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IT WAS INEVITABLE! God I love Beck's consistent inconsistency hahaha

Miami's offense has now scored more points than Indiana's offense. Didn't expect that. Glad we have a close natty for once in the last 7 years!!

Felt very apt. As much as Indiana has outplayed Miami, the difference in the game is from: - That penalty on Miami that gave IU another shot at 3rd down from the 50. Instead of punting, they went down and scored their first TD. - Miami FG doinks out - Blocked punt for TD - Indiana PAT doinks in. Wild!

Not just the power, but Fletcher also won a 60 yard foot race. I'd argue we didn't have that ability this year either. Excited for Raleek and Hollywood on that front

Yes that last drive he looked great. My comment did not age well lol

For all the Bray Lynch truthers, know that I too am praying to all the gods that he chooses us over returning to IU. AND ALSO. He is getting smoked so far tonight. I know Miami's DTs are good, but they're not Bain and Mesidor level of exceptional. Let's hope it's because he's distracted and already has one foot out the door towards Austin?!

Ah you’re right! I mixed up my Brays with the bama safety 😂 Thanks

1. Bobby's original post at the top of the "Breaking: Saturday" thread. 2. Folks around here reading tea leaves think the guy who requested to portal late yesterday (see Bobby's OP) is a playable depth piece at CB like Kobe Black. 3. Our mysterious primary target at Guard, according to Bobby this morning: is not playing in the champ game (tho posters are still talking about Hubbard at IU), and we still didn't know if he decided to enter the portal before the deadline last night. 4. A couple other P4 programs signed starting portal Guards today; Texas wasn't involved with those "small game hunting" recruitments. 5. To my knowledge, only headline coming out of Junior Day is that we offered a '27 QB, Ty Knutson (Smithson Valley). Anything y'all would add?

Sark made the tough call to fire PK, a long time friend. So we know that Flood is still here because Sark thinks he’s the best option for the role, not because of history or personal relationship.

Agreed that failing to get guys into the portal is functionally the same as a "portal loss." Ultimately, the guy liked what another school had to offer more than what Texas had to offer.

My read: Sark and the roster construction team are committed to "big game hunting"... but big game hunting only has a chance of working if there's big game out there. Translation: no elite Guards have entered the portal, and Texas has not been willing to settle for what has actually hit the portal like other programs have. We have had no interest/involvement in the top of the market that has actually hit the portal (the guys from Maryland, West Virginia, Louisville). To combat the problem that no elite Guards were willingly entering the portal, we tried to "create some big game" by recruiting elite guys into the portal. They gave Guarnera a home run swing, but came up empty. Then they were reportedly trying to recruit another guy, the "mystery Guard", all the way up to the entry request deadline last night... but as of 11:15 this morning, Bobby didn't know whether that guy decided to enter or not. There is still line to play out here. But my answer to your question, is that it's possible Sark and staff kept holding out for an "elite Guard" market that never actually materialized.

100%. But that is only a possibility if the guy requested to enter the portal by midnight last night. Thus the interest in whether he did, so we know if this is even a possibility any more.

11:15 CST cross-update from Bobby’s Saturday thread (because it can be hard to find information here, topical threads are nice). This is all straight from Bobby at this time. 1. The mystery Guard we’ve been hearing about is NOT playing in the champ game. Hubbard from IU would obviously be nice, but that’s not what they’ve been talking about. 2. Bobby doesn’t know whether the Guard decided to request to enter or not. It’s not just that Bobby knows but can’t say publicly, but Bobby actually doesn’t know what this guy decided (at this time).

What do y’all think is a solution to the problem super-late entries pose to teams? For example, assume the Duke/Mensah thing didn’t have a contract dispute at play, and he asked to enter on the last day he could. That’s your whole season right there, if you’re Duke… and the QB market has already happened, and you have no time to entice others to enter. You are totally screwed. One suggestion could be for two distinct phases: one phase for entry, then that closes, and only then can you negotiate directly with players and sign guys. But that disables both players and teams from reacting in real time to what’s happening—a Bo Barnes wouldn’t be able to go find playing time elsewhere after we sign a Biles over him, for example. Players would be forced to choose between staying or entering the portal, before knowing what their team will do. And that would mean essentially everyone would enter the portal to keep their options open. Not a great solution or effect. Thoughts on a better solution?

Thus the caveat. That would be a big clue... let's see if we don't receive a straight answer from the mods over the weekend or on Monday before the game.