yikes

 

https://archive.is/20241220143257/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6008247/2024/12/20/texas-tech-football-transfer-portal/

 

Edited December 21, 20241 yr by Thorn007

5 minutes ago, Thorn007 said:

yikes

 

https://archive.is/20241220143257/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6008247/2024/12/20/texas-tech-football-transfer-portal/

 

Dropping all that money to still be a mid tier team in the Big 12, LOL. God it's going to be hilarious when they still get their ass handed to them. 

I will not be quick to dismiss TT.  As obviously weird as it would be for normal humans to voluntarily spend a year or more out of a finite lifetime in Lubbock, Tech itself is a comparative oasis in churchy sand land.  But this is not volunteer work, it is highly compensated by oil and gas money, and could soon make TT a playoff contender.

The road through the B12 to the playoffs has been eased by the realignment.  Ultimately Okie Lite, Baylor, TCU, Houston and the rest will have to match TT's aggressiveness in NIL.  Can the Kansas schools, Iowa St., the mountain schools and the desert brothers keep up with the oil money?

Another road has opened for successful recruiting, BTW.  Diego Pavia gets another year of eligibility because JUCO guys now get two years in college to match the two spent in JUCO, as I understood the ruling.  So JUCO development is now a freebie and JUCO farm systems like K St used to have will now become relevant again.  21 YO JUCO transfers probably will not demand the same level of NIL while still retaining lots of eligibility.  

We shall see.

 

14 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

I will not be quick to dismiss TT.  As obviously weird as it would be for normal humans to voluntarily spend a year or more out of a finite lifetime in Lubbock, Tech itself is a comparative oasis in churchy sand land.  But this is not volunteer work, it is highly compensated by oil and gas money, and could soon make TT a playoff contender.

The road through the B12 to the playoffs has been eased by the realignment.  Ultimately Okie Lite, Baylor, TCU, Houston and the rest will have to match TT's aggressiveness in NIL.  Can the Kansas schools, Iowa St., the mountain schools and the desert brothers keep up with the oil money?

Another road has opened for successful recruiting, BTW.  Diego Pavia gets another year of eligibility because JUCO guys now get two years in college to match the two spent in JUCO, as I understood the ruling.  So JUCO development is now a freebie and JUCO farm systems like K St used to have will now become relevant again.  21 YO JUCO transfers probably will not demand the same level of NIL while still retaining lots of eligibility.  

We shall see.

 

Tech is closer to making the playoff than A&M is IMO. 

2 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

Tech is closer to making the playoff than A&M is IMO. 

I will be interested to see what happens moving forward with NIL and the portal. There is going to have to be changes because it’s pretty much a free for all right now. 

3 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

Tech is closer to making the playoff than A&M is IMO. 

Definitely have a far more straightforward path to the playoff in the B12

32 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

Tech is closer to making the playoff than A&M is IMO. 

And it will cost them less as well.

On 12/19/2024 at 5:44 PM, Bunk Moreland said:

PFF has him rated as a top-10 DT in the country this year, so definitely a take.

PFF is a joke.

34 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

PFF is a joke.

You’re really good at avoiding the point, aren’t you? The POINT, whether you like PFF or not, is that he is a quality DT.

32 minutes ago, Bunk Moreland said:

You’re really good at avoiding the point, aren’t you? The POINT, whether you like PFF or not, is that he is a quality DT.

Giving my opinion is my point.

5 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Giving my opinion is my point.

Jaray Bledsoe to Mississippi State

Hopefully someone talked to that Peter Woods guy (Clemson DL) after the game to see if he wants to enter the portal. He would fit in perfectly. 

1 hour ago, Realist Horn said:

Hopefully someone talked to that Peter Woods guy (Clemson DL) after the game to see if he wants to enter the portal. He would fit in perfectly. 

I can dream this means something, right? 
 

 

2 hours ago, Realist Horn said:

Hopefully someone talked to that Peter Woods guy (Clemson DL) after the game to see if he wants to enter the portal. He would fit in perfectly. 

Check out Gerry’s “Tweet to Note “ post

7 hours ago, Realist Horn said:

Hopefully someone talked to that Peter Woods guy (Clemson DL) after the game to see if he wants to enter the portal. He would fit in perfectly. 

That would be crazy. Wasn't he the guy who put the cheap shot in Majors? Either way, very talented DL.

Need to be aware of this one.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4683535/tyler-onyedim

8 hours ago, AusMOJO said:

That would be crazy. Wasn't he the guy who put the cheap shot in Majors? Either way, very talented DL.

Not him. 

6 hours ago, Bobby Burton said:

Not him. 

Ah, I thought I saw it was him. My bad then.

Singleton signs with Auburn

4 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Singleton signs with Auburn

Sucks but oh well. No reason to overpay players. Best of luck to him, Hope he enjoys chasing DB's. 

21 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Singleton signs with Auburn

Getting overpaid to play on a losing team 

 This is an interesting one. 
 

fits the criteria - starts, snaps, size 

58 minutes ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

Rather overpay for the right DTs than WRs any day.

I would agree with you