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Posts posted by irishtexan
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1 hour ago, Katfid54 said:
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So, with the caveat that nothing is obviously in the bag yet, I am slightly disappointed in what we are bringing in.Team rankings: https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/
Texas rankings: https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/CompositeRecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=Highschool&State=TX
Team rankings show Aggy at #2 and Oklahoma (they were above us) ~ equal to us with 3 fewer players.
Texas rankings don't show the whole picture, we have important players from out of state. However, the concern about our lines is warranted. Of the top 40 players in Texas, 12 are linemen. Of those, we have two, and one of the two is Javonne Shepherd. We should have half of them.
Shit I don't even mind Georgia and Stanford and Ohio State grabbing a player or two, it happens. But fucking A&M and Oklahoma both having (most likely) better classes than us, even if our class is good, even if our class fills a huge number of holes, even if our guys are "high upside" it fucking chaps my hide that A&M and OU seem to have better classes.
I'm really hoping for some kind of miracle where we flip one or two guys from A&M or OU. Not so much because we need it, I just don't want A&M, in particular, to start stockpiling talent. If they do, they'll start winning. And I really don't like that. Playing against Theo Wease isn't gonna be fun. We ought to be keeping more of these players home. We had like 9 of the best 11 in Texas last year, now it's only like two.
Rankings aren't everything, but stars matter, that's been proven. We didn't dominate the rankings this year, or even Texas. Not disappointed, but I feel we should do better, and the concern is the lines. It's really the only specific area, but it's also the most important.
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Well that's certainly a nice surprise.
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1 minute ago, LTtxfan said:
Mike Leach always gets discussed....
Mark Helfrich....... Chicago Bears OC
I read this discussion throughthe lens of who would USC look at this year? Mike Leach is winning at a Power 5 school and has the support of the administration to be his weird ass self. He doesn't need to take another job. Mike Leach couldn't be Mike Leach at USC.
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Kansas has no trees
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3 hours ago, Jack Wilson said:
As usual, there's no rational middle ground here. Last year we deemed Beck an abject failure as an OC and excoriated him. Then he got a serviceable OL (kind of)--and it became widely accepted that it was all TH's offense anyway--and now for the most part the furor surrounding him has died down.
After Orlando's D carried us last season, we blow or almost blow five 4th-quarter leads and now he can't coach a lick of defense. Then we stonewall ISU and all of a sudden it's socially acceptable to say good things about him again. The combination of fair-weather fans and mob mentality is lethal. It's also the essence of this board.
31 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:Let's just wait to see if we can hold Kansas (yes fricken Kansas) below their seasonal average and hopefully WVU the following week before we issue a mea culpa to Orlando
Actually Tim Beck is more worthy at this point. Damn I can't believe I just typed that.
Let's not start sucking Tim Beck's dick just yet. He's a great QB coach, but he's not the offensive coordinator if Tom Herman is the one calling plays. It's not like Tim Beck figured it out and is a good OC now.
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Is there any doubt we give up a touchdown on this drive?
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LVE is fucking awesome.
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Alright cool. Hook em.
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Oh great. One of our 4 good players is hurt
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I just hope we aren’t matched up with UCF if we do make New Years 6, That’s a lose lose situation.
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Had some friends over. In order to accommodate the various preferences of everyone, we ended up making a couple of prime strips with a blue cheese cream reduction, seared scallops, crab cakes with a tomato avocado salad, whipped potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and sautéed mushrooms. We ate at 9:45 as the Horns closed things out and it was awesome-
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12 minutes ago, Texas25 said:
Didn't say I was entitled to anything , but when this continues and escalates, you're going to see fan attendance continually decline because if the players don't care then why should I and you will have a domino effect. Also when you make the comment that "No one owes you anything" you are playing with fire. Do universities have the right to seek reimbursement on tuition from players who left early and didn't finish a season that semester? Nobody owes anyone anything in life, that is a dangerous tight rope to walk.
The Universities do not offer four year scholarships. The have the option to renew scholarships on an annual basis. If Universities start guaranteeing four year scholarships then they may have recourse to seek scholarship reimbursement for players that leave early.
9 minutes ago, po elvis said:these players are getting a value of several million dollars out of the arrangement.
Several million dollars? Bullshit. According to what study?
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15 hours ago, Machinator said:
Zach Smith earnestly quoting James Baldwin is fucking hilarious
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5 minutes ago, Texas25 said:
They aren't playing for "free" that is another stupid talking point that is spewed. To each their own. Their are accommodations that university's can make in the form of stipends but that opens up a can of worms and Texas can pay a much more expensive stipend to each athlete than UTSA can, and for Texas it is a chump change. So we are left with this current system, really entertaining just watching guys walk out on their teams, love it.
Sure. For those athletes that earn a scholarship but have no chance of turning pro, it's an exceptionally great deal for them. They get a free education and access to a network of job opportunities. I think in general the whole institution of scholarship athletes is a great deal.
But that's not what you're bitching about, is it? You're complaining about players choosing not to play when they think they're going to get drafted high in the NFL draft. That's not the same thing. Those are the players that a hundred thousand fans pay to go see. Those are the sports where the University makes a hundred million dollar profit annually. So I'd argue that those players are not getting their fair market value out of the arrangement.
As far as your "So we are left with this current system, really entertaining just watching guys walk out on their teams, love it". Here's the deal - you are not entitled to shit because you cheer for a college football team or attended the University. No one owes you anything.
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Just now, Texas25 said:
It is all fun and games until it hits home, hasn't really effected Texas yet but it will be funny watching the script be flipped when a kid for Texas just walks away right before the Big 12 championship game because he wants to prepare for the draft and doesn't want to get hurt. Going to be a really enjoyable experience and it is doing wonders for college football currently. Malik Jefferson, DeShon Elliot, Michael Dickson, all sat out the Texas Bowl, what happens when we get Nick Bosa's in the midst of a potential CFP run? That will be really enjoyable.
Give them the choice to leave out of high school and give the NFL the option to draft them. The NFL just like they have a rule not allowing 18 year olds to be drafted out of high school and that they must go to college for 3 years, can just as easily institute a rule that a player out of high school can be drafted but must sit out a year in the name of "player safety".
You're literally complaining about a thing that hasn't happened.
But congrats on your paternalistic judgment of the character of a bunch of teenagers, many of whom come from poverty, and who are putting their entire family's financial future and stability in jeopardy every time they take the field for free to make a University hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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1 minute ago, ButtFumble said:
at this point it is hard for the National Fieldgoal League to get any shittier and all of this "pay the college players" and skipping games because they think they will be drafted is making college football shittier so lets move the shittiness further to the NFL and if some of these "ready for the league" players get the shit knocked out of them that is on them and their parent or 7 on 7 mentor handler and the college game will be better for it
None of this shit matters.. The players union and the NFL owners don't want to draft kids out of high school. It's a collective bargaining issue, and one of the issues on which the union and the owners agree. It's never gonna fucking happen. So if everyone would stop spraying stupid diarrhea all over this thread, that would be great.
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2 hours ago, phdhorn said:
If it's true to form, Chris Simms will just show up one day as the Houston head coach without any explanation or notice.
He'll arrive at the practice facility in a limo, naturally.
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3 hours ago, After irth said:
Agreed on that. Been using a Lowe's bucket for years. Properly sanitized, of course, and it's the only thing I use it for. Says "Meat Bucket" on the side. My wife says she's been tempted to use it over the years for various tasks that require a bucket, but...she knows better...
that was.... ominous.
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Just finished last night. Started strong. Limped to the finish. Overall still enjoyed it. Lots of hotness in there. Carla Gugino is an all time babe with hall of fame boobs. She's 47! She belongs in the "chicks over 40 who still have it" thread.
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12 hours ago, Incredulity said:
Turkey bag is a game changer.
Everything including stuffing gets hot as fuck(cooked) without the oitside getting dry. Yet you still get golden brown exterior
I'm not trying to be a pedantic ass here, and I'm sure your turkey turns out wonderfully, but the bag doesn't turn an oven into a microwave. You're not cooking inside out. In order to heat the stuffing to 165 degrees, you will inevitably heat the turkey meat to 175+. The bag basically acts as a steamer, which is why turkeys cooked in bags are moist. I prefer meat to be dry roasted instead of steamed. To each his own.
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OK, cool. Hook em.
It’s funny that your user name is the historically most played out meme on this site, and you misused the current hottest most played out meme on this site. Well done.-
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I'm not optimistic about JS being in the class, or if does end up signing with us, being a contributor. His real value is that aggy thought he was all wrapped up and he ended up committing to us. That was funny.
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The Turkey Thread
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I spatchcocked and dry-brined a 14lb bird yesterday morning using a thing I read by Alton Brown. It's sitting uncovered at the bottom of my beer fridge. Gonna either smoke it or cook over indirect coals on my offset. Haven't decided yet. I've noticed that really the only thing connecting the leg quarters to the breast/wings is a thin layer of skin. I think I'm going to separate the leg quarters from the breast so that I can easily rotate a couple of times for an even cook, then pull the breast at 155-160 and continue cooking the leg quarters to a slightly higher temp. This way I can put the roasting pan below the grates and catch the drippings so the turkey dry roasts in the grill and doesn't sit in its own juices. I've always wet brined before but I thought I'd try out this version. We'll see what happens.