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[Alex Butler]

1 hour ago, Bevohorns said:

They will be the favorites to win it with a lineup like this 

They were this year too…

[THookem]

 

[AZ Longhorn]

2 hours ago, THookem said:

 

Yes. But to those who would panic in response: again, "2026 portal rankings" are not "overall 2027 roster rankings."

If you lose your whole team or they all sucked, then you need to go heavy in the portal (and have money to do so). When you return a bunch of production, you don't need to go as heavy in the portal (and don't have as much money to do so anyway). 

Does Texas still have needs to fill? Absolutely. But we shouldn't conflate "portal rankings" with "how good we will be in 2027"

[Assistant Regional Manager]

2 hours ago, THookem said:

 

Those ranking reward quantity. South Carolina had to sign a completely new roster. 24 guys. Missouri would crawl over broken glass for our current portal class.

Taking a handful of impact players > taking 15 average joes.

Prime example: the #4 “best” portal class last year belonged to…..South Carolina. The #15 “best” portal class belonged to…Texas. Which one was actually better?

Edited 1 hour ago by Assistant Regional Manager

[Hashtag]

3 hours ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Trust me, I understand everything you said.

It’s pretty evident when you see LSU doing what they are doing, meanwhile we have people talking about the 70’s with Cliff Gustafson and “energizing” boosters with our hall of fame coach.

Yep…it’s why we have generally underachieved in the big 3 with baseball being the outlier but it has also been 20 years now since we’ve produced a title there. You hear it with some of the mods here and fans, “we made it to Omaha.”