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Dbeasy

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  1. They were fourth in the country in turnovers forced. They were 19th in points. While they were 27th in rushing defense, they were 5th in yards per rush. They are likely significantly better than the overall yardage defense ranking would indicate because they are saddled with an absolute garbage offense, one of the worst in the country. Are they elite? No. But they are pretty good.
  2. Sports talk radio during the week, and at one point during the TV broadcast, they referenced OU’s defense being ranked 4th in the country. I don’t know what measures that was based upon, but they aren’t a bad defense. I think people way understate the challenge of knowing where to go with the ball when your defensive opponent either switches up coverages a lot, or sits back with multiple safeties and dares you to run, which is what OU did a lot yesterday. Ewers wasn’t sharp and he continues to struggle downfield, but his ability to read the defense is very good, and for the most part short and intermediate route accuracy is very good. Texas still isn’t playing their best ball and is winning comfortably. If they can put it together this week they can spank Georgia.
  3. Their punter was better. They should have had him punt on first down every time Gabe is a moron. Ant Hill was incredible yesterday. Yup. I turned to my wife and said I haven’t seen a LB this strong at Texas since Derrick Johnson and Ant should be wearing 60. Gabe sucks.
  4. A few thoughts on the game. First, there was no way I was going to visit the game thread during the game. That apparently ended up being my best decision of the day. Second, Texas played well but with some mistakes. And they basically shut down the offense in the second half to establish the run and run clock. This score could have been way way worse. No reason to worry about Quin at this point. He could have done a lot more damage to OU if Sark had kept the pedal down, but he’s thinking about Georgia next week. Smart. As for OU, wtf? They chase away a guy who’s now leading Oregon to probably the B1G title. They replace him with a guy we all knew wasn’t a five star QB. But they treated him like one. Then, rather than develop him, they toss him aside for a true freshman that is nowhere near ready to play. This Texas defense was great, but that OU offense is a disaster. Georgia will be a much better gauge of the quality of the D. Overall, that went just like it needed to go. Bring on Georgia.
  5. One of the reasons I have a very open mind about the nature of the universe is that both my mom and I have a strange sixth sense. She used to sense events before they happened, and I’ve had a few of those myself. The strangest one was a few years ago when out of the blue I suddenly sensed very very strongly there was something wrong with my brother. I don’t talk to him very often but I texted him immediately and asked if everything was ok. I’d never done anything like that before. He said he was fine, so I just thought to myself that was weird. Well, a few hours later I got a call from the emergency room in Marble Falls. My brother had had a stroke and it started right when I texted him. That wigged me out pretty good. I’ve had other experiences like that as well. As a result, I realize there is a lot about this universe we don’t understand.
  6. Very logical thoughts. But based upon our understanding of the universe today. Given your decent grasp of the size and scale of the Universe, why in the world would you think that we, as you say in this backwater area of the universe, would have all knowing intelligence. Our understanding of physics, time/space, telepathy, and other relevant topics could be infinitesimal. Your whole argument about the massive size of the universe making alien visits impossible actually could make the argument for the opposite. We don’t know shit.
  7. Utah got beat again last night. Why is that relevant to TX OU? There were reportedly four teams last year that were video cheating like Michigan. Two have been identified: Clemson and Utah. Another potential team? OU because of Venable’s tie to Clemson. Michigan, Utah, and OU all look significantly worse than last year, now that there are headset communications. Texas ought to be able to be better today if they were in fact cheating last year.
  8. Have a very hard time believing that. Why does he think that?
  9. Wtf? Seriously? What’s the situation with 2025 recruiting? How many spots? I saw the two top recruits coming in for a visit, plus Fleming. I scanned the top 100 and saw more Ole Miss commits than Texas. Is the situation better than it looks? Football and baseball have their act together. Would be nice to see basketball get fixed.
  10. Perfect. Thank you.
  11. No it doesn’t.
  12. Oh shit. The iconic Longhorn logo is very likely a copyright infringement.
  13. This is sooo stupid. Hockey is a niche sport with a narrow following. Sticking the SEASON OPENER on espn+/hulu just ensures a significant portion of your narrow target audience can’t watch. And they do it on the opening game of their brand new Victory app! This is ridiculously stupid.
  14. You have to have ESPN+ to get this in Austin? What a goat fuck.
  15. what law or contract did they break that results in financial damages?
  16. Can one of our surly lawyers explain like I’m five why these lawsuits are able to go back in time for damages? The rules in place by the ncaa were based on voluntary participation in a sport in their league. Why are these lawsuits able to prove that anything was against the law by the ncaa? What is the hook the lawyers have used?
  17. I just bought one for an ear that went bad due to an inner ear disorder. I decided to buy a high quality one because my military buddy said the one he got from the VA was problematic. I chose the Oticon Intent 1. It’s $3k for each ear. But it uses AI to optimize sound in your ear. I’ve been extremely happy with it so far. I’ve had none of the issues otherscomplain about with theirs. My MIL also got Oticon Real, a previous generation design and she loves them. Phonak has a brand new one that is coming out that is supposed to also be hot shit. But it wasn’t available yet when I purchased. Spend money on quality. You wear them all day every day.
  18. Except for this brilliant observation, the rest of you need to relook at the thread title. It’s unpopular opinions, not dumb ass stupid opinions.
  19. Dbeasy

    Media Bias

    I’ve seen this same sort of response from cloak room haters for 8 years now, including myself a few times along the way. And there is a bit of that. However, in this instance and frankly more often than not the people criticizing you are providing facts, nuance, and solid analysis, while the person who feels “persecuted” strikes back with propaganda, low effort wrong opinions, and garbage. Feel like you’re being attacked? Stop debating like a 10 year old. The people supporting Trump right now fall into three categories: a) uninformed, b) wanting to preserve their considerable wealth like Elon, or c) bad people (racists, nationalists, etc). That’s it. If you were truly informed there is no way you’d vote for him. He’s unfit to be President, just as his ENTIRE CABINET has said.
  20. Dbeasy

    Media Bias

    I could have guessed. Physicians are known in the VC community as gullible rubes. This is such a genius post. The thing that amazes me about the latest rube incarnation Conqweef is that you would think after years of reading this site, which is full of a lot of pretty smart people, he would finally start to examine his own stupidity and realize that he’s been completely fooled by a bunch of propagandists with alternative agendas. But no, he just continues to never learn a damn thing. He’s as dumb today as he was the first day he joined this site so many years ago. It’s amazing someone can have that low of an IQ.
  21. This sure seems like culture rot from the inside. It explains why they haven’t looked very good this year.
  22. Dbeasy

    Media Bias

    MSNBC isn’t like Fox in peddling absurd disinformation but it is clearly deeply biased to the left.
  23. Dbeasy

    Media Bias

    You are incredibly gullible, like many others. The reality is that those media outlets do deliver mostly balanced news and not propaganda. The only dangerous damaging outlets are the Fox News, MSNBC, Brietbart, etc. that are on the outer edges. But data isn’t something you apparently are able to understand. Only the gullible misinformed spew complaints about the “mainstream media”, sounding like Rush Limbaugh.
  24. Dbeasy

    Media Bias

    No, a way for you to potentially restore a shred of dignity for your reputation, should you be able to make a valid case.
  25. Dbeasy

    Media Bias

    Start a CR thread on it and post the falsehoods.
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