What were the reactions from the prospects on hand for the full pads practice this past weekend?

The first of what I assume will be 8-10 departures. Hopefully they get it together on a personal level.

Skip Johnson is the de facto name, but I've heard Roger Clemens is lobbying hard behind the scenes to be the next head coach. Regardless, unless Augie gets us to Omaha this year, I think he's done. His allergy to offense is maddening.

In your last Xfire you and FoB discussed that Aggies are paying for players. I commented that saying the Ags are paying needs to stop unless there's something to back it up and got killed by other commenters. Jesus called out Will Lyles and Lache Seastrunk back in the Recruitocosm days and he...

Saw the Toadies before it shut down.

The whole "Ags are paying recruits" rumor needs to stop unless people can back it up with actual info.

Are you suggesting someone call Shipley to verify? Hahaha

It sounds great but it's not true. I'm not going to go through each class Saban has signed, but I'm fairly certain the only way Burton Scott and Tyler Love from the 2008 class made it to the NFL was by going to a ticket window and using a credit card...

Foreman brothers are going to visit Mizzou.

Dave Chappelle forever ruined Condoleeza Rice's name for me. http://youtu.be/VVj9pFczqRk

Petrino asked Randy Shannon to be his DC and got the palm to the face.

And Texas folks didn't want Saban's offense because it doesn't make use of the abundance of spread offense talent that this state generates. Just throwing that out there.

Just stirring the pot kids. The other interesting aspect is that a certain former USC head coach spent a week with Bama for a week of bowl preps.

Michigan dumped Al Borges today and hired Doug Nussmeier from Alabama. This is how you leverage your resources, history and ambition to make a great hire for an assistant. This is what happens when you opt for a comfort hire instead of doing it right the first time after three years.

Hey if you like fluff pieces that build up coaches here's one from September 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=texasfootball