Alex C

I have been struggling to understand/ categorize the Mendoza hype and seeing him when he is interviewed. Coach Ship just called said after the game he goes into "goof mode" and I laughed and could not put it better. In modern internet terms, he has zero aura or rizz.... a very odd duck, indeed. And now he likely will be living in Sin City with the trash franchise of the Raiders.... that will be an interesting sitcom. In other news, I would like to coin his "Heisman moment" (even though it was after he won) as the Divesman. Thank you. i will be here all week

Can Dealgelo Ponds go in the portal and we go get him? Asking for friend.

@Gerry Hamilton I know you love to hype up Beck's propensity to throw to the other team. Is that the sweetest way you could imagine that game ending?

I have honestly never heard of this one, but Rams players were putting cayenne pepper in their socks to fight the cold in Chicago and learned this playing in Green Bay. Former Longhorn Poona Ford apparently showed this off in the locker room and was telling reporters all about their tactics. What a world we live in. Congrats to many standout longhorns in the playoffs like LJ Humphrey, Malcolm Roach, and now Poona "Pepper" Ford.

What is your favorite stat or random bit of info. Here are my top 3 1 - My oldest kid is 11.5 and he has not lived in a world where ATM has beaten the horns 2 - We have one NFL coach alum/player in Kyle Shanny (mostly since he didn't play much so people forget he is a former player and not a Mike Mcdaniel type...and his dad being the door to the NFL) 3 - And lastly, that our 2020 QB room housed 4 (.5ish) collegiate starters: Ehlinger being a multi year starter Casey Thompson starts for us and then transfers to half the colleges in the county to play Hudson Card starts at Purdue Jaquinden Jackson starts at RB for Utah and then Arky And the .5 would be when Rochon moves from QB to RB this year and although technically is part of a 2 headed monster RB tandem, I will allow him the partial

Quan Cosby count or is he in "star status"? Same for BJ Johnson. Both had a number one in Jordan Shipley and Roy Williams but they were also studs. Others: Aaron Lewis Roschon for being selfless Michael and Marcus Griffin Those are a few that come to mind.

What a flurry over the past 24-36 hours. Amazing to see the team fill high profile holes with studs. Hoping Clark stays, but amazing getting Biles, Coleman, and Smothers in short order while also bring Kobe Black back. Some o-lineman and filling in for some depth and we look primed for '26!

You know what they say about luck..... It's when opportunity meets preparation. I agree with you on things broke in their favor more often than not. I also think they had a week schedule. (Regular season game against Oregon being their only real challenge ... Next difficult was late season Penn State). What has impressed me is the 2 Oregon games and the Ohio State game. They seem to be unflappable in the face of their best competition.

Anyone getting the sense that IU was built for this? It's like they built there team to win big games. Not with studs everywhere but with discipline, team chemistry, and sound assignment football. This makes me think of one thing. Cignetti might just be ..... Mecha James Bizzaro Feanklin Yinnerti to his Frankyang Insert ant mirror image/ dark twin analogy here... Why this matters is Sarks big game struggles. I hope hiring coach 'champ is a sign we are addressing this, but Sark needs to do a case study on this Hoosiers to see what lessons he needs to be able to beat Kirby and Day and other championship ready blue bloods.

Wondering if we sign Cam and all of a sudden the "Coleman Quadruplets" becomes a thing. That would require one or more of the triplets to make an impact along with an impact from Cam. Potential to have lots of Colemans on the 26' roster.

With Dmoore looking at Ohio St and Livingston likely headed to OU, I wonder what would be a good betting line on how many transfers end up on our schedule. (Only thinking about this past years roster and not transfers from previous years) I would set the line at 5.5. Thinking that some of our bigger time guys who left (Baxter, Wisner, Parker,etc) will probably be looking at SEC schools, and with some younger guys probably getting SEC looks based on HS recruiting /potential (so maybe not immediately starting), that number seems reasonable

Prairie Village, Kansas (burbs of the KC metro)

Can't remember if I heard it from Josh Pate or another source. Can we confirm that Minter has an active show cause that runs out in April that will surely keep him from being an option? @CJ Vogel?

Well, this bowl game sure feels different all of a sudden.

I like Deandre Moore, but with so much potential returning (Wingo/Livingstone/Mosely) I was worried about what that could do to push out or delay Lockett and Ffench getting on the field (Or Terry, for that matter). I was thinking that a little attrition might be good to create some space in a very crowded room.