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  1. He needs to cut the hair and tone down the 100% bum rush unless it's 3rd and long.  Too often, opposing offenses are scheming runs and flares and such right at him into the gap he creates via the mad dog rush with no sense of containment or cognizance of what's going on.  I like him a lot as a 3rd and long situational DE or blitzing LB... not so much as a guy who comes in on a down when he needs to read what's going on.  

  2. He's missed some wide open receivers, and completed some where the receiver had to stop or go to the ground to make the catch, but he's in the top 40 in completion %.   He's absolutely inaccurate if Colt is the comparison, but not so much if you are comparing him to the pool of NCAA QBs currently playing.  As long as he keeps his turnovers at zero and shows steady improvement in finding open guys and hitting guys in stride as the season continues, I won't complain about him. 

  3. 1 hour ago, TrashMaster G said:

    If Coach Herman doesn't at least mention once during the presser that ou sucks, he should be fired immediately.

    I still remember Mack saying early in his career that playing OU was like "playing against your best friend".  I never got over that, though Vince and Colt were able to help me ignore the "scare you to death" comments about Kansas and Iowa State for a good chunk of a decade.

  4. On ‎9‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 11:39 PM, Gil Bang said:

    I had the experience in Okinawa, and my only problem with the reverse side thing was with turn signals.  My wipers were on frequently. 

    The turns in tight traffic and cruising in small lanes were crazy, as my mind and reflexes were conditioned to think a big chunk of vehicle was to my right side, which was no longer the case.

  5. 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

     

     


    My friend’s dad wrote over 8,000 scripts in a town of 5,000.

     

    That seems like a red flag simply population to scripts #'s wise, even if he's a board-certified pain management physician with a practice comprised of solely of complex, chronic pain patients who legitimately require numerous scripts each per year.  Though that ratio in and of itself shouldn't be assumed as substandard.  If's he's not a pain-management specialist, that's another red flag.  But again, numbers alone can be deceiving.  You have to look at patient census, what types of patients (clinical indication wise) the practice is prescribing opioids for, and what the scope of the practice is (family practice, surgical, OB-GYN, etc...) for starters.

    The trend with the broad Govt crackdown mandates and bad PR looks to be causing many doctors to refer their chronic cases (patients who require more than a one-time script of opioids) to pain management specialists, many of whom run large practices comprised almost completely of the worst cases of chronic pain.  Hopefully, the regulating bodies develop an unbiased, non politically motivated, objective way to monitor the pain management specialists, because if they just knee-jerk, chop away without a fair practice by practice analysis, the legitimate, most-debilitated patients will end up with no recourse except illicit efforts to get pain relief or suicide. 

  6. pay extra for the automatic in Ireland and England... driving on the left side in itself is not that challenging, but shifting with your left hand while sitting on the right side of the vehicle tends to divert much needed focus from the mirror image driving and such... the less distractions the better

  7. The running game is still a mystery.  The line absolutely looks better than last year.  It seems the speed of the hand-off / decision to keep in the QB option has improved slightly over the past couple games, and there have been more North - South run calls.  I think our use of personnel and formations, and playcalling tendencies in specific scenarios (like when we have a lead) is VERY predictable with the run plays at times, but every team faces situations when running is the best choice and the other team knows it.  It would be interesting to occasionally see a few plays with 2 backs in the backfield or Sam under center, even when it's a pass or designed QB run, just to keep the defense guessing.  I think there are times when our personnel, formation, and/or lack of motion absolutely reduce the complexity for the opposing defense to think and narrow down what they need to defend and worry about.

    I am curious as to our pass -vs- run % breakdown when we lead versus when we are behind, as it feels like we abandon the run quickly when we fall behind, even when we are averaging 4+ yards a carry.

    All in all, the past two games have been encouraging in that the offense seems to be improving.  OU is the final exam/big test, and unfortunately that comes before the 1/2 point... after basically West Virginia the biggest threat after OU will be overconfidence.  We are at the point in the schedule where anything less than 9 wins would be a significant let down

  8. Not reporting criminal activity doesn't mean it never happened.  Many victims or traumatic / humiliating crimes do avoid going through the formalities of filing charges and such to avoid having to deal with the intense emotions / anxiety / depression and other stressors involved with publicizing and revisiting the crimes.  There is a reason why certain crimes have very limited statutes of limitations and others have no statute of limitations.

     People cope in different ways.  However, would it not make sense for Congress, regardless of who it is vetting, impeaching, hiring etc... to request/require that any accuser voicing public  allegations of criminal activity be required to formally report said activity to the relevant State / Federal authorities if that allegation is going to be presented and considered as evidence in the vetting/impeachment/hiring... proceeding?

    Also, deciding to report a crime for pure political purposes doesn't negate the fact that the criminal activity occurred.  The motive for a victim reporting a crime doesn't negate the intent and conduct of the person who committed the crime when it occurred. 

    It's definitely an interesting phenomenon when the accuser decides to come forward and face reliving the demons all over again for a very limited purpose, like preventing someone from getting a job when the outcome of the allegations, if true, would certainly justify a criminal charge with possible sentencing, fines, etc...

    In this case, I think it is a good idea for the FBI to get statements from the parties and do a very short investigation before this goes before some of biased minds who are more interested in reelection than fact-finding on the Judiciary Committee.  And, if the evidence shows that any member of congress had credible information about the alleged criminal conduct earlier and chose not to timely present it after the reporting source was substantiated, he or she should be sanctioned significantly, just as I think the persons who voice frivolous / bogus objections and privileges to properly requested, discoverable documents about the candidate should be sanctioned significantly.

    (end of rant)

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  9. I'm not on her side, but it's possible she was drunk / zoned out and trying to get in (trying key, turning the handle unsuccessfully, etc...) and he heard it and surprised the hell out of her by opening the door.  It still doesn't provide any argument for her drawing and shooting.  Perhaps she went off on him verbally/histrionically, maybe drew her gun, and he tried to get her crazy ass out of the door so he could close it and that's when she pulled the trigger.  Her failure was instigating and escalating a situation when she could have called backup and waited outside the door.

    I seriously doubt it was premeditated due to prior noise complaints.  (absent her being seriously mentally ill).

    She'll probably get manslaughter / criminally negligent homicide.

  10. I've been playing... it's good.  Not a huge leap from last year, but noticeably improved on many fronts

     

    It seems there are additions/changes to the button/stick controls on offense near the basket... several times in MyCareer when my player would've dunked or tried to last year he's done squirrelly hook shots and post moves this year... there are still a ton of sharpshooter dudes that just sit at the 3 point line and drain 3's all game and it would be nice if it was a bit easier to defend

  11. There were less of those take forever options where it seemed like the QB was just standing there needing to shit or get off the pot, but still too many.  Those won't work at all against any Big-12 teams... they seem more practice speed than game speed.

  12. 18 hours ago, LonghornGoodfella said:

    It's been awful quiet on the McGregor front for this Khabib fight. Hell it's been quiet on the promotion side. You can think of it a couple different ways. Conor is hands down focused on training for this beast, which he should be doing. Or he knows the mind games aren't going to work with Khabib and put the trash talk away.

    Either way i find it interesting, especially considering it's only a month away and Uncle Dana is predicting 2 million PPV buys, which i just don't see happening. 

    Maybe McGregor has a probation term prohibiting any contact with Khabib that doesn't involve a refereed MMA event.

  13. 10 hours ago, bluto said:

    I think the OL was much improved, esp over a Connor-less 17 line, but Maryland rushed only 3 quite a bit

    agreed... the verdict is still out on the handling the heavier numbers that USC and OU will throw at us, but the initial OL results were clearly an improvement over last few years.   If I am Tulsa's D Coordinator and Sam is starting, I am inclined to mimic Maryland and play more coverage than blitz until proven wrong.  So, we may not get a clearer picture on how the OL handles blitz pressure until the big stage games.

  14. many of the plays MD busted for big gains were run specifically at Hager... well, in the large voids he left from the head-down crazed mad-dog, no contain, style he played. 

    It was exceptional game-planning by the MD head coach fill-in... at times, it seemed as if he knew and understood our personnel's tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses better than MENSA and his staff.

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  15. It the O-line cleans up a lot of complete whiffs between the tackles resulting in free runs for defenders on our QBs and RBs last year, that will be a big plus.  There were way to many plays where defenders waltzed into our backfield virtually unimpeded due to missed assignments and 1/2 ass effort in the initial year of the Herman tenure.  Vahe needs to play like an angry senior.  Hopefully Shack's ankles are 100% for the first time in his career here.  I have no idea what to expect at RG.

  16. On ‎8‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 3:51 AM, Goo Punch said:

    Lindell Wiggington and Barry Brown could have something to say about that, but I do expect Coleman to make one of the all conference teams and to be our go-to guy in the clutch.

    I definitely think Coleman will be the glue and the coolest head under pressure this year.  I am optimistic about his future.  I am fine with Simms.  I think he will fill his role fine.  Our season will sink or swim on offense from the 2 and 3 positions (if Roach continues his growth, we should be good at 2) and defense/rebounding from the 4 (DO).  DO also needs to improve his shooting selection/percentage. 

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