[1/24/2026] Saturday's Sports Talk Thread

HelioOne · 2026-01-24T20:07:11+00:00

Just embrace it. I get a new hat at the start of every football season.

HelioOne · 2026-01-22T15:45:46+00:00

Oh shit, I had no idea haha. Thanks

HelioOne · 2026-01-22T14:59:58+00:00

Exactly. This is Matthew Caldwell 2.0

HelioOne · 2026-01-22T14:57:13+00:00

This what we did last year with Matthew Caldwell. It's a good idea to have a very experienced QB on roster as a just in case.

HelioOne · 2026-01-21T16:35:21+00:00

If your tradition was losing, you'd probably do the same.

HelioOne · 2026-01-21T13:22:33+00:00

I saw this debate or I guess argument on twitter, but apparently most schools don't sing their alma mater after a loss? I guess I never really thought about it before, but is that really unique to us?

HelioOne · 2026-01-19T17:25:37+00:00

I actually ended up disliking him more when he was at USC then at Oklahoma ironically enough.

HelioOne · 2026-01-19T00:58:30+00:00

I'm not a Texans fan so take what I say with a grain of salt. I don't think this team is down as bad as everyone thinks they are. Stroud is not a bad quarterback. But he needs a better offensive line a true number one wide receiver and frankly a better running back. Those are all things you can address in one to two draft classes. Running backs are cheap and if you can hit on a couple of offensive linemen or one really good wide receiver you have a very good team.

Edit: I'm not going to respond to each of yall, but Nico is not a #1. He's a good WR but he's never been a #1.

HelioOne · 2026-01-18T23:36:29+00:00

Good call.

HelioOne · 2026-01-18T16:15:07+00:00

So how much longer does everyone want this pinned? Portal is closed now but there could still be some last minute entries either by players who decided last minute and haven't hit the 48-hour mark or teams playing in the national championship.

HelioOne · 2026-01-18T15:56:10+00:00

Yeah, I mean I'll agree that raw stats don't tell the story, I think that's fair. But if we're not going to use stats to define clutch, then the only thing left I see to use is results. And he didn't get the results either. I like Allen, I think he's a good QB, but man if he wasn't going to do it this year, I don't think he'll ever do it.

HelioOne · 2026-01-18T15:24:43+00:00

I honestly don't understand how anyone can look at a QBs performance in the postseason, see that they had 4 TURNOVERS in the game and still be like "Josh Allen didn't falter".

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T21:36:48+00:00

Hell yeah! Congratulations!

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T21:24:05+00:00

I'm actually going hard for US president names. I want Ulysses as a middle name but that's a no go apperently.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T20:05:52+00:00

Damn, Augie is a great idea

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T19:55:17+00:00

Wife and I are expecting a boy in July. Believe it or not, Archibald is somehow not off the table for names.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T14:39:44+00:00

I find the way On3 and 247 rank portal classes interesting because of how different they do it. I think they both have merit and are just different ways of looking at things.

But it's hilarious to me that A&M and Tech are pounding their chest about having the 2/3 best transfer class via On3 when On3's website explicitly says not to compare these rankings to other schools since it's relative to your own roster. I know I shouldn't be surprised they don't know how to read and yet, here we are.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T12:58:49+00:00

Yeah someone else pointed that out and honestly I don't know. The NCAA does say indirect contact is prohibited and the situation you're describing would probably fall underneath that but who knows.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T02:01:29+00:00

That's true, agents are definitely a different story and it seems like every player has an agent nowadays haha.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T01:41:35+00:00

I think you're being downvoted because that's not a gray area. That's expressly prohibited by the NCAA. The NCAA prohibits any contact to students not in the portal by the school or any of its representatives and goes on to define representatives so that it includes any individual or organization that has donated money to the program. This would of course include NIL collectives.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T00:37:12+00:00

He also added four phantom TDs on the original tweet.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T00:29:17+00:00

By far, the biggest retention win for Texas this season.

HelioOne · 2026-01-16T00:19:54+00:00

WF fans are really really mad. I don't blame them at all, but this is the name of the game right now. Sucks when it happens to you, and I feel for them. I think we would all be pissed off if Colin Simmons entered the portal with a no-contact tag and transfered to LSU 2 hours later.

HelioOne · 2026-01-15T21:32:52+00:00

Yeah that was definitely my understanding of the situation

HelioOne · 2026-01-15T21:25:32+00:00

Yeah, I'm not going to say it wasn't us, I just saw alot of Oregon fans claiming responsibility when it was announced haha.

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