jonbailey

Where do we think this goes?

Im here for it. Let OU have a lost decade of irrelevance and start another rivalry with an SEC blueblood. Aggies will stay the same regardless.

Imagine you are the first born son of your state and at age 7 mom and dad have another son. You did your best to be a good kid but the baby is the apple of your parent’s eye. Your younger brother gets the best room in the house while you are stuck in a tiny room with no AC / heat. At Christmas baby brother get twice as many gifts and all your other relative states know about him but your folks hardly talk about you. When you grow up baby brother is supper successful with a great job in an exciting new field while you stay in the same town and farm. As you watch your brother ascend to new levels of success you grow bitter and develop an inferiority complex. You bitterly complain to your buddies how you were first and all the success your brother has should have been yours. As the resentment grows you consume yourself with trying to prove that you are better than your younger brother, it’s all you think about. Your brother comes to town and asks if you want to play a game. Now, you may not have the nice house or the pretty wife but by god you are going to beat your brother at something if it’s the last thing you do. Your brother is annoyed that you are trying so hard, this was supposed to be fun, but if it’s a game you want then it’s a game you’re gonna get. Younger brother wins most of the time but the times you win you feel justified in all your bitterness and the cycle continues. That’s the A&M & Texas rivalry. It’s a thing because we share a state and the existence of the University of Texas is viewed as an affront to the cult like Aggies. If the Ags cared at the same level as Texas it would be no different than playing Tech, Baylor or SMU. Tex vs OU is equal hate / respect. Tex vs A&M is one side hating and the other side disrespecting.

I love following recruiting, gives me something to do during the off season and makes me more optimistic about the future of the program. Recruiting is all about potential and getting a big recruit or having a strong class makes it easy to project more future wins in my head. This year is the first year that I am largely unconcerned with recruiting. Yeah I want the number one class every year but quite frankly that’s unrealistic even for Texas. I hope to still have s strong class but to me this is a rare season where a dominate recruiting class won’t necessarily make the team significantly better. The 2025 squad is stacked with talent and I like the Longhorn’s chances of finally reaching the promised land and bringing home the title. This is a year for wins on the field not necessarily on the trail. I’ll take both but this is the year to watch potential be converted into reality. Honestly, if this is the year Tech and whoever else wants to blow there wad and risk doing illegal deals let em. Texas will be loaded for bear in 2026 after the dust has settled and will be in a great position for the transfer portal with the kids we are coming in 2nd on. @Gerry Hamilton @Bobby Burton @CJ Vogel of the recruits this cycle that Texas has missed on, would any of them start in 2026 if they the commitment had gone the Horns way? I know having a pipeline is important but my focus is on Arch’s two year window at this time. Maybe I’ll feel different in 2027.

Is steve Patterson available?

What a great post

Yeah we have to let other schools get a few recruits so we have options in the portal in future.

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Took my daughter to the Skillz & Drillz youth football camp earlier today. It was hosted by several longhorns, Xavier Worthy, Matthew Golden, Jahdea Barron. As well as NFL players Rasheed Rice, Tank Dell and Jalen Richard. She had a great time and got to meet a few of the players. Nice to see successful athletes inspiring kids.

I've shown those OV pics to multiple coworkers. Most have had the good sense to be embarrassed and complain about the marketing department. However more than one has defended the use of farm animals. Allegedly recruits thought the goats were cool.

Who has the best chemistry on the field with Arch?

@harveycmdwho voted for the change and why? If ratings are down why do the rules persist?

I read Casey Thompson for a second. Guy has to have exhausted his eligibility by now.

My understanding is that "Gig'em" refers to gigging (stabbing with a pointed stick) frogs. I believe it's a reference to TCU. When they say it these days, it basically means "lets go Ags!". They say it after good plays or (more common) in email taglines.

I dont think vince would be as effective in flag as the QB can not run.

Of the sports pundits covering college football, i trust Klatt more than most of the others. His analysis is reason based as opposed to narrative based. Most of his takes are either correct or reasonably correct based on available information.

I think there is a real chance worthy is on the team in 2028. Time line works out and his speed is a match up nightmare

So he skipped to first base and people are now mad? I guess I don’t understand baseball culture.

Did Oklahoma have to do anything to get out of their big 12 contract? Move games? Pay money? Kind of weird if the whole thing was just on Texas to make whole.

Did anyone else see Johntay Cook is visiting Arkansas? I'm torn between wishing him the best and hoping he just wastes a bunch of the Walton's money.

I think Quinn we be a multi year NFL starter. If I’m wrong I’m wrong. Does he need to improve his reads and pocket presence, yes, but he has a lot of other elite traits. There are 32 NFL teams, very few of which have a solidified starter for the next two years. The Browns, Titans, Giants, Steelers, Saints, Rams, Jets, Raiders, Seahawks, & Colts are all in need of a QB this year or next. I would slot Quinn 3rd for QBs this year. In the 2026 draft your elite guys right now are Drew Allan, LaNorris Sellers, Garrett Nussmeier & Kade Klubnik. So given the demand for Qbs I would assume someone drafts Quinn in the 2nd or 3rd and he will get the opportunity to be the man at some point over the next three years. There are multiple guys starting in the league that have more issues than Quinn in my opinion.

I dont want to make any judgments but if you were trying to extort money from a player, this would be the perfect time.

No joke i went to lunch with an aggie who Friday said they need to raise funds for a buyout. Today he is convinced they make a run in Omaha. I am not aware of a fanbase more captured by their own media. Everyday they have new talking points like they are handed a morning briefing

Say what you want but some of the Aggies have a sense of humor

Days like today, it’s actually pretty fun to work with a bunch of Aggies. The extreme confidence in the morning has switched to moping about how they will never be relavent. You hate to see it.