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gmr548

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  1. Y'all are getting sucked in by the political futureman and that's on you at this point.
  2. What the Texags did I just read?
  3. I'm glad the Walmart family doesn't care about college football.
  4. Going beyond any value judgment on the larger policy, the idea that POTUS can simply hand wave away appropriations passed through the legislative process and already awarded to various projects around the country is obviously very bad on just a basic, functioning society level. Welcome to the clown show boys.
  5. And Michigan State, Penn State, and Virginia Tech off the top of my head. That post is a bit of a stretch lol.
  6. Eh. We're their opener too. He and Knowles have played one another several times so I don't know that either team will be catching the other fully off guard, but of course there's no tendencies with a new team and QB. Ohio State will no doubt be loaded but we'll also be the more experienced team (though breaking in new talent at critical positions too). Neither outcome would surprise me but I'm certainly not willing to concede it as a L. The fun thing about the expanded playoff is that you can just enjoy a competitive early season nonconference game for what it is and not worry that your chances for a championship have tanked before you play a down of football in conference.
  7. Just because aggy has never been in this position doesn't mean they wouldn't be worse.
  8. So is Penn State +1500 or is it a multiplier where they're +562500?
  9. There's a reason "tech bro discovers" is a meme.
  10. Collin Klein lost KSU that game last year much more so than anything Will Howard did. Howard torched us and the vast majority of it came over 2.5 quarters once Klein thought "gee maybe I shouldn't run right at Sweat and Murphy." Klein calls a competent game from the start and KSU dog walks Texas at home. Perhaps the worst opposing coordinator performance I've ever seen against Texas. I'm thrilled he's in College Station.
  11. Joe Biden was the right man for the moment in 2020 and was on track to easily be the best president of my lifetime for the first half of his term. He may still be at least domestically, we're going to have to see what the Republicans do to his platform over the next couple of years and what the long term impact of the surviving pieces is (I think a surprising amount of the IRA is going to remain intact). Things pretty clearly came off the rails in 2023 though, and between that and his age he was absolutely the wrong man for the moment in 2024. His handling of the war in Gaza and lack of coherent immigration policy that ultimately led to a capitulation to Trumpist policy, both of which came to a head in the final year and change, is a stain on his legacy and on our country. Do I think Democrats would have won if he stepped aside earlier? I honestly don't know. Post-COVID inflation has taken out an impressive volume of political incumbents. But had he announced his intention to step aside after a strong showing in the midterms the entire race would, or at least could have been reframed in a way Harris just never had a chance to accomplish given the hand she was dealt. The combo of his age and the stresses of the presidency has obviously been rough on him. Hearing him speak now vs the 2020 election, the difference is stark. I wish him a happy and healthy retirement surrounded by family, but I fear we're going to be wondering what could have been for a long time.
  12. That's a bit. Has to be. The English is way too good.
  13. They'd still have to score.
  14. I've held the opinion that Detroit would be a good place for Quinn Ewers to land. Good team and staff, sit behind Goff a couple of years as he plays out his contract, step into a chance to compete for the job on an offense with guys like Gibbs, Williams, and Sewell in their prime when they don't want to pay Goff anymore. Goff may get run out of town if they let Washington score 50 because of turnovers though. Also think the LA Rams would be a good landing spot in that same vein. Learn under Stafford and McVay and hit the weights for a couple years.
  15. Uh, social spending, including significant cash payments to the poor and pensioners. That and being on the receiving end of the nearshoring trend after COVID turbofucked supply chains.
  16. You're telling me we could have just traded for a QB the whole time?
  17. We have a third quarter with Arch against MSU where we fumbled on the first play we ran; Arch botching a 4th and short throw (to be fair I didn't love the play call, he was asked to make a very Ewers-esque throw in terms of touch and ball placement); MSU getting inside the Texas 40 down 14-6 before a penalty killed their drive; at least two OL procedural penalties; and Texas taking three plays to score on the worst defense they played all year from 1st and goal at the 1. We also went long stretches without scoring on UTSA or ULM in the third quarter with Arch at QB. I'm not going to scrutinize those too much because they're scrimmages, but they're another data point that inserting Arch does not magically fix the third quarter.
  18. To me the NFL is a much better gig at this point but I suppose that's personal preference. I actually don't think Sark would be a particularly good NFL HC. Much of his success here has simply been an effect of the roster he's built; which of course he gets a ton of credit for as a college coach, but it would not work like that in the NFL. His track record in games where the other side has something approaching a similar talent level isn't great and he was a mediocre NFL OC. I'm not real worried about him leaving because he seems like a pretty self aware guy and probably knows that. And he's put so much into Texas and is now so close, with Arch fucking Manning about to take the keys, I have a hard time seeing him walk away from that. Especially to work for NFL aggy lol.
  19. In terms of natural, pure pass rush traits, honestly no in my opinion. Simmons is just unreal in that regard.
  20. Ngl I'd be a little sad if we lost that meme and someone actually wanted him as a FBS football player at this point.
  21. We definitely can't stop before we address the logical end point: Is it better to hand the program to an autistic billionaire or a billion autists?
  22. Man, fuck you for opening this wound. Such a frustrating game to watch, in no small part because Penix and crew were just downright incredible that night. They missed/dropped several plays against Michigan they were making on us. I've been of the opinion that 2026 is probably the year. We're breaking in a lot of young talent at the most important positions next year. Essentially the whole offense including QB, C, and both OT spots; interior DL, now it seems like CB. Texas is talented enough and the schedule sets up in a way they we should be looking at a ~10 win regular season, contention for the SEC championship game, a playoff berth, and being fun to watch for sure; but the chance of drawing a head scratcher on a given Saturday is always higher dealing with that volume of change and inexperience. But 2026 we're talking Arch Manning and Ryan Wingo at the height of their powers and a year of experience for the rest of the WR/TEs, veteran OL, veteran secondary, bunch of talented Year 2-3 DTs, veteran LBs despite the probable loss of Anthony Hill (God, imagine if he came back) all led by a third year Collin Simmons... with another probable top 5 class coming in. There's a world where the 1.1 and 1.2 picks in the 2027 NFL draft play for the same college team. Long way out but we could seriously be monstrous. So I don't think these are mutually exclusive ideas. Yeah. Breaking in one new corner against Ohio State was already a challenge. Breaking in two new corners and being thin-ish at Safety against Ohio State is... probably not going to be fun. It hurts no doubt but fortunately it should never be worse than it is that first game. Well, this is the rub isn't it? People get this image in their head because Texas fans have this weird fetish about being the biggest, richest, etc. In reality Texas is a program at the top tier of NIL - or at worst tier 1B if the idea is Oregon, Michigan, and Ohio State are just out here truly out of their minds. "The" vs. "a" has a profound difference in meaning. I'm no insider but it's not hard to grasp that we're at the top of the SEC in NIL and still have all of the natural football recruiting advantages that come with being the flagship university in the state of Texas. We'll be alright. Anyone thinking we could simply buy unquestioned dominance or having some difficult moment of reckoning realizing we can't, that's on you.
  23. For context, Mississippi State thanks god for Purdue because they were the only worse defense in P4 football. MSU was well outside the top 100 defensively and the worst defense Texas played by a pretty decent margin. Arch played well and I'm really excited to see what the offense looks like with him taking the reins, but there's even less to read into these numbers than there is in a rando G5 cupcake game.
  24. The latter is why Taffee coming back is so big. Barring some kind of injury apocalypse it really fortifies the talent/experience level in the safety room and really makes that second CB spot the only part of the secondary with any real break-in needed. Lose him and you're all of a sudden having some young guys drink from the firehose more than you'd like.
  25. This defense was so goddamn fun to watch this year. Just incredible for a college team to be that consistently good, especially with an offense that seemed like the only thing it could do consistently is put the defense in bad positions. People need to be ready for a step back next year; I'm not saying that means we won't be good or anything but there's basically nowhere else to go. We're going to be using this 2024 defense as a measuring stick for the next decade. lmao yes please I think it's probably too early to say and depends on NFL decisions and what the portal attiriton and additions look like. We're losing so much quality, highly experienced talent especially up front that it's hard not to give some ground. Taaffe and Moore coming back would be really big though. Would be huge. Edge group would be downright filthy and take some pressure off a DT group that will probably need to find its legs.
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