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  1. 100.00% hit Wulaw. Thank you for your consistent support and measured reaction to so many things. Welcome to the bandwaggon ..., oops, not yet, guys. I will wait patiently for a few months, and after I volcano on all the "Seven win Steve posters", and there are a lot of you, then I will welcome you back into the fold. I agree with the axis tilt, that things will change towards the more traditional powers. I think Alabama will still be in the picture, as they can always point to skins on the wall, and that will always matter. (I went to an OU game in Norman in the 80's, and I got goose bumps walking into the stadium. I imagine recruits feel the same way sometimes. I think Sark felt that way when he first walked into DKR-TMS.) Alabama won't run shit anymore, but I think with prudent hires, they should still compete at a high level. Last year as the inflection point? Yeah, buddy, my thoughts exactly. The massive changes in direction v. late Mack, Strong & Herman were there, but so many dogged Sark & Quinn because they failed to deliver immediate results. Yes, I was disappointed, but I also know that a supertanker cruising at top speed doesn't change direction like a jet ski. Listen to Josh Pate's Late Kick...He talks about the difference in building a team and building a program. Texas, CDC & Sark have built a program. (That takes time, considering the starting point of Sark's tenure; assistant coaches, culture, talent, scholarship distribution, recruiting, bloated administration, leaks to the press, tolerance of F*ck Chip Brown and Kirk Bohls, etc.) Whether or not Texas wins out or not, Texas is going to be here and be elite again for a long while. The Death Star in operational. Spoiler; First word out of his mouth, "WOW!" Milroe is not the biggest problem, just the most visible. Reese called some good plays, that "forced" Texas to react, that Milroe executed. He is a 4.4 40-guy that spent all night running for his life. Kinda like Quinn last year. It's amazing how different the guy with the clean jersey looked compared to the guy digging grass out of his facemask. He can hit the long throws. The shorter stuff, seeing the field, and making the right decisions, is heavily dependent on coaching. Quinn has it, Milroe doesn't. (BOB was your mentor? Who wouldn't be f*cked up?) Milroe won't face the NFL talent like Texas has again, unless Alabama makes it to the SEC Championship game. They also won't face an offense like ours. Sark, Flood, Davis & Milwee are difference makers. Sark gave a shout out to Milwee for settling Quinn down in the 2nd Qtr. It's been so long since we had good coaches I forgot what it looked like. I thought the Texas DL match up against the huge Alabama OL (fatties!!! 🤣) was a big Texas advantage. We have a lot of big, talented guys that somebody lit a fire under. Playing next too, or behind T'Vondre Sweat has to be inspiring (Broughton? Collins?). Getting a consistent push makes the world go round. As many mentioned, a drop back QB would have got sacked 10 times, if he made it that long. I hope for Alabama's sake, this is taking advantage of Milroe's skill set, and not a program change. Mack reluctantly let Vince play his game, changed the offense, and got the results. Colt covered up a lot of shortcomings, and Mack taking a HUNH team and trying to turn it into smashmouth football was tragic for Texas.
  2. so... I guess that's your hyperspace button to make sure there's tongue involved when the lips touch?, ...NTTAWWT.
  3. Good take by Josh Pate. Talks about the difference in building a program v. building a team, and Texas, CDC & Sark have rebuilt The Program. Don't OD on the kool aid.
  4. Rod Babers w/ Burton discussed this yesterday, how the game would have played out if Texas went up 17-0 out of the gate and started coasting. No adversity, get complacent, and loose in the 4th Quarter. Misfiring on so many little things by so many players, coachable moments without giving up a big play. Quinns happy feet in the 2nd Qtr. Hill, for example, with his Hager move, running himself out of the play and losing contain, only to come back and get 2 sacks. The DL discipline in the second half was a thing of beauty. Burke's sack & TFL were both within arms lengths of his lane. Big guys ate up blockers all night, and Gbenda gets a hustle play sack right up the middle. Campbell of the 4th quarter TD run; "... don't stand there, just mash the guy in front of you." Great game. Big inflection point in Texas Football fortunes.
  5. Thank you all for your efforts. "Short answer is yes. But what else are they supposed to do? They'd be out of business if they were honest about the real state of the program."
  6. Let's keep it simple, "I just didn't think..."
  7. Put it on a shirt, the modern day Scarlet Letter.
  8. On 11/12/2022 at 9:45 PM, sidis said: On 11/12/2022 at 9:46 PM, Chuckie Finster said: On 11/12/2022 at 9:47 PM, wild_turkey said: On 11/12/2022 at 9:47 PM, Firemans4Horn said: On 11/12/2022 at 9:59 PM, GreenspointTexas said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:13 PM, Longhornstampede said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:14 PM, Sawbonz said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:20 PM, DigglerontheHoof said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:24 PM, 6th Street said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:34 PM, Sgt Hulk said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:37 PM, UTEX_ME said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:41 PM, 6th Street said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:53 PM, Monahorns said: On 11/12/2022 at 10:56 PM, BigOrange1 said: yep, fun to bump just like i knew it would be. Big Orange, A Great Big, "Hell Yes!!!" for capturing this. Thank you, Sir. To all of you weeping, spineless, Negative Nancy's who have littered this board with your feeble ilk since Quinn stepped foot on campus... Nothing but Love for QE. He is a Poster Child for the way he represented himself, his family, his teammates, and The University of Texas. He has carried a mountain of expectations very few in the history of college football have ever had to deal with, with a poise and maturity not usually associated with 20 year old kids (he was a teenager less than 6 months ago.) Quinn, You Rock! Those of you eating crow today, enjoy.
  9. You fucking pussy!!!
  10. There’s my chink & dink drive, 14 plays, 93 yards, FG. Should have been a TD, again.
  11. Good Luck & Safe Travels to you guys. You're my heroes!!! Fond memories from '76, a dozen of us squeeze'n into a Motel 6 room for OU weekend. I know that's a pretty low bar to step over, but you guys are definitely doin' it right. Still chuckle thinking about the after pics from the Fayetteville Road Trip. "Gentlemen, this is what you've been trained for. You are America's best, make us proud!"
  12. As a true surly poster, if you disagree with me, it is my fault for not explaining it properly, because I'm never wrong. I don't disagree the jug could be used for stability, but why not fins? No argument here, just clarification. In my scenario, a "check valve/vacumn breaker" is installed that only allows air to flow from the jug out, not from the outside into the jug, i.e., the jug cannot "breath". (i) On the ground, atmospheric pressure in the jug = pressure on the mine "button", the mine is "unarmed". (ii) At peak altitude, atmospheric pressure in the jug is still equal to the pressure on the mine "button", the mine is still "unarmed". But, the pressure at altitude is ~ 1 PSI less than the pressure on the ground. The jug volume and pressure are fixed. (iii) As the mine is dropped and falling, the atmospheric pressure on the outside increases, the jug starts to collapse, and the pressure inside of the jug increases. The surface area of the jug >> the surface area on the mine "button", so there is a disproportionate increase in pressure at the mine button as it falls, eventually reaching ~ 100+ PSI. The mine is "armed", but not necessarily triggered. (iv) The second tube w/ the blades at the end, could be a turbine that generates an electronic pulse, which acts as a trigger for the armed mine.
  13. I think we will see a more Sark like cohesive offense Saturday. 4 WR sets w/ Whittington & Cook inside, looking for a LB matchup. QE will be fine. The 0-fer on long throws is overblown. The deep outs were 40+ yard throws, 10 yards deep and 35 yards across the field. I would prefer a methodical chink & dink, 10 play drive down the field, throwing deep on 2nd & short. Keep the offense on the field and the defense fresh. I agree the key is Texas OL v. Alabama DL. Time for the tenacity we saw from watching the tape.
  14. I'll try; Perhaps it is a "pressure switch" of sorts. Drone flies at ~ 2,000 ft?, atmospheric pressure is ~ 1 PSI less than at ground level. Water jug is ~ 12" diameter, 113 square inches. Jug nozzle is restricted down to ~ 1 square inch, pressure exceeds 100 PSI at ground level. Drone flies from ground to 2,000 ft, higher pressure "heavy" air in jug is displaced w/ lower pressure "light" air, As mine is dropped from 2000 ft, the pressure in the jug increases at it gets closer to the ground, activating the pressure switch > 100 PSI, boom.
  15. That's a TD if Whitt doesn't bring the 2nd defender over. Can't believe that was supposed to happen.
  16. Re: ERCOT data from yesterday, Aug 31. Power Generation @ 7.14 am; Wind & Solar 4,887 MW, 9.9% of total generation (4,887/(12,636+10,427), 21.2% of summer capacity) Gas @ 32,821 MW, 66.5% of total generation, (32,821/53,446, 61.4% of summer capacity) Power Generation @ 7.49 pm; Wind & Solar 7,381 MW, 10.5% of total generation (7,381/(12,636+10,427), 32.0 % of summer capacity) Gas @ 46,624 MW, 66.0% of total generation, (46,624/53,446, 87.2% of summer capacity) From 1:00-9:00 pm, gas fired generation was running at 80+ % of capacity, peaking at 46,981 MW, 87.9 % of capacity. That is the gas portfolio total; probably a lot of individual plants running ~ 90% of capacity. A few observations: Where did the damn wind go? Wind dropped to 948 MW @ 12:39 pm, 6.2% of summer capacity. I have to believe the wind just wasn't blowing v. unplanned shutdowns across the damn state. Very sobering for ERCOT, expecting a normal wind day, and getting less than 10% of available capacity during peak demand. Gas gets the bad press because of "unscheduled" outages. Imagine driving your car at 80% or redline for 8 hours a day, for 60 days in a row, in 100+ °F heat. Can't imagine why they would have an unscheduled shutdown. When comparing the economics of various power generation sources, the differences between "on demand" v. "when available" is difficult to quantify on $/MW basis. You cannot simply compare power output straight up without other considerations. Like it or not, renewables require a much larger installed capacity v. expected power generated ratio than fossil fuel plants.
  17. No… No…No…No!!! 2 things happened in the 60’s that made Texas livable; Air Conditioning and Liquor by the Drink. Don’t Mess with either of them. I’m still pissed that we had a National 55 MPH speed limit. It is our inalienable right to enjoy somebody else’s refrigerated air when we go to HEB, Lowes or Walmart. It’s bad enough we have to go there, let’s not make it worse by having to sweat when we get there. HEB is not a deli counter. HEB having doors on the meat counters would be a mass casualty event during the holidays. I agree that incoming business’ should pay some type of fee to support utility infrastructure. Age old argument that if everybody pays the incremental cost, who pays for the base cost?
  18. My experience living in Colorado is that smoking brisket is no bueno. I had a smoker a welder made for me in Oklahoma, and it couldn’t get enough air to keep the fire going. Evergreens are good for building houses, not so good for smoking meat. How I miss the way the days cooled down in August!!! I never got used to swimming up there; the evaporative cooling when you got out of the polls was about the coldest I ever got up there.
  19. As a populace, yes, we (the Royal "we") are, that dumb. 20 years ago, the domestic oil & gas industry was in its twilight (assisted living) and Deep Water Gulf of Mexico exploration and Canadian Tar Sands development was it. The US started building LNG import facilities to balance the energy needs of the US, and everybody made a concerted move towards renewables. Texas ramped up installation of new gas fire power generation, and with higher gas prices and a favorable regulatory climate, renewables ramped up. (Raw data from Wikipedia.) The Shale Revolution turned it all upside down. Ten years later, LNG imports stopped within a year of starting. Long haul gas transmission lines from the Gulf Coast to the northeast were bifurcated, sending Appalachia shale gas north towards the East Coast, and south, to the new LNG export facilities on the coast. The Eagle Ford Shale development accelerated the growth of new gas fired power generation and LNG Export facilities. The Shale impact on Permian development is off the charts, coupling world class reserves with world class export infrastructure, under the umbrella of a favorable regulatory climate. Texas is swimming in gas, industry is building new pipelines to Mexico, and the US has surpassed Qatar as the largest exporter of LNG in the world. The Roller Coaster of gas prices is indicative of making long term decisions based on the facts at a specific point in time, knowing there is little correlation to the facts that exist when the effects of those prior decisions actually happen. If you thank arm chair quarterbacking is fun with football, try doing it with commodity prices. Every few years, a once in a lifetime event occurs; Enron, Katrina & Rita, $150 oil, economic meltdown, unconventional shale boom, $30 oil collapse, economic boom, Permian shale boom, climate change, Covid, Ukraine, etc. Renewable energy looks a lot different in a $2.50 natural gas price environment, particularly when rolling blackouts routinely enter the conversation.
  20. Fuck!!! Estonia was on my wish list of Eastern European vacation stops because of Kaja's leadership. Another is a long, long line that married the wrong dude. “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
  21. Except for those damn 10,000 ft runways.
  22. Perhaps another way of saying "potential shortage" is "record demand." The majority of new power generation is from renewables, and I'm guessing the underlying gas generation has not grown in proportion to the population increase. The conundrum of incentivizing a private, for-profit industry, to build peak shaving facilities that don't run +50% of the time, that sell an absolute necessary commodity, at market conditions and pricing, to a hostile populace, is a no-win situation for every body involved. Re: unexpected availability, most natural gas facilities (compressor stations, treating & processing plants) use fin fan air coolers to cool down process streams (gas or water), basically large forced draft radiators. That is good enough most of the time, but becomes an issue when ambient temperatures are over 100° F. Cooling a process stream down from 180° F to ~120° F is easy when the ambient air is 70-80° F. When the air is 110° F, cooling down 180° F becomes ~140° F instead of 120° F. Hotter temperature degrades operating efficiencies and is harder on the equipment, and the people maintaining it. Envision a NASCAR race in west Texas is August. Operating natural gas facilities out west with annual temperature extremes ranging from +115° F to -15° F is challenging to say the least. Some times you do stuff that you know is unsafe and against well understood policies, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I cannot forget seeing my mechanics running hoses from pick-up exhausts to the crankcases of a large gas engines to try to warm the cold, syruppy oil. I shook me head, told them I was never there, quietly got in my vehicle, and left.
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