Casey67

Atkinson committed on McAffee? Well put a tank top on me and call me Sally. I did not know that. I'm losing my recruiting chops.............. BTW, is Bru McCoy still leaning Texas? I think he's going to flip from USC.

If he's on McAfee, I already don't want him.

So Saban and Smart are the baseline? My friend, you have the gift of hind site (which CDC doesn't) on this one. Who would you have hired that would have equaled Saban or Smart? (not so easy is it?)

Good point. Especially South Carolina vs. Clemson. I lived in SC and that is a huge rivalry. I think putting the top 12 teams (with no automatic qualifiers period) cures everything. But I would still avoid scheduling Blue Blood OOC games even if we went to that format. I'd rather see Texas and Texas A&M schedule in state only OOC games. One Big 12 (Tech, Baylor, TCU, Houston or SMU) in state opponent and 2 in state cupcakes. Oklahoma could play Oklahoma state and two cupcakes. That would be a way to enforce conference superiority perceptions for the ranking committees. And for God's sake, schedule some of those OOC toward the end of the season.

It wasn't a waste at all. They did NOT underperform. Instead, we as a fan base overrated them. We lost the following to the NFL: 4 starting offensive lineman. our starting tight end, our best receiver and.......oh yea, our starting QB. We should never have expected a CFP appearance. We should be happy we got as close as we did. I'm impressed with this team. We are a couple of inside offensive lineman away from a top 5ish team next year. What more could we ask for?

I agree. We were in denial about offensive turnover especially. We lost 4 starting offensive lineman, our best receiver, our starting tight end and our starting quarterback. We were in rebuild mode. I look forward to next year.

Not unpopular at all. I freaking loved last night. I was in my living room standing most of the time. I couldn't relax. I felt like if I relaxed, the team would relax. I know that's stupid but that's how I felt last night. At half time, I felt A&M was clearly the better team and I thought, "We'd better play like they are a better team" meaning turn Arch into a gun slinger and dial up run blitzes to compensate for inferior line play on both sides of the ball. Instead, the Horns just manned up and whipped them on both fronts. I've never been more proud of this team.

One Carlton for Carlton....

There were a lot of injuries to DBs during the game last night. The freshman and sophomores stepped up big time. Akina didn't suddenly forget how to coach. Schemes take time and meshing schemes takes even longer. It seems like the younger the players on the field are, the better we do and that bids well for Akina.

Ethan Burke (24/7 3 star) - He was everywhere. Harassing Reed, blocking field goals, stealing undershirts to save TDs, setting the edge (something aggie couldn't do) Tre Wisner (composite 3 star) - What patience he displayed. He knew when to slow down, when to cut, when to burst, when to lower his head and fight......what a rivalry killer he is. Trevor Goosby (24/7 3 star) - Casius who? You might not have noticed him all night...........but that's kind of my point. Recruits, Current Commits and young players currently on the team: Pay attention to what happens when you stick around.

Thanks Blake.......you just made me cry right before bed. LOL From one father to another I want to tell you how touching that post was. God Bless you and your family. .........and Go Colt!

I think he broke his thumb stiff arming

Which head? One of them should ALWAYS be off limits.

Understood.

Franklin getting fired is good for Texas. When a Blue Blood program fires a coach a pretty significant domino affect usually occurs (unless they hire internally from a true retirement scenario such as Stoops to Lincoln Riley) Whoever replaces Franklin will need to be replaced at his old school and that guy too will need to be replaced and so on and on. That opens up so many doors for other programs on Penn State's blue blood level. Granted, I'd rather it be a blue blood SEC coach as that would be more relevant but since Texas does recruit nationally, I'm getting a little excited here.