Assuming Texas did have some say on what day this particular game would be played (and I could see that being the case given the reported negotiations between the Big 12/Texas/Fox/ESPN about allowing Texas to get out of the Big 12 a season early), I would think Texas would prefer to play the game on Saturday for all of the logistical reasons stated above (fans already having travel plans, not wanting a short week for the team, etc.). I could also see ESPN not wanting Texas to agree to move the game to compete directly with their stand-alone broadcast the next day.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-nixed-ohio-states-request-to-alter-2025-season-openers-kickoff-time/
Great writing. I, for one, could care less...
Quarterfinal matches
Kiara Romero (2) vs. Bohyun Park (109), 10:40 a.m., 1st tee - Huge edge to Oregon
Tong An (108) vs. Lauren Kim (10), 10:50 a.m. - Huge edge to Texas
Suvichaya Vinijchaitham (25) vs. Cindy Hsu (37), 11 a.m. - Slight edge to Oregon
Karen Tsuru (30) vs. Farah O'Keefe (11), 11:10 a.m. - Slight edge to Texas
Ting-Hsuan Huang (182) vs. Angela Heo (148), 11:20 a.m. - Edge to Texas
Based purely on the rankings on the NCAA website, it looks pretty evenly matched.
Northwestern is now -2 and in third place. They are the lowest ranked team (11) out of the top eight right now, so their early success may not be indicative of how good they actually are.
They're intentional about practice and playing football, unlike most OL, who are generally accidental. They're always saying "What the hell. How did I get here?" when they end up playing football.
I do not think he's equating them - I think he's just stating that any Arkansas losses are good for us (2-3 losses are better than 1, but 1 is still better than 0).
He’s probably an idiot, but it’s not like he went out and tanked his HoF chances. All of the allegations were from a decade or more ago, long before he would have been sniffing the HoF.
Given the timing, it’s certainly possible that the Ravens were aware previously and waited until he was losing his skills to allow it to leak out.
That was just one possibility that would have led to Luka being the best player on a championship team. My point was exactly what you stated in your next sentence - it seems pretty clear that Luka can win a title as the best player on his team, because Dallas came pretty close to doing it already.
These takes are always ridiculous. They literally beat the 1, 3, and 4 seeds in the West last year and were three wins away from being a championship team in which Luka was the centerpiece. If Tatum hurt himself or something else happened last year, they probably beat the Celtics (or the Pacers) in the finals. And knowing how close they were to winning a championship, we have people saying that it could never happen.