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Grizz ... he likes to fish but doesn't take well to a leash

They paid $5 million for THAT ? I know Tech talks a lot about their "advanced metrics" etc but looking at Ojo and Micah Hudson you gotta wonder ...

Johnny "Ham" Jones. running back on the 1977 team, which went undefeated and was ranked # 1 in the regular season before losing to That Team Up North in the Cotton Bowl, featuring Joe Montana (still the most painful game I ever watched almost 50 years later). He was Earl Campbell's blocking back (lol) though he was just 5'9" and weighed 184 lbs per the official roster. Earl outweighed him by about 40 lbs. He was always overshadowed by Johnny "Lam" Jones, the electric Olympic Gold Medal winner in (I think) the 4x100 sprint relay. "Lam" was from Lampasas and "Ham" from Hamlin, hence the nicknames. The stars of that team included Earl (Heisman Trophy winner), Brad Shearer (Outland Trophy winner as best lineman), Steve McMichael (all around bad ass, in college and pros), Olympian "Lam" Jones, punter and place kicker Russell Erxleben, and Cinderella QB Randy McEachern who rose from 5th string in August to QB1 early in the OU game when the last two QBs in front of him were injured. "Ham" Jones just showed up every day and did his job. Stats for that golden 1977 regular season include 489 yards rushing on 92 carries (5.3 ypc) with 6 touchdowns. Always had a lot of respect for Johnny "Ham" Jones.

Watching the Oregon - Indiana game late and there's a pass aimed at DM, with a safety zeroing in on his chest - he short arms it, barely tries. The announcer says something like "he didn't seem invested in trying to catch that one with the DB looming". And I thought "we dodged a bullet when Moore went to Oregon".

At least they still have Micah Hudson ...

Thanks! Very illuminating.

Great post, thanks for the insights. Couple of questions, if you can generalize without indicating who the player was. How much NIL/Revenue Share did he end up with? How was that split? Did the school get involved with the NIL part or just hook him up with the NIL dudes? What level of player was he? I assume he was a starter. Did he make All-Conference? All-America? Honorable Mention anything? Just trying to get a feel for what value coaches put on performance. "now playing professionally" - NBA or elsewhere? If you don't feel comfortable answering these Q's I understand. Thanks

The talent discrepancies between Indiana and the top rosters is amazing. Here's the recruiting rankings for their rosters. This is probably the best coaching job I've seen in college football

Six sacks against the five ranked teams combined, including some top defenses ... and six sacks surrendered against 4-8 Florida. Hard to understand the Florida meltdown.

What was the total sacks number against those 5 teams? Seems to be missing from the text

Miami Here's Georgina, a former contestant in the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5x6GafO2Tc

Gerry Hamilton, perhaps channeling Diego P, says "F--- all the voters!" I mean, you couldn't give him a Participation Trophy for "best recruiting scoop" ?

Miami could be tough if they get a good portal QB but who knows if they will. Next toughest game? SMU or BYU or ? Compare this to any SEC schedule and it's a joke. 12-0 and I say let them in to the playoffs. Drop one and then we'll listen to the same arguments as this past season.

Mock consensus has him # 83, 3rd round, 3rd Longhorn taken. This will change somewhat after the combine and after all the 3rd year guys decide on whether to enter or not. Last year the final mock was a little over-optimistic on the Horns, nailing all but one of their picks but on average rating them to go a little higher than they finally did, so take it for what it is, an early snapshot. Hopefully three of these guys come back, right?

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Aggie women better win the volleyball championship tomorrow or this dude will be pissed ...

Celebrating tomorrow's Volleyball Championship Aggie victory a little early?

Hate to say it but if you're talking football then Texas Tech is leading at the moment

In fairness to PK we had zero able bodied pass rushers in 2021. I remember that in desperation they scoured major programs for highly ranked guys who hadn't lived up to expectations and got 3 - Ovie something from Notre Dame (who subsequently followed BK to LSU and didn't work out there either), the 5* linebacker from Bama (Ben Davis?) who didn't do much and a high ranked dude from LSU (Thornton?). None of those guys were much help. Without any pressure off the edges we were sitting ducks

Here's his current ranking in the NFL Mock Draft Consensus - answer is 'not likely', though these mocks get more accurate the closer one gets to the draft

Sounds like BYU made him a higher offer and Texas didn't match it (was the impression I got from this site)

If you're cursing our rivals then maybe throw out a voodoo or two on Texas Tech as well. I guess they avoided your wrath because they got the bye but never too early my friend ... kinda hard to root for Oregon but Tech is getting a little too big for their britches.

When I checked their schedule to make sure we were actually on it for those years I was surprised to see that in 2029 Notre Dame opens with Alabama, three weeks before they are scheduled to play Texas. Think what a hit it would be to their SOS if both SEC teams decide to cancel based on the CFP not valuing SOS highly enough.

Interesting article on the ESPN site titled "Steve Sarkisian: Texas to honor Ohio State, Michigan games". Opening paragraph - "ORLANDO, Fla. -- Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday the Longhorns would honor the return nonconference games with Ohio State in 2026 and Michigan in 2027, but would reconsider its nonconference scheduling philosophy beyond that based on College Football Playoff selection criteria" What's left unsaid is that "beyond that" seemingly would include our currently schedule games with Notre Dame in 2028 (Sept 9 in South Bend) and 2029 (Sept 22 in Austin). No mention of Notre Dame in the article, which stresses that the committee seemingly didn't consider strength of schedule enough. Another quote: "If we're not going to value strength of schedule, then surely that's going to adjust what we do moving forward in our nonconference scheduling. We're going to nine SEC conference games, so to think that we're going to play a 10th game against an Ohio State and Michigan, and who knows else down the road, I hope we get credit for that. If not, then we really need to look after the '27 season." Shots fired at the CFP architects and, indirectly at Notre Dame.

Below is a list of projected Michigan players headed for the 2026 draft based off the Mock Draft Consensus - no one in the first two rounds, five off the defense but none projected to go before Round 4. Ace is right ...