2023 Transfer Thread - Texas Capitalized, ATM Victimized

I'll love any college football / vintage James Bond crossover

 

 

Have some respect for your mamma and use the name she gave you. 

2 hours ago, texifornia said:

The #GunnellEffect is on the move

 

I have a theory. We have seen an abnormal amount of this with ex-aggy QBs in recent memory where they either decommit and never stick anywhere, or transfer out and go to new schools every year. Either aggy is doing the worst conceivable job at mental evaluations, or they are poisoning the well during the recruitment by telling the kid that he is the second coming of Joe Montana and that every school should be falling all over themselves to have him. The kid then buys what they are telling him, realizes he is at the prom with a 6, and then leaves them at the altar while taking with him this ridiculous idea that they put in his mind that he walks on water and will come home from practice every night to a hot tub full of willing coeds. This has happened too much to guys committed at one school at a singular position to be a coincidence. 

17 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

I have a theory. We have seen an abnormal amount of this with ex-aggy QBs in recent memory where they either decommit and never stick anywhere, or transfer out and go to new schools every year. Either aggy is doing the worst conceivable job at mental evaluations, or they are poisoning the well during the recruitment by telling the kid that he is the second coming of Joe Montana and that every school should be falling all over themselves to have him. The kid then buys what they are telling him, realizes he is at the prom with a 6, and then leaves them at the altar while taking with him this ridiculous idea that they put in his mind that he walks on water and will come home from practice every night to a hot tub full of willing coeds. This has happened too much to guys committed at one school at a singular position to be a coincidence. 

So in other words, they contract a case of Aggy (which is chronic, debilitating, and potentially hereditary) and are never the same. Sounds about right.

 

3 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

 

*was processed by Texas

15 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

*was processed by Texas

What does this mean? 

15 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

*was processed by Texas

I had to look him up in order to remember who the hell he was.

9 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I had to look him up in order to remember who the hell he was.

Wasn’t he the one that no one knew if he was a te offer or d line?

15 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

What does this mean? 

Think we chose Ethan Burke over him

14 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

What does this mean? 

We decided we liked Ethan Burke better, got Burke in the boat, and either told Jones to look around or just cut back on talking to him until he got the hint. Happens all the time.

Holy shit I forgot all about that fucking guy. Who could have predicted a recruit who's commitment announcement to A&M was filmed by Taylor Hamm on his cell phone would go onto to such a high level of failure and mediocrity?

He’s headed to Alabama. 

The Alabama single game passing records are 559 yards and 6 TDs.

560/6.5 seems like a reasonable o/u for him at Kyle Field

Felt like the board was wishcasting more than Texas had real interest but he's still headed to Deion

I had to look him up in order to remember who the hell he was.

I have zero memory of this guy.

13 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I have zero memory of this guy.

LB/DE from vegas..

ohhhhh yeah

42 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

LB/DE from vegas..

If I'm not mistaken he was one of the first commits to Sark and did it in front of everyone at the dinner.

On 4/25/2023 at 4:18 PM, SydneyCarton said:

No one who is behind Spencer Rattler can be worth a shit.

https://247sports.com/player/brendan-gant-93041/

Played in 12 games…recorded 33 tackles, including 1.5 for loss with 1.0 sack, two quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup…FSU Special Teams Scout Player of the Year…made season-high six tackles in 49-17 win vs. Louisiana…recorded five tackles, including career-high 1.5 for loss with 1.0 sack, in 44-14 win vs. Boston College…registered one solo tackle and one fumble recovery in 24-23 win vs. LSU…recorded five tackles and one quarterback hurry in 45-3 victory at Miami…made three solo tackles in 35-31 win at Louisville…had two tackles and one pass breakup in season-opening 47-7 win vs. Duquesne…registered two tackles and one quarterback hurry in 41-16 win vs. Georgia Tech…made two solo stops vs. No. 4 Clemson and in 35-32 Cheez-It Bowl victory vs. Oklahoma…recorded two tackles in 45-38 win vs. Florida…made one tackle vs. No. 22 Wake Forest.

Edited April 26, 2023 by BornAndRaised

He’d been at FSU four years and those are his cumulative stats? Ok. 

3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

If I'm not mistaken he was one of the first commits to Sark and did it in front of everyone at the dinner.

I recall the first recruit that committed to Sark was the wide receiver that called Sark the next day after he won the national championship at Alabama as OC. We ended up recruiting over him. I can’t even remember his name.

Armani Winfield. 

9 hours ago, closetojumping said:

He’s headed to Alabama. 

I hope not. A combination Gunnell Effect/Saban/Roll Tide effect would beat the 1972 Dolphins.

19 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

He’d been at FSU four years and those are his cumulative stats? Ok. 

That is very much like Ray Davis.

Bama heading into the summer without a real QB is one of the most un-Saban like things we’ve seen in years. Guess we’ve been predicting this for months though.
Obviously he rolled through some JAGs at the position back in the day but it’s been a while.

Or he's playing some multi-dimemsional chess that would boggle the minds of quantum physicist string theorists..

What if he truly thinks Milroe is the next VY and trying to psyche teams into thinking Bama is on the decline?

7 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

That is very much like Ray Davis.

What about Ben Thornton? 😉

6 minutes ago, ousux said:

Or he's playing some multi-dimemsional chess that would boggle the minds of quantum physicist string theorists..

What if he truly thinks Milroe is the next VY and trying to psyche teams into thinking Bama is on the decline?

Edited April 27, 2023 by Bevo14

On 4/25/2023 at 2:50 PM, Wulaw Horn said:

Alabraska. 
I’m telling you- it’s setting up the same way. 
we are going to ruin them. 
 

I agree 100%. Saban may have a claim to being the GOAT, but he is quickly becoming a dinosaur a la Dr Tom. Bama will suffer through NIL just like Nebraska suffered through the elimination of partial qualifiers. Sorry not sorry. 

21 hours ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I for some reason want burton. I know it’s not  a need but he would be nice to have. 

You can have him. He's all yours. Just don't let him anywhere near the Texas Longhorn football program. 

This whole transfer portal is so weird. There are a few good players looking to move up, but the majority are bitch-made spares riding the pine at one school going to another school, usually heralded as the second coming of Christ ready to FINALLY DELIVER US TO GLORY. The major effect, in my opinion (and aside from the rare exceptions that put a great player at a new school), is that it compromises depth. Anyway, carry on the talk of Tyler Buchner and Anthony Jones; get started now because I'm sure they will be lighting up the national stage in 23-24. 🙄

Milroe and VY in the same sentence is like Pee Wee Herman and Chuck Norris.  

8 hours ago, closetojumping said:

I had to look him up in order to remember who the hell he was.

Me too. But it didn’t help.

 

13 minutes ago, lemonandaturd said:

Milroe and VY in the same sentence is like Pee Wee Herman and Chuck Norris.  

I'm just gonna assume VY is Pee Wee in this scenario and not that shitter Chuck

Knowing our luck, Milroe will pull a Joe Burrow and transform into a Heisman winning demi-god in the off-season

17 minutes ago, ATXhorn17 said:

Knowing our luck, Milroe will pull a Joe Burrow and transform into a Heisman winning demi-god in the off-season

Don’t be such a pussy.

I’m not worried about Milroe. It’s whoever the backup is that concerns me. Just a small case of backup PTSD. 

1 hour ago, ATXhorn17 said:

Knowing our luck, Milroe will pull a Joe Burrow and transform into a Heisman winning demi-god in the off-season

3 hours ago, MH BEVO said:

 

What are the rules on these multiple portals... Does Taylor Upshaw have to sit out a season unless he's a grad transfer ??

 

6 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

This whole transfer portal is so weird. There are a few good players looking to move up, but the majority are bitch-made spares riding the pine at one school going to another school, usually heralded as the second coming of Christ ready to FINALLY DELIVER US TO GLORY. The major effect, in my opinion (and aside from the rare exceptions that put a great player at a new school), is that it compromises depth. Anyway, carry on the talk of Tyler Buchner and Anthony Jones; get started now because I'm sure they will be lighting up the national stage in 23-24. 🙄

Well people generally don't xfer because they won the starting job.  For our own Tyler Buchner it had to be a kick in the OSU that he came back from game 2 injury, started and won the bowl game, and had to step aside for a 5th yr transfer from Wake Forest. 

On 4/26/2023 at 9:09 AM, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I for some reason want burton. I know it’s not  a need but he would be nice to have. 

This is like still wanting the 5 star girl from your high school even though she’s now 250 lbs. Move on, man.

11 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

I agree 100%. Saban may have a claim to being the GOAT, but he is quickly becoming a dinosaur a la Dr Tom. Bama will suffer through NIL just like Nebraska suffered through the elimination of partial qualifiers. Sorry not sorry. 

first of all, he is absolutely the GOAT. unless you think it was harder for him to win 7 national championships in the 2000s than it was for Bear Bryant  to win 6 or a bunch of dudes to win national championships pre-integration.

at this point, idk how anyone can seriously act like anyone other than Saban isn't the best coach ever. 

also, "becoming a dinosaur" lol

• Saban last 10 years: 90.0 win%
• Saban last 5 years: 89.9 win%
• Saban last 3 years: 90.2 win%
• Saban last 2 years: 85.7 win%

so sure, he's "quickly becoming a dinosaur" - even now, with Bama being outside the top 100 in returning production how many people here feel super confident about Texas winning?

...also while NU had it's issues, obviously, Osborne won 3 national championships in his last 5 years there, he played for a fourth and lost it by 2 points, lost 0 conference games in those 5 years, and lost 3 total games in those 5 years - 2 of them being the 93 championship which they lost by 2 points and the James Brown/Roll Left game.

let's not act like he pulled a Mack Brown and stayed around too long, saw it all fall apart in front of him, saw the game pass him by and then had to be kicked out the door.

 

7 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

What are the rules on these multiple portals... Does Taylor Upshaw have to sit out a season unless he's a grad transfer ??

 

All-Name Team HOFer Storm Duck just double-transferred and Louisville seems to think he'll be good to go this season

 

4 minutes ago, NoName said:

first of all, he is absolutely the GOAT. unless you think it was harder for him to win 7 national championships in the 2000s than it was for Bear Bryant  to win 6 or a bunch of dudes to win national championships pre-integration.

at this point, idk how anyone can seriously act like anyone other than Saban isn't the best coach ever. 

also, "becoming a dinosaur" lol

• Saban last 10 years: 90.0 win%
• Saban last 5 years: 89.9 win%
• Saban last 3 years: 90.2 win%
• Saban last 2 years: 85.7 win%

so sure, he's "quickly becoming a dinosaur" - even now, with Bama being outside the top 100 in returning production how many people here feel super confident about Texas winning?

...also while NU had it's issues, obviously, Osborne won 3 national championships in his last 5 years there, he played for a fourth and lost it by 2 points, lost 0 conference games in those 5 years, and lost 3 total games in those 5 years - 2 of them being the 93 championship which they lost by 2 points and the James Brown/Roll Left game.

let's not act like he pulled a Mack Brown and stayed around too long, saw it all fall apart in front of him, saw the game pass him by and then had to be kicked out the door.

 

100% agree! Saban is unequivocally the 🐐

Sucks to miss out on him but his cousin, Thunder Goose is the better prospect. 

I would think they should be able to play because they never played in a game for the interim school. But that's applying logic so who knows? 

45 minutes ago, NoName said:

first of all, he is absolutely the GOAT. unless you think it was harder for him to win 7 national championships in the 2000s than it was for Bear Bryant  to win 6 or a bunch of dudes to win national championships pre-integration.

at this point, idk how anyone can seriously act like anyone other than Saban isn't the best coach ever. 

also, "becoming a dinosaur" lol

• Saban last 10 years: 90.0 win%
• Saban last 5 years: 89.9 win%
• Saban last 3 years: 90.2 win%
• Saban last 2 years: 85.7 win%

so sure, he's "quickly becoming a dinosaur" - even now, with Bama being outside the top 100 in returning production how many people here feel super confident about Texas winning?

...also while NU had it's issues, obviously, Osborne won 3 national championships in his last 5 years there, he played for a fourth and lost it by 2 points, lost 0 conference games in those 5 years, and lost 3 total games in those 5 years - 2 of them being the 93 championship which they lost by 2 points and the James Brown/Roll Left game.

let's not act like he pulled a Mack Brown and stayed around too long, saw it all fall apart in front of him, saw the game pass him by and then had to be kicked out the door.

 

 

 

22 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

 

 

 

Arguably second best coach of the 2000s, Kirby is hot on his trail.

 

Kirby is currently 47 years old, he has two titles. Nick Saban didn't win his first until he was 53. I wonder if Kirby will try NFL out similar to Nick or just stay in the college game?

Edited April 27, 2023 by BurntOrange&White

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Arguably second best coach of the 2000s, Kirby is hot on his trail.

Kirby has only proven that distributing a price list to elite prospects was a great way to build a football program.