I am NOT a Wilner fan by any stretch, but his assessment on Haase being retained at season's end is spot on. Clearly Haase and Muir are made for each other. Both are clueless, inept, and comfortable with mediocrity (or worse).

Read and watch that here.

My write up on that is here. I threw Benjamin Yurosek a bone and included him on the list.

It's January, so new month = new thread. (Sorry to steal your thread-creation thunder, @BenParker...)

And with the New Year comes the glorious return of the Twitter Roundup! Now officially defaulting to ‘23. Some changes with this edition:

• Since the last one was early in the summer and there’s a ton to go through, I’m ignoring the following (there are DOZENS per coach):
  • Most ‘22 recruits/parents/etc. unless uncommitted or possible PWOs
  • ‘23 offered targets - they are followed by most coaches by rule
  • “Low profile” recruits - some coaches commonly follow as a courtesy after visiting their HS (usually for a bigger fish)
  • Other Stanford-related follows, e.g. current players, other coaches, professors, training staff, etc.
  • Any other school's coaches or other recruiting-related accounts
• Now including Assistant Director of Recruiting Operations Ryan McGrady as a notable follow. Like Eubanks, when McGrady follows it’s usually significant. He only follows players followed by another coach, so he doesn’t warrant his own section.
• Now including soon-to-be-Big 12 members Cincinnati, UCF, BYU, and Houston as P5 offers when I remember to do so (will take time to get used to this).
• I will no longer list individual P5 offers for recruits with more than 5 or so, and just state the number instead.
• The roundup will be a couple long posts, as the post length limit is very generous and this eliminates my need to wait for 10 iterations of 15+ seconds between posting each coach individually.

Also, based on data points from recent cycles, the first wave of '24 target follows (specifically by Eubanks) and subsequent offers should begin over the next couple months.

Without further ado...

Shaw​

As expected, it’s the rest of our ‘22 targets, most of our ‘23 targets, and son Carter.

Eubanks​

• Every current ‘23 target, as expected
• ‘24 Westlake Village (Oaks Christian), CA WR Chase Farrell (offers from Arizona, UW, Wazzu) - Eubanks and Heff following. Bryce’s brother and the fastest 100m freshman in the country. Wow.
• Garland (Lakeview Centennial), TX DE/OLB Trey Wilson (13 P5 offers) - Eubanks, Anderson, Reynolds, Kennedy, Gould following. Feels like an offer is imminent here.
• Highland (Lone Peak), UT WR Crew McChesney (offer from Nevada) - Eubanks and McGrady following
• Pittsburg, CA QB Jaden Rashada (whale) - Eubanks, McGrady, Pritchard, Gould following. We know about him.
• Tampa (Carrollwood Day), FL OL Clay Wedin (18 P5 offers) - Eubanks and Heff following. Reports a 3.8 GPA.
• Paris (Henry County), TN OL Luke Brown (17 P5 offers) - Eubanks and Heff following. I believe Heff visited his school.
• Washington (Gonzaga), DC DL Isaiah Neal (9 P5 offers) - Eubanks, Reynolds, Heff following. Reports a 4.0 GPA, but looks like no honors or AP classes.
• Thomaston (Upson-Lee), GA DL TJ Searcy (offers from FSU, UGA, SCAR) - Eubanks, Anderson, Reynolds, Sanders following. Reports a 3.9 GPA. Interesting for those 3 to be his only P5 offers.
• Tacoma (Lincoln), WA DL Jayden Wayne (mega-whale) - Eubanks, Anderson, Reynolds, Pritchard following. Reports a 3.5 GPA. Pritchard visited his school.
• East Liverpool, OH OL Mason Ludwig (offers from Iowa State and Kentucky) - Eubanks, Heff, Sanders following. Reports a 3.8 GPA.
• Possible ‘22 PWO QB Charlie Mirer (SoCal)
• Possible ‘22 PWO OLB Sam Ross (NorCal, 3 G5 offers)
• St. Louis (Martin Luther King), MO QB Dante Moore (mega-whale)
• La Puente (Bishop Amat), CA DL Tiumalu Afalava (offers from FSU, UGA, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Ole Miss) - Eubanks and Reynolds following. Reports a 4.0 GPA. I believe Reynolds visited his HS recently.
• St. Louis (Christian Brothers), MO RB Jeremiyah Love (offers from BC, Iowa St, Kansas, Kentucky, Mizzou, Vandy) - Eubanks, Gould, Turner following. Reports a 4.0 GPA and a blazing 100m PR of 10.76.
• Lubbock (Frenship), TX OL Isaiah Kema (offers from Illinois, Texas Tech, UVA) - Eubanks, McGrady, Heff following. Reports a 4.0 GPA and is a standout wrestler.
• Possible ‘22 PWO QB Matt MacLeod (Menlo-Atherton)
• Frisco (Wakeland), TX OL Connor Stroh (offers from Baylor, FSU, Indiana, Texas) - Eubanks, McGrady, Heff following. Reports a 3.7 GPA and is a whopping 6’7” 345. Holy crap.
• Orange Park, FL OL Roderick Kearney (20 P5 offers) - Eubanks and Heff following. Reports a 3.5 GPA.
• Herriman (Mountain Ridge), UT ILB Cade Uluave (offer from Utah St) - Eubanks, McGrady, Sanders following. Reports a 3.5 GPA.
• A bunch of schools’ Directors of Player Personnel
• Seattle (Rainier Beach), WA CB Caleb Presley (whale) - Eubanks, Akina, Pritchard following. Pritchard visited his school.
• Dallas (South Oak Cliff), TX DB Jayvon Thomas (18 P5 offers) - Eubanks and Akina following. Same HS as Jimmy Wyrick.
• Possible ‘22 PWO QB Nathan Brown (Detroit)
• QB target Jackson Arnold’s dad
• Inglewood, CA S Makhi Connor (offers from ASU, Cal, Ole Miss, Pitt, USC) - Eubanks and Akina following. Reports a 3.6 GPA.
• Bellflower (St. John Bosco), CA CB Jshawn Frausto-Ramos (14 P5 offers) - Eubanks and Akina following
• Federal Way, WA CB Andre Piper-Jordan (offers from Oregon St and VT) - Eubanks and Akina following. Reports a 3.4 GPA.
• West Chester (Lakota West), OH DB Malik Hartford (10 P5 offers) - Eubanks and Akina following. Reports a 4.2 GPA.
• Nashville (Father Ryan), TN DL Drake Carlson (offers from Tennessee, Vandy, UVA, VT, WVU)
• Mount Juliet, TN OL Ayden Bussell (offers from Kentucky, Tennessee, Vandy, Mississippi St, VT) - Eubanks and Heff following. Reports a 3.7 GPA.
• Watertown (Taft), CT OT Charlie Symonds (offers from BC, Maryland, Michigan St, NC St, Vandy, UVA) - Eubanks, Heff, Sanders following. Jay Symonds’ younger brother.
• Atlanta (Woodward Academy), GA DL AJ Hoffler (a million P5 offers) - Eubanks, Anderson, Reynolds following. Same HS as Jordan Watkins.
• Tuscaloosa (Northridge), AL OL Wilkin Formby (10 P5 offers) - Eubanks and Heff following
• Callaway, GA DL Sam Williams (offers from Colorado and GT) - Anderson and Reynolds following. Reports a 3.85 GPA.

Pritchard​

• AHC/Recruiting Coordinator at Allen HS (TX), home to mega-whale DL target David Hicks
• Lake Stevens, WA RB Jayden Limar (12 P5 offers) - McGrady, Pritchard, Gould following. Reports a 3.6 GPA and a 4.46 40.
• LB target Siale Esera’s mom
• OL target Heath Ozaeta’s mom
• QB target Dylan Lonergan’s dad and HC
• Aforementioned DB Caleb Presley
• Bellevue, WA CB Ishaan Daniels (offer from Arizona)
• ‘24 Lake Oswego (Lakeridge), OR WR Joey Olsen (offers from ASU, Louisville, Oregon St, Penn St) and his HC. He’s 6’5”. Same hometown as Casey Filkins.
• Orange (El Modena), CA OL Elishah Jackett (offers from ASU and USC). Reports a 3.7 GPA.
• ‘24 Anaheim (Servite), CA ATH Emmett Mosley (future whale)
• Hendersonville (Pope John Paul II), TN QB Kenny Minchey (offers from Michigan St, Vandy, Tennessee, UVA, VT, WVU)
• Lilburn (Parkview), GA QB Colin Houck (offers from Arkansas, GT, Pitt, Vandy). Reports a 4.1 GPA.
• Dripping Springs, TX QB Austin Novosad (Baylor commit)
• Seffner (Armwood), FL QB Murdolph Jones (2 G5 offers). Reports a 4.6 GPA. Great name.
• QB target Jackson Arnold’s dad, OC/QB coach, and school recruiting coordinator
• Aforementioned mega-whale DL Jayden Wayne’s HC

Gould​

• Montgomery (Montgomery Catholic Prep), AL RB Jeremiah Cobb (10 P5 offers)
• ‘24 Orlando (Lake Highland Prep), FL RB Romelo Ware (offers from FAU and Brown). Reports a 3.8 GPA and good freshman sprint times: 11.31/22.59.
• College Station, TX RB Marquise Collins (offers from Baylor, Kansas, Texas Tech, Utah, Vandy). Reports a 3.4 GPA.
• Aforementioned RB Jayden Limar
• ‘24 Sneads, FL RB Jason Patterson (offer from GT)
• Roswell. GA LB/RB Jayven Hall (offers from Syracuse and UCF) - Gould and ILB GA McDonald following. Reports a 3.6 GPA and had a mind-boggling 153 tackles and 19 TFLs this past season against good competition.
• Aforementioned RB Jeremiyah Love
• Round Rock (Stony Point), TX RB Cameron Cook (offers from Cincy, Kansas, Ole Miss, USC, Utah, Vandy) - McGrady, Gould, Kennedy following
• Pasadena (Cathedral), CA DL Ashton Sanders (offers from ASU, Cal, Colorado, ND, Utah, UW) - Gould and Reynolds following
• Nashville (Franklin Road Academy), TN OL Joe Crocker (11 P5 offers) - Heff and Gould following
• El Paso (Canutillo), TX RB LJ Martin (offers from Baylor, Kansas St, Texas Tech). Reports a very specific 99.5385 GPA, which if out of 100 is impressive. Bet he regrets that one A- in one quarter, huh?
• Greenbrier, TN OLB Nathan Robinson (offers from Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vandy, VT, WVU) - Anderson and Gould following. Reports a 3.9 GPA.
• Houston (Kinkaid), TX CB Micah Bell (15 P5 offers)
• Denton (Ryan), TX RB Kalib Hicks (offers from Baylor, Colorado, Mizzou, TCU, Wazzu, Wisconsin)
• Mineola, TX RB Dawson Pendergrass (offers from Arkansas, Baylor, Texas Tech)
• Oxford, MS LB Alex Sanford (offer from Ole Miss)
• New Caney, TX RB Kedrick Reescano (offers from Michigan St, Houston, Kansas, Oklahoma St, Syracuse, TCU). Reports a 3.0 core GPA.
• Douglasville (South Paulding), GA RB Jamarion Wilcox (offers from Purdue and Vandy)
• Las Vegas (Bishop Gorman), NV LB/RB Will Stallings Jr (offers from Colorado and Pitt). Reports a 4.0 GPA.
• Fairfax, VA LB/RB Tony Rojas (7 P5 offers). Reports a 3.3 GPA.
• Villa Rica, GA LB/RB TJ Harvison (offer from Kentucky). Reports a 4.0 GPA.

When I first heard about the Florida State lawsuit to challenge its Grant of Rights to the ACC, I rolled my eyes a bit. But then today I heard Rod Gilmore talk on KNBR and he made it sound a lot more significant than I had assumed both in terms of its validity and possible cascading impact.

Basically, if FSU somehow manages to win its case, every school in the country will have their GOR invalidated and every school in the country would be a free agent with absolutely no loyalty to any conference. The fact Rod Gilmore would bring this up as a possibility gives a lot more credence to the idea FSU could win. I mean I thought a contract was a contract, but he's suggesting there is more to it than just that. So now this becomes a possible college sports Earthquake and Tsunami that would make any recent upheaval pale in comparison.

Don't know when the lawsuit is scheduled or what legal arguments FSU or the ACC will use, but if I'm the ACC I'd settle this thing before a judge throws all of college sports into total chaos.

Nunu younger, but played with Bueckers in HS

I think most of you are already aware of these games as they were previously posted on the board and all. But I finally squeezed in my write ups on the upcoming home and home series with Fresno State and also the additional games added to the Bill Walsh Legacy game with San Jose State. If for some reason you missed those threads or had forgotten, here is your bonus reminder! Both write ups are below.

Guessing no one will expect this question.

What's going on with our finances? Are you comfortable or concerned?

Or maybe are you just angry that none of the teams of our peers are required to break even?

Other than about 2 minutes of Cal peeing down its leg in the Independence Bowl, I haven't watched a single Bowl game. So I looked at the schedule and that didn't move me either. I'll probably find myself watching the CFP semi-final games, but the other games do nothing for me. Got me wondering if I'm the only one who just can't find any interest in watching these exhibition games.

Sorry, I tried to edit the order and put the same answer selection twice. The Second "If Stanford is playing" was suppose to be "If I flip on to one I'll watch, but not appointment viewing"

The "T" was got stuck there when I was testing edit function

Again, sorry the edit function isn't working for me to fix....

Just came out. Excellent movie.
Despite some degree of hyperbole and considerable time condensing taken with needed artistic license.
You don't go from a neophyte sitting first time in the 'barge' to an Olympic Gold medal in one year.

But great action shots. Methinks practice & racing scenes filmed elsewhere on location, not the actual real venues including what looked like a faked UDub Montlake cut). And at already 2 and 1/4 hours long, If they had stuck true to the book likely would have likely taken 5+ hours to show/develop true character history.

That all said, still a great movie. Racing & practice action quite authentic. Highly recommended.

Scores big again. MVPhttps://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1737858863666262263?t=_qJYeIO-VnX8gZlbOKvNiQ&s=19

Signing Day is tomorrow, so I'm getting a jump on creating this thread now. Troy Taylor will have a presser on Wednesday at Noon to break it all down. As signings get announced by the team, I'll add them in here. LIVE. So, I'll be waking up early on Wednesday. Part of why I'm creating this thread now is so that you guys can drop any questions you want me to ask Taylor. So if there's anything you want me to ask him, fire away. I'll do my best to ask as many of your questions as time permits.

In case you missed it over the holidays:

Read that here.

Read that here. Courtesy of my friend Marisa Ingemi.

Surprised there is no discussion on the article in the Athletic on USC’s season.

Reminded me of Mandel’s article on Stanford a year ago. Would not be surprised if USC looks at Jimbo’s buyout and says hold my beer.

Best wishes to all my old Farm Report pals - and my even older pals from TOS. 2024 has got to be a better year, eh?

The only thing I asked Santa for this year was a winning football team. Let's see if he delivers.

Adam Gorney has Stanford as one of the winners.

I’m wondering what the process is for someone wanting to transfer in via the portal.

We know that the application is a requirement for HS students, and doing the app well and completely is time-consuming.

In a world where transfer decisions seem to get made in a matter of days, how is Stanford handling this…assuming we actually have candidates?

Read and watch that here.

Actually FLU led most of the 2nd half, then AZ catches-up, numerous rinse & repeats. But AZ never in control. But AZ caught the cycle at the top and they tied it up to get into OT. Then again, to force a 2nd OT. In which they wound up missing a 3 and losing by 1. AZ's D not so great, and tho bigger than FLU, were unable to really take over/dominate inside the paint, Thought Fla Atlantic was quicker, and skilled. They're either a lot better than their #14, or Ariz not worthy of their #4 ranking. Or some of both.

Read that here.

as reported by Wilner in Seattle Times:

Read that here.

Read that here. No Spencer Jones in this one.