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Al_4_ISU

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  1. Several things: 1) Athens, Ohio is not Midwestern. It's Appalachia. 2) Fuck Iowa. 3) Fuck Iowa.
  2. https://www.bannersociety.com/2019/9/9/20856722/iowa-iowa-state-rivalry-el-assico
  3. I had a Whataburger in western Arky last year. It didn't suck in terms of the food, but good lord was the service fucking abysmal. My first experiences (Houston area in 2009) set a real high bar.
  4. Fuck the Hawks!
  5. I know a lot of guys who have switched to Velo due to cost. I like Zyn better - I can't articulate why - and I'm not a daily user (only when drinking), so I'll pay the extra.
  6. As a fan of the sport with no rooting interest in either side, Texas playing SMU would be way more interesting to me than Texas playing Ole Miss. In-state/regional games are what make the day to day grind go round, IMO. This idea that every game has to be a clash of blue bloods is only going to lead to those games being kinda meaningless. It's fun and exciting now, but that's largely because it's rare. It was such a big fucking deal that Texas and Ohio State played last week because Texas and Ohio State rarely play.
  7. One thing I like about the status quo is we have 3 of our cousins on the conference slate (KSU, KU, Ok St) and 1 (Iowa) every year in non conference.
  8. I know YOU don't think that. You've always seemed pretty rational. I suspect statsman actually does believe it.
  9. Do you really think there are more UT fans than Tech fans at a game in Lubbock?
  10. I think you can only rev share up to $20M. The rest has to come from NIL, which most blue bloods have in spades. The financial advantage for the Big 10 and SEC is largely coaching and facility budgets (which is certainly material, but hasn't done dick for Nebraska). If you put a "brand" school in the Big 12, they wouldn't be that disadvantaged by the conference. It never kept Texas or OU out of the 4 team playoff.
  11. Didn't you guys win natties in the SWC? And your '05 Big 12 schedule looks pretty much identical in terms of strength to what you had in your last decade of Big 12 play. The North sucked ass that year and OU and Aggy were both shitty. Baylor was old Baylor and OK State was also dog shit. I don't think Texas is winning because the competition is better. It probably has more to do with Sark being a damn good coach who doesn't tolerate the shitty culture that had set in (see the bus rant after we beat your ass in '21). Don't get me wrong, the SEC move is a clear success for Texas, but (pure outsider perspective) I think that has less to do with the SEC and more to do with Texas.
  12. I think he just meant their program's general status. The money is all they have now. No success. No historic rivals. No strong recruiting grounds. They could barely beat the team that's likely finishing 13th in the 16 team Big 12. They're just ass.
  13. Nebraska would absolutely be better off in the Big 12, outside of having a smaller TV paycheck. And given their fan support, I'm not sure that said money is really helping them win anything. They raise enough money to cover that gap with a lot of other programs, and like you said they'd be playing games in more advantageous recruiting situations. I think Oklahoma will secretly regret being in the SEC a decade from now too. Texas is the only school to leave the Big 12 and find real success, and I suspect that will remain true a decade from now regardless of what the landscape of the sport looks like.
  14. You leave Busch Light and Zyns out of this, you sonnofabitch.
  15. See my post above. I'm not going to quit cheering for Iowa State because the Big 12 is doing business with the guy. This is a shitty, unfortunate reality that has been forced upon us. The idea that the Big 12 should lay down and take it is as irritating as Portnoy himself, too.
  16. He's a small dick with a weird cult of internet sycophants. For whatever reason, these kinds of people are thriving in modern day America.
  17. I've never put french dressing on a taco, but that dip is fucking addictive. I learned long ago that there are tacos, and there are Midwestern tacos. Midwestern tacos are ground beef simmered in a little cumin, chili pepper, and garlic on store bought shells with grocery store salsa, cheese, and maybe a little lettuce. The lettuce is invitation for dressing, obviously. Authentic? No. Mexican? Not even a little. Tasty? Yup. The proliferation of Mexican Americans in the livestock industry has brought real Mexican to white-ass places like Kansas and Iowa in the past 20 years, but those old bastardized attempts at "Mexican" will always be a source of comfort food.
  18. I actually don't think there's any mayo in it. It doesn't have a real mayo character to me, but I've never studied the recipe either.
  19. Kinda like French dressing. More vinegar to my palate. YMMV. I never liked it on salad, but my wife uses it in a warm taco-ish chip dip that slams. I don’t think it’s very common outside of the plains Midwest.
  20. More like a sweet vinegarette, but thick. I think 1000 island just tastes like mayo and ketchup
  21. That checks out. My experience with Oklahoma is along or north of 44 to 40 you’re still in the Midwest. Past that line, good fucking luck.
  22. Did Liberty even exist long enough ago to have a logo like that?
  23. Pretty sure KSU and Arizona are playing a non-con game this year, but it was scheduled back in the Pac 12 days.
  24. Aren't NCSU and Virginia playing an OOC game on Saturday?
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