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tokamak

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  1. So a couple things I've learned that I didn't know before are that 1) the river valleys in this particular part of Central Texas are among the most flood-prone in the country, and 2) they're full of quite a few kids' summer camps, many (most?) of which have been there for many decades, some up to 100 years. Those two facts in combination make it seem like the camps should be pretty well versed in flood risks. I'd expect quite a few near miss stories to be among the local lore. "Back in '88, the water came all the way up to the steps of the dining hall"...that type of thing.
  2. Anyone else planning to go? Prices holding pretty steady so far - $150 for nosebleeds, $250+ for a decent seat. I'm still considering it but hoping they'll ease up some. Stadium is 10 minutes from my house.
  3. I don't doubt y'all about the money. Particularly surprised to hear the Arkansas/Texas State cost comparison. That seems like the kind of thing Texas state leaders would want to take a look at, but that's just me I guess. That said, I've yet to meet any family with a kid itching to go to UAB, Louisiana, or Southern Miss, who I assume also offer a nice financial deal to bright Texan kids. Being in a dying conference with a nationally irrelevant football program will not be good for Tech as a university that exists to educate students, and I'm sure they're aware of that.
  4. Thanks. Didn't know about that site. I cannot wrap my head around people driving over those bridges like it's nothing as water and trees slam into it. What on the other side of that bridge is worth risking your life?
  5. "picture from yesterday"...Jesus Christ. Fucking horrific.
  6. Underrated factor. My wife has a bunch of coworkers with high school aged kids in The Woodlands, etc. The ones that aren't going to UT or aggy all want to go to LSU, Bama, even Arkansas. It was eye-opening to me to learn that, but we hear it again and again. Are SEC football powerhouses offering a better education than Tech, Texas State, UTSA, etc? Of course not. The difference is big time sports and the associated campus life. My bet is that most Texas public universities are fairly concerned about their branding/perception right now.
  7. Finally saw it today. My kids loved it. I thought the shout outs to Carl Sagan were really cool. It’s…fine. I’d put it on par with Turning Red or something like that. It’s colorful, sweet, a little funny. I won’t remember anything about it next week.
  8. Sorry if it's been discussed, but what does TOF going for-profit mean, if anything? Who does the profit go to?
  9. I've got a calendar. The current roster construction calls for a big OL class this year. We lost Mills late and unexpectedly last year and threw a last minute Hail Mary at Fasusi. We've never gone to the portal at OL under Sark and Flood. All spring this thread was talking about taking as many as 6 and whether or not we'd have to turn away a guy like Zaden Krempin. Last year, 21 of our 25 eventual signees visited during the big summer OV weekends. The year before 19/22. Those are the priority targets. This year at OL we brought in the two current commits, Turntine, Ojo (Tech), Lee (Michigan), Krempin (aggy), Roseborough (aggy). Let's be honest, Ojo and Lee will be difficult or impossible flips. We looked at guys like Evers and Katoa and said no thanks already. No luck (yet?) getting Pepe, Utu, or Greene to visit and they're all committed elsewhere now. So yeah, you're absolutely right. It's July. No panic. But like, what's the fucking plan here? Anyone on this thread that says this is shaking out how they expected in April is a liar.
  10. A 3-man OL class of Turntine, Wright, and Robertson is not good enough for what we’re trying to accomplish here. No shade to those 3 guys. Flipping Lee from a motivated Michigan does not count as a real strategy in my opinion. So what now? Hope for aggy’s class to implode? Cool.
  11. Is OT a position of abundance? Portal overflowing with Texas-level players every year?
  12. I really like Okpala's tape. Sorry for going off topic. https://www.hudl.com/profile/15261697/Kosi-Okpala Mayde Creek has him on the edge mostly but he looks athletic enough to move side-to-side. If he can learn the position, he's going to be a real menace playing MLB at about 6'2", 230.
  13. Well I think we can all agree that what this thread needs is hawt takes from Shane fucking Gillis of all people via Helobious. While we're stirring the pot, is this an OK time to talk about how Tyler Adams, who is objectively a very good soccer player and a guy we need badly, has been pretty fucking mid in this tournament so far?
  14. I assume that stuff like this isn't just idle chatter to make Bobby's subscribers feel better, but is coming from the AD and has a purpose. When Kirby et al have their guys parroting that Texas offered more $$$, this is the return fire. The DTs currently on Florida's roster aren't stupid, they can read.
  15. I know this is a website for Texas fans, and specifically we're on a thread dedicated to Texas football recruiting, and we're supposed to be rooting for only what's best for Texas football and yadda, yadda, yadda. But one thing that really fucking pisses me off is that it seems like everyone, from the ADs, to the conferences, to the NCAA, to apparently even the federal government is absolutely bound and determined to prevent college football players from receiving what the free market determines that they're worth.
  16. Mexico just got robbed out of a 2nd goal on a really terrible offside call.
  17. Final tickets running around $150 including fees for nosebleeds as I type with no score in the other semi. Expect they’ll go up bigly if Mexico wins. No idea on Honduras. Too beaucoup for me. I’ll keep an eye on it and see if they ease up before the game though.
  18. This is how I’ve been feeling. The smart NFL organizations twist themselves into all sorts of cap hell to make a run and then spend 2-3 years unwinding the mess and retooling. Our boosters just got the hat passed to them to land a #1 class, bring in a bunch of key portal pieces, and also retain substantially everyone from arguably the most talented roster in CFB. That wasn’t cheap. Now we’re in bidding wars for DTs that won’t even see the field until Arch is in a New Orleans Saints jersey? I could definitely see people saying let’s actually win something, then we’ll talk.
  19. I like Okpala’s tape a lot. Looks like an ideal MLB to me
  20. MEX-KSA on now. Saudi Arabia sucks.
  21. So we're definitely heading toward stripping US citizens of their citizenship, right?
  22. Reposting on this page. Crowell today. Although I just realized that the dates aren't in order, which makes me want to attack the OTF guys with a hammer.
  23. Jesus that recap article is chilling. The trust destroyed here will take generations to build back.
  24. One thing getting lost in this discourse is that Cuomo was just a shitty candidate. The guy resigned from his last job in disgrace.
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