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What turns off most intelligent people is when someone commits crimes and there are facts and proof of said crimes and the un intelligent people in this country are too stupid to listen to the truth. This is not a partisan issue like big government vs small government or Pro Life vs Pro Choice. This is one side knowing their guy committed crimes and refusing to do anything about it.16 points
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Karlan was "too emotional " What about Collins? Wait until you hear from Jordan, Gaetz, and Ghomert. Are you going to describe them as "too emotional?" Or is that a criticism reserved only for women who speak up? Thats a rhetorical question. I already know the answer.16 points
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This thread can be good, I don't want to limit it to editors only, but I might if it keeps getting derailed and not actual announcements or confirmed stories are posted.16 points
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Without checking in on it, my reference to Traylor in a post earlier in this thread wasn’t a guess. If Texas hires Harrell, there’s a better than decent shot that he recruits Traylor back and Herman plays it. All of that would be pretty fucking great, honestly. I guess that’s why I’m assuming none of it happens.14 points
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A large portion of the discussion regarding the current DC search revolves around whether candidates will be able to successfully defend Big 12 Offenses. Chris Ash has been at the center of these discussions, and a fairly common belief is that Ash's success in the Big 10 will not translate well to the Big 12 because he defended worse, more simplistic offenses in the Big 10. Of course, we're just a bunch of arm chair experts that don't actually know anything, so let's see if the numbers support our distrust of Big 10 DC's in any way. Quick Note: Stats ahead. I'll be spoilering large portions in order to make this readable. I thought about doing actual statistical testing, but it would have been bad science for several different reasons, so I decided not to. So, there won't be any claims about whether the difference in the performance of Big 12 offenses against Big 12 and Big 10 defenses are statistically significant. I'm guessing that they are not. However, a lack of significance does not mean that the difference does not matter in real life. Football is a game of inches after all. There were a total of 15 games played between Big 10 and Big 12 teams since the 2015 season. I recorded the points scored, total yards gained, passing yards gained, and rushing yards gained. I also went back and did the math to find each team's average in conference playfor those categories. I've put all of those stats as well as a couple notes in the following spoiler: So, how did Big 10 defenses hold up when compared to their Big 12 counterparts? Pretty well. In these 15 games, Big 10 defenses held their Big 12 opponents to 2.9 fewer points and 8.4 fewer yards If you look at the chart in the next spoiler, you'll see that rush yards + pass yards ≠ total yards but I'm not going back through all this to find like 10 misplaced yards However, if you remove the Cy-Hawk games from the equation, then there's a slightly different story. In the 10 games not involving Iowa/ISU, Big 10 defenses allowed their Big 12 opponents 1.8 more points and 25.0 more yards than their in-conference season averages I wrestled back and forth on whether to include the rivalry games, but ultimately I think it's best to keep them in the analysis. Regardless, there really isn't a major difference. Big 10 DC's have not fared much better or worse against Big 12 offenses than Big 12 DC's have. I also ran the numbers for Big 10 offenses against Big 12 defenses, and those results are very interesting. Big 10 offenses scored .5 fewer points than they did in conference play, although they did gain 18 more yards The math for passing and rushing yards is wonky again here If you take out the Cy-Hawk games, Big 10 offenses scored 2.2 fewer points than they did in conference play while gaining 3 more yards Not a huge difference, but that certainly undercuts the "they don't play D in the Big 12" narrative. Alright, let's talk about what we can take away here. It's incorrect to definitively say that Big 10 DC's perform worse against Big 12 offenses than Big 12 DC's. There is a lot of context and nuance, but the idea that a Big 10 DC is going to be lost trying to stop a Big 12 offense isn't supported by the last five years of games. How you choose to incorporate this post in to your opinion of Chris Ash is your own decision. I still don't want to hire the guy for reasons beyond his Big 10 background, but it seems that talking point is a bit overblown.12 points
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They have 7000 kids at one high school, and that isn’t an exaggeration. The only reason the school is like that is so they can field the best football team possible. Academic & social environment & giving the most kids possible a chance at participating in extracurricular activities be damned. Also, their football team recruits and adds transfers in like crazy. Kyler Murray was one of those kids to top it off. In short, the school is pretty much an embodiment of all the worst elements of high school/youth sports in our society.12 points
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Talk to McConnell about that one. He refuses to bring anything sent from the house to the senate floor.11 points
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Are you including the last set of hearings in this statement? Because if you are including people like Fiona Hill, Bill Taylor, and Marie Yovanovitch under the "partisan" label, then that says more about you than it does the process.11 points
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In order with #1 being most run heavy you can basically break them down into categories. Triple option:10 points
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Once again, Anwar Richardson's sources to the rescue. Dude is on a dial-up connection.9 points
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Let's be honest, the country wants to see Paul Finebaum eaten by wolves during halftime of the National Championship Game9 points
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Beck seemed to do a pretty good job of shutting down every offense he's encountered. Maybe he should get a shot at DC.9 points
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I pay monthly because I know the rest of you hogs gobble it up and even though y’all want to play high and mighty that you don’t care still end up asking for the info. Btw that article doesn’t say shit besides Herman may interview a DC candidate in Houston tomorrow but no name is provided and this proves Ash isn’t the favorite8 points
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Sure, are you talking about the guy that donated a million dollars to Trump's campaign? Oh wait, he testified there was quid pro quo and that aid was withheld for purposes of getting the statement regarding investigations into the Bidens. Or maybe the other ambassador appointed by Trump that had text messages telling everyone at the time that you can't condition meetings/aid on investigations into political rivals? Or are we talking about the government civil servants that have served in more Republican administrations than Democratic ones who all testified that the events were unusual and that asking for political investigations was inappropriate? What exactly does it take to be non-partisan in your mind? What does it even mean? Every fucking rational human being should be against what Trump was fucking doing. That doesn't mean everyone is partisan. If Trump were walking around stabbing babies, you'd call those trying to stop him "partisan."8 points
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I know this may come as a shock to many of you, but....it appears that Rudy doesn't understand how this whole "attorney-client" thing works. The POTUS cannot cloak official business of the office of the President in "attorney client privilege" by sending an attorney as his errand boy. If Rudy is representing the office, in the scope of the powers and duties of that office, then he is simply an official of the US government, and he is NOT Donald Trump's attorney. If, on the other hand, Rudy and Trump maintain that his actions are representing Trump ONLY in his personal capacity, then they are also admitting that the actions taken are OUTSIDE the scope of the office of the President, which means that such actions get no benefit of the doubt or cloak of legitimacy as a "legitimate exercise of presidential powers." In other words, if Rudy was trying to get Ukraine to make a public statement about Biden in a capacity as a representative of the US government, then that is a government action that can't be cloaked in attorney-client privilege. If he was trying to get Ukraine to make a public statement about Biden in his capacity as a representative of Donald Trump individually, then the purpose could NOT have been "the President trying to tackle corruption," because he wasn't representing the office of the President. These guys are so, so, fucking stupid. And, it doesn't matter. Because so is their cult and its enablers.8 points
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This. All of this. But remember how we talk about the shittiest of cops? You know, the C- student in high school, who always tried to play Billy Badass, but everyone laughed at him because he was so fucking pathetically incompetent? Well, NOW he's got a badge and a gun! You all better respect his AUTHORITAY! The most dangerous people in the world are pathetic, insecure fucking losers who somehow end up with weapons/power. DOTARD is that fucking pathetic loser. There's nothing about him that isn't loser and failure. Nothing. His business. His personal relationships. His politics. Nothing. Well, correct that -- there is one thing about him that says success: he's a good con-man. He's managed to convince the moron masses that he actually is successful and has something to offer. He's a Potemkin village of a man, but man...what a Potemkin village.8 points
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Here's some guitar porn of the black gretsch Billy Bo Jupiter Firebird getting some action. This guitar was part of a limited run of 12 guitars in black with gold hardware and Bigsby that was ordered by Street Sounds in Brooklyn. I was stoked to have such a limited guitar. Evidently it was a popular color combo, because they later had several more runs done in the same color combo, devaluing what I thought I had. Still a cool guitar I'm lucky to have. So glad I didnt part with it a few years ago when I actually listed it and had a buyer.8 points
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Anything unique about his defense, 3 or 4 DLine, blitz vs zone, can they tackle? The most interesting thing about him is that he’s pretty much the anti-Orlando. Uses a 4 man front. Doesn’t blitz a whole lot. Bases out of quarters with limited play calls out of that, so it’s simple for his defense. He does like to utilize press coverage (like actual press where the DBs get their hands on the WRs, not like how Orlando would walk the DBs up to the line but still give a free release). He sometimes mixes up his quarters coverage with press man cover 1 and use the extra man to blitz. Overall, his defense is fairly simple and he focuses a lot on technique, tackling, and natural talent. So again, the anti-Orlando. A coupe potential problems. 1) he needs good pass rush from his DL and we don’t have that right now. If he can’t get to the Qb with 4 then his D will struggle. He had JJ Watt at UW and Bosa and others at tOSU so the places where he’s succeeded had significantly more DL talent. 2) because of how simple he plays, someone like Lincoln or Gundy will know exactly what they’re facing and can out-scheme/out-call him. 3) He asks a lot of his LBs and the safety who is responsible for backside run contain (varies which safety by offensive formation). They have to read and react for both pass and run so PAs and RPOs can eat his defenses up if those players struggle. I do think Ash could get our secondary playing at a much higher level from a technique standpoint. A downside is people at Rutgers hated him and he’s more of Herman from a personality standpoint, which might be problematic for the locker room/morale. The difference between Ash and Watson is that Watson fucking sucked everywhere he went and was a doomed hire from the start. Ash has had success as a DC at a lot of his stops. It’s just that his success doesn’t translate all that cleanly to here, but he wouldn’t be a definite failure like Watson He was co-DC at tOSU for two years, not one. He had a ton of success at UW and tOSU, but I agree there are questions about how well that will translate since he was playing caveman offenses that couldn’t take advantage of the simplicity of his defense. The other problem is Ash requires a lot of talent because he needs his 4 man DL to get pressure, he requires a lot mentally from his LBs, and he leaves his secondary in a ton of man or pattern matching situations without help over the top. tOSU had all that and then some. JJ Watt was a game changer for UW. At Texas, he doesn’t have a force like Bosa or Watt and who knows what we have at LB for him. It’s unclear if he could figure out how to make up for not having what he needs at each level of the defense. Overall, I don’t think Ash would be a definite failure, like Watson or Beck were known to be before they even got here, but there are definitely better candidates out there that Herman needs to identify and pursue first. My biggest issue with hiring Ash isn’t so much Ash himself, but rather what it would say about Herman going for another hire within his circle of knowledge instead of finding the best guy for the job in the entire country.8 points
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I get it, the real reason I pay for it is to post on here. I feel like it’s my contribution to the board when others post info from other sites that I get to enjoy for free. Now the people that post and live/die on the 995er boards are an entirely different breed that I will never understand. Imagine being completely loyal to Ketchum and taking the big ol bag of melted saltwater taffy’s word as gospel7 points
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Dude he's a second-year assistant coach working in his hometown, and his dad is still sending his all-world QB to us (knock on wood). There are other good WR coaches in the world. The fixation on Samples (and I like the guy!) has gotten a bit strange.6 points
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So we shouldn't adopt an offense that produced 2 Heismans in a row and got Jalen Hurts over 4500 yards this season?6 points
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Even before coaching staffs were expanded, most Air Raid coaches already had different coaches for Inside WR vs. Outside WR, and Tight Ends practiced with Inside WRs on some days and OL on other days. If Harrell comes, it's pretty likely that we'll have two WR coaches. That may mean cutting the TE coach completely to make room for another defensive coach.6 points
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Scenario #1: Your wife walks into the room and gives you a sandwich to eat. Scenario #2: Your dog walks into the room and gives you a sandwich to eat. It might end up being the exact same fucking sandwich, but it is not pretzel logic to be more optimistic about how #1 will taste.6 points
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Follow up from previous post: At Rutgers he started out running both Over and Under, but recruited for and eventually fully transitioned to an Under front. The improvement in defense during his time there is much due to this change. This is a breakdown against PSU last year: The front 3 never change their look on normal downs and align to the field. He creates his looks at the LB level. ILB alignment changes based on both playcall and run strength - always, they were never in true gaps. This is a break from the typical spread defense because the trend is for defenses choose to position their ILBs either true or for passing strength. I believe his 3 and 5 two-gap to buy the ILBs time to plug, but I didn't watch each play closely enough to be certain. His OLBs were adjustable for passing strength. His Bandit is a hybrid DE/OLB. His nickel is a safety/OLB hybrid. Their roles are similar, and each is expected to be versatile enough to play coverage and pass rush. The nickel was never left isolated on the edge, but the Bandit is. The Bandit was never isolated in coverage, but the nickel is. The Will travels to accomplish this, the Mike doesn't unless there is a call on. The alignment of the Nickel ranged from a ghost 9 to full cover. The bandit ranged from down 9 to apex. They stayed boundary/field except for a tackle-over formation.6 points
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This country is a fucking joke. Millions of people think that these fucking hacks are worthy of political office. Burn it all down.6 points
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One of my wife's friends (a teacher) earlier this year, had a student do something that was pretty fucking serious - parents were called in, big meeting with a bunch of people (including somebody from the district). The kid's parents denied it up and down and said their precious little kid would never do that. Principal says "well, we have video, let's watch it." Did the parents change their tune and get upset with their kid? Nope, they flipped the fuck out that there was video, they were threatening to sue the teacher, the school, and the district over the video (parents know there are cameras, and they are all in very plain site). etc. etc. Those parents are the GOP.6 points
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If Texas is doing so well that coaches are leaving for better jobs - that would be fantastic. I have no problem cycling through OC's every two years if its because they are getting HC jobs. Thats a hardship I can accept.6 points
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I'm dubious regarding your premise that basic, fundamentally solid defenses are more likely to get torn apart by creative OCs. A fundamentally solid defense deploying defenders who understand their job and their reads is perfectly capable of limiting Riley and the ilk if the players execute. Good defense is rarely the product of tricking the offense/OC.6 points
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Watching a short documentary on historical fascism in Europe. Yeah...makes you want to puke. Trump is Mussolini. Seriously, they’re fucking twins. Pure ego. “[leader] is always right” (see Trump’s inability to admit even the smallest mistake). And we can travel just up the road for an anthem motto of “our country first.” Well, “our country over all others.” Uber alles and all that. And on and on. The party of Trump is nothing more than a classic, simplistic, fascist movement. It’s not that the parallels are arguable. It’s that they’re complete and total. The path of American fascism over the past couple of years tracks the path of European fascism in its first few years. Damned near perfectly. If you support this fucking regime, you’re a supporter of idiotic fascism. That’s just a plain truth. We need more Esso stations.5 points
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