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  1. Isn't Ryan Williams going to reclassify to 2024? I am choosing to believe - without any semblance of knowledge, logic, or reason - that Wingo going Mizzou means Williams is flipping to Texas.
  2. Did Vasek get some snaps last Saturday? If so I missed it, still haven't watched the broadcast of the game or even highlights. no, Vasek didn't see any game action, which is why it was odd the OU guy came running up on him as soon as the final whistle blew. I'm guessing lingering hurt feelings over the decommit? I have no idea.
  3. OU was doing a ton of taunting on the field after the game. I'm not sure how much of it made tv. #12 came right up to Vasek and got in his face, with Vasek giving a half shove/half punch to get the guy out of his face. A few guys were trying to start something with DJ Campbell, and OU staffer was in the middle of a group instigating. For a while I wasn't sure if all hell was going to break loose (especially with Campbell), but thankfully nothing sparked. The players will remember that the next time they play.
  4. seeing the chart made me double check the recording. I was at the game and was looking for Mitchell in garbage time. I thought I was watching him for two plays. TV confirmed it was actually 98, Trill Carter instead of 99, Sydir Mitchell. Mea culpa.
  5. I'm reading this thread with great interest - thank you to all who have taken the time to contribute. My kids are in middle school, so this is coming up quick and I'm absorbing as much as I can. One variable I am curious about, and would love to hear y'all's opinions on - what do you make of the upcoming demographic decline in the number of children (especially in the 2008-2014 years) and the overall decline in college enrollment post COVID? I'm guessing demand at top notch schools will always be there, but it seems at some point the lack of numbers in the overall pipeline has to have some cascading effects. I'll hang up and listen.
  6. Burke is also really good at reading those quick throws to the perimeter and tracking the ball with his hands. He just barely missed a few deflections. I think QB's misjudge his wingspan. As he continues to grow and get experience I think we'll see a lot of deflections and maybe the occasional INT.
  7. that was legitimately one of the handful of best episodes of any show I've ever seen. The confluence of writing and acting was flawless and note perfect. Honestly, if somehow that episode was instead a stand alone movie short, I'd say it was Oscar worthy.
  8. Free again this year. The wait for the games (darts, the rolling ball horse game thing, etc) isn't so bad. Not sure about the Ferris wheel/climbing wall, etc. I'm hoping to stop by the tailgate. It depends on long my kids are entertained by Smokey's Midway.
  9. https://texassports.com/sports/football/schedule/2023 listed as a 6:30pm start on the texas sports page. I marked it in my calendar when it was announced a few months ago. I'd go ahead and lock down that hotel.
  10. so is Texas Tech the day after Thanksgiving.
  11. Catalon had complications from a shoulder surgery he had at Arkansas and was non contact during spring practice. He is a full go for fall camp. Practice is at 2:45 today, for all those looking to modulate any cravings for updates.
  12. I haven't seen anything official, but I'd hold open the evening of 8/15.
  13. to be fair, I had no issue with Lame's editing of the film. When I said I felt Nolan needs an editor, I meant his screenwriting. Apologies for my poor communication.
  14. I think I am one of the few who is in the middle on this movie. I didn't love it and didn't hate it. It has some obvious strengths - acting is outstanding, loved the cinematography, the attention to detail. But I thought the film displayed Nolan's weaknesses as a film maker - namely, his lack of trust in his audience and his desperate need for an editor. Respectfully, I think the comparison to Lincoln is crazy. Oppenheimer would be 1000x better if it tried to be like Lincoln (or, for that matter, Sorkin's Steve Jobs script). Biopics are usually bad films because they try to take on too much, so end up being a mile wide and an inch deep. Lincoln was focused on the final 4 months of Lincoln's life and the passage of the 13th Amendment. Steve Jobs focuses on three press conferences he gave over the span of 14 years. The first 2/3 of Oppenheimer is a technically well made, big budget, paint by numbers biopic, with all the usual trappings (and a needlessly distracting, ever present, score). It starts with Oppenheimer in grad school (1926ish) and goes through 1954. The lack of focus meant too many characters with too little depth - no exploration, just endless exposition. By the end of the film you don't really get a sense of Oppenheimer, the man. It was like reading a wikipedia article, but with better special effects. If Oppenheimer was structured like Lincoln, it would have focused on the security clearance hearing, and made callbacks to his communist ties and manhattan project efforts. That movie would be much better, IMO. I left the theater really wishing Oppenheimer could have been made in a similar way as Chernobyl, as a 5 part high budget HBO limited series. There are some parallels between the stories (nuclear power and its devastating effects, the scientist/government team up - Oppenheimer/Groves and Legasov/Shcherbina). Chernobyl had the space to really tell the story. Oppenheimer, the film, did not.
  15. Geez...the Petrino answer is even worse on video. Check out the 9:10 mark of the video. Reporter asks if they will see the pro-style, play action, under center offense or the Bobby Petrino, 4 wide, power spread. Jimbo furrows his brow and says, incredulously, "have you ever watched Bobby? Bobby is a lot of underneath play action." Follow by nervous laughter. I know this isn't breaking news or anything, but he comes off as incredibly thin skinned and defensive. He eventually lapsed into a word salad non-answer, but he couldn't help his initial reaction.
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