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  1. 20 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

    They should hire Jeff Traylor.  He's older now but probably has one more run left.  They can get him on the cheap.  Nobody will accuse him of being a jerk.  He's consistently won at a commuter school with P4 rejects.  Once he gets to keep his best players he'll do even better.

    From someone who has criticized the Traylor-to-Texas contingent on this site, I actually don't think that would be a bad hire.  But I think a large portion of LSU's fan base and supporters will say, "Jeff Who?" and want a bigger splash hire.  

  2. 13 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/football/2025/10/29/athletic-reporter-uses-thin-logic-defend-sarkisian-nfl-interest-story/86966130007/

    Basically, Russini takes the position that because in the rare, unprecedented (and in Sark's case) angry public denial of the story, Sark and his agents didn't ADD that Sark wants to stay at Texas for life, thus the story is true. It is a very flimsy argument.

    Sark says his inner circle that know his career decision making thought process is small.

        "I’ve got a small circle when I make decisions on what I do and what I don’t do, and nobody would speak on my behalf without me knowing. And so where that report came from, I’d love to talk to that person.” - Texas coach Steve Sarkisian

    Russini says, her source isn't anyone from Sark's inner circle.

        "Jimmy Sexton and Steve Sarkisian, you know just to be clear, the reporting I did did not come from them. Like Steve didn't call me on Saturday morning and be like, 'Hey, like report this!'" - Athletic reporter Dianna Russini on Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

    Russini then goes on to further justify her story by saying because she thinks Sarkisian has thoughts about coaching in the NFL. Her story is fair because Sark is keeping his options open.

        "Does Steve Sarkisian have thoughts about coaching in the NFL? Absolutely. I think its totally fair and understanding to say that Steve Sarkisian is always going to keep his options open. He should. It would be smart business for Steve to always have options outside of Texas." - Athletic reporter Dianna Russini on Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

    Her last point is fair and logical. But that's not what she reported. She didn't say Sark has general interest in coaching in the NFL someday. Or that in the future, Sark and the University of Texas might part ways. Of course all of those things are true.

    But, even though the "report" was only one sentence, it was very specific to the Titans. Russini didn't say she thought someday Sark would jump to an NFL team. She named a specific team that she was told Sark was going after.

    When you peel away the layers of the onion in this story, Russini looks worse and worse. And she could be right. Sark could be angling for an NFL job. But they way it was reported was amateurish and easily dismissed.

    Wait . . . so it's piss?

  3. Just now, Vegas64 said:

    But what if she starts owning the MAGA. Goes from heel to kayfabe. Weaponize her for our interests and to help us win. It's like signing Deoin Sanders away from SF for the the Cowboys superbowl run.

    Except that I don't know her constituents will follow her down that path.  It sounds like she's getting an earfull from her district on skyrocketing health insurance premiums.  But beyond that, I have doubts whether that's enough for them to cancel their premium MAGA subscriptions.

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  4. 13 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    Random thought that is really amazing also...I got into a rabbit hole of Charlie Sheen after his new documentary on netflix and didn't realize that Charlie Sheen had HIV. Maybe I knew but forgot. Either way, that lead me to some of his lawsuits (like not telling his partners) and apparently, someone correct me if I am wrong here, but there are vaccines or medicines you can take that has basically cured HIV. It's no longer a death sentence and people just do their thing and take their meds and they live a long, normal, healthy life. 

    Talk about a miracle if you grew up or peaked in an era with the spectre of AIDS being the scary, killing thing that seemed to be incurable. 

    Yeah, I saw the Charlie Sheen documentary a couple weeks ago.  It was fascinating for a lot of reasons, but I also didn't know (or had forgotten) that he has HIV.  I say "has," because I didn't think there was still a cure to eliminate HIV, but the treatments have become so advanced that you can live a normal, healthy life, and I think Sheen touched on that briefly as a "no big deal" comment.  Although maybe not so normal a life, because someone with HIV might still be able to pass it on to someone else.

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  5. Just now, Tex Pete said:

    a. People post things all the time for whatever reason. A board that posts about Chicken fried steak, Gouda, and curtains isn’t very selective about what gets posted, so not sure why someone would whine about this. 
     

    b. As far as I know, no one here is posting what they know or are pretending to know in order to make money like fatass at OB. 

    Gouda?  Where is this gouda thread?

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  6. Just now, G650 said:

    I mean, I'm not predicting she will, but just an example of separation. At the end of the day, people like her are opportunists. 

    True.  I also wonder how much it means that someone like MTG is publicly breaking from the Republican Party?  I know she has visibility because she's a blonde who's carried the MAGA/Q-Anon banner and has done some notorious shit during her time in the House.  But does her dissent carry weight like it would coming from other Republicans?

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  7. On 10/21/2025 at 12:00 PM, Storm the Field said:

    Man, I hate when I get sick 

    Fucking hell this is me right now.  Late last week I had a pesky head cold that was all above the neck, so I stuck to my workout schedule no problem.  On Sunday it started to move to my chest and has dropped my energy to about 85%.  Not enough to keep me from work, but I don't want to prolong it or make it worse by working out.  So I'm on my fourth straight day away from the gym.  I know I shouldn't worry about that, but for whatever reason in my 50s I get more anxious if I spend any appreciable time away from the gym.

    This or other threads may have touched on this before, but what are your rules of thumb for working out with a cold?  

  8. Just now, kevwun said:

    Yeah I don't think they negotiated his buyout down to half it's total in one meeting and the same one in which he was fired at start of.

    They could have if they had photographs.

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  9. 3 minutes ago, Helobious said:

    I’m a well known supporter of my people but Pavia always rubbed me the wrong way. Give me Joey Aguilar all day over him. Fernando Mendoza too even though he’s cuban.

    What are your opinions of Tony Rojas and KD Concepcion?

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