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  1. 1 hour ago, The Dog said:

    Dies? Dies would be an improvement. Everything he touches full on fucking explodes.

    Trump University
    Trump hotels
    Trump Casinos
    Trump Steaks
    Trump Airlines
    Trump Mortgage
    The Plaza Hotel
    The USFL

    And yet what did he run on in 2016? The idea that he's a successful businessman that was financing his own campaign. HA!

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  2. 39 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

    The chef's kiss will be a reduction in white admissions as universities start using socio-economic and other non-race based criteria to assure a well rounded incoming class. I'd bet the GQP starts screaming for race based admissions within a decade.

     

    And make no mistake, those new measures to which you refer will cause the cost of college to go up. They’ll essentially create new de facto “departments” that bridge diversity with admissions and they’ll employ people to work on exactly what you’re referring to. 

    Colleges and universities are the social capitals of DEI. They’re not going just turn their backs on that because the SCOTUS rendered a ridiculous decision today. All they’re going to do is, as you say, find a workaround. What happens when institutions get more clandestine with their practices? It gets more expensive for them to execute their goals, and that expense is passed onto the consumer. Great. College was so affordable until today…

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  3. 1 hour ago, YGIFS said:

    Because every single American who has ever watched a movie or a television set has roughly the same idea of what an FBI raid is in their minds.

    Which proves two things:

    1. How intellectually limited the average American really is

    2. How spectacularly soft the American Right is in particular

    Seriously...mental toughness? That ain't their game. Their game is being a 24/7 victim. 

    "They're gonna take our guns away"
    "They're gonna take our gas stoves away"
    "Trump is being persecuted for being a conservative"
    "Trump is being persecuted for being a Christian"
    "I'm persecuted because I'm conservative"
    "I'm persecuted because I'm a Christian"
    "Trump's house was raided because Biden is weaponizing the Justice Department"
    "Death panels"
    "The homosexual agenda"
    "The LGBTQ agenda"
    "The atheist agenda"
    "CRT"
    "Obama's madrassa army of angry negro ACORN volunteers"
    "Saul Alinsky"
    "Antifa"
    "Communism"
    "Marxism"
    "Socialism"
    "Fascism"
    "Anarchism"
    "Sharia Law"
    "Immigration caravans"
    "MS-13"
    "Obamacare Death Panels"
    "Chem trails"
    "Jade Helm 15"
    "Water turning frogs homosexual"
    "The illuminati"
    "The federal reserve"
    "The IRS"

    They're always a victim of everything except their own piss poor decisions...and yet they're always bragging about how they're the "mature, adult, personal responsibility" people. Whatever.

    1 hour ago, YGIFS said:

     If the Secret Service opened fire on the FBI in the home of a former President, I'm pretty sure that may have made the news somewhere.  

    Right, but who needs reality when we have Donald Trump saying words, amirite?

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:


    Exactly this. Roberts only cares about the legitimacy of the Court in so far as it gives him the fig leaf to cover doing things like gutting the VRA. Alito and Thomas are so brazen they conflict with Robert’s frog in a boiling pit goals. So really, it’s just so much window dressing.

    In short, fuck that guy.

    It's not that I disagree with this, but I would like to point out that any time Roberts crosses the aisle is a huge win for the population. Reason? Kavanaugh votes with him well over 90% of the time. In fact last year, he voted with him exactly 100% of the time. Those two are birds of a feather, even more so than when Thomas was eating Scalia's shit and legit loving the taste of it for nearly a quarter century. If any lawyer is paying attention to this dynamic, they'd know full well any and all briefs and oral arguments they submit have to be tailored to essentially pander to Roberts, much like the whole goal of winning a SCOTUS case in the early days of the Roberts court was to target Kennedy. So yes, let's all please continue to throw shade on the SCOTUS if that's what it takes for him to actually go to fucking work instead of just coasting by as he did but for all of like 5 cases since his appointment. 

    Now, would it be better for all of us if (at a bare minimum) Alito and Steven Clarence got hit by a bus and/or drowned in a fishing accident while they were on vacation this year? Absolutely. But even with those two soccer hooligans, there is a path (however small) to victory in even the most sensitive/serious cases, and that path runs right through the Chief Justice. Ideal scenario? No. Realistically speaking, I'd love nothing more than for 1) Biden to win re-elect, 2) for the D Senate lead to expand, 3) for them to kill the filibuster and 4) for Biden to begin his Legacy Years Tour by unpacking the court vis a vis appointing 4 young, flaming environmental lawyers to the SCOTUS to square things up. However unlikely that scenario may end up being, it's far more likely than Uncle Ruckus' and/or Fredo's removal by way of impeachment. For now, I'll take what I can get. I'd rather Roberts rule right for the wrong reasons than to rule wrong for even wronger reasons. 

    Btw for those that have yet to read Thomas' dissent in Moore v. Harper, it reads like 27 pages of an Eric Cartman-style rant in legalese about how "the case is moot goddamnit!!!" Even Stevie Wonder could plainly see that he was simply pandering to Massa Harlan by trying to backdoor a scenario where "Pence has the right to send the issue back to the states" essentially becomes a reality instead of a mere batshit John Eastman "theory." It's pathetic. Even when Trump is dead and gone, those 3 are still going to be butthurt-like-shit that Biden won in 2020. This is the three of them admitting they will never get over that, especially Alito. Honestly, I think the reason Thomas wrote the dissent is because Alito was incapable of resisting the verbalization of his anger over this. 

    Question for the lawyers: when you heard the decision was 6-3, and before you saw the names, did any of you guess that the 3 would include anyone other than the 3 who did dissent? In other words, were you expecting a combination of anyone else?

    34 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    while of course refusing to acknowledge he only got the seat because he was black and replacing the court's only black member at the time.  

    Clarence is the poster child for affirmative action. He's legitimately the very last being on this planet that has any business railing against that concept...which is exactly why he will do it.

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  5. 3 hours ago, Voldemort86 said:

    Clarence Thomas is the ultimate troll. The guy is a black as can be, but his politics and viewpoints line up with some crazed hard right white power esque minority hating racist cruel motherfucker.

     

    I can’t wait until this guy retires. I hope it becomes personally necessary for him to do so as soon as possible, but will probably have to wait awhile.

    Uncle Ruckus ain't retiring. Ever. 

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  6. 3 hours ago, slorch said:

    now ask yourself the circumstances of  the suspension and the timing; and then  whether Tech was operating in good faith.

    Those answers are painfully( or hilariously) obvious.  Mike Leach sinned by getting market value in his contract.  Those idiots had to show him he wasn't bigger than Tech Football.  Leach was, and we've paid a steep fucking price since then.

    Honestly, at this point in history, I liken the Tech perspective on that whole matter to belief in the Easter Bunny.

    ”Daddy, Mike Leach locked a kid in an electrical room for 3 hours and his bosses said he had to apologize and he didn’t and he got suspended and he sued to get his job back for the bowl game then he got fired!!!”

    ”Sure sure, Timmy. Chocolate bunnies and colored eggs.”

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  7. 39 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

    Of course, Mike could have waited a day, and therefore still qualify for the bonus due to still being employed instead of taking Tech to court over being suspended - not fired - suspended  - which occurred first and people conveniently forget happened.

    There was dumbassery by all parties involved.

    It wasn’t a both sides issue, and I’ve yet to see a single person that “forgets” Leach was suspended first. What people do forget to use is the word “wrongfully.” As in “Mike Leach was wrongfully suspended and subsequently wrongfully fired.” Yes, there are certain defenders of the faith in Kent Hance and Craig James’ provably false make believe and pretend bedtime stories that do indeed forget to use that word. But that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Sports bring out the stupid in everyone. After all, there are still people who believe in Mike Nifong.

  8. 9 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Dan has something he could talk expertly about and he can’t help himself and just fucks it up.  The ball was slow and right over home plate and he just fucking whiffed it.

    “Americans collectively cringe as Trumper Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw performs mental gymnastics to somehow ghoulishly blame the tragic deaths of the five men who lost their lives inside of the Titanic rout submarine on President Biden.

    In a shocking statement that shows zero regard for respect towards the victims, and the families of the victims, who tragically perished in the accident, Crenshaw shamelessly declared that it was an “epic failure of leadership” from Biden’s Coast Guard, even though he only “heard” about Biden’s failures and he “doesn’t know” who is truly responsible” for the lost lives.

    Trumper Dan Crenshaw continued, falsely declaring that Biden didn’t “deploy assets” that could have saved their lives — even though officials already declared that the victims died way before they could be saved — and millions of dollars were spent on the desperate missions to save their lives.

    Adding insult to injury, Crenshaw then declared that President Biden should have “acted sooner,” even though he acted immediately — and even experts agree that it was “impossible” to save them at those depths after their vessel “imploded.” The worst part is that Crenshaw is a former NAVY Seal — AND a certified division instructor — which means that he should know better before placing the blame on the President Biden.”

    What's also been coming out of Crenshaw's feeble mouth is that this fantastic, movie-style rescue effort he's describing could have been accomplished "no later than Wednesday morning." Folks, I'd hate to be the bearer of shitty news, even to a degenerate scumbag like Crenshaw, but that vessel had already imploded well prior to Wednesday morning. Even if Biden/the Navy/the Coast Guard deployed vessels right at the timing of the loss of contact with the mother ship, nothing could be done. This was a ridiculous endeavor made by rich idiots with their stupid toys. They were warned years in advance that the safety of the vessel was inadequate, and the response to it was:

    "You know, at some point, safety is just pure waste. I mean, if you just want to be safe, don't get out of bed, don't get in your car, don't do anything. At some point, you're going to take some risk, and it really is a risk-reward question." 

    But you do you, Danny. Never miss an opportunity to turn an apolitical something into a political something and (predictably) blame the Democrats for something over which they had no control. 

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  9. 31 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    Her "people" were fucking traitors.  These motherfuckers should be taken out back and shot.  Enemies of the USA. 

    So fun fact:

    The confederacy lasted about as long as Milli Vanilli.

    Seriously, that’s this wonderful “heritage” they love to scream about like frustrated little school kids when they’re not pretending to be tough by ostracizing trans kids that play sports.

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  10. 2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Definitely.  They don’t hide their ambitions, and why should they, they can hack up a journalist in an embassy and get away with it.

    And according to Trump’s earlier bizarre admissions, they pay in cash 

  11. 1 hour ago, The Dog said:

    Yes.

    Keep in mind ALLL of these turds are lying their asses off to the Fox News and Newsmax types then telling the truth under oath. None of them want to go to prison. 

    Trump’s lawyers on FoxNews=WWE CM Punk

    Trump’s lawyers in court=UFC CM Punk

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  12. On 2/12/2021 at 1:22 PM, Jive Turkey said:

    Lauren's mom is claiming that Lauren's dad is none other than former Midnight Express member "Sweet" Stan Lane.  (although some old schoolers may think of him as a member of the Fabulous Ones)

    oh, and Stan Lane is the first cousin of Lauren's mom.

    😲

     

    Necro bump:

    Yeah, Lauren’s mother is/was a lying whore (shocking I know).

    Of course it does explain why poor Lauren is so easily given to conspiracy theories: the fucking bullshit is genetic.

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  13. 4 minutes ago, Underdog said:

    Be interesting to see how Miami comes out in Boston after blowing a 3-0 series lead and lose this one in that fashion. 

    They'll look like Portland did in the WCF of '99

  14. 26 minutes ago, Bevo said:

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    So let the outside guys get pushed inside and then break off the route for a very deep down and out or as drawn.

    It would have to be very deep and that’s kinda my point regarding the pass rush. If your protection could hold up for that long? Yeah let it rip, provided of course the X/Z can 1) get off the corner after breaking back to the outside and 2) get to the spot as fast as possible so as to keep the safety away from the play. I just think training your X’s and Z’s to get that outside release on the fly is much better for your QB’s safety and the margin for error on the throw.

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  15. On 5/22/2023 at 11:01 AM, Tex Pete said:

    Depends on the coach, I guess. I held the headset cord for Hal Mumme many moons ago, and he would definitely run 25 plays in order. I am sure that he may situationally change a play (inside the 5, for instance), but he had an exact script that he followed.

    He would often run his first play with all his receivers (which were all his skill players in the Run and Shoot) running streaks. He scored on that a lot.

    Just now saw this.

    Hal was one of the few who could get away with that. They built in so many different route combinations through using choice routes that they could call the same play 5 times in a row and it would all look completely different on film...especially back in those days.

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  16. 1 hour ago, Bevo said:

    So you are still hoping the two safeties can cover all the go routes? In modern offenses is there a read to where the QB throws the ball towards the corners of the end zone (ie. outside shoulder) knowing the wr will break back from where the CB pushed him inside.

    Perhaps you could draw up such a play? I’m not saying that to be a smart ass; I really have not heard of such a concept. Usually when a receiver adjusts a route, it’s because either there’s a built in principle (a la Mouse Davis’ offense with all those option routes to be made between the 5th and 8th steps) or the QB is scrambling around and the WR has gone well past the point where he should expect the ball to be thrown to him and he needs to shake a defender. Typically when a WR gets re-routed, he fights his way back to where he’s supposed to be (but that also means he’s less likely to get the ball). That’s especially true on the all go due to the nature of the play, more on that later.

    Anyways, the bold part of what you said implies that the ball is close to the goal line and when a defense has a tendency to play cover 2 down there, OC’s tend not to call all go’s in particular. If they do, they’re absolutely counting on the idea that at least one of the X or Z will get a positive outside release. In other words if they get re-routed to the middle, that play is likely screwed. I personally would be more inclined to call all go’s against press man because that all gets boiled down to whom among the X and Z is getting the quick back shoulder throw.

    But to your point about working the sideline after the X and Z have been re-routed towards the middle…that takes time to develop and you’re asking your QB to take quite a bit of time before releasing the ball. And if the space to throw the ball ends up being really small, you’re really cutting his nuts off.

    “Hey, take about 5-7 seconds and throw this ball into a tight space…but you gotta be accurate bc ya know, balls picked on the sideline tend to get taken for a house call.”

    Seems to me like that would be an extremely unlikely set up. I could be totally wrong, but I’m visualizing how long it takes an X/Z to get re-routed, work back, and actually get to the sideline area meaningfully downfield and in a space that’s too deep for a roll corner and too far away from a half field safety. In all go’s, the whole principle that all 4 WR’s abide to is that it’s what’s known as a “field marker route.” In other words it’s not just the the X and Z run flies. They generally run flies down the numbers (slots run down the college hash marks)…and now you’re talking about working back to the other side of the numbers? 

  17. If you’re in cover 2, you’re wanting both CB’s to re-route the X and Z to the inside, safeties are more or less splitting the diff between where either WR on their sides could wind up. You’d also want your MLB dropping deep to discourage any notions of the slots breaking off their routes into skinnies into the middle void, and for the OLB’s you’d want them trailing the slots so the QB doesn’t get cute and try to hit a quick one before the safety can get there. 

    Essentially all that is supposed to leave is the RB running some sort of check release and as a defense, you live with that. Sure that may be a 6-8 yard gain, but they were going for the home run ball. And of course if your pass rush is worth a shit, that QB ends up sampling fieldturf because the RB is obviously the 5th option.

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  18. On 5/21/2023 at 7:22 PM, shadow_operative said:

    i've never understood game planning the first 15 or so plays of a game. imagine if a baseball manager told his pitcher, "here's the first 25 pitches you're going to throw, regardless of what's actually happening in the game." then again i'm not football coach or expert- not by a long shot. still, i can't be alone in wondering what the supposed advantage is of deciding the first 10-15 plays you're going to run on offense days before the game actually takes place.

    bonus question: why don't coaches script their first 10-15 plays in defense if it's such a good idea on offense? 

    I've neglected to post much on topics like these in recent years largely because Texas' general decline in football has brought out the absolute worst quality of discourse. Nonetheless, this is a more general topic not specific to the Horns, so here it goes:

    1. As has been already stated, the first 15 play script serves two purposes: it eliminates the guesswork, and all baggage that comes with guesswork, by the offensive players and allows them to run plays with which they're most familiar AND it also gives the HC and OC an idea about how the opposition is going to defend certain plays. So let's say that the offense runs the much maligned bubble screen to a slot receiver out of a trips set. Let's also say that this is on the first play of the game and the playside CB shoots the screen right off the snap. Ok, they've clearly been coached to do that...probably because the offense has shown nothing to counter that, at least not from that particular formation. An OC can dial up something a bit later in the game: call the bubble again, but this time have both the X and the other blocking slot WR fake like they're gonna block on the first 2-3 steps and then shoot up the field. Well the CB isn't gonna be able to defend the X because he's been told to flatly ignore him. The other slot can run a seam/post and it serves no purpose other than to occupy the playside safety (although if that safety is stupid enough to over-rotate to defend the X running a fly pattern, obviously that slot is very likely to be open downfield in the middle).

    2. I agree with CTJ's characterization of the baseball analogy.

    3. The script has contingencies. Have you seen those play calling charts that the play caller holds in front of his face so as to conceal his lips from the camera? Yeah, they're the same size up in the booth. Furthermore, the script on that chart constitutes a very limited fraction of its space. There are other spaces that list contingent play calls that take other factors into consideration that normal scripts do not. So, for example, it'll say what to do if the defense isn't showing the kinds of looks they've been known to show. Maybe they're blitzing on first down. Maybe they're using a 4-man front even though they're usually a 3-man front defense. Maybe they're using a single high safety instead of a cover 2. Maybe they're showing zone when they usually play an aggressive press. The contingency plays also allow for the OC to bail on the script because the offense has found itself in a predicament where the next play call wouldn't be helpful. So like maybe it's 3rd and 7 on the 5th play of the drive and you've got a power dive called for that one. Just bail on it. Duh. They've got scripts, but they're not abject slaves to them. In other words, if you took every coaches' scripts and you read through them and matched them on the film (and this all assumes you understand the names of the plays compared to what's being run), you will very often find yourself saying "hey, you didn't run the play that was in the script on that one! You're a great big phony!"

    5. As to the defense having scripts, it's already been said. It's a much more reactive concept and a script can't help with that. So say you're a 4-3 defense and you trot out your regular personnel even though the offense is coming out in a 5-wide set. You're already at a disadvantage. And let's say you're doing an all-out blitz. Ok, now you're pretty much fucked unless the other team just sucks that bad. Offenses are the ones with the scripts because they're the ones with the ball. 

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  19. 1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    I don’t know that anyone is buying them as plucky upstart disrupters.

    They're not, but that's not stopping the LIV and its players from playing this little game of Make Believe and Pretend in trying to foist that image on the public, hence DeChambeau's flowery and asinine comments yesterday.

     

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