2023 Spring Practice to Fall Camp Thread - Just hook it to my veins!

[Lou_Sassle 2,995]

2 hours ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

I have the very unpopular opinion that they’re overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t turn them down, but they’re just foreplay before transitioning to the real truth.

Then you haven't had a good one. Sure, I've had plenty that weren't great.... but I've also had a few that sucked my soul right out my whole body and left me a drooling vegetable. 

[JFKFC 4,978]

2 hours ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

I have the very unpopular opinion that they’re overrated. 

[closetojumping 65,480]

13 hours ago, TheMailBox357 said:

I don't think that's correct. I've always heard GH, Ketch, BobbyBurton, & Jeff Howe refer to the 2002 recruiting cycle as the 1st internet recruiting cycle. Plus I've been following CFB recruiting since during the 2004 recruiting cycle & I've NEVER seen any pre-2002 recruiting rankings, recruit profiles, or team rankings on either Rivals or Scout's websites.

In your history of idiotic takes, this one could be the dumbest. Just woefully uninformed and completely unnecessary. 

National rankings existed for decades before 2002 and on the Internet for about 7 years prior. I’m not going to explain further because this post isn’t worth another wasted second of time. Motherfucker. 

[Vito Andolini 9,455]

At least Mailbox is consistent.

[Wulaw Horn 19,598]

4 hours ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

I have the very unpopular opinion that they’re overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t turn them down, but they’re just foreplay before transitioning to the real truth.

Agreed.  2nd best. No sense putting it on a pedestal. 

[Not a cat 5,817]

18 hours ago, NoName said:

 

• Dan Bucker, 208, #38 overall

 

I thought this was a typo, but then realized this is probably what the aggy equestrian team called him.

[pacman 7,509]

 

 

[Red Five 41,760]

55 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

In your history of idiotic takes, this one could be the dumbest. Just woefully uninformed and completely unnecessary. 

National rankings existed for decades before 2002 and on the Internet for about 7 years prior. I’m not going to explain further because this post isn’t worth another wasted second of time. Motherfucker. 

Who could forget not knowing where Chris Simms was ranked in 1999. Or Derrick Johnson and Cedric Benson in 2001. Since there weren't recruiting rankings or anything. 

[Slacks 7,068]

What did I miss?

13 minutes ago, pacman said:

 

 

Why?

[Nope 3,151]

13 minutes ago, pacman said:

 

 

Needs to work on the landing if he’s going with the celebratory leap 

[Codaxx 6,269]

10 minutes ago, Slacks said:

What did I miss?

Why?

I am guessing chalkboard perfect blocking from the OL had them excited. 

[Slacks 7,068]

1 minute ago, Codaxx said:

I am guessing chalkboard perfect blocking from the OL had them excited. 

That was my first thought, until I saw almost no celebration with the OL

It looked more like, "hey, or favorite walkon ran fast on the edge! Wooooo!"

Clearly there was a story.

[Hank Scorpio 17,924]

Fuck, marry, kill: BJ, Roy, Sloan. 

[TommyGufano 6,025]

8 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

I am guessing chalkboard perfect blocking from the OL had them excited. 

OL i can ID: Max Merrill, Malik Agbo, Andre Cojoe, Cam Williams

Now commence doom and gloom of the state of our D

[MontereyMX 954]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

In your history of idiotic takes, this one could be the dumbest. Just woefully uninformed and completely unnecessary. 

National rankings existed for decades before 2002 and on the Internet for about 7 years prior. I’m not going to explain further because this post isn’t worth another wasted second of time. Motherfucker. 

Bo calls it mutha fucka, ima call it mutha fucka

 

[closetojumping 65,480]

3 minutes ago, MontereyMXmuthafucka said:

Bo calls it mutha fucka, ima call it mutha fucka

 

You’re at least consistent, I’ll give you that. 

[MuellerHorn 4,629]

5 hours ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

I have the very unpopular opinion that they’re overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t turn them down, but they’re just foreplay before transitioning to the real truth.

There is an enormous chasm between your average bj and a fantastic one. Some of y'all probably haven't had a woman (or someone - nttawwt) who truly knows what they're doing.

However, I agree with you that they're not comparable to great sex.

3 hours ago, Lou_Sassle said:

Then you haven't had a good one. Sure, I've had plenty that weren't great.... but I've also had a few that sucked my soul right out my whole body and left me a drooling vegetable. 

Yep. This.

[Not a cat 5,817]

51 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Who could forget not knowing where Chris Simms was ranked in 1999. Or Derrick Johnson and Cedric Benson in 2001. Since there weren't recruiting rankings or anything. 

In 1995 I was excited after reviewing the Dallas Morning News top 100 when I saw we got a RB out of California who was ranked somewhere in the 80s or 90s.  Then I came back down to earth  when I saw that we missed out on the real prize out of California that year, a RB ranked in the 30s named Sirr.

[Vito Andolini 9,455]

49 minutes ago, Slacks said:

That was my first thought, until I saw almost no celebration with the OL

It looked more like, "hey, or favorite walkon ran fast on the edge! Wooooo!"

Clearly there was a story.

Savion Red isn’t a walk-on, he’s one of the top stories of the spring. And since Murphy was the QB, it was backups (3rd team?) perhaps vs. twos, and they scored on a long run that probably doesn’t happen very often. I’m glad they have emotion and support their teammate. Plus, it’s a good sign how his teammates reacted to Red, he’s known to have a strong personality, so it’s probably accepted by the team rather than frowned upon.

Edited April 8, 2023 by Vito Andolini

[Pato del Muerto 53,557]

1 hour ago, Vito Andolini said:

At least Mailbox is consistent.

Not rain nor snow nor sleet nor threat of neg…

[billfromlaketravis 11,843]

With Red emerging, Blue showing signs of life, and Baxter living up to the hype, I bet that keeps Sark from looking in the portal for another RB. I'm sure that would change if an all conference back were to put his name in. 

Correct me if I'm wrong, Blue was the number 1 back in the country before he was kicked off his team right? Blue, Baxter, Gibson would be a helluva heater. 

[Nope 3,151]

The fact that we get to hand it off to “Red” or “Blue” is cool as shit

[Laga4 1,270]

25 minutes ago, Nope said:

The fact that we get to hand it off to “Red” or “Blue” is cool as shit

I see claims of discrimination coming.  

[Nope 3,151]

12 minutes ago, Laga4 said:

I see claims of discrimination coming.  

Good people on both sides 

[speed817 19,967]

40 minutes ago, Nope said:

The fact that we get to hand it off to “Red” or “Blue” is cool as shit

[westexhorn 2,167]

[ALexusTexus7 114]

With Red emerging, Blue showing signs of life, and Baxter living up to the hype, I bet that keeps Sark from looking in the portal for another RB. I'm sure that would change if an all conference back were to put his name in. 
Correct me if I'm wrong, Blue was the number 1 back in the country before he was kicked off his team right? Blue, Baxter, Gibson would be a helluva heater. 

I’m no expert, but I don’t remember Jaydon Blue being the #1 back in the country at any point, but he was likely top 10.

[ALexusTexus7 114]

 
 

I was praying it wasn’t a Bill Gramatica injury from celebrating.

[Viper 12,221]

3 minutes ago, ALexusTexus7 said:

I’m no expert, but I don’t remember Jaydon Blue being the #1 back in the country at any point, but he was likely top 10.

I think it was before his junior season. He obviously fell when he (was forced to) set out his senior season 

[TommyGufano 6,025]

12 minutes ago, Viper said:

I think it was before his junior season. He obviously fell when he (was forced to) set out his senior season 

He was as high as 48th overall in composite and 31st in 247 rankings. Don't know where those ranked positionally 

[Dbeasy 15,609]

Before anyone gets too excited about the situation at RB or any other position, part of the objective of spring training reps is to give players hope, to keep them out of the portal before fall. 

[Bevo14 8,468]

2 hours ago, Nope said:

The fact that we get to hand it off to “Red” or “Blue” is cool as shit

[Nope 3,151]

1 hour ago, speed817 said:

If Sark doesn’t have a Matrix package in the playbook he’s missing a major opportunity 

[sith_horn 2,526]

3 hours ago, TommyGufano said:

OL i can ID: Max Merrill, Malik Agbo, Andre Cojoe, Cam Williams

Now commence doom and gloom of the state of our D

Gunner Helm was TE.

Defense:  Morice Blackwell, Jett Bush, Michael Taaffe, Gavin Holmes, Kristopher Ross, Austin Jordan

Couldn't make out who Gunner Helm blocked out of the play. 1st digit was 1.

[TheMailBox357 213]

6 hours ago, Red Five said:

Who could forget not knowing where Chris Simms was ranked in 1999. Or Derrick Johnson and Cedric Benson in 2001. Since there weren't recruiting rankings or anything. 

From what the UT 9.95ers have said over the years, pre-2002 recruiting cycle you kept up with recruiting through newspapers, magazines, local/regional high school sports shows, & etc.

[Rimbo 27,060]

4 hours ago, Nope said:

The fact that we get to hand it off to “Red” or “Blue” is cool as shit

[Beer Drinker 691]

1 hour ago, TheMailBox357 said:

From what the UT 9.95ers have said over the years, pre-2002 recruiting cycle you kept up with recruiting through newspapers, magazines, local/regional high school sports shows, & etc.

 

[Beer Drinker 691]

That BJ, Roy, Sloan class was definitely covered on Rivals 100 in a similar format to what we see now.  The “class of beef” (when we loaded up with about 7 OL) a year or two before or after that class was also on Rivals.

Edit - the year after BJ and crew was the OL year.  2001

Edited April 8, 2023 by Beer Drinker

[Red Five 41,760]

2 hours ago, TheMailBox357 said:

From what the UT 9.95ers have said over the years, pre-2002 recruiting cycle you kept up with recruiting through newspapers, magazines, local/regional high school sports shows, & etc.

Change pre-2002 to "pre-internet". 

[TheMailBox357 213]

2 hours ago, TheMailBox357 said:

From what the UT 9.95ers have said over the years, pre-2002 recruiting cycle you kept up with recruiting through newspapers, magazines, local/regional high school sports shows, & etc.

 

1 hour ago, Beer Drinker said:

 

247 launched during the 2011 recruiting cycle. So I gotta assume that 247 used old magazines & old articles to fill in the 247 composite ratings for these recruit profiles from UT's 2000 class seeing as Rivals & Scout's websites have never had pre-2002 ratings or rankings since I've been following recruiting.

[Beer Drinker 691]

JFC dude.  Were you even alive in 2000?  Some of us were and were enrolled at UT when Mack was mopping up in recruiting and Bobby Burton started his website documenting it all.  

[Vito Andolini 9,455]

Rivals started in ‘97 I believe, fuck, Max Emfinger and his perm were scamming dumb fucks to pay for faxes back in 1979. Recruiting news has been around a long time, and as soon as the Internet was a thing in the mid to late 90’s, there was recruiting news on it.

[Magus Ossis 3,004]

3 hours ago, TheMailBox357 said:

From what the UT 9.95ers have said over the years, pre-2002 recruiting cycle you kept up with recruiting through newspapers, magazines, local/regional high school sports shows, & etc.

 

2 hours ago, Beer Drinker said:

 

 

53 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Change pre-2002 to "pre-internet". 

 

22 minutes ago, Beer Drinker said:

JFC dude.  Were you even alive in 2000?  Some of us were and were enrolled at UT when Mack was mopping up in recruiting and Bobby Burton started his website documenting it all.  

 

17 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Rivals started in ‘97 I believe, fuck, Max Emfinger and his perm were scamming dumb fucks to pay for faxes back in 1979. Recruiting news has been around a long time, and as soon as the Internet was a thing in the mid to late 90’s, there was recruiting news on it.

What these responses are saying. Look, mailbox, just stop talking and do yourself a favor. Let this horrible side-track end. Those of us who have been following online recruiting info since the 90s have a hard time reading your stuff with a straight face. When you have no idea what you’re talking about, and especially when you’ve been shown as such, just stop posting for a while.

please and thank you

mo

[hookemATL 12,304]

Jfc enough. 
 

[Hank Scorpio 17,924]

I used to walk 15 miles uphill both ways just to get a copy of the Statesman’s fab 55. If a player wasn’t on that list no one knew their name until the first game when it was on their jersey. 

[JOSEYWALES66 1,857]

4 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I used to walk 15 miles uphill both ways just to get a copy of the Statesman’s fab 55. If a player wasn’t on that list no one knew their name until the first game when it was on their jersey. 

I used to call the AAS recruiting hotline 50 times a day.  
 

Yeah, I’m old.  

[conVINCEd 21,477]

Pressley was good for recruiting updates back in the dialup age. The only time in my life I had insider info was Quentin Jammer.  Roommates girlfriend’s father was his hs principal.  He was like don’t sweat this shit, he’s going to Texas.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13,436]

13 hours ago, Lou_Sassle said:

Then you haven't had a good one. Sure, I've had plenty that weren't great.... but I've also had a few that sucked my soul right out my whole body and left me a drooling vegetable. 

I’ve had great ones, many of them, but nothing has compared to good pussy. It’s almost like the body part was made for getting a man off…

[Knewk210 245]

20 minutes ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

I used to call the AAS recruiting hotline 50 times a day.  
 

Yeah, I’m old.  

I must be older than you. I remember when I lived in Boston in the early 90’s checking the mailbox daily for Jerry Scarborough’s True Orange newsletter. I was like a recruiting crack addictt needing a fix calling his 1-800 number for updates. Same with AAS ,I think it was Susan or Susanne Halliburton and both charged by the minute and they would talk very slow in the reports like 5 minutes of information took 10 minutes. Those were the days my friend!

[Post Oak 20,570]

6 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Before anyone gets too excited about the situation at RB or any other position, part of the objective of spring training reps is to give players hope, to keep them out of the portal before fall.