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Jan 20, 2025 update...

exPorts

  • WR Johntay Cook     kicked off UW
  • DT Jaray Bledsoe      Miss State
  • DT Aaron Bryant:       VANDY
  • DT Tia Savea               Arizona
  • DT Sydir Mitchell          LSU
  • Edge Tausili Akana       BYU
  • Edge Justice Finkley    Jayhawks
  • LB Derion Gullette       Miss State
  • CB Jay’Vion Cole         Arizona
  • TE  Amari Niblack         aggy

 

imPorts

  • P Jack Bouwmeester, Utah
  • LB Brad Spence, Arkansas
  • DT Cole Brevard, Purdue 
  • DL Travis Shaw, North Carolina

 

 

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of the top 7 favorites - Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon, ND have a big question mark at QB as of right now.   Manning, Stockton and Allar are already set as starting QBs for the other 3. 

Ohio State and ND could both be losing their DCs (to OU and the NFL, respectively). 

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36 minutes ago, Js1 said:

of the top 7 favorites - Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon, ND have a big question mark at QB as of right now.   Manning, Stockton and Allar are already set as starting QBs for the other 3. 

Ohio State and ND could both be losing their DCs (to OU and the NFL, respectively). 


Ohio St, Alabama and Oregon have the same heir apparent situation as we do we are just more familiar with Arch. 

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1 minute ago, Newy25 said:


Ohio St, Alabama and Oregon have the same heir apparent situation as we do we are just more familiar with Arch. 

You assume. Texas won’t be shopping in the spring for a QB. All of those schools still could. We only have actual games started by Arch, versus those 3 

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7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

You assume. Texas won’t be shopping in the spring for a QB. All of those schools still could. We only have actual games started by Arch, versus those 3 

Genuinely, why would Texas spend a cent of NIL money on a Jared Zeno-type QB?

You aren't getting someone like even a Chandler Morris or Devin Brown or Alex Orji or TJ Finley or even Parker Stone (lol) - they all want to play.

If the goal is to go get some rando old QB to basically come in then flip to a GA after next year, and that guy plays a single meaningful snap next year Texas is already turbo fucked and you might as well play Owens.

 

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2 hours ago, NoName said:

If the goal is to go get some rando old QB to basically come in then flip to a GA after next year, and that guy plays a single meaningful snap next year Texas is already turbo fucked and you might as well play Owens.

. . . and Owens was pretty impressive in the spring game.  I'm not suggesting that would translate to live fire in the fall, but I don't think we're desperate, either.

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5 hours ago, NoName said:

Genuinely, why would Texas spend a cent of NIL money on a Jared Zeno-type QB?

You aren't getting someone like even a Chandler Morris or Devin Brown or Alex Orji or TJ Finley or even Parker Stone (lol) - they all want to play.

If the goal is to go get some rando old QB to basically come in then flip to a GA after next year, and that guy plays a single meaningful snap next year Texas is already turbo fucked and you might as well play Owens.

 

He wasn’t arguing for another QB if you reread it. 

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

. . . and Owens was pretty impressive in the spring game.  I'm not suggesting that would translate to live fire in the fall, but I don't think we're desperate, either.

There has been zero discussion around needing NIL money for another QB in the spring portal. I’m guessing they feel fine there, given that. 

DT, WR, IOL, PK and RB could all get attention. DT for sure. 

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26 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

He wasn’t arguing for another QB if you reread it. 

Thank you.  Texas, Georgia and PSU will NOT be portal shopping a spring QB - they know what they have, with QBs who have actual in-game reps as starters. 

Ohio State, Oregon, Notre Dame, Bama - could easily see all of them grab a spring portal QB.  So I am saying those 4 are not "settled" on a QB yet in the way the other 3 are. 

Oregon does not Dante Moore, but he wasn't very good at UCLA in his one year. 

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8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Thank you.  Texas, Georgia and PSU will NOT be portal shopping a spring QB - they know what they have, with QBs who have actual in-game reps as starters. 

Ohio State, Oregon, Notre Dame, Bama - could easily see all of them grab a spring portal QB.  So I am saying those 4 are not "settled" on a QB yet in the way the other 3 are. 

Oregon does not Dante Moore, but he wasn't very good at UCLA in his one year. 

Maybe he's developed tremendously in the past year, but I think starting Dante Moore could be a disaster for Oregon next year. He has very limited mobility compared to Nix/Gabriel and looked terrible, even by freshman QB standards, at UCLA. He has a subpar arm but nice touch in the short game, which at least is a good fit in the Oregon offense. It will be fun to monitor the post-spring QB market from the sidelines, as I think you'll see some desperation from at least two of the schools you mention. 

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1 minute ago, The Ace of Aces said:

How is Ohio State not going to be #1 preseason? They return the best offensive player (Smith) and arguable best defensive player (Downs) in college football. 

how many super bowls did the Chargers win with LT and Shawn Merriman?

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On 1/20/2025 at 1:18 PM, Carl Spackler said:

That's a room with talent, but it's a completely unproven room and the biggest question mark on the team IMO outside of "Can Arch be the man?"  This position group is even more unproven and inexperienced than the TE group at the start of the '24 season, which is saying something.  Fingers crossed that someone like Washington can step up and be something of a revelation like Helm was this past season, but at this point we really don't know if any of these guys will be able to perform (esp. in terms of run blocking) at an acceptable level.  

DT/NT is the biggest question mark. Relying on 2 transfers, neither of whom were great at Purdue/UNC, will likely be a big step back from the last 3 years. The incoming freshman class will be elite down the line, but will need at least a year for S&C before being SEC ready.

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10 minutes ago, Lolathon said:

DT/NT is the biggest question mark. Relying on 2 transfers, neither of whom were great at Purdue/UNC, will likely be a big step back from the last 3 years. The incoming freshman class will be elite down the line, but will need at least a year for S&C before being SEC ready.

We're getting two more DT transfers, FYI. Big spring window coming.

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3 hours ago, Jimmy Two Times said:

Maybe he's developed tremendously in the past year, but I think starting Dante Moore could be a disaster for Oregon next year. He has very limited mobility compared to Nix/Gabriel and looked terrible, even by freshman QB standards, at UCLA. He has a subpar arm but nice touch in the short game, which at least is a good fit in the Oregon offense. It will be fun to monitor the post-spring QB market from the sidelines, as I think you'll see some desperation from at least two of the schools you mention. 

Will Austin Novosad see the field up there?

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17 minutes ago, texifornia said:

We're getting two more DT transfers, FYI. Big spring window coming.

If you mean Shaw and Brevard, those were the 2 I was talking about. Shaw was a blue chip that hasn't developed well, issue could have been Mack's staff/scheme so potential may still be there. And Brevard is a 0/1 tech, so he won't be an every down player. Only other returning player is January. Bo Davis really fucked up interior DL recruiting in 2022 & 2023, amazing how Baker came in and immediately pulled the best class in the country

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6 minutes ago, Lolathon said:

If you mean Shaw and Brevard, those were the 2 I was talking about. Shaw was a blue chip that hasn't developed well, issue could have been Mack's staff/scheme so potential may still be there. And Brevard is a 0/1 tech, so he won't be an every down player. Only other returning player is January. Bo Davis really fucked up interior DL recruiting in 2022 & 2023, amazing how Baker came in and immediately pulled the best class in the country

No, I mean two more than that

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36 minutes ago, Lolathon said:

If you mean Shaw and Brevard, those were the 2 I was talking about. Shaw was a blue chip that hasn't developed well, issue could have been Mack's staff/scheme so potential may still be there. And Brevard is a 0/1 tech, so he won't be an every down player. Only other returning player is January. Bo Davis really fucked up interior DL recruiting in 2022 & 2023, amazing how Baker came in and immediately pulled the best class in the country

Umm, it wasn’t Baker that made it happen.  January played in the Ohio State game btw.  I think we will be okay.  The early returns on Terry is that he will play and he will play early.

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2 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

How is Ohio State not going to be #1 preseason? They return the best offensive player (Smith) and arguable best defensive player (Downs) in college football. 

Because these are their returning starters

WR1 WR3 RG FS

They might also get back off WLB1 and CB2, aside from that everyone is gone. And they'll be starting a true sophomore at QB with 12 career pass attempts

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