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  1. 8 hours ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

    I’m also still in awe we’re even discussing this right now. 

    Also, remembering the, Quinn sucks and fire Sark and PK dipshittery throughout the season.

    The dipshittery on this board won't easily go away for me. The degree to which so many railed against Sark & Quinn is exactly the kind of crap that created the clusterf*ck around the Stoops-Elko fiasco.  The UT brain trust 5-10 years would have listened to the these dip shits and run Sark & Quinn out of town. At least we fixed the top.

    Kinda like calling someone's mother a whore. You can take it back and apologize. But things are never the same. 

    8 hours ago, Hmbre97 said:

    I'd like to extend a giant fuck you to all the morons leading up to this weekend saying "err mah gerd, we need georgia to win!!!! root for georgia!"

    Idiots

    Dipshits 2.0.

    8 hours ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

    And it be because of us.

    Re: SEC getting left out of CFP ... because Texas beat the SEC Champion ... the first tangible data point of Texas "ruining" the SEC, beating them ... on the football field . (Pls see Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and TAMU)

    We're Texas! 

    8 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

    Actually it is because of aggy. This was supposed to be the first year of the 12 team playoff and it got fucked up by aggy leaking to the other conferences before the meeting to vote on a 12 team playoff that Texas/OU were going to the SEC. So the Alliance formed and blocked the 12 team playoff until the next year as a leverage move. 

    Aggy fucked the SEC. Glorious.  

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    44 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

    This is perfect.  

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    "Florida State and Texas should be rewarded for scheduling and beating LSU and Alabama."

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    So ... today ... I feel a peaceful contentment that I've not felt for a long time.

    Texas won the last B12 Championship, to go along w/ winning the first Big 12 Championship, to go with winning the last SWC Championship.

    Things are right w/ the world.  People opened their eyes and saw what we already knew.

    Long time haters from across the county, the SEC honks, the media mouthpieces, even aggy, like apocalyptic zombies, lining up to sing Texas' praises and jump on the bandwagon.

      “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free

  2. 56 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

    "This is not an 8-4 job" - Your historical performance over the past 25 years is 8-4 and you hired a guy that fell short of those middling expectations in the ACC.

    Bjork is right, kinda... it is not an 8-4 job. It is a 7-5 job.

    Since 2000, w/ 12 years in the B12 and 12 years in the SEC, A&M's record is 176-122, or 7.3 & 5.1, or 7-5. Their record in the B12 was 7-6, and their record in the SEC is 8-4.

    They have lost 4 of fewer games in only 8 out of 24 seasons.

     

    Texas A&M            Total Season            
                Season            
    Rk    Year    Conf    W    L    Pct    Coach(es)
    24    2000    B12    7    5    58.3%    R.C. Slocum (7-5)
    23    2001    B12    8    4    66.7%    R.C. Slocum (8-4)
    22    2002    B12    6    6    50.0%    R.C. Slocum (6-6)
    21    2003    B12    4    8    33.3%    Dennis Franchione (4-8)
    20    2004    B12    7    5    58.3%    Dennis Franchione (7-5)
    19    2005    B12    5    6    45.5%    Dennis Franchione (5-6)
    18    2006    B12    9    4    69.2%    Dennis Franchione (9-4)
    17    2007    B12    7    6    53.8%    Dennis Franchione (7-5), Gary Darnell (0-1)
    16    2008    B12    4    8    33.3%    Mike Sherman (4-8)
    15    2009    B12    6    7    46.2%    Mike Sherman (6-7)
    14    2010    B12    9    4    69.2%    Mike Sherman (9-4)
    13    2011    B12    7    6    53.8%    Mike Sherman (6-6), Tim DeRuyter (1-0)
    12    2012    SEC    11    2    84.6%    Kevin Sumlin (11-2)
    11    2013    SEC    9    4    69.2%    Kevin Sumlin (9-4)
    10    2014    SEC    8    5    61.5%    Kevin Sumlin (8-5)
    9    2015    SEC    8    5    61.5%    Kevin Sumlin (8-5)
    8    2016    SEC    8    5    61.5%    Kevin Sumlin (8-5)
    7    2017    SEC    7    6    53.8%    Kevin Sumlin (7-5), Jeff Banks (0-1)
    6    2018    SEC    9    4    69.2%    Jimbo Fisher (9-4)
    5    2019    SEC    8    5    61.5%    Jimbo Fisher (8-5)
    4    2020    SEC    9    1    90.0%    Jimbo Fisher (9-1)
    3    2021    SEC    8    4    66.7%    Jimbo Fisher (8-4)
    2    2022    SEC    5    7    41.7%    Jimbo Fisher (5-7)
    1    2023    SEC    7    5    58.3%    Jimbo Fisher (7-4)
                176    122    59.1%    
                7.3    5.1        
                    
            B12    79    69    53.4%    
            SEC    97    53    64.7%    
            B12 W %    6.6    5.8    53.4%    
            SEC W %    8.1    4.4    64.7%    

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  3. 2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Regarding this quote:

    While true, it's far too flattering of A&M.  Over the last decade, here are the records of the 3 programs in question;

    Michigan:  91/32 (0.74)

    Michigan State:  74/49 (0.60)

    Texas A&M:  77/47 (0.62)

     

    For all intents & purposes, Texas A&M *IS* Michigan State

    A&M has played 11 FCS teams since 2012, Mich St has played 4.

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  4. 9 hours ago, Pancho said:

    Yup, getting out now—no Stoops. Thamel reporting it, and Looch (lol) confirmed the Kentucky guy’s tweet.

    Ho.

    Le. 

    Shit

    "Did we to get a new Aggy Head Coach?

    Som Tee Wong.

    "Did we put up enough money to get a new Aggy Head Coach?"

    We Too Loo.

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  5. 24 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    Dahobbs said:
    Even this game wasn't complete. The offense left a lot of meat on the bone in the red zone. 

    this.  should have been 70 easy.

    Making me shout at the TV wasn't a complete game.  Maybe that's on me? Settling for 3's and the pic in the end zone were easy points left off the board.

    Even then, a total butt fucking destruction of TTU.

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    Seeing Worthy limp off the field multiple times, only to come back time and again ... Jett Bush's pic 6, and the number of guys that congratulated him on the sidelines ... the parade of running backs ... Arch getting his feet wet and making plays ... the personification of guys buying in and creating a culture. 

    Jaylan Ford's response when asked about the mood of the team, "Confident ... everybody has confidence in everybody ..."

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    Enjoy the ride.

    Hook 'Em!!!

     

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  6. 9 hours ago, UTEE97 said:

    I think the committee ranked Oregon ahead of Texas only because they looked better than us in recent games. Both teams have one close loss to highly ranked teams, and since there was no H2H or common opponent until today, they went by the eye test. It won't surprise me at all to see them flip the rankings this week now that we also have looked dominent and won more impressively against a common opponent.

    Oregon moved ahead of Texas when Quinn got hurt.

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  7. 16 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

     

    Yes they do when something (in my case a large dodge running a red light) hits so hard it obliterates the gas tank. 

    Prayers for you.

    Our '67 Oldsmobile Delta 88 (4 door tank) was rear ended by a Ford Mustang going 100+ MPH (estimated 80 MPH differential between the cars).

    The read end of our car was folded upright to a vertical position, with the ruptured gas tank fully exposed.

    The gas tank "exploded" on impact, though the impact from the expanding fire was secondary compared to the violent collision between the vehicles. 

    The darkest of days ... 

  8. On 11/8/2023 at 6:10 AM, locodos said:

    a little off topic, I saw a documentry that had a fleeting line in it about US tactics in ww2.  IIRC it was a British historian talking about war doctrine and how the Europeans (by tradition or naivete) thought you couldn't assault land based fortifications from ships.  He then proceeds to state that US did just exactly that thing to great effect in the Pacific and the British navy types were stunned.

    It might have been in this one somewhere.   Worth a watch if your into Pacific ww2 stuff

     

    I saw something on You Tube that was interesting, talking about battleship range finders and the accuracy of their fire control. I never really thought about it til I saw it. Very simple math, when given the right optics and precise measurement tools.

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    When you have the means to calculate something to the nth degree, life is simple. 

    When firing 5,000 lb shells, you don't have to be hand grenade close.

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  9. 57 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

    I admit that this thread is my main source for news on Ukraine.  That being said, I haven't heard much of anything about Russian drone/missile attacks on civilians and infrastructure.  Have they really slowed down, or are they pushed aside by the Israel/Hamas fighting?  If they have really slowed that much, I hope that Ukraine has enough AA assets and is preparing for a massive swarm attack on energy and road infrastructure and government buildings, along with the usual terrorist attacks on civilians.

    "It's quiet out there.  Too quiet."

    Not that I'm a blood thirsty mongrel, but I am missing the voluminous updates from times past ...

    News from the BBC a few days ago, but don't think I've seen it posted here.

    Ukraine war: Army claims foothold on bank of Dnipro river in south

    BBC News

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak has said that Ukrainian forces have gained a foothold on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro river.

    Russia has admitted that some Ukrainian forces have set up positions in a village but claims they will soon be wiped out.

    If the area is held it would mean a significant advance for Ukraine.

    Russia retreated from the right bank of the river a year ago.

    The Ukrainian army has since been trying to create and hold a bridgehead on its eastern shore.

    "The Armed Forces of Ukraine captured a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro," Mr Yermak told a US think tank, using a military term for a secured position.

    US-based experts said earlier that marginal advances had been made into the village of Krynky, 2km (1.25 miles) inland from the river and 30km from the city of Kherson, recaptured a year ago.

    Russia conceded on Wednesday that "small groups" of Ukrainian forces had set up positions in the village on the left bank.

    But Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed official in charge of the Kherson region still under occupation, insisted that they had sustained heavy losses and faced a "fiery hell" and had no chance of breaking through. "Our additional forces have now been brought in. The enemy is trapped in Krynky," he claimed.

    His admission that Ukrainian forces had gained a foothold came two days after Russian state media bizarrely published and then swiftly retracted news of a retreat from positions on the left bank.

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    Repeated attempts to cross the river made during the spring and summer had been met with little success.

    EU set to miss 1m shell rounds target for Ukraine
    Ukrainian forces conducted several raids across the Dnipro, Ukraine's longest river, in small boats. However, Kyiv lacks air superiority, which made the task more difficult.

    Securing a bridgehead means that Ukrainian forces may be able to begin transferring armoured vehicles and air defence systems across the river. This would put them one step closer to breaking through to Crimea, the peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

    "Step by step, Ukraine's armed forces are demilitarising Crimea. We have covered 70% of the distance," Mr Yermak added. He appealed to Western countries to provide more weapons to Kyiv, saying Russia was using Iranian drones and North Korean artillery against Ukrainian forces.

    On Tuesday, President Zelensky said fighting was escalating in the east near the town of Avdiivka. He added, however, that Russian forces were "losing men and equipment" trying to capture the destroyed city.

    Ukraine launched its much-anticipated counteroffensive in June, seeking to regain territory in the south and east. However, the counteroffensive has so far failed to recapture significant territory.

    Ukraine war: Russian state media retract report of retreat

    BBC News

    Russian state media on Monday published and swiftly retracted reports of a withdrawal of forces from positions on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River.

    The reports quoted Russia's defence ministry announcing troops were being transferred "to more favourable positions" on the Russian-occupied left - or eastern - side.

    The stories were quickly retracted.

    The Russian defence ministry blamed the "false report" on Ukraine.

    Ukraine claimed the announcement was a Russian disinformation operation being carried out against it.

    Monday's hasty reversal took place almost exactly a year after Russian forces withdrew their troops from the right bank, including from the city of Kherson. The river largely continues to separate Ukrainian and Russian forces.

    In the now-retracted reports, state news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti said Russia had repositioned troops to positions east of the Dnipro river, in order to "free up some of its forces, which will be used for offensive operations in other areas".

    They reflected similar language to those used in previous announcements of Russian retreats.

    The Kremlin declined to comment on the incident, saying it was a matter for the military.

    Ukrainian forces have escalated raids targeting Russian forces across the Dnipro in recent weeks - a key aim of its counter-offensive, which aims to slice through Russian occupied territory, severing a land corridor to the Crimean peninsula which Moscow annexed illegally in 2014.

    On Friday, Russia claimed to have repelled a Ukrainian attempt to establish a beachhead - a landing position on a beach - which could have been used to bring heavy armour into the fight and would have represented a significant advance.

    Still, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US-based think tank, reported last week that Russian efforts to repel Ukrainian forces from the east bank had "not prevented Ukrainian forces from transferring additional personnel and materiel to positions on the east bank" of the river.

    Separately, three civilians were killed by Russian attacks on Kherson on Monday, Ukrainian officials said.

    And an earlier explosion which killed at least three Russian officers in the occupied city of Melitopol on Saturday was claimed by Ukrainian military intelligence. Kyiv said the blast was "an act of revenge" carried out by local resistance forces.

    Ukrainian-linked fighters have claimed to have killed a number of Russian officials and local collaborators with car bombs and explosions. Last week, Mikhail Filiponenko, a former head of a separatist militia, was killed in the occupied city of Luhansk in an attack claimed by Ukraine.

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  10. On 6/23/2023 at 10:37 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

    Half of these new claims are probably all an elaborate insurance scam. 

    I worked on an insurance claim for "business interruption" attributable to hurricane damage to an offshore platform, that included damages to wells that were never drilled. Even though it was a cut and dry issue in my mind, the attorneys advised that the insurance brokers would never testify to support that position. The brokers "earned" $300-$400,000 commissions for those policies, and would never jeopardize their gravy train by taking an adverse position with the clients. The kinda job you have to be born into.

    On 6/24/2023 at 11:26 AM, Kennythetiger said:

    Leave the planet, travel to deepest part of the sea... Um . About that second one…. 

    He did say travel to... nothing about coming back.

  11. 23 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    We did something very similar early in World War II.  Under the Neutrality Act, we could not fly military aircraft to a delivery point within a combatant.  So we'd fly Lend-Lease planes to airfields very close to the Canadian border, and the Canadians would cross and tow them across to an airstrip in Canada.

    "Tow them ... with horses? ... damn things have wheels

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    "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing.. After they've tried everything else" - Sir Winston Churchill

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  12. 11 hours ago, Slacks said:

    Let me tell you how it really went... 

    "Woman, we're about to catch 9 G'd." 

    "What?" 

    "Bitch, I said we finna run the Woodlands!" 

    "What?" 

    "Say. What. Again. I dare you. I double dare you. Say what one more time! We are about to cash $100M dollars, babe!" 

    "What!?" 

    "Fuck it." 

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    8 hours ago, LateAughtsHorn said:

    If this was 25 years ago, I would agree with you. But the game has changed, and if you want to win NC's, you've got to run a national program. Look at the classes of all the programs we want to compete with. 

    Imo, it's much more important these days for a coach to be able to navigate all the unique aspects of the modern game (NIL, portal) than an intimate history with the state HS football scene. If you are good at building relationships, that's all that matters. 

    A coach may know Texas HS football, but can he recruit kids from coast to coast to big time P5 football, without him having first hand knowledge of what that is? Buy kids? Yes, that's easy. Sell kids on a vision, to work & watch & learn & wait until they're ready? Not quite as easy. 

    Sark & CDC had to overhaul Texas Football from top to bottom, admin offices, alumni, leaks to the press, entitlement culture, relationships with former players, ad nauseam.  That took a lot of energy, knowledge, organization, and interpersonal skills that are best learned on the job. If the coach doesn't have that skill set, the Athletic Director better.  Sark & CDC both brought the benefit of their experiences to Texas. 

    Advantage Texas.

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