emmitt01

For a little perspective both on how insane this new system is AND how possible it is to reload even if your roster has experienced mass exodus

As fans, our focus should be buying tickets, attending games, giving and setting our program up to compete. Or our focus can be the same as every year…watching our team lose and wondering why someone else isn’t doing something about it

I've noticed quite a few comments saying something along the lines of "we shouldn't even bother recruiting high school athletes, let's just hit the portal hard." Here is my question to you: How much are you willing to contribute to our NIL collectives??? I assume everyone understands that getting the impact transfers, in this new world of moving to the highest bidder, requires our university to be able to bid with the rest of college football. I mean, surely nobody would come on this board to complain about how we are losing players to schools that have strong NIL collectives while simultaneously refusing to contribute to the solution....because that would just make you look kinda ridiculous.

Stole him from New Mexico State it appears. Gabe Stroud, Whitehouse, Cornerback (247sports.com)

No, because due to the current state of college football he won't have many of "his players" after next year* *Well, I mean he'll have a brand-new batch of "his players" but not the same "his players" that he will have next year and definitely different from "his players" that he will have in two years.

I've seen you make this same argument several times now. I'm curious, when you've broken up with a girlfriend did you break up because it was time to move on from the relationship or did you say "I don't feel like this is working, but I'll reserve judgement on how badly things are broken until I'm into my next relationship"?

You mean kids moving on in droves didn’t happen before the NCAA created a system where they are nothing more than commodities to be bought and sold to the highest bidder? And I’m sure this is a problem that is unique to North Texas. It’s not like Ohio State and Oklahoma lost their STARTING quarterbacks to the portal…or Florida lost their top returning running back…and so on. ”A total of 538 FBS scholarship players put their name in the NCAA transfer portal on Monday. That’s an 18 percent increase from last year’s opening day of portal activity. But that group of players — 305 from Power 5 programs, 233 from the Group of 5 — doesn’t come close to measuring the magnitude on Monday. Because there were also nearly 100 walk-ons who entered the portal. And there were a whopping 416 players from FCS schools who also opted to transfer. Last year, the FCS transfer window opened two weeks earlier than the FBS window. This gave college football coaches more time to evaluate those lower-level players before the more coveted transfers hit the market. This year? The portal opened on the same day for both subdivisions.” https://theathletic.com/5113559/2023/12/05/college-football-transfer-portal-entries-players/?amp=1

Zero sympathy. The system was just fine when the Clemson‘s of the world were robbing G5 rosters, but now that the even bigger dogs are coming after your people there’s an issue?

I would too, because that would mean we're up 15+ with about 4 minutes to go.

Aw man, I was looking forward to watching the game the way I used to watch Cinemax.

Absolutely. Dealing with a college football landscape that is completely different than what it currently is, and with resources and assistant pay completely different than his predecessors, Seth really took us to new heights.

Is the Mountain West some impossible gauntlet of powerhouse teams? Looking at the Top 25 and those just outside of it, I don't see the big separation between the AAC and MWC.

How could you not want “Dallas’ Team”??

No, they’re not. I’d lay $100 on Georgia to beat any of the teams not named Alabama or Michigan if they played today.

We don’t often agree…but…

If we want to talk about the ENTIRE season, let’s consider: - Florida State won every game put in front of them. All of them. - Texas beat the 19th WORST defense in the country yesterday, FSU beat the #12 team. - Texas has a win vs Alabama…and a loss to a two loss Oklahoma. Their marquee win is awesome…their loss is worse than any other team in consideration for a spot in the playoff. - If we are going to leave FSU out because “they aren’t the team they were before” and acknowledge that teams can be different at different points in the season…then why do we assume that the Bama team we see today is the same Bama team that Texas beat??

There’s no thread because, other than you, nobody cares

He’s coaching the Oklahoma State defense now

@Cougar King has entered the portal. Rumor is he’s being offered the following in his NIL deal: - Funds to move out of mom’s basement - Lifting the ban on all UH message boards - Expungement of his UNT academic record to remove the failing grades

Behind a pay wall. Nope

Something to keep in mind. I’ll believe in the “upgrades” when they sign and show up.

https://247sports.com/Player/kyle-koch-46128439/