish defensively as i am skeptical on offense, i think mike elko is a really, really solid defensive coach and if he's calling your defense, you're going to be sound, a pain in the ass in the red zone, and make the qb's life annoying. dl: there is still a ton of talent here and should be far better not doing whatever the fuck dj durkin reverted to. nic scourton is getting hyped by people not usually prone to hype, shemar stewart looks great, there are six reasonably athletic defensive tackles assuming brownlow-diddy really exists and i think the biggest difference between the jimbo/elko groups and this year is the ability for cashius howell, malick sylla, etc to be used off the edge - those pieces didn't exist for him last time. this should be a very fun, very productive group. lb: taurean york is a very solid college lb. can we find another 1.5 alongside him? have to make this work somehow. if york goes down it's not good times. shout out anthony hill, you big jerk. cb: along with klein, i think the other biggest determinant to the year - one can squint and see a rotation of tyreek chappel, bj mayes, will lee, dez ricks and see a jump in both talent and production from last year. maybe bravion rodgers and jayvon thomas make a 2nd year jump. maybe riley leonard throws for 350 yards saturday. crazy low floor, pretty high ceiling, what could go wrong. s: this is an underrated room. bryce anderson and dalton brooks are going to be a very good duo, and capable of covering far more ground than any of the thumpers rolled out there the last few years. good depth as well. some fun depth options if elko wants to get creative. st: we have a good punter again. hopefully bussey is ready for the spotlight at returner. please get moose the fuck out of there. this team is going to crush unders, sit on people from the defensive side, not allow anything over the top and generally play some rc slocum style football. in this era of football, can this group of skill position talent score enough in those games you have to have 28, 31, 34. who knows! fuck nd.
  21. Mackovic is a decent analog for Herman, I guess. One thing that benefits Herman in these discussions is that he got fired at the right time. The 2021 team was going to be bad no matter what and his recruiting was nearing collapse. The advent of the portal as we know it was just occurring. He was disliked by his players on top of flailing in recruiting. I think he was headed towards insane disaster if no one had intervened. I could see 3-9/2-10 instead of 5-7. One thing I really like about Twelve Win Theven is that the players like the guy. Even if he stumbles again, I would be kind of stunned by some sort of mass exodus.
  22. Sigh, I don't think he's the worst coach in Texas football history. I don't think he's one of the worst coaches all time. You could argue he's a good coach, a mediocre coach, and maybe not a bad coach. Surly wins again, and my bias against that idiot and an off hand comment that he might be considered, MIGHT was taken to an extreme. That's the Surly way I think he's a bad coach but not one of the worst all time. Once again it's important to point out, I'm apt to go full regard and it's best for everyone if we all recognize that reality. Can we get back to shitting on Chucky Fingers and start a Worst Coaches of All-Time thread?
  23. Herman was average to above average. He is not anywhere near a worst coach in history. His tenure at Texas wasn't spectacular. But he went 4-0 in bowl games and finished ranked 3 times in four seasons, including a top 10 finish. He was 32-18 at Texas and 22-13 in conference play (with winning seasons in conference every year). He also went 22-4 at UH and finished #8 in the country. He just does not belong in the conversation as even a bad coach. We wanted better, rightfully. He was never going to get us into a playoff and his recruiting was trending down. His turtling against teams we were a lot better than drove me nuts. Firing him was the right thing. But his tenure was nothing like the embarrassment and disaster of Charlie Strong.
  24. Make that happen; Comen would COOK in our system. We desperately need to add attackers before the window closes. Currently, our attacking depth is perma-injured Jesus, Trossard, and…. Nelson. That ain’t going to win the League or anything else.
  25. A few items as we get ready for game week, next week..... He's going against maybe the best pure pass rusher in the league in week 1, so I'm expecting a rough outing with multiple pre-snap penalties, a couple of holds and giving up some pressures, but if he can get through it without losing his confidence, then he's gonna have a chance to settle in and be a pretty good tackle for us this season and into the future. This is on Carson, the OP wasn't linking. I like him, I think the has a shot at being valuable one day, but he ain't ready for this. He's going to get beat..... a lot the first year and it's not his fault. He should be a CB4 or 5, not a boundary starter. Let's hope he learns on the job quickly. Solid bench player..... He ended up in Washington with Quinn. There's a little more to this like losing Dorance Armstrong and Fowler in Free Agency and then having Sam Williams blow out his knee for the year so despite adding a rookie who looks like he can stop the run, we're way worse at DE and generating pass rush. Or technically, Joseph replaces Hankins. So it's exact direct replacements, but how do you think the Cowboys braintrust fared in the end on the roster? You get Overshawn and Diggs back too but there will be more injuries, probably at least 1 early. I can't say the roster is better, but maybe not worst. Meh, it's always about replacing and not improving it seems. With a first place schedule and a couple of brutal stretches, I think most folks think we won't get to 12 wins again and it's easy to understand why.
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