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  1. So is Penn State +1500 or is it a multiplier where they're +562500?
  2. There's a reason "tech bro discovers" is a meme.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. That's a bit. Has to be. The English is way too good.
  6. They'd still have to score.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. You're telling me we could have just traded for a QB the whole time?
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. In terms of natural, pure pass rush traits, honestly no in my opinion. Simmons is just unreal in that regard.
  13. 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.
  14. 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?
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Ah I got you. Not what I thought at first. We're belaboring that last 4th down but he had a really rough night last night overall. Not the first time Sawyer just smoked him. OL and QB are the two positions that benefit most from coming back an extra year. I think he could certainly use one to clean up his game. He's going to have an extremely rough rookie year if he declares. But if the NFL is still telling him first round he should obviously go get that bag. Will be interesting.
  20. I think he could be a really good pro but going to a dumpster fire like the Titans or Browns will not end well.
  21. It's more that there's no decision to be made for Banks. Foregone conclusion. He gone, as he should be.
  22. Pure uninformed speculation, but if I had to guess: Golden, Bond, Blue declare; Campbell, Williams (no one's buying that first round talk after last night), Taaffe, Moore return.
  23. Sadness? I went to school in the late Mack years and had season tickets for Charlie Strong and Tom Herman. The past two seasons are as good as Texas has been since I was in high school (I'm in my 30s). We smoked OU, A&M, and Arkansas by a collective margin of 71-23; all away from DKR. Oklahoma and A&M combined for three offensive points. Not three scores, three points. We're going to be talking about shutting out A&M's offense in the return of the rivalry for the rest of our lives. We went 7-1 in the SEC and played for the conference title our first year in the league. We were right there in that game. That loss is probably the one that stings the most from this year. By that point it was evident we weren't the best team in the country but I wanted that first year SEC title bad and we were capable of winning it. We hosted a CFP game and beat both the ACC and Big 12 champions en-route to a second consecutive national semifinal, the only program in the sport that can say that. Over the course of the year we got to see Texas roll out an elite defense for the first time in a long while; which can be hard to fully appreciate in the moment, but there's going to be points 5, 10, 15 years from now where we have a really good defense and we're going to refer to them as the best since 2024. We got to see the Thorpe Award come back to Texas and the National Freshman of the Year become ascendant on defense. I suppose there's some sadness in not having hardware for that unit but that's how it goes sometimes. They were an absolute pleasure to watch and played incredible football with unbelievable consistency for a college team. We signed the consensus number one class stacked on top of multiple top 5 classes before it. Last night was disappointing with the way it went down at the end, but you know what? We're not the best team in the country this year. So while you obviously always want to win those games, I can live with a hard fought loss in a semifinal against what probably is in fact the best team in the sport. Since I set foot on campus up until last season, every time I watched Bama, Georgia, Ohio State, or some other top team it was like watching a different league of football. No longer. This year cemented Texas as a top 5 program in the sport. Not top 5 potential, not top 5 coaching jobs, not just a one time top 5 finish in the polls. Top 5 program, today. If we compete at this level long enough we're going to make some additions to the trophy case. So, yeah, there's a universe where we could have had more success this year. Oh well. It was still an important, successful year for the program and the window should be open the next few years. This season and last are the first time I can say that in my adult life, so you won't catch me being sad about it. And if you are, these should help:
  24. Kelvin Banks an the FB are the only two that don't get their shit rocked. Williams and Davis do okay I guess but their men aren't really interested in the play, rather edge contain.
  25. I do think we probably beat Georgia if Beck doesn't get hurt. Georgia's emotionally charged drive rallying behind their young backup out of the half doesn't happen in that world and the defense was throttling the Georgia offense with Beck. SEC championship probably has the most what ifs of the year. If nothing else, we'd have actual hardware which would be nice. First Georgia game was an ass kicking and I don't think there's much to what if about. Last night has some for sure - what if we don't give up the screen, what if Sark doesn't have a stroke on the headset on second down, what if Ewers is a little sharper and some of those botched throws are converted, what if Bond has hands, etc. Ohio State also has some too and that game could have been a lot worse. They're just a better team this year so I don't sweat it too much even though it was a painful way to lose.
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