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  1. this is a great idea
  2. just so you know, 3 replicas were built for the movie and the garage crash was a prop; 1 of the fakes sold in '20 for $300k; the real ones (56 made) fetch $20m+ sloan did not age well +++ https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/football/2025/10/29/athletic-reporter-uses-thin-logic-defend-sarkisian-nfl-interest-story/86966130007/ Last Saturday morning, hours before the Mississippi State game, a report set the internet and social media on fire. The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported Texas coach Steve Sarkisian was angling for an NFL job, specifically the open Tennessee Titans head coaching job. The reaction from Sark and his agents was swift and angry. Russini said in her story, "Representatives for Texas coach Steve Sarkisian have let NFL decision makers know that he would be interested in potential head coaching openings, including the Titans." The Athletic scribe didn't give any more information beyond that sentence, which is included within several tidbits Russini added in the "Final Thoughts" section of the article. But the short passage became the lead on the Athletic's social post promoting her NFL rumors column. In a very rare move, Sark's agents responded on social media. Sark has the biggest agents in college coaching, Jimmy Sexton and Ed Marynowitz. Both work for Creative Artists Agency, one of the largest agencies in the world. CAA put out a statement strongly refuting the report from the Athletic. "Any reports regarding communications on coaching opportunities with NFL teams are patently false and wildly inaccurate. Sark is solely focused on coaching the University of Texas football team," Sexton and Marynowitx said in a statement. After beating the Bulldogs in overtime 45-38, Sark also angrily responded to the story in his post-game press converence. “It really pisses me off that one person can make a report that in turn, the entire media, sports world runs with as factual. To the point of my agency and my agents have to put a statement out that they have never have done. Historically, CAA, Jimmy Sexton and Ed Marynowitz have never done that. But I had to do that to protect my locker room and my team. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. I thought it was completely unprofessional of that person to put that report out." - Texas coach Steve Sarkisian Russini appeared on the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz and basically laughed off Sark and his agents denials. She even sort of mocked the reason behind the denials as almost self-serving. "No, it's horrible! When you're the head coach at Texas and you've got recruits visiting and its game day and you got NIL and just all the weird landscape of college now that goes with this. ... In 2025, there are just so many different factors ... with the portal and players wanting to maybe leave if they don't trust that their coach is going to be there. There's a lot of layers." - Athletic reporter Dianna Russini on Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Russini went on to say she understands the backlash, but Sark and his camp never actually said he wants to stay at Texas. "They have every right to be mad. (chuckles) Unfortunately, they never added that Steve Sarkisian wants to stay at Texas, right? They just said, 'This is not true. We did not talk to any NFL teams.'" - Athletic reporter Dianna Russini on Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz 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.
  3. uk: stoops; our win was gifted saturday we were still losing by 3 scores with 11:12 remaining; we failed on 4th and 1, but klan aggy got flagged for roughing arch it's a miracle we're not 4-4 we have concerns
  4. why hasn't belmont/sark/sexton sued her for slander? how about tortious interference? or negligent infliction of emotional distress? anything that asserts in a legal document that she was "patently false and wildly inaccurate" we're in the post-fact era; current regime out front should have told ya file the suit, announce the filing, stir the shitstorm through the overnight news cycle, and withdraw in 24 hours also, announce that the athletic's belmont/dkr press credentials have been suspended until further notice right now, without any kind of counter-attack, the athletic has the high ground and 100% credibility
  5. more for the short list of shit we know: - jerry jones fucked us - somebody sabotaged sark - sark to the nfl has something to do with sark - the largest mass delusion in offseason football rankings history occurred this year - Texas was not the only team caught up in the mass delusion - parcells: per sark we're a playoff team until we're not, which happens with the next loss - sark is one stubborn motherfucker
  6. why am i stiil watching this
  7. fuck the fuck out of here i have made no accusations neither has cole recounting and reposting factual evidence does not equal "accusations"
  8. not if sark pulls his head out of his ass
  9. i'll go even further i don't care if he un-divorced an uppity instabitch to save face for her allegedly non-sark child i do care that he went awol for 39 days - but that's a personal issue as well and battling the liquid demon - if that's why he was away - is not a personal choice - it is a disease what i'm hoping is he will have a cathartic realization his pro scheme doesn't work with this team at this time and for the rest of the season he will call the games like he did 0u and the klan aggy 4th quarter, and then when the season is done, fire flood, fix the goddamn Oline and keep building the program
  10. i hate this stupid kickoff just start at the 25 or go back to the regular rules and create a separate 15-man "kickoffs" roster that plays both ways kicking and receiving, kickers and returners can be on either roster
  11. have not seen all 3 of these together.... for evidentiary purposes +++ 1. russini/athletiic "I’m told that representatives for Texas coach Steve Sarkisian have let NFL decision makers know that he would be interested in potential head coaching openings, including the Titans." +++ 2, sexton "Statement from the representatives for coach Steve Sarkisian: Any reports regarding communications on coaching opportunities with NFL teams are patently false and wildly inaccurate. Sark is solely focused on coaching the University of Texas football team." +++ 3. sark/postpresser “It really pisses me off that one person can make a report that in turn, the entire media, sports world runs with as factual to the point of my agency and my agents have to put a statement out. “I had to do that to protect my locker room and my team. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. I thought it was completely unprofessional of that person to that put that report out, and the fact that everybody ran with it is borderline embarrassing for the media. I respect what you guys do, I really do, and everybody else, but the fact that everybody ran with that as truth is really embarrassing. 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.” +++ A. russini: <representatives for sark> and <nfl decision makers>...... so, his agents or his close circle ...... not sark... B. if someone spoke on his behalf without him knowing, what is he going to do about it? C sark's agency and agents issued a non-denial lawyer-denial that did not refute or contest the athletic reporting, and did so before any other college football media, either 'major' or '995', other than the athletic, and outside the Texas ecosystem, had reported on the athletic's assertion... negating sark's assertion that he "had to do that" (have sexton issue his 'statement') because "the entire media, sports world runs with as factual" +++ there are other either/or postulates that can be derived from the 3 data points
  12. it's a court of public opinion, counselor on cross, would you demand a full denial? mister sark, do will you testify that you have not expressed interest in going to the nfl, and state, here, under oath, that the statement by the athletic reporter is 100% not true, etc., etc.
  13. pittsburgh going back back back back back to 19fucking33 the logo debuted in '62 and was used on yellow helmets for only 2 games before the debut of the black helmet in the 'playoff bowl' (the old 3rd-place game) the black helmet was used exclusively starting in '63 until the yellow helmet returned as a throwback in '07 '08 & '09
  14. peckers white helmet debuted in '56 and they wore them the entire season in '58 and went 1-10-1 lombardi arrived in '59 and standardized the green/yellow of note the "G" on the helmet debuted in preseason 5 aug 61, there was no helmet "G" in the '60 title game (iggles 17 - 13 green bay) original 'G' was shaped like a football, started evolving in '70 towards today's mirror image of the georgia 'G' which debuted in '64 geek out: https://www.packers.com/news/the-g-stands-for-green-bay-15940711#:~:text=There was no G on,1961%2C at old City Stadium.
  15. yeah i'm reading up on this right now
  16. ~half of nfl head coaches call their own plays ~zero of them are constantly squatting taking notes not looking at the game
  17. spent 10 minutes looking for vandy cheer & pom to brighten up the thread a little bit very slim pickings
  18. gagree only problem is the athletic story/post/tweet it remains not retracted and not categorically denied
  19. only nixon could go to china
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