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  1. While I’m not arguing a rant and a dogpile on Oscar’s “Hustle Never Sleeps” thread isn’t merited, I do think the Umanmainlymanian recruitment bears further thought irrespective of the dipshit recruiting him. This guy has been looking for a reason to go elsewhere during the entirety of the cycle thus far. He talked up OU to people for a while. He’s now talking up ATM. In the process he’s searched for reasons as to why Texas is a backup pick in his backyard. With OU, Texas doesn’t win enough or put guys in the pros. The winning thing, fine, we’re coming up but yeah, OU has dominated the conference while we’ve been down. But a draft history over the last 11 years goes a long way of removing illusions for defensive players about OU putting defenders in the pros. So then you have ATM contending that he’s apparently going to be Bruce Smith in their defense and if he comes to Texas, he’s going to be turned into the defensive version of a buttplug inside so that all of the other defenders can get the glory. The counters to this argument are, you know, facts and film footage. However, sometimes that isn’t good enough. Then you have voices in the ear saying “maybe there’s a bunch of better options out east”. At what point, when you’re dealing with a middle of the road 4 star who might be a tweener and almost certainly won’t be an elite difference maker that you’ve busted your ass harder than anyone else to recruit, do you just tell the guy to fuck off and pursue better alternatives? Probably after next weekend. Then there’s the whole issue of having a choice to go to Texas in your backyard or picking to move to College Station willingly. I’ll never respect it, and guys that talk up ATM in recruiting when Texas is in power or moving there can pretty much just go fuck themselves in my book. I’m cheering for the closing of Blidi and/or Fillinger, or one of them and the continued pursuit of others that get discovered as well. The flip is that if dipshit turns around and commits to Texas, okay, I’ll take it gladly as a recruiting dork, but he’ll be high on my “first guy in the transfer portal” betting pool.
    22 points
  2. Tahoe's entire opposition to 8 years of Obama can be summed up thusly: "uppity nigger."
    16 points
  3. I wish some of you would enter the transfer portal.
    15 points
  4. I lose track of which posters are the insiders on here and which ones are the people who emphatically state their opinions as fact until the rest of the board accepts it as canon.
    15 points
  5. Good lord. It’s like a Satya family reunion in here.
    14 points
  6. good for him. He eviscerates these losers in congress, and lets them have it on an issue that just shouldn't be an issue.
    13 points
  7. Also, since we're running up on this topic again I'd like to point out that while the matchup between Price and Giles as recruiters is very lopsided, MOST if not ALL of the current issues surrounding the "scheme fit" and "my position at Texas" etc ... that we have heard from EVERY SINGLE DL recruit -- stems not from Giles and Price. It's ALWAYS after meeting with Elko and dissecting film with Elko. Orlando is an absolutely terrible recruiter and while a good position recruiter might be able to overcome some of that nonsense, the fact that Orlando is constantly getting pantsed is a HUGE problem. Giles working from behind is not going to net us positive results. Look, I get that surly loves a good Giles pile but the reality is that Orlando is getting pantsed here. He's really got more of an NFL mindset because he simply doesn't view recruiting as a huge portion of his job (or at all). To his credit Elko knows how to recruit and is doing it, he's not as good in any other facet of the job but he can recruit and his impact is clear after each one of these DL visits. Luckily they have some terrible position coaches so that the impact is negated elsewhere. (see here: Bradley Dale and Linguist) If Naivar is indeed the DC replacement for Orlando - we will see a drastic difference in quotes and impact from defensive recruits on visits to Texas. I don't know if he can gameplan as well, and I don't know if he can scheme as well but as a recruiter it will be a drastic improvement.
    13 points
  8. 12 points
  9. 11 points
  10. A billionaire somewhere needs a tax cut.
    11 points
  11. He's George Costanza. He'll drive Susan's parents all the way to the fucking Hamptons before he'll admit he doesn't own a place there.
    9 points
  12. Because you're a GOP apologist who blames the dems and Obama for the nation's ills, and then turns around and asks why we can't all come together for the good of the nation?
    9 points
  13. Priest Holmes>Ricky Williams>Hodges Mitchell>Cedric Benson>Selvin Young>Jamal Charles would like a word with you.
    8 points
  14. The decals are all that is needed for aggy to park there.
    8 points
  15. Zep really wants God to help Dallas.
    8 points
  16. This issue hasn't been ignored by Congress. The Democrats have wanted to make this permanent for years. It's been stonewalled by Republicans. They filibustered it in 2010 until Stewart ran a segment on it on The Daily Show. They stonedwalled it in committee again in 2015 until Stewart brought attention back to it. And McConnell is stonewalling it now. We can't treat the disease if nobody will acknowledge what it even fucking is. The problem isn't Congress itself, the problem is the Republican party.
    7 points
  17. Lulz at the bow and apologize crowd.
    7 points
  18. The best thing about the lamentations is the crushing of your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing their women.
    7 points
  19. Those of you hating on Durant - screw you. He has done so much for Texas. He is incredibly good. Overall he’s a decent person. So, he’s made a few comments that make him seem like a jerk. His actions as a person have demonstrated far more good than bad. None of you little whiners would be able to handle the public scrutiny of being an NBA player. Not everyone can be perfect. We all can’t be Roger Staubach. I bet you whiners are insufferable little pricks at your office.
    7 points
  20. Good Luck. At the Portland Timbers season home opener last week, someone showed up in a prominent place in the middle of the stadium waving a 15 ft pole flying the Stars n Stripes and below it a red white and blue Trump 2020 flag. The booing was so loud, everyone in the 25k seat stadium was aware. That turned to loud cheers when the person was momentarily greeted and had to lower it and leave. I was there, and the initial thought I had was if this was planned/promotion or some kind of move to gauge response organized by something more than a solo Trumpkin. This target deal above makes me think it wasn't in a vacuum. Considering Oregon has paper ballots and doesn't participate in CrossCheck, it doesn't help Dotard's chances, fwiw. And if we're about to get heavily pissed on by Trump 2020 campaign, I'm doing a lot more of what I did yesterday: cleared my schedule and took a hike, literally.
    6 points
  21. I had no idea that America having the nerve to elect a black man president would cause that many people to go completely batshit. I thought it would be no big deal. I was 100% wrong about that.
    6 points
  22. you're acting as though having the cash to fund something has ever stopped our government. we have 20+ trillion in debt, and you act as though the few hundred billionaires could be taxed at a rate that would make a dent in 20 trillion. it's a nice quip, and trite poke, but unrealistic, ignorant and shows complete lack of understanding of the financial mismanagement of our government, and the vastness of the shortfall. If you could somehow convert the fortunes of evey billionaire in the US and convert them to cash, you could not make a dent in the debt. Them getting a "tax cut" and acting like that is the cause of the government being underfunded is a fools errand. Back to the original take, had they set a fund with 10-15 billion printed fake dolllars on the china credit card 18 years ago they very likely could have funded all these expenses on the interest over that time period, but that might require someone with an ounce of financial background, maybe someone with a background in risk management, and a few people in congress who don't live with their heads in their asses. easy to see how nothing was done, and they require these poor guys to show up and grovel for help every few years. Makes a nice photo op for these losers to take a picture with the first responders and report back that they helped fund their medical bills a few more years. The whole of congress is a sickening bunch on so many levels. we really need to raise the minimum age to 57, cut pay to expenses only, and have hard and fast term limits on these people.
    6 points
  23. Would love an attendant list of who showed and didn't. And Jon is what a patriot looks and acts like.
    6 points
  24. Funny how their speech is always protected, but anything they disagree with is a trigger that requires a safe space to protect them from it.
    6 points
  25. Looks like Josh White is going to OV before the dead period.
    5 points
  26. 5 points
  27. Just 2 guitar pron nerds drinking beers in this scorching San Francisco heat.
    5 points
  28. 4 to 6 weeks. Then he is back for a game and a half before going out again for 8 to 10 weeks.
    5 points
  29. God, @Anastasis is so much better at this than you.
    5 points
  30. 5 points
  31. The “party of fiscal responsibility “ set us down this path you describe. Huge deficits under Reagan, a surplus under Clinton, huge deficits again and send the economy over the cliff under W, then a complete unnecessary give away to corporations and billionaires thanks to trump and his evil pet turtle. Lets try to be honest as to where the blame lies. And it’s not “everyone in congress.” The “party of fiscal responsibility” is the one driving the bus off the cliff. Start being honest about that then maybe we can have a discussion.
    5 points
  32. It's a derivation of the Rocko
    5 points
  33. But...but...we call them heroes and thank them for their service. We get emotional. Then we can't be bothered. Then some of us find a way to vilify survivors as money grubbers. Then these same people are appalled at the taxes levied on the wealthy. Idiot world. To quote Brisket: Cruelty is our brand. So what if they drown in fluids filling their lungs or writhe and diminish in cancer. We don't see it.
    5 points
  34. Let's not act like Kawhi was guaranteed to tear an Achilles or ACL that season. Just because it happened to KD doesn't mean that's what happens every time a player rushes back. In an alternate universe Durant tweaks his calf again and is out for the series but healthy in 2 months. Kawhi played 10 games and looked decent. Doctors kept clearing him. He never came out and made any statement to clear the air. He didn't support his teammates. He didn't advocate for himself. He turned it into a shit circus and left San Antonio in the dark wondering what the fuck was going on. If our medical staff was that incompetent then you come out and say it. If you don't like what Tony Parker says then you come out and say something about it. You don't hide behind your uncle like a little primadonna beauty queen and then come back the next season playing the best basketball in the world. The whole thing was frustrating, annoying, confusing - I'm never forgetting that or giving him a pass for it just because a different player got injured. That doesn't change anything that happened that season. Kawhi didn't try and play through anything at any point unless you spot him those 9 or 10 games in the middle of the year, when it looked like he was on his way to being fine. Kawhi didn't tear his Achilles. Not saying it wasn't the best decision for the rest of his career - maybe it was. Doesn't mean I can't think the whole thing was bullshit and be upset about it as a Spurs fan.
    5 points
  35. Not necessarily, but it definitely makes you one.
    5 points
  36. 5 points
  37. As a fellow committed reader of the preseason magazines, I’ll just point out that the teams that are consistently at the top will always get the benefit of the doubt in the preseason until they fall off. It was nauseating at times watching Steele pick Texas in some form even as I knew we were headed for some sort of reckoning. Of course, 2010-2017 went a bit beyond the pale for all of us, so I now long for those days. Hurts can’t make all the throws in Riley’s offense and quickness isn’t on the scale for him the way it was for Murray. He’s an excellent runner and tough as hell, but that OL is going to create problems for him. Fucking Steele has the OU OL in the top 25 returning OL units and they lost 4 fucking starters. I laughed. Anyway, they are still stacked at the offensive skill positions. They’ll be good even with a shit defense that is as soft as Greek yogurt. The biggest problem for OU is that when they play Texas, they are guaranteed to be the softer team. They pulled themselves together in the B12 title game, even if we handled their running game, but the two teams are heading in opposite directions culturally and that works in our favor. OU used to be able to rely on being the toughest, meanest dog in that fight. Now? Herman wants to run the toughest program in the sport, even if that has 5 star casualty risk, and he knows that’s a key in the RRR. As to those talking about Carson, I can just offer up that the staff really liked him, Mike Williams and Vaughns in the practices last fall. I hope that wasn’t bullshit and that they (the two still with the program) surprise as depth and talent this fall.
    5 points
  38. 2018: Losing Chaisson would be unforgivable 2019: Losing Leal would be unforgivable 2020: Losing Broughton would be unforgiveable Let the good times keep rolling / Oscar Giles
    5 points
  39. We have a pool...and a pond. The pond would be good for you, Pflugerville.
    5 points
  40. This was me. I'd pass out drunk and sleep roughly 4 hours, then I'd wake up having to piss. Then of course I wasn't drunk enough to fall asleep again. So a few more pulls from the handle of cheap vodka in the freezer (because who actually mixes drinks?) would knock me out again, but then I'd be too hungover (physically ill) to go to work. So do I go in exhausted but not hungover (allegedly) or give myself a decent night's sleep and call in to work again? That debate was every night for the last several years of my drinking career, once I aged out of the ability to power through the workday no matter what. I went from a highly functional alcoholic to someone who lies to a doctor about chronic migraines to excuse his chronic work absences so he doesn't get fired. Good times.
    5 points
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