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  1. 16 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

    Paul Chryst or bust.  Think of what he could do with our athletes!

    Not sure if you're serious.  Wisconsin scored 7, 6, and 7 against NW, Indiana, and Iowa this year.

  2. 42 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

    If Stumblin has any kind of buyout, does Arizona even give a shit enough about football to can him?

    https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/football/kevin-sumlins-contract-includes-10-million-reasons-to-stick-with-arizona-for-at-least-two/article_03b988ae-e36a-5285-882b-c71afd942962.html

     

    Article from Jan 2018.

     

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    Similarly, the UA will owe Sumlin $10 million if he is fired without cause in Year 1 or Year 2. The buyout shrinks to $7.5 million in Year 3 and $5 million in Year 4. If the UA fires Sumlin in the final year of his contract, he would simply be owed the balance of his deal.

     

  3. I've coached youth sports for all of my kids, but mostly while they were under 11 years old.  I believe the only time I raised my voice while coaching was to tell my son, "Please do not talk to the ref.  Please do not talk to the ref."

    I had a couple of experiences.

    This is fairly minor in comparison to other stories.  In 5th grade rec soccer, we had a fairly competitive team.  No "star" players and each kid knew how to play and play in position.  About 6 games in, we were playing another undefeated team and their "star" player was rendered ineffective.  His hero ball was easily countered with a double-team.  Kid was getting really frustrated and ultimately received a yellow card for conduct and the coach pulled him.  After the game, kid's older brother grabs a soccer ball and throws it into the back of the HS age official.  The kid's parents did nothing, so I recommended the ref stand near me while I called the commissioner.

    My oldest also played 6th grade Pop Warner tackle football, in the (misplaced) theory that it would prepare him for MS football.  One of our games was against a team from Pflugerville.  They showed up with a non-dad head coach - young, former athlete - in tow.  I am not sure that any of the coaches had kids on the team; that was a yellow flag for me.  En route to a 48-6 loss, about 6 of our players were injured, including 2 concussions.  Some from poor form; some from just getting beat up.  Two things stand out from that.  First, the Pflugerville fans treated every TD or big play like it was the first time they'd ever seen a TD: screaming, high 5s, dancing, etc.  Second, once you are winning by a large amount, the clock is free running and all plays must be run between the tackles.  Opposing coach spread the OL so that the tackles we on the hashes.  Nice.

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  4. 14 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

    Leslie Wexner off the top of my head. I'm sure there are others.

    https://nothingbuthouse.com/25-expensive-homes-columbus-ohio/

    Wexner - L Brands
    Charlie Shin - Sandwich franchises
    Jay Schottenstein - Family wealth at around $2b
    Hinson Family - helped Wexner start L
    Weiss Family - CEO of Express (another L brand)

    It's not all poors there.  

    At #17:
    Roger Blackwell
    Another new entry to the list! Roger Blackwell is a marketing expert, author and public speaker who has worked with the likes of Les Wexner and Jack Welch. Mr. Blackwell was formerly a marketing professor at Ohio State University before being sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for his role in the Worthington Food insider trading scandal. He was released from prison in 2014.

  5. 6 minutes ago, satyanash said:

    Wow. Finally caught up to this goddamn thread...

    Btw Keaontay Ingram's apparently gone 😥

    https://247sports.com/college/texas/Article/Texas-Longhorns-football-Keaontay-Ingram-running-back-opting-out-156023832/

    The source said Ingram is concerned his running backs coach Stan Drayton will lose his job if Herman is let go.

    Of all the offensive coaches on the staff, I'd think Drayton is most likely to be retained, given he worked for Meyer at Florida and tOSU

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  6. 56 minutes ago, Spider2YBanana said:

    Their schedule makes a tee ball team of paraplegics look like MLB all-stars. It's beyond sad. 

    They've only beaten 1 team with a winning record: the Colts.

    The 8 wins have come against teams with a combined record of 26-53-3 (30.5%).
    The 3 losses have come against teams with combined record of 23-10 (70%). 

    • 11-0 Pittsburgh beat them 38-7.
    • 6-5 Baltimore beat them 38-6
    • 6-5 Raiders beat them 16-6

    They suck.

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  7. This Kirk Barton?  Seems like a good guy


    https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2018/06/93915/former-ohio-state-lineman-kirk-barton-indicted-on-two-felonies

     

    elaware County indicted former Ohio State offensive lineman Kirk Barton on Friday stemming from a June 1 incident at the Bogey Inn following a day at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin.

    The Inn's management phoned the Sheriff's office and requested the removal of Barton, whom they judged to be intoxicated after stumbling into multiple guests.

    Delaware County Sheriff's deputies escorted Barton into a waiting taxi. Communication broke down, and the ensuing dispute resulted in deputies tasering and arresting Barton.

    From 10TV:

    Carl O'Brien with the Delaware County Prosecutor said, "The owner of the Bogey requested an intoxicated male patron be escorted out of the establishment. The patron became uncooperative and slammed Deputy Andrew Lee's arm in the door of a taxi as Deputy Lee attempted to secure safe transport for Mr. Barton."

    Delaware County charged Barton with one count of assault, a fourth-degree felony, and one count of obstructing official business, a fifth degree felony.

    Fourth-degree felonious assault is punishable by a prison term of six to 18 months in prison fines of up to $5,000. If obstruction of official business creates a risk of harming someone, it's a fifth-degree felony punishable by up to a year in jail.

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  8. 3 minutes ago, derpyhorndog said:

    I overlooked the date. Plane is still in Austin at the moment, flight to Columbus is set for 3:00 p.m. local tomorrow (not today - edited my OP). Correct there's one quick pitstop in Pittsburgh showing up in the planned flight log. 

    First thought was a quick chat with Matt Canada (Pitt QB coach) or Teryl Austin (former DC for Meyer at UF), but Steelers play Ravens tomorrow at 3:40p ET.  On NBC.

    Perhaps they need to empty the latrine and Allegheny is as good a place as any.

  9. 10 minutes ago, Nivek said:

    How does one prepare for a draft?  

    In the late 60s, you went to grad school.

    Given Texas's present OL and S&C situations, you hire experts to help with technique, speed, agility, etc.  Plus, you have ZERO chance of getting hurt by opting out of KSU, KU, and whatever 3rd tier bowl Texas plays in. 

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  10. Couple of comments on this thread.

    • TCAD's rolling its values YOY is a huge long-term boon for them.
      • No need to apply resources on appraisers or researchers for the past 12 months.
      • No need to apply resources on protests
      • Tax rolls will increase due to "assessed value" increases
      • Most protest aggregators will be put out of business (as noted earlier)
    • TCAD (and other appraisal districts) will change land/improvement value when the improvement valuation exceeds cost to replace the structure by a certain amount.  If I recall correctly, it was 1.2x in Travis a few years ago.  It typically is revisited based on the status for an entire entire neighborhood.

    TCAD has a fairly decent search feature and, with it, you can download CSV files based on your search criteria.  The CSV can be read into Excel or parsed using some fairly straightforward code.  I downloaded information from 2018, 2019, and 2020 for 2 zip codes in Travis county and found the following:

    • 2018 -> 2019 valuation changes for all homes
      • 16.5% decreased
      • 3.7% no change
      • 79.9% increase
      • 13.5% increase by more than 10%
      • Over 7% turnover on ownership
    • 2019 -> 2020 valuation changes for all homes
      • 0.4% decreased
      • 92.8% no change
      • 2.8% increase
      • 0.8% increase by more than 10%
      • Over 5% turnover on ownership

    My homestead was one that increased by more than 10%.  My home was the only home in the neighborhood to change value and 3 homes sold in 2019.  In fact, one of them sold for 20% more than 2019 valuation and retained its 2019 valuation.

    I called TCAD and an appraiser called me back.  He told me that a functional obsolescence factor (agreed to in a 2015 formal hearing) had been removed from my valuation.  This was capricious and indefensible, but it is up to me to defend, of course.   Sigh....

  11. 1 hour ago, Tex Pete said:

    This should be apparent to anyone who follows CFB.

    S&C coaches are the most vital to the day-to-day interaction with players. They are the hammers that carry out the will of the HC in making players conform. The enforcers. And at Alabama, the dude is more or less the foundation of the program (after Saban). He's been there since 2007. And he's leaving to take a ST role?

    As Joe Biden would say, this is a big fucking deal.

    Given how important S&C coaches are to the day-to-day operations, why would Smart hire Cochran into a position-coach role?  It certainly will rattle the foundation of the Bama program, which has significant value to Georgia.  That said, why not also place Cochran in a position where he will have access to the players on a daily basis?

  12. For the uninitiated:

    Twitter guy: Yo, Cleveland guy here. I bought your jersey and now wear it when I paint.
    Johnny Football: Appreciate the $120 bucks. Paint away
    Twitter guy: Well, it was actually a t shirt with your name and number

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  13. 12 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:


    Wha happin?

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/comedy-club-drops-comedian-ari-shaffir-after-comment-about-kobe-bryant/

     

    “Kobe Bryant died 23 years too late today,” Shaffir says in the video. “He got away with rape because all the Hollywood liberals who attack comedy enjoy rooting for the Lakers more than they dislike rape. Big ups to the hero who forgot to gas up his chopper. I hate the Lakers. What a great day.”

    Shaffir was dropped by his talent agency following the tweet. On Tuesday, he posted an explanation on Instagram.

    “Every time a beloved celebrity dies I post some horrible shit about them,” he wrote. “I’ve been doing it for years now. I like destroying gods. And right when a famous person dies they’re at their most worshiped. So as a response to all the outpouring of sympathy on social media, I post something vile. it’s just a joke. I don’t really hate any of the people.”

  14. 24 minutes ago, utfan87 said:

    I heard from a coaching colleague that warehime found out over text that he was fired while on recruiting trip. 

    Warehime may have been depositing a sewer pickle and decided not to answer his phone.  CTH needed to act and act fast.

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  15. Thanks to his guaranteed deal at Texas, Orlando makes at least $1.7mm per year regardless of where he coaches.

    At TTU, his total tax bill will be $604k.
    At USC, his total tax bill will be $781k, thanks to state taxes of $177k.

    Orlando would be forgoing $177k to be a DC at USC over LB at TTU.

  16. 3 hours ago, TBGFL said:

    My nephew goes there. According to my sister, UTD has been a better school than Aggy for close to 30 years. She's also a UT grad and despises Aggy.

    Nephew got into UT but he got money to go to UTD and he likes the vibe there apparently.

    The criteria for auto-admit at UTD or Texas A&M has changed over the past few years and UTD has become considerably more selective.

    In 2014, auto-admit to UTD required one of

    • SAT 1200 or greater (Math + Verbal)
    • ACT 26 or greater
    • top-15% of class

    In 2014, Aggy auto-admit required one of

    • top-10%
    • top-25% AND 1300 SAT (min 600 on each of Math/Verbal, IIRC) - I forget the ACT

    Today

    UTD - top-10%

    Texas A&M - one of

    • top-10%
    • top-25% AND [1360 SAT (min 620M, 660V) OR 30 ACT (min 27 M/V)]

    Fwiw, the SAT changed in 2016 and the College Board's own concordance shows that a 1360 on the new SAT is the same as a 1300 on the old SAT.

    Since 2014, UTD's auto-admit standards have improved and Aggy's have not.  UTD's mid-50 SAT scores have been consistently higher than Aggy for some time. 

    In the 2014 time-frame, they were offering significant $$ to top students.  I'm not sure if that has rolled off at this point.

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