Bunk Moreland

I think McDonald has a chance to have a monster year and skyrocket up these lists

Their defense was really, really good this year. They lose a lot of ELITE playmakers. I think we will move the ball on them. I also think Muschamp will have some things ready for them that they haven’t seen. Just like we went into the game against Patricia blind last year, we have a bit of the same advantage since it’s been so long since Muschamp was a DC. I also think home field advantage will make a difference. This feels like a statement game to me.

I don’t disagree with any of this

Look, if the OL doesn’t add any pieces before the season, it will mean Sark is a complete moron and suddenly forgot his very public message about the need to revamp the OL in the portal. I don’t think Sark is a moron and I don’t think he’s forgotten his stated portal priorities. We also know they still want to add another guard because they tried to get Jordan Church on campus and Tellek Lockette was supposed to visit today. Now, we might not be happy with the pieces they do add, but it’s ludicrous to think they are not going to add any other OL from the portal.

Fortunately, the line during the season will not be the same as the line as is. Patience, grasshopper.

My understanding was that it could take until tomorrow for all the new entrants to be known.

No, I’m saying what did you expect him to say in response to that question? His season was still ongoing and he was about to play for a national championship. People can have priorities that change. People are not static. I put exactly zero credence into that quote. Not saying he ends up at Texas, but we have absolutely no insight into his thought process, whether he grew up as a Texas fan, whether he’d like to play in front of his hometown. We have no idea if Texas throws him a bag and dramatically outbids Indiana and how that could affect his decision. So to categorically deny that it could happen simply because of a quote he gave to a stupid question asked by the biggest hack of all Texas beat writers at an inopportune time seems silly to me.

“… calling it “absolutely not true” and insisting that no such directive existed. “We’re having a blast,” Kiffin said. “I love it here.”” (10 days before leaving for LSU)

This might be the first this example this cycle of an opportunity for Texas to offer something other than a mountain of money to a player comfortable elsewhere. The triumphant homecoming angle is something that was not available in the Michigan OL recruitments

@Joe Zura Gerry’s gonna need a shoulder to cry on after Saban called him incompetent. It’s a sad day at the Hamilton-Zura household

@Gerry Hamilton I feel offended on your behalf.

It was only a matter of time

Cooper better come ready to play, because we don’t have a power run game right now that comes anywhere close to these two teams. And that’s putting a LOT of pressure on a true freshman

Further proving the point that you can win it all with an extremely experienced OL that isn’t collectively very talented.

See my previous response. You could be right. We shall see.

What is he supposed to say— yeah I’m about to play in the championship but I really want to go back to Texas for my senior season? No athlete has ever in the history of sports asserted their commitment to a team only to leave days later. Not saying he does end up at Texas, but I’m not putting any stock in quotes like that—especially when Bobby’s been hinting there might be interest there. As for your second statement, I guess we will have to see.