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I have to share with people who will understand how much this means to me, because my folks are dead now and I don't have other family. I first attended Texas as a freshman in 2005, and it was a dream come true. Texas was the only school I applied to, the only school I wanted to go to. Most of college was straight forward for me, I didn't have much trouble passing classes. I originally started in one major which required two foreign language courses, which I decided to knock out in my early days. I have no fucking idea why, but I took Japanese as my foreign language, and it wound up being easily the hardest course I took. I barely passed JPN 1 and JPN 2 with Cs, my worst grades. Everything was going fine. Midway through college, I switched majors. This set me back, and I required a victory lap to complete my major requirements. I was sitting at 166 hours at this point, and thought I was ready to graduate that december, when I found out the major I switched to had a different foreign language requirement. Rather than 2 semesters of a foreign language, it required 3. At this point, I hadn't taken any japanese courses in 4 years, so I had completely forgotten everything. I essentially could not pass JPN3 if I tried, so I spoke with my councilor. She suggested I take JPN 1, 2, and 3 rapid fire at a community college. I could take JPN 1 during the next semester, then take JPN 2 and 3 during the minimester over the summer. Fair enough, not a big problem. I decided to enroll at HCC to take them while I worked an internship trying to pay off my student debt. Turns out HCC had a professor which made JPN a blow-off course. She didn't really teach. If you showed up, you got an A no matter what. I was elated, it meant my degree was basically on autopilot. Breezed through JPN1 and took JPN2 the first minimester of summer. However, after that minimester, she retired without giving us warning. A new professor came in, and she taught JPN like it was a real course. The two extra JPN refresher courses I took were worthless, I was going to have to start all over again, and I pretty much had no money. I reached out to my councilor at Texas, knowing they can pull strings and essentially do whatever they want. I figured she would help me out, but nope. She told me I was shit out of luck, basically, and that my degree would be waiting for me when I eventually passed JPN3. I was crushed. At this point, I couldn't afford more classes and decided to just work. My internship turned into a job and I figured I was set. For a couple of years, it was ok. However, my job suddenly dried up, and I had to look for a job for the first time. Now, I was not afraid to work on my own as I had confidence I could land a job with my skills and interviews. I was so naive. Were I ever able to actually get a sit down interview, I could have probably swayed someone, but I didn't realize how middlemen hiring agencies will basically gate-wall you off from an interview without your degree. What followed was 12 years of miserable work and feeling completely worthless. My degree at Texas felt like it kept slipping farther and farther away. I felt like I had blown my one and only chance, and with the way the world is turning being without a degree would be a lifelong handicap. I can't express the personal disappointment I felt in myself. I would have reoccurring nightmares, like every few days without fail. It was always the same theme, I'm at school and I've forgotten a class and it's test day and yadda yadda. I know everyone knows the dreams I'm talking about. But they were relentless and so frequent. My nightmares would sour my mood first thing in the morning and depress me. Two things would always happen in the dream: it would be late at night, with the city abandoned. I would be walking in a dreary depressed austin alone, desperately trying to enter the building to take my last exam. The building would always be closed and locked. I would pull on the door as hard as I could and it would never open. I would sometimes wake up crying from this dream. About a year ago my mom died and it took it poorly. I started seeing a therapist to help me with my extreme depression, and through therapy she explored other aspects of my life. This eventually came up. She encouraged me to reach out to the University and see what I could do about returning as a student. She told me to at least try, even if I couldn't afford it. So I did, I looked up the faculty of my old college and emailed the person I figured was right and told them my sob story. I got radio silence for a few weeks before someone finally emailed me back. They told me I was being assigned a special councilor for my case, essentially an advocate. She was going to help me find a way to get my degree. That all started in January, and we've been back and forth pretty much the whole year. Eventually we arrived at a compromise: I could take a cultural studies in japanese course at any school, even online schools, and it would satisfy my degree requirement with a waiver. Well, as it turns out, I took a blow off art appreciation course on Post-War japan during my time in college. I submitted it in October at the deadline for graduation applications to see if they would accept it. As soon as I submitted it, my status changed to conditional graduation. And thus I've been waiting on pins and needles ever since. It changed a few days ago. My application for graduation has been approved. I graduate in 2 weeks. Not next saturday, but the saturday after. The relief, the weight off my shoulders has been enormous. Immediately the nightmares vanished, I haven't had that reoccurring dream since. Last night, I had a dream about school again for the first time since having my application approved. This time it wasn't a dark depressing night, nor was I trying to get into a locked door. I was on the field at DKR. It was a bright and sunny day. We were waiting for commencement to begin. I was surrounded by people 20 years my prior but I didn't care. I was talking to some young woman next to me and I was telling her that I was graduating at 40. I was beaming with pride. I woke up in one of the best moods I've had in ages. Sometimes, it'll hit me, and tears will fall. The years spent lacking and wanting my degree have made me appreciate it so much more than I would have back then. They will let me walk in May. I dreamed of this for so long. I updated my resume a few days ago, and added that I graduated in 2025. Changing my credentials on sites like zip recruiter and indeed to reflect this. Immediately the sorts of job listings I was seeing changed, I'm able to apply now to jobs which I couldn't before. It's a literal dream come true. I love my university so much, and that's why this last 20 years has been so hard. It was a juxtaposition of having honest pride in my school, while acknowledging I had failed in my one goal. I could never tell my friends or family that I hadn't graduated, they all just assumed I had. It was a constant lie I had to tell everyone and myself. Not anymore. That I never had to take another class, that my original body of work from when I attended Texas was actually enough to get me over the goal line... it makes it so much sweeter. I don't look at my past as wasted time, upset at what could have been, but rather I'm looking forward. For the first time since... I can't even remember when, I am honestly more excited for tomorrow than the day before. I can wear my Texas cap again with pride. I'm so fucking happy. I wish I could bottle this stuff up and share it with everyone. This is the good stuff.62 points
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It really sucks that an injury robbed him of a year and then this year wasn't good enough for him to pursue his dream even if it was a low rated draft pick. I don't know if he's wasting his time, obviously he's not gonna go from Texas to another CFP team - if he goes to G5 then has a good season maybe he'll get drafted? Sucks all around cuz he's a great dude who got freak injured.30 points
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IT posted some more portal/NFL notes this morning: -Expect Tre Wisner back at this time. Simon and Clark are expected to return but not a 100% lock. -Most likely Jaime Ffrench will be back. Aaron Butler is likely gone. "We’re interested to see how DeAndre Moore’s agent plays his hand." -Would be surprised if Will Randle returned -Expecting Trevor Goosby back at this time -"Very likely" Hero Kanu will return. Watching Melvin Hills for a potential exit. -At corner, they are watching Wardell Mack, Kobe Black, Santana Wilson and Caleb Chester -"We believe it’s increasingly likely Jelani McDonald will return" - Derek Williams and Johnson-Rubell are the two safeties they are monitoring29 points
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I wish nothing but the best for Baxter going forward in his career28 points
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I guess every OL entering the portal is going to have multiple posts here salivating over the player, irrespective of whether anyone knows a fucking thing about his competence and capabilities. So we have that going for us, which is nice.22 points
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Maybe Ffrench and Wisner actually got some decent advice. Or IT is just making shit up as they go. Can never be sure. I don't expect Clark back, so we'll see on that one. Same for Deandre Moore. I view Hills and Santana Wilson as locks for the portal, same as with Clark. JJR will get more in the market than Texas prefers to pay, but they'd keep him if they could. That's the same story with Wisner. I'll be surprised if Black isn't back. I've seen you and others apply this logic of "well, if we're not paying much, having player X on the roster doesn't hurt anything" and that's simply false in various situations, including Baxter's. The guy wants to play. If you're playing him, you're benching someone else. The odds are highly likely at this point that the guy getting benched is better. It's like having a mediocre employee in a critical position that everyone likes. It's easier to let that person continue to put a low ceiling on his/her area's output because shedding him/her might upset some folks and, well, maybe that person actually gets better. Nope, once you know, you know. Fire that person and go get the best candidate to replace them that you can recruit. And don't wait to have that candidate before making the seat empty, because you just might not ever actually make that seat empty. Baxter is a year 4 player with a busted knee and a shaken confidence. If he goes to West Virginia or South Florida and has a rebirth on the field, awesome. Texas doesn't have room at the inn for rehab projects in this cycle. Up or out.19 points
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For me, the worst thing about Trump is not Trump himself. It's that he's exposed people I loved, respected, etc. (relatives, friends, friends' parents, co-workers) as being pieces of shit. A lot of people kept a lot of awful thoughts and opinions buried because of polite society, and they fooled a lot of us until Trump came along and told them it was okay to be prejudiced and ignorant.19 points
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This is why farmers keep voting for Trump. They know they will get bailed out regardless of the recession that’s on our doorstep that they ushered in18 points
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We need to get some actual playmakers at WR, and Tony Diaz an easy get. 3 years of eligibility left, one of the top receivers in FCS last year, freshman all-conference, and is local from San Marcos. Dude is an absolute weapon. https://rgvsports.com/utrgv-wr-diaz-to-enter-transfer-portal/17 points
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The loss in revenue for Texas from not playing ND at home would more than be made up for by making the playoffs. So let’s increase our odds of doing that while also telling ND to go fuck themselves.16 points
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So exactly what leverage does Trump think the United States has to compel Ukraine to accept its (or any) peace deal? If Ukraine is able to keep up the fight without American aid, why wouldn't it do so? That's doubly true as Ukrainian sovereignty becomes every more important to Europe as it rapidly realizes that it can't trust the United States to protect it. Basically, all Trump has done is render the United States irrelevant.15 points
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King Large was in ur mom's portal last night gotem14 points
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Baker had to throw a shit fit to get a better allocation, also. Thinking about DT, specifically, there is a case to be made that the ground has simply shifted into new terrain from here forward. Outside of the truly special guys, most HS recruits aren't ready for significant rotational snaps until they are in year 2, and arguably year 3. Investing in HS recruits, like OL, winds up being a long term, low reward play. Unlike OL, DTs can be prima donnas and they expect to be playing from day 1, see Mitchell, Sydir, without putting in the work. They're more likely to transfer just as the investment from the program starts to pay off, see Kanu, Hero. Focusing the majority of the positional NIL spend on seasoned DTs in the portal, especially if they have multiple years left of eligibility, looks like a moneyball play. I don't have a problem if Texas banks on landing 1-2 DTs from the portal every cycle, one expected to play immediately and one who probably can, but who also has multiple years left.14 points
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we have people on this site who legitametely believe Texas went 9-3 this year because they didn't play a spring game questioning the value of extra practices and more live reps against an upper tier power 4 opponent.14 points
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We are tired of cherry-picked All 22 videos where there is some agenda being pushed. So I thought, let's do our own Surly style, where we can say "what is motherfuckin Sark doing" without having to walk about some critiques the very next week or lose program access. No, we are going to look at every play vs Georgia. As such, we cannot do it all at one time. You don't have time to watch it and I don't have time to do it. Instead, we are going to do it one or two series at a time. So make sure to revisit this thread when it gets bumped. If there is decent interest we will keep it rolling with other games to keep us properly hydrated through the offseason. Sark has a Georgia problem. Yeah I know, captain obvious. For those that were around for the Mack Brown years, this is going to feel oddly familiar. So give your therapist notice that you will need the couch this week because the early 2000's OU memories are about to come back to you. The first thing you will notice is us not understanding Georgia's aggressive nature both in playcalling and physicality. I'm not sure what's behind it because Georgia isn't like that every week, especially if there is a cursive A on the side of their opponent's helmet. It's like Sark got drunk and had sex with Kirby's wife wearing one of his visors and doesn't remember it. Anyway, whatever the reason, like Mack, Sark doesn't seem to understand that Kirby wants to take his head off. You don't make comments like that after the game about someone you like. Kirby is really pissed about that 41 Sark put on him at Alabama. You wanna know how dedicated Kirby is about beating you Sark? He brought Florida's coach in the week before he played you. Let's get into it! 1) 1st and 10. We are going to call this play "Fucking Wingo". Wingo seems to come up small when we play our best opponents. We run the same wr screen we did the two weeks prior. 11 personnel. Sark motions Endries across the formation to the field side. Georgia, always aggressive, brings a 5 man rush. Somehow, in an effort to turn the play back inside, two Georgia players allow Endries to block both of them. If Wingo hits this crease I am not sure how the lone safety will catch him. Wingo trips over the turf and falls. 1.mp4 2) 2nd and 9. After Wingo stumbled for a 1 yard gain we are in 22 personnel with a bunch formation to the field. Endries is on the right side of the line. We motion Moore to the backfield, a wrinkle Sark has used a couple times this season. Georgia brings six and we fire Endries up the seam and two Georgia DBs go with him leaving nobody to cover Moore releasing out of the backfield on a rail route. 2.mp4 3) 1st and 10. 11 personnel in a 2x2 set. Georgia responds with a legit 3-3-5. If I were Sark I would definitely commit this to memory. Will Georgia's response to 2x2 4 wide receivers be a 3 man front? If so call it again so we can crease them. We run split zone, which is basically just inside zone with a Hback coming across the formation to kick out the backside DE for a cutback lane. Endries comes across the formation to kick out the DE but since it's a 3 man front no one is there and he has to look for work. A thing of note before we get to the beautiful thing that is Tre Wisner's feet. Pay attention to 54 here. His job is to fire off the ball and help the center before moving to the second level to get hands on a LB. At the snap the 0 tech DT moves away from him, but 54 mindlessly hits him anyway. What are you doing? Use your head. Use that time to get to the second level. Don't just run a rep for the sake of running a rep. Be flexible. If you see your help isn't needed those milliseconds are the difference between a good block and someone slipping you and getting to the dude you are trying to protect. All 22 really gives you and appreciation for number 5. He knows where he wants to go, but he presses the C gap to sell it to the defense. When people use the phrase "he set up his blocking" there should be a gif of this play next to it. 3 blockers that were losing battles now are able to form a wall once he cuts it back. His feet in the hole are amazing too, shaking the shit out of number 6, in the hole. It's embarrassing to get shook like that much less in a phone booth. For you Millennials and Gen-Zers, a phone both is a 3x3 box with a sliding door that you used to find on the street to get you out of the elements while you talked on what was called a land line. Anywho, Tre Wisner is elite in this area and seeing this it makes total sense why he murders talented but undisciplined fronts like OU and Aggy. Watch from the tight. 3.mp4 4) 4th plat of the drive. 1st and 10. We are in 11 personnel, 2x2 stacks. I don't like us in bunch because the routes take longer to develop. Most of the routes have to be deep or out breaking. It's hard to tell what Georgia is in. Looks like zone except for man on Moore. He had Wingo on the crosser had he gone through his progressions, but I don't fault him here it's Georgia. You aren't think you have that kind of time in the pocket. At any rate, we pick up a nice 4 yards on an Endries hitch to the Boundary. 4.mp4 5) 2nd and 6. 11 personnel. We line Endries up at H back and run H-back Power. Georgia plays a multitude of fronts. Seems like whenever their DTs are playing 2-tech(straight up over the guards), they are playing 2 gap, read and react. A lot less aggressive. Seems like that's something we can take advantage of when we see it. Anyway, Endries fires up the B-gap and picks and a LB. Wisner sees the DT peeking plus the other LB falling into the B-gap and hops over into the A gap for a quick 3 yard pickup. 5.mp4 6) 3rd and 3. We come right back to the same play except this time Georgia is in this front, which means pure single gap disruption. From the tight you can see at the snap of the ball the 1-tech NT jumps from the boundary side A-gap two gaps over to the field side B-gap. Now I don't know what they are taught but 54 just lets him cross his face and works to the second level. Now he is Endries responsibility and he is not up to the task. 2 yard gain. 6.mp4 7) 4th and 1 and we are going for it. We are in 21 personnel with both Baxter and Wisner in the backfield. Sark brings Wingo on a jet sweep motion and that holds the edge defender just enough that they hesitate to crash down inside on the Baxter run. Gooseby helps Hutson before climbing to the second level. Baxter is working off whichever way Endries is blocking his man. Good short yardage play by Sark. 7.mp4 8 ) 1st and 10 and we are in 12 personnel. This is the kind of play that pisses you off from an execution standpoint. This was the same shit as last year. Getting beat to spots. Inability to adapt to changing conditions. This is going to hurt your eyes so be prepared. At the snap Georgia's D-line jumps over a gap to their left. Our center basically falls on his face. DJ goes to the second level and blocks no one. Baker blocks no one and then while turning around to see what happened, falls over our center. Endries job is to come across the formation and kick out the DE because it's split zone. However, don't run past the completely free DT to get to your man that, by the time you get there, is already cutting back inside tracking the ball. Gotta be able to adapt. We haven't had an answer for this for two years. Luckily we have Wisner, who jukes the shit out of the dude two feet from him as he touches the ball and squirts through for 5 tough yards. 8.mp4 9) 2nd and six. 12 personnel. Good playcall by Sark. Sark sends the TE in motion and we show screen. This pulls 4 Georgia secondary members out of pursuit of the actual play which is Outsize Zone. From the tight you can see Georgia lines their DTs up at 2-tech again, and just like before they are in two gap read and react mode. Sark, what formation or down is causing them to line up like this? Because if we can trigger it we can run on them. Georgia is far more difficult when they are attacking. 9.mp4 10) 1st and 10 and of course we false start. 10.mp4 11) 1st and 15. This is a testament to Arch's growth. We have the same ole fake screen and go called to the field which Georgia doesn't bite on but Arch calmly turns and hits his checkdown for a quick 7. Old Arch would hold this ball to see if some of the longer routes were going to develop. Take what you can get. 11.mp4 12) 2nd and 7. 11 personnel and a bunch formation. This is a shit ass play that shows Sark doesn't understand Georgia. You are going to try and run a slow developing QB power on Georgia close to the GL? It goes how you would expect. By the time Arch pulls it there are 3 defenders in the backfield. Just a dumbass play call under the circumstances. 12.mp4 13) 3rd and 8. 11 personnel and bunch formation to the field. We motion Tre to check for man or zone. We run mesh with the TE and Wingo springing him for what would be a 1st down catch but Wingo drops it. 13.mp4 So first series recap- 13 plays. QB taking what was available. We target Wingo twice and he falters both times. We false start. Overall confusion and lack of execution on the offensive line. On to the next series.13 points
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While I think it's hilarious that stassney is defending this racist piece of trash, what I really find interesting is that people don't seem to understand that one of the first rules of customer service is "don't escalate". If a customer is being specifically ugly, say "I'm sorry, but you need to leave, and if you won't, I will call the police". That's it. You never drop to their level. If you do, you're fired, racist or not.13 points
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Hit up a few spots recently. Always have a few people with me and take home leftovers. Mum Foods—brisket, pastrami, ribs, sausage, and turkey ( under the ribs) Truth BBQ Stiles Switch— I always get a couple of links of the sausage of the month on top of 2 or 3 links. Added smoked Ham as well and I was not impressed. Burnt Bean-very good. Added beef cheeks this time. Terry Black in Waco. I had someone with me that wanted chopped beef so I added it to my order. Agape BBQ in Liberty Hill13 points
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people need to read this, then read it again, then read it a third time - a lot has been written about Baxter and it is true insofar as he is an outstanding worker, person, teammate, etc. But what CTJ wrote isn't usually included in the gushing, and it is absolutely true and need to be understood as part of the bigger picture.13 points
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https://www.threads.com/@_nxswarriorboy_/post/DR_5SV1jMDW?xmt=AQF07t5eGar0P1LCbxLM0G0t4oTY6ytcDxRbd-weiTQcDA Yesterday, a Russian bomber parked in an aircraft shelter accidentally activated both of its ejector seats, sending both the pilot and navigator into the shelter roofNeither survived ^Yikes, they Goose'd themselves13 points
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Knock it off. This is a racist behavior that isn't about a disrespect angle. This is about someone who doesn't like black people. That's it. It's that simple.13 points
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Deep sigh. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a “Bermuda style” home in Palm Beach, Florida, pledging that it would be his principal residence. Just seven weeks later, he got another mortgage for a seven-bedroom, marble-floored neighboring property, attesting that it too would be his principal residence. In reality, Trump, then a New Yorker, does not appear to have ever lived in either home, let alone used them as a principal residence.12 points
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I don't think it's fair to dox stassney like that11 points
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! Also, "Lacy" is like Kewan Lacy, Ole Miss RB. "Lacey" would be KJ Lacey, tiny backup QB powerhouse at Texas. There's a shot everyone needs to bone up on the proper spelling for these two.11 points
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For people only following this thread for roster moves. Vaya con Dios, Anthony. Thanks for the memories11 points
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You might be giving Trump too much credit, he might still be the stupidest person in the room.11 points
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ND is mad the ACC pushed for Miami in the playoffs over ND. Saw somewhere that the ACC Network has replayed the Miami-ND game 13 times over the last few weeks. They're apparently shocked and appalled that the ACC would push for a full time member and part of Miami's playoff payout over ND who is a partial football member and would get to keep their entire playoff payout11 points
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I'm glad we're playing in this game. I'd rather have 3 more weeks of buy in from these guys before the portal opens. ND on the other hand has 100 dudes sitting around for a month trying to decide whether to stay or go.11 points
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People are underestimating Miami due to the ACCs stupid tie breakers. They created a system the tool the 2 worst teams od the top 6. Miami is good enough on the d line to shut down the run and force Reed to beat them with his arm. Theyre susceptible to a big coverage bust so they'll just need to play deep all night and follow the Texas game plan. Carson Beck has been much better than yall think. In his last 4 games he has 11 TDs with 1 interception. And taking out the Louisville game he had 25/6 for the year. Marcel Reed on the other hand has 9 total TDs and 6 interceptions over his last 4 games against FBS teams. A&M has been trending down since the LSU game and injuries are racking up. This game is also at 11 a.m. making the home field advantage much less effective. Give me Miami in a close one. 31-2711 points
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Most of America’s problems can be traced back to “leaders” who had some kind of personal trauma and really only needed to go to therapy and not into politics, podcasting, or whatever10 points
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Can I park my RV in the driveway?10 points
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Cancel spring and fall camp. Forfeit all games. Potential crisis averted.10 points
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I'll be asking the questions in today's Inquisition, thank you. Never went full Norse, but when I was fencing, Mrs. Canecutter would buy a bottle of mead that could only be opened if I medalled in a tournament. Thirsty? Best get to stabbin'.10 points
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We should schedule Tulane and JMU for the next few years with a big ad blitz that we are playing “Certified Play Off Caliber Opponents” as a big Fuck You to this committee.10 points
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