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I think a part of it is that Tech and teams like them taking this approach are gambling that they can trap the recruits for a year, win immediately and then the recruits might be content missing the “verbally agreed upon” stuff once they’re part of a “winner”. it’s shady and desperate, but shadiness and desperation are virtues in places like Lubbock and LA

Fair. But in a bad situation a player can be mediocre and not make it close to the top of the problems list on a team so full of problems. I definitely haven’t watched tape of his play as a Cowboy or looked into any individual stats. I just typically think of centers as the leader of the OL and look particularly at run YPG as an indicator of interior OL success. We’ll see how much they improve this year. I know last year they also struggled with one dimensionality

Has he, though? I'll need the Cowboys to rush for more than 100.3 YPG this year to support that claim.

That is the last time the Big12 had an offensive linemen drafted in the first round from a program other than OU, Texas or TAMU. Outside of those teams, Big12 has had 5 OL drafted in the first round this millennium. We all know the OL draft woes Texas has had- yet Texas has still had more first round OL this Millenium than any current or former Big12 program other than OU or TAMU (3: Kelvin Banks, Leonard Davis, Mike Williams). It's quite clear the NFL doesn't think highly Big12 offensive lines.

Spurning Texas for Texas Tech is literally spurning a HC with pro experience and connections for a HC who’s spent the majority of his career in HS. Short sighted is an extreme euphemism. But it’s honestly a great filter. Guys with a HS/Texas Tech mindset are probably not who we want in our locker room.

Thanks for this, high quality and informative

John Mateer has the most overrated body of work of any college QB. Alabama is this year’s Michigan- overrated. My prediction is Ty Simpson falls flat. Unless he’s a substantial improvement over Milroe in the pass game, Bama’s offense will suffer from no QB run game cheat code. 9-3 is their ceiling imo

Tim Tebow was not a better college QB than Joe Burrow or Cam Newton.

This season is incredibly important. Imo, Sark’s recruiting strategy puts pressure on us to stay consistent while other teams falter. If we win the natty this year that will set us up for a dynastic run

Idk about that. Michigan’s schedule is a pretty big cakewalk outside of OU and tOSU. Zero Athlon preseason top 25 opponents outside of OU and Ohio State, and they have Ohio State at home. If OU wins that game, they have a very good shot at going into RRR undefeated. That would likely make the RRR game a top 10 or even top 5 matchup if Texas takes care of business and other dominoes fall. The back half of OU’s schedule is of course difficult as hell. Conversely, if Michigan beats OU, they have a surprisingly good chance of going undefeated into the Ohio State game, with probably over 50% post-week 2 odds of making the CFP. I can definitely see how it is a pivotal game, given how it will frame every other game for the two teams afterwards.

Texas vs OU is still the a more important game than USC-Illinois. The best outcome for whoever wins the USC-Illinois game is making the CFP as a 12 seed. Whoever wins the Texas/OU game will be in contention for the SEC championship

I guess Tim Tebow wasn’t ready to dominate after sitting behind a guy that didn’t get drafted?

What is the deal exactly with North Shore? Doesn’t seem like it can be coincidence

I think it’s at least -1 of what you’re thinking since Vodney Cleveland’s commitment. I think the total silents out there are closer to 5 total max. Would love to be wrong on that though

From this weekend alone? Does that make 4 or 5 total?