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  1. Believe it or not, that's Livingstone repping at DT
    65 points
  2. I'm more excited this year than 2009. It's 2005 for me in terms of the last time I had more confidence. I thought the 2009 team was razor thin and that the OL was a piper tiger. I remain shocked to this day that Texas made it to the title game and was controlling it before Greg Davis' dumb fucking playcalling. My perspective has very little to do with Arch Manning. I really would like for him to be awesome, but the Texas football team, and all of us, don't actually need him to be awesome. He needs to be solid. Beyond that is all found money for this team. This is the deepest roster for Texas in most our lifetimes. There are dudes at every position and in every class. The storyline used to be that the Alabama second team was a top 10 team. I never fully bought that, but top 25 for sure. I see this roster in that same vein. The defense's second team is probably a top 10 unit, or close enough to argue it. There is that. I think the hype and the anti-hype at a national and casual fan level is all driven by the interest in Manning. That's fine. I just think it is misplaced. Kannell and Dvoracek taking Texas in the #8 spot of their rankings is a great example of the anti-hype. They're almost solely reacting to Manning and thinking they're coming across as savvy that he and the OL will have growing pains. Guess what? They will. The opposing team still has to score more than 17 points if and when that happens. Good luck with that. The Manning focus from every direction is burying this team's lede, and I'm a-okay with that.
    44 points
  3. Just talked with a former OL who has sat in on multiple practices, and he is drinking all of the koolaid. Pretty much what we’ve been hearing but it’s good to get more confirmation from a non $9.95er - the interior o-line is what he was most excited about, using the words “nasty disposition for the first time in years”. Actually getting good push, and be thinks we have strong backups. - Tackles have looked solid. Nick Brooks is the truth. - tackle depth is his only concern.
    43 points
  4. OMG LOL I don't think the "he can't even do the big stairs on air force 1 anymore" tweet was posted here yet
    43 points
  5. I'll be so thrilled if this kid's back to 100%. What a boost it could be, to get an elite RB back. And he sounds like a great kid (esp. the last comment in the clip.)
    37 points
  6. Real assassination attempt, hit by a tiny piece of shrapnel, "protected" by a bunch of unprepared clowns, and there is no God is the most logical explanation.
    33 points
  7. Rather than spending any time looking into this I'm just going to assume you're wrong and get on with my day.
    32 points
  8. I agree that random fly-by-night twitter tik tok hot takes shouldn't be part of the discussion. It distracts from what is actually happening - that our current POTUS is using the military against a civilian population for political gain with false and manufactured justification. It makes me ponder on what happened to the folks worried about overuse of federal powers or the folks behind no gestapo in bastropo.
    32 points
  9. Ohio State insiders are talking more and more about Serevield moving from OG to LT “seamlessly”. Right. Additionally, the Minnesota transfer, Phillip Daniels, might be their starter at RT. They’re acting like that’s a good thing but he was an also-ran for them in commentary from the spring and summer. Apparently he has gotten into a fistfight at almost every practice with someone. Finally, an insider reveals that Day is treating the Texas game like it is Michigan. “He knows this game is a big deal nationally. “ Yes, please. Prepare for this game the same way y'all have been preparing for Michigan the last 4 years.
    31 points
  10. My dude. Is everything you post 13 chapters long
    29 points
  11. My daughters and I talk about this. I’ve always been puzzled about where the idea of on-campus indoctrination comes from. I don’t think humanities and liberal arts faculty are any more or less tolerant of dissent than they ever have been, and so also frankly don’t think curricula and professors usually have the ability to dictate a point of view to their students. My daughters have said they think it’s just a matter of exposure to other students and new places, because the only kids they have seen do 180 ideological turns in college are kids from sheltered, homogeneous environments who see the world outside for the first time and realize that things are not as they were told. There’s a prog-left version of this too, but the Republican small city kids learn that cities aren’t dangerous, liberals don’t hate the free market, people don’t get third term abortions other than in medical emergencies and white Christian political conservatives are the discriminators more often than they are the object of discrimination. And it is not extremely important also that college is where the gay kids from those environments finally have the space to accept themselves for the first time. And then they come home from college, and the parents blame woke indoctrination, when it was really just seeing the world outside the cloister for the first time.
    29 points
  12. Ladies and gents, it's Christmas morning!
    28 points
  13. What did I fucking tell you shitwads? Disney Adult.
    28 points
  14. Yes, arthroscopic-assisted ACLs are very different, as are rehab protocols now, than what was done a couple of generations ago. Technically, I would call the LCL (lateral collateral ligament) the anterior part of the PLC (postero-lateral corner, not to be confused with the PCL, posterior cruciate ligament). Depending on whether he avulsed (pulled off) or tore mid-substance on his LCL, he might have had different surgeries; with a high-level RB like him, my guess is that he had some graft sewn in there unless it was obviously strictly avulsed. I can't remember with certainty, but I think the early concern was that Baxter had torn PCL, too. Not tearing PCL and not tearing more of the posterior portions of the PLC (eg Popliteus) would take some of my concerns away regarding aggressive early motion in therapy and hence help him be better positioned for a potentially faster and more complete recovery. Once he is this far out, his recovery trajectory is more about how rapidly he can re-train and how well he re-adapts to full go.
    27 points
  15. re: Baker A few good friends who have been to practices last year and since have become raving fans of the guy. Players and recruits love him. Good pick by Sarkisian that had a lot of us handwringing at the time because the dude was a relative unknown.
    26 points
  16. If Trump slashed funding for cancer research you would still love him. Wait - all that actually happened
    25 points
  17. Here’s a summer 2025 story y’all might enjoy from deep in the heart of SEC Tennessee country. So a longtime friend (with benefits, no pics, UT alum) asked if I would ride with her from DC to Tucson, where she was spending a few weeks taking care of aging mom. So one night we crashed in Knoxville. Next morning, we were on the road pretty early and we stopped in a Starbucks in the bumfuck outskirts of Knoxville. We decided to order inside and use the rest rooms. The only customers in the place were two old pot-bellied codgers (probably in their 70s), both decked in Volunteer tee shirts and caps. I am just wearing jeans and cotton shirt, nothing to connect me with any school. I could not resist, so I said: “Y’all gonna let them Longhorns take over the SEC” Tennessee Codger 1: Takes off his Vol cap, rubs his balding crown, and merely takes a breath shakes his head. Tennessee Codger 2: “Yeah, it was a big mistake to let them in the SEC” … said with scowl on face. Me: “Yep, they’re gonna kick butt this year. They ain't like the Aggies” Codger 2: "No shit they ain't the Aggies!" I amble over and grab the two coffees and banana bread. About this time, my friend emerges from bathroom and as we walk out the door, she flashes the HOOK'EM sign and laughs. (Looking rather smoke in her tight jeans and boots) Codger 1: “What the hell?” Codger 2: “Them God Damn Longhorns!”
    25 points
  18. I feel confident this Texas defensive front seven is going to prison rape the Ohio State offense. I don't know about the rest of the matchups, but entering the season that to me looks like by far the biggest mismatch heading into this game. Some points to consider: - The shuffling of offensive linemen two weeks before the game. I'm not saying Ohio State can't have a good OL by the end of the season, but it's obvious to me they don't have any easy solutions for their starting 5, much less consistent back ups. They brought in 3 portal OL this past offseason after relying on portal guys last year. That's a strategy of desperation forced on to them by inadequate high school recruiting and development. I watched Oregon get butt fucked early in the season along their OL, but by midseason they had turned things around and really had a decent squad there. Ohio State can do the same. But they need reps, they need stability, and they're not going to have it for the season opener. - Brian Hartline is now their OC. I don't understand what Ryan Day's role is going to be there after handing over all the responsibilities to Chip Kelly last season. I assume it's going to be something. He's a control freak (all head coaches are to some degree) but he figured out if he hired his mentor in Chip Kelly he could relinquish duties. Well, Hartline doesn't have Kelly's gravitas. He's wholly dependent on Day for his career arc, having been brought to Ohio State at the same time. How they manage their responsibilities will be something of a work in progress. Cracks in communication and the blame game aren't stress tested in the offseason. They're stress tested when things don't go well in the game, and the head person doesn't want to blame himself for the failures. Which isn't specifically a Ryan Day thing. It's a human thing. There's going to be inconsistencies in the approach, and an inability to have a convicted response when things go poorly. - New quarterback. They're saying it's a competition, but it's not. It's going to be Sayin. Day wants to keep Kienholz engaged and put a fire under Sayin's butt. Similar to how Sarkisian handled the Card/Ewers competition, when it was always going to be Ewers. It's a pretty common coaching tactic. I don't really care. I've seen both approaches work. I think people get too worked up about this stuff. But neither of them have experience under fire. That's going to effect how well the offense runs. - untested running backs. I assume someone they have back there is going to be uber talented. We know about Peoples from his time in HS. They like Donaldson, too. But the pair they had last year were special. I don't know how these two are going to compare to what they lost, but going into the game I'm going to assume there's at least a short term step back. ______________________________________________ Compare this to the other side of the LOS. - Everyone across the country keeps talking about the edge room across the country. I'm not going to go into detail with a Texas audience. You guys could teach me about our roster there. I'm just going to say this will be the best group of edge rushers Ohio State sees all season, including the post season. In their first game. This is not going to be pretty. - One thing that is being underestimated is our DTs. Now, this could very well be koolaid talking. It's happened to me before. Maybe we see a huge dropoff in production here from last year. The thing is, I assumed we'd see a big dropoff last year. I looked for signs of it, and was constantly complaining that early opponents had success running inside in ways that wouldn't have been possible with Murphy and Sweat in there the year before. As if it's completely normal to feature the two best DTs in the country on the same team. But the truth is, last year's DTs, while not as good individually, were in some ways better as a collective. It took me at least until midseason to begrudgingly admit I was wrong about the position in the preseason. Well, I like this group even better. Again, this could be the koolaid talking, but I think Breverd and Watson are going to be an outstanding pair of first guys in. I feel like they are going to absolutely rag doll the OSU interior OL. But then we're bringing in Shaw and January, and there's no real drop off. Kanu gets some snaps against his former team and quickly realizes he could be playing more if he had just stayed put. Sharma does Sharma things for a few snaps. Maybe Charles gets some time. The thing is, I feel like us hardcore Texas fans view the DT position as a source of strength heading into the year that NO ONE in the national media or on the Ohio State side is giving us credit for. I feel confident the DT play is going to be one of the biggest revelations coming out of this game. - I don't know if it should be combined with the edge players or not, but our linebacking corps is stupendous, especially in terms of being heat seeking missiles. Ty'Anthony Smith's emergence is just icing on an already well made Charlie Strong style cake. Hill is receiving as much attention as almost any defender in the country, so we're not exactly flying under the radar at this position. I just think it adds to the DLs coming dominance. - Kwiatkowski and the rest of the defensive staff. As opposed to Ohio State, there's a lot of continuity on the defensive side of the ball, especially in the front seven. Obviously we've seen a lot of changes in the back end, but I'm not talking about our secondary matchup here. I just think a lot of players know their roles. The ones learning their roles are doing so next to players who have been in the program, led by coaches who are convicted in what they're doing and know how to successfully convey assignments. Everyone understands their chain of command. When mistakes happen there's not going to be an overt or subconscious scapegoating as to who's fault it was. ______________________________________________ I don't think any of this guarantees a Texas win. I like our chances heading into the game, but shit happens. Turnovers. Hostile crowd. Ohio State has amazing players. Ryan Day just won a national championship. But I feel confident if the Buckeyes come out on top, it's going to be because they were able to overcome a complete annihilation upfront on offense.
    25 points
  19. He must be factoring in a significant Parker Livingstone injury before the season opener.
    25 points
  20. 👀 👀 👀 KJ Edwards to visit Texas (and LSU). ************************************************************************************* Elite Texas A&M commit eyeing fall visits to Texas, LSU Hank South (Horns 247) Edwards' father: "I said are you going to Texas for a game, I asked him yesterday, and he said yeah dad I still want to go. My whole thing — and I know they got the other running back committed, but we don't really focus on none of that — with him is if we need to go make some more games, I want to make sure when that time comes that you really feel like you made the best decision considering everything. "I actually talked to him this morning, it's a few games that Texas has that we're going to see about going." FULL ARTICLE
    24 points
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