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Fong with 60% conference and LSU odds at 86% chance to land him and Texas at 3.5%? whew

“Keep battling if he flips?” 😂 You mean the same way people spent months convincing themselves Evan Stewart and Dakorian Moore were secretly coming back to the good guys right up until signing day? At some point it stops being “keep battling” and starts being a support group for recruiting denial. If Royal flips, hanging onto hope and a prayer isn’t a strategy, it’s just delusional cope.

Remember when this board treated the possibility of Royal flipping to LSU like it was a flat earth conspiracy? And just yesterday people were getting laughed off the site for saying Sales wasn’t coming to Texas. Fast forward 24 hours: Sales commits to Indiana, Royal gets a Fong Bomb to LSU, and suddenly the recruiting gurus have gone suspiciously quiet. Amazing how quickly “never happening” turns into “well, we didn’t really want him anyway.”

“Yawn” did I do it right?

An ‘axe to grind’ is a funny accusation coming from someone who immediately jumped to name calling. Reporting what you hear, whether you agree with it or not….isn’t any different just because the platform is bigger. Your entire argument boils down to ‘it’s irresponsible when someone I don’t like reports something I don’t want to hear.’ Platform size doesn’t change whether something is a rumor, it only changes how loud your double standard looks.

I’m not sure what’s more predictable: Sark collapsing in top 5 matchups, or you showing up to whine any time someone points it out.

Desmond Howard reported what he heard. Calling him ‘irresponsible’ while running a fan site that routinely posts speculation is… an interesting standard.

I just posted it above

Wow https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRKHyHFDX7M/?igsh=Z3N2dWE4eDlheTBk

The tide is shifting it seems and not in a great direction.

The difference in mentality is glaring. Kirby builds on toughness, culture, and effort first, that’s why he has national titles.

Has there ever been an elite coach, Ryan Day, Kirby Smart, Nick Saban, whoever, who gets absolutely dominated in Year 5 of their program the way Steve Sarkisian just did? Show me one. You can’t. And this isn’t some isolated bad night. Sark is now 1–7 vs Top 5 opponents at Texas. That’s not elite. That’s not close to elite. That’s a neon sign flashing “this guy folds when the talent gap disappears.” He’s 0–5 vs Day and Smart and 0–2 vs Kalen DeBoer. Every time Sark faces a coach working with comparable talent and actual championship-level competency, he gets exposed. Texas goes from “We’re back!” to “We just got outclassed again” in a matter of quarters. And the pattern is impossible to ignore: Texas squeaks out OT road wins over bottom-tier SEC programs like Mississippi State and Kentucky, games elite programs bury by halftime. But the moment Texas lines up against a roster in its weight class, the fake swagger evaporates and the scoreboard does the judging. This is Year 5. Elite coaches don’t get blown off the field in Year 5. Elite coaches don’t go 1–7 vs Top 5 teams. Elite coaches don’t need overtime to survive the SEC’s basement. At some point, the results define you and these results define Sark. The hype says elite. The resume says mid.

A&Ms willingness to spend to win is obvious. Paying a 76 million buyout, giving elko a new deal at 11.5 million “sark at 10.5”, and what seems like an endless amount towards NIL. It seems to me they are willing to push the envelope to win and you have to admire that commitment.

I don’t see them winning it all personally but they are a good team. If they did win it all, in year two under Elko, the pressure on Sark entering year six would be through the roof, and rightfully so.

Gotcha. Who’s others?