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4 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Every time that's posted I notice Laci Peterson's name. 

She survived overeating at Pluckers but not her murderous husband.  Probably a different Laci, come to think of it.

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1 hour ago, Sgt Hulk said:

For 20k a year I’d sit and listen to looch spout off non sense on his podcast 

@billfromlaketravis does this for free.

55 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I know everyone wants a WR, but does Sark?  I feel like he's been burnt a few times with getting guys in who struggle to understand the offense.  Maybe better to develop guys within the system who have multiple offseasons to learn and master the offense? 

Even Golden took a while to come on because he struggled to understand the offense and had to put in the face to face work with Sark. 

For every AD Mitchell, you get first half of 2024 Golden, Bond, Hall, etc. 

I would take the first half of the 2024 for Bond any and every day. 

51 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

I’m hopeful for Shannon as well.  He’s bigger than Helm and I’d like to see if he can be that second, blocking-oriented TE to complement Washington. Hopefully the staff can figure out if he’s up to that job during spring practice. 

The entire recruitment of Shannon was that of "come in, we'll develop you into a starter if you show patience, we are going to need an in-line blocker". He was lowly regarded, but we talked about his potential value in that context on this site. We know they can develop guys, so hopefully we get to see that from him this season. We need to see that. As basically the second to last guy taken in a great class, getting value out of Shannon would be major bonus money, similar to Helm.

E Winston is another guy who was lowly regarded during this past cycle, since we're thinking about lowly rated TEs for a second. I couldn't get a positive thought for the guy from others except the throwaway line offered regularly of "Banks must see something". He's got great hands and seeks contact. He's just 6'1 but weighs like 240. It would be cool if they actually used him in some H-back or Fullback scheming, but that's likely just fan fiction on my part. If they don't, though, I don't know why in the hell they recruited the guy.  All of the recruiting write-ups on him basically said that he could be an outstanding weapon for the right scheme, wherever that is, because of his twitch, ball skills, and general anger on the field.

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1 hour ago, BurgleBro said:

Cackling to myself how horrible Niblack must be if he was on the bench during the non stop Juan Davis show down the stretch

I don't think it means he's horrible. I just think he was a very bad fit for this team with a completely immobile QB.

It's very difficult to play TEs who can't block when you have an immobile QB. You just can't run out of that set worth a shit as the defense will be able to overwhelm you up front with only 6 in a lot of cases. The QB's threat of mobility needs to be able to take one end out of the equation in the run game in order to allow the offense to run with a TE that can't block. 

He had a solid season in '23 for Alabama with a running QB who could throw deep accurately. He needs to go to a team with a mobile QB for next season. Ewers was just a terrible QB pairing for Niblack

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3 hours ago, immamac said:

lol, coulda told you that was coming at the beginning of last season when he just didn't even want to join burnt ends for no reason and ghosted and the response from the rest of the guys was "yeah, not worth talking to him about"

It was at the beginning of the season? Maybe he didn't feel right to take your money if he pretty much knew at that point he wasn't going to play much. 

I think the fact he stayed out of the portal through the entire playoff run shows he's a team guy and has at least some level of integrity. He could have just told you, but probably didn't want to be telling people he didn't think he'd play. 

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6 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

It was at the beginning of the season? Maybe he didn't feel right to take your money if he pretty much knew at that point he wasn't going to play much. 

I think the fact he stayed out of the portal through the entire playoff run shows he's a team guy and has at least some level of integrity. He could have just told you, but probably didn't want to be telling people he didn't think he'd play. 

There’s not the slightest chance that’s true. 

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14 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

It was at the beginning of the season? Maybe he didn't feel right to take your money if he pretty much knew at that point he wasn't going to play much. 

I think the fact he stayed out of the portal through the entire playoff run shows he's a team guy and has at least some level of integrity. He could have just told you, but probably didn't want to be telling people he didn't think he'd play. 

This is the dumbest thing I've read related to Burnt Ends, ever. This guy took a lot more money than we do for BE and didn't play much. 

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9 minutes ago, immamac said:

This is the dumbest thing I've read related to Burnt Ends, ever. This guy took a lot more money than we do for BE and didn't play much. 

 

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

It really is staggeringly stupid. 

I thought I made it clear that this particular poster needs to be put on ignore.  

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1 minute ago, SaucyJack said:

I present the original Donger.

 

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Oh man, watched that for the first time this year. Talk about a character that aged reaaaaaally poorly, and not in the "it was well meaning for the time" kind of way that's almost charming.

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2 hours ago, Tex-19 said:

So seems like biggest spring portal wants are DT, K, TE, WR imo. WR or TE would've been nice to have for spring practice but oh well. And maybe shore up the OL or secondary opportunistically.

I feel like spring portal could get wild depending on all this regulatory stuff with Title IX and the House Settlement. If schools have been making deals with the expectation of revenue sharing budget and that number gets lowered or delayed by the gov't, there could be chaos due to unfulfilled promises. Who knows what will happen though..

 

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For some reason I thought Juan had another year left. Who was the genius that played him in 5 games his first year burning his redshirt..

Steve Sarkisian , Head Football Coach, The University of Texas.

Now we get to use the school this year on someone new. We weren’t going to see a huge leap in performance from Juan - he is what he is.
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5 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Oh man, watched that for the first time this year. Talk about a character that aged reaaaaaally poorly, and not in the "it was well meaning for the time" kind of way that's almost charming.

I watched it 40 years ago, but to make up I watched this last year.

 

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Recruiting related cuz an incoming has foot problems.

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21 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Lol. Nice title change to the thread. It reminds me of the Saturday that we were watching football and posted that Charlie Strong was Black Pardee and the entire board lost their fucking shit. 

because nobody would insult Pardee that way, right?

... right???

 

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

Juan was wide open for a TD on the tipped ball in the Cotton Bowl. He's not as worthless as you guys project and he was out there for a reason. I'm very surprised he didn't get the call on the 2nd down that was the worst playcall in history though, I really was expecting that to be a Juan is unaccounted for easy curl into the ez play or even a Juan power run formation. 

I'm obviously bias because Juan is also one of my favorite people and I've known him for 4 years now, but the dude did what he was asked and did it as well as you could hope for.

I thought he played pretty well by the end of the season.

1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

That motherfucker is eating like his healthcare is free.

If a person can steal from a charity golf tournament, anything is free.

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10 minutes ago, SaucyJack said:

I watched it 40 years ago, but to make up I watched this last year.

 

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Recruiting related cuz an incoming has foot problems.

No one is judging your foot fetish, Mr Ryan

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35 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Oh man, watched that for the first time this year. Talk about a character that aged reaaaaaally poorly, and not in the "it was well meaning for the time" kind of way that's almost charming.

Sir! You take your revisionist, woke, millennial nonsense and stick it straight up your own billowy asshole. We're not examining the frailty of John Hughes' portrayals of adolescence in white suburban America of the 1980's on this subforum. We won't have it!*

 

 

*Also, Susannah Gora breaks all of that down pretty interestingly in this book from like 15 years ago: "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation"

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28 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Oh man, watched that for the first time this year. Talk about a character that aged reaaaaaally poorly, and not in the "it was well meaning for the time" kind of way that's almost charming.

Uh oh, incoming neg from PilotsError

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12 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Huh? Seriously? I'm not familiar with this story. Can you elaborate? And who are we talking about here?

 

It was supposedly a list of demands to sign with the next school. I went back trying  to find where I saw that. I Googled it and It was a screenshot of demands by Micah that was circulated by Tech fans after he entered the portal. I was mocking it in my post and I’m not sure if it was real in the first place. 

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3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Sir! You take your revisionist, woke, millennial nonsense and stick it straight up your own billowy asshole. We're not examining the frailty of John Hughes' portrayals of adolescent in white suburban America of the 1980's on this subforum. We won't have it!*

 

 

*Also, Susannah Gora breaks all of that down pretty interestingly in this book from like 15 years ago: "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation"

I'll have you know The Breakfast Club is one of my favorite movies and Ferris Beuller and Pretty in Pink are way up there too, sir.

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3 minutes ago, Knewk210 said:

It was supposedly a list of demands to sign with the next school. I went back trying  to find where I saw that. I Googled it and It was a screenshot of demands by Micah that was circulated by Tech fans after he entered the portal. I was mocking it in my post and I’m not sure if it was real in the first place. 

It looked entirely made up but still fun to spread and treat as legit. 

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1 hour ago, Hermanator said:

I don't think it means he's horrible. I just think he was a very bad fit for this team with a completely immobile QB.

It's very difficult to play TEs who can't block when you have an immobile QB. You just can't run out of that set worth a shit as the defense will be able to overwhelm you up front with only 6 in a lot of cases. The QB's threat of mobility needs to be able to take one end out of the equation in the run game in order to allow the offense to run with a TE that can't block. 

He had a solid season in '23 for Alabama with a running QB who could throw deep accurately. He needs to go to a team with a mobile QB for next season. Ewers was just a terrible QB pairing for Niblack

Lmao. Not everything comes down to Ewers mobility. 

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

This is the dumbest thing I've read related to Burnt Ends, ever. This guy took a lot more money than we do for BE and didn't play much. 

He took a lot more money up front with the NIL package that brought him here in the first place. Was he signing on for new NIL elsewhere once the season started?

If so, maybe he saw this place and didn't want to be associated with you dumb cunts 

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19 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Lmao. Not everything comes down to Ewers mobility. 

This absolutely does. The combination of a QB who is immobile and can't throw deep limits the offense in ways you have no idea about. One of them is personnel. If the QB can't account for one of the ends in the running game you have to have a blocking TE in the game to even the numbers. You can go 12 personnel but then you're taking off a receiver for a receiving TE which doesn't make much sense unless you can catch the other team in a heavy set with 3 LBs. Almost never happens if they know your receiving TE can't block well. They'll match personnel with him with a corner or safety.  

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4 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

This absolutely does. The combination of a QB who is immobile and can't throw deep limits the offense in ways you have no idea about. One of them is personnel. If the QB can't account for one of the ends in the running game you have to have a blocking TE in the game to even the numbers. You can go 12 personnel but then you're taking off a receiver for a receiving TE which doesn't make much sense unless you can catch the other team in a heavy set with 3 LBs. Almost never happens if they know your receiving TE can't block well. They'll match personnel with him with a corner or safety.  

Arch is the QB next season so in this fantasy scenario it shouldn’t matter regardless. Davis and Helm routinely whiffed on blocks and miraculously found a way to see the field.

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6 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

This absolutely does. The combination of a QB who is immobile and can't throw deep limits the offense in ways you have no idea about. One of them is personnel. If the QB can't account for one of the ends in the running game you have to have a blocking TE in the game to even the numbers. You can go 12 personnel but then you're taking off a receiver for a receiving TE which doesn't make much sense unless you can catch the other team in a heavy set with 3 LBs. Almost never happens if they know your receiving TE can't block well. They'll match personnel with him with a corner or safety.  

Feel free to take this to the thread on the football board where every conceivable criticism of Ewers has already been reiterated a thousand goddamn times. 

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7 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

This absolutely does. The combination of a QB who is immobile and can't throw deep limits the offense in ways you have no idea about. One of them is personnel. If the QB can't account for one of the ends in the running game you have to have a blocking TE in the game to even the numbers. You can go 12 personnel but then you're taking off a receiver for a receiving TE which doesn't make much sense unless you can catch the other team in a heavy set with 3 LBs. Almost never happens if they know your receiving TE can't block well. They'll match personnel with him with a corner or safety.  

Hi Ian!

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7 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

This absolutely does. The combination of a QB who is immobile and can't throw deep limits the offense in ways you have no idea about. One of them is personnel. If the QB can't account for one of the ends in the running game you have to have a blocking TE in the game to even the numbers. You can go 12 personnel but then you're taking off a receiver for a receiving TE which doesn't make much sense unless you can catch the other team in a heavy set with 3 LBs. Almost never happens if they know your receiving TE can't block well. They'll match personnel with him with a corner or safety.  

Safeties will have to play deeper instead of cheating to stop the run. Linebackers will have to get closer to account for Arch

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1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Sir! You take your revisionist, woke, millennial nonsense and stick it straight up your own billowy asshole. We're not examining the frailty of John Hughes' portrayals of adolescence in white suburban America of the 1980's on this subforum. We won't have it!*

 

 

*Also, Susannah Gora breaks all of that down pretty interestingly in this book from like 15 years ago: "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation"

 Vacation 58 was early Hughes greatness:  

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/read-john-hughes-original-national-811591/

Just about anything he or PJ O'Rourke wrote for National lampoon in the early 80s was gold.  

 

  

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2 hours ago, texifornia said:

Oh man, watched that for the first time this year. Talk about a character that aged reaaaaaally poorly, and not in the "it was well meaning for the time" kind of way that's almost charming.

You may want to skip Breakfast at Tiffany’s then. 

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