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Vic Mackey

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  1. 1 minute ago, statsman said:

    And this year, we lost to OU, and won the Big XII and made the CFP. 
     
    It’s crazy- in ‘99 we were ranked high, had a real shot at a BCS game, and then the Ag game led to a three game losing streak. 
    ‘01: played the B12 CG with a win putting us in the BCS CG, against a Buffs team we crushed earlier, and blew it. 
    ‘02: Only had to beat TT to play for the B12. Blew it. 
    ‘04: Incredibly talented team shut out by OU. 
    ‘06: only had to beat one of KSU and TAMU to play for the B12 title. Blew it. 
     
    It seemed like if we left the door the tiniest bit open, it would knocked over. 
     
    I wonder if part of it was Mack, and his demeanor. He had terrific UNC teams before he came here that fell short of conference titles and Alliance Bowls. 
     
    Maybe Sark is different. 
     

    Agreed. It's a shame we didn't have more success the whole 2000s. We had very talented teams under Mack but he could never beat OU for years. Even got shut out against OU with VY as QB (thanks Greg Davis). 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 could have easily resulted in Big 12 titles and national championship appearances. I do like our grit this year and didn't let the heartbreaking loss to a meh OU team get us down and we ran the table rest of the way and got our shot.

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  2. 3 hours ago, statsman said:

    Dead on. 
     
    Years ago, when the question of who we wanted to win when OU played the Ags came up, I responded, “We want the Ags to win. The Ags take a big win, and then…do nothing with it. They’ll follow it up with a crazy stupid loss. OU, on the other hand, takes one win, and stacks another on top of it, and another, until they have made a season.”

    Yep and even further, OU can take a loss from us and still win the Big 12 and get to where they want. Always count on aggy to trip up along the way to fall short. The few times they have beaten Bama in their SEC tenure, didn't even result in a SEC West representative in the SEC championship game. I believe Bama both times have went to the national championship, so the loss didn't phase them.

  3. Speaking of "All In", let's take a look at what Stephen Jones really means. Lmao. This front office is a clownshow.

    I will quote it below for anyone who doesn't have Twitter (not sure if non Twitter users can read posts)

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    Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones on @1053thefan
     on Jerry Jones saying Dallas would be "all in" this season: "Everybody has their own definition of what that means, but I've never not known us to be all in, nor have I known anyone we compete against not to be all in."

    What does he say to fans that don't believe the Cowboys have been "all in" this offseason?

    "We spend max, max money year in and year out. All 32 can only spend the same amount of money over a five-year stretch. When we're all said and done, we max out our salary cap every year. We will have done that. What comes with having a good roster, which we do, we're also looking towards signing our own guys.

    "It doesn't mean it happens overnight. But when you're wanting to sign players like Dak (Prescott) and Micah (Parsons) and CeeDee (Lamb), then you have to hold money back if you want to have a realistic chance of signing those guys."

     

  4. I like the play in, a lot. You get fewer teams tanking. You get meaningful games with teams jockeying for seeding. You get a chance to still make the playoffs if your star gets hurt early in the season but comes back. You get competitive win or go home games. I really don’t understand the criticism. 
    Then shorten the regular season. Makes zero sense to play 82 games and tell the 7th and 8th seeds they still have to fight for their spots vs the 9th and 10th seeds at the end.

    The Warriors had no business even competing for a playoff spot and last night proved that.

    It's just a silly gimmick used to fill more tv time before the real playoffs start. About as silly as the mid season tournament.

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  5. Still think the play in is the stupidest idea LeBron?
    I do. If you aren't in the top 8 after 82 games, then you deserve to sit at home. But money talks so this will never go away.
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