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  1. By any measure, No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson are the top two college football teams in the country—facing off in the national championship game for the third time in four years.

    But there’s one title neither can claim: the most valuable college football program in the country.

     

    That honor belongs to Texas, according to an annual study conducted by Ryan Brewer, an associate professor of finance at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus. The Longhorns are worth $1.1 billion, according to Brewer’s analysis, which moved them into the top slot after Ohio State had held that role for the prior three years.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-is-your-college-football-team-worth-11546875092

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  2. 1 hour ago, Jkwellborn said:

    What did you ever try?
    Its called outlaws now I think. At least the people that own it, also own outlaws.
    Theres a place called mt Fiji too. Never tried either.
    Thats the old Randy’s isn’t it?

    I understand that these are really old posts. But curiosity and all that. I’m in Mt pleasant weekly.

    Re: Mt. Pleasant -- Nardello's is really good.  Fun vibe with good beer and wine selections and solid wood-fired pizza: http://jimmynardellos.com/

  3. 4 hours ago, sushihorn said:

    Same attitude as Dave South.  The SEC really does deserve aggy.

    I listened to that entire GA radio broadcast -- such homers.  The "we" did this and the "they" did that was a total clown show.  They got way too excited when GA finally got their 2nd quarter touchdown.  To their credit, they started getting pretty real about what a beat down the Longhorns were putting on GA after the 2 pt conversion and 28-7, Texas.  

    I miss hearing Dave South call aggy games (in an evil way) and am very glad that Craig Way is the voice of the Longhorns. 

  4. The last time I interacted with him was when he was directly in front of me at a longish checkout line at the Simon David on Inwood in Dallas.  We both had a couple of bottles of wine that we'd picked up en-route to evening holiday parties and we complimented each other on our grocery priorities!  Cheers and RIP, Mr. Kelleher!

  5. 3 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

    Is there a separate word for the tamales that are straight masa? It's like a secret corn bomb mixed in with our normal pork tamales.

    They are called "blind tamales" -- great with a strong sauce like mole.

  6. Bama Chick -- Thanks for your comments.  I freely admit to being a cynic.  I think that ginning up negative publicity that is only remotely related to the accident and/or the actions of the Texas Cowboys organization or the potential liability of the Texas Cowboys organization is a typical strategy of the trial bar.  YMMV.

    As to economic damages -- the legal measure in this instance is the decedent's loss of future earnings capacity.  He was obviously a healthy, bright kid with long life expectancy at the time of the accident.  Combine that with him being a HS class valedictorian, any stated career or vocational goals, and depending upon his college major and his grades to date, I have no doubt that a qualified economist could credibly establish a substantial claim for his loss of earnings capacity.

  7. 7 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Yeah the causal link between the misbehavior and hazing and the death is pretty small. But, as noted above, making the new men drive is probably enough to hang a substantial verdict on. And glaring idiocy. 

    True enough.  And the way that "the family" is playing this out in the media tells me that there is a publicity savvy wrongful death attorney pulling the strings from behind the scenes and banking on putting up a big number.

  8. 43 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    They are gonna burn.  The more things change, the more they stay the same. 

    It's a shame that the young man died.  As I said above, correlation does not imply causation.  Regardless of what went on at the ranch outing, the Cowboys did not cause this unfortunate accident.

    Further - the new article has an additional wrinkle -- the deceased wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the truck when the driver fell asleep and rolled the truck over, thus receiving his fatal injuries.  I"m at the point where I have little patience or sympathy for adults who don't even go to the trouble of wearing a seatbelt and suffer the foreseeable consequences of that decision.  I'm pretty sure that his failure to wear a seatbelt will factor in to any contributory negligence defense.

    That said your overall conclusion of "They are gonna burn." is probably correct, not from the civil side of this accident as Cowboys and the driver likely have insurance sufficient to resolve a wrongful death claim (particularly given the negligence of the driver and the deceased), but rather from the hazing issues that the accident exposed.  I don't foresee criminal charges resulting from the hazing investigation, but I think it is highly likely that they will get permanently dissolved or totally banned from campus for a very long time. 

    TLDR:  Goodbye to Smokey the Cannon.

  9. 4 hours ago, ztejas said:

    There's no fast casual places worth a shit.

     

    Broken record here -- but I still think Big Al's Smokehouse on Inwood does a pretty good job of fast casual cue, especially for a no-line lunch.  Their pork rib basket special on Tuesdays and Saturdays is a great deal.

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  10. From the ProPublica article:  

    "The cuts are depleting the staff members who help ensure that taxpayers pay what they owe. As of last year, the IRS had 9,510 auditors. That’s down a third from 2010. The last time the IRS had fewer than 10,000 revenue agents was 1953, when the economy was a seventh of its current size." 

    What a bogus and meaningless statistic.  In 1953, the IRS had very little in the way of computers and automated methods of analyzing tax filings.  Today there are shit tons of tax information reporting filings covering everything from wages and salaries, a wide variety of payments reported by 1099's, sale transactions for stocks and real estate, etc., etc.  It doesn't take an auditor to run those matching programs (plus, since most returns are filed electronically, it doesn't even require any human interaction with the tax return data reported by the taxpayer, vs. back when armies of IRS tax drones had to manually enter return information received by mail, but I digress).

    If a taxpayer fails to report income or other transactions included on the tax information returns, the IRS matching program spits out a matching notice assessing additional taxes and maybe penalties a high percentage of the time.  Back in 1953, a tax auditor would have to ferret out that discrepancy in the course of an examination.  Now, the selection of returns to be audited is largely based upon sophisticated analytical tools known as the Discriminant Inventory Function System that compares a given return to the overall averages to identify audit red flags.  Even with those selected, they sometimes do "letter audits" where they ask for explanations or support for a red flag or two vs. "field audits" where they want to examine multiple red flags.  Obviously a letter audit takes less manpower than a field audit.  The IRS usually has a pretty good idea that something is wrong before they devote time to a field audit. 

    TLDR -- The IRS now has fewer auditors because there are more sophisticated ways of analyzing taxpayer compliance than just doing the old-fashioned field audits.

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  11. I did Pappas Bros. Dallas Steakhouse for a business dinner/meeting this week.  That neighborhood still sucks.  That said, it was a great meal.  Solid cocktails and wine list. The stellar apps were crab cakes and foie gras.  Lobster bisque won the soup/salad round.  Everybody enjoyed the protein round -- perfectly cooked to order.  Desserts were all decadent and delicious.  It was a perfect high-end steakhouse experience and the table servers were cognizant that we were doing business and stayed out of our way.  But I can't overcome hating that location.  Al Biernat's is still the king of Dallas high-end steakhouses for me.  YMMV.

  12. 4 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

    The list doesn't suck.  My only thought is that the current iterations of Campisi's are a pale comparison to The Egyptian Room located on Lemmon Ave. when I first discovered/loved that place in the 70's and 80's. 

    Losing my mind.  Obviously, I meant to say Mockingbird Lane.  Right across the street from Dr. Pepper world HQ.  Foots Clements of Dr. Pepper was known to hang out there some.

  13. The list doesn't suck.  My only thought is that the current iterations of Campisi's are a pale comparison to The Egyptian Room located on Lemmon Ave. when I first discovered/loved that place in the 70's and 80's. 

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