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  1. Bama is 4-5 in their last nine games against FBS competition. So, you know, it could be worse.
  2. I didn't expect him to be elite, I just didn't expect Tyrone Swoopes.
  3. I'm not really a believer. That's not to be interpreted as calling for his job or anything insane like that. He's executed a full gut rehab and raised the floor dramatically. Texas is a legit top 5 program in the sport right now. He deserves the opportunity to keep taking cracks at hardware for a decade-plus as far as I'm concerned, so long as the bottom doesn't fall out. I personally don't think he'll get there though. As great as a program builder as he's been he's a pretty mediocre game day football coach and winning a national championship means ripping off three or four straight against the best talent and coaching in CFB. He's way too inconsistent in these types of games for me to feel strongly that he can get that done. But, again, he deserves the opportunity to prove me wrong for a long time. Sure did after we hired him originally. Co-signed.
  4. This is easy to say in hindsight but I honestly believe the decisions to go for it were warranted in all but one instance - doing so at your own 35 or whatever on the first drive of the game, with a great punter, is kind of insane. All the others I think going for it was the right call. The actual play calls, maybe a different story. But especially the 4th and goal, you rarely get a better deal than 7 points for 1 yard and there was absolutely no guarantee the Texas offense would get that kind of scoring opportunity again.
  5. Then this team will be going 10-2 or 9-3, then 9-3 or 8-4... I don't think the sky is falling. There is a month to improve before we play another competitive football game (if SJSU, UTEP, or Sam Houston frustrate Texas to any degree then just check out on the season). The defense appears to be as advertised and we have a weapon of a punter. It looks like we can run the ball to some degree. That sets a high floor. I think the majority of the schedule is just not going to be able to hang with Texas in the trenches. We don't need the passing game to carry the offense but today it wasn't a credible threat. Any defense worth a shit is going to make Texas run over heavy boxes or beat them throwing the ball going forward, though, and it's not at all clear to me Texas is going to be able to face that from the 4-5 capable defenses on the schedule and not take a couple more Ls. I came into the year thinking that 9-3 and on the CFB bubble was probably the floor for the team but that feels more like the ceiling now. That's not a 2010 grade meltdown or anything, but an adjustment of expectations based on the offensive deficiency to start the year. And frankly, I can live with that if it looks like the offense is improving and we beat OU and aggy again. I've been consistent in thinking next year is the year. Yeah, these are alarming. I'd never have criticized Arch Manning for having a weak arm or super sloppy mechanics but he was out there with, at times, the same dead feet and sidearmed throws that would get Ewers in trouble. He was as inaccurate as I've seen a Texas QB in a while (Ewers 2022 vs OSU or TCU come to mind), short on several throws (including his INT). He had some sail on him for good measure. Arch displayed issues with timing or accuracy at the margins in the short and intermediate game last year. A throw like the terrible 3rd and 5 miss to Wingo comes to mind. That doesn't seem to have improved so I wouldn't count on it going forward. Clearly that didn't get fixed and if it didn't get fixed in a full offseason and camp it's probably going to linger as an issue throughout the season. I have to think he will be better mechanically and not as woefully inaccurate though, particularly with the underthrows. The book is not yet written on Arch Manning and I think we can still more or less chalk today up to nerves/pressure, so I'm certainly not jumping to conclusions, but QB coaching is starting to be an eyebrow raiser between the lack of development from Ewers between years two and three (and really never making progress in the vertical passing game) and the stunningly terrible season debut from Arch. Eh, sort of disagree here. I mean, obviously there is no Worthy, Mitchell, Golden, etc. I like the RB room. Endries played well. WR isn't what it's been but the primary issue in the passing game was the QB. Wingo is a freak athlete, Livingstone's TD is a really nice play, we know Moore is solid. Mosely will hopefully get healthy and the freshmen can come on with time. There's enough there if you've got the QB play and the running game. Today they were simply not given a chance to make plays.
  6. That was, uh, wow. Imagine being told Texas would hold Ohio State to 200 yards and 14 points, and get completely dog-walked. It's never quite as good or as bad as it seems and it's a long season. We have a month to clean whatever that was up so we can bring a competitive offense into league play. The defense appears to be more or less as advertised and should keep us in games. It will obviously be overshadowed by the passing game struggles but the run game and offensive line looked pretty good in the context, though I want to rewatch. All is not lost. Stunning incompetence in the passing game and again with red zone play calls though. Baffling offensive coaching fail by Sark. A lot of what we saw was correctable, but there is so much to clean up that it makes me doubt it can be done by October. I'm hopeful the defense (appears as advertised) 9-3 is feeling more like the ceiling than the floor today, but maybe that ends up an overreaction. lol at Livingstone not only scoring but getting the only TD, and taking the CB for an absolute ride in the process. CTJ loved that I'm sure.
  7. I want to rewatch at some point with a level head and more focus on the O line but I thought they settled in okay. I don't think they were as bad as Arch and Sark made them look. I think the running game has potential this year.
  8. I am rooting for Auburn, not because of any stupid SEC comradery or loyalty, but because the world would be a better place if Baylor ceased to exist as an institution. Unfortunately I expected Auburn to be atrocious and have not seen anything to dissuade me, so I figure this will be over by the middle of the third quarter.
  9. There's a wildfire up here burning in Olympic National Forest and parts of Olympic National Park. It's not big, but it's burning in a very inaccessible area (steep slopes, lack of roads, etc.) with ample fuel that makes it difficult to contain. Despite its relatively small size it's a big smoke producer because of said fuel, so it's been an air quality issue for the Olympic Peninsula and, for a few brief instances, the Seattle-Tacoma metro. It is only 13% contained despite starting fourth of July weekend, and only that high because there was an unseasonably large rain event a week or two ago (despite this, it's been a rather dry spring and summer and the entire region is in a drought). The firefighters out there are up against it to protect structures, park infrastructure, and find ways to contain a very difficult fire. Why do I mention this? Because ICE/CPB/BLM determined it was a good idea to sideline contracted fire crews to line them up, check for papers, and in fact arrest two wildland firefighters working to contain a fire on federal land. They did so in a remote area with a lack of cell service or other telecom infrastructure, so I highly doubt they were even able to get in touch with their families. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/federal-agents-arrest-firefighters-working-on-wa-wildfire/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/border-patrol-firefighters-arrested-at-bear-gulch-fire-illegally-entered-u-s/ It's not just that the cruelty is a plus, or part of the plan. It is the only point. There is no other objective for these people.
  10. If Arch is a top 10 QB nationally then Texas will be a juggernaut. That would be a level of QB play Texas has not had under Sark. Between these two, I'm thinking $551k on Ohio State.
  11. It was really obvious Cam Williams needed another year in school. Cost himself a lot of money with that decision. Hopefully he takes the reality check in stride and puts in the work.
  12. lol oh boy. Look, I don't put any stock in it at this point, but "we're going to be okay because of how Arch looked against Georgia" is one of the most impressive exhibitions of batshit homer mental gymnastics I've ever seen on this board. We're playing Quinn Ewers?
  13. If their line is truly a bunch of guys that grade out at Cole Hutson level, Texas is about to set some sack records.
  14. God damnit. Been lurking the past week or two to get a handle on camp happenings but I had to reset my password and log in after what's evidently been six months to rep this. Hilarious but accurate. Texas and Ohio State are more similar than different in profile, and while it's a boring vanilla take, the game is probably going to be decided on the margins - who wins field position, has fewer procedural penalties, makes FGs, and avoids that disastrously boneheaded turnover that proves to be a 14 point swing. I frankly don't have a hard time buying the idea that Texas (or Ohio State for that matter) will have OL issues but I'd rather be Texas at QB. I'm sure Sayin is going to be really good over the course of his career but we're still talking about a RS FR taking his first real college snaps against a third year QB who's started a couple games. That's as likely as anything else to be the difference. I don't have a strong feel for who's going to win one way or the other, but I expect a low scoring and often ugly game with both defenses winning decisively. Now that I've said that, it'll probably be 45-42.
  15. Mar-a-Lago Face. It's a thing. Her, Laura Loomer, Matt Gaetz, Lara Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, etc. Definitely one of the weirder things to come out of MAGA and that's saying something.
  16. Mexico is a couple steps ahead of the US on the antidemocratic front (we are going to get there), but if we're all doomed to that you might as well get the best bang for your buck
  17. Most children aren't this consistently filled with grievance
  18. When they ignore Supreme Court rulings, the coup will be complete.
  19. The NIH funding rollbacks, beyond being another illegal breach of existing contract and Congressional appropriations, is going to be absolutely devastating. And it's going to be felt in plenty of red states - GA, NC, TX, OH, etc. Just phenomenally stupid and will kill.
  20. I agree. Kamala Harris would have won like 400 EVs if the election was held among women so let's blame them. They just didn't do enough to pull this country out of a nose dive piloted almost exclusively by men. It would be totally unreasonable to expect men to do anything about it. Great post. We should totally play this game.
  21. I'm pretty convinced that the majority of Americans are more concerned with inflicting pain on cruelty on those they perceive to be "other" - immigrants, minorities, women, the woke liberal cabal, whoever - that they'd accept a degradation in their own standard of living so long as they still get to throw those downward punches. Look at the California farmers or Johnny Sack. Trump is a symptom, not a disease. We are a disgusting society.
  22. He's apologized for that before
  23. I have been sick with respiratory illnesses twice in the past two months, once in December, getting over another now. That's never happened to me. My wife came down with something a couple weeks ago. Hit her pretty hard. She actually went to an urgent care and tested negative for both flu and COVID. All three instances we never passed anything to one another. Rough season for sure.
  24. There will be elections, but any state that goes GOP for governor, SOS, or on the Supreme Court is never going back at this point. Look at NC, the GOP retook the state Supreme Court and is now in the process of throwing out votes to give a Republican a seat they lost. This is why the Democratic holds in the 2022 midterms were so important. Hold key Governor, AG, SOS, and Supreme Court positions in WI, MI, PA, AZ, and NV in 2026 and you live to fight another day. The path to 270 at least exists in 2028. Lost them and it's over.
  25. Trump is a symptom, not a disease. Always has been. We voted for this. Beyond that most direct explanation, American Christianity and oligarchs have cooperated on the basis of their shared interest in subjugating the broader nation at multiple points throughout American history, we're just living in the modern adaptation of that.
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