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I didn't really follow his recruitment, but I'm seeing that he was possibly kicked off of his HS team. Is he another Zach Evans?

In my opinion? Yes, although "laughable" might be too strong of a word since I can't claim to have had the same experiences as other people weighing in on this. But like I said, I'm not going to let myself get sucked into that debate, so that's all I'm going to say on that.

I'm not going to get into the greater debate on race here, but just about any historian will tell you that trying to compare political parties across several decades--much less centuries--is absurd. There have been several realignments in the voting blocs, and major realignments generally occur every 30-50 years, with minor realignments happening even more often. The platform of the parties change partially based on their voting blocs, and the issues obviously change over time. This doesn't mean that the two parties "switch" entirely; it just means that some policy positions shift. Over time, enough of these minor (and major!) shifts occur that the party's platform looks almost unrecognizable when compared with the platform from several decades prior. Trying to link traits (good or bad) from a party from 150 years ago to the party that has the same name today is, frankly, laughable.

I agree. Utah is a game away from making it into the CFP, which would be absolutely huge for their program. If I'm Scalley, I'm not going to devote a microsecond to negotiating about a possible position at another school, when one of the biggest games of my career (and my school's history) is coming up in less than a week. My guess is that there was a call to gauge interest, and Texas got a response of "go away, I'm busy".

Have you heard anything about Mehringer? It sounds like he and the players have been butting heads all season. I would imagine he'd be in the first group to go, with Beck and Warehime.

Oh good lord, you’re not a victim just because someone disagreed with you. I’d like to think that we’re all mature enough to handle discussion.

Tech: 31 Texas: 24

Thanks for your clarification. That whole story didn’t make a lot of sense to begin with.

I think the thinking had been that he was going to USC after Helton gets canned after the season. Now that Helton seems to have (at least temporarily) righted the ship, I don't know if that fear is as well-founded.

It's gotta be Jake, then. Incredible. He's seen what LJH and Devin have done in the slot, and now he's the heir apparent. If he's homesick, then ok, fine. But I don't see why on earth he would consider leaving for football reasons. He's in line to be THE guy in 2020 and 2021 (and 2022 if he stays all 4 years). Is he really disliking UT that much that he would sit a year to play elsewhere? If he sticks with UT, he's probably the starting slot in 2020. If he transfers, he's sitting in 2020. I'm sure there's more going on behind the scenes, but from an outside perspective, it makes no sense.

Collin seems to have caught his brother's injury bug this season.

So you don’t think Ossai is one of the best underclassmen on the team? I mean sure, Cosmi is probably better in terms of being polished, but Ossai is damn consistent and looks like an emerging leader. I definitely stand by saying Ossai is one of the best underclassmen we have. Or did you think I was talking about Javonne?

Holy crap. One of the best underclassmen on the team--and someone who is quickly becoming a leader on the defense--exchanging punches with one of the flakiest guys on the team? My goodness.

They don't even have to spin it or anything. Just show them the game film and let it speak for itself.

Rumor is that during the Kansas game, Princely had a snap that said something like he couldn't believe what he was watching, and that our defense was "ridiculous". Honestly, I can't say I blame him. I'm pretty sure I said way worse than that during the game.