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Maybe that would be the price listed in the incentive clause if he beats UT. One win and eleven losses and he still comes out ahead? Seems like a standard contract like Jimbo had. When they beat Bama all was forgiven for the season.
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The TexAgs post looks like it was around midnight last night, but as far as I can tell they're coming around especially after that Looch-door guy tweeted about Bjork and the BOR being in lockstep. Aggs love that lockstep. It's tradition! I wouldn't exactly call the AD and BOR academic would you? The BOR is over the President and the Provost and those two serve at the Board's discretion, which usually means those two have to pick their battles, leave, resign, or lose all integrity (which oddly enough is a supposed Aggie value). The documents released after the journalism school hiring/release/buyout this summer was not a brain trust (the BOR and the meddling former students) of which to be proud.
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He's from Jersey.
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The Preseason Polls are F'n Stupid, But Here We Are Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to TrashMaster G's topic in Football
If the top four remain undefeated, I'd be disappointed for Texas, but still quite happy with how the season progressed. I wasn't posting or lurking much at all due to work, but despite the injuries, the team just kept plugging away and also kept improving. Looking back, seems like 5-7 eventually yielding 12-1 is a nice accomplishment. Perhaps not the final goal but it does look a whole lot more within reach. I've wondered about this before because I'm pretty ignorant about how much viewer ratings and potential $$ plays into what is already a biased system (despite efforts to reduce its effect). That Texas is ranked 7th instead of ahead of Oregon is problematic but not insurmountable with winning against OSU and some luck. OU ending up 10-2 is perhaps helpful? Margin of victory is not supposed to be incentivized by the committee (per their protocol I believe) but that's where I kinda shrug and nod, "Yeah riiiiight." Curb stomp OSU and improve the odds a little. -
TBH, I had some free time and was catching up and also reading the yearly Holiday Family Festivities and Fracases thread in Lulz but you know, I do believe short of the Christmas Light Tour From Hell, this has hands down been a grand time. Never would I have imagined the roller coaster conclusion being conducted quite so spectacularly.
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Elko just moved from College Station to Durham and still has children in HS I think. Sure he could go back alone, but I've said it more than once, money solves a lot of problems but the wisest know when the price is too high. Duke versus A&M with regards to the current situation, makes Durham look a lot rosier.
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Not anymore. The last time we drove through there was a car wash going up. We just kept driving north, skipped the one in Bryan and didn't stop until Dallas.
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wearing the face of a young girl realizing that no matter how much she might like to be a Yell Leader, it will never be allowed. They talk a lot about their values in vague lofty ways, not particularly unique to institutions or academia but there is no there, there. The comment @orangebird made about Sark was astute. He may or may not turn out to be a great and wonderful coach but he has already put in place some elements that over time can affect long term change. He also seems somewhat adept at listening, assessing, and then listening some more. At A&M, there seems to be a fundamental issue of hearing w/o truly comprehending--the sifting and winnowing (stolen from the UW-Madison motto) necessary in order to find truth or enlightenment. I'd say that judging by that Milkman's plugging of his ear, that they don't really wish to change. They say that want change but they seem to fear it. Hence, the little girl may be having an inkling of what is in store for her in College Station.
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Surely that's false? I mean that's what happened *checks notes* 3 months ago with the signing of UT journalism professor, Kathleen McElroy. That whole fiasco was an embarrassment for not only A&M but the entire state in a way (due to the outside interference, no CR). Surely they wouldn't be so foolish as to repeat that mistake? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but what's just as bad is that I can't tell if I am either.... Can't recall who said it earlier, but agree that Bjork is likely gone. He came on during the Young (President) era and IIRC the BOR hired Young for fundraising but the rabid faithful did not like him. So Bjork was already drinking from a poisoned well and under a microscope. Castiglione is a great story because he only had four years experience when OU brought him aboard. He hired Bob S quite quick and Stoops had zero head coaching experience. Both men are smart and know when to keep quiet (mostly I'm referring to the AD there) and in the long run, smart hires usually work out better over time. Before someone brings up a certain recently departed head coach, there is smart and there is intelligent. In my opinion, the latter w/o the former is not a good fit in team sports.
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I agree that the interim is likely the best avenue perhaps. I was watching the game, and the message board experts were pretty high on Robinson while Aggy was being competitive with LSU, but a few mistakes (INT, etc) and they turned on him quite quick. Did they really think they were going to beat Daniels and LSU? De-lu-lu. As far as a FBS coach, I wonder if they ever rang up Steve Spurrier? Jr, not Dad. He's at Tulsa as the OC/QB coach. Using him as an example, that's the type of candidate that probably has a lower buyout, has experience in the SEC, and isn't going to break the bank (IIRC, TU has one of the smaller enrollments and the current coach is Kevin Wilson (former OC at tOSU). Anyway, a FBS coach or someone from their ranks seems like a safer bet than going all out for a big P-5 name because those candidates, potential or otherwise, seem to be saying aw hell naw. Money can buy a lot of happiness, but sometimes it just isn't worth it.
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We were out of state when it happened, but upon returning and catching up on news, I recollect reading that one of their long time defensive coaches passed away. That may have added to their issues.
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Even better is that it decoupled the cars in mid-air so that the fanbase had difficulty figuring out exactly where to place anger/blame. It was a little like a fireworks show and not knowing where to look for the most entertainment.
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I'm around but rarely. Workload steadily increased post pandemic and balancing that with other daily events meant less time to scroll the feeds. Check in now and then, like today when I saw the Ag football coach was announced. Have caught the Horn games and love how those guys are having a great season. Took some patience, but slow and steady improvement is such a buzz. Doing fine. Can't help but wonder if you're confusing me with someone else? The author of the original post in the CR started to avoid political discussion in DT surrounding something called COVID? Hope your surgery recovery is complete and everyone here is doing well. Every time another announcement or "leak" breaks from College Station, I keep thinking of the marvelous Thujone art and how I could never have predicted such a spectacular Roller Coaster this year.
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Something fucky or something phucky?
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To see and hear what, exactly? In some respects, the silence is deafening and in others I'd say the cacophony is loud and clear and smacking everyone in the face. The first rule of parenting is to never use love as a weapon. That is only masquerading as love. The man crucified for loving others made that quite clear. So clear that one need only look to see it. I'm out, y'all have a good day.
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That was brought up on page three of this thread, but didn't get too far. I think @BevoAbyss has brought this up, but one need only read the history (while we're still allowed) of the historical treatment of indigenous peoples in America with respect to their own beliefs, perspectives, and very existence versus the Eurocentric-minded government and settlers and how they are viewed today to see parallels across societies. Most on here understand that, I think. However, there were tribes in the Americas wherein females had much more agency until the colonies were created. Many most religions simply will not tolerate that. Any that claim otherwise typically confine that 'freedom' to specific roles that have no true authority over the male gender, but the opposite is not true. I've pretty much given up hope that the collision course upon which our nation is set will end without a massive toll. That's the ledge for you, hard to see humanity as any other than ants.
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This is how you deliver a mf watch ad:
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Polio cases in Africa linked to new oral vaccine
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
No! It makes perfect sense. I mean, if you want to depopulate the planet, you have to eradicate polio by vaccinating the countries where it remains most prevalent, even though the birth rates in those countries has not shown a *marked drop-off and the number of polio cases is still <800 per 600 million doses administered (per the article) The 5th richest fella in the world is attempting to prove that he, too, makes bad and inefficient business decisions like the 2nd richest fella in the world, Elon Musk. Bill Gates is doing a remarkable job of depopulation per **ElonMetrics. Do the research man! *Birth rates for the continent of Africa have shown a ~1% decrease, a combination of factors being: war, economic instability, pandemic, food insecurity, etc. **patent pending on the brand. -
It matters not that you are a man, you (and I mean you) seem to have been willing to look to the future with your spirituality and see it beyond a small-minded framework (God is big!) while being mindful of the past. The danger to this country is coming in the form of the Janus-mouthed that would say to your daughters: 'you have autonomy....within the roles to which you are assigned because you are female.' That religion is traditionally patriarchal, that our society is historically patriarchal does not mean all men support it but that, similar to but not the same way as with racism, there is a lot of baggage to overcome as American society grapples with the backlash of whether we collectively are going to move forward with respect to those topics such as race, gender, sexuality, and so on or are we going to stop the clock so to speak. It would be wonderful if citizens of all faiths or no faiths or some faiths supported the separation between the government and religions and supported the rights of all as you apparently do. But my faith in that is weakening as the day grows long. Especially if men get gruntled when women bring up issues that they themselves have not had to consider (where have we grappled with that in the recent past?). Where our eyes should see the small things about ourselves, those things such as *kindness to others, the many types of love, compassion, generousity, and grow them outward to become larger in our communities...for some reason we don't do that: we take the infinite love and glory of the universe, the potential of humans to grow and hope and expand beyond their horizons no matter the circumstances of their birth or their gender.. we take that and we shrink it down into a tiny box and in our hubris we place others inside so we can feel control and feel comfortable about ourselves. We simultaneously are comforted by and afraid of those boxes. *...what is essential , is invisible to the eye. One of Mr. Rogers' favorite quotes and has likewise been one of mine. Peace.
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Youth Minister's (and other pervs) Thread of Shame
Mrs Whiggins replied to tx 3 putt's topic in Daily Texan
Sad to say this but there are too many cases where the call is coming from within the house and the church elders just hang up, place on indefinite hold or the inevitable "sorry, wrong number." -
Our oldest got some offers to return to Texas after graduation and she has turned them all down. She is unwilling to risk her health. We support that decision wholeheartedly. It's her life and we'd rather she lived it somewhere it is valued as more than a vessel.
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Beg to differ. IMO one of the best attributes of Shaggy/Surly has always been not the original thought but the unique responses to that thought and in those I have found much amusement. And amusement is a not unworthy quality of a message board. (Note: I seldom post in the football forum because that is much more serious bidness).
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