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  1. There is some interesting and comical shit going on here. 1) Ott is not listed as the starter and is listed behind a true freshman. Now, he's had new injury problems in camp and has missed practices, so maybe that's the reasoning. Still, they and the national media have assumed his health, and they've used that to buoy their expectations of the offense this season. They had one of their beat guys on XM 84 last week specifically citing that "well, the offense will be better no matter what just due to Mateer and Ott at QB and RB". Well, if, lo and behold, they get the Ott more akin to 2024 than 2023, that immediately changes the color and shape of that offense. 2) Venables said at SEC Media Days that Javonnie Gibson was out of his boot and would be participating in fall camp and early games. Dude hasn't run a drill yet and isn't listed. Neither is Jaydon Gibson, yet those two were cited all offseason as big reasons why the offense would be better this year as well. 3) Jaren Kanak as the starting TE is hilarious. The okie boards are seeing this as a good thing. A sign of pure athleticism meeting terrific development by ol'Joe Jon. It's remarkable delusion to witness. I have been saying from the spring forward that their TE room looked like a plumber's ass crack, but even I didn't think it could be this bad. 4) They have 4 starting OL positions with "OR" as an option. One of those includes listing a true freshman first and another position includes listing 3 guys as costarters. OU fans and writers see this as depth. If you witnessed their OL last year and have followed all of their injury issues through this camp, you know it isn't depth, it's desperation. 5) If Taylor Wein might start for you on the defensive front, maybe don't start calling that defensive front the best in college football. 6) Eli Bowen is still in a boot. Is that dude even going to make it back for later in the season? 7) Starting a true freshman at CB should go really well for them. I want to see that guy go up against the Auburn and Texas WR corps. This is a team that Phil Steele ranked #9 in the country. People are picking these guys as their CFP dark horse.
  2. Season win totals do not include bowl games, playoffs or conference title games.
  3. I wasn't in a spot where I could have gone in 2005, but these days, I travel to many road games. I was in Tuscaloosa in 2023 and Ann Arbor last year, as well as numerous others recently. It's posts like yours and first hand accounts from friends of mine who did go to Columbus that led me to the decision to stay home this year. It sounds like it was the most unbelievable shitty behavior one can fathom for a sports event this side of Euro soccer hooliganism. I've been around okies, aggies, red raiders, trojans, lsu people, @ morgantown, you name them, and the OSU fans sound like the worst by far. That said, they weren't anything unusual in Dallas in January, but that was a neutral/Texas-leaning setting.
  4. I know you're kind of an absolutist, so you're not going to buy-in on something until you see it confirmed like 3-4 times, but thinking about what Texas did last year with different personnel versus what they'll do this year, and having the worry be that Sarkisian will just do the same shit, is bizarre. When Sarkisian has the talent to run inside, and the talent to pass downfield, he's had his offense do those things. Like, there's a long history of that. So, yeah, we're going to see a more downhill approach. Separately, the defense is fucking physical. They've made a point of showing the world that year in and year out, so the team is going to exhibit plenty of physicality.
  5. You can be a bitch and still be successful and intelligent. I’ve witnessed instances when not having a spine was actually a saving grace for some shitheads.
  6. Some news from their end: -Moss is cleared to play versus UTSA. The size of his workload is TBD. -I've spoilered Tarp's "10 Things" about the UTSA below. He more or less predicts a blowout while also accidentally highlighting that UTSA's strengths favor ATM's weaknesses. He says "the matchups don't favor UTSA" and then proceeds to explain that they return most of their OL and their leading rusher. He also says that they were good against the running game and return most of their DL but ATM's running game will be a problem due to rebuilding at LB. As we've discussed, while I do not expect a UTSA win, this game is ripe for giving ATM fans a ton to bawl all over in the aftermath. -The overarching prediction result for the regular season from the 247 posters is that ATM is poised to go 9-3, conceding losses on the road to ND, LSU and sip. I went to Lake Charles with buddies yesterday and we took under the season total of 8.5 for the Texas 8&4 Aggies.
  7. Prior to getting hurt again, Myles was pushing his way into the rotation at WR. Now they’re all saying he wasn’t expected to play much.
  8. I got Texas +1.5 this afternoon at The Golden Nugget in LC. They use the Draft Kings platform.
  9. I usually do a “pick the playoffs” thread and was planning to post one tomorrow or Wednesday, for whatever that is worth.
  10. If you are a troll, it’s just amazing work. I, for whatever reason, do still believe that you are not. It is hard to fathom someone driving through the state of Arkansas and still calling it ugly.
  11. I don’t know why, but I saw this post and thought “you just know that fatass is a heavy breather”. Microphones must hate him.
  12. I have been to Theo’s, Atlas, and Borgino’s in my past few trips and I thought all were good places to eat. Check menu’s to make sure they’re still around (I haven’t been to Fayetteville since last November). Doe’s Eat Place Fayetteville is also fun and packed usually. It’s a “steakhouse” but more in the Outback/Salt Grass vein versus Pappa’s or Del Frisco’s. It’s on their main drag near campus and there’s usually plenty of talent. I like Fayetteville, but I’m usually there with my BIL and SIL who are big Arkansas people. Good luck.
  13. Be careful about certainties, but I think you are correct as long as competence is in favor in the AD. I think the 3rd OOC game is just going to be a sign of the times. If hard schedules get rewarded, maybe another P4 is on the roster. Otherwise, I assume it’s just going to be a middling G6 team. Something like Kennesaw State or Kent State is going to be a problem for people. What seems to be misunderstood is that a bowl team like San Jose State hasn’t been roasted as a home field opponent this cycle.
  14. No doubt the doctors can speak to this better, but separated shoulders become a pain tolerance thing at some point. Maybe Winston has “Bad Motherfucker” written on his wallet.
  15. I changed the title. Everyone should go discuss 0hio State game stuff on the game thread.
  16. I don’t recall us really having a Texas season thread in the past. Do we need one? I can remove “fall camp” from this title or someone could start something, I guess. I assume most OSU chatter will wind up on that thread from here.
  17. That’s a game week thread. I don’t see why you feel the need to attempt to engineer the discussion when nothing problematic is happening here.
  18. We’ve reached the point heading into the season where Bobby and Gerry have worked each other into a handwrung fever pitch about their worries for Texas. It looks like they’ve convinced themselves of a loss to Ohio State and then a CFP appearance is fully at risk. I view it as a good sign. I don’t buy for one second that “this is the best Ohio State OL in two decades”.
  19. I should go to Vegas. Or Lake Charles. Maybe I’ll go to Lake Charles.
  20. Standing on the sidelines and squeezing gatorade during timeouts doesn’t qualify as “played games”.
  21. Hold up. What the fuck? Am I missing a screenshot or something?
  22. I don’t really mind anyone I trust speaking on my behalf with stuff like this. I’m not gong to resume read or defend myself one iota to someone as witless and feckless as that guy and those like him, and I don’t see his posts to usually know when he’s bawling about me, either. I view his opposition to my positions as confirmation of my general correctness in whatever is being argued. The guy can’t even watch something unfold directly in front of his face and assess it with any accuracy whatsoever. It belittles us all that he’s even vomiting his shit thoughts on this site. We’re collectively worse because he’s present. There are a few like that, but he’s one of the mouthbreathers leading their charge.
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