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This reminds me of when folks were saying to pull X’s scholarship when they saw him on the USC sideline during a bowl game at Jerry World. Shortly thereafter it was noted that he was there with Quinn and another player (JWhit maybe) and all of a sudden it was fine for those other players but some still held a grudge against X. If you look hard enough for a narrative you will find it.

The dude was a true sophomore. Your memories of those guys are in their 4th and 5th years. DTs get better with time. We’ll be better off if he has time to mature here.

Prior to the House settlement NIL was the “Wild West” with effectively uncapped NIL payments. My understanding is that pre-House agreements didn’t apply to the House salary cap. Was that waiver just for the 2025 season or does it apply through the term of the NIL agreement, however long that is?

Should be at 105 like everyone else. That will provide plenty of room for developmental OL and DTs and still leave NIL for portal immediate fixes.

OL, WR, RB, CB, K

This!

How does an “off the charts” deal even get done at LSU after the shenanigans with the governor re Kelly’s contract? “Sure, we signed a dumb contract for an even dumber contract, but this time it will work out!”

What Sark or CDC says today doesn’t mean sh*t. We won’t know the truth until about 3 weeks after the Super Bowl. I tend to think he’s coming back but if he is he needs to spend some serious time looking in the mirror and commit to fixing the sh*t that’s broken. Part of the issue is not keeping the roster “old.” Sark needs to recognize that the portal fixes problems and HS recruits generally sit on the bench burning NIL year one. Tech brought in 21 players from the portal, A&M 13, and Texas 5. We lost a number of 3rd and 4th year players to the draft and replaced them with HS recruits while the competition is bringing in experienced college starters. Texas completely failed to maximize the pre-House settlement Wild West and has been passed by the teams that did. We could have brought in starting caliber OL, WR, and RB and intentionally decided on only Mosley. You either play to win or get smoked by those that do. Sark needs to decide if he wants to win or play “his” recruits when they aren’t really ready for prime time yet.

Last night reminded me a lot of the Tech game in 2022, but with a much better opponent. Kirby rolled the dice ala Joey and ate Sark’s lunch while we struggled to execute the basics.

Sark’s inner being is set around pass to set up the run (if the pass is successful). He just doesn’t believe in run first and will only go with a run only oriented game plan if we are down to the water boy at QB.

100% agree, just get in. Once you’ve done that the mission is to win them all irrespective of where you play.

I’m sure Tom Herman and Charlie Strong are available for $7m/yr not guaranteed. LSU isn’t getting Kiffin or anyone close if they are going to play this game. Make sure you have plenty of popcorn, this is probably a double feature.

135 out 136 tells you all that you need to know. If you aren’t throwing to your TEs and they aren’t great blockers and you specialize in slow developing down field shots where the defense knows they will have a great chance to get home by blitzing it’s not surprising that the results are subpar.

The strengths definitely align more closely with Quinn. Will be interesting to see what deep balls Sark calls if it’s Caldwell. Arch being a 50% passer on intermediate throws is just a shocking statistic. Throw in 3 ints and only 2 TDs just to pile on. I know that is biased by some of his early season “yips”, but he’s got to be MUCH better than that if he wants to be successful going forward. This is reason #1b along with the OL/running game issues as to why we haven’t been able to move the ball consistently.

So the guy who’s reason for being Coach at Texas is because he’s an offensive play caller who currently has a dumpster fire offense despite a generational QB is now thinking the NFL is a good idea?