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  1. On 9/21/2023 at 8:05 PM, TwiceHorn said:

    The problem isn't recapture, per se, it's relying entirely on property taxes to fund public education. https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/31/texas-robin-hood-recapture-villain-texas-fix-school-finance/

    It's inherently biased in favor of property-rich school districts, and unconstitutional under the Texas Constitution, but not the US Constitution.

    If we get rid of recapture, we're going to have a problem as long as we rely on property taxes.

    Property rich districts like Austin ISD? How's that working out?

    I support recapture in theory. I have no problem with a share of my property taxes being allocated to improve the quality of education and supplement the resources of property-poor districts whose basic needs are not being met. I'm not OK with Prosper ISD getting $100 million dollars in recapture and then having the audacity to try to pass a bond to spend almost the exact same amount as they get in recapture to build a football stadium, even if that bond didn't pass. If you can raise $100 million for football, you shouldn't be taking $100 million from the taxpayers of Austin, Dallas and Houston. 

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  2. 2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    The only conference championship game that will probably qualify as "shit-ass" is the Big 10's with the West "winner" Iowa (probably) getting eviscerated by Michigan, Penn State or Ohio State. The Pac-12 could be undefeated Washington vs 1-loss Oregon, the SEC should be 1-loss Bama against undefeated Georgia and the ACC will be undefeated FSU against potential 1-loss Louisville. I *hope* the Big 12 is 1-loss Texas vs 1-loss Oklahoma State.

    OK State has two losses already. 

  3. 17 minutes ago, immamac said:

    and either OU or OSU or Kansas again. You guys keep discounting the Big XII CCG - it's a big ranked game unlike the other shit ass conferences. 

    The only other conferences that apply to this conversation are Big14, the PAC2 and SEC. For the Big14, whoever wins the OSU/MI game will likely win the conference and leave one very strong one-loss team in the mix for the playoffs. Whoever plays in PAC2 and SEC championship games will face a higher-quality opponent than whomever we theoretically play in our championship game. Washington, Oregon, Bama and Georgia are the presumptive favorites to make their championship game, and all are ranked in the top 8. OK State, OU and Kansas are far, far below with no chance to move up in the polls. Our conference championship game will not give us a statistical boost over a one-loss team that wins either other conference.  

     

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  4. 43 minutes ago, Helobious said:

    I meant more he was a miss because he wasn’t targeted harder, assuming there’s no off field issues. But again maybe he just didn’t want to come here and it didn’t matter anyway. 
     

    With Reyes an A&M lock now, my 2025 secondary wishlist is now down to Juan-Milleon Aguilar (real name). Safety from Dallas Kimball with 9 INT’s this season so far. Hopefully we can beat out Texas State & Grambling.

    https://247sports.com/player/juan-milleon-aguilar-46142030/

    You don't "target harder" if they're not a target. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, Frank Drebin said:

    By Billy Liucci
    September 1, 2021


    Key notes from Billy Liucci interview

    You're going to see this contract be 10 years, starting from now, with an average right around $9 million per year. You're starting the existing deal over with a significant raise to make him the second-highest paid coach in the SEC behind Nick Saban and one of the highest-paid in college football. This is a great deal. We're going to look at it again as a great bargain.

    We've been talking about it for the last three years and how wrong people were the first time. Now they're doing it again. People don't seem to understand the no-buyout thing, and that makes me laugh. The buyout is $9 million a year, $90 million guaranteed.

    Nick Saban doesn't look like he's going to retire anytime soon, but say Alabama comes after Jimbo Fisher in three years when Saban is done. That's the only school that could take Fisher with the money that Texas A&M is paying. If Alabama does that, it means the next three years have been really good in Aggieland.

    A buyout does nothing. When was the last time a school didn't hire a coach they wanted because of a buyout? Do you think a one-year buyout, another $9 million, would keep A&M from going to get a coach? The buyout is $90 million. It also keeps the coach here. It's like the SEC not having a grant of rights. The SEC basically says, "You want to leave? Go."

    I don't think there is any danger of Fisher leaving. The danger is losing money.

    If it doesn't work, you lose money. Everyone is making a big deal about it, but it's like me and Olin living in the same neighborhood. If I saw him driving a Maserati, that's Olin's business. Not mine. The way the media is acting would be like me walking around the neighborhood calling Olin an idiot for spending that money on a car. Who's the idiot in that scenario?

    A&M is three years into this, and they have a pretty good idea of what they're investing in. People are saying it's only one good year, but it's not. It's one great year and three years of progress. Jimbo's first year was a nice, strong season. They finished ranked and won a bowl game, playing great football at the end of the year. His third year was a top-five finish, an Orange Bowl championship and a legitimate argument to be in the playoff.

    In 12 years as a coach, Fisher has a national title, a playoff berth and another top-five finish. He probably has five top-ten finishes in 12 years to go along with that. At what point do you look at that resume and say that Fisher is an elite head coach in this game? He is. It's not debatable. Texas A&M has a coach that is among the very best, the top five, in this game.

    If you look at what Fisher is doing in recruiting and don't feel extremely confident in your investment, I don't know what to tell you.Regarding the timing, coaches don't like negotiating during the season. What if Texas A&M reached the playoff this year and LSU spiraled? I think Texas A&M did the right thing. We got our guy, and he's locked up for as long as he wants to coach.This guy won a national title. He won 27 of 28 games with Jameis Winston in 2013 and 2014. People want to say it was all Winston, but you can't take away a guy's best player. If you take away Vince Young, what did Mack Brown do? Take away Joe Burrow, Ed O doesn't win a championship.

    I know what Dan Mullen has done, and I know what Jim Harbaugh has done. What in the hell have they done that Jimbo hasn't done? Mullen won a New Year's Six game, and Florida caught some criticism for that extension. The blowback shows how big the spotlight is on Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher.

    For the people that say A&M isn't relevant, you're hearing most of that from Texas, Oklahoma and some from LSU. They're whining fake tough guys.

    If you say a negative thing about Oklahoma, the Sooners go insane. Somebody asked me if I'd rather have Lincoln Riley or Jimbo at Texas A&M, at the answer is Jimbo. Riley is a good coach, but he coaches in a league where he has five times the talent as anybody he plays. They're both good coaches, but it's apples to oranges. Jimbo Fisher is a great fit at Texas A&M.

    Texas might be the most delusional fanbase in American sports. They're loud on Twitter. They get these talking points, and no matter how bad their team is or how good things are going in College Station, they cannot come off their talking points. How much money did they pay to fire Herman and hire Steve Sarkisian? We know what Sark has done. You want to boil it down to Fisher not winning a title in three years? You spent $75 million to hire Sarkisian.

    LSU is just scared. They had that great year and smoked the Aggies in 2019, but they've lost two of three to Texas A&M. Jimbo Fisher is the guy they've tried to hire twice. Ed Orgeron is a trainwreck of a coach, and they know it. They were hoping they could possibly hire Fisher at some point, and the Aggies just put up a wall around College Station.

    A day ago, what was the big cry coming out of Austin, Baton Rouge and Norman? That Fisher would be in Baton Rouge in a year. That was the battle cry from those three fanbases, and they wouldn't shut up about it. Today, 10 years and $90 million later, A&M is stupid for paying it? It's a constantly moving target

    Oh fuuuuuuuck man. That's the good stuff Just shoot it right into my veins!

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  6. They'd go after Urban Meyer and, if they could come up with the money, I think he'd consider it. UM loves attention and aggy loves to deify their football coach. The relationship would be a self-sustaining positive feedback loop of circle-jerkery. They'd let him run the program like he's The Captain from Cool Hand Luke and claim that anyone questioning his abuse of players is just some tea-sippin' liberal pussy.

    But I don't think he'd take less than what they paid Jimbo and I'm not sure if they can come up with the money. 

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  7. 4 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:


    Not in this house or any I know. Are you from Ohio? Smoke flavor comes from smoke. Not fucking creosote flavored hairspray.

    Have you tried cooking the brisket in the oven in a metal turkey pan with the liquid smoke? Because if not, that's your problem right there. 

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  8. 7 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    Not technically on Bee Caves Road, but close enough.  Sadly, Old Austin has lost a classic institution.  The iHOP at 2244/Loop 1 has closed down for good. 

    Salt Trader's is doing very well there still, even after the expensive finish out and Pandemic.  Could another upper-mid restaurant make a go of it in the old iHOP skin?  They'd have to sling a lot of booze as an alternative to Salt Trader's.  It's certainly possible.  But that lease takeover and finish out won't justify itself if it's just another breakfast/late night place.  The pad site is too small to attempt a rezone and add more office space to Barton Oaks Plaza.  Other than Friday happy hour at Salt Trader's and ACL/Trail of Lights, they sure as shit don't need more parking at the development.  I don't see any retail thriving there.  It's 90% gotta stay restaurant/bar.  That's an expensive pad though with little T/I wiggle room.  Give kudos to that goofy fucking iHOP though.  Like the one by Rainey Street, how in the world did it survive that long?

    I lived in an apartment off Barton Skyway from 1999-2001 and ate at that IHOP at 2:30am SOOOOOOOOOOO many times. Machacada con huevos with a roasted jalapeno.

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  9. FYI, Ensenada is parked in the same lot as Cuantos. That's one of the city's elite taco bang-bang opportunities. Highly recommended. 

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