Aranda, Bears happy to be cashing out in recent recruiting wars https://t.co/naODriu4NT

— WacoTrib Sports Dept (@WacoTribSports) July 22, 2024

Cashing out well before we win our only game this fall? How pretentious!

Need to cash out on the big uglies. Can have all the shiny toys we want. Won't matter a bit if we continue to field garbage lineman

Areas we seem to have cashed (in) that I feel will be noticeable improvements: QB, WR, CB, DT

Areas we do not seem to have gotten appreciably better or worse: RB, LB, S, K/P

Areas I'm genuinely concerned about: OL, TE, DE

We won't know about the incoming HS guys for several years, if they survive whatever nuclear winter might befall us if Aranda bombs this year. But at least for the immediate impact guys and what we'll likely have available in 2024, we are as much of a wild card as anyone in the Big 12.

From our offensive scheme and playcaller to our defensive scheme and playcaller, we basically have nothing on tape for opponents. We also have enough question marks in big places to not have any idea ourselves. With Danneker out, the o-line may well be a train wreck again in '24, in which case Finn might as well be a traffic cone.