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Skipper

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  1. Kiffin has tried to leave Ole Miss but for a better 'scene'. He really wanted the Miami job per coaching circles. Doubt Gainesville does much for him compared to Oxford.
  2. So basically what anyone with a brain would have expected the reaction to be from grieving parents. So fucking tone deaf and frankly grossly incompetent as well if they were hoping to avoid lawsuits. As posted above, if some parents were on the fence about suing that should tip them over. To announce reopening without even consulting with parents of the girls that were killed is beyond ridiculous. See quote from article below. Had you paused to reflect — or simply consulted with any one of our families — you might have spared grieving families the additional anguish your decisions now cause. Instead, your communications have only intensified our grief."
  3. First time I've watched Kimmel in years last night. I was kind of surprised they let him go all in. I'm sure Jimmy told them he was going to have his say or wasn't doing the show. Was pretty solid.
  4. This is exactly what I told my wife this morning as well. My lawsuit would be on the record before weeks end. Reminds me of the Aggy bonfire traditionalists that wanted to keep that going the next year.
  5. Don't start your shit over on this board too.
  6. I mean he was half a yard away from the 4 team playoffs in 2021 which is probably closer than any other coach is going to be able to get them in the expanded playoffs for the foreseeable future. It worked pre NIL era. Not so much now.
  7. Will be interested to hear details on this. It's clear this was his last year regardless. But I think he earned the right to coach the rest of the season and announce a mutual separation on his own terms (with understanding coaching search is underway). I mean that's basically what happened with Patterson right? Or maybe I'm misremembering. In any event, I wondered if they offered that up and he told them to pound sand and fire him (and they obliged).
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    Florida Gators

    I mean who knows what eligibility even means anymore. I saw a blurb Pavia posturing to sue for yet another year. I'm a huge fan of what some have proposed (and I'm pretty sure Sark endorsed in one of the press conferences) of 5 years of eligibility period. No RS concept. Everyone gets 5 years max from the time they step foot on campus.
  9. Why are we worried about Arkie 2 months from now? Pittman may very well be fired by then. That team will probably implode if they can't upset ND this week. Memphis loss looked every bit to be a program killer after the prior week. Inexcusable loss. Really no point looking ahead to anyone but Florida and OU (considering we won't learn anything more about OU before we play). Every other team on our schedule has big games ahead of them before we match up.
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    Florida Gators

    Pretty interesting situation and I'm curious with your insight on NIL contracts. It's common knowledge UF ponied up bigtime to keep him after last season. Surely teams are protecting against "voluntary redshirts" 4 games in right? How do they typically do that? Because I know you can't structure it as "pay for play" and obviously no player is going to sign anything (even if legal) that is contingent on being healthy. But surely that contract somehow protects against a player voluntarily sitting after a shitty start to retain eligibility and portal out next year. Wonder if he is trying to take the position (via the walking boot) that he's injured and can't play. That might could work for a week or 2 but not the rest of the season. The other interesting issue from Lagway's perspective is that his value in the market next year has surely taken a hit. Of course, if he doesn't trust the offense, I guess he can take the position in portal negotiations that he was never healthy and it was really Billy's offense (rather than his awful decision making) that resulted in poor performance.
  11. Completely agree. We are an afterthought right now. If we play shitty (or god forbid lose) to Florida we won't hear the end of it, but we also will get zero credit for a solid win. I don't really see a scenario where OU isn't the trendy pick heading into that game and dominating most of the talk. Our guys will hear from coaching staff all week OU has been prepping for them for 3 weeks straight (which is true). I like that narrative heading into that game. Of course, need to take care of Florida first.
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    Florida Gators

    I assume ABC has the rights to Miami/FSU right? That will almost certainly be the ABC primetime game. I'm guessing Bama/Vandy gets ABC 2:30 and we get the ESPN night game but guess we'll find out tomorrow.
  13. I was watching at the tailgate without sound. How did they reconcile the 2 catch no-catch calls? I thought they should have both probably been a catch but I don't see how both of those were reversed from the call on the field when they look pretty much like the same play. "Sooner Magic" indeed.
  14. Listened to the Sunday Sirius XM show this AM driving back to Dallas. Not much horns talk obviously but they didn't give Arch or the horns much credit for the blowout given the opponent which is fair. But then went on to say how Texas will be fortunate to win one of their next 2. Talked about how Florida is really solid on D and will be tough for us to score in the Swamp. Then talked about how much better OU and Mateer is offensively than Texas is and how OU should be favored. I don't take exception to any of those points independently. But they did not say a single word about the Texas defense. It's kind of amazing how from the national perspective the only story is Arch and our offense (and we've pretty much been written off given the struggles) and everyone has somehow forgotten we have an elite defense.
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    Dallas | Pizza

    Never been on a Fri/Sat night but several Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The key is to go when it's not busy and send the kids outside to play and be degenerates (with nobody but kids outside) while parents stay inside and eat and drink. Exactly what you describe in that scenario (my kids are 6 and 8). It's also a solid weeknight place to meet up for a drink and bite. Not many kids around then.
  16. To each their own, but I'm struggling to appreciate the nexus between Texas One Fund/Burnt Ends and Texas Football and MAGA. I appreciate that Texas is a public institution with Abbot largely dictating policy. But like the rest of the country, the players themselves are largely diverse in every aspect including political beliefs. If people are letting politics impact their sports fandom, then what's the fucking point? I would probably just leave the country at that point. Sports is the best release from all this shit IMO. Politics/Trump BS are the absolute last thing on my mind every college football Saturday and very thankful for that. I liked what Dan Lanning had to say last week:
  17. Hey bud, if you want to NFL fan it up and boo your team or throw shit on the field nobody is stopping you. I'll just reserve the right to think of you as a douche and assume you are a poor.
  18. Well yeah, I'm not concerned about Arch or his feelings. I just think it's lame. And you are 100% right, it's NFL fan shit. And I don't think there is a lower class in sports fandom than "NFL Fan". And I never said expecting more from the QB position makes you a douchebag. I was blowing up my text chains last week and will be cussing under my breath at DKR Saturday if it happens again. I said "booing" makes you a douchebag. And I thought the same thing when it happened to Simms and Gilbert. The only entity that should get the boo is the refs after a shit call. But P.S., I also thought it was pathetic when students threw shit all over the field last year if you want to defend that as well.
  19. LOL. The "fans" that boo at a college football game aren't the alumni writing big checks. Give me a break. Those guys might bitch and moan and certainly may not write the next check if they don't like the product, but they aren't 'booing' in the stands with the drunks/poors.
  20. Texas fans are largely entitled fucking douchebags and anyone booing 100% falls into that category. Largely thanks to Sark, we are fucking relevant again after being a middling Big 12 team for 10+ years. CDC didn't take "notice" of shit.
  21. When does Saturday Night Live start back up? That will be the real test. If they don't go all in, including parody of Kimmel/being shut down for being Anti-Trump, it's over.
  22. I know Disney + has already been a money drain. No idea what gets ratings on ABC. But if actors from what ever the most popular shows either stopped working or let it be known they won't be extending their contract, it would definitely hurt Disney. Or hell, if nobody showed up for the Oscar's that would make a statement. I'm guessing hollywood is all talk and not more than a handful take any stand. But in theory, if there are material financial implications at ABC/Disney, at least executives at the next media organization Trump/FCC attacks will have more to weigh when deciding what to do. I mean Trump's administration intentionally put ABC between a rock and a hard place. There were going to be financial implications either way. They chose the administration and I hope collective effort makes the choice harder for the next organization put in that situation.
  23. Maybe this is already starting to happen but the Kimmel thing has given a real opportunity for those in the entertainment industry to hurt Disney with their wallets. Perfect opportunity to simply stop working for Disney owned and operated entertainment companies (instead of just virtue signaling on social media and/or at awards shows). Will be interesting to see if any big names actually take that step.
  24. LOL. Beat me to it. We had a top tier line in college football the past 2 years. They weren't perfect but pretty damn good. Numerous games (including Bama '23) we were able to just run the ball in the 4th quarter at will to put the game away. Numerous games when Ewers struggled last year we were able to lean on our run game. See in particular down the stretch (Kentucky, A&M, Clemson).
  25. Thanks for making my point. If there isn't news or interesting articles posted, this thread shouldn't be bumped every few minutes, and all the political bickering would be taking place in "Charlie Kirk" thread on 1 forum instead of the same exact posters carrying on the exact same conversations in the "Charlie Kirk" thread on this forum as well.
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