Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - A Panoply of Dipshits, Running Amok

[Teamdirtyleg 1139]

1 minute ago, 52-80 said:

Do they teach about anecdotes and statistical outliers in Communicatoins? Bill Gates made big dollars as a college drop-out. I advise all students to drop out.

Academic credentials matter to senior WR #49 Thatcher Milton, who will not be hired on the grounds of being Thatcher Milton alone.

A degree from Duke (as opposed to, say, LSU), or one from the best Communicatoins school in America, is not meaningful to a person of Maalik's profile. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

False equivalence much?  Bad take

[52-80 19375]

1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

There's too much stupid in this post to even address. So yeah, lets move on. 

You: All Communications degrees matter.  How dare you besmirch its good name!

Also you: LSU alum work in sanitation.

Top shelf logic there chief.

[RomaVicta 30512]

3 hours ago, 52-80 said:

People always say this about athletes but most of their degrees don't mean shit. He majored in Comm at UT and Psych at Duke, which by themselves aren't strong degrees. His non-athletic  potential comes from a network high-powered alums, which exists in many sufficiently large schools.

 

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

And Chipotle is a top tier fast-casual national chain.  So what?

An undergrad degree from Moodys by itself lands the holder a coveted job as... assistant digital content producer on the KXAN website?

If he's a 3rd-stringer studying business with an offer to play for the UPenn Quakers or Alabama Tide... yeah, ride the the pine at Penn.  Easy.

If he's a starter with no prospect of an NFL career, he's going to be offered non football opportunities by connected alums who liked the fact of him being a QB, that's as good at Florida as it is at Duke.  For a guy like Maalik, his football fame generates more value than the relative brand power of a Duke degree.

 

Sydney Carton already diced this up pretty well. I'm guessing you have a degree in engineering or something that does define the exact job you'll have waiting when you get out. You also seem to have the quaint notion that people in most disciplines can immediately apply what they learned in college to real life.

You need to get out more. A college degree from a reputable college in any discipline is a door opener. I know persons whom have graduated from Vanderbilt or Yale or Michigan. I don't know what their exact courses of study were. The name of the school says plenty.

It's ironic that your course of study fails you in your effort to you denigrate other paths. Did they teach irony in your discipline?

You do write well.

 

C'mon, guys. He's standing right there. Be nice.

Edited December 11 by RomaVicta

[Pato del Muerto 53365]

What does lsu have to do with communication, baw?

Edited December 11 by Pato del Muerto

[boilerhorn 1608]

On 12/6/2024 at 4:03 PM, Plorant said:

Damn, if you are right.. That's a big pick up.  His production is amazing.  

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4954445/dillon-thieneman

Thieneman would be interesting, IMO.  Freshman all-american in 2023.

So far, he's linked to Oregon, tOSU, Louisville (was recruited by Brohm before Brohm left for Louisville), Indiana, etc.

Purdue played a lot of single-high safety this year and last.  Thieneman played that role.  Given how slow and ineffective their DL was at times, it is no surprise that he registered 100+ tackles.  That said, he was the best player on their defense.

Here's a pic of him against UND - around 25 yards off the LOS. 

 

 

Edited December 11 by boilerhorn

[HenryJames 67137]

 

[52-80 19375]

6 minutes ago, Teamdirtyleg said:

False equivalence much?  Bad take

The fact that a non-zero quantity of people "has ever made big dollars in Advertising, Public Relations" does not mean any given person in A/PR will have likelihood of making big dollars.  Crazy, I know.  That Bayes dude knew everything.

[Red Five 41618]

11 minutes ago, victory88 said:

It’s looking like Quinn coming back may have been a bad choice for both parties.  He would have probably got drafted 2nd- 4th round last year and Texas probably would be in a better state on offense with Arch having a season of experience.  

He might have gone in the back half of the first round last year. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 5065]

I see 52-80 has taken a break from furiously masturbating to a photo of Elon in order to educate us on the values of a Duke degree to a college athlete. A nimble mind, to be sure.

[Burt Macklin 19222]

 

5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

Venables and the new OC to Emmett Jones:

 

[Js1 87031]

So just throwing the OC to the curb and bringing in a new one, with no change in position coaches on the worst side of the ball, and then a bunch of offensive players who didn't like those coaches still bolt? 

Keep Venables forever and ever. 

[Hiphopopotamos 21158]

For those keeping score at home - that's the 5th WR and 18th player to enter the portal from OU.  You normally only see that kind of turnover when a Head Coach leaves.

[HenryJames 67137]

[Bevo 13831]

10 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

 

It's going to be hard for OU to pass without any receivers.

[52-80 19375]

5 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

A college degree from a reputable college in any discipline is a door opener.

It does for an anonymous person, and if it's from Harvard.

UT and even Duke is neither.

Being a high-profile athlete opens many more doors. That's the entire point of the argument.

5 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

I know persons whom* have graduated from Vanderbilt or Yale or Michigan.

You do write well.

*who

I know you think it sounds slick but the nominative case is more proper. The subject of the clause is the people who graduated from Vanderbilt. Engineering 101.

[Zhorn96 1834]

Cal QB, Fernando Mendoza, in the portal.  Be shocking if he ends up anywhere but Miami

[Atticus 4178]

5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

[texifornia 58892]

I apologize for calling linux the most autistic poster on this board. New shit has come to light.

Also, lol OU.

[kevwun 16362]

Jokes on us, OU is going back to the wishbone and this is all planned.

Edited December 11 by kevwun

[MuellerHorn 4609]

22 minutes ago, Js1 said:

So just throwing the OC to the curb and bringing in a new one, with no change in position coaches on the worst side of the ball, and then a bunch of offensive players who didn't like those coaches still bolt? 

Keep Venables forever and ever. 

That offense is absolutely fucked next season lmao. 

[chiu1040 115]

Would you ever have imagined a world where Brenen Thompson is the top returning receiver for a team?

[BurntOrange&White 41702]

Fong/Nakos with predictions of Micah Hudson to Aggie.

[NoName 17128]

19 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

 

Venables and the new OC to Emmett Jones:

 

You think, how bad can it be?

Somehow worse than you can imagine:

They have two WR in their class and an ATH.

They have to go portal hunting with Hawkins at QB, whose career high in passing yards is 161 (60 of it on one play) backed up by Casey Thompson and a qb recruit ranked #20 in Utah who they flipped from Okie State and has yet to visit Norman?

That's real fucking bad y'all.

 

[linux 1770]

18 minutes ago, texifornia said:

I apologize for calling linux the most autistic poster on this board. New shit has come to light.

Also, lol OU.

I mean how dare you take the title away from me?

At the end of the day I think we can all agree that fame is the most valuable commodity in this country after money, people famous for being famous is the new "I want to grow up to be an astronaut!", it is society's fault that they would be correct.

[texifornia 58892]

Duke upgrades from Maalik immediately

 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10765]

9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Fong/Nakos with predictions of Micah Hudson to Aggie.

Wonderful addition to their locker room. 

[BurntOrange&White 41702]

2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Duke upgrades from Maalik immediately

 

That's an upgrade

[Magus Ossis 2997]

In summary:

1. Communications degrees from Texas and Duke open doors, but

2. not as many as degrees from Harvard, and

3. not as many as being a successful starting QB.

4. Also, OU has no receivers, and

5. Subjects of relative clauses take subjective/nominative forms.

Edited December 11 by Magus Ossis

[Red Five 41618]

6 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Duke upgrades from Maalik immediately

 

Ah, Mensah. Like Tom Herman. 

[kevwun 16362]

Come on Elk, you know you can help Johntay Cook too.

[MuellerHorn 4609]

4 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said:

In summary:

1. Communications degrees from Texas and Duke open doors, but

2. not as many as degrees from Harvard, and

3. not as many as being a successful starting QB.

4. Also, OU has no receivers, and

5. Subjects of relative clauses take subjective/nominative forms.

That'll be $9.95?

[Atticus 4178]

15 minutes ago, NoName said:

You think, how bad can it be?

Somehow worse than you can imagine:

They have two WR in their class and an ATH.

They have to go portal hunting with Hawkins at QB, whose career high in passing yards is 161 (60 of it on one play) backed up by Casey Thompson and a qb recruit ranked #20 in Utah who they flipped from Okie State and has yet to visit Norman?

That's real fucking bad y'all.

 

I’m sure the always pleasant Bonnie Thompson is loving these developments

[texifornia 58892]

A&M can't stop recruiting DL players

 

[DixonHur 11949]

4 minutes ago, texifornia said:

A&M can't stop recruiting DL players from Purdue

 

Fify

[closetojumping 65327]

42 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

It does for an anonymous person, and if it's from Harvard.

UT and even Duke is neither.

Being a high-profile athlete opens many more doors. That's the entire point of the argument.

*who

I know you think it sounds slick but the nominative case is more proper. The subject of the clause is the people who graduated from Vanderbilt. Engineering 101.

 

I don’t know anyone who owns businesses and just hires random ex football players for the hell of it, myself included. That’s fan fiction.

This notion that Maalik Murphy, who quit on his team last year while in a key role, and who quit on his team this cycle ahead of the bowl, is just going to win employment because he played QB, is ignorant and laughable.  That shit is reserved for all time greats loyal to a particular school. 

You know absolutely nothing about the subject matter in which you’re providing certitude. 

[BarthHollamew 251]

44 minutes ago, Atticus said:

That poor girl

[Hermanator 7574]

4 minutes ago, BarthHollamew said:

That poor girl

Wasn't she the one that was banging Golden Tate when he was with the Seahawks too?

So Texas only has a visit set up with a Utah punter so far? They are playing the slow game. Just hope we do end up with the necessary 3 DTs. Everything else I think we can afford to swing big on. 

[Zhorn96 1834]

53 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:

Cal QB, Fernando Mendoza, in the portal.  Be shocking if he ends up anywhere but Miami

Check that...Indiana.  Oy vey

[Horn of Gabriel 1883]

5 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

This notion that Maalik Murphy, who quit on his team last year while in a key role

Well that's certainly a take.  Another is the CFP schedule vs. the portal schedule pushed a backup who wanted playing time to the portal in the only viable window (Spring window sucks for QB and we all know it).  A player who by accounts did right by Texas, was loved by teammates and coaches, and really didn't want to go but had to if he wanted to progress in his career.  Your framing is, as usual, over-simplified, one-sided and lacking appropriate context.

I get that your schtick is to be the hyper-reductive asshole, so carry on.

[SydneyCarton 49422]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

You: All Communications degrees matter.  How dare you besmirch its good name!

Also you: LSU alum work in sanitation.

Top shelf logic there chief.

You: Making blanket statements that every college football player that doesn't make the NFL is only as valuable as his alumni network allows him to be, and has no interest in any kind of education and value of education based on their own goals, ambition, or how they see themselves. 

Also You: It's a shame the University of Phoneix doesn't have a football team, that alumni network would be fucking GOLD!

Finally, You: Completely fucking stupid becuase of the above statement(s) and a complete lack of understanding that not everyone is you, or lives by your Linux-esque autistic black and white concept of how to value the world and their life and goals and experience within it. You fucking dipshit. 

[texifornia 58892]

12 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Wasn't she the one that was banging Golden Tate when he was with the Seahawks too?

So Texas only has a visit set up with a Utah punter so far? They are playing the slow game. Just hope we do end up with the necessary 3 DTs. Everything else I think we can afford to swing big on. 

We don't have any visits publicly set up yet. That means you should absolutely start panicking, it's already over and we've lost.

[mannewers 563]

Came in here thinking there was some portal news... I should have known better.

[Katfid54 9005]

1 hour ago, Atticus said:

[HenryJames 67137]

2023-24 Portal Addition Timeline

• Dec. 4, 2023 – Transfer Portal Opens
• Dec. 5, 2023 – Andrew Mukuba enters portal at Clemson
• Dec. 5, 2023 – Trey Moore enters portal at UTSA
• Dec. 12, 2023 – Matthew Golden enters portal at Houston
• Dec. 16, 2023 – Matthew Golden commits to Texas
• Dec. 20, 2023 – Andrew Mukuba commits to Texas
• Dec. 24, 2023 – Trey Moore commits to Texas
• Jan. 14, 2024 – Isaiah Bond commits to Texas
• Jan. 16, 2024 – Silas Bolden commits to Texas
• Jan. 16, 2024 – Kendrick Blackshire commits to Texas
• Jan. 18, 2024 – Amari Niblack commits to Texas
• Jan. 23, 2024 – Tia Savea commits to Texas
• April 22, 2024 – Bill Norton commits to Texas
• May 5, 2024 – Jayvion Cole commits to Texas
• May 9, 2024 – Jermayne Lole commits to Texas

[Hermanator 7574]

5 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

You: Making blanket statements that every college football player that doesn't make the NFL is only as valuable as his alumni network allows him to be, and has no interest in any kind of education and value of education based on their own goals, ambition, or how they see themselves. 

Also You: It's a shame the University of Phoneix doesn't have a football team, that alumni network would be fucking GOLD!

Finally, You: Completely fucking stupid becuase of the above statement(s) and a complete lack of understanding that not everyone is you, or lives by your Linux-esque autistic black and white concept of how to value the world and their life and goals and experience within it. You fucking dipshit. 

[Hermanator 7574]

1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

2023-24 Portal Addition Timeline

• Dec. 4, 2023 – Transfer Portal Opens
• Dec. 5, 2023 – Andrew Mukuba enters portal at Clemson
• Dec. 5, 2023 – Trey Moore enters portal at UTSA
• Dec. 12, 2023 – Matthew Golden enters portal at Houston
• Dec. 16, 2023 – Matthew Golden commits to Texas
• Dec. 20, 2023 – Andrew Mukuba commits to Texas
• Dec. 24, 2023 – Trey Moore commits to Texas
• Jan. 14, 2024 – Isaiah Bond commits to Texas
• Jan. 16, 2024 – Silas Bolden commits to Texas
• Jan. 16, 2024 – Kendrick Blackshire commits to Texas
• Jan. 18, 2024 – Amari Niblack commits to Texas
• Jan. 23, 2024 – Tia Savea commits to Texas
• April 22, 2024 – Bill Norton commits to Texas
• May 5, 2024 – Jayvion Cole commits to Texas
• May 9, 2024 – Jermayne Lole commits to Texas

The portal window is much smaller this year isn't it?

But damn did the spring portal work out well for us. 

[SydneyCarton 49422]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

The fact that a non-zero quantity of people "has ever made big dollars in Advertising, Public Relations" does not mean any given person in A/PR will have likelihood of making big dollars.  Crazy, I know.  That Bayes dude knew everything.

The fact that you don't think advertising and public relations are massive fucking businesses, much the Film and Television industry, and don't churn of billions and tons of cash for hundreds of thousands of people, if not more, every single year, and consider the  "outliers" says pretty much everything we need to know about your ignorance. 

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

It does for an anonymous person, and if it's from Harvard.

UT and even Duke is neither.

Being a high-profile athlete opens many more doors. That's the entire point of the argument.

*who

I know you think it sounds slick but the nominative case is more proper. The subject of the clause is the people who graduated from Vanderbilt. Engineering 101.

Guys, only degrees from Harvard matter for anonymous people. Everyone and your kids just pack it up and go home. Guess we missed the memo. Which is weird, I got my first job, which set me down my current path (which is not bad) by applying for a job on the UT job board with my measly communication degree. Almost like the quality of an alumni network matters because of the quality of the alumni. 

[SydneyCarton 49422]

2 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

[Pescado_Rojo 19570]

30 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

 

I don’t know anyone who owns businesses and just hires random ex football players for the hell of it, myself included. That’s fan fiction.

This notion that Maalik Murphy, who quit on his team last year while in a key role, and who quit on his team this cycle ahead of the bowl, is just going to win employment because he played QB, is ignorant and laughable.  That shit is reserved for all time greats loyal to a particular school. 

You know absolutely nothing about the subject matter in which you’re providing certitude. 

Motto worthy

[UncleSonny 6791]

1 minute ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Motto worthy

For this site, the internet, and generally the world at large. I may have my mom cross stitch it on a pillow.