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It will work so long as the athletes are still required to attend and pass classes on a reasonable course to graduate. And I think it is inevitable and the only economically feasible solution. If the athletes are actually students getting paid [graduate TAs are students getting paid - it's not an unknown concept] then it remains a college sport. If there are no classroom requirements it becomes a sponsored pro sport.

It’s inevitable. Were chasing too many things that’ll lead down that path.

I'm very aware of Caden's experience, I've watched him. I'm certain he will play well in big games because he already has, I've seen him. Simply because he didn't play alot of snaps with JTT and Sawyer in front of him is not the same as saying he didn't play well when he rotated in....he did, I watched him. If he couldn't play, he would not have seen the field period. Re: Hero...why did he transfer? He transferred because he saw a greater probability of getting more playing time somewhere else. If it doesn't work out for him in Austin, he's prob about the same spot he was in Columbus We did lose some experience on the back end. We still have Caleb Downs and proven, game tested replacements. We'll be fine. Last years defense was nasty, by many accounts the best in the country. Will this years version be as good? Who knows. If the front plays as expected, I think they have a chance to be as good or better. Even if they are not as good as last years monster, they're can still be nasty. Your new QB, with a relatively new group in front of him, hasn't seen anything like he's gonna see....how many drop back pass attempts does he have in front of a hostile crowd of 100,000+? That's what I'm talking about

I didn’t know Gavin Newsome was a member of OTF?!

Well put it this way, if he screws with any of that, he won't be President very long lol.

I'll save everyone the suspense...... Wyoming

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Rise and shine it's Coffee and Football time! Join us at 8:15 (lol) AM, as we discuss the Horns and take YOUR questions.

I detect no lies

As far as how this affects Texas athletics, this is who CDC will be reporting to now after the previous president Jay Hartzell took the SMU job with the same title. As long as CDC, Davis, and Eltife are all aligned, Texas athletics should continue to hum and stack Directors’ Cups for years to come. Should be good from an athletics standpoint.

To be fair, random OTF poster is not going to be the leader of the university…

There’s no doubt you have talent all over the board. You’re trying awfully hard to convince yourself that you’ll have a “nasty” defense. You are aware that this Curry of which you speak has 4 career games in which he’s logged 20 or more snaps. Against Western Kentucky, Purdue, Purdue and Northwestern. Him playing well in big games is no more a sure thing than our Oline being ready. Again one of your interior did not play infinitely more than Hero. A guy who likely sits about equaly on our depth chart, if not potentially lower. Your defensive line is not more talented/experienced than guys we’ve seen. Your stadium/crowd is not wholly different from places we’ve been. You are rotating out a front 4 that logged some 7,000 snaps for one with about 1,000. You lost considerable experience on the back-end too. But sure expect no drop off.

.....and just for the record, I don't know what fellow Buckeye fan is smoking, but there is a virtually zero chance we score 31 on your defense. The only way that happens is if Arch struggles with the noise, the pressure and disguised coverages he's gonna see in the back end and turns the ball over too many times which is a distinct possiblity. I expect both defenses to control the game for the most part. At the end of the day I think we have more weapons and home field advantage that is the difference....still working on score prediction but we ain't scoring 31 without Arch's help but I just don't see Sark giving him that kind of rope

Not that I'm wanting to say nice things about the team up north but didn't they just beat Alabama the last two years in a row? Most recently in a bowl game a few months ago?

Jerrick Gibson on the current roster. Always expected Collin to be a 1k yard receiver his senior year but Devin Duvernay was everywhere

I don’t agree with any of this, other than the fact that he is not a teacher. I am sure that average test scores will go up, not down. As we watch Harvard and Penn and Columbia get taken to the woodshed for antisemitism, we won’t tolerate it. Jim is no liberal, but he is also not MAGA. Jim is his own man, and certainly doesn’t not have the shapeshifting politics of MAGA.

Your point is well taken but I still expect Curry to start over Atkinson. If he's not on the field first he'll see at least as many snaps as Atkinson. In truth tho if Atkinson does prove to be the better player that just tells me our DL will be better than expected as we know Curry is fully capable of playing well in big games against great teams. If Curry can play well and Atkinson turns out to be an improvement, that tells me there is every reason to believe that Atkinson will step up and perform as well. You guys are trying mightily to convince yourselves that this OL isn't gonna struggle on the road against a nasty defense in a loud and hostile environment with a new QB. I don't buy it, you had a more experienced group struggle in the friendly Cotton Bowl behind a vet. It's gonna be tough for em. Sark knows that Arch is not gonna be able to hear himself spit, have to go silent and knows he's not gonna have time or space to throw the ball downfield. You couldn't run the ball in Dallas and I don't think you'll be able to run it in Columbus. He's gonna have to rely on Q run alot more than he'd like early in the season. Nobody likes to see the QB take a pounding in game 1 but it may be your only shot at moving the ball. It's gonna be a great game between 2 stacked teams in a great environment. There is a reason Texas is ranked #1, there is also a reason they're underdogs in Columbus

Thanks as well ... and nice to meet and talk with so many of you guys and gals the last two nights! I'm speaking at the Fort Worth Texas Exes event tonight ... 6pm Bobby, CJ and Rod will be in Dallas ... Look forward to seeing everyone

I’d love to be on a message board with zero politics talk. I left OB because ketch allows it too often. IT and OTF to date don’t allow it on the sports board.

Kwame!

We hit 50k on June 9, 2024. It’s been incredible growth since then. Can’t thank you all enough for the support. It’s been wild to see this thing grow at the rate it has.

We are finally down to single digits in our countdown to kickoff, as we are nine days away from Texas versus Ohio State in the season opener. Who is your favorite Texas player to wear No. 9? Some options include… Kwame Cavil Collin Johnson Raul Allegre

Wow! There were just 50k subs a year ago.

Can not compute- too many facts. Scale back