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They were only eligible bc there were not enough bowl teams. Want to blame someone, blame the AAC for not filling all its now slots (including our failure to win six despite six easily winnable games). SBC has 12 teams in bowls, ffs.

Neither he or Nixon are NFL bound. They both cashed in on some pretty good seed money to start their professional lives. Easily a down payment on a house or better. Plus despite it not being a better school at all, Auburn still has better name recognition nationally (and especially in the South) than UNT - in addition to their alumni network helping you out. We have none of that. I hate it, but it is the gospel truth. We simply cannot offer that kind of money and we do not matter to most of the country.

We lost to FIU, so no.

FSU should have been in.

And against the rules to advertise for products and services. Says so three times in the rules.

This is fake news. We have all been assured that it takes two years to improve a defense (even when the evidence cited shows the exact opposite outcome).

“Frees up” another spot for a class that isn’t filled. Maybe they will offer another TE or WR!! At some point we should stop believe this spin about pulled offers and starters encouraged to look elsewhere. 🙄

Top WR, two starting OL, starting RB, backup RB (maybe two?), starting Safety. These are concerning.

Addaway and Johnson both went through Senior Day and Ragsdale was injured so no idea on his status next year. It’s getting thin.

So started out at Washington, transferred to SdSt. He has Montana and TCU offers already. Looking at his stats, not sure he has ever been a full-time starter. Would be the ideal size for a LB in this system as noted above but this guy seems to have a thing for the West Coast. Hopefully we reach out.

We have offered

That’s about the size for this system for an LB.

Spradley was who I was overlooking.

So should we assume that we have lost a WR somewhere along the way? WR was definitely not a priority position to fill out this class unless we lost one. Did I miss a decommit?

So we are still recruiting 200 lb linebackers or maybe this ends up as a hybrid safety? If an LB, then Craponi isn’t improving the position.

This! Again for those in the cheap seats: THE SCHOOL CANNOT COMMENT ON SPECIFIC RECRUITS UNTIL THEY SIGN AN LOI. In the age of social media, that rule has been stretched (to the breaking point) with the school apparently providing graphics to the recruits to use in the posts - which is often how we can tell if a player is being recruited officially. But in principle, NT can’t say if a kid has given a verbal or not. They can only announce a signing.

I can’t argue with that, to be honest. I think I have said the same about some of the guys that left, like Tylor in basketball. He isn’t likely going to the NBA so might as well start out with a couple hundred grand in the bank while struggling to start a career. Same for most football players, but the data does show those elite level G5 players have a better chance staying home in their last year. In general, if you think you won’t have an NFL a shot, sure that payday makes sense.

All-conference G5 players who transfer to P5 for their final season are significantly less likely to get drafted or even get a camp invite: Obviously this is a snapshot of only one time of player but a good “grass isn’t always greener” data point.

If by “fine line” you mean “defense that was so bad couldn’t make one stop when it needed to, even with only :40 seconds left in the game” then I completely agree.

My thoughts are that if we give up 5-6 points less this year, we beat Memphis and Navy are are 7-5 heading to a bowl.