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  1. 31 points
  2. Called it back in January: The staff knew from the the time he landed in Austin for spring semester there was a really high chance he would bolt. Only reason he left USC was because he felt lied to by USC/Kliff after Kliff bolted. He never wanted to leave LA and Austin itself isnt as heavy handed right wing as the rest of the state but it's a small island in a few hundred miles in every direction sea of it. The odds were always high he would bolt back unless he just absolutely fell in love with the team and staff. Sounds like he didn't.
    27 points
  3. Largely because of literacy rates.
    18 points
  4. Ya'll motherfuckers need to stop responding to Fozz
    15 points
  5. 14 points
  6. Massive heart attack can’t be far off. I wanna buy him his next dozen big macs. Die, you worthless son of a bitch. I cant wait to piss on your grave.
    13 points
  7. If that happens he can always transfer.
    11 points
  8. You're delusional. This man is delusional. Get him out.
    11 points
  9. While I cannot claim to represent the beliefs of the Swam (RIP) named “shaggy liberal cabal” I can expose my personal views. The dems are gonna have to impeach president shitstain and force the republicans to vote in favor of keeping him, which they will. There needs to be a record vote of this on both sides for posterity, however. It’s just inevitable. We all know trump is a criminal. We all know he is using the office of the presidency to enrich himself and his family. And we all know he is putting aside national security interests because certain foreign leaders are intelligent enough to recognzie that if they just pretend to like him that he will allow them to do whatever they please. Nork missile launches and Russian exercises dont bother him “personally” because they pretend to kiss his ass while taking adavantage of the fact that our president is a narcissistic lunatic who would sell out his country in a second if it meant he could merely save face. Fuck the republicans and their idiots who support them, including my own family and friends, because they are really just ignorant sheep who don’t know what they do. Mueller testified today that trump’s a criminal who he couldn’t indict because of DOJ policy and its up to the Congress, which by the way our founding fathers intended to be the most powerful branch of government, and its their responsibility to uphold the constitution, which they have all sworn to do. Maybe to people like trump an oath on that matter is meaningless, but it shouldn’t be. And its put to us, as the constituents of Congress, to make sure they follow that oath. Investage trump. Then impeach him. Let the fraud known as the Republican Party defend his sorry ass and leave them to the dustbin of history.
    11 points
  10. It's what he told Drew today. Can they talk him out of it? He's a gullible and ignorant 18 year old kid, and for what it's worth his parents want him to give Texas one year before deciding to leave.
    11 points
  11. Lost in the portal for months only to emerge when Bru is about to re-enter.
    10 points
  12. Never mind that Bru's entire coaching staff at USC might be gone in 6-7 months.
    10 points
  13. This is a terrible attitude. This entire place doesn't exist if we all just shut up when we don't know anything.
    10 points
  14. Mission Achomlished
    10 points
  15. In California, that's like $23.39. All those taxes and shit.
    9 points
  16. I don't see what Kyler Murray has to do with all of this.
    9 points
  17. Should call it Tiffany.
    9 points
  18. LMAO Texas currently pays a man 5 million dollars a year to coach a bunch of kids who would never fucking be admitted if it wasn’t for their athletic prowess just so they can play a game 12 weeks out of the year inside a multi hundred million dollar stadium so that a million drunk fans can cheer them on and shit talk their coworkers on Monday about it. But kicking a couple grand towards the players family is the line Texas can’t cross?
    9 points
  19. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/05/30/feature/my-grandfathers-secret-d-day-journal/?utm_term=.445fbb49014d Got dam. Just sitting in my office with tears running down my face now...
    8 points
  20. Yeah but it’s kinda greggrym’s thing to hop in a thread, offer absolutely nothing to it, and act all sanctimonious while doing so.
    8 points
  21. Where is the substance?? In the Mueller report. But, where is the substance?? In the Mueller report. Ok but hear me out, where is the substance?? In the Mueller report. Lulz stupid libs can’t even answer my question.
    8 points
  22. I hate people who tweet at High School kids.
    8 points
  23. Listening to him this morning left me feeling just profoundly sad, that this is our reality. I just can’t wait until it’s over.
    8 points
  24. Zach also thought OU had a great defense and that Texas barely beat Georgia. He's not exactly doing 4D underwater calculus in his free time.
    7 points
  25. Surly road trip when it happens? He would be the second entry on my grave pissing tour if I ever went on one. The first, Bud Adams.
    7 points
  26. Only 7 schools have won a national championship more recently than Texas. Neither Georgia or OU are one of them. Only 9 schools have played for a national championship more recently than Texas. OU is not one of them. Texas played three games last year against OU and Georgia and won 2 of 3. Anyways, I know I’m preaching to the choir but all this to say: fuck that Zach Evans noise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    7 points
  27. It seems like Tom has successfully sanitized the locker room of the pussyitis that lingered like a staff infection for the past 10 years. Edit: yes I know how to spell. Think harder
    7 points
  28. Imagine the caravan to the cemetery.
    7 points
  29. lol Roy Moore makes my soul rage. If there’s ever a breaking news story about a woman in Alabama being dragged out of a Roy Moore rally screaming invectives and strings of colorful creative curse words, y’all can point to the television and say “I know that woman from the internet!”
    7 points
  30. @Hank Scorpio, your shtick is getting stolen
    6 points
  31. There’s plenty of stuff to make fun of them for. Something awesome like that isn’t one of them.
    6 points
  32. I don't know anything either, doesn't mean that will stop me from speaking as an authority on matters as I see fit. Just a general rule of thumb of mine.
    6 points
  33. 6 points
  34. It is dumb to have a kid down there....it is dumb to be on your phone down there....it is dumb to be looking at the person on the left side of you if you are on 3b side and right side of you if 1b side. Net has been extended already. Pay fucking attention....and take your infants/toddlers to the upper decks. I am so god damned tired of snowflakes in this world trying to make every single god damn experience 0.00% risk. It ain't happening. ZOMG LETS WRAP THE WHOLE STADIUM IN NETTING SO NO ONE CAN EVER GET HURT!!!!!!!!!! Someone will still get hurt by a homer blasting off the signs above the Crawford boxes at some point and then we will have to change them so that the ball is absorbed into the facing of the wall/sign so that it can't bounce back and hit someone. Just pay attention and don't be an idiot and that solves many of the problems in the world.
    6 points
  35. Sounds like Bruxit is underway.
    6 points
  36. It’s almost like the Dems are trying to lose. Nothing screams “out of touch” like what they’re doing now. Playing politics and always calculating towards the next election is part of the reason Trump won.
    6 points
  37. Is that why you've never studied it?
    6 points
  38. AUSTIN, Texas — This is how tall the odds were facing Texas when coach Tom Herman, receivers coach Drew Mehringer, quarterback Sam Ehlinger and player personnel director Kevin Washington landed in Los Angeles on Wednesday to try to rally talented receiver Bru McCoy back to Austin: McCoy hadn’t returned calls, texts or emails from Texas personnel for more than two weeks, sources close to the situation told Horns247.com. So if the Texas contingent went into Wednesday feeling like McCoy’s mind was already made up to do the unthinkable — use the NCAA transfer portal to return to USC less than six months after using it to leave USC for Texas — they were probably justified, sources said. LATEST FROM CBS SPORTSSee optimized fantasy football cheat sheetsSportsLine simulated the 2018 NFL season 10,000 times and predicted every player's true performance. It might be a small victory that both Texas and McCoy emerged from Wednesday's meeting in Los Angeles with Texas willing to give McCoy a little more time to sort through his next move. At this point, it would be an upset if McCoy decided to return to Texas, because if there’s one thing people close to McCoy, the nation’s No. 9 overall prospect in 2019, know about him, he’s stubborn. To a fault. It drives his father, Horace, who played tight end at Northern Illinois in 1994, crazy, causing some heated arguments between the two, sources said. Sources close to the situation said Horace scolded his son to stick with his enrollment at USC in January, only to watch Bru pack up and leave for Texas, after then-USC offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury left to become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Then, Horace McCoy argued with his son to return to Texas after Bru came home to Los Angeles nearly three weeks ago, at the end of the UT spring semester, with ideas of transferring back to USC. Sources close to the family are incredibly aware of the public relations hit Bru McCoy would take if he returns to USC. McCoy would become the first student-athlete in FBS history to transfer from one school to another and back — within six months — before ever competing in a single contest in their scholarship sport. PAID CONTENT BY INTEL CORPORATIONAI-Powered Supply ChainsSee how AI-powered digital transformation simplifies and connects processes at Intel. McCoy’s parents have told Bru he'd have a good chance to gain immediate eligibility at Texas through an NCAA waiver he has yet to sign. It's a near certainty McCoy would have to sit out a year if he transfers back to USC, sources said. A former NFL coach who is familiar with McCoy’s situation told Horns247 the first question Bru McCoy is going to get from NFL personnel if he becomes a draft prospect is, “You got a problem with commitment? Should we not draft you in Green Bay or Buffalo, because you don’t like the cold or you’re gonna get homesick?” But sources said McCoy’s parents weren’t crazy about him going to Mater Dei, and Bru went anyway and had a standout high school experience on and off the field. It’s the bonds he formed with teammates at Mater Dei who are now at USC, including Trojans’ quarterback JT Daniels and receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, that appear to be drawing him back to USC. McCoy is also close to current Mater Dei quarterback Bryce Young, who is committed to USC. Daniels and St. Brown have told McCoy the USC offense is going to be explosive under Air Raid disciple Graham Harrell, who was hired to replace Kingsbury in February, two weeks after McCoy left for Texas. “Bru’s best friend at Texas is De'Gabriel Floyd, a fellow Cali(fornia) kid who just got diagnosed with spinal stenosis and is out of football for the 2019 season,” one source said. “He feels close with receivers coach Drew Mehringer, but he can’t tell if Tom Herman likes Mehringer or might be looking to replace him. “So, for better or worse, right or wrong, he doesn’t feel like he has a strong inner circle at Texas like he would at USC. Of course, he hasn’t even been at Texas long enough to have much of an inner circle.” 10COMMENTS And then there’s the tenuous job security of USC football coach Clay Helton, who lost five of his last seven games and might need to win nine in 2019 to keep his job. If Helton doesn’t have a turnaround season, he and USC athletic director Lynn Swann could both be out. “Texas just won 10 games, went to the Big 12 title game, beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and wants to make McCoy a centerpiece in the offense as a freshman,” one source close to the situation said. “Meanwhile, McCoy could be going back to total chaos at USC if things don’t go exactly right.”
    6 points
  39. Trump won because he appealed to the growing populism in the nation. The big fight in political theory is between neoliberalism and capital realism. As the theory goes, the deaths of despair that continue to decimate the dwindling middle class result from neoliberal policies adopted first under Carter and brought to full bloom by Reagan. Britain also suffered the ravages of neoliberalism (loss of entire sectors of the economy, massive unemployment, and austerity). In Britain, there was a safety net that dampened the impact, but nevertheless the British economy was devastated. In the US, we experienced the full impact of neoliberalism with the boom/bust cycles and the massive 2008 recession. Many Americans have not and will never recover from the 2008 recession. And with the limited safety net in the US (made even less safe by Carter/Reagan neoliberal policies), the "Greatest Country in the World" has its citizens dying younger and younger, largely from deaths of despair. It's a horror. Neither party represents the victims of the policies that caused the decline in longevity. With the exception of a very few (Sanders/Tulsi), no politician speaks about the negative effects of our neoliberal policies. With the exception of a very few, no one talks about how to minimize the impact of austerity measures - in place since the mid-70's. Counteracting neoliberalism doesn't require a wholesale overhaul of our "capitalist" system (i.e., our oligarchy). If neoliberalism is the only system we will consider, the few politicians speaking about rebuilding the safety net will have an unseen advantage over those who spout tired defenses of our system - which is clearly broken. I predict and hope we will hear a lot about the Silver Tsunami. We have a large group of older workers reaching retirement age. Unlike government workers with generous pensions and healthcare benefits, the Silver Tsunami is dominated by those who have no job related pension, no healthcare benefits, and no hope. The Silver Tsunami will strain the system to the breaking point. Voters in that age group are more closely aligned to young people just entering the workforce - with huge mountains of debt and limited opportunities to avoid serfdom. For older Americans, working will be an option for some, but many have been ravaged by the effects of poverty for so long - they have little hope. Suicide becomes an attractive option for those mired in such deep despair. I am not a fan of Beto. I see little difference between Beto and a Kamala Harris. Kamala is certainly more open about her wish to become the heir to the neoliberal donations that flowed to HRC in 2012. Beto dresses in populist attire, but doesn't seem to understand the dynamics that would lead a life-long blue dog Democrat to vote for Trump. Trump does a much better job reaching those in despair by at least acknowledging there is a problem. In 2020, he will (again) unite those who feel the system is rigged in favor of the wealthy unless the Democrats actually nominate a candidate who credibly understands the despair and has a plan to lift some of that weight off the shoulders of those least able to carry that load. One would wish a guy like Beto would understand the roots of the problem, since he grew up in the post-punk period where neoliberalism won and the consequences of that domination were born. Capital Realism recognizes neoliberalism won and - because of its victory - neoliberal proponents have been able to snuff out any resistance and alternatives to its reign. Capital Realism seeks to reignite the flames of hope that were extinguished with Carter and Reagan's embrace of neoliberalism. It's not too late. But this is the election that will decide whether we continue to ride this train to misery or whether we, as voters, choose to repair the damages heaped on the nation by those who became ultra-wealthy thanks to the rigged neoliberal politicians of the past and present. Those who became fabulously wealthy thanks to neoliberalism owe the nation a great debt. They accumulated the wealth without paying a price for the negative externalities they pawned off on the rest of us as they got rich. That is not the American way. Labor and environmental arbitrage destroyed the middle and working classes. I have no doubt Beto could wing his way through a conversation on neoliberalism. He comes off as a lightweight, when there must be something more he could propose to cure what ails us. I don't know if that is bad handling by his advisors or he just doesn't understand the populism he is attempting to attract. Either way, he needs to plot a new course. HRC 2.0 is not a winning strategy for any Democratic or Republican candidate. The voters are done with the beltway and all its screaming headlines. Americans are suffering to the point where we have a suicide epidemic because of economic struggles. Life expectancy for some groups is declining. A non-functioning news media deserves some of the blame. But most of the blame comes from a system where there is no real difference between "mainstream" Democratic and Republican politicians. And that is a direct reflection of how neoliberalism made some so rich and powerful - they can buy the media's adoration (or just buy the company, e.g., Bezos). A failed attempt to impeach Trump will only serve those who want the system just as it is. It will take attention from the real issues that plague this nation. And it does not reflect the concerns and despair of many Americans. It's a circus and it will distract as more and more sink into despair. Beto can deliver the message, but it is uncertain if he is just another hog at the neoliberal trough or someone who sincerely cares for the welfare of ALL Americans (not just wealthy donors).
    6 points
  40. So we were going to get this kid the ball, but would instead give it to the National Gatorade Player of the Year or the Texas state champ who won offensive & defensive MVPs in the playoffs. I hope he stays, but, we’ll live.
    6 points
  41. I answer to a board. I get what you’re saying, but if you can’t see my view along the same lines, so be it. I don’t work for and have never worked for a financial firm, but I follow that concern and share it, similarly for energy trading shops. I’ve never advocated for paying players until recently. We’re at the point where it simply isn’t cheating. When Cam Newton was able to take $200k without repercussion, the premise around paying players being a problem vaporized for CFB. Those not willing to adapt will die. You can pine for Texas to become Yale on the gridiron, but I can’t go there with you. ATM opened the floodgates in Texas for paying players and we need to adjust.
    6 points
  42. She must have sucked a lot of dick on her way to the parking lot.
    6 points
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