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  1. 21 hours ago, SL Xpress said:


    I hope you’re well, too. Without Arkansas being a dominant force there was nothing to it. Arkansas faded from national relevance after those heady days. It’s like saying UT-SMU had a rivalry due to the Pony Express days, or UH-Texas have a rivalry because of the run and shoot and the 1990 game. Not quite the same thing, I’d agree, but similar enough. 

    The Arkansas-Texas series can be characterized by two things. UT’s overall complete dominance, and Arkansas fans’ complete obsession. During the 70s and 80s one of the biggest problems with the game is that it was always played right after OU, which really was a rivalry game. The team would go into Fayetteville and tend to be woefully ill prepared for how jacked up the Razorback players and fans were to be playing hated UT. And yet they still routinely came out victorious. 

    There was never any real build up on the Texas side prior to the Arkansas matchup. But there’s a blood lust frenzy on the Arkansas side before every gridiron tilt. That’s not a rivalry. It’s a narrative being forced because of the games in the 1960s, Mack Brown fubaring the schedule and misunderstanding the nature of the series, and this nostalgic glow for when Texas was nationally relevant on a consistent basis. But when it comes to being on campus in the 70s and 80s, nobody gave that much of a shit any time Arkansas rolled into town any more so than the other conference foes. Most years even less because while consistently a solid team, they weren’t as talented or as good as some of the other opponents Texas would face in the SWC. 

    The so called rivalry is being made up. And you’re doing it here, too, when you know better. Heck, look forward to it all you want. That’s your prerogative. Arkansas and the rest of the SEC certainly represents more compelling opponents than the Big 12 members. Of that there’s no argument. But when we talk about the storied Texas Arkansas football rivalry, we’re engaged in myth making, not a reflection of reality. 

    That said, the pass to Tony Jones to break their hearts holds a special place for me, too. The first time Texas won on literally the last play of the game, although the UCLA game to keep the winning streak alive came close (there was a subsequent kickoff). I wish it had boded better for David McWilliams’ career, but alas. Ken Hatfield never did live that game down in Fayetteville. 

    So much wrong in this post, but it does sound nice as lore. Others have covered it so I won't dogpile. 

    After ND chooses I think the acceleration happens and we see GOR problems largely go away. 

  2. 2 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

    This is bad for college sports, just like Nebraska/Colorado/A&M/Missouri leaving the Big 12 was bad, and Texas/OU leaving the Big 12 is also bad, and NIL and the transfer portal are bad.

    We are going to end up with NFL-light and other semi-pro leagues across the major sports, where history and tradition and any pretense of actually caring about the associated universities or rivalries is completely gone.

    Oh well, 2005 was a fun year. And as I get older I realize that spending a lot of time and emotional energy on sports is kind of a ridiculous waste of my limited time on Earth. I suspect in 20 years Texas and OU will play in the State Farm Red River Hangout and I’ll be blissfully unaware on a beach in Tahiti.

    Negged. College football is going to get reigned in as something people can follow and be involved with. Like Horns With Heart. This is how you get everyone to pay players and be open about it with NIL to do good things. The conference sets the rules for caps and rev share and whatnot. 

    1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:

    Agreed with all of this. To start, what separates college from the pros is the regional based rivalries. While there are rivalries in pro sports, it isn't the same and as entrenched and passionate as college. Once these teams start moving all around, you lose that. Nebraska has zero identity now. No more Nebraska/OU rivalry. Nebraska/Colorado. Texas/Arkansas went away when Arkansas went to the SEC.

    And now USC/UCLA going to a midwest conference? Just dumb. College sports as we all knew it is going away. I don't care about the NIL because I am glad these players are finally seeing money. It's all the realignment and mega conferences being built. And college football is becoming stale. A whole season just to see the same teams at the very end. And most the playoff games are blowouts. All SEC national championship games. 

    I watch sports for what it is, entertainment. I don't get too emotional any longer as I got older. Much more important things in life than being that invested. I find myself doing other stuff than watching football and sports in general as the years go by.

    Imagine a cool bowl game in the middle of a season on the other side of the country. That's when regional styles generally collide, they can essentially manufacture that a bunch of times a season. Entertaining these new fanbases at DKR is gonna be so much more fun. Imagine the surly tailgates. Going to be fun ass times. 

  3. 3 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    It is so comforting to know that after the last two years of plunging the already struggling healthcare system in America into an exhaustive nightmare that SCOTUS can wave away the invisible fog of chemicals that Texas children breathe. And then some time in their lifespan when the leukemia appears, no culprit can be found for it is not as evident as the eensy fibers of asbestos and their scarring trail. But hey, it's just air right?

    I'm very much starting to believe the next generation may be the last. 

  4. this is honestly so fucking stupid we have on record people talking about destroying things and we can't just say "hey look this is what happens when that plan gets put into place, lets hit the undo button back to 2016, because that's not a horrible starting point to start over"

     

  5. 1 minute ago, 'stache said:

    SCOTUS this week:

    Only legislators should legislate which is why you can't have abortion rights; except for Indian affairs, in which case, we're gonna legislate cause fuck them injuns.

    I hate this country.

    don't forget about states rights being shit on in NY too. It's 3 decisions that are in direct conflict with eachother. 

    1 STATES CANT RESTRICT RIGHTS

    2 FED GOVERNMENT CANT DICTATE STATES RIGHTS

    3 STATES CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE ARE BROWN

     

  6. Just now, elfenix said:

    the democrats could decide to nuke the filibuster and pass a new VRA tomorrow and this supreme court would still nuke it.  that's what imma isn't getting.

    So we are just fucked and there is no way to fix it? 

  7. Just now, wildcat09 said:

    lol wat?

    yeah dude - it's not fucking hard. Congress fucked up and hasn't done shit forever. Because Congress is deadlocked people started finding ways around congress. First it was unitary executive theory. Then that got fucked, so then it became stack the court to legislate from the bench, which is what we are seeing now. It's not fucking hard to understand. The core issue is that Congress isn't doing shit. 

  8. Just now, elfenix said:

    dude the VRA was legislated and passed into law by a well functioning congress.  and congress clearly has the authority under section two of the 15h amendment to do the VRA.  this supreme court gutted it anyway. 

    Nevermind - fuck it the reason the supreme court is fucked is because the supreme court is fucked. There is no other reason. It didn't happen because of something else, it's actually just a magic problem that appeared out of nowhere and thin air. 

  9. Just now, The Royal We said:

    You're out of your element here Imma, might want to sit this one out.

    no I'm not - I'm right and you guys are all just being stupid about it. The entire reason the Supreme Court got stacked with judges is because the legislature isn't legislating and the reason that they are overturning things that are constiutional is because they are in fact not at all legislated or put in the constitution, by you guessed it LEGISLATORS. 

    It's absurd to say that the Supreme Court broke all on its own and of it's own accord. It was a vehicle used to rule, just like the executive office was used when GWB was in office. 

    the GQP is certainly to blame for the rampant abuse of the government and it's ultimate unraveling of functionality - but that ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE LEGISLATURE STOPPED LEGISLATING

  10. 3 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Just a constitutional amendment, cool cool

     

    9 minutes ago, royiv said:

    What in the ever living fuck makes you think that a constitutional amendment could pass and be ratified in this political environment?

    Did you read further upthread? I'm saying this is all happening because the legislature isn't legislating. The response is "the legislature can't legislate because it can't legislate" and I responded with a way they could actually legislate it into existence to which the further replies were "LOL BUT THE LEGISLATURE CANT LEGISLATE"

    Our problem is Congress. It's forced Executive and Judicial Branches to start legislating from the EO and the Bench. This is our fault for not holding our fucking elected legislative officials accountable and letting them just suck on the teet of american taxpayer dollars for lifetimes with little to no body of work. 

  11. 24 minutes ago, elfenix said:

    no, not really.  even if congress were a functional body it doesn't have the time or knowledge to determine just how many parts per billion benzene can be released into the atmosphere from a chemical plant before everyone gets cancer, how to decide where to measure that emission, etc.  or how many cherries must be in a fruit cocktail cup to be called fruit cocktail.  that's why congress sets goals generally and then tells the executive to figure out how to get there. 

    Congress can just add a constitutional amendment saying "this executive branch thing can do what it needs to do" - it's possible with legislature. 

  12. I guess I'm failing to understand why 2 or more justices can't be impeached, and replaced and as part of that impeachment the court revisits these votes and basically says yeah we were fucked by criminals into doing this and just undo it.

    If the answer is we are fucked because these lifers are just going to fucking sit at the bench and rule forever, then we need to just burn down the government and start over because a bunch of fucking catholic insane people running the country is stupid.

  13. 2 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Tomorrow the EPA will be gutted. So glad SCOTUS has decided it’s no longer a co-equal branch of government :eyeroll:

    How hard is it going to be to reverse the damage done in the summer of 2022, if things go the way of the people in these midterms and in 2024. Is it a decade+ or does shit start moving pretty fast? 

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