Bunk Moreland

Does Texas pursuing another DE suggest that they don’t think Burke can totally replace what Sorrell does? Or does it just mean that they are concerned about experienced DE depth in general?

TexAgs is already in spin mode. “He wasn’t even good” “He would’ve been the 4th best WR next year” “All our portal additions are way better” “He only led the team in TDs because of good throws from the qb” “He probably isn’t an NFL receiver” “He got greedy and was chasing NIL” They really are masters of their craft (spin, delusion, denial), I will give them that.

I agree, but I kinda assumed that since he’s gone nuclear the last 6 weeks that it was likely a foregone conclusion that he’d be going pro. Plus, we still need a speed receiver. If Bond were smart, he’d come back for one more year.

Dumb question, but is there any chance whatsoever that Bond returns? He could go kill it at the combine and reinvigorate his draft stock, but coming back another year could push him back to the 1st round. Or is he just dead set on going pro?

In the expanded playoff era, making the semifinals becomes the minimum bar for a successful season. It’s the equivalent IMO of making a sweet sixteen (or maybe elite eight?) in CBB. It’s not the ultimate goal, but I think coaches and programs will begin to be measured by whether or not they make the final four. So, yes, this season is an unmitigated success.

He had an amazing game against us, but the rest of his career seemed just kinda meh.

Yeah I’d take him in a heartbeat.

Ryan Williams, please.

Bama has more turnovers than yards midway through the 2nd 😂

In retrospect, DeBoer lucked into an extremely veteran Washington team with arguably the best QB in the country and three NFL receivers. Hard to judge whether he’s a good program builder or just started on 3rd base. Kind of a Lincoln Riley situation.

Michigan has recruited really well and is also doing well in the portal. Rumors of their demise were greatly exaggerated. It would be hilarious if they beat OSU again next year.

Fair enough. But Saban would never let his team lose like THAT to OU, and he would never let an average UM team do this to him. Also, UM is gonna go into Norman next season and wreck shop.

Michigan up 13-0 on Bama. Bama being smashed by OU and UM, two teams that Texas utterly dismantled. Either UT’s wins aren’t as unimpressive as the national narrative suggests, or Bama has fallen off much more than I expected under DeBoer.

Do you think Sark was TOO patient in the winter portal? I know he’s waiting for difference makers, but they still need 3-4 DTs! It’s risky to hope you can find that many in the spring (unless more players on playoff teams enter in the next few weeks).

According to Matt Zenitz, it seemed like it had become a two-team race between UGA and ASU. In the last few days, the Branch brothers have become more open to visiting other schools and that three teams with some smoke behind the scenes are UNC, Texas, and Tennessee. I’m guessing that means they didn’t get the kind of NIL offer they had been hoping for from UGA/ASU?

He’s listed at 6’1” and 245lbs. Presumably an edge. Doubt we pursue.

That might be the difference between J Terry being ready to start in Columbus week 1 and not. Based on how the winter portal shook out, Texas may well need him to start. So this is just absolutely massive.

That’s a high level of playmaking production two years in a row. I know he’s coming from a lower level, but worth kicking the tires to replace the playmaking we’re losing in Taaffe and Mukuba?

Part of the problem is there just were not any Walter Nolan (or even Collins/Broughton) level DTs in the winter portal. Presumably because there haven’t been many wild coaching changes like last year, which likely was an anomaly. Hopefully we will see more portal entries after bowl season and again in the spring. We did get Norton and Lole in the spring portal window, so there’s still a chance.

It only counts if you then go and revel in TexAgs misery for another hour or two. This morning is now a struggle, but that misery was worth it!

They don’t get to have it both ways. They’ve been telling us since the portal opened that they’re not losing any key contributors, that they’re all either backups or injured players. If that’s true, they don’t now get to claim they’re shorthanded for the bowl game.

Didn’t know that—thanks for the tip!

You are legitimately the worst poster on this board. I have yet to see a post that adds anything of value whatsoever. I sure wish we had a block button.

The FACT when I made the post was that Navy had outscored OU 21-0 since the first quarter. OU scoring subsequently did not negate the veracity of my post at the time it was posted. The POINT was that Navy was significantly outplaying OU. So what was YOUR point aside from being a pedant? Your post added nothing of value aside from puffing your chest out and being “right” (even though you neither negated the factuality or conceptual validity of my post).