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  2. We're not alone in this regard. In any country - at least when the choice is binary - a baseline of 30-40 percent in any election is right to far-right. Marine LePen's freaking Vichy dad got 35% in French national elections and he ran to the right of her. The far-right Chega party in Portugal took a third of the vote in last year's elections, and this is a country that still remembers and celebrates the end of the clerico-fascist Salazar dictatorship 50 years ago. Some of those people, probably 20-25% of any electorate, are unreachable and I don't care about them. For now I care about reaching those who can be reached; we can go back to squabbling with them later so long as our common baseline is that fascism is right out in this country. Twenty years ago I'd have heartily disagreed with a lot of you on a lot of topics (family, friends, community here are all liberal/progressive historically) but would have happily done so over a beer or three. It would be good to get back to that with some of these folks.
  3. Did Oregon hire a new OC yet? Moore as a tough decision considering how bad he looked against Indiana in the semis. I bet he goes because this might be the worst QB draft in a while in the NFL. I really don't understand the desire to draft shitty QBs, I get that it's the most important position in the league, but it shouldn't be at the expense of having shitty candidates available.
  4. Thought it was this guy
  5. Thatguy replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
    Look guys. I get it. Y'all are all excited about the skill players. We all are. I just want to remind you that we had a great season in 2024. Made it to the SECCG in year 1 and to the semis in the CFP. That said, we rushed for 29 yards and lost to Georgia at home. We rushed for 31 yards and lost to Georgia in the SECCG. We rushed for 58 yards and lost to Ohio State in the semis, with the game ending when one of our linemen, notorious for whiffing on pass protection, whiffed on pass protection causing a strip sack for a TD. Michigan had just rushed for 172 yards on Ohio State. Had we been able to do that, we win that game. We only rushed for 53 on Arizona State but Quinn saved us with 322 and 3 TDs. A quality offensive line is a must to win a championship. You cannot 1 dimensional your way to a title. You saw that this year as our O-line caused 2 of our 3 losses.
  6. Yeah... which guy would you rather play for? Marcel Reed who didn't break 250 yards passing in 5 of his last six games, 10 TDs vs 8 INTs, a declining QBR in every game, and barely 250 yards of total offense Or Arch Manning vs better competition throwing for over 250 yards in 4 of his last 6 including 4 ranked opponents, 14TDs vs 2 INTs, and a QBR in the 90's in 4 of his last 6 games, and around 350 yards of total offense in 4 of 6 games.
  7. Agreed on Horton. They need a big WR that can go up and get it on Reed’s wounded duck passes. Should continue the aggy WR tradition of excelling at catching bad passes. That said, Coleman probably has a Mike Evans like season at aggy. Very happy to deny them that. As always they’re more worried about quantity in the front 7 and OL. It’s largely worked out. Cassius Howell was a great find. Scooby played well for a guy they got off the trash heap. Reed-Adams was a damned good iOL they picked up from KU.
  8. Codaxx replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
    The fan dream of having maulers inside is dead. Sark and Flood are going to prioritize quick feet and pass pro over drive blocking. That does fit well with outside zone. 2024 OL is probably peak Flood. You are going to get Majors and Conner and like it. I am to the point that I wish Texas would cut the run game down and specialize in outside zone. Run a lot of OZ with QB boot with Arch. Minor in couple other runs (Counter/Duo), but dont run 10 concepts. Let's not do the camp and early season flirtation with gap schemes this year.
  9. why stop there? Sign Tate, Tucker, Fulmer....Trade for Benintendi, already have Happ
  10. I can't even type up a sarcastic reply without having to bang my head on my keyboard Reed scored 0 points in the playoffs Its like they are ignoring the last 2 games of the season even happened for both teams I also keep seeing people talk about Arch as if he didn't massively improve from Sam Houston -> Michigan, he ended the season trending way up and played lights out They are going to hate next year so much, and these dipshits are in for a real world shocker with Wiggins being promoted to OC and a substantially more difficult schedule with Reed at the helm . Their backup will be their favorite player by game 4
  11. Iran wants to do the same Rope-A-Dope that Putin does with Trump to delay any possible US military action.
  12. I know nothing about anything, I’m just throwing my ignorant thought nuggets out to the board. But I do think that Chechnya and China both see that Russia’s military and economy are degraded to the point that they can present no serious opposition to either. Here’s the thing about Russia: being the bully who will not honor any agreements, and who will happily kill civilians to obtain a return of the Russian empire - well - that does not endear you to people. Russia has no supporters beyond the rogue states who get a benefit from Russia. Chechnya obtaining full independence from Russia benefits Chechnya. Right now Russian support only benefits a dying warlord. China can claim Russian territory without the world being outraged. When you threaten to drop nukes on the rest of the world, they will hardly cry when China seizes some of your disputed land. And China can always agree to diminish the size of seized territory in exchange for continued Russian bargain basement petroleum. How else can Russia obtain funds as it tries to continue to exist? I don’t think Russia wants to engage in a nuclear war with the west and China. So in summary:
  13. G650 replied to Lurch's topic in Music
    Yes, this. It's also fairly genre dependent. Some pop, hip hop and EDM type stuff you tend to be more geared to streaming and Tik Tok etc, while punk, rock and metal favor live gigging with Bandcamp. Then there is a bunch of esoteric shit which essentially has no market at all. With original rock bands, which is pretty much all of my experience, it's honestly not so different than it has ever been. Play gigs, at which you sell records of various media and promote. The biggest difference is probably driving traffic to Bandcamp. Physical media is definitely making a comeback with the kids though. Tapes, CD's and vinyl sell. Getting people on your email list is critical, those are the engaged fans. Social media followers are almost worthless. My general goal is recouping all the recording costs and getting free beer.
  14. The principal is your pal.
  15. Poor Alabraska... alGoodman: The day Alabama football became an underdogThe running back that Alabama wanted chose Texas. The receiver that Alabama wanted went to Texas, too. What's next? Goodman: The day Alabama football became an underdog Updated: Jan. 12, 2026, 6:43 a.m.|Published: Jan. 12, 2026, 6:08 a.m. By Joseph Goodman | jgoodman@al.com This is an opinion column. It’s tough to see the Crimson Tide take it to the teeth again and again and again. First it was the pummeling at the Rose Bowl and now Texas is taking its turn rearranging Alabama’s battered face. The image of Alabama football might never be the same again. Alabama forgot how to run the ball last season. It was embarrassing to watch. The Tide’s top running back rushed for 13 yards on five carries in the 38-3 loss to Indiana. Quarterback Ty Simpson had the longest run for an Alabama back, but he broke a rib and fumbled the football on the play. Not good. Sad stuff. The problems with Alabama’s running game were all going to change in the offseason, though. Coach Kalen DeBoer had big plans. He was going to bring in a transfer running back and reignite the flame. Yeah, about that … Alabama was set to sign a new running back last week. Hollywood Smothers (great name) was planning to leave N.C. State for Alabama. That Alabama didn’t already have five running backs better than a guy at N.C. State would make Nick Saban toss his Oatmeal Creme Pies, but let’s focus on one new reality at a time. On Friday, Smothers flipped his commitment to Texas and coach Steve Sarkisian. Oof. But the hits didn’t stop there. Texas also landed former Auburn receiver Cam Coleman on Sunday despite a max-effort push by Alabama that included hiring Coleman’s receivers coach away from the Tigers. Is it just the money, or is the problem Alabama’s coaches and their broken offense, too? Either way, these are bitter days in Tuscaloosa. Don’t forget that Alabama also lost receiver Isaiah Horton to the transfer portal. On Sunday evening, news broke that Horton was headed to Texas A&M. A new week is here and so is a different perception of Alabama. The Crimson Tide is officially a college football underdog. Alabama can’t run the ball against Indiana, and it can’t outspend the schools in Texas. Is Alabama poor? Oh, wait. I know. If that’s the case, then no doubt future football governor Tommy Tuberville will know how to fix it. Until then, Alabama football is looking more and more like Ole Miss every day. Is it enough for Alabama to simply limp into the playoffs these days? Maybe that’s the new measure of success. I’ll take 11 wins and a beat down by Indiana over missing the party altogether. How does Alabama football get off the ropes and punch back? I don’t have an answer for that, but the beatings continue. Alabama’s loss to Indiana in the College Football Playoff was the kind of thing that can reshape college football history, but losing all of Alabama’s players to Texas year after year is worse. First it was receiver Isaiah Bond after the Iron Bowl. Bond was the hero of the 2023 Iron Bowl. He’s the player who caught the pass from Jalen Milroe in the back of the end zone. Bond was going to be an Alabama legend forever. Then he made a “business decision” to leave Alabama for Austin. We thought it couldn’t get any worse, but that was just the beginning of Alabama’s losses to Texas. Coleman and Smothers would rather play with Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning, and I can’t really blame them. Who’s going to be Alabama’s quarterback next season? No one knows. It’s either forever backup Austin Mack, or unproven underclassman Keelon Russell. I was hoping the Tide could maybe lure former Arizona State triggerman Sam Leavitt out of the transfer portal, but that was a pipe dream. Leavitt, the top-rated quarterback in the portal, is expected to choose between Miami and Tennessee. Some readers thought I was crazy on Saturday when I wrote that Auburn is better positioned for the future than Alabama. Then Sunday happened. Will Alabama ever win another national championship? Seems ridiculous to even ask the question, but things come and go. Remember when Yale and Princeton ruled college football? Then it was Notre Dame and Michigan for a time. What about Alabama? Yeah, the Crimson Tide had a good run, too, but that was before money changed everything. The running back that Alabama wanted chose Texas. The receiver that Alabama wanted went to Texas, too. Horton, a returning starter at receiver, is off to Texas A&M. Who’s going to be on Alabama’s offensive line next season? No one knows that either. Everyone left. Right tackle Wilkin Formby would have been a returning starter, but then he went to … you guessed it … Texas A&M. Alabama’s offensive line was pretty bad last season, but can it get even worse? When you’re an underdog like Alabama, it’s best to keep the salaries low and expectations even lower.
  16. I’m sure transferring is a factor in an evaluation, especially multiple transfers. But having an extra year of tape on a guy who is playing, vs sitting on the bench, is going to have a much stronger impact on his draft potential, unless the transfers also uncover attitude issues. More than 2 transfers would also be a significant red flag.
  17. Not to be overly critical of anyone’s message board brainstorming a particularly perplexing issue (I appreciate the thought and respect the boldness), but I want to be on the call when Steve Sarkisian calls up Jeff Traylor and G.J. Kinne and offers his coaching expertise in exchange for their most promising players. Those guys (and others in the profession) think they know just as much about football as he does, as they may be right. I think trying to recreate the Odessa Permian-style model of feeder schools running your schemes in college will be a bridge too far.
  18. I had the same thought, but when I played it out I think it's more of a "road not taken" that isn't available any longer due to a number of factors (logistics, lack of regulations, competing entities, etc.). If you want to see that you have to be able to restrict labor movement and the only restrictions on the table are those that require the players to be students and conform to the school calendar.
  19. Dudes. They are heading to Washington DC. Where they will be met by a phalanx of ICE storm troopers who will beat the fuck out of them and deport them.
  20. Yeah, I mean it will never be as simple as baseball where the big league club is in full control of the "call up" process, but as this all continues to develop, from the agents to the contracts to the expectations of the players, I do think there will definitely be value in partnerships with the lower levels. The situation may never change for the unquestioned breakout stars, but I do think there would definitely be some benefit for the potential fringe guys to have a streamlined potential path to the big show. (The obvious potential downside would be honing in on these guys as potential replacements instead of conducting national searches every year. But I think the JMU-Indiana story will really make people rethink the model and highlights the value in solid evaluations and extended time in a similar system.)
  21. wildcat09 replied to Neonmoon's topic in Cloak Room
    No, for Ackman this is better:
  22. There have to be a couple of decent IOL guys out there. Places like Northwestern, Boston College, Big 12, and Virginia must have someone with potential we could entice who would feel comfortable at a real school.
  23. Just as long as it's not me who kills them, and I've already almost been that guy twice.
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