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  1. a lot of this will end up being how good the nd defense is (i think pretty solid) but the ol was not horrific saturday, which is kind of frightening considering how the game went. we new the wr / te spot would be rough but weigman repeatedly shit himself and then klein panicked and those two continued their back and forth all game long. i have a modicum of hope for the ol coming together into something approaching mediocre, but not sure it matters based on everything else going on via that side of the ball.
  2. i am going to begin with the words of the brilliant and gifted spencer hall, who everyone should subscribe to: TLDR: i have no idea. i think we go 9-3 because elko is a smart guy and the floor is significantly raised, i think this roster has more talent on it than people realize, and i am first and foremost a fan, which means i am willfully, blindly optimistic about collin klein, even though the jury is very much out. speaking of collin klein, i think he is clearly the biggest delta of this whole ordeal. there are those that think he is running bill snyder's 2004 greatest hits, and those who view him as one of the brighter young offensive minds in college football. he is about to be running an offense in the most difficult defensive conference in america with a decided lack of playmakers*, speed or highly ranked players at the skill positions and a qb who threw 119 passes last season. let's fucking go. (*holding out hope for noah thomas). qb: weigman is whatever you want him to be right now. great pedigree, decently natural thrower of the ball, reasonably accurate and pretty tough when not getting rolled up on. can he stay healthy behind the ol, and how often does klein feel like he needs to run him as an easy button? tons of upside here and in the current world of college football, great depth with marcel reed and jaylen henderson. ol: i think history will judge me gently when i went all in on steve addazio being recommitted to football. last year was so absurd that between scheme and talent this group will surprise and be mediocre. trey zuhn is a passable left tackle another year removed from the knee injury, coaches love bisontis at guard, nabou or faaiu should be an improvement on bryce foster falling down at center and contrary to ctj's desire for reed-adams to be a jayhawk casualty, the guy is a very competent guard. i do not for the life of me understand what has happened to ruben fatheree and the fact that crownover may be starting is concerning. g-c-g should be solid, rt cannot be a turnstile. another place klein should be helpful is not calling for these guys to hold blocks for 7 seconds each passing play. rb: leveon moss is a talented guy. needs to stay healthy because behind him is amari daniels, who was really fast his sophomore year of high school 40 pounds ago, and ej smith, who does all the little things right except gain yards when handed the football. maybe bussey gets some snaps, whatever. this room goes as moss' health goes. wr: yikes. i really like noah thomas and there is potentially something there. other than that . . . jahdae walker reminds me of the juco guys i got excited about circa 2001, jacob bostick couldn't get on the field in the worst college offense of all time, moose muhammaed will have 12 catches for 171 yards against lsu after not playing for 6 weeks, and cyrus allen and micah tease are supposedly very fast and can't catch. jabre barber will be useful if he returns from injury. evan stewart is going to win the biletnikoff and i'm going to cut myself. te: they're pretty big and can block and kind of slow. coaches really like tre watson, we'll see. donovan green looks like a shell of his freshman self, needs another few months to heal, supposedly the swedish guy is coming along, will be interesting to see how much 12 and 13 personnel gets run here. i'm as bullish defensively as i am skeptical on offense, i think mike elko is a really, really solid defensive coach and if he's calling your defense, you're going to be sound, a pain in the ass in the red zone, and make the qb's life annoying. dl: there is still a ton of talent here and should be far better not doing whatever the fuck dj durkin reverted to. nic scourton is getting hyped by people not usually prone to hype, shemar stewart looks great, there are six reasonably athletic defensive tackles assuming brownlow-diddy really exists and i think the biggest difference between the jimbo/elko groups and this year is the ability for cashius howell, malick sylla, etc to be used off the edge - those pieces didn't exist for him last time. this should be a very fun, very productive group. lb: taurean york is a very solid college lb. can we find another 1.5 alongside him? have to make this work somehow. if york goes down it's not good times. shout out anthony hill, you big jerk. cb: along with klein, i think the other biggest determinant to the year - one can squint and see a rotation of tyreek chappel, bj mayes, will lee, dez ricks and see a jump in both talent and production from last year. maybe bravion rodgers and jayvon thomas make a 2nd year jump. maybe riley leonard throws for 350 yards saturday. crazy low floor, pretty high ceiling, what could go wrong. s: this is an underrated room. bryce anderson and dalton brooks are going to be a very good duo, and capable of covering far more ground than any of the thumpers rolled out there the last few years. good depth as well. some fun depth options if elko wants to get creative. st: we have a good punter again. hopefully bussey is ready for the spotlight at returner. please get moose the fuck out of there. this team is going to crush unders, sit on people from the defensive side, not allow anything over the top and generally play some rc slocum style football. in this era of football, can this group of skill position talent score enough in those games you have to have 28, 31, 34. who knows! fuck nd.
  3. every male in the uk between the ages of 25-60 is going to attempt to get tickets to these shows. i was at the deep elllum show above, i have seen them around 10 times and despite hit and miss nature of their live shows, when they are on it remains one of the most powerful communal live music experiences that has ever been. noel isn't exactly beethoven when it comes to nuance, but he has an ear for melody few writers can match. this is going to be fucking epic, assuming they don't kill each other first.
  4. tour. depending which blovating british correspondent you believe, either a handful of nights at wembley and somewhere in manchester, potentially glastonbury, and then some have a handful of dates in north and south america happening as well.
  5. this is confusing. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/allcity-network-launches-fifth-market-with-expansion-into-dallas-302230027.html The ALLCITY DLLS platform will offer a mix of unique editorial content, social media engagement, and on-the-ground events, all curated by a team of local experts. Helmed by longtime ESPN and New York Times NBA insider Marc Stein, the DLLS outlet features talent from Mavs.com, The Athletic, Star Telegram, Dallas Stars, and local sports radio stations. This localized focus will ensure that DLLS becomes the go-to source for fans not only looking to stay informed, but who also want to participate and connect with the communities around their teams. throwing this here because i'm curious if any local radio talent shows back up in this particular arena.
  6. i am going to spend entirely too much time in manchester next summer if this thing stays on the other side of the atlantic.
  7. my season preview is going to involve putting every word i can find from tarp, ctj and liucci into an AI prompt and seeing what surfaces.
  8. bizzle

    New Music 2024

    i'm late to this, but damn good. incredibly solid band.
  9. oh we'll get there once i figure out who the fuck is on the roster. i'm getting too old for this.
  10. maybe WE will win by 4.5
  11. i 100% believe that.
  12. resigned. that was quick.
  13. we're on meth. the night never ends.
  14. bizzle

    New Music 2024

    new hovvdy out tomorrow. they're continuing the glow up.
  15. i simply refuse to believe in the year of our lord 2024 dick hicks is on an fm drive time radio program, please kill me.
  16. finally made my way through all of them. really just makes me insane they couldn't get the entire situation to work. curious what law cumulus flew in that appeared to have no idea what it was doing.
  17. bizzle

    New Music 2024

    new vampire weekend singles are pretty, pretty solid.
  18. incredible that some 1031 money in gilmer couldn't turn the tides here.
  19. nothing makes the loss of the dumb zone more acute than super bowl week. there simply isn't anyone compelling outside of musers / hardline, i don't care about anyone popping on and the lack of the extended wtds bits that basically powered the week are nonexistent. thissucksthissucksthissucksthissucks.
  20. great thread. every guitar note played from 2:29 - end is perfect.
  21. holy shit cannot believe he brought that back. nothing makes george crazier, so great.
  22. have you considered merging the cloak room with the texags politics board and charging a monthly fee to watch the 25 most active posters interact in real time
  23. difficult to find a position group that isn't strongly advantage<a&m today.
  24. bizzle

    New Music 2023

    so much good, albeit random, stuff this year. the zeitgeist appears to be dead. is there still a best of list going around?
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