[RoboUte]

The recruiting timeframe is so long and there’s so much that can happen from the time a young man commits, to when he arrives on campus. And there from there (especially considering missions) to when he potentially sees the field, it feels silly to even care much about most names before they’re out there playing, because it seems like more than half the time, for one of a dozen reasons, that day never even arrives.

I think it’s a good thing for anyone interested to keep track of, it’s an okay barometer for the health of the program (less so in the NIL era). But honestly I simply don’t have the bandwidth to be dedicating any amount of thought to us possibly having a slightly more promising than normal right guard in 2028. It’s just not a needle mover for me when literally 100 other things could be occupying the time and energy at that moment. There are exceptions for very highly rated recruits and certain position like QB, but generally speaking the nitty gritty of recruiting just doesn’t concern me.

[RoboUte]

Haha what a coincidence

[RoboUte]

We know the strength of our recruiting classes based on the same indicators as before. Anyone can draw their own conclusions as to whether we’re recruiting better than almost all former pac12 programs based on different rankings. What do those rankings tell you?

[RoboUte]

This year is the chance for Whittingham to declare emphatically that the last 36 months or so have been noise, purely an unfortunate series of consecutive and often coincident insults that have compounded to derail a formerly impressive program.

Given that he had every opportunity (over a period of several years) to have a backup quarterback (or even pick the correct backup quarterback in his stable), a lesson a head coach shouldn’t actually even have to learn. And given that our offensive woes seem to be a version of issues that we’ve had before, only more serious, I think our boosters and more sober fans can see the writing on the wall, it’s no real wonder our NIL effort is unimpressive. I would prefer to be hopeful, but it’s becoming pretty clear that we’ve lost the offseason as well. Add that to the pile. The more “unfortunate coincidences” and “bad breaks” that happen back to back to back to back the more it becomes difficult believe that the way our team is being run has nothing to do with it, I mean mathematically. And I think folks have a natural sense of that.

Yet I don’t blame anyone for having hope, an average season by our old legend would probably see us in contention for the conference championship. It’s impossible to say he can’t pull it off again, knowing he’s capable of even better. But I’ve seen this story play out 1000 times in sports and other fields. Once it leaves, it just tends to not come back. I’m hoping that he can prove that whatever is left is enough.

[RoboUte]

And the year before, and the year before.

[RoboUte]

Victim didn’t withdraw, there was a joint agreement for dismissal. Likely there’s been a settlement between them.

[RoboUte]

Right, so Whittingham had no idea what he was about to field. Do you understand how concerning that is if you believe it’s true?

[RoboUte]

What’s more we already aren’t competing on the field. Two and a half years of the worst football in decades and a middling recruiting class. Add that to two extremely uninspired showings in a row against your local rival’s mediocre team and there aren’t a lot of programs where the coach wouldn’t be on the chopping block at this point, the trend is getting pretty obvious.

[RoboUte]

Are you suggesting that our head coach had no more information that would suggest our team was a disaster than the average sports pundit?

[RoboUte]

“He fully expected to win the Big 12 and go the playoffs”

I don’t think he’s that stupid. But then again I also think a football team needs a quarterback, so Whitt and I clearly don’t always agree.

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