Big Blue Huddle

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1879565776090550745

Totally off-topic: I wish these so-called journalists would learn grammar.

QuoteThe decision ends a career at Texas that saw him go 21-5 as a starter the last two years revive and lead the Longhorns to the school's only two CFP appearances.

lead (noun), pronounced 'led', is a soft metal
lead (verb), pronounced 'leed', is to guide or direct
led (verb), pronounced 'led', is the past tense of the verb, 'lead'

Carry on. 

If he's there at the top of the second I would 100% would take him with the understanding that he won't play his rookie year. He's very gifted physically but needs another year to develop.

[yawn]  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a "yawn" icon or I would have used it. Bob

I'd rather have Howard in the fourth round than give up a second or third for Ewers.


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Quote from: Bob In PA on January 15, 2025, 12:52:34 PM[yawn]  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a "yawn" icon or I would have used it. Bob

Yeah he left because he didn't have a job to come back to.

Quote from: T200 on January 15, 2025, 11:54:19 AMTotally off-topic: I wish these so-called journalists would learn grammar.

lead (noun), pronounced 'led', is a soft metal
lead (verb), pronounced 'leed', is to guide or direct
led (verb), pronounced 'led', is the past tense of the verb, 'lead'

Carry on. 

What makes it more egregious:

1.  It's your job and
2.  Literally hundreds of apps exist to verify grammatical accuracy; many are free. 

Quote from: Jclayton92 on January 15, 2025, 09:53:40 PMYeah he left because he didn't have a job to come back to.

You say that like it's some sort of insult to him. Promises were made to Manning but if Manning was so much better than Ewers than why give the job back to him when he recovered from his oblique injury? If he had wanted to he could have stayed in college and gotten paid millions in the portal. He decided to play in the NFL instead.

Quote from: Jclayton92 on January 15, 2025, 09:53:40 PMYeah he left because he didn't have a job to come back to.

J: Yes, now there's no doubt that the Arch Era has begun. Bob

Quote from: madbadger on January 16, 2025, 12:16:05 AMYou say that like it's some sort of insult to him. Promises were made to Manning but if Manning was so much better than Ewers than why give the job back to him when he recovered from his oblique injury? If he had wanted to he could have stayed in college and gotten paid millions in the portal. He decided to play in the NFL instead.

madB: I get your point, but I think the kid is a true freshman and they didn't want to put him in "too soon" and take a chance on screwing things up.

I don't think they promised him anything except a fair shot, but he showed enough in practice to indicate he'll be ready to take the steering wheel with on more full off-season.

More importantly, they owed it to Ewers (who came there in leaner years) to let him take his best shot, and it also made good "business" sense for Ewers to come out now. The Cowboys' backup is getting long in the tooth and they'll probably draft him in round four and he'll have a shot at being their backup QB - just guessing.

Bob

Quote from: Jclayton92 on January 15, 2025, 09:53:40 PMYeah he left because he didn't have a job to come back to.

Didn't he have a job in Oregon?


Arch Manning decision reportedly lands Quinn Ewers a $6 million tampering NIL offer

https://fansided.com/arch-manning-decision-quinn-ewers-tampering-6-million-nil-offer-oregon-georgia

Quote from: Bob In PA on January 16, 2025, 02:20:25 AMmadB: I get your point, but I think the kid is a true freshman and they didn't want to put him in "too soon" and take a chance on screwing things up.

I don't think they promised him anything except a fair shot, but he showed enough in practice to indicate he'll be ready to take the steering wheel with on more full off-season.

More importantly, they owed it to Ewers (who came there in leaner years) to let him take his best shot, and it also made good "business" sense for Ewers to come out now. The Cowboys' backup is getting long in the tooth and they'll probably draft him in round four and he'll have a shot at being their backup QB - just guessing.

Bob

Manning is not a true freshman and it has been reported that the staff told him that worse case the job was his in 2025. 

Quote from: madbadger on January 16, 2025, 12:16:05 AMYou say that like it's some sort of insult to him. Promises were made to Manning but if Manning was so much better than Ewers than why give the job back to him when he recovered from his oblique injury? If he had wanted to he could have stayed in college and gotten paid millions in the portal. He decided to play in the NFL instead.

From everything I was told from Archs extended family was they sat him down when ewers got injured and basically said that they were worried it would divide the locker room if they started him and didn't let ewers have his job back when he came back from injury.

Quote from: madbadger on January 16, 2025, 12:16:05 AMYou say that like it's some sort of insult to him. Promises were made to Manning but if Manning was so much better than Ewers than why give the job back to him when he recovered from his oblique injury? If he had wanted to he could have stayed in college and gotten paid millions in the portal. He decided to play in the NFL instead.

I think it's more about Sark showing loyalty to a kid who joined Texas when they needed a lift.

Quote from: Philosophers on January 17, 2025, 03:27:11 AMI think it's more about Sark showing loyalty to a kid who joined Texas when they needed a lift.

You're out of your mind if you think Sark plays Ewers the entire game against OSU out of loyalty. If he thought that Arch game him the best chance to beat OSU he would have started him. Winning a national championship is far more valuable to his career than being loyal to one kid. Ewers is an excellent quarterback even if Manning has a higher upside.