FortWorthAg15

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At this point Reed is what he is

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I completely disagree. He is inconsistent. When his feet are quiet and he is on time, he delivers a good ball. I agree that he never shows elite accuracy but he can be above average as a college passer, we’ve seen him do it this year. The last 2 games not withstanding. Coupled with his mobility I think his potential is to be a very very good college QB. There’s no quick fixes, we just have to keep developing our QB and all the positions around him.

If we let him go, it’ll be Tennessee or Kentucky or somewhere else that will get the better version of him and we will look real dumb when he is carving up other teams or worse, us. And you’d probably want Elko fired for letting him go despite advocating for it right now.

Agreed, I can admit that he isn't perfect while also acknowledging that none of our portal options are likely to be upgrades. And by going to the portal we will probably overpay significantly. I think that money would be better spent on putting a better team around him.

100% G5/ACC Champ @ Kyle followed by Tech in Arlington is the optimal draw. Given the parity in the game today, styles make fights more than ever before and I feel really confident that we can beat anyone that we have a physicality advantage against with our Oline vs their Dline. It's not a coincidence that South Carolina and Texas were our toughest games down the stretch, both have really good defensive lines despite their other issues.

Ohio St is the likeliest #1 but they won't have a gimme against the winner of OU/ND so it's possible we get lucky and get either A) an OU team with a lot of offensive issues or B) a ND team we already beat.

You have to beat good teams to win it all but the 4/5 seed is potentially the best placement in this tournament to have a chance to make a run.

Just pitchers…

Prager - draft eligible, still a sophomore so he can still have leverage if he comes back for his Jr year.
Sdao - vocal on social media, coming back
Lamkin - coming back
Aschenbeck - out of eligibility, trying to get a waiver
Cortez - going to be a draft pick
Stewart - draft eligible, probably coming back
Rudis - draft eligible, but not really a pro prospect
Jones - draft eligible, likely goes pro or transfers based on how much he pitched down the stretch
Moss - coming back
Wilson - in the portal
Morton - in the portal
Jackson - coming back
Badmaev - out of eligibility
Peery - out of eligibility

As far as I remember, that’s all the guys that pitched much for us this year. The rest are guys who redshirted or didn’t pitch much. Who knows what they will do? But that’s the case every year, some will undoubtedly transfer down to mid-major schools chasing innings and who can blame them.

Jason Kelly was the pitching coach when he was at ASU w/ Earley. He is now the HC at Washington.

So something like this..
HC: Earley
AHC/Pitching: Kelly
RC/Hitting: Longly
Asst.: Will Fox (as per Brauny tweet).

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Expect a Crownover announcement pretty soon

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Which one? Hopefully not the RB, that would make us really thin at that spot and he makes for a respectable FB.

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It seems strange that durkin would leave ole miss for a co dc position even if it was a huge pay raise

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Kiffin floated his name for basically every single opening this cycle. It’s a matter of time before he jumps and Durkin will need a new job. And in the meantime, he has to keep fielding defenses with Ole Miss talent on the D-line. Which won’t exactly pad his resume, as this year showed. Honestly, we may not even need to give him a raise.

We entered the year we 83/85 scholarships filled. So we would need 30 spots to open if we want room to sign 32. There are 3 already in the portal.

By my count there's 11 guys who are graduating/going pro for sure already:
I.Spiller, J. Johnson, K. Green, J. Peevy, T. Johnson, M. Clemons, A. Hansford, L. O'Neal, K. Carper, S. Small.

3 guys that I think have a decision to make about the draft:
J. Wydermyer, A. Smith, D. Richardson

And 5 guys who have significant injury histories that make medical retirement seem at least possible (some of them might already be done for all I know):
H. Jones, C. Chapman, L. Matthews, B. Williams, M. Jones

That's potentially up to 22 before we even consider the additional guys who may enter the portal. So we don't necessarily need just a ton of transfers to hit that number.

I know it's bad form to speculate on attrition candidates, and I'm not advocating for anybody to lose their scholarships. But, the most obvious candidates to look for a new opportunity are the guys who are on scholarship but don't show up on the participation report at all. There are 4 such players:
D. Hunter, B. Mowry, J. Moten, J. Jefferson

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What in the world. LSU possibly interested in Calzada and other places reporting Max interested in A&M

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I mean I'm all for it. But why in the world would Max Johnson use his one free transfer to come to A&M? He is the same class as Haynes King and Haynes has been around for 2 years and is (maybe?) getting first team reps right now.

Also, we are going to get his brother too? And a Georgia CB? I guess we are going to use all 32 available spots, damn

Before he got to A&M, his P5 coaching stops were Wake Forest and Notre Dame. He went to Penn. The assumption was that Elko was going to wait for the right opportunity. It's just that no one stopped to consider that, for him, that means being at a high academic private in a nice place to live. I think he will do well there and be a really good fit with their culture.

I would rather promote E-Rob than retread Muschamp, Mason, or DeRuyter. I be intrigued by Patterson because he was one of the originators of the 4-2-5 we use. But I doubt he is a good enough recruiter to be on this staff.

What happened to Ogunbiyi? I would think our best 5 would actually be swapping him in for Trainor. Hopefully, that suspension cost Johnson his job though. Green and Fatheree are our best tackles and give us the best chance.