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Seaton to Texas is >0%. A few of the sites have been leaving little breadcrumbs. Just buckle up and trust this staff. And don’t jump if he goes elsewhere.

Roberson is a player. I know this is just a sign of the times, and I'm sure our staff has a plan, etc., but Roberson was another one I was really hoping to keep. Btw, Underwood fumbled that ball at the goal line.

You have to worry about “overpaying” for other guys so you can blow it all on guys like this.

Yep. Once guys visit other places they never return to their original home.

@Bobby Burton You mentioned in the live chat yesterday (?) that you think this portal madness extends throughout the spring - or at least beyond the Jan 16 end that we're all looking forward to. Are there any [archaic] deadlines - e.g., classes start, etc. - that could change the calculus on certain players/decisions?

They absolutely have, and I'm not doubting them entirely. I would point out that they haven't been perfect, and we're watching the playoffs from our couches this year because they whiffed a year ago at a few spots. But...it's just a little jarring when you're told that we have three targets ranked higher than a proven SEC LB who the pundits seemingly all love, the names can't be disclosed, and the staff is all-in. Then when one of those three is unveiled, he's ranked ~500-600 best player in the portal. I'm all for hidden gems, I'm all for doubting the rankings. I guess I was just expecting something a bit more exciting. I hope this is more Kanu and less Levon.

Ya, I get it. I guess I'm more questioning whether or not that this is one of the three, big time "TBA" targets that we were prioritizing over the Auburn kid.

Industry rankings aren't always perfect, or even good, but our "top LB" is rated like 2 pages lower than Auburn or Cal guys who are also in the portal. Are we that good at evaluation? Something feels off, no? Based on OTF's reporting, I was expecting the three "TBA" to be slightly better than this.

Oh thank God. I had no idea this existed.

Awesome, thanks. That’s what I was hoping GH was saying, but by the wording I couldn’t tell whether or not it was that or if he was hinting that Sharma was on exPort watch.

Sorry, would not affect the pursuit of Sharma, or just Sharma’s role? Should we be waiting on an announcement of Sharma’s retention?

I haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but what’s the upside of playing the big OOC games? Aggies went on the road and beat ND…and yet they fell below TT, Oregon and Ole Miss with the same record. It’s really hard for me to see why Aggies should be any lower than #4. Miami obviously is seeing no upside. Is the rationale for OU being so far ahead of us their win over Michigan? Seems dumb, but they’re the only school seeing any benefit from scheduling these games.

Aaron Murray’s was an ok watch, except the TD. He lucked into the TD? Aaron can tell that based on where his helmet is pointed? How do we know Arch isn’t looking off the other deep safety? These still frames are cool, but check downs are tough to get to under immediate, constant duress. It’s one thing to hold it too long and not check down, but I didn’t have that complaint too often on Saturday. He didn’t even have time to let the initial read mature.

I thought Arch was pretty good vs SJSt. But this is about as poor of a performance as I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe I’m asking this, but with the defense that we have, at what point do you consider moving to Caldwell? The threat of a completed forward pass may win 10 games this year, but we don’t have that threat right now.

This probably isn’t what you want to hear on a football message board, but post-MBA to IB will be a tough route to buyside. You won’t have the buyside experience to fill a VP role in PE, and you’re likely too experienced to start as an Associate (which is usually a 2/3 year role that ends in an MBA). Your best bet is probably energy - some of the energy PE groups can be a little less “traditional” than non-energy. There are still terrific career opportunities available, but the “fairway” buyside gigs will be tough. You could also consider some of the less traditional type shops like family offices, independent sponsors launching, etc. Maybe head of corp dev at a PE backed portco that is a serial acquirer? The few folks I know that did IB post-MBA are all either still bankers or in a corp finance role (eg, CFO). Just my two cents. What did you do pre-MBA?