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Any word on the grad transfer LB from Arizona? 
 

isn’t it getting to the point that he will have an uphill climb to see early season playing time due to practices missed? 

 
sadly Dee.....I am about 90% sure there wont be anyone playing this year, early or not.

 
This is perhaps off topic, and certainly not of upmost importance.  But I submit forgoing this season would be very bad for UT Football and perhaps devastating to Tom Herman’s tenure. 
 

We are set up to be good this year, really good.  2021 is set up to be a pretty massive rebuild when you consider all of the seniors leaving along with the likely junior departures.  QB, OL, and the entire defense will be unproven.  
 

Foregoing this season is leap frogging  a legit shot at a conference championship and the good will for CTH that would come with it - and landing square on a massive rebuild.  A sub-par 2021 without a good 2020 could be too much for CTH to overcome. 
 

And hurt recruiting.... there = ON TOPIC  

 
83Dee said:
This is perhaps off topic, and certainly not of upmost importance.  But I submit forgoing this season would be very bad for UT Football and perhaps devastating to Tom Herman’s tenure. 
 

We are set up to be good this year, really good.  2021 is set up to be a pretty massive rebuild when you consider all of the seniors leaving along with the likely junior departures.  QB, OL, and the entire defense will be unproven.  
 

Foregoing this season is leap frogging  a legit shot at a conference championship and the good will for CTH that would come with it - and landing square on a massive rebuild.  A sub-par 2021 without a good 2020 could be too much for CTH to overcome. 
 

And hurt recruiting.... there = ON TOPIC  
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We don’t know how it would work if the season is cancelled. It could be moved to the spring which would mean everything is just delayed with the top players likely sitting out for teams. If the season is just postponed until 2021, you could see possible expansion of rosters for the year. There would be players who could make a legitimate argument for receiving an redshirt. If that’s the case, nothing happens. Sam would have a year of healing up but you know he’s gonna still be working to get better. You actually get to keep Curd down for a year while he develops. Whittington gets to heal more. Sterns and Ossai wouldn’t be first rounders so maybe they stay. And then this terrible offensive line recruiting would be lessened because of the year off. It really just depends on what happens with seniors if they are forced to miss a year. The 2022 recruiting cycle would be interesting though. 

 
Spring season isn't happening. Sure, it got tossed out there for discussion, but nobody at the university level likes the idea. Its tough enough when seasons overlap as they do. But to try to run three of them concurrently would be a monster task.

If all those players seek a redshirt and you don't stop recruiting, you'll have to do something with the 85 limit because you're going to bust it. And it's a logjam for the younger kids who would otherwise be seeing playing time.

If the season is cancelled, you risk forcing your consumer base to find alternatives to you, ones that they may or may not come back from when you finally get ready to play some ball. Likewise, kids' interest in recruiting will decline. Whats the point if you're not even going to suit up? A free education I guess but you're not going to the NFL when you're not playing.

What will happen is the SEC, Big 12, and ACC will likely man up and play the season. They will get ALL of the spotlight for the whole season while Big 10 and Pac 12 get to sit home and watch.

Big 12 won't dare render a decision until the SEC does something. Otherwise, they could lose UT and OU (who want to play) to the SEC. If UT and OU goes, the Big 12 is over.

 
Sirhornsalot said:
Spring season isn't happening. Sure, it got tossed out there for discussion, but nobody at the university level likes the idea. Its tough enough when seasons overlap as they do. But to try to run three of them concurrently would be a monster task.

If all those players seek a redshirt and you don't stop recruiting, you'll have to do something with the 85 limit because you're going to bust it. And it's a logjam for the younger kids who would otherwise be seeing playing time.

If the season is cancelled, you risk forcing your consumer base to find alternatives to you, ones that they may or may not come back from when you finally get ready to play some ball. Likewise, kids' interest in recruiting will decline. Whats the point if you're not even going to suit up? A free education I guess but you're not going to the NFL when you're not playing.

What will happen is the SEC, Big 12, and ACC will likely man up and play the season. They will get ALL of the spotlight for the whole season while Big 10 and Pac 12 get to sit home and watch.

Big 12 won't dare render a decision until the SEC does something. Otherwise, they could lose UT and OU (who want to play) to the SEC. If UT and OU goes, the Big 12 is over.
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I will add Michigan, Ohio State and Nebraska as defectors from the B1G that will play as independents. There likely will be others. If that happens, you may have let a jeanie out of the bottle as far as NCAA control, conference control, etc. If players demand to play, college presidents will be under immense pressure to play. Players have the proverbial power and they are about to show it. And good for them. 

 
TFB says we may be getting an unexpected high profile commit.  Should happen soon.

 
TFB isn't ruining anything. They've said nothing except there may be an unexpected commit. That reveals nothing and we know this because we sit here and can't even begin to guess.

The only thing we do know is that it is not Tunmise Adeleye. Florida is hot after him.

An OL? Byrd?

 
Sirhornsalot said:
What will happen is the SEC, Big 12, and ACC will likely man up and play the season. They will get ALL of the spotlight for the whole season while Big 10 and Pac 12 get to sit home and watch.
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If this occurs, we could reap a treasure trove of grad transfers and transfer portal players.  
 

also I’m guessing traditional football factories like tOSU, Notre Dame and Nebraska really would try to figure out a way to play a season?  I see legal issues with conference and TV contracts though...

 
Sirhornsalot said:
TFB isn't ruining anything. They've said nothing except there may be an unexpected commit. That reveals nothing and we know this because we sit here and can't even begin to guess.

The only thing we do know is that it is not Tunmise Adeleye. Florida is hot after him.

An OL? Byrd?
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Byrd would be great. Why not someone like Donovan Jackson? Go real big. lol

 
83Dee said:
If this occurs, we could reap a treasure trove of grad transfers and transfer portal players.  
 

also I’m guessing traditional football factories like tOSU, Notre Dame and Nebraska really would try to figure out a way to play a season?  I see legal issues with conference and TV contracts though...
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Nebraska really wants to play. But there's no rumor that I've heard that there will be defectors from the Big 10. Yet.

SEC wants to play ball. So does Texas. If Texas does, OU kinda has to or possibly be left out of the loop.

 
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