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A solid win for the boys and Coach Terry. Was a bit butt clenching at the end, but I'll take a win, lol.

I think PK needs to stop taking his foot off teams. He tends to play soft after a while, instead of staying on top of them. I have dubbed it the "killer instinct", Sark seems to lack it, too. I'm not trying to say this in a negative way, it's just the way their styles come off. As for Sark offensively, he needs to be more consistent in his playcalls, less cute stuff and work on red zone O. Just my uneducated two cents. All Gas No Brakes, embody that philosophy.

I think Gerry's comment on the live stream, about how if he had lost to Tenn in the 1st round he would've likely been fired is pretty accurate. That noise after the Michigan game, seemed to light a fire under Day but also the entire Ohio State team/staff. Much different team we'll see in Ohio to start our 2025 campaign, but we're also not sure if the Day to the NFL rumours are going to get stronger now. Will he capitalize on it now or stick it out at Ohio State? If he does leave, there is some good options for them to go get (Freeman and Hartline to start with).

You are one of the posters I recognize with some crossover from there, always enjoyed reading your posts.

I'm curious to see who OU gets for Mateer to pass to, because I haven't seen any news about their portal acquisitions, but that could just be me. Aren't they going air raid now? New OC, new QB, OL still trash, skill positions with a big ?, D should still be good for them, but how good?

That is because there hasn't been a ton of coaching change at good programs.

I've been following on 247sports (not a member) for a while, I think since Tom Herman was hired, but mad an account in 2021. They've lost a lot of really good members over the years. The guys there now are really good still, but it's a noticeable drop in quality/talent, in such a short period of time. If Jeff wanted to be on OTF, he'd be a welcome addition to the team and even the live streams.

But how can we expect him to be good here, if we're not willing to help him with NIL initiatives and be competitive in the market? It seems like overall our NIL game might be lacking a bit across the board. I understand the sentiment is that he isn't a great HC but we also need to give him the tools to succeed, no? When Coach Sark was hired as the Football HC, a lot of people were disappointed because of his poor HC record and his first year at Texas didn't quell any of that. Yet 3 years later, we've dominated recruiting, been to two straight semi-final's and are trending up as a program. Now, I'm just a new fan to Basketball, so maybe I don't understand all the in's and out's, like I do more so for Football, but that's just my uneducated take.

I didn't know that about the NIL Thought with how everyone talks about Texas, our NIL funds would be fine. I get what you mean, sounds like Texas as a whole needs to step it's game up a bit.

Do you think, similar to Baseball, that the right hire for Basketball, could see the NIL/support increase? I know Texas is a Blue Blood in Baseball, but it could help, no? Not advocating for Coach Terry to be fired, but just in a hypothetical instance.

Man, they started it off so well, then we came crashing back to reality and it completely fell apart. Tough game. On the road, against the #5 team? Brutal man. We got bullied physically for most of the game and I was a bit surprised by that. Offensively, we started hot but was pretty lacklustre the rest of the way. Not sure what more Coach Terry can do? Would love to read some thoughts from the more knowledgeable Basketball posters. Is there anything Coach can do to turn this season around?

I highly doubt we didn't push for any guys. That's getting a bit arrogant, lol. There was several speedsters in the portal who were more than worth taking a look at. Unfortunately, I think time was split with the playoffs and trying to fill holes that you know you will need.

Unfortunately we missed out on several in the portal.

Another upperclassman inside? Hutson and Umeozulu are both going to be Sr's, no? So you'll have 3 Sr's on the interior, a Soph and RS Soph at the T's?

Thank you and looking forward to it.