Last night Oprah told a large audience that if Trump wins they very realistically may never cast another ballot.

Disgraceful commentary from the left.

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Oklahoma Sooners (23 days since)

1. RECRUITING - Michael Fasusi: As many of you know already, Coach Sark was on hand at Lewisville High School on Friday, he reportedly met with Fasusi during the day at school as well as taking in the first quarter of the game on Friday, before taking off. Here is a mini-interview from OUInsiders Brandon Drumm...

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Responses/Thoughts from OUInsider Board Members
- "So, unless Fasusi is a liar, he’s staying committed to OU."
- "As things stand yeah. But if Bill gets fired all bets are off. I don’t think this is breaking news"
- "Hopefully he’s not basing his decision on the next couple games.. surely he’s aware that OU can greatly improve with him and his buddies in the class."
- "But didn't he also say he's open to visit other schools or did I hear that wrong?"
- "So we can fire BB and still keep him?"

Florida Gators (5 days until)

1. INJURIES - Stacking up:
- DJ Lagway wasn't the only Florida player to exit the Florida-Georgia game with an injury. Starting cornerback Devin Moore didn't play the second half due to a leg injury. Moore had picked off Carson Beck in the first quarter.
- Starting cornerback, Dijon Johnson, was also injured in the game and never returned. The Gators secondary had already lost Jason Marshall for the season and was down to their fourth and fifth string corners.
- Veteran running back Montrell Johnson Jr. missed the game due to a previous injury during the Tennessee game.
- Eugene Wilson III was also out with a hip injury he suffered during the bye week.

2. THE SPREAD - Texas -21.5

Responses/Thoughts from 1stAndTen Florida Board Members
- "Obviously no Lagway is why the spread is that high. With Lagway who knows what it would have been."
- This was asked on the Florida Board, so I want to ask it here... "Let me ask you, if Trey Owens was starting for Texas and we had Lagway available, what would the spread be. Y'all are literally the worst and a waste of data storage for rivals"
- "Too bad there isn’t a spread for effort and improvement"

Arkansas Razorbacks (12 days until)

1. INJURIES - Taylen Green vs. Malachi Singleton:
- Regarding Starting Quarterback, Taylen Green - There has been nothing official to this point, Arkansas is on a Bye this week, before hosting Texas in Week 12. So Green will have a free week to rest and prepare, if that is the direction Arkansas plans to go.
- From Hawg Beat columnist Riley McFerran; "The contingent of fans calling for backup quarterback Malachi Singleton to start were vindicated Saturday, as he finished second on the team in offensive grade compared to Taylen Green's 17th. Singleton also finished with a 71.9 pass grade and 92.8 run grade."

Quote from Sam Pittman Post-Game regarding Taylen Green:

"Taylen came back when he got hurt, then we worked on him at half," Pittman said. "We didn't know coming out of half if he would be ready to play. We said we were going to look at him throwing and moving. Bobby had him moving front and back and just was gimpy.

"We didn't want to take that chance of getting him hurt further, plus we believe in Malachi putting him in. That was the decision there, it had nothing to do with -- we just didn't want to get him hurt worse by putting him back out there. He was willing. Part of his success has to do with his legs, and he didn't have them, basically."

Cody's Thought: It sounds like we are going to see Taylen Green next week in Fayetteville.

Kentucky Wildcats (19 days until)

1. INJURIES - QB Brock Vandagriff AND WR Barion Brown:
- Vandagriff was rocked multiple times on Saturday against a physical Tennessee team, taking big hits in the pocket.. and outside the pocket (yikes on this sideline hit)
- Barion Brown hasn't quite had the season many expected, he is currently ranked 38th in the SEC with 307 yards on 26 receptions and 3 touchdowns. Brown exited Saturday's contest with a rib injury and is TBD as Kentucky is also on Bye this week.

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Texas A&M Aggies (26 days until)

1. Let's Check in on the Fanbase over at AggieYell
- "Team… Got lucky against LSU and beat a Florida team trying to find themselves. SC has out played and coached A&M. We all got excited because we started 5-0, but this is a 7-5/ 8-4 team. Let’s just hope we can keep the Texas game close."
- "SC had 27 kids on their roster that were 5th and 6th yr seniors. i for one will be glad when this covid shit is over with. playing college football with kids that are 23 and 24 yrs old is bullshit. it's the only way they built their roster."
- "He’s(Reed) the guy by a wide margin. This game wasn’t on him."
- "He’s(Reed) not the guy. CW(Weigman) is not the guy. We don’t have a guy."

2. STAT THAT - Missed Tackles
- Shemar Stewart - 5 Missed Tackles (led the SEC in Week 10)
- Dalton Brooks - 3 Missed Tackles
- Scooby Williams - 3 Missed Tackles
- Cashius Howell - 3 Missed Tackles
- Daymion Sanford - 2 Missed Tackles

*5 Missed Tackles in a game, ties Bryce Thornton, S - Florida in Week 4 for worst tackling game of the year in the SEC.

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The NEXT Four Opponents vs. SEC

Florida Gators (2-3) - SOS: 6.94 (9th of 134)

Arkansas Razorbacks (3-3) - SOS: 3.46 (34th of 134)

Kentucky Wildcats (1-6) - SOS: 8.09 (5th of 134)

Texas A&M Aggies (5-1) - SOS: 6.19 (13th of 134)

Texas Longhorns (3-1) - SOS: 3.41 (35th of 134)

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My Week 11 Orangebloods SEC Power Poll

1. Georgia (-)
2. Texas (-)

3. Tennessee (+1)
4. Vanderbilt (+1)
5. Alabama (+1)
6. Texas A&M (-3)
7. Ole Miss (+1)
8. South Carolina (+1)
9. LSU (-2)

10. Florida (-)
11. Missouri (IDLE)

12. Kentucky (+2)
13. Arkansas (-1)
14. Auburn (-1)
15. Oklahoma (-)
16. Mississippi State (-)

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2025 College Football National Championship odds on (8/27/24), per FanDuel - 2024 Preseason

1. Georgia +280
2. Ohio State +400
3. Oregon +650
4. Texas +850
5. Alabama +1400
5. Ole Miss +1400
7. Notre Dame +1800

2025 College Football National Championship odds on (10/7/24), per FanDuel - Post Week 6 Results

1. Ohio State +290
2. Texas +450
3. Georgia +450
4. Alabama +650
5. Oregon +900
6. Ole Miss +1700
7. Penn State +1800
8. Miami (FL) +2000
8. Tennessee +2000

2025 College Football National Championship odds on (11/4/24), per FanDuel - Post Week 10 Results

1. Ohio State +330
2. Georgia +350
3. Oregon +450
4. Texas +600
5. Miami +1200
6. Alabama +1600
6. Tennessee +1600
8. Penn State +2000

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Week 11 College Football Top 25 Power Ratings (.977 out of 1.000 = 97.7 Grade)

Tier 1 - (Championship Material)
1. Georgia Bulldogs (7-1) - .985
2. Oregon Ducks (8-0) - .985
3. Ohio State Buckeyes (7-1) - .969
4. Texas Longhorns (7-1) - .967 - IDLE

Tier 2 (Championship Contender)
5. Miami (FL) Hurricanes (9-0) - .948
6. Tennessee Volunteers (7-1) - .925

Tier 3 (Playoff Material)
7. Alabama Crimson Tide (6-2) - .910 - IDLE
8. Penn State Nittany Lions (7-1) - .910

Tier 4 (Playoff Contender)
9. Texas A&M Aggies (7-2) - .815
10. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-1) - .811 - IDLE
11. Indiana Hoosiers (9-0) - .797
12. LSU (6-2) - .785 - IDLE
13. Ole Miss Rebels (7-2) - .778
14. BYU Cougars (8-0) - .774 - IDLE

Tier 5 (The Bubble)
15. Clemson Tigers (6-2) - .763
16. Boise State (7-1) - .744
17. Iowa State (7-1) - .739
18. Vanderbilt Commodores (6-2) - .736
19. SMU Mustangs (8-1) - .730

Tier 6 (Qualities of a Contender)
20. South Carolina Gamecocks (5-3) - .722
21. Kansas State Wildcats (7-2) - .719
22. Louisville Cardinals (6-3) - .713
23. Colorado Buffaloes (6-2) - .713 - IDLE
24. Washington State Cougars (7-1) - .704 - IDLE
25. Minnesota Gophers (6-3) - .700

Tier 7 (Unlikely Contender)
26. Pittsburgh Panthers (7-1) - .695
27. Army Black Knights (8-0) - .684
28. Iowa Hawkeyes (6-3) - .680
29. Illinois Fighting Illini (6-3) - .680
30. Tulane Green Wave (7-2) - .667

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My Week 11 Heisman Watchlist Update

Tier 1
1. Cameron Ward, Miami (FL) - QB - (67.1%, 3,146 yards, 29 td 6 int) - 175.1 Rating - (45-187-3 Rushing)
2. Travis Hunter, Colorado - WR/DB - (60-757-8 Receiving) - (21 Tackles, 7 PD, 1 FF and 2 INT on Defense)

Tier 2
3. Ashton Jeanty, Boise State - RB - (190-1,525-20 Rushing) - (14-81-1 Receiving)
4. Dillon Gabriel, Oregon - QB - (74.8%, 2,665 yards, 19 td 5 int) - 171.5 Rating (39-120-6 Rushing)
5. Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss - QB - (71.7%, 3,210 yards, 21 td 3 int) - 192.4 Rating (77-254-3 Rushing)

Tier 3
6. Shedeur Sanders, Colorado - QB - (73.3%, 2,591 yards, 21 td 6 int) - 165.0 Rating (61-(-18)-3 Rushing)
7. Kurtis Rourke, Indiana - QB - (73.3%, 2,204 yards, 19 td 3 int) - 188.5 Rating - (25-45-2 Rushing)

Tier 4
8. Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt - QB - (62%, 1,677 yards, 15 td 3 int) - 151.9 Rating - (146-563-4 Rushing)

Dropped from Watchlist
1. Avery Johnson, Kansas State - QB (Week 1)
2. Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech - QB (Week 1)
3. Will Howard, Ohio State - QB (Week 2)
4. Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State - WR - (Week 3)
5. Arch Manning, Texas - QB - (Week 4)
6. Miller Moss, USC - QB - (Week 4)
7. Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona - WR - (Week 5)
8. Drew Allar, Penn State - QB - (Week 5)
9. Nico Iamaleava, Tennessee - QB - (Week 6)
10. Quinn Ewers, Texas - QB - (Week 8)
11. Jalen Milroe, Alabama - QB - (Week 8)
12. Carson Beck, UGA - QB - (Week 8)
13. Garrett Nussmeier, LSU - QB - (Week 9)
14. Cade Klubnik, Clemson - QB - (Week 10)

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ONE LAST THING

Would you be surprised at all on Tuesday Night at 6:20 pm ET, if Indiana was a Top-6 ranked team in V.1 of the New 12-team CFP Rankings Release?

Here is my gut prediction for what will populate on ESPN on Tuesday Night..

1. Georgia Bulldogs (7-1) - Proj. SEC Champ
2. Oregon Ducks (8-0) - Proj. B10 Champ
3. Miami (FL) Hurricanes (9-0) - Proj. ACC Champ
4. BYU Cougars (8-0) - Proj. B12 Champ

5. Ohio State Buckeyes (7-1) - Proj. B10 Runner-Up
6. Texas Longhorns (7-1) - Proj. SEC Runner-Up

7. Indiana Hoosiers (9-0) - B10 #3
8. Tennessee Volunteers (7-1) - SEC #3
9. Penn State Nittany Lions (7-1) - B10 #4
10. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-1) - IND
11. Boise State (7-1) - Proj. MWC Champ (Top G5)
12. SMU Mustangs (8-1) - Proj. ACC Runner-Up

First Team OUT
13. Alabama Crimson Tide (6-2)

It's Game Week 🤘 Bring on the SWAMP!

Edit: Sorry this was posted late, I meant to post it at midnight last night but fell asleep.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

Well, it is here, election day and couldn’t we all try to heed this thought from MLK. It appears half of our population is going to be very upset with the outcome of who wins. I imagine until we get the final result, many will be very anxious.

No matter who wins, I hope we can all accept the outcome with grace and not let our emotions get the better of us whereby we react in hateful rhetoric and personal attacks. Take one trip to the OB Corral and you will witness the “darkness” that sometimes rears its ugly head there.

One thing we can count on is our Creator knows who our leaders will be and that He is in control whether our candidates win or lose.

Take care my friends!

Proverbs 19:21, Colossians 1:17, Jeremiah 10:23

TSK

P.S. Please refrain from political comments so this doesn't go to The Corral, thank you!

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Unbelievable - gave up a 4th round pick for essentially a back up WR.

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I kid, I kid...sorta

Cliffs Notes: Unranked used a blistering start from three-point range to take an early lead that it never gave up in defeating No.19 Texas 80-72 in the season-opener for both teams in Las Vegas.

The Participants: No.19 Texas (0-1) and Ohio State (1-0)

Pre-Game KenPom Rankings: Texas (No. 18) and Ohio State (No. 30)

Game MVP: Freshman sensation Tre Johnson lived up the hype in his debut in burnt orange, as he smashed Kevin Durant's record for points in a debut game in scoring 29 points on 10 of 20 shooting. Johnson knocked down 5 of 10 shots from downtown, while also adding 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Guys, he's special. We might be looking at the second-best offensive weapon in school history. Enjoy him while you can.

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Things You Need to Know: Ohio State outscored Texas 42-21 in three-point shooting, as the Buckeyes knocked down 14 of 28 shots, while the Longhorns made only 7 of 27 from behind the arc.

Things You Need to Know II: Outside of Johnson, the rest of the Texas team shot 15 of 48 from the floor (31%) and 2 of 18 (11.1%) from 3-point range.

Smoking Hot Start: Ohio State game out of the gates smoking hot from downtown, hitting 9 of its first 12 three-point shots, which allowed the Buckeyes to build a 31-18 lead. While the Buckeyes were white hot, the Longhorns missed 8 of its first 10 shots from distance.

Night 1 Rain Check: The Longhorns were missing Arkansas transfer Tramon Mark, who averaged 16.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Razorbacks last season, with a right ankle injury in a big, big way. Texas needed a secondary scorer to supplement Johnson's offense and paid dearly for not having him available.

Opening Night Hot Take: Having Tre Johnson on your team is like having Don Henley in your band. Sure, there others that can sing the songs (take shots), but wouldn't it just be best for everyone if he takes them all? There were too many guys on the Texas team that played like they needed to get their shots, rather than feed the best offensive player on the floor. In time, these players will learn to get the ball to Johnson, but there were way too many empty possessions for the Longhorns tonight.,

Bookmark the Moment: Tre Johnson's first bucket as a Longhorn.
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Bracketology: Lulz. J/k. Not yet.

For shoving that columnist the other day....


I pretty much am just posting another basketball thread for @venivedivici 's sake due to him needing more hoops news.....

Peanut the squirrel was the mascot for P'Nuts Freedom Farm Animal sanctuary, a non-profit organization in New York that has saved over 300 at-risk animals. If you haven't heard by now, Peanut and his racoon friend Fred were internet stars, racking up millions of followers over various social media. Peanut himself was rescued seven years ago when his mother was killed by a car.

On Friday eight New York special DEC agents raided the home of the sanctuary owners and took Peanut and Fred. The search warrant stated the agents were looking for "unlawful wildlife." A day later, it was learned that the animals had been euthanized.

The response by the public has been swift and furious, with Peanut's last Tiktok post gaining over 5M views. And the outrage has been specifically directed at the democrat controlled state agency in New York responsible for this travesty. Many of the responses online are pro-MAGA. We'll have to see if Peanut's legacy will live on through the election.

I'm trying to start later in the week but wth

You know what I like most this week. Both service academies are ranked when was the last time that happened? This is really neat.

Navy plays Notre Dame on Saturday and Army will play them next month. The Irish should win on Saturday and next month.

But they could be 10/1 and ranked when they play in December. Cool very cool. Other games

Illinois/Oregon the ducks are number one have they ever been number one before? Illinois is also ranked. I'm going with the ducks.

LSU/aggies here's their chance on national tv. They've had success against LSU in college station. Tossup.

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Man Hopkins has seamlessly fit in with the Chiefs - they have their number one receiver now

Worthy has had some bad plays so far - was expecting him to be a bigger part of the passing offense considering they have a definite need there with their WR injuries

Teams are going to be really beat up, and depth is going to play huge part in determining the National Champion.

I completely believe we have not seen the last of Arch this year.

I attend a few Gamecock football games each year. I still have connections through my my former Gamecock cheerleader daughter and close friends who are season-ticket holders. They absolutely know I want to be present when Aggy rolls into town.
The pre-game fun incident was when a maroon-clad person being a smartass asked me why I was wearing a Gamecock polo and a Longhorn hat. Answer was short and sweet. "My daughter went to school here and I graduated from Texas. So any way I look it, ACES!"
Post-game tailgate went as late as we were allowed. We celebrated hard for sure with much food and drink. Even got in a little face time with the daughter. She was busy being ecstatic about Louisville beating Clemson.

As far as bye weeks are concerned, this one went pretty well for the Longhorns.

* A pathway to the SEC title game opened up with Texas A&M's loss to South Carolina. It's almost pretty simple ... win the final four games of the season (and have LSU lose) and the Longhorns will be in Atlanta for a chance at their first SEC championship.

* The game against a gritty Florida squad was made easier with the injury to true freshman five-star quarterback D.J. Lagway, leaving the Gators with not much other than redshirt freshman Aidan Warner, a transfer from Yale who has completed 9 of 25 passes for 96 yards and an interception this season. In a year when the schedule has offered up a number of sketchy quarterback situations, the Gators could come to town this weekend with the worst.

* Speaking of quarterback injuries, Arkansas looms in a couple of weeks and while the Razorbacks lick their wounds from a 63-31 home loss to Ole Miss, they’ll try to figure out their own quarterback situation after an injury to starting quarterback Taylen Green left them with freshman Malachi Singleton playing most of the second half. Meanwhile, if Steve Sarkisian needed an offensive blueprint for the game in Fayetteville, Lane Kiffin provided him one on a day when the Rebels rolled up 694 yards of offense.

* As far as the Aggies are concerned, they'll have to sweat out the injury to starting running back Le'Veon Moss, who left the game against the Gamecocks with a knee injury. The early word out of the A&M camp after the game was that the injury isn't viewed as a disaster, but it could still be a situation that could see him missing some time this month.

A different result in Columbia this weekend might have seen the Longhorns potentially boxed out of a spot in Atlanta, even with a win in College Station, but the pathway to first-season immortality remains open.

Assuming the likes of wide receiver Isaiah Bond and safety Andrew Mukuba were able to heal up with the week off, you'd be hard-pressed to complain about the events of the weekend if you're the type of person who gets a lot of burnt orange stuff as presents under the Christmas tree.

The amount of virtue that will be assigned to this season will come down to what happens in the final four games of the regular season, two of which come against offensively-challenged home foes, while the other two will come against hosting teams that combined to give up 107 points.

Yes, the two looming road games will feel like Daniel walking into the lion's den, but Ole Miss and South Carolina revealed both teams as very beatable. Very, very beatable.

The Longhorns are either a championship-caliber team or it's not, but the possibility is sitting on a silver platter for them.

Let's find out if they can take it.

No. 2 - Go medium, young man ...

To hear Steve Sarkisian tell it, opposing teams aren't giving the Longhorns much of a chance to attack teams down the field in the passing game.

It seems opposing safeties are bailing deep at the snap or the ball, which is significantly contributing to Texas' inability to challenge teams in the vertical passing game. Well, that and the fact that outside of the 2023 Alabama game, starting quarterback Quinn Ewers doesn't tend to have a lot of success when climbing out on these limbs of the passing tree.

Of course, there are a lot of ways to attack a team down the field and they don't all have to feature Ewers heaving the ball down the field to a receiver running a go route. With opposing safeties playing deep, there's a massive part of the field available to the Texas passing game in the areas between the 10-12 yards from the line of scrimmage where the safeties line up pre-snap and the area of the field where they end up dropping to.

The problem is that Ewers isn't sticking those throws in the intermediate passing game the way the Longhorns need him to. Take a look at Ewers' passing depth map (courtesy of PFF):



When throwing outside of the numbers, Ewers has completed only 6 of 17 throws this year between 10-19 yards, for 93 yards. Ewers has been much more accurate between the numbers (11 of 17), but he's turned the ball over twice (vs. zero touchdowns) when working that area of the field.

What's mystifying is that these areas of the field are the areas where he had the most success in 2023. Just look at the numbers:



As critical as I've been of Ewers' play in recent weeks, it needs to be said that I've always felt like his ability to work these exact areas of the field is his No. 1 strength as a player. When Ewers is at his best, these are the throws that make him a guy that NFL teams would covet.

If Texas is going to accomplish its goals on offense down the stretch, these are the areas where Ewers must start thriving in, not the areas where the safeties are hanging out in hopes of preventing the play that Texas rarely executes in the first place.

No. 3 - Out of curiosity ... let's do some cockamamie stuff ...

Out of random curiosity, I wondered on Sunday how PFF would rank the best Longhorns this season in order.

The 80s

1. (88.0) CB Jahdae Barron
2. (84.6) DT Alfred Collins
3. (84.6) S Michael Taaffe
4. (83.0) LT Kelvin Banks
5. (83.) LB Anthony Hill
6. (83.0) DE Colin Simmons

The 70s

7. (78.6) S Andrew Mukuba
8. (75.6) DT Vernon Broughton
9. (75.4) WR Isaiah Bond
10T. (74.6) DE Barryn Sorrell
10T. (74.6) CB Malik Muhammad
12. (74.1) LB David Gbenda
13. (72.1) RB Tre Wisner
14. (71.1) C Jake Majors
15T(70.3) RB Jaydon Blue
15T. (70.3) RT Cameron Williams

The 60s

17. (69.6) LB Liona Lefau
18. (68.9) LG Hayden Conner
19. (67.0) DE Trey Moore
20. (66.4) CB Jaylon Guilbeau
21. (65.5) WR Matthew Golden
22. (65.3) WR DeAndre Moore
23. (64.2) QB Quinn Ewers
24. (63.4) RG D.J. Campbell
25. (62.3) TE Gunnar Helm

On case you're wondering, Arch Manning's season grade is ... wait for it ... 90.1.

No. 4 - Ready or not, here I come ...

I'm taking this weekend off from Orangebloods.

For the first time since my twins were born in 2014, I'm going to take the entire family to DKR on Saturday for their first Texas football experience. Honestly, neither of my kids is into football at all, but maybe this is just the thing that will help make it a little more interesting.

Therefore, I'll let someone else handle my post-game duties this weekend. I'm ready to have some fun.

I’ve just got to get my hands on four tickets. Oh, and if anyone wants to give me an invite to their suite, I'm perfectly okay with pulling an @Alex Dunlap and flat out asking for it.



No. 5 - Updated Texas Scholarship Board ...

Steve Sarkisian mentioned this week that they are still recruiting as a staff under the notion that the scholarship limit number they need to work with is 85 and not the proposed 105 scholarship limit that could be in place by August.

The Longhorns are currently sitting at 85. They will slice 18 seniors off the roster at the end of the season. There are currently 21 commitments, which means that the Longhorns are +3 going into next season before any attrition takes place.

Last year, 80+% of power four schools lost at least 20 scholarship players to attrition, so it's safe to project that the Longhorns will have plenty of room to address their needs in the Portal and with any high school players they choose to bring in.



No. 6 - If I had a vote that mattered ...

1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Texas
5. Miami
6. Tennessee
7. Indiana
8. Notre Dame
9. BYU
10. Penn State

Heisman Trophy

1. Cam Ward (Miami)
2. Ashton Jeanty (Boise State)
3 Dillon Gabrel (Oregon)
4. Travis Hunter (Colorado)
5. Kurtis Rourke (Indiana)

No. 7 - Time to panic ...

I almost don't know what to say about the Texas Volleyball team.

Three weeks ago, the season appeared to be on track and an SEC title was within grasp with three straight home games looming on the schedule.

First, Texas lost to A&M. Ok, anything can happen ... I guess.

Then, Texas lost to Missouri. Uh, oh ...

On Sunday, Texas lost to freaking Oklahoma...



No. 8 – BUY or SELL …

BrobaFapp said:

With the Lagway injury, Florida scores 10 or less next Saturday.

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(Sell) I'll give them 13, but your point is completely fair. Texas should dominate the Florida offense.

4th&5FromThe8 said:

B/S: How Sark handles QB situation over the next 4 weeks tells us everything we need to know about his ceiling as a coach

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(Sell) I feel like that's the kind of thing that would have been said about Mack Brown with Major Applewhite/Chris Simms in 2000 and 2001 ... and it proved to not reflect his ceiling.

HookemChargers said:

J Cook will hit the portal after the season.

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(Buy) The staff doesn't believe in him. I'm not sure that he'll find a better landing spot, especially since Arch Manning seems to like throwing in his direction, but he has to be as frustrated as any player in the program.

Fish-Horn said:

B/S-We will beat FL but fans will be frustrated with Sark and his vanilla game plan. Another game where he knows TX will win if we don’t give them the game and we do just enough to win.

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(Sell) I'm not sure Texas can afford to be vanilla.

HouHorn_33 said:

B/S - the WR room has just as much responsibility to improve the offense as the OL/RB rooms. I don’t see as much separation as I did in previous years.

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(Sell) They've got to be better and do more, but this group isn't the problem.

Dillionaire23 said:

B/S Fasusi is wearing crimson next season.

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(Buy) I'll let you know if I ever need to sell ... you won't need to ask.

DFWHorn214 said:

B/S: Not really Texas related but Michigan should cut bait with Sherrone Moore after 1 year and go hire a real head coach

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(Sell) Give him one more year and get ready to execute a real plan if he fails.

THETexasFan said:

B/S A) Texas will sweep the next 3, then lose to Aggie, and b) still make the playoffs.

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(Sell) I think Texas wins out. Your situation isn't an impossibility by any stretch, but I believe in this team.

BiggdanTX said:

B/S: As the Texas OL goes, so goes Quinn Ewers.

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(Sell) Great quarterbacks make offensive lines look better more often than the other way around.

jkad said:

B/S: As seen in the last two weeks, Aggie is actually more dangerous as an underdog than a favorite, especially in Kyle Field on Nov. 30.

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(Buy) Don't think for a second that the team from last night will be the one that shows up in College Station.

UTJRod7 said:

B/S: 1) This the most super blue chips that Elko will have on a team in a single year during his tenure at A&M. 2) The Fasusi smoke ends up being real

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(Buy) That's probably accurate.

Arnauds1 said:

B/S Ryan Wingo will be the best Texas receiver next year and the best WR in the SEC?

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(Sell) Alabama's Ryan Williams will be the best wide receiver in the SEC next year.

No. 9 – Scattershooting all over the place …

... SEC Thoughts: Where was the Georgia that played Florida two weeks ago when they came to Austin? I don't think Texas fans truly realize how good the Kentucky defense is, but they'll know soon enough. You could see South Carolina beating A&M coming from 2,000 miles away. Bru McCoy has 25 catches for 345 yards and zero touchdowns this season. He's never averaged more than 13.8 yards per catch in any season. A possible NFL player? Yes. A 5-star? Not in retrospect.

... I'll never understand Tom Herman taking the Florida Atlantic job and I'm not sure what is going to await him after he eventually loses this job.
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... Thank goodness James Franklin isn't at Texas. Can you imagine watching that offense?

... Matt Campbell losing an undefeated season in week eight at home to Texas Tech is the most Big 12 thing that's ever happened.

... Clemson ... what the hell was that?

... Oh, Nebraska ... are the Huskers about to miss out on a bowl?
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... What the hell am I supposed to even say about the Cowboys?

... Never seen this before.
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... I am not mad at Joel Embiid at all. Philly reporter Marcus Hayes name-dropped his son and deceased brother in an attempt to question Embiid's professionalism. I can't condone the kind of physical violence that would leave Hayes in the hospital ... but a shove? Yeah, I can live with letting a man shove someone that brings my family into places they shouldn't be.

... lulz
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... Hold up, Alex Ovechkin is 36 goals away from Gretsky's all-time record? Wow ...

... Premier League Randomness: Thank you, footy gods. These are the weekends you dream of. Man City, Arsenal and Austin Villa all dropped three points, while Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester United each dropped two. Arsenal fans on social media are a strange lot. That group acts like the Gunners are Real Madrid. Liverpool needs to give Mo Salah his extension and let that man chase down the all-time greats. He's 11 goals behind Henry. 13 behind Lampard. 20 behind Aguero. 23 behind Cole. Could he score 44 in the next 2+ seasons to catch Rooney for 3rd place? It's a tall climb, but he needs to be given that chance.

No. 10 – The List: SRV

It's been more than a dozen years since I did an SRV list for this column.

How is that possible?

I have a feeling there will be much disagreement. He's one of the few artists that I've ever ranked who I'm not sure has an obvious No. 1. Am I wrong?

Let's just get to it.

Last 5 Out: Superstition, The Things (That) I Used To Do, Cold Shot, Change it and Couldn't Stand The Weather

10. Riviera Paradise

I want everyone to know that I stewed for more than an hour over which song to put in the 10th spot.

9. Lenny

It has to make the list ... period. But, is this too low?

8. Little Wing

If I had a dollar for every time I've heard this song in an Austin bar over the years ...

7. Life By The Drop

This is one of the songs that I can't tell if I have slotted too low or just right. It's not one of his guitar scorchers, but it's so authentically him.

6. Voodoo Child

It's Jimi ... but it's still uniquely SRV. It's one of the greatest songs of all-time, no matter how you slice it.

5. Crossfire

I know there will be some calls for this to be in the No. 1 slot, but I like a few others just a little more.

4. Tin Pan Alley

This. Song. Is. A. Whole. Damn. Mood.

3. The Sky Is Crying

My personal favorite. I think this was the song that turned me on to SRV when I was a teenager.

2. Pride and Joy

Written by SRV about an old girlfriend. Thank goodness for her because it gave us an all-timer.

1. Texas Flood

It feels like the quintessential SRV song. It might not be your favorite SRV guitar performance of all-time, but almost everyone agrees that it's in the top 3.

Found this interesting.

Early projection of how the top 12 looks on Tues. tOSU with the only easier path to the Semi's, I'll take it.

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Worse than any disease on earth.

After a rough battle with cancer and bone-marrow transplant the last 18+ months she finally succumbed to the disease. Only reason I post here is because it really has put the election and the nasty/divisive nature of our discourse in a new light for me. Whoever wins, America will be fine because our institutions while under attack from both sides in different ways are very strong and unique across most of the world.

My mom, who largely voted for Democrats most of her life…was really not a political person at all but she filled out her mail-in ballot in her hospital room and had me mail it in for her. She voted Trump because she thought the other side didn’t offer a good opportunity for her grandkids’ future and they were her entire life and the whole reason she decided to spend her last 18 months fighting through procedure after procedure.

Sorry for another “Dear Facebook” post but for better or worse, I actually do value this board and its members despite disagreeing with most of you on a lot of things and just wanted to get this off my chest. Thanks for allowing me and please don’t be shitty to my mom, she was truly a wonderful person and very kind and not a political person at all but I thought her choice was interesting and not at all something that I’ve ever tried to talk her into or convince her of.

Let's help a fellow OB out. @Samtheman1982 has donated a ton of wings for our gatherings. His place Big City Wings is competing for wing place of the year. Let's all vote.

In the fall of 1944, MacArthur’s return to The Philippines after his daring escape from Corregidor there (on the orders of Pres. Roosevelt) in 1942, was all but assured. Two massive U.S. battle fleets, the Third Fleet under the command of Adm. William “Bull” Halsey, reporting to Nimitz in Hawaii, and the Seventh Fleet led by Adm. Thomas Kincaid, reporting to MacArthur in Australia, would spearhead the invasion. Opposing them was the last gasp of the once mighty Japanese Imperial Navy, determined against all odds to stop MacArthur’s return in the naval equivalent of a kamikaze attack.

The Japanese battle plan for the Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought from October 23 to 26, 1944, involved the typical Japanese Navy’s multi-pronged approach to counter the Allied invasion. The plan included:

• A “Central Force” led by Adm. Takeo Kurita and the mighty battleships Yamato and Musashi – the largest such ships ever built -- intended to sail through the Sibuyan Sea in the middle Philippines, pass through the San Bernadino Strait, and directly engage and destroy the American landing forces in Leyte Gulf. Kurita’s force would confront Kincaid’s Seventh Fleet head-on.
• A “Southern Force” under Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, seeking to attack Kinkaid’s Seventh Fleet from the south, and aiming to disrupt the American supply lines and distract Kincaid.
• A “Northern Force,” intended as a diversionary tactic involving a small carrier force under Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, which was intended capitalize on Halsey’s well-known aggressiveness to draw him and his fleet away from the main Japanese Central Force attack.

The divided command and reporting structure of the two American fleets, and Halsey’s impetuousness, very nearly allowed this Japanese “Hail Mary” plan to succeed. Ultimately, after the Japanese forces were spotted by our submarines as they headed toward The Philippines, the “Battle of Leyte Gulf” actually devolved into four separate naval battles fought throughout the archipelago over four days:

1. Battle of the Sibuyan Sea -- in the middle of the Philippine archipelago, American carrier-based aircraft from Halsey’s Third Fleet inflicted heavy damage on Kurita’s Central Force, sinking the formidable Musashi and forcing Kurita to turn his force around – but unfortunately for the Americans, only temporarily.

2. Battle of Surigao Strait -- This was the last battleship-to-battleship action in history, where in a dramatic night battle, Kincaid’s warships, including PT boats and destroyers in addition to the battlewagons, essentially destroyed Nishimura’s Southern Force.

3. Battle off Cape Engaño -- Halsey fell hook, line, and sinker for the Japanese Northern Force’s diversionary attack. Although his carrier planes attacked and sank several Japanese ships including carriers, in doing so Halsey drew his protecting forces away from the San Bernandino Strait guarding the exit from the Sibuyan Sea. Kurita then reversed course, sailed right through the strait, turned right, and descended on the small fleet of destroyers and light escort carriers defending the American landing forces at Leyte.

4. Battle off Samar -- Despite a desperate and heroic defense by the “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors,” vividly documented in the late Austin author James Hornfischer’s great book by the same name, Kurita was positioned to destroy the forces at Leyte, but that small but valiant group of sailors in the destroyers and small carriers with severe losses nevertheless fended off the attack long enough to convince Kurita he had to withdraw to save what remained of the Japanese fleet.

The cost: over 3,000 American sailors killed and 11 ships sunk including a light carrier, two escort carriers, two destroyers, and one destroyer escort – mostly in the Battle off Samar, as well as over 250 planes. These also included the first substantial American casualties inflicted by Japanese kamikaze pilots intentionally crashing their planes into American ships.

The Japanese suffered far more catastrophic losses: over 12,000 sailors killed and 26 ships destroyed, including one fleet carrier, three light carriers, three battleships, six heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, and nine destroyers sunk and over 300 planes lost. The American victory assured MacArthur’s long-promised return to The Philippines, and effectively ended the offensive fighting capability of the Japanese fleet.

...let's live in the present. We have argued his demise more than who killed JFK.

Anything out there?