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  1. 42 minutes ago, TexasExe14 said:

    It feels like this every year with sark we always lead for everyone then all of a sudden we don’t and they commit elsewhere but we still finish strong. That first year it was the worst 4th of July ever lol I think that was with banks, cam Williams, and other iirc.

    Last year was similar, can’t remember the names and then all of a sudden we have the number 1 class and good DTs.

    A few weeks ago when it seemed like we were gonna land everyone and have to tell people no I was thinking yeah right it never ends up that way. Recruiting is a roller coaster.

    RB sucks but it’s one of the best to get in the portal. ou got one, Ohio state got the dude from ole miss. Similar to WR

    If you re-define "we always lead for everyone" to "based on Inside Texas hearsay from overconfident anonymous sources we lead for everyone" the roller coaster wouldnt feel quite as crazy. 

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  2. 3 hours ago, immamac said:

    The shittiest part of the noon kickoff is tailgating is fucked. No one wants to go at 9-10AM to tailgate for an hour then walk into the stadium early. 

    We had a pretty good turnout for Michigan, but it would have been far better if it was a later game. 

    I still haven't decided what we are doing in Columbus yet... 

    This hurts the home team more than it hurts Texas. 

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  3. 7 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    I gotta be honest. I'm hardly following recruiting any more. I'm just assuming that we're getting 90%-ish of the top targets and then they are going to backfill any roster misses through the portal. 

    It's great being the Joneses and all, and lord knows that we took it in the ass from Ohio State, Georgia, Bama, LSU etc. for far too many years and it feels good to turn the tables on those fuckers... but the ins and outs of recruiting isn't all that interesting to me any longer. Is that just me?

    You wouldnt be saying this if OU and Aggie were performing up to standard. The fact that both are shitting the bed, at least at Herman levels and nearing Strong levels, unquestionably lowers the stakes in recruiting. 

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    10 minutes ago, GoldAppleCorps said:

    Since Austin has apparently decriminalized possession of THC vape pens under 4 ounces, deferred adjudication should be on the table unless this is like his 5th time doing this.

    The charge is "possession" of drugs, not "ownership". If you're driving and it's in your car, you're "possessing" it. If it's in your shirt pocket, you damned sure are. Glad the cops found it and took it, since bringing it into a secure facility (the sallyport at the jail) is a separate charge altogether.

    Really, while I wouldn't advise a sober person to be quite so permissive about talking with the cops during a stop, there's not a lot he could have said or done that would have changed minds. The arrest record seems to indicate he was reasonably compliant (a mercy with such a huge dude).

    He made what could have been an ugly mistake, and seemed to own up. Take the deferred, take the classes, do the community service, and take the pee tests for a couple of years.

    That might put you square with the County, but Kyle Flood is gonna be a bit more hard-nosed.

    Except he wasnt sober. And his charge is DWI. Bro got pulled over for speeding and confessed to being high, with a weed pen in his possession. 

    A smart person who hasnt been drinking, but is high AF does this:

    "Hello officer, no i was not aware of how fast I was driving. I am returning from a team event, these are prospective recruits. Yes i understand it is late. I apologize if my eyes are bloodshot we were swimming in a pool earlier. No, I am not sure what that pen is. No I have not used any drugs tonight. I would like to decline the field sobriety test and take the administered blood draw/blow test back at the station." Head to station and blow a 0.00. Get speeding ticket. Maybe they get you for possession of the weed pen. I doubt youd get a DWI.

    You definitely dont say "hello officer yes I have been at a club while underage with other underage people. We have been smoking a blunt and this weed pen, which is definitely mine. The weed pen works well, i am feeling it."

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  5. 4 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

    I don’t know anything about possession laws and the like, but couldn’t representation argue someone (not Brooks) who had been in the truck owned the pen, and it likely fell from their pocket without Nick’s knowledge? Or does the simple fact the pen is in Brooks’ truck a cut and dried case that means he is in violation of the law?

    Constructive possession is the term youre looking for. If the contraband is in plain view/easily accessible in the vehicle, then you are in possession. 

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    56 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

    If you have six healthy scholarship running backs and you still think you need to go to the portal, you would need to ask yourself serious questions about your high school talent evaluation. Interesting that they are done at receiver. 

    The only question is if you can categorize Baxter as healthy. I am not counting on him being a contributor, at least early next season. But Clark coming back so soon has reduced the critical need. So the only remaining question is do you take a RB just to be absolutely sure you have 6 healthy guys. 

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    On 12/22/2024 at 9:04 AM, BurntOrange&White said:

    B+ performance his best since Florida. The guy on the other side gets an A and that’s what A performances look like imo. 

     

    20 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

    Only because he missed Moore wide open over the middle.

    Yes, I am scrambling for a multi-million dollar QB to play 1 fucking complete game in his final season at Texas. It seems much more likely the only scrambling being done is the lowering of the bar for Ewers.

    I am just trying to understand the Klubnick grading vs the Ewers grading, and the "complete game" concept. 

    After Clemson's first drive of the game, Klubnick finishes the first half 5/12, 1 INT. Drive chart goes: punt, punt, INT, punt, FG, downs. Clemson down 28-10 at halftime. First drive of 2nd half, Texas scores a FG to make it 31-10. Klubnick then has that ridiculous diving sack fumble that Clemson luckily recovered. Clemson punt with 5;34 to go in 3Q, down 21 points.

    So, from 8 minutes left in 1Q, until 5 minutes left in 3Q, Clemson scores 3 points and is in a 21 point hole with an INT and sack fumble. But people on here want to say that Klubnick played a complete game?!? If Texas was in that position, Surly would have burned to the ground. This was nearly 3 full quarters of zero offensive production...but that QB gets an A for the game? 

     

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    11 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

    Israel is the image, and immigration is the link.

    The important cross-tab is "Democrats." Within that group of voters, the policies in the "border bill" and support for Israel are not popular. The percentages reflected in those polls (and Ipsos is reputable as a pollster) are too large to fuck with. I wouldn't write them off as some negligible fringe. We don't want a repeat of 2016. We need everyone to show the fuck up.

    Dems lost 2016 because Hillary refused to visit the midwest. You know, the midwest swing states who want moderate policy. Hillary had like a 97% approval rating among the hardcore democratic base. The base showed up and Hillary lost. 

    Biden won 2020 because he pitched himself as a moderate unity ticket and he won back the midwest. Biden appealed to Trump voters who didn't like Trump. Do you not understand what the term swing voter means? 

     

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  9. 10 minutes ago, Homercles said:

    So our first dedicated right winger to crawl out of the woodwork, jumps into this thread to champion…*checks notes*…teenagers working dangerous jobs.  

    Allowing child labor is actually on of the few republican policy points that doesn't involve controlling women, being racist, or giving more money to big business + rich people, so it is pretty near and dear to their hearts. 

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  10. 4 hours ago, JFKFC said:

    While I never expected Texas to have unlimited funds, I truly thought our annual NIL budget would be superior to the NIL budgets of everyone else to such a degree, that the statements you are making about Oregon over-paying would be made about us. But we wouldn't be over-paying. We would be paying more than everyone else, up and down our roster, and it it would be sustainable, year after year.

    I guess this was wishful thinking.

    I guess we are at the same NIL level as pretty much everyone else. It will suck if we have to watch Oregon win a title in the next few years (and we don't win one in that time span). This looks like a very real possibility. 

    Many of you guys have beat the drum hard enough around here that it has sunk in. There is a top tier of NIL spending and, my fantasies be damned, it looks like we aren't in that top tier. 

    Your other dumb childish takes on this board make a lot more sense now. 

  11. 16 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    He's cheated on every woman he's ever had a relationship with, right? Why pay this one of hundreds to keep quiet? Because he was running for POTUS. And then he didn't want to use his money. This + That = Big Fucking Problem

     

    Not a chance she's on any of his accounts -- probably for this very reason.

    Oh yeah im not arguing about the felony charge. I just hate the propaganda line that is being circulated in Trumpworld of 'NDAs are totally legal! His actions were fine and done all the time and this is a witch hunt!' as a way of dismissing the entire care -- the underlying behavior is definitely not legal in NY. It is a misdemeanor.

  12. 5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    All of this.  One simple personal check and it’s done.

    Fairly certain that Melania does not have access to his accounts, and has her own account he puts money into.

    Fair enough and likely true. I am just stating my general assumption that a spouse usually has less access to business records than personal records. 

  13. 10 minutes ago, immamac said:

    I don't think he did it for the writeoff. That's the point, he would have just paid himself to pay cohen in the situation you are explaining. 

    Let's say the motive is to save his marriage. Is it easier to hide an affair using your business as a slush fund, or your personal account that your wife probably has access to? 

    Even if there was no tax motive or election motive, it is still plausible a businessman would use his business to conceal a personal hush money payment. But, to use the business + lawyer method that was used here, you have to account the payment as a legal expense, even though there is no business purpose. This is a misdemeanor in NY.  

  14. 1 hour ago, immamac said:

    Yeah that's what makes this illegal. Not actually paying her to stfu and go away that's totally fine and what they are leaning on. They are conveniently omitting the fact that he did this with intent to influence the election. 

    His lawyer may not have understood the charges based on his interviews. It's not that complicated but it is not straightforward either which leaves tons of room for the spin that's happening. 

    This is slightly off-point. There is an intermediate step between 'legal' and 'felony' that can make this a misdemeanor. 

    If the same exact conduct had been proved (ie., Cohen paid Stormy, then Trump reimburses Cohen but accounts the payments as a business expense and not a personal expense), but the jury decided that Trump did so to save his marriage, that is a misdemeanor. 

    You are correct that the intent to further another crime (eg., influence the election or to commit tax fraud) makes this a felony, but what Trump world is getting wrong is that there is almost no world where Trump gets off without a misdemeanor charge. 

     

    https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-could-trumps-new-york-hush-money-trial-end

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  15. 11 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I didn't say anything about your first X post on this very page of this very thread. I guess you really, really wanted to make sure we all saw it.

     

    7 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I didn't x-post this? This is the only thread I posted this on as it was relevant to the meta thread title. 

    Off topic, but this is an example of why Elon Musk is an idiot. 

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  16. 3 hours ago, Vertigo said:

    The note on Baker is interesting, but wake me up when they are saying this after pads come on. I doubt he is going to be moving people like Cam Williams in the run game. 

    My biggest concern with Simmons putting on weight that fast is losing flexibility and explosiveness. He will need to do an equal amount of work to get that back. 

    Sydir Mitchell not vying for starter snaps is not gruntling. 

    Lefau and Bledsoe news is very gruntling.

    Roberson being compared to Crawford is lol 

    The next 8 months is the time when guys like Sydir start to really reshape their body. Hoping he would be at that point 2 months after his freshman season is not the correct approach. Lets see how he looks in August, and then start to panic. 

  17. 37 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    The simplest answer is being avoided with this kind of speculation. It's not that complex and I already posted about it. 

    No I get the whole 'Nahlin is an asshole' answer. 

    But there is still an unanswered question of 'why does Bobby keep putting out daily rambling videos when he doesnt have much to talk about?'. Which I would like to speculate upon instead of doing my real job. 

  18. 5 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

    He needs to shorten the videos.  1 hour is too long now that Gerry is gone. Even when he was on there was a lot of restating things they had already said. 

    35-40 minutes seems about right until they can bring someone else on.

    This is me speculating on the business model, but I imagine the schism occurred because IT discovered how much $$ was coming in from superchats and wanted a larger cut. Bobby said fuck off I love my superchats, bro. 

    So I agree with your point, but it runs contrary to the fundamental reason Bobby is leaving: Youtube revenue. He wants to ramble for 90 minutes at a time and collect superchats throughout. Cut down on time and you cut down on superchat $$. He isnt doing this to put out high quality content as part of the IT ecosystem. Which is a shame because they were kind of achieving that concept as well as you can in this business. 

    Any arms-length consultant would tell Bobby what you are saying (not enough content for the time block). But I imagine he wants to find out for himself what a youtube death spiral feels like. 

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