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HookEm

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  1. Seems like a good way to attract other conferences. Not.
  2. What is the situation with the trail around town lake? Still a shit show? Was thinking of burning an expiring Hyatt night down at the Hyatt Regency.
  3. I can’t even find a score for this butch, much less record it to watch in the morning. Damn. F NBC. They have ruined this Olympics.
  4. UT Dallas has had enrollment of over 20,000 students for at least 8-9 years. Today they have almost 30,000. The bulk of those grads stay in the DFW area. Who knows, maybe they just use LinkedIn at a higher rate than other schools and skewed my data. It will be interesting to see what they look like in 20 years. Their academics are improving and they are cranking out a lot of alumni.
  5. TCU does NOT bring the metroplex. Tech needs to distance themselves from every school except Oklahoma State. And possibly Kansas. I went to LinkedIn and pulled alumni by school for DFW and Houston metro areas. Tech has just about as many alumni in DFW as UT and also has a decent presence in Houston. That is beyond their strong position in the 2M population in the Panhandle and South Plains. They need to be marketing to the PAC-10 that they give them: A foothold in Texas for recruiting Eyeballs in DFW and Houston Central time-zone game times Competitive teams in most sports Improving academics A very willing and motivated partner in Oklahoma State Dallas + Ft Worth 142,027 – North Texas 110,037 – UT Arlington 76,036 – UT Dallas 63,992 – Texas A&M 47,212 – UT Austin 47,039 – Texas Tech 42,684 – SMU 31,061 – TCU 22,230 – Baylor 17,797 – OU 16,703 – Texas State 15,297 – OSU 11,319 – Arkansas 9,896 – Houston 8,091 – LSU 5,719 – UTSA Houston 158,631 – Houston 84,608 – Texas A&M 52,535 – UT Austin 30,912 – Texas Tech 22,065 – Texas State 14,807 – LSU 12,337 – Baylor 9,986 – UTSA 9,016 – North Texas 8,650 – UT-Arlington 6,405 – OU 5,372 – OSU 4,280 – SMU 3,794 – UT Dallas Houston would be vastly better than Baylor for a variety of reasons. The PAC-12 could do MUCH worse than a 4-some of Tech, Okie State, Houston and Kansas.
  6. There are about 1.8M people in Texas Tech's core region of the Panhandle, South Plains, Permian Basin and West Central Texas (e.g. Abilene). That area is growing at a decent rate compared to a lot of our country and has money fueled by O&G. That is bigger than 12-13 entire states and doesn't even consider the huge metro areas like DFW, Houston, Austin, San Antonio or El Paso that have a lot of Tech grads. I would love to see the viewership chart from the Mike Leach years. I bet they outdrew everyone except UT and OU. Baylor's viewership is pathetic given how competitive they have been as a program. The PAC-10 is crazy if they don't add Tech and Oklahoma State. They are both about like Arizona State / Utah and better than Washington State, Oregon State, Cal and Arizona, and vastly better and more strategic than whatever else they might be forced to add.
  7. The only reason the PAC12 should add anybody is if they think they will eventually be FORCED to get to 16, 18 or 2 as part of a new playoff system with only 4 conferences. If so they would be wise to grab the best 4 Big 12 schools and call it a day. Tech, TCU, OSU and KU would be better than taking Fresno State, BYU, Boise and Wyoming down the road.
  8. Lol. It doesn't matter that K-State got $40M a year from being in the Big-12 vs. $7M for Houston? All that money goes to coaches, facility upgrades, marketing, recruiting.... but apparently it doesn't generate wins. Give Houston $40M a year and Big-12 association and you would see a different product on the field.
  9. That K-State site is sad. Let's compare K-State to Houston... In football: K-State: 45.1% overall wins, 9-13 bowl record, 12 All-Americans, 6 Conference Titles, 13 top-25 finishes, 5 top-10 finishes Houston: 54.1% overall wins, 11-16 bowl record, 8 All-Americans, 11 Conference Titles, 18 top-25 finishes, 6 top-10 finishes In basketball: K-State: 59.1% overall wins, 4 Final 4s, 31 NCAA Tourneys, 19 Conference Titles, 21 Top-25 finishes, 8 NBA 1st rounders Houston: 60.6% overall wins, 6 Final 4s, 22 NCAA Tourneys, 9 Conference Titles, 12 Top-25 finishes, 11 NBA 1st rounders In academics: K-State: #170 US-News Houston: #176 US-News The two schools have basically equivalent accomplishments, but Houston has done it in about half the time. Houston, Fresno State, Colorado State, etc., should be considered K-State's peer group. That isn't going to be enough to get a seat in one of the premier conferences.
  10. Fair. Admittedly, I like basketball just about as much as football (maybe more). A conference with UT, Kansas, Duke, UNC, Virginia, Notre Dame, OU, OSU, etc would be awesome. But you are correct. The move to the SEC is probably better than what I proposed. I just never have liked the SEC.
  11. I think the best case would have been a combination of the best parts of the ACC and Big-12 plus Notre Dame. Maybe a 16-team conference with: From the Big-12: UT, OU, OSU, TT, Baylor, KU, WV (sorry ISU, K-State & TCU) From the ACC: FSU, Miami, Clemson, Georgia Tech, UNC, Duke, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Virginia Plus: Notre Dame That would be a kick-ass football and basketball conference with better academics and cultural fit in my opinion. And it forces the SEC to expand with weaker schools to give more parity.
  12. Funny enough... the #1 team for standard deviation is Texas Tech.
  13. Also, while people will focus on the top of the list, I think it will be much more interesting to look at where we might make the cut if we go to 64, 72 or 80 teams and 4 mega-conferences. If the PAC-12 passes on Tech, Okie State, K-State and TCU they are going to go somewhere else and they might get stuck with teams like Navy, Houston, Fresno St and Colorado State.
  14. I figured a computer rank would remove some of the bias that you get in bowl wins, AP ranks, etc. Not perfect of course, but directionally correct.
  15. To add color to the realignment talks I thought it would be a good idea to quantify the performance of all the Division 1 teams over the last 25 years - with more weight put on the recent years. I took the Massey rating for each team and year since 1996 and gave them a recency multiplier and summed them up. The multiplier is 1x for 1996 and 2x for 2021 with every year in between scaled linearly. Here are the results. Big-12 schools are highlighted in yellow. Big 12 defectors are colored in blue and red. A couple of thoughts... First, the Big-12 has actually been pretty good on the field. Seven top-35 schools is tied with the PAC-10 for most of any conference. The SEC without us only has six. Now granted they also have 4 of the top-7 so they are very good at the top. Big-10 has 6. ACC has 4. Conference averages are as follows: SEC - 24.9 / 27.6 with / without us BIG-12 - 33.6 / 40.4 with / without us PAC-12 - 32.1 BIG-10 - 38.3 ACC - 41.9 Thus, any team ranked above the average would improve the conference while any below would dilute it. (Obviously past results are no guarantee of future performance.) Let me know if anyone wants to see the data cut in other ways and I'll throw it together.
  16. I would love to keep playing Baylor and Tech in hoops. In football? None of them.
  17. Magic and Bird on the same team? Those guys are amazing passers. Amazing. They would be finding Jordan for dunk after dunk. And Bird was 2x All-Defense in an extremely competitive era. He was a better defender than Magic. He was also a borderline dirty player. First attempted dunk by LeBron and he would be on his ass to send a message.
  18. Agreed. I like what they came up with. I'm happy I got at least 1 pod right. Also it makes sense for them to split up UT and Aggy so that teams get more shots at playing in Texas. The pods also look reasonably balanced.
  19. Looking at a recent NBA player power ranking, the Bucks are one of only 3 teams with 3 top-50 players. You can argue about relative places, but it is pretty close. When you look at something like this, you see how Utah is never going to win a title. You have to have a top-10 player or you have no chance. When Klay is back and those picks, the Warriors are going to be right back in the mix. Nets: Harden #7, Durant #9, Kyrie #16 Bucks: Giannis #4, Middleton #27, Holiday #43 Warriors: Curry #3, Klay #23, Draymond #38 Lakers: Lebron #1, AD #22 Clippers: Kawhi #2, PG13 #14 Denver: Jokic #4, Murray #27 Philly: Embiid #8, Simmons #32 Phoenix: CP3 #10, Booker #13 Portland: Lillard #15, McCollum #34 Utah: Mitchel #20, Gobert #28
  20. A : Texas, LSU, Aggy, Arky B : OU, Tenn, Mizzou, Vandy C : Bama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss St D : Florida, UGA, SC, UK One permanent rival in each other pod including: UT vs OU, Tenn vs Bama, LSU vs Bama, Tenn vs Florida, Auburn vs UGA. There are two historic elite teams per pod and they in regional close proximity. All rivalries are maintained and the pods are reasonably balanced.
  21. I think the SEC is a pretty decent downgrade for hoops. There isn’t a bad team in the Big 12. The worst is probably TCU and they can beat anybody on a given night. Kentucky will be fun though. They are even more rabid than Kansas.
  22. I see Giannis as much more like Kevin Garnett than Shaquille O'Neal. He is a better defender and passer than Shaq - much like Garnett. Shaq was even more physically imposing than Giannis, but it was always done in the paint. Giannis can get out and run and then dunk on 2 people when he gets in the lane. He is also having to carry his team much more like Giannis. At 26, Garnett finished 2nd in MVP voting twice and was a 5-time 1st Team Defense. At 26, Giannis has 2 MVPs and 4 All-Defense selections (including DPoY).
  23. I was just F’ing around. Jokic is clearly the better player. 10/10 NBA execs would take him over Embiid IMO.
  24. I guess technically if Durant weren't on the team, they might have gone small ball with Shaun Livingston playing guard and Klay moving to SF. Still a great team.
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