Glass Joe

Well, we do need some depth at Safety.

This is the #1 WR on board for me (so far). Elite athlete, plays outside WR, big YAC potential, and two more years to play. His skill set would be a really nice complement to what Texas expects to return at WR next year.

Baugh and I would be a top 3 duo in the SEC.

In listening to the ND AD rant and rave against the ACC, makes one wonder if ND is laying the groundwork for their next steps after the ACC dissolves in 2031. When combined with these rumors of Freeman leaving for the NFL, makes one wonder if Freeman wants ND to get out of the ACC scheduling partnership (5 games per year).

Justus Terry : UGA fans Dakorian Moore : Texas fans

If we get to #12 tonight at least there’s a glimmer of hope heading into the weekend. Slight, but still a glimmer. If we land at #13 tonight (likely), we’ve got zero hope heading into this weekend. At least #12 allows you to hope a blowout loss by Bama to UGA, combined with the expected loss of BYU to Tech, may open up the #10 spot in the final rankings for a 3-loss Texas to edge a 3-loss Bama. Of course, there’s no guarantee that would happen, but at least the conversation would take place among the Committee members. This nullifies hopes for Texas or Miami. Personally, I don’t take there will be any changes in the top 10 from what is announced tonight to the final rankings next week. Even if Bama loses to UGA, I think they remain at #10 and make the playoffs with 3 losses. The Committee would be creating a massive disincentive for all teams going forward if making it to your conference championship game can cost you a spot in the Playoffs you already earned. Going forward, teams would intentionally lose just to avoid their conference championship games (for example, either Ohio St or Indiana could have intentionally lost last weekend to avoid the Big Ten CG, and they’d still make the playoffs). The only teams not locked in stone at this point are the 2 teams to get the #11 and #12 spots in the playoffs after the AAC, Sun Belt, and ACC championship games this weekend. AND, if BYU beats Tech, that likely kicks Alabama out of the playoffs at #10 (assuming they lose to UGA). Both BYU and Tech are in the playoffs at that point.

Everything went downhill for Williams once he turned 18. Sad story of aging out.

Brian Kelly was not a CAA / Sexton client. So, at LSU, Sexton just got one of his clients (Kiffin) a top 10 job while replacing a Trace Armstrong client (Brian Kelly) in the process. That’s a big win for CAA / Sexton. At Penn State, Sexton’s client (James Franklin) got humiliated with a mid-season firing….thereby damaging one of his star client’s perceived value. Sexton got Franklin a decent landing spot (Va Tech) but at a lesser value. One assumes Franklin was not able to land another blue blood type of job, which means his value has diminished…thus the possibility of Sexton’s ire toward PSU.

One glimmer of hope for Texas regarding the Florida loss… It does help a bit that Florida blew out FSU on Saturday, since FSU beat Alabama by 14 points earlier in the season. Should Bama lose to UGA on Saturday (by 2-3 scores), it may help Texas if we’re compared to a 3-loss Bama with a “bad” loss to FSU. It offsets our “bad” loss to UF.

10-13 total needed, by position 3 IOL (2 starting Guards, 1 OC to push Robertson for starting role) 1 swing OT (young OT who can spot start if needed in 2026) 1 WR (elite only, if available) 1-2 RBs (1 starter, and a J.Blue type of speed RB who can catch, if available) 1 QB - Matthew Caldwell redux 1 NT - Cole Brevard redux 1 ILB - run stopper / thumper 1 CB - At least good enough to be CB3 1 Safety - Starter quality 1 PK - Mason Shipley redux

This is a very astute observation. Very, very few programs changing coaches are actually upgrading. Many are just replacing an HC with a speculative hire. This HC market was a complete imbalance of supply and demand. Most of the best HCs either signed extensions, or told their agents they weren’t interested in changing jobs - Ryan Day, Kirby, Lanning, Sark, DeBoer, Elko, Dabo, Cristobal, Ruhle, Campbell, Dillingham, etc. all chose to stay put in their current gigs. And potentially recycled former great HCs (Saban, Meyer, Gruden, Gundy, etc) chose not to join the fray either. So, you wind-up with SEC schools (Auburn, Ark, Florida) hiring a bunch AAC coaches or simply elevating assistants with no HC experience (Ole Miss). The supply of HCs on the market was so bad that Lane Kiffin was the best available, and Lincoln Riley wasn’t even worthy of interest.

Mizzou’s back-up RB (J.Roberts) would start immediately at Texas. Maybe we grab Roberts and he can bring his OL Coach with him to Texas (Brandon Jones). 😂

Lane Kiffin, IMO.

If BYU wins the Big 12, Alabama will get bumped out of the #10 spot (and therefore, out of the playoffs). Tech will still get in as an at-large, likely in the #9 or #10 spot. If Duke wins the ACC, the ACC will get ZERO teams into the playoffs. UNT, Tulane, and James Madison are all project to be ranked higher than Duke, and two of these 3 schools would get the final two auto-spots and be placed at #11 and #12 in the playoff seeding. Troy State and Boise State do not have a shot here, regardless of outcomes.