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We’ll see how athletic he is in real game time against a fast defense. Tua wasn’t immensely athletic compared to Quinn. Quinn was “sneaky” athletic himself. I don’t think Quinn’s athleticism was his weakness. Pocket presence and deep ball accuracy. Tua was absolutely better than Quinn on those two fronts (though it’s kind of an unfair comparison with Bama’s OL in front of him). I will need to see Sayin have success throwing deep before I compare him to Tua (that was Tua’s defining trait). If he is a short and intermediate range merchant with “arm talent”, he’s closer to Quinn.

I wasn’t replying to you. I was replying to the Buckeye fan.

I haven’t even seen Sayin be great at throwing long personally. And I agree, I haven’t seen any evidence either of throwing bullets into tight windows. He looks like Quinn Ewers to me. Like very much. If his pocket presence is better with better deep ball accuracy, he could be very good. He had a lot of time to throw in the spring game. He didn’t look fast on scrambles.

Were they keeping his arm strength under wraps during the spring game? I think you might be confusing arm strength with arm talent/accuracy. https://youtu.be/mNHG4ZSQ0Tk?si=o8BAvzK2KoufZsTN

tOSU is replacing 2 1st rounders on the OL and will be as good or better? Highly doubt it lol Simmons was a part time player last year as a Freshman. I get your take though: all of tOSU’s first year starters will shock the world and all of Texas’ returning stars and first year starters will disappoint. 😂

Better cross your fingers that your new OL is ready in week one for the best pass rush they will face all year 🤞

lol yeah, that is definitely a biased opinion. Wishful thinking comes to mind. I don’t think you will be booted- wishful thinking isn’t against the rules. It’s also wishful thinking to think Ohio State’s defense will be better than the Texas defense Arch has faced for 2+ years. Texas’ defense has been better than Ohio State’s the last two years and tOSU lost what, 8 starters, on defense from last year? If you think the Texas defense wasn’t better than Ohio State’s defense last year, please explain 1 catch for 3 yards by Jeremiah Smith. Texas essentially had one busted play on defense that was the difference in the game, plus sack fumble Quinn. I will easily grant you that tOSU’s offense was better than Texas’ and the best in the country last year. But again, lost a lot of key starters. Y’all essentially had the #1 and #2 backs in the country last year. Will not be the case this year.

99% of QBs are bigger than Kyler Murray. 😂 How does the speed compare? I’m willing to bet his 40 time is about 0.3 seconds slower at best.

Based on what exactly? The 12 pass attempts Sayin has had in his career to this point? 😂

A new coach has about 2-3 years to start having solid seasons (10+ wins) and about 5 years to start winning titles (conference or national). Georgia won the SEC in Kirby’s second year and made the national title game. That gave Kirby some leeway for a few years before crossing the finish line. Ohio State has been on a trajectory of one national title every ten years since 2002. Their fans and program want more frequent championships, but one every 10 years is a better rate than 90%+ of programs. On top of that, they’re perennially in the mix for conference titles and have finished national runner up several other times. That is enough to sustain recruiting. Oregon has been consistently in the mix for conference titles since Chip Kelly and has made the national title game- that plus daddy warbucks is enough to sustain recruiting. Michigan’s recruiting wasn’t ever stellar- they just recruited good enough, developed and retained so that they had good enough talent and exceptional experience, plus they didn’t have to play a very tough schedule (except for tOSU). Plus Connor Stallions. Alabama won a national title in Saban’s 3rd year and 3 in his first 6 years. A fairly incomparable situation, wouldn’t you say? The Aggies are actually exactly the modern program/recruiting nightmare that can happen when the recruiting blank checks run out before you capitalize on quality recruiting classes with conference or national titles. IMO, we need to at least make the title game with Arch. Preferably this year.

The key thing to consider is what will happen to our recruiting if we don’t win a national championship with Arch. It will be easy for detractors to then say about Texas, “if not now/then, then when”. And they have legitimate room to say that. For a very long time, the overall perception of Texas is that we fail to live up to lofty expectations. If we fail to win with Arch, that will be another data point that fits the narrative. At this point, the longer it takes Sark to win a championship, the more people will be convinced that the answer to the question of “if not now, when?” is “never”.

Terrible

I wasn’t clamoring for him to be fired, but at that point I viewed it as a win-win. Similar to OU’s situation this year.

Really enjoyed his 3rd and Longhorn episode. Great guy. Will definitely be rooting for him- Kansas is my personal least hated (and therefore favorite) Big12 team. It was never their fault that they beat and embarrassed us the times they did.

Can finally get rid of the VHS tapes!

Nah they probably got it right. Barry Sanders is obvious, and Hershel Walker rushed for over 1500 yards with close to 150 YPG three straight seasons in a more respected league. Earl Campbell was a better pro though.

I’ll clarify this to say I think Tebow probably had a better offense around him. Our defense was probably as good or better than Florida’s.

Brock Bowers is heavy recency bias. I’d still take VY over Tebow. Tebow had a better overall team around him and Vince wouldn’t have been denied a conference or national championship in his final year like Tebow was.

This is textbook CYA- the university announces a thorough investigation and “self-sanctions” if it comes to that, to nip it in the bud and head off an NCAA investigation. If there was evidence that he placed CFB bets on an actual betting site (legal or otherwise), that would be much more serious.

I’m concerned for any offense that has to go against our defense. 🤘

I don’t think there will ever be another Saban-Bama. He had like 7 back to back #1 recruiting classes, and like 10 in a 13 year span. It’s just literally impossible to do that in the NIL era anymore, especially with the NIL oversight they’re trying to implement. The main reason Bama was as dynastic as they were was talent hoarding, which can’t be done anymore.

No- McElroy was HS Class of 06, year behind Colt. A junior when we played them

Speaking of Metallica, I always thought this is a pretty badass song for road teams: https://youtu.be/cwPg8gJq_Kw?si=nGhZvoO-6rCJ-xk2

If anyone except Brian Kelly was coaching LSU, this would really make me root for them vs Clemson

Carrington Byndom- had a INT return TD in the TAMU game in 2011