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  1. The deal is done. It's been done since back around Thanksgiving. Part of the deal is that Urban gets an Assistant AD for Football, to insulate him and be a go-between with the AD. Urban is in charge, including the timing and situation of the Announcement. It is coming, and it will be everything we hoped for. We can speculate why Urban is doing it this way, and what are the elements driving the timing, but it won't do any good, other than giving us all our pleasures of social intercourse.
    29 points
  2. "I named my penis after George Clooney, true story." So it is called "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?
    21 points
  3. FIFY Also, continued lol at people bitching about Kelly as a candidate. One thing this protracted search has revealed is how fucking ignorant many posters are on this board regarding CFB itself. Holy shit.
    19 points
  4. But I thought you said Herman’s offenses are at their best with a Black QB. You know, like the time you called for a true fr Thompson to start over Sam.
    19 points
  5. 800th win in program history:
    18 points
  6. Oh. My. Fucking. God. We did it. We finally fucking did it. I mean, it was only a matter of time with so many of these goddamned lawyers coming from Dallas. But we finally reached one degree of separation between me and one of these frivolous Trump lawsuits. Lewis Sessions and I used to work at the same firm. And I'm almost certain that there's a lawsuit out there that has both our names on the signature block. How proud I am. By the way--fun fact: Lewis Sessions is the reason that lawyers at that firm are not allowed to have couches in their offices.
    17 points
  7. Calling it now. Urban to Texas and this thread hits 5k pages in an undetermined amount of time beyond that. I feel it in my plums.
    16 points
  8. @workswithseed @Armybrat I don't know of any national count of state and local politicians who have contracted the virus, but one can be found for our representatives and senators if y'all are going to try to make the unbelievable case that the Ds are just as bad as the Rs when it comes to taking precautions. https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/833692377/how-the-coronavirus-has-affected-individual-members-of-congress Since this thing began in March, 26 GOP House Representatives have had it; 12 Democratic ones have. Since the fall wave began at the beginning of October, 17 GOP have had it and only 6 Dems. In the Senate, 8 GOP Senators have had it (6 since the beginning of October); 0 Dems have ever had it. Then, there's the King of the Dipshits himself: Donald Fucking Trump. Now, think of all the unnamed/unknown staffers who were exposed because of their recklessness. But, we can get an idea of some those in Trump's orbit from a couple of his super-spreader events. October Outbreak A coronavirus outbreak centered at the White House has exploded in the weeks since President Trump said he tested positive on October 2. At least three dozen people so far are known to have contracted the virus, but the true number is unknown absent a running update from the White House. Instead, reporters have tapped sources and otherwise relied on the infected to come forward in order to gain a fuller portrait of the disaster. The outbreak has grown so vast that it has apparently infected everyone from unnamed federal employees to senior Pentagon leaders. Here is a running tally of those known to be infected. First Lady Melania Trump Barron Trump Trish Scalia, the Labor secretary’s wife Four White House staff members Four White House reporters White House security official Crede Bailey USMC General Gary Thomas Senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller Two of the president’s military aides USCG Admiral Charles Ray Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Pastor Greg Laurie At least two White House communication aides Senior presidential adviser Hope Hicks One member of military working in White House Two members of housekeeping staff White House aide Nick Luna Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Kellyanne Conway Trump adviser Chris Christie Senator Mike Lee Senator Thom Tillis Senator Ron Johnson Notre Dame president Father John Jenkins November Outbreak Weeks after President Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19, another cluster of cases was tied to his administration. This outbreak may have been at least partly connected to the Trump campaign’s Election Night watch party, a gathering of more than 100 people where safety precautions like social distancing and mask wearing were few and far between. In mid-November several people connected to the White House tested positive — although, as during the previous outbreak, the Trump administration refused to provide updates on affected staff. Here is a running tally of people in Trump’s orbit who have contracted the virus in recent weeks. Rudy Giuliani White House reporter 130+ Secret Service Officers Jeff Miller Corey Lewandowski RNC Chief of Staff Richard Walters Former campaign aide Healy Baumgardner White House political director Brian Jack Mark Meadows Ben Carson David Bossie I point out the fall wave in particular because, by then, they were back out campaigning but should've known what precautions to take. Sometimes, it's inevitable that you might get exposed in public. But more often than not, you're not being precautious. But, yeah, let's continue to make a stink about how a few high-profile Democrats were hypocrites to deflect from the MASSIVE amount of willful ignorance that's been on full display by GOP politicians since all this shit began.
    16 points
  9. Why is it a cesspool? You made a statement about how D/R politicians are similar, but when challenged you agree that some of the antics by the R’s was poor form. Were you expecting the centrists and leftists on here to then offer up an exchange and admit we have problems? We do. If that makes you feel better. But back to your statement earlier about protestors and rioters. Several rioters were found to be right wing nut jobs, as were the counter protestors. And think about what the message was; we need police reform and we need to let America and the world know that black lives are no less valuable. Something I believe you believe (pardon my shitty syntax). So one group went out there, in a pandemic, to protest the murder of people by law enforcement, and they risked their lives to save lives. The other group went out there to cause mayhem during a pandemic. Most of us are willing to agree that many politicians are terrible. Where we differ is on how we support shitty politicians. R’s revel in their horrible behavior and wear it like a badge of honor. D’s take down their own. Trump dismantled the pandemic team on the ground that could have helped early on. Hillary would have never done that. Hillary would have never called it a hoax. She knew how government operated and all evidence is there that she could have distributed supplies/aid coherently rather than it become 50 states, some islands, and a Federal government competition for resources. Let’s not even get into the discussion of the secret police and mail fraud committed by the leadership. I think maybe you call it a cesspool because you simply cannot admit to anyone that your team has fumble fucked this whole situation and that you cannot defend it, so you would rather take your ball and go home.
    15 points
  10. Imagine looking at Texas football for the past decade and thinking we're too good for a guy who finished top 10 six out of the last seven years and top 3 three out of the last four and actually thinking "nope not our standard" This has to be "Urban or nobody" tantrum throwing because it's so absurd it reads like parody. I've been a Campbell guy because I think he's the best available but if Kelly picks up the phone you write him a blank check and start figuring out how we fairly allocate CFP tickets to fans in 2023 and beyond. I don't think some of you understand how difficult it is to build an athletic football team with ND's academic requirements. The teams he'd build here would run circles around his ND squads.
    14 points
  11. Huge respect to Watt for this speech, and so much more. As a neutral fan he seems to be a complete and total badass on and off the field, and is one of the easiest guys to root for in league history. Big respect to JJ for this.
    13 points
  12. You should try reading the Mueller report.
    13 points
  13. Yeah I was listening to an interview with an expert on propaganda and he told a story about an American shrink who got to pick Herman Goering's brain on the subject. Not sure if was before the war or after, when Goering was in the dock at Nuremberg...Anyway, this shrink was under order from our government to find out how ze Germans went from virtually no army to a millions-strong death machine in just a few short years, and this coming only a couple of decades after that country had suffered far more than we have ever suffered, and also lost that war in which millions died or were maimed or who came back permanently staring into space. Our military wanted to know, because it was hard to persuade the American public to enter the world wars and send our boys off to die in places like Peleliu and bombed out French pastures. Goering said it was easy. You just had to put literal mortal fear in the minds of your target audience. And any government worth its salt could find some minor or even virtually nonexistent threat and convert it into the cause of white-knuckle terror. The Nazis, for example, had their public on edge at the idea of the threat of a Polish invasion (and even created a fake one to use as a flimsy excuse for invading Poland). The shrink cut him off and said something like "That would never work in America. We are a democratic republic" and fat old Herman laughed and said "It doesn't matter. You could be as Red as the Soviets, or have a monarchy, or a government like yours. Just find someway to terrify them, make it a life or death sort of deal. They will come around." And so it seems we listened. We launched right into a Red Scare that lasted for 50 years and then just rolled that right into a perpetual Global War on Terror, a war that can never be won, because the enemy perpetually changes shape. Shit, it's a war on an abstraction to some degree. "Terrorism" is not a country, nor even an idea: it's just a means of fighting. And now we have a citizenry whipping themselves up into frenzies of mortal terror all by themselvs.
    12 points
  14. Wulaw, I'd be curious to see your source for that $5 trillion cost. I'll acknowledge that I'm just about the last person who should be doing math (I'm probably only better than conservative economists at math, which is an incredibly low bar), but the median wage in 2019 was about $40,000 per year, and there are approximately 157 million workers in America (not including undocumented immigrants). So even if we'd done full wage replacement for two months, that would come out to about $1.047 trillion. Sure that's just one of the costs, but I've got to think it's a pretty damned big part, so I'm curious to know where the other ~$4 trillion would come from. We're still in the middle of the worst of it so we won't know the true economic toll the path we took will have for some time, but I'd be willing to wager a decent sum of money that it actually will be upwards of $5 trillion. It could end up being quite a bit more too, as the hits to state and local budgets, and the consequences of that for things like school funding, will reverberate for years. And of course, there's the 350,000-400,000 people so far who have died alone and in agony, most of whom could have been saved if America didn't actually suck about as much as idiot conservatives think it's great. Meanwhile, America's billionaires have seen their collectively worth grow by $1 trillion since March. Covid wasn't an act of god. It wasn't some freak occurrence against which we could do nothing. Yes, its origins are natural but it could've been eliminated or at the very least substantially mitigated. No, it wouldn't have been easy, and yes other countries have struggled to contain it, but dozens of countries with fewer resources than us have done a much better job. America chose not to do more. More specifically, Republican officials chose not to do more because they don't think the government should help people, America's elite encouraged that choice because they didn't want to be taxed to help people, and the Republican base deliberately spread the pandemic out of spite. This wasn't some freak occurrence that we resiliently weathered because we're America fuck yeah hoorah we're the greatest. This was a crime of historic proportions that was done to us by other Americans.
    12 points
  15. Some of the posts on this thread, and a LOT of the twitter comments, are exactly the reason why athletes almost never say anything heartfelt or honest. Because they get crucified for it, no matter what they say. Have passion? You're showboating. Talk honestly about business/money/the situation? Can't you just have some passion? Talk about your love of the game? Ah, you're just grandstanding. Talk about how the team sucks? Stop throwing your teammates under the bus. Talk about how you're winning? Stop bragging. It's literally a no-win situation. The only way to escape all this bullshit is to be as bland as possible, and never show any human emotion. JJ Watt was asked "how do you bounce back from this?" and he gave a heartfelt answer about his love of the game, and his acknowledgement that people pay to watch him play and that's why going back tomorrow and doing the work isn't hard. That's it. Watching that clip, you can tell that he's just speaking from the heart, and isn't trying to build a narrative, or comment on the state of the team, or call out a teammate. His pronouns in that answer are royal pronouns - "if YOU can't get excited, then you're in the wrong job" isn't a dig at anyone, it's rhetorical, he's just answering the damn question. It was a great answer, and Watt has consistently proven himself to be one of the good guys. Can't we just accept that on it's face?
    12 points
  16. My hope is that after Trump is gone I won't need to visit the Cloak Room any longer.
    12 points
  17. But that only works if we also supplement non essential incomes, which we didn't do. Not nationally, not regionally, not locally. We were not prepared for this and our response was criminal, putting it lightly.
    11 points
  18. Y'all remember when you were in 2nd grade, and the teacher had you trade papers to grade them, and she says "The answer to #2 is 'Blue'" and that kid in the last row raised his hand and said "What if they put 'Green'"? Yeah, that kid is now a lawyer for Donald Trump.
    11 points
  19. It’s time to just fucking stop with anything health concern related in regards to Urban Meyer. If he was truly worried about his health he would have stopped all of these rumors and stories about his future a long time ago and just flat out said publicly that he enjoyed coaching but that his coaching days are over and he will just enjoy his time on the TV set. Now that there is news of him kicking the tires on the NFL to go along with the Texas rumors, I think it is blatantly obvious that he is going to coach again and the health concerns are completely gone.
    11 points
  20. Trump 2021: Fuck Around and Find Out
    11 points
  21. Only if Herman is on the sidelines for us next year... until then
    10 points
  22. The entire GOP including the President has spent the last 9 months pushing anti-science, conspiracy theories, and telling people the virus is a hoax no worse than the flu. It's three Democratic mayors' fault that we have the worst Covid deaths per capita in the first world.
    10 points
  23. When are the Brockermeyers committing?
    10 points
  24. My plums are famous! #52
    10 points
  25. Imagine deciding to blow yourself up in an attack against a telecommunications company because you think they’re evil and the company you target not being Comcast. That’s the clearest sign yet that he was crazy.
    10 points
  26. Brian Kelly has won 10 games in 5 out of the last 6 years and people here would be upset about this hire....please present a better realistic candidate outside of Urban. Needy bitches
    10 points
  27. Seriously, fuck you guys. I come to this thread for news, not for analysis on Obama’s drone strikes, Republicans/Trump endorsement Qanon/5G conspiracies, or the regular CR circle jerkers begging for some sort of manifesto so they can blame the other party. Take that fucking shit to the cesspool that is the CR and...
    10 points
  28. On an internal cc this morning with work. Big bosses start off with, “Hope y’all had a nice Holiday.” And then our Director of Operations goes, “So Nicole, what’s going on with y’all’s head coaching thing? Urban headed to NFL?” (He went to SMU so I guess he finds all this really interesting). I told him Urban is in the bag. It’s all smoke about him turning us down and going anywhere but UT. We took a bet I would get five appointments by Friday. Had to take it! If I lose I have to take a campaign no one wants next week. BTE!!!!!! Urban or Bust!
    10 points
  29. My wife and I are on our way to a beach vacation and at the gate I see a guy reading Surly on his phone while his wife deals with two unruly kids. And this is in Chicago. He must be dying to read the latest news about Urban Meyer.
    10 points
  30. trump death watch 2021.
    10 points
  31. Trump 21: eat shit and choke on it and die and go to hell fuckface
    10 points
  32. You want to blame large swaths of people across this country that's fine, but I protested all summer. Others here did the same thing. Every single protest I went to had masks being given out and anyone not wearing one was asked to leave. No questions asked. I have a lot of respect for the folks who went out to protest in the middle of a pandemic because of being treated like they aren't even a human being. You cannot fathom what that feels like anymore than I can because no one ever treated either of us like we did not even matter as a person. I listened to a whole lot of hurt and anger and sadness from so many people here in NYC and in DC on three separate trips. Good came out of those protests though and the beginning of people being the leaders of tomorrow will have started with what happened after the death of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor.
    9 points
  33. Nah, he was pretty open about it.
    9 points
  34. Certain Dem politicians have done real harm by flouting the rules they insist are necessary to save lives. Those actions pale in comparison to the "other side" ENCOURAGING people to: not wear masks, gather in groups without masks, and "rise up" against local govt regulations intended to depress the virus. But, because @workswithseedis a disingenuous troll, he's only outraged at democratic hypocrisy, not the GOP's intentional plan to spread the virus.
    9 points
  35. I’ll play. We’re on 200 acres, low fence in Lampasas county. Our place was the original Storm ranch (as in Storm’s hamburgers in burnet and lampasas). It was in serious disrepair when my folks bought it 6 years ago. My dad got with the county Ag extension office and we’ve been under contract to remove cedars and reveg with Klein grass the last few years on about 100 acres. The Extension money barely pays for the diesel and some equipment maintenance but it’s something. We’ve taken down over 10,000 cedars easily. We’ve used skid steers with a grapple bucket and a dozer mostly. My dad made his own custom root grubber from grader blade: On a kick ass day I can take down 500 cedars with this machine: The cedar was so thick in the back that I found a bus completely hidden in a thicket while tracking a deer. The previous owners hadn’t said anything about it, they might not have even known it was there. The hardest part of the clearing is burning. We’ve probably set over 100 burn piles off. The next season after we burn a pile I’ll spread the ash and plow and seed. The spot where this pile was is now a food plot: We’re almost done with the “initial” clearing. A ton more forage has sprung up in the areas where cedar was removed, and an old seasonal spring started flowing again. We have some useable soil in a few areas and I’ve been doing fall food plots for about 5 years. I’ll post more on food plots and wildlife impacts later.
    9 points
  36. 8” brow times and 13” G2’s. Little kicker off to the right (his left) made the 10 no back teeth so at least 5.5-6. Had to call the game warden because I always have my license in my wallet but it has somehow escaped. Heart sank to my boots. Luckily we have a good relationship with the GW. All squared away and headed to the processor now.
    8 points
  37. Guy calls everyone fucking idiots. Guy gets neg repped. Guy complains. Tale as old as time.
    8 points
  38. I don’t think you know enough about Notre Dame. They don’t pay big money, or even salaries comparable to other blued bloods for coaches. Kelly’s had a ton of assistants poached during his time there. If Texas wants Kelly badly, then they will absolutely be willing to pay more than ND would be willing to match. This weak schedule line gets thrown out way too much. The data does not support it. You can look at just about any metric (sagarin, SP, FEI), ND’s schedule is generally in the same ballpark as UT’s during Kelly’s time at ND. He would not be experiencing a meaningfully tougher schedule at UT than he does now. ND has a top 15 SOS this year per Football Outsiders and had the toughest schedule of any team in the top 10. Furthermore, he’s been in the top 11 teams per FEI, which adjusts for opponent, 4 of the last 5 years.
    8 points
  39. I make it a habit to try to ignore Finebaum completely, but I have to agree with him on this. I think that the article by Thamel or whoever saying he was going to the NFL, with the main argument being that he wouldn't like college anymore because it is becoming like the NFL, was about the dumbest thing I have read. And there has been plenty of dumb things written about Urban. I mean, when your basis is that he won't have as much control over personnel and control of the program as he was used to, so he is just going to go NFL where he has NO control over anything except coaching. That is a stupid argument. Sure, he may end up in the NFL, but it will be a very bad fit and he won't be there long before his health issues start screaming back. I think if he is coaching again, it will be in college. I hope all of you optimistic fuckers are right, and this is just an elaborate smoke screen to buy time until next weekend. If we are still looking at the same situation next Monday, Texas Football will be as dead to me as Texas Basketball.
    8 points
  40. 8 points
  41. Great speech, but serious question... Why is there anyone that exists who fits his description? This franchise was made up out of thin air, plays in an overgrown and stale Erector set of a stadium, has zero history or “culture” and is, and has been from day 1, nothing more than a space filler in a market that the NFL needs. If anyone out there actually cares enough about this fictional entity to the point of suffering, that’s on them for being naive, gullible, and, well....stupid.
    8 points
  42. If Team Trump had any sense at all, they'd trade Herschel to Minnesota for a bunch of draft picks.
    8 points
  43. Trump 2021 - Take the Loss PUSSY !
    8 points
  44. We're willing to pay Herman $20 million to do the same. Let that sink in.
    7 points
  45. Read the title of the thread. If you don't like that we post UM related info from whatever sources are out there feel free to check out one of the other coach related threads.
    7 points
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