2016 College Football Chatter

skidadl said:

What's up with Texas?

Recruiting Ranking by Rivals:
2016 - 42
2015 - 12
2014 - 24
2013 - 24
2012 - 2
2011 - 3
2010 - 3
2009 - 5
2008 - 14
2007 - 5
2006 - 5

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Pretty common when the coach is on a very hot seat and his job's going to be on the line every week next year. UT is very high profile, so when the coach is on shaky ground, everybody knows it.

Pretty damn badasss. Our new QB commit wasn't highly rated for some reason but he was Mr. Texas Football, which is a big deal. Last kid to win that was Kyler Murray

Dave Campbell's Texas football bible is pretty much the top of the high school football heap in Texas.

By the way, guess was surprise coach of the year a few years back in Dave Campbell's? That's right...it was me, punks.

skidadl said:

Pretty damn badasss. Our new QB commit wasn't highly rated for sopome reason but he was Mr. Texas Football, which is a big deal.

Dave Campbell's Texas football bible is pretty much the top of the high school football heap in Texas.

By the way, guess was surprise coach of the year a few years back in Dave Campbell's? That's right...it was me, punks.

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Don't be talking all big shit and in the same post demonstrate you don't know how to post a tweet.

Iamtdg said:

Don't be talking all big shit and in the same post demonstrate you don't know how to post a tweet.

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I.DO.NOT.KNOW.WHAT.I'M.DOING

skidadl said:

I.DO.NOT.KNOW.WHAT.I'M.DOING

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FIFY, ole buddy ole pal.

Harbaugh pulls a kids offer two weeks before signing day after being committed for 26 months. What a jerk.

He had been committed since November 25, 2013, about 26 months, and his offer gets pulled 2 weeks before signing day. He originally committed to Brady Hoke -

In an interview with MLive this summer, Swenson explained how it was important to him to stick to his commitment during the program's coaching transition -- because, as he put it, he committed to a school and not necessarily a coach.

"You have to stick with your commitment, you committed to Michigan, you have to honor that," Swenson said in June. "You made a commitment and you have to show you're willing to honor it. There will be ups and downs at any place, and any place you go you'll have to show you can push through them."

skidadl said:

Harbaugh pulls a kids offer two weeks before signing day after being committed for 26 months. What a jerk.

He had been committed since November 25, 2013, about 26 months, and his offer gets pulled 2 weeks before signing day. He originally committed to Brady Hoke -

In an interview with MLive this summer, Swenson explained how it was important to him to stick to his commitment during the program's coaching transition -- because, as he put it, he committed to a school and not necessarily a coach.

"You have to stick with your commitment, you committed to Michigan, you have to honor that," Swenson said in June. "You made a commitment and you have to show you're willing to honor it. There will be ups and downs at any place, and any place you go you'll have to show you can push through them."

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I guess the kid didn't let Harbaugh climb his tree or spend the night.

I thought this was a pretty good description of the Red Raiders


IN THE CROSSHAIRS
I Hate Everyone - The Case For Texas Tech Not Having A True Rival
By Hunter Cooke  @HunterCookeVTM on Jan 19, 2016, 9:00a 31


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Texas Tech has no rival. Texas Tech needs no rival.

The concept of rivalry games in college sports is a longstanding tradition. From Ohio State and Michigan, to Harvard and Yale, and to the relatively newer ones like Baylor and TCU, rivalry games have been a part of the game since it's conception and will continue to be a part of the game as long as it is played.

For Texas Tech, it seems as if we don't have a rival. Our relations with most of the other fanbases are less than cordial, and our reputation is as such that we can be accused of throwing batteries at teams and nearly everyone will believe it, even when it's total bullcrap. There is not a single fanbase in the Big XII that we don't have some form of animosity with.

To some, our main rival is the Texas Longhorns in their ivory towers, looking down their noses at the South Plains. For others, it's the Oklahoma Sooners, especially with their current quarterback. Still another section despises the Oklahoma State Cowboys for the theft of traditions. Tech fans are decidedly undecided in their hate, sending it out in all directions from Lubbock. And that's exactly the way it should be.

For a long time the Red Raiders have been synonymous with outlaws. The name "Red Raiders" came about in the 1930's, with a Lubbock Morning Avalanche editor coining the nickname due to the all-red uniforms and Texas Tech's schedule that spanned the continental US. The marauding legacy definitely existed before Mike Leach, but the former head coach's brash personality and high-flying offense solidified the image. Since it's conception, Texas Tech has been an outsider of sorts, the kid in the black jacket who rarely shows up to class but completely dominates the scene when it does.

In cinema, sometimes the villain is the most memorable character. No one remembers Swan or Mercy or Ajax from The Warriors, everyone remembers Luther clanking the beer bottles together, shouting "Waaaaaarioooooooorsss... Come out and plaaaaayyyyeeeaaaayyyy" from his car. The late Heath Ledger outshone Christian Bale in The Dark Knight with his masterful performance as the Joker. Training Day is much less about Jake Hoyt's character progression, and much more how Jake reacts to Alonzo, who drives the entire story. The best villains never turn. They never become the good guys in the end, never see the error of their ways, never have a life-changing epiphany. They're true to themselves.

Having a true rival doesn't sit right with the image of the outlaw, that for better or worse, we're stuck with. Perceptions don't change overnight, and sometimes never change. Despite having arguably one of the most hard-nosed, blue collar, lunch pail kind of coaches in Darrel Royal, the Texas Longhorns will forever be snooty. The Buffalo Bills will forever be chokers, even though getting to 4 straight Super Bowls is an amazing feat. Kliff Kingsbury will forever be the pretty boy, even though he's at work as early as 4 AM nearly every single day. It might not be forever, but for the foreseeable future, Texas Tech is stuck with the image of the outlaw.

Texas Tech has no rival. Texas Tech needs no rival. The greatest outlaws don't discriminate with their hate. They hate all. There is no hierarchy, there is no purpose, no rhythm, no reason. There is themselves and nothing else. If we look hard enough, we can find a reason to be rivals with any team in this conference and several that we haven't played in a long time. We don't have a rival, because in a backwards way we have a rivalry with everyone. To the rest of the conference, Lubbock is the Bermuda Triangle of championship dreams. Great defenses find themselves on their heels in the Jones. Dominant shooters struggle for a myriad of reasons in the USA.

There's no reason to force any hate. That hate is already there. It's pointed in a thousand different directions, and attempting to force it on one or two programs or schools is an exercise in futility. At our core, we're the underdogs, we're the outlaws, we're the anti-heroes. It's high time we embraced this with open arms, because it's not going anywhere.


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That was pretty well done, and very true.

That being said, fuck the Longhorns.

Oh, and there are probably Tech fans out there that don't even know that Red Raider wasn't our original mascot.

Iamtdg said:

Oh, and there are probably Tech fans out there that don't even know that Red Raider wasn't our original mascot.

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The Matadors.

Rev said:

I guess the kid didn't let Harbaugh climb his tree or spend the night.

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TTU QB Davis Webb is transferring for Colorado. Good luck to him. I bet he'll tear it up.

TTU is the QB farm for the NCAA. Your welcome, America.

Texas A&M's top five recruiting battles: Once departed Quartney Davis back in fold for Aggies



By Brandon Wheeland , Special Contributor Contact Brandon Wheelandon TwitterBrandonWheeland

Before your future favorite athlete arrives on campus to begin helping his team, he must first put the fan base through a bit of torture by leaving them on pins and needles until national signing day. Some commit months ago and take the guesswork out of the equation, while others keep a fan base in suspense until their official announcement on Feb. 3.
Here are five recruits that A&M is still battling for to have on campus in 2016.

Quartney Davis

Ht.Wt.: 6-foot-2, 185 pounds

During the Aggies December to forget, featuring two quarterback transfers and a bowl game defeat, four-star wide receiver Quartney Davis sandwiched in his decommitment announcement from the university.

Since, Davis has entertained other schools as a playing option, including Ole Miss and Oklahoma State. The WR caught 53 passes for just shy of 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, and will provide a weapon for whatever staff lands his talents on both offense as well as on special teams.

After testing the waters, Davis decides to stick with his gut feeling and rejoin Texas A&M

Prediction: Texas A&M

Jeffrey McCulloch

Ht./Wt.: 6-foot-2, 230 pounds

McCulloch holds over 40 offers from schools hoping to take the outside linebacker from Aldine Davis high school in Houston and turn him to the next big star on campus. The four star recruit has been linked to A&M, which is no surprise given it's heavy need at the linebacker position.

McCulloch took an official visit to College Station one day after meeting with Texas Longhorns coach Charlie Strong, and this one appears to be headed down a burnt orange path. Even with the Longhorns a heavy favorite, McCulloch is still taking official visits, so it's worth keeping an eye on this one until Wednesday's national signing day

Prediction: Texas

D'Vaughn Pennamon

Ht./Wt.: 5-foot-11, 220 pounds
An all-purpose running back out of Manvel, Pennamon has a chance to share the backfield with fellow 2016 recruit and recent early enrollee to Texas A&M Trayveon Williams.

Considered a hard commit to the Ole Miss Rebels since July of last year, Pennamon is a candidate to potentially flip his allegiance to SEC West schools before Feb. 3. If the Aggies manage to steal him away, he will provide depth at the running back position that is now absent after the departure of former starter Tra Carson.

Pennamon has an official visit scheduled in Oxford for this weekend, where the Rebels will likely seal the deal.

Prediction: Ole Miss

Mark Jackson

Ht./Wt.: 6-foot-2, 221 pounds
Jackson has been a long time commit of the Maroon and White, but that doesn't stop other schools from pursuing the four-star defensive end, nor prevent Jackson from testing the waters. Jackson is still considered to be leaning A&M, fresh off an official visit to College Station this past weekend.

Up next on the schedule for the weak side defensive end out of Cibolo is an official visit with the Oklahoma Sooners, while some crystal ball predictions indicate that the Texas Longhorns will play a role in this as well.
Jackson has developed a relationship with fellow defensive end and Aggie commit Justin Madubuike, and though there's plenty signs to indicate a change is in the air, expect Jackson to be joining Myles Garrett and company in 2016 as a member of the A&M defensive line.

Prediction: Texas A&M

Brandon Jones
Ht.Wt.: 5-foot-11, 193 pounds
Ranked the top safety in the state of Texas by 247, the four-star safety from Nacogdoches stands at under six feet tall and has the defensive abilities to help keep points off the scoreboard. Any help to a depleted A&M secondary is welcomed with open arms, and coaching staffs would love to have an Under Armour All-America game participant on board.
Jones is set to have an official with the Baylor this weekend, throwing the Bears into a race that includes the Aggies, Longhorns, and Arkansas Razorbacks.

When the dust settles, expect Jones to select College Station as his next playing destination, but Art Briles' and the Baylor staff will be in this one up until the last second.

Prediction: Texas A&M

skidadl said:

By the way, guess was surprise coach of the year a few years back in Dave Campbell's? That's right...it was me, punks.

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I'd be interested in seeing that. PM me a link?

GForce78NJ said:

I'd be interested in seeing that. PM me a link?

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I'll see if I can find it.

Recruiting review:


8. Texas Tech Red Raiders

2012 grade: B-

2016 grade: D+

Top signees: C Jared Kaster, LB Micah Awe, LB Will Smith, S Keenon Ward, OT Reshod Fortenberry

Easy to figure out how Texas Tech went 4-8 a year ago when you review this group. Tommy Tuberville’s last class at Tech, ranked 20th nationally by ESPN, was a disaster. ESPN 150 signees Dominique Wheeler and Michael Starts were among the 13 busts in this 27-man class. Only a couple of Tuberville’s nine junior college transfers made a meaningful impact, and so far just four high school signees have become multiyear starters.

Sumlin's buyout is $20 million, and it is due in full withing 60 days of his firing, so it can't be paid out of cash flow over a period of years and there isn't any mitigation if he were to be employed by another school. $20 million, plus the buyout of the next coach, plus buyouts for the assistant coaches when the new coach wants to bring in his own staff (that is the buyout of the existing aggy assistants and the assistants the new coach wants on his staff). On top of that, the new coach is going to want a multi year contract with guarantees and we all know the ags are idiots when it comes to offering contracts to football coaches.

They borrowed $350 million to finance their new stadium, they had somewhere around $50 million in existing facilities debt prior to the stadium project, they owe $20 million to the academic side for the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012 bailouts when aggy athletics couldn't pay its bills. There is also additional debt for various other projects. And to service all that debt, they are only pulling in $110 million in revenue (2014-2015 academic year gross athletics revenue). Debt service for the aggy program is somewhere north of 22%. For programs such as Ohio State or Texas, that number is around 8%.

The ags don't have the money to fire Sumlin unless someone is willing to step up and write a check for close to $30 million. And this comes at a time when they have hit up donors hard to help fund the new stadium, the Bright upgrades and when the school is trying to manage a $4 billion capital campaign.

The total operating budget for the TAMU System is just over $3.6 billion. For the UT system, that number if north of $17 billion. With the opening of the med school on the UT Austin campus, the operating budget for UT Austin will be greater than that for the entire TAMU system. The non-PUF endowments for the UT Austin campus are more than all the combined endowments of the TAMU System (including their imputed 1/3 of the PUF). By Regents Rule 80303, the PUF revenues dedicated to UT Austin equal the PUF derived revenues for the entire TAMU System.

The dumb$#@! aggys have measured themselves against the burnt orange yardstick for as long as any of us can remember and they have convinced themselves they are the equal of UT Austin in every way. The problem for them is that they aren't. No one other than the aggys and idiots who believe the $#@! the aggys claim as their school's "history" see them as the equal of UT Austin. The state funds UT Austin at 1.5X the level they fund TAMU College Station. The federal funding (per student) of UT Austin is four times that of TAMU College Station. No one in a position of responsibility anywhere in the nation sees TAMU as being one and the same as UT Austin.

The ags have spent every dime they can get their hands on and borrowed to the hilt to help their sports program try to keep up with UT Austin (the Kyle Field bonds are guaranteed by TAMU System revenues, not just TAMU College Station revenues). They are stretched to the limit on the academic side but especially on the athletic side. Five of the last ten years aggy athletics has failed to generate sufficient revenues to pay their bills and now they are approaching a half billion in athletics debt they think they can blow another $30 million on a football coach!?

I have been saying for the past few years that aggy is a financial train wreck happening in slow motion. Their having to just shut up and endure Kevin Sumlin is only the first obvious sign of their paying the price for aggying up their finances in trying to do something impossible for them to do, which is to keep up with UT Austin and the UT System. Their only option is to get a big money alumnus to write a $30 million check out of their pocket and that ain't likely with oil at $37. Suck it, aggy.



lulz

Well then it appears the Aggies are the equivalent of what the car rental lady said in "Planes Trains and Automobiles," I guess you're f*****.