I liked what I saw from Young. One of my kin said he runs like someone on the defense said something bad about his momma.
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The whole thing, all of it, it sucks.
I'm just about done. In essence, already am, just reserving hope someone fixes this crapola but i doubt it.
I do not care any longer who stays or who leaves or who commits or who gets paid what.
They can all stick it directly where the sun doesn't shine.
While not about our current portal, here is an article about Isiah "Business Decision" Bond and how Texas has not gotten their money's worth out of him. In hindsight Isiah, it was a bad business decision.
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The Isaiah Bond Conundrum
The speed Isaiah Bond brings to the field and the respect he demands from defenses is undeniable. But is that the case going forward in the College Football Playoff?
I’m glad he left, he wouldn’t have been as good as Bernard has been, nor Williams.While not about our current portal, here is an article about Isiah "Business Decision" Bond and how Texas has not gotten their money's worth out of him. In hindsight Isiah, it was a bad business decision.
The Isaiah Bond Conundrum
The speed Isaiah Bond brings to the field and the respect he demands from defenses is undeniable. But is that the case going forward in the College Football Playoff?
Not surprised. He is obviously more concerned about his brand than developing his talent and long term value. Sad really.While not about our current portal, here is an article about Isiah "Business Decision" Bond and how Texas has not gotten their money's worth out of him. In hindsight Isiah, it was a bad business decision.
The Isaiah Bond Conundrum
The speed Isaiah Bond brings to the field and the respect he demands from defenses is undeniable. But is that the case going forward in the College Football Playoff?
I've told a few of my buddies that Young was the best RB on the team this year. If he can avoid the injuries, he should get a lot more carries next season assuming he doesn't hit the portal.
To each his own. I get it, and don’t enjoy college football as a whole anywhere near as much as I used to. But I still love Alabama and always will- no matter how many turds cycle on or off the team.
To be fair Bond started out strong for Texas but then hurt his ankle in the Oklahoma game and has been dealing with that on and off the last half of the season. He has been basically on a pitch count. I think the injury has been more a factor then anything else.While not about our current portal, here is an article about Isiah "Business Decision" Bond and how Texas has not gotten their money's worth out of him. In hindsight Isiah, it was a bad business decision.
The Isaiah Bond Conundrum
The speed Isaiah Bond brings to the field and the respect he demands from defenses is undeniable. But is that the case going forward in the College Football Playoff?
I was thinking about when “my give a damn got busted” with the NFL earlier this week. As a kid in the 1960’s and 1970’s, I loved pro football. I was a huge Oakland Raiders fan. I could tell you almost every player at every position. Why? Because, for the most part (with the exception of college players coming in from the draft) the rosters didn’t change that much. Yeah, the occasional trade also happen, but year to year you could depend on the players that you loved to “be there”. It wasn’t unusual for a player to spend their entire career with a single team.
As free agency developed in the 1980’s, and players became more transient, my interest began to wane. Today, I rarely watch. And if I do, it is only in passing. It isn’t “must see viewing” for me.
On the other hand, Alabama football has always been that “must watch”. I always scheduled my Saturday around it. But now, I get the sense my engagement may be moving to one similar to the NFL. My biggest enjoyment as a fan was a kid coming in and, over the course of three of four years, watch him blossom. It is now kind of hard to do if they are gone after a year or two.
As free agency developed in the 1980’s, and players became more transient, my interest began to wane. Today, I rarely watch. And if I do, it is only in passing. It isn’t “must see viewing” for me.
On the other hand, Alabama football has always been that “must watch”. I always scheduled my Saturday around it. But now, I get the sense my engagement may be moving to one similar to the NFL. My biggest enjoyment as a fan was a kid coming in and, over the course of three of four years, watch him blossom. It is now kind of hard to do if they are gone after a year or two.
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In other news, Jackson Arnold heading to Auburn. I’m sure his performance versus Alabama added a few more bucks to his NIL deal.
so the barn thinking is they got freeze, and a QB that beat Alabama this one time?
Yep, earlier in the year he was almost doubling his per game output.
Agree somewhat but this paragraph from a Texas insider seems to be very telling on the feel of the Longhorn nation toward Bond.
Looking at the tape, things aren’t much better ahead of the College Football Playoff. Bond has had an abysmal last two contests against Texas A&M and Georgia. His run blocking has always been a problem, and it has continued to be so, but that was always a given with a highly talented NFL prospect who mimics one of the most famous movie characters of all time.
I'm right there with you, over 20 years of agonizing over which recruit was going to sign where, following the team content, watching all the games, I was invested in Alabama Football, even before we were the premier brand. The whole game just feels so hollow and tainted now, It's literally just Money-ball. Perhaps it's always been this way but at least there was a mystique about it, an allusion of amateurism. This is not the same game I fell in love with watching, at this point it's more so about breaking habits than anything as far as getting away from my interest, but every year for the last 4-5 years I have had a waning interest. Parity hnh?
Better Texas waste their moneyWhile not about our current portal, here is an article about Isiah "Business Decision" Bond and how Texas has not gotten their money's worth out of him. In hindsight Isiah, it was a bad business decision.
The Isaiah Bond Conundrum
The speed Isaiah Bond brings to the field and the respect he demands from defenses is undeniable. But is that the case going forward in the College Football Playoff?
The irony for Bond is Texas distributes the ball to a lot more different receivers than Alabama. Texas' 7th leading receiver had 19 catches. Alabama's 3rd leadng receiver had 19 catches. The top two receivers , Williams and Bernard, got the bulk of the passes thrown to them.
Bond basically transferred for the money because even before his injury he was on pace to have less production than his previous year at Bama.
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