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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
Skipper replied to UTPhil2006's topic in Business and Markets
What was their plan?. If you would have listed it, the buyer would have required title insurance. Doesn't the seller need to show up in person with ID etc. at title co at closing to sign over the deed? -
Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Skipper replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
WTF. You are actually expecting Sark and/or the staff to either panic publicly or leak that they're fucking panicking through insiders? You think because they aren't throwing stones at players or projecting panic that the offensive staff is not taking the offensive collapse seriously? They are doing and saying exactly any competent or rational person would expect them to say under the circumstances. Nobody is going to tell you exactly what is being said behind closed doors in meetings nor should they. JFC dude. -
Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Skipper replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
I listened to Klatt earlier today and he's theory is game is moving too fast for him so he's processing too quickly/not letting the play to develop. I.e., moving on from his first read too soon before it opens up then pressing resulting in his mechanics getting all out of sorts. He talked about it for a few minutes in more detail but it was a plausible theory. -
I've never had a bad meal there but possibly some nostalgia clouding that as I've been going for 20 years now. Maybe an off night if that is the review (never had bad sides or a steak that wasn't solid) although haven't been in over a year though now that I think of it. Pappas Bros. might be the best with the worst location. Haven't been in almost 10 years and doubt I will any time soon. Plenty of good steaks that are half the drive or less and might actually have a place nearby for pre or post dinner drinks.
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Skipper replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
You mean the guy that's not playing because he has a concussion? Hard to be a "consistent, solid, contributor" when injured. -
My only real complaint from a portal perspective is potentially WR and that's a bit hard to judge given injuries. But maybe should have pushed for a guy like Barrion Brown and Aggy seemed to clean up really well at receiver also. We haven't seen Mosley and Moore is hurt so maybe that won't look like a mistake a few games from now if we get healthy. I think it's really difficult to find starting level OL in the portal and even if you did there are downstream effects to your pipeline. I don't think our OL is a "portal issue". We were always going to take a step backwards this year losing so many starters, but if this crew can't improve by the time conference play starts, then safe to question prior evaluations and development of that position. Otherwise, we seemed to manage the portal extremely well at DL and Kicker/Punter to fill those holes. It's pretty obvious the biggest issue is this team is the QB position and I'm fairly certain nobody saw that coming and not sure how you manage/prep for a Manning to mentally lose it over a couple of starts. Sark is saying all the right things in the press conference. Hopefully some of that positivity works on Manning. Maybe all he needs is to hit a few in a row and he'll snap out of it.
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I'm listening and haven't had any issues with what he's had to say. Spinning things about as well as you can under the circumstances and keeping it positive. Not much else you can do.
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Skipper replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
WTF are you even talking about. I have zero desire to relitigate coaching decisions from last year in the 2025 game thread (or the OSU game this year for that matter). What I'm certain of is "game management" against fucking UTEP when our offense was actively hitting rock bottom in a game we still had no actual risk of losing means absolutely nothing for future game management in conference play. If you can't understand that, I don't know what to tell you. Moving this clown to ignore. -
Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Skipper replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Sigh. Post less. -
QB is the red flag but we are below average at OL and maybe only slightly above average at RB and WR. We need something approaching high level QB to make a run unfortunately.
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Skipper replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
You think Sark is calling the same guy against UTEP he's going to call against Florida or OU? Cmon now. -
If Arch hasn't been such a mess agreed this would be a huge topic on this board. If that is our best option at Guard, then we have completely fucked up evaluations and/or development at that position. He's been awful.
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In a meltdown scenario where Arch is benched long term, then yeah, might as well see what Lacey has.
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Well no shit dumbass. The only possible scenario where we could still make a run is if Manning gets 'fixed'. That's the point. Benching him and trotting out Caldwell isn't getting you to the playoffs. So unless you think benching him is going to 'fix' Manning, it's dumb idea. Coaching staff has 3 weeks of practice to try to get him right. Personally I hope the top sports pysch in the country has been flown in to work with him.
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Last season he was a backup just playing the part knowing it was Quinn's team so not the same pressure. This year he's the starter with #1 ranked preseason team, heisman 'expectations' (fair or not), Manning last name and all that comes with it. I think the poor performance week 1 (which wasn't great but also somewhat explainable) is just spiraling on him. Zero confidence in his throws or decision making and it's showing.
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