54 minutes ago, Carlos Ramirez said:

I think its time to say goodbye to the Jonah Williams experiment

Agree. Can use the NIL money better

56 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

Is he not out of eligibility? Can you imagine him and Sharma playing off each other?!

He has another year!

55 minutes ago, Carlos Ramirez said:

I think its time to say goodbye to the Jonah Williams experiment

Yeah, its time for Jonah to make a decision on 1 sport before the decision is made for him.

47 minutes ago, John F. said:

I know it’s not happening but would love to see Biles in a second year under Muschamp.

Best pure football player in the program. Agree, but man he should go pro even if he's 3rd rounder due to size.

44 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Arch Manning!

He brings in a lot of $$$ for sure!

1 minute ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

He has another year!

I want it all...! 😜

🤘

11 minutes ago, Califashorn75 said:

It's free agency every year. Did anyone ever imagine this happening?

Absolutely. I imagined it 20+ years ago when Jeremy Bloom was fighting his fight against the NCAA for endorsements he earned as a professional skier, where endorsements are business as usual, and the NCAA telling Colorado they had to either kick him off the team, convince him to give up his skiing endorsements, or face punishment from the NCAA enforcement arm. They decided to tell Bloom he had to give up his endorsements, so Bloom went to the NFL.

It was a completely unfair system where a normal college student could earn money from social media engagement but college athletes could not. The problem is, as I reiterated over and over again to all the people who railed about the unfair system, is that there's no effective way to distinguish between legitimate income from name, image, likeness and income from people who wanted to compensate players for playing for their favorite team. There still isn't.

The Alston decision completely tore down the barrier between athletes and earning compensation from third parties, thus ushering in the current era. If the Supreme Court was going to strike down NIL rules for antitrust purposes, they for sure were going to strike down eligibility issues regarding transfers. Other sports had done away with transfer restrictions several years prior.

Thus, the current free agency market.

At this point college sports is being run by court decisions, with all the chaos that entails. And there's no other option until there's some kind of federal legislation. Whenever that might occur in our current political climate. And guess what? Whatever comes out of congress we're not going to like, either, because that's how this stuff works.

Throw two bags at Biles.

15 minutes ago, bstill77 said:

what is the report on Tyler Atkinson? are coaches happy with him and his development?

That will be an interesting decision ... he won't likely return for close to same the NIL deal, if returns to Texas.

3 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

That will be an interesting decision ... he won't likely return for close to same the NIL deal, if returns to Texas.

No dead money on the roster

4 minutes ago, JMarquette said:

No dead money on the roster

We have dead money on our OL coach but I’m sure he will get another raise at the end of the year for back to back years or crappy OL play

I can’t see a world where Cooper is offered more money. He hasn’t played much this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if he enters the portal.

Hasn't been mentioned yet but I hope like heck we're able to hang onto Dia Bell. That young man's potential looks sky high

2 minutes ago, campcrunk said:

Hasn't been mentioned yet but I hope like heck we're able to hang onto Dia Bell. That young man's potential looks sky high

I feel like parents look at the development of quarterbacks at Texas and how Sarkisian prepares them for success in the NFL, and they can't help but be impressed. I know I am. First Ewers and now Manning. What is there not to like?

Taking a different approach and going with Blake Gideon, Kenny Baker, LaAllan Clark and Juluke. I don't know the coaching world and if/what they would leave for but pay these guys. Didn't include Mushchamp bc he ain't leaving. Blake was huge getting back imo.

Most obvious export candidates to me: Kaliq Lockett, KJ Lacey (pending Arch decision), Jonah Williams, Zelus Hicks, Chris Stewart, Justus Terry, Tyler Atkinson, Xavier Filsaime, Daylan McCutcheon, Hayward Howard, JJR, Wardell Mack, James Simon, Myron Charles, Jonathan Cunningham, Smith Orogbo, James Johnson. You probably want to keep some/all of the DL guys. There are some senior export candidates but not sure who has eligibility left. Could see some guys like Kobe Black (return to CB) and MT3 (bigger role) test the portal waters.

Zina Umeozulu is a name that hasn’t been brought up a ton. Not sure how much a choice he will have NFL wise, but retention on the edge is key. Even with Richard Wesley’s expected step forward.

I think Arch comes back. Who knows if KJ can get the job done better. I’ve heard Bobby says arch is having a sophomore year…. So maybe he comes back and kills it regardless I’d love to have him back

36 minutes ago, TTaylor2135 said:

Taking a different approach and going with Blake Gideon, Kenny Baker, LaAllan Clark and Juluke. I don't know the coaching world and if/what they would leave for but pay these guys. Didn't include Mushchamp bc he ain't leaving. Blake was huge getting back imo.

Gideon is solidly in Austin

Baker will eventually be back in the NFL IMO .. he as coveted as anyone on the staff.

My must-keeps would be Bishop, Geffrard, Cryer, Littleton, Cooper and hopefully Biles. That's a pretty good foundation to build around.

But I think the bigger question is who we bring in through the portal. We desperately need help on the interior offensive line, another impact receiver and some help on the defensive front.

Keeping your talent is important, but we also need proven players who can make an immediate difference. I'm tired of hearing about how much potential everybody has. At some point, potential has to turn into production. We can't keep building a five-star house on a two-star foundation! 😂

1 minute ago, HonkEm said:

My must-keeps would be Bishop, Geffrard, Cryer, Littleton, Cooper and hopefully Biles. That's a pretty good foundation to build around.

But I think the bigger question is who we bring in through the portal. We desperately need help on the interior offensive line, another impact receiver and some help on the defensive front.

Keeping your talent is important, but we also need proven players who can make an immediate difference. I'm tired of hearing about how much potential everybody has. At some point, potential has to turn into production. We can't keep building a five-star house on a two-star foundation! 😂

Littleton is a must .. yes! And he will have leverage

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Agree. Can use the NIL money better

Time for him to just go baseball?

2 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Littleton is a must .. yes! And he will have leverage

Leverage like Kamario Taylor $7.5 mil leverage? 😄

10 minutes ago, georgethepunter said:

Time for him to just go baseball?

I think so. Texas can spend the football money better. Williams has never had enough healthy/football time to worth the spend