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Snake Diggity

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  1. Aint too Christian running round the village cuttin off heads and shit
  2. We will go 3-1 at home against WV, TCU, ISU, and BU We will go 1-2 on the road against KSU, OSU, and KU We will beat OU. 7-5 going into the bowl for an 8-5 finish. Enough to keep Sark around and the recruiting class from tanking. PK gotta go tho.
  3. Then I am assuming going 3-9 in year 2 would qualify as a scandal.
  4. Losing to Tech just puts more pressure on the remainder of the season. Now if we lose to WV, we go to Dallas as 2 TD underdogs to OU with a 2-4 record and the national narrative starting to be about who replaces Sark, and the recruiting wheels start to shake mightily. Coming out of OU 2-5 probably means Sark is done. That said, nothing regarding expectations has changed since preseason. Oddsmakers pegged us for 8 wins, which means 5 losses, and one of those would have had to come to a team we were favored against. Losing a road game to a team likely to go bowling doesn’t have to be a coffin nail. If by some unexpected turn of events we beat WV and OU, we will be back ranked and firmly back in the mix for the Big 12. I still expect us to win 7-8 games, with 9 wins being more likely than 6 wins.
  5. The idea is that we suck because of our school’s culture. Wealthy meddling donors and fair-weather, fickle fans leading to spoiled entitled players (and coaches).
  6. Card falls somewhere between Case McCoy and David Ash.
  7. I understand it, but calling for Sark’s head after this game is stupid. Nothing has changed since the end of last season. 6 wins or less and Sark should be fired. 7 wins and he has to fire PK and is on the hot seat for 9+ wins next year. 8-9 wins and he gets another year. 10+ wins and we all line up to suck his dick. That is all still possible. If/when we lose our 7th game this season, then we can call for Sark to be fired. Also, people saying this is program related and not coaching, I won’t buy that until a coach gets fired from Texas and goes on to have success elsewhere.
  8. In terms of expectations nothing has changed since preseason. Seems pretty simple to me: 6 wins or worse: Sark fired 7 wins: PK fired and Sark on hottest of hot seats 8 wins: unacceptable but you get another year 9 wins: ok 10+ wins: raise/extension
  9. I think corner infield and how quickly Witt comes back will determine how the season goes.
  10. That is a good point that I didn’t mention. Technology will certainly mitigate the labor supply issue, but that’s 5-10 years away at best. And since we didn’t start pulling the immigration levers 5-10 years ago, we could be in for a decade of pain; not the kind where people are out of work, but the kind where shelves aren’t stocked, services aren’t available, and investments take a beatin. Gonna stay weird.
  11. People retiring early is a big one but I also think a lot of prime working age people are working less (or are just less productive).
  12. Some got old, others got less productive. Why destroy wealth when you can redeploy it?
  13. I think #1 and #2 make up a LOT bigger % of the issue than 3 and 4.
  14. I’m increasingly concerned that this round of inflation is largely the result of demographic shifts and thus raising rates will not address the real issue, which is a worker shortage across the entire first world. Instead of reducing access to capital for everyone we should be reallocating capital from those who’ve been increasingly hoarding it for the last 30 years (in addition to using immigration to increase supply of young workers).
  15. So far it’s been ok. Solid character development, good acting, excellent world building. Lacks the Star Wars nostalgia which I’m sure will come. Mandalorian was grade A and I will be shocked if any SW shows top it. Boba Fett was weak (C-), and Obi-Wan was a mixed bag (B-/C+). So far I’m giving Andor a C+ But I expect it to get better.
  16. The lax security at my gate this year has been shocking. The lack of involvement from the band has been disappointing, as has the lack of organic “Texas! Fight!” chants. There have also been inconsistent rules about being able to cross sections to access concessions and restrooms, which is insane. For Bama there were 45 minute lines for beer in my section while no lines at the next section over. I like the terraces/patios in the south end zone. I got moved to 31 from 17 and it has been fine EXCEPT I went from 3 seats from the aisle to 40 seats from the aisle and that SUCKS.
  17. This. Oct-Nov is good. March is good. There are some decent weeks in Dec-Feb but generally it’s cold. April thru September is fucking hell on earth. I hate it here now.
  18. Updated roster depth chart for opening day? C Guillemette Jr. 1B Thomas 2B Daly SS Flores 3B O'Dowd RF Kennedy CF Campbell LF Brown DH Whitehead Bench: Carlson, Galvan, Powell, Belyeu Extra position players: C Constantine, C Hoffart, IF Duplantier, OF Fields, IF O'Hara, C Schuessler, C Fahrlander Weekend SP: Hurley, Gordon, Shaw (+Witt, when healthy) Weekday SP: Harrison, Stuart, Walbridge RP: Tole, Grossman, Sthele, Morehouse, Johnson, Duplantier Extra Pitchers: Lummus, O'Banan, Burke, Minchey, Grubbs, Howard, Porchas, George, Valentine
  19. She may not have a choice. It sure seems like she has been an overwhelming liability for him. I’m not sure if there is a clearly better alternative but I can definitely envision a scenario where replacing her makes sense.
  20. If he is alive, he will run again. I am more anxious to see if he switches VPs.
  21. I bet Teal Akerson lives a pretty sweet life.
  22. Am I wrong to fear that if the primary cause of inflation is supply side (supply chain from COVID/Ukraine and limited labor force) then raising rates will reduce access to capital required to unfuck those factors, making things worse?
  23. Ewers back fully healthy for WVU to tune up before OU would be ideal.
  24. I am not qualified to school anyone but given the global nature of inflation it seems pretty clear that US economic/fiscal policy is not the only (or even leading) cause. Sure, loose spending and tax cuts over the last 2 decades are contributing factors, but it looks pretty clear to me that the pandemic and subsequent war in Ukraine are still having a major impact on supply. The questions relevant to this thread are: How much of the inflation is Biden’s fault? Some, but only a fraction. Biden didn’t cause the pandemic which led to global supply chain issues that still haven’t fully resolved. He didn’t cause the Russian invasion of Ukraine that led to supply shocks in food and gas. Yes, Biden has spent, and I personally wish he hadn’t signed that stimulus in 2021. But that represents only a fraction of the money supply. The Bush/Trump tax cuts and the Obama/Trump stimulus packages dwarf the amount of money released during Bidens term. Of the 8.3 YoY cpi increase for August, my guess is Biden’s spending has contributed less than 2% of that 8.3%. What can Biden do to combat inflation? The Fed is raising rates to combat the inflation caused by increased money supply, but technically Biden doesn’t control that. Biden has made several key moves to battle inflation with pretty clear positive results. Releasing oil supply helped tame gas prices. The Inflation Reduction Act will likely lower overall inflation impacts for middle and lower class Americans. There are several other things I’d like to see him accomplish: work with the Saudis to increase their supply, work to resolve the Russia/Ukraine conflict, and work to assist China in resolving their supply chain issues. Obviously avoiding more supply shocks (eg railroad strikes) is also important. I personally think an underrated aspect of this inflationary period is demographic trends. Boomers are aging out of the workforce and there aren’t enough workers to replace them. I am not sure if addressing that issue via immigration is politically feasible at this time, but medium and long term something will have to be done there.
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