Losing players to Bama or even OU, I would then agree; it is about Texas proven to that type of player. But losing someone to Oregon I'm not sure about Texas on the field performance. IOWs, its not like Oregon has been crushing it on the field lately. I don't know Oregon's results in terms of putting players in the NFL but I'd be a little surprised also if Oregon is putting a materially larger share of players than us in the league.
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Thompson is draft eligible. If Sark and him catch lightning in a bottle could be one and done. No way I see Thompson spending the 3 years he has remaining on campus.
Ok, but they have had 1 ten win season in the last 6, same as Texas, and have been the definition of average for those last 6 years, with a coach who has nothing to do with the majority of the credentials you mentioned. It’s just not appreciably better that Texas in the same stretch, which is arguably the college football consciousness of these recruits. It still doesn’t make sense to me, at least in the context of us getting beat for a recruit by a national power that has proven it on the field.
There’s always the possibility that Banks is just a different dude. He was committed to okie state extremely early because he just like the coaches.
I don't know what you want me to tell you. You're asking me to explain a very unique situation.
True, the bad thing about that is though is bad-ass quarterback play usually goes pro after 10+ win seasons, then there's usually a regression to mean. Sark is really going to have to have back to back, maybe even back to back to back bad-ass quarterback play to right the ship. On the bright side, there's one guy to do that, Sark seems to be one of two coaches that can really get that done.
That's a fair point, though Herman also struggled from the start on the lines.
At this point, though, we've been such a disappointment in such a struggling conference for so long that only an elite hire had a strong chance of turning that around from the start. We got a good hire instead, which means we have to prove it in the AD and on the field before most top-tier recruits will truly commit to us. And with this brutal schedule, that'll be tough.
Whereas A&M is in the SEC, and they hired a national-title-winning coach.
So, if Card wins the job and Texas ,as you say, "goes out and does the damn thing", I don't see Texas losing more than 2 games. That is major props for Card.
The odds of them all being bad-ass are low, odds say at least one will bust or transfer. Though if there's anyone that can hit 3 in a row like that, it's Sark.
How bout Gibson in the freaking patriot for the luv of God Ketcum.. Indepence day???..
Cedar Park>Houston
Cedar Park>Houston
Who does? The most successful people, you'll never be ahead of the curve if you wait for proof. Fortunately for recruits, this doesn't apply as much for them.
Long, long time Texas fan here. Can’t blame top players for going elsewhere. Why aren’t we talking more about the good players already in the program instead of shiny new recruits saving the world? Texas has a track record of promising recruits the world, then they don't see a lot of playing time here or they are not developed to their potential. As soon as they are in the fold the talk begins about someone better replacing them. Why the hell would a great player come here? Those are the cold facts. Texas first needs to keep, develop and win with what they have now. No more excuses.
I was thinking Jalen Green. Did not realize he transferred. Watched the 2020 game against OSU recently and noted he was not great except for an interception on a poorly thrown ball. Had him on my mind.
Texas isn’t winning 10 games this year. Are you crazy? Sounds like we will need another coach soon.
I will give this to aggy. They will make big hires in football. If we’re being honest, going back 50 years, their hires of Sherrill and Fisher were FAR bigger than either hire we made in football. And yes, that includes Mack. And frankly, one can make a decent argument Fran’s hiring was on the same level of Mack.
Ironically one can argue Chris Beard was our biggest AD hire over the same period over the big 3 sports. At best Mack is only 3rd behind Beard/Augie
If they win the first two in September I like our chances at 9 with a slim chance at the Big 12 title game. Winning atleast one of OU/Iowa st would be huge for Sark.
I'd rank Augie No.1, but if we drop baseball out because it's not really a revenue sport... it's Beard.
Has to be OU IMO. I'm not sure anyone really gives a damn about Iowa State... shiny ranking or not.
I give the nod for Beard appreciably for that reason. I also think hiring Beard away from Tech was such a monumental task on many levels. The amount of money it took no to mention he was an intra-conference hire which is simply just rare. No disrespect to Augie but he was paid relative peanuts at Fullerton. Heck, I didn't even known this before until just now, but Augie leaving for Texas was the SECOND time he left Fullerton. The first being for Illinois. So hiring him from Fullerton was certainly not a difficult one.
Agreed. He has to beat OU. Even if it's like Mensa's second year where we beat them in the regular season then lose in the Big 12 title game. Sark needs a one in year 1 over OU. Quite frankly, this season has little room for error. Getting 10 wins is huge. Might not seem much more than say, getting 9, but getting double digit wins is tremendous for purposes of MAYBE flipping some '22 guys but certainly for purposes of being in the thick of it for '23 guys.
Casablanca for decades was the only movie with A+++ dialogue.
Do you feel Card will have enough games under his belt to win a shootout with them?
That remains to be seen. He's just a pup.
