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  1. 50 minutes ago, Drew said:

     

    Boycott ESiPN for not including that All Time Great aggy/LSU game?  Or for showing 2 sip games...or hell, for showing several games featuring BDF teams?

     

    edit: For those who can't see it, the Big 12 Championship Game is #9.  No Aggy games whatsoever.

    FWIW, TCU v. tOSU checks in at #18, 7 spots ahead of A&M's first appearance at #25 versus Bama.  Immediately after A&M's first appearance is OU vs. WVU with only 20k fewer viewers and Texas/OU with 42k fewer. 

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/748033/college-football-tv-ratings/

     

  2. 54 minutes ago, LTbear said:

    I hated the black and grey. Actually like the gold/ yellow way more than I expected to.

    Call me old fashioned but Baylor should always wear the metallic gold helmets with green home jerseys.  Pants can be gold or white but you guys shouldn't screw with the traditional look.  All whites or whites with gold helmets are fine for road games.  One of the differences between TCU and Baylor is that TCU doesn't have a traditional look that goes back 50 years like Baylor.  If we have a traditional uni, it's the purple/black/purple combo that we've used with some variation since the LT years.   

  3. On 7/15/2019 at 11:28 AM, Ace000087 said:

    From an Iowa State fans perspective... this would be a great scenario if the Big12 dissolves. 

    ISU, KU to the B1G.
    KSU, TCU to SEC
    WVU to the ACC
    OU, oSu, UT, TT to the PAC16
    Baylor to the AAC

    Or.. Big12 survives and expands with some combination of UA, ASU, BYU, CU, CSU or UU. I just can't see this conference adding a city or directional school. 

    If UT and OU leave the Big 12 for the B1G or SEC, I think TCU and Tech would have a chance at convincing the Pac-12 that they could get into the Texas market by adding us.  Barring that, I don't see another option for TCU or Tech or Baylor besides maintaining a lesser form of the Big 12 by adding some MWC and AAC schools like UH and CSU.  However, I think it's more likely that UT and OU stay where they are and maybe try to pick off a couple of schools from other P5 conferences when the media contracts come back up. 

  4. 5 hours ago, Lobo said:

    Dammit, I'll bite...where exactly is the Dickie's Arena?  And who did we offend so as to have to play there? 

    It's going to be a really nice arena.  It should be, it cost $540M ($225M from the city and the rest private $$$).  When they announced it, Ed Bass specifically said that it wasn't going to be a second rate venue.  Everything about it will be as nice or better than the AAC in Dallas, especially the acoustics.  It's also close to all the bars and restaurants in W. 7th so it should be good venue for special events.  They've already booked an NCAA regional and the AAC conference tournament.  Two days before the UT/A&M game, TCU will play USC in basketball there.  I think the fans that go are really going to like it.  The city just has to figure out transportation from the arena to W. 7th and it will be a great party scene before and after games.  

    https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article222185430.html

  5. 2 hours ago, ABSR said:

    I think this is their way to make their acceptance rate numbers look better than the 70+% they have now.   They comply with the top 10% rule which is required by law, but get rid of the other automatic admission from students who are good students (with good scores), but who fall out of the top 10%.  I would guess that these students use Texas A&M as more of a safety school so they are forced to admit them based on past rules they used but they probably yielded a poor percentage of admits compared to the the "Holistic" admissions.

    And by Holistic what they mean is let's read their essay and if they seem delusional and mention TU, Teasip, Good Bull, etc then we will let them in no matter what and if they seem smart and discerning but not full on Red Ass then we will turn them down to make sure our admission percentage looks better.

    It will make their acceptance rate and percentage enrolled look better but will drive down their GPA/SAT/ACT scores.

    I think this is designed to get in kids from private schools or other schools that don't rank so they don't qualify for that top 25% of their class requirement. I personally know a kid who is a legacy with a composite ACT over 30 who graduated from a school that doesn't rank who had to go the Blinndergarten route his first year.  This is a kid who got into SMU.  That second category of auto-admits is probably pushing the # of holistic admits so far down that a kid like that can't get in.  A lot of public schools are now giving kids the option of not ranking.  My kids' school started that this year.  It might help get you into some schools but it could screw you on things like the top quarter/1360 requirement.  We decided to go with the ranking and take our chances.   

  6. Here's my pipe dream of a conference.  This conference could potentially match the Big 10 and SEC in TV revenue and would be good enough to lure both Nebraska and Mizzou back.

    Southwest Division

    Texas

    OU

    Tech

    TCU

    OSU

    KU

    Nebraska

    Mizzou

    Pacific Division

    USC

    UCLA

    Cal

    Stanford

    CU

    Washington

    Oregon

    ASU

     

    10 conference games (7 in division and 3 out incl. a permanent CU/Neb rivalry game).  5 conference home games would be great for season ticket holders.

    CCG

    All revenue shared equally except for schools get a bigger % of their own bowl revenue and basketball tourney credits which would sweeten the pot for the schools that are actually having success and bringing more attention to the conference.

  7. 1 hour ago, ButtFumble said:

    the stats are not totally damning, but you also have to question the overall enrollment growth and how that happened while the "reported" stats say enrollment should have not grown near that much

     

    I think the answer to your question is that 33.5% of graduates complete 30 hours or more at 2 year colleges.  That would indicate that a significant number of students are transfers from JUCO or community college and are not included in the admission statistics.  See page 35 of the THECB Report:  http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/PDF/10900.PDF?CFID=100201713&CFTOKEN=13270898

    That number for UT - Austin is 16.8%.  Most state schools in Texas are roughly in the same range as A&M give or take 5 percentage points.  

  8. On 5/25/2019 at 8:40 AM, Nueces River Rat said:

    What a fricken moron.   Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything Ole Miss has done in any sport of significance lately. Pretty reflective of the pattern  at Collie Station where they buy into the hype and crash as the season progresses.  

    They made the Peach Bowl which is a NY6 Bowl.  Of course they got their asses whipped by TCU but at least they made it.  They were also in the 2016 Sugar Bowl where they beat OSU.  All of that cheating and all they got out of it was a Sugar Bowl win over 13th ranked Okie State.  

  9. 21 hours ago, Lhorn said:

    He was mistreated by the Texas secondary so I guess there’s that. 

    Reagor was wide open for a sure touchdown that would've given TCU a 20-10 lead and Robinson threw the ball 10 yards short of Reagor and hit Brandon Jones directly in the chest.  I don't know if the Horn's secondary mistreated him as much as he just served the ball up on a platter for them.  Anyway, Robinson had 7 interceptions and probably 3-4 fumbles in his last 4 full games.  If we don't roll out someone who plays much better than that this season, I'll be shocked.  

  10. 7 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    That's a for-real felony?

    If it has some amount of THC in it, CBD is still illegal and possession of THC in a condensed form like an oil is a felony in Texas.  See below for a good explanation.  

     

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    With the number of outlets springing up marketing cannabidiol (CBD) oil, you might think that the substance is legal in Texas.

    And you’d be wrong.

    For all but a small number of Texans, possessing CBD oil can get you arrested, jailed and fined, according to local attorneys.

    Non-prescribed CBD oil is illegal in the state, according to the Tarrant County district attorney’s office.

    “I’ve been looking at the news every day on the edge of my seat wondering if one of these police departments is going to raid one of these shops,” said Luke Williams, a criminal defense attorney for Barnett, Howard and Williams. “The only thing we can say is CBD oil is not legal in Texas and you do what you want with it at your own risk.”

    In Texas, if you possess CBD oil with any trace of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), you could be charged with a felony for possession of a controlled substance which, depending on the weight in grams, can carry a range of punishment from 180 days in a state jail facility up to 20 years in prison.

    “Several of our clients have been arrested for possessing CBD oil after officers performed a field test and discovered that it tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana,” Williams said.

    Possessing CBD oil is legal for a small number of Texans with intractable epilepsy who are prescribed medical marijuana under the state’s Compassionate Use Act passed by legislators in 2015. People purchasing or selling CBD oil for any other purpose are breaking state law, Williams said.

    “You start with a felony with THC and it only gets worse as the substance is weighed,” Williams said. “Our research has indicated that THC is a lot like coffee with caffeine in it. Even when you order it caffeine-free there is still a trace amount of caffeine in it.”

    Because the federal and state laws are so confusing and changing so rapidly concerning marijuana and marijuana products, law enforcement officials may be waiting for people to better understand what the rules are, he said.

    There is a certain amount of misinformation out there, said David Sloan, attorney and spokesman for DFWNORML, an advocacy group promoting marijuana legalization. Some retail operators have removed CBD oil products from their shelves after the legal questions came up, Sloan said.

    “Until the feds clean this up we are going to have these disparities in enforcement and treatment,” Sloan said. “These can go from anywhere from completely legal to a felony.”

    Typically, people who are first-time offenders and have given no indication that they intended to sell a controlled substance do not go to jail, said Sloan, who added that 90 percent of his practice is marijuana related.

    “Tarrant County will prosecute THC and this is happening in a lot of other Texas counties,” he said. “The overwhelming number of people I defend are good people who have never had a problem with the law. A good portion of the people I defend are caught with products they have taken from Colorado which were lawfully purchased and taxed.”

    In Colorado, medical and recreational marijuana use is legal.

    Tarrant County has not and does not expect to spend significant resources on cases involving CBD oil, according to Sharen Wilson, Tarrant County district attorney.

    But Wilson also said that passage of the 2018 Farm Bill in the U.S. Congress which made hemp products that contain less than .03 percent concentration of THC legal under federal law, did not make those products legal in Texas.

    “The Texas Legislature additionally is considering bills this session to legalize industrial hemp production and related products in our state,” Wilson said. “The Criminal District Attorney does not have the authority to change the law. We encourage those with strong opinions about CBD oil to contact Commissioner (of Health John) Hellerstedt’s office or your local legislators to inform them of your views. “

    Attorneys said the situation will likely become more confusing before it’s settled.

    “Every time I start winning the arguments based on facts they pull out the ‘Its the law’ excuse,” Sloan said. “The law, in this regard, is absurd. The absurdity will continue until our lawmakers are intellectually honest.”

    Two bills filed during the current legislative session by State Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, address some of the legal questions surrounding marijuana extracts, according to the Texas Legislature Online website. Canales filed HB 186, which deals with the weight of the illegal marijuana extract, and the other, HB 551, could change the current penalty structure, if adopted.

    https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article225554495.html

  11. 1 hour ago, Skyline said:

    Omar Manning is one of the top ranked JuCo WR's right now. Never thought I would see his name after he left TCU. 

    He was apparently planning on coming back to TCU but then he changed his mind and decided he wanted to go to the $EC.  He is no longer on the radar at TCU.  

  12. 12 hours ago, texifornia said:

    We looked decent on offense when we switched to the V&S, but when it wasn't clicking it was just a good way to quickly keep our defense on the field all game until they ran out of gas. The K-State game was nightmarish for that.

    Didn't Foreman run for over 2,000 yds that season with a true freshman at QB?  My recollection is that you had a young O-line and WR group too.

  13. 1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

    Seems odd with Sonny Cumbie's background to completely switch from the Air Raid offense to a Briles veer and shoot type of offense.  Maybe the 9.95ers got it a little wrong..... maybe Cumbie has just tweaked the TCU Air Raid to add more plays to their running game??

    We ran the ball a lot more after Cumbie replaced Meachem as the play caller and Meach got pissed and left for KU.  The Arkansas and OSU games in 2017 were where Cumbie began morphing the Air Raid into a power spread at times and we won with a dominating run game.  Running the ball more took the pressure off Kenny Hill because he didn't handle the pressure well in '16.  Last year, we still ran the ball more than we threw it but didn't have much success until late in the season.  Once we got down to Muehlstein at QB, we actually got good at running the ball.  We ran for 243 and 267 against OSU and Cal without a legit passing threat.  Maybe that prompted Cumbie to decide to tweak the offense to open up the running game even more.  The Veer & Shoot is designed to use the long ball threat to keep the safeties back on their heels and open up the running game.  We have the speed at WR and two good RB's.  The O-line will be a lot more experienced that last year too.  QB is a huge question mark though. 

  14. 13 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:
     

    The low key story from TCU’s spring is that they moved to a veer and shoot style vertical passing attack. Baldwin is their new best option to execute that IF he can sync up with Reagor in time battling 5 dudes for snaps.

     

    1) So what's different about a veer and shoot style vertical passing attack compared to what TCU previously ran in 2018??

    2) In a veer type offense the QB typically runs a lot right -- I thought Baldwin was supposed to be more of a Pro-Style QB??

    A Veer & Shoot is what Briles ran and what UT ran under Sterlin Gilbert.  TCU has been running more of a Holgerson type modified Air Raid similar to what OSU and WVU ran.  If this is true, maybe we're changing so that we will be running something different than what everyone else is running.  Makes it harder for the defenses to prepare.  Maybe . . . I'm just spitballing because this is the first I've heard of it.  Of course if the 247 guys had leaked something like this GP would have their heads.  He's super paranoid.  

  15. 3 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Boy does this guy not watch much Big XII ball:

    Delton: Boiled ass

    Rogers: Jello ankle

    Duggan: Freshman

    Collins: meh

    If Baldwin's above average, he's probably starting

    I've been skeptical about Delton too but the 247 guys swear their sources say he tore it up this spring. Like I said, I think Duggan will be the starter by the end of the year but at least we have plenty of guys to compete, unlike some programs who are rolling with 2 scholarship QB's. 

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  16. 3 minutes ago, pigmeat markham said:

    You're right, I don't know what I was thinking.  La.-Monroe is one of the most prestigious programs in the country.

    Good enough to provide the Frogs with a kid that became the 49th pick in the draft last month.  Talent comes from everywhere.  We got a starting LB from NIU last year.

  17. 16 minutes ago, Machinator said:

     

    QB competition will be intense if Baldwin gets a waiver.  Delton has supposedly looked good, Rogers is improving but still not close to 100% mobility this spring, and Duggan, the 4* true frosh from Iowa was looking really good.  Add Baldwin into the mix and that's three 4* QB's all in the same class unless Duggan redshirts.  Duggan might have the inside track in my opinion just because GP loves a mobile QB and Duggan is a really fast white boy.  Sub 22 sec. 200M and highest SPARQ score of any QB in the country last year. 

  18. 21 hours ago, pigmeat markham said:

    The entire Randy Shannon and Al Golden experience at Miami was a fiasco.  Given your KK thinking I suppose he gets no credit for Beard then.  

    The KK hire was of course an abysmal failure and Hocutt made it even worse IMO by the absurd decision to bring Kliff back that last year with absolutely no justification or logical reason to do so.  It delayed considerably the start of hopefully righting the ship. KK went on to have the lowest ranked Power 5 recruiting class in the country that year and we're now taking transfers from  U of La-Monroe.

    Ben Banogu says hello. 

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