Everyone take a step back, don't worry about "Jmac"

by owenh on Dec 26, 2008 10:34 PM CST Comment 25 comments

Post after post has sprung up regarding everyones favorite ex-longhorn recruit. In recruiting these bigtime athletes you play with fire. You either are going to snag one or you're left looking like an absolute fool. Either way a lot of time, resources and yes, for the extreme, emotions are invested into the situation.

This time we didn't come out on top. It's okay. I don't wanna hear anything about "I hope he blows a knee" and the like. I also don't want to see things like "Well I always knew he wasn't that good". It's just hypocritical.

And the idea that these rumors and allegations are soooo important is ridiculous. ESPN hasn't even mentioned anything, not even on the ticker on the bottom of the screen. SI and ESPN.com have no "news" about NCAA violations.

Everyone just remember it's the offseason for these ($) sites and controversy sells, sells, sells. The OU/Texas feud is easy fodder and writers all want a piece of the action. To us BONers or those of you who frequent Orangebloods, just remember we kind of exist in a different world than the average fan. When the demand for information is as high as it is around the blogosphere, sometimes news isn't really available. In these cases news must be manufactured. And that is what we have in my opinion, manufactured news.

The situation we have received for christmas is not a nice one especially considering the parties involved, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here. This NY times guy is probably some small-time writer and thought he'd throw his hat into the fray, make a name for himself.

Until Mack/Muschamp/UT president/ Deloss has anything to say about this just let it die. The overanalysis (ahem Geoff), the speculation, the sky is falling attitudes are all a little to much about one teenager's decision. Next year and the year after probably do not in fact hinge on Jmac's decision.

There are loudmouths in plenty on each side that are all talk and no substance. Don't waste too much time or dwell on everything thats going oh so wrong for Longhorn Nation. Nobody outside of OU and Texas are talking about this, it just isn't that big of a story. If I'm wrong we'll know pretty soon.

And as far as lady lucks particular abhorrance for us at the moment, over a given sample size most things inevitably regress to the mean. OU is sort of peaking right now, eventually they'll be no place to go but down (hopefully Jan 8th in Miami).

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Oklahoma regression.

It rolls off the tongue like the best of redundancies.

by whills on Dec 26, 2008 11:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

is it news now??

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

-- Harold Thurman

by thanos on Dec 26, 2008 11:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i can never link correctly...

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/82891-how-texas-lost-top-recruit-to-ou?eref=fromSI

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

-- Harold Thurman

by thanos on Dec 26, 2008 11:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Those guys copied the whole damn story.

Did they buy it from the NYT or just steal it fair and square?

Are they gonna say it’s just one long graph? ha

by whills on Dec 26, 2008 11:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't much care for "J-Mac" anymore

but if his Mom is gonna state claims like that which are obviously NCAA violations, she better back them up with names and details.

by DLiv715 on Dec 27, 2008 12:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well it concerns me in a way that

OU can use this article against us in years to come…we need to set this shit straight

my first born shall be named vy

by hookemkp on Dec 27, 2008 9:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

That’s the problem. UT needs to hire some talent to investigate and rectify all this. I think spending at least five figures on investigating OU itself would be a good thing, too.

by burntorangehorn on Dec 27, 2008 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Have you.....

…..mailed in your contribution?

Hollow allegations don’t require any investigation.

--- All roads to the Big-XII Championship lead through OU/RRS. It's not just another game! We're all about championships here. ---

by HornChamps on Dec 29, 2008 8:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I sure have.

by burntorangehorn on Dec 29, 2008 9:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

step back and don't worry?

It’s a good thing you’re not in law enforcement.

by Bluesman on Dec 27, 2008 11:18 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I can understand your concern however

I have no power over any sort of investigation. My level of worriness makes no difference. And thats probably true for most of us.

by owenh on Dec 27, 2008 11:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OwenH is exactly

right . . . step back.

The NY Times story is every bit as bad as Geoff Ketchum says it is — bad from the standpoint of poor, unsubstantiated reporting. I wrote and edited for papers for 35 years; this was a poorly researched (and biased) editorial/column masquerading as a news story. It’s a good example of why much of the print media is on life support.

Bottom line: Mack is right. “If you don’t REALLY want to be here, sign somewhere else. Have a good good career. See ya one Saturday a year for the next four years.”

by edsp on Dec 27, 2008 11:26 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

why worry?

why would any Texan pick OU over Texas? There has to be an obvious flaw in McFarlands personality. Why would anyone want a person like that around to cause problems? The flaw will manifest itself down the road.

One thing to remember is OU would be nothing without a whole pack Texans playing for them and if you got rid of them where would OU be? You can’t say the same of Texas. Texas football is played by Texans for Texans. Let the other do what they want, that’s why they aren’t us.

by Xerxes on Dec 27, 2008 11:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget that Texas would be nothing without....

the Sooners! Does Darrel K. Royal ring a bell? You know, the great Texas legend who played football for the University of Oklahoma? I believe his mentor was the OU legendary Bud Wilkinson. Not to mention, DKR is 100% Okie. As long as you know this, I’m good. God Bless our troops. ……………….. And for those of you whom are keeping count, BOOMER!

by EnragedOUfan on Dec 31, 2008 4:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The only schools that would do well with only in state recruits would be: Texas, USC, and Florida! Oklahoma would be outside the top 10. Oklahoma is a lot like Mexico, where would they be without the U.S. next door! Oklahoma isn’t shit without Texas next door

by kcmorse on Dec 27, 2008 12:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, and Pennsylvania would also provide tOSU and PSU with some solid teams.

by burntorangehorn on Dec 27, 2008 4:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Something Isn't Right

OU, not Texas was the home team this season and served as the host school for Jamarkus during the weekend. Texas players and coaches returned to Austin together. Jamarkus was chaparoned by OU players (as well as his mother) for the weekend.

Mr. Evans story didn’t appear in the the pages of the New York Times. It appeared on some blog of hacks that is loosely affiliated with the Times, which doesn’t seem to have to adhere to the regular journalistic standards of fairness and accuracy.

by mikeejoe on Dec 27, 2008 2:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

True. I hate seeing people rail against the Times when it’s not justified, and although this was a garbage article, at least the Times didn’t print it. It’s a garbage article that only made an appearance on the internets. The Times is still the newspaper of record and standard in the USA, but no paper is perfect.

by burntorangehorn on Dec 27, 2008 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, they did ...

The article was in the print edition for NY

by HalfmileHorn on Dec 31, 2008 1:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, this has been covered in another thread.

Anyway, it didn’t appear in my copy of the NYT I received here in the DC suburbs. Must be that I’m not reading the NY edition.

by burntorangehorn on Dec 31, 2008 1:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

A version of this article appeared in print on December 26, 2008, on page B7 of the New York edition.

The link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/sports/ncaafootball/26recruit.html?scp=2&sq=McFarland&st=cse

The note on the print edition appears at the bottom of the article.

by HalfmileHorn on Dec 31, 2008 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess I'm one of the few

that doesn’t care too much that we’ll bring in these high profile 5 stars. I couldn’t care less about the athletes that have a bigger ego than what their talent and skill can even come close to matching. Guys that wait until those high school all star games and play games with ball caps of the potential schools. Wear one hat proudly only to snicker and throw it away before putting on another It’s retarded. As Mack has said I want guys on the Texas roster that want to be there and not guys that think they’re doing the school a favor by gracing them with their presence.

Colt was a three star coming out of high school. I think he’s done pretty damn well in his three years at UT. It would have been nice if we got McFarland but I’m not gonna lose sleep over it.

by seth78 on Dec 30, 2008 4:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I really do think it’s a stupid little ego trip that I have no desire to see, even if a guy ends up at Texas. However, McFarland didn’t do any of those stupid little stunts. He’s a good kid, even if he did “spice up” a paper.

by burntorangehorn on Dec 31, 2008 12:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs