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

[HenryJames 67,134]

6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

It is bizarre. The only non-bizarre part of it is that many of us knew this was happening. Sitting here with only 5 guys, all 1 or 2 year guys, heading into the 2025 season is weird and I'm at the point in which I see plenty of blame lying with Davis and how he recruited the DT room. 

The word has been 3-4 DTs in the portal, and I've been saying it here. I'm now curious to see who these players are and if they were lined up at all, or if it's just been assumed that the right guys would be there.

Alex Okafor can play defensive tackle.

[Bolero88 286]

2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Well, they were all culture flameouts (Ross) or just bad at football (Bledsoe, Tapp, Bryant), and Mitchell has been a transfer risk from the second he got on campus. Hell of a job building the room by Davis.

1. Tapp is a DE

2. He was actually decent. 

[NoName 17,125]

1 minute ago, texifornia said:

Well, they were all culture flameouts (Ross) or just bad at football (Bledsoe, Tapp, Bryant), and Mitchell has been a transfer risk from the second he got on campus. Hell of a job building the room by Davis.

It's almost worse he couldn't keep one dude of the entire group. Ross, Bledsoe, Tapp were know entities.

Bryant sounds like he may have been asked to go?

But he couldn't keep one guy who was known to be a flight risk in Mitchell?

[westexhorn 2,158]

11 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Does the portal lead to a Golden Corral? 

Does he even fit through the portal?

[Teryor 4,974]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Well, there are already plenty of DT in the portal but not posts that I’ve seen of any confirmed visits to Texas from any of them.  I don’t know if that points more to we know who we want/targeted/recruited/tampered and it’s not them, or if there is no plan and we may or may not be fucked.  

The portal just opened and it doesn't matter how many are in the portal but how many would actually be capable of seeing the field here

Just now, Tex-19 said:

Interesting to see the different portal approaches playing out already. ATM is lining up visits left and right, especially at WR (Hudson, Concepcion, Nic Anderson, Mario Craver), while Texas isn't doing squat so far.

Dear god the bitchassness is off the charts today

[Js1 87,014]

2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Interesting to see the different portal approaches playing out already. ATM is lining up visits left and right, especially at WR (Hudson, Concepcion, Nic Anderson, Mario Craver), while Texas isn't doing squat so far.

Texas is preparing for a CFP game

aggy doesn't give two shits about some who gives a shit bowl against USC 

[Hookem2147 21,962]

I guess it would have been cooler if he stayed but was anyone really confident in counting on Mitchell for meaningful snaps next season? 

I would have recruited the portal like he didn’t exist and if he decided to be serious about football and get his shit together it would have been a bonus.

[Hiphopopotamos 21,158]

Get to know this page:

 

Portal DL - https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/transferportal/?positionkey=61

[Red Five 41,615]

10 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

It is bizarre. The only non-bizarre part of it is that many of us knew this was happening. Sitting here with only 5 guys, all 1 or 2 year guys, heading into the 2025 season is weird and I'm at the point in which I see plenty of blame lying with Davis and how he recruited the DT room. 

The word has been 3-4 DTs in the portal, and I've been saying it here. I'm now curious to see who these players are and if they were lined up at all, or if it's just been assumed that the right guys would be there.

Was Mitchell encouraged to bolt? Seems weird that he would stick it out, until now. 

[bad_teammate 13,483]

1 minute ago, Teryor said:

Dear god the bitchassness is off the charts today

I am losing my MIND over these guys who contributed nothing and were not projected to contribute anything!! WHAT ABOUT THE NUMBERS!?!?!?!?

 

[NoName 17,125]

2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Interesting to see the different portal approaches playing out already. ATM is lining up visits left and right, especially at WR (Hudson, Concepcion, Nic Anderson, Mario Craver), while Texas isn't doing squat so far.

One team is playing in the Las Vegas bowl and has holes at basically every position on their two deep. They have to make offers and visits rain to get dudes ASAP so they can move on to second and this options because their depth chart overall looks like the current DT room at Texas.

The other team is hosting a CFP game and has many fewer holes and can be much much more selective.

[BurntOrange&White 41,686]

CFP DT Roster - Assuming they don't let the ones who entered the portal continue to practice. 

 

Spring Roster.

 

I assume we will definitely shoot for 4 DT's from the portal. Wonder if we'll try to get 3 experienced ready to play guys then take a flyer on a younger developmental portal piece to build more depth moving foward?

Edited December 11 by BurntOrange&White

[NoName 17,125]

This makes the J Terry recruitment make a ton more sense w/ Texas going "crazy" with the NIL offer.

[closetojumping 65,324]

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

Was Mitchell encouraged to bolt? Seems weird that he would stick it out, until now. 

Mitchell has made over $500k since joining Texas. He was not about to get anywhere near $250k to stick around and be a tub of goo with a shitty work ethic and a bad attitude. No one "encouraged" him to leave, but the guy has a higher opinion of himself than anyone at Texas does. 

So now, Sydir Mitchell can:

and I am here for it.

[linux 1,768]

Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

CFP DT Roster - Assuming they don't let the ones who entered the portal continue to practice. 

 

Spring Roster.

 

I assume we will definitely shoot for 4 DT's from the portal. Wonder if we'll try to get 3 experienced ready to play guys then take a flyer on a younger developmental portal piece?

Yeah what is the CFP practice policy? We go 3 deep throught the game to keep bodies fresh does Hill have 4 games left in his redshirt? bitchassedness is growing for sure.

[BurntOrange&White 41,686]

Just now, linux said:

Yeah what is the CFP practice policy? We go 3 deep throught the game to keep bodies fresh does Hill have 4 games left in his redshirt? bitchassedness is growing for sure.

Post season does not count toward 4 game redshirt limit. 

[Js1 87,014]

5 minutes ago, NoName said:

One team is playing in the Las Vegas bowl and has holes at basically every position on their two deep. They have to make offers and visits rain to get dudes ASAP so they can move on to second and this options because their depth chart overall looks like the current DT room at Texas.

The other team is hosting a CFP game and has many fewer holes and can be much much more selective.

No no, Sark should def take time away from preparing for Clemson and focusing on getting the offense right.  I'm sure this board will be 100% okay with that and wouldn't have the pitchforks out. 

[Vito Andolini 9,432]

Redshirting isn’t a thing anymore, if he’s good enough to play, Hills can play in the playoffs with no games counting against his four game regular season minimum. Did January redshirt? If so, same for him and every other freshman or player preserving a redshirt season.

[BurntOrange&White 41,686]

Just now, Js1 said:

No no, Sark should def take time away from preparing for Clemson and focusing on getting the offense right.  I'm sure this board will be 100% okay with that and wouldn't have the pitchforks out. 

To be fair we haven't practiced all week, we return to practice manana. 

[Navin R. Johnson 880]

Was Norton a big name in the portal last year? Because he’s been great this year. We need two more guys like him.

[BurntOrange&White 41,686]

Just now, Vito Andolini said:

Redshirting isn’t a thing anymore, if he’s good enough to play, Hills can play in the playoffs with no games counting against his four game regular season minimum. Did January redshirt? If so, same for him and every other freshman or player preserving a redshirt season.

January has burned his redshirt already.

[Mother mopar 3,379]

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Bouwmeester sounds like a type of gouda.

Close, here in the Netherlands its called Beemester. 

[Js1 87,014]

Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

To be fair we haven't practiced all week, we return to practice manana. 

Just because the players haven't practiced doesn't mean Sark and staff have just been sitting around twiddling their thumbs and not watching film and prepping to hit the ground running tomorrow. 

[JesusSweatDuck 18,051]

1 hour ago, Vito Andolini said:

What a dumb choice, everyone knows needlepoint is better than cross stitch. Gah.

If you are new to embroidery, the structure of cross-stitch may be the most appealing. You will only need to master one simple stitch to complete a project. Once you finish your first project, you will be a little more prepared for needlepoint because the cross stitch shows up in some needlepoint projects.

If you wish to create a complex and more realistic image, needlepoint will be the best option. Needlepoint will also be the best solution if you want to create the look of different textures in one project or incorporate beads into a piece.

Next time post as plain text so dark mode doesn't give away your copy pasta 

[linux 1,768]

Just now, Navin R. Johnson said:

Was Norton a big name in the portal last year? Because he’s been great this year. We need two more guys like him.

He was along Jay Toia and Damonic Williams were top targets, Lole was a surprise.

[Vito Andolini 9,432]

1 minute ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Next time post as plain text so dark mode doesn't give away your copy pasta 

Thanks for the tip, but I’m happy to be outed as an embroidery fraud. 😀

[texifornia 58,863]

17 minutes ago, Bolero88 said:

1. Tapp is a DE

2. He was actually decent. 

He's back in the Portal after doing jackshit at Arizona State. Prince Dorbah has done more than him there.

[ATXhorn17 1,677]

4 hours 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.

 

I was a Comms major at UT. Sample size of one, but I don’t work at a Chipotle or as an intern at KXAN. You can do well for yourself.

Edited December 11 by ATXhorn17

[Lonestar88 5,138]

15 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Interesting to see the different portal approaches playing out already. ATM is lining up visits left and right, especially at WR (Hudson, Concepcion, Nic Anderson, Mario Craver), while Texas isn't doing squat so far.

A&M doesn’t have shit else to do.

 

14 minutes ago, NoName said:

It's almost worse he couldn't keep one dude of the entire group. Ross, Bledsoe, Tapp were know entities.

Bryant sounds like he may have been asked to go?

But he couldn't keep one guy who was known to be a flight risk in Mitchell?

Why would you want to keep them if they suck? Some of y’all just want bodies for the sake of having bodies, none of these guys played.

The screw up with DTs happened when these guys were recruited, not when they were let go/bailed.

[texifornia 58,863]

4 minutes ago, linux said:

He was along Jay Toia and Damonic Williams were top targets, Lole was a surprise.

He wasn't nearly as hotly contested as those guys. He hit the portal as useful depth and contributed as useful depth.

[HenryJames 67,134]

8 minutes ago, Mother mopar said:

Close, here in the Netherlands its called Beemester. 

#humblebrag

[idigTexas 2,325]

3 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

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

What a hitter!

[Teryor 4,974]

This board was fiending for him to go in the portal last year

[Stunns38 3,765]

Bouwmeester sounds like a type of gouda.

It’s Australian Kangaroo cheese

[NoName 17,125]

More DT to come, for sure.

[Newy25 7,894]

Just a reminder that Nahlin was recently pumping Mitchell Kool-Aid for clicks at the same moment Mitchell was in the dog house and sucking. Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how shitty of a person and professional Nahlin is. 

[texifornia 58,863]

1 minute ago, Newy25 said:

 Mitchell was in the dog house and sucking.

Well I just got one of the worst mental images of my life

[Red Five 41,615]

Sucking in the doghouse: The Sydir Mitchell Experience.

[NoName 17,125]

4 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

Just a reminder that Nahlin was recently pumping Mitchell Kool-Aid for clicks at the same moment Mitchell was in the dog house and sucking. Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how shitty of a person and professional Nahlin is. 

Comically bad at his role ("insider") and bad at his job (owner)

And has been for over a decade.

[Fud 9,707]

47 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Interesting to see the different portal approaches playing out already. ATM is lining up visits left and right, especially at WR (Hudson, Concepcion, Nic Anderson, Mario Craver), while Texas isn't doing squat so far.

Reading the visit lists from the On3 guy, it seems that most of the programs currently in the playoff aren't lining up a ton of visits compared to those that aren't 

[6th Street 6,655]

Mitchell can barely get out of his stance. Zero explosiveness. He's a space eating DT, which is fine as a depth guy but not a long term solution 

[A-Tex Devil 2,495]

If any of these guys get have any significant impact with a contending team or are drafted, quote this post.  It sucks that our recruiting was this off and our depth is gone. But I imagine they’d get more run over guys like Norton and Lole if they were any good and that we’ll clean up in the portal.  

[Nigel Tufnel 211]

3 hours ago, Zhorn96 said:

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

Past two years they had multiple QBs with NIL.  He did not and won the job both years.  Still didn’t get paid.

[Huckleberry 34,409]

Maybe Mitchell comes back when he realizes our NIL offer of 5 bucks and a case of Diet Dr Pepper is the best he can find. 

[Js1 87,014]

Just now, Huckleberry said:

Maybe Mitchell comes back when he realizes our NIL offer of 5 bucks and a case of Diet Dr Pepper is the best he can find. 

Sydir:

[Zhorn96 1,834]

10 minutes ago, Nigel Tufnel said:

Past two years they had multiple QBs with NIL.  He did not and won the job both years.  Still didn’t get paid.

He got paid this year but yeah, definite point.  

[BurntOrange&White 41,686]

20 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Mitchell can barely get out of his stance. Zero explosiveness. He's a space eating DT, which is fine as a depth guy but not a long term solution 

The 450 lbs guy from Florida is a much more explosive guy than Mitchell 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,765]

3 hours ago, Zhorn96 said:

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

Will be the second time this year Miami has targeted him...

 

[Tex-19 3,009]

45 minutes ago, Teryor said:

This board was fiending for him to go in the portal last year

Do your thing Nansen. Although guessing he might go pro.

Dalton Johnson, AZ starting safety from Katy, also in the portal. Honorable mention all Big 12

[Davis Lane 5,981]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Alex Okafor can play defensive tackle.