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  1. Agreed and I think a great deal of that comes down to a lack of manpower to do the research and the fact that being accurate really isn't all the important to them or the consumer. If it did Lindy's would have been gone along time ago. Example for me on the portal is how you evaluate a transfer and project their impact on a program. Using a couple of players who might be familiar to the Horns' fanbase, TCU picked up a pair of brothers who went to school in Ft. Worth, signed with Bama, and then transferred back home to TCU. One was the highest rated transfer for TCU's 2023 transfer class based in large part to his being a 5-star Bama signee, but no one questioned his health. A little thought of transfer from Jackson State made a bigger impact on the Frogs offensive lineman than the Bama transfer. The other brother followed in 2024 from Bama, did start at center, but was completely ineffective in the run game and I think actually helped improve the interior line play for TCU when he transferred to Miami for more money. I would mention their name, but their Dad might ask for money. Not your finest alum guys. Tech is a great example, on paper they have added talent, but some of those guys transferred from big schools after not playing and others played a great deal at small schools. How do you project who makes an impact without watching tape on those who played and digging into the story at the school if they didn't play much. What we end up getting is a stream of info that sounds good, but really doesn't mean anything and very similar to a 20 second clip of a quarterback throwing at some quarterback camp or a lineman going through cone drills.
  2. Very true, but it just seemed part of the storyline deterioration we saw after the first episode and concluded in 4 which is best enjoyed not trying to figure out things such as why was the leader of the high table without any body guards other than 3 guys on horse back who didn't even shoot back at John.
  3. There was a time the magazines were worthwhile in large part because they wrote the truth. If your team was bad (As a TCU alum I can attest to this.) they would say that School A is facing some challenges in the offensive line or secondary or the entire fucking roster, but they wrote the truth. Then they started writing to not piss anyone off and basically what you got are inaccurate depth charts, incomplete rosters, and lukewarm pablum of your favorite school with a shift to national topics that could posted in any of the magazines versions across the country. Now, with the portal, the push to get more freshmen on the field to get what you can out of them before they possibly leave, conference realignment, and the conference scheduling that makes no fucking sense the writing has literally become throwing shit against the wall and seeing what sticks and what slides down. As far as Dave Campbell, it much like Whataburger, hasn't been worth a damn since it was sold to the assholes north of Texas. Campbell knew the State, he knew the coaches, and his staff had a great feel for the high schools. Being honest, i am not sure how in the world anyone possibly get their arms around that much information as there are over 3,000 high schools in Texas. Yes, there are going to be the automatics in each classification, but there are always schools that come out of nowhere and for me it is the same reason why recruiting lists really aren't as valuable as they once were in that there are just too damn many to be accurate.
  4. The last thing McTaggart wrote that I agreed with was him leaving the Chronicle.
  5. Which is more appropriate for Rodgers theme music for this year, Springsteen's "Glory Days" or Keith's "As Good As I Once Was"?
  6. Reading that the comment came from Gilbert Arenas reminded me of the Netflix documentary "Shooting Guards" and basically Arenas can go fuck himself.
  7. Using your logic yes, going by the 20 runs the Frogs gave up in their two regional games I would say hell no.
  8. My wife asked how was it possible to get that much flame out of those sized containers. Our son asked her if that was the only part of the village scene that struck her as somewhat of a stretch. Also, metal kitchen tables apparently are even better than ballistic formal wear if you need an impromptu shield.
  9. Curious, does that mean TCU's pitching was better than Texas because we beat UTSA in one game and basically our pitching was dog shit outside of one starter.
  10. How long until the outfit is listed on Poshmark?
  11. Agreed, and I really think they have to get Gusto out of the rotation. He has made it 5 innings twice in his 8 starts and he splits in terms of BA, OPS, and slugging are significantly higher as a starter than a reliver. Seriously .100+ points in BA, almost .200 points in slugging, and over .200 in OPS. He needs to be back in the bull pen and out of the rotation.
  12. He did, which is going to happen at times, and as I noted becomes a more likely result when they continue to have to go to their pen again and again and again so early in the year. Astros have what, 88 games to go this year and Okert projects a career high innings pitched without factoring in a dl stint.
  13. So a WHIP of 0.56 qualifies as decent in your criteria for relievers? He is one of many of the Astros' bull pen arms I am worried about in the second half with all the innings they have thrown so far this year.
  14. Read an article when the fourth Wick came out about how there is a trend in movies that aren't really based upon source material that with sequels they emphasize the parts of the movie come to watch and strip out the other fluff With the Wick movies the result is a movie that plays out as if you are watching a video game where the protagonist has to fight through an impossible set of challenges and a seeming less never ending stream of attackers to complete the game. The camera angles even play into this as you get the overhead shots of John going from room to room. Went and saw this yesterday and we greatly enjoyed it. This is basically your favorite first person shooter game rebranded with a new protagonist. Same level of fight scenes, same comedic moments, and same never ending body count. Our son read somewhere that the original screenplay had a body count of 1,400+ which would be hard to imagine short of a massive explosion, but very much the same feel as when John was fighting up the stairs in Paris, The overhead shoots of the conclusion of the flame thrower duel were very cool and agree they are set to keep the Wick franchise going for at least one more story without John.
  15. You think it is easy to look that bad? Obviously never seen the over 50 year old games at my gym or 7th grade girls b level basketball...................... oh wait.....
  16. Would I be stupid to ask if maybe the Astros should consider going with Walter again and putting Gusto back into the bullpen?
  17. Who had Walter giving the Astros 5-innings of 2 runs and 6 hits? Giving up a bomb to a sub .200 hitter wasn't ideal, but that is two decent emergency starts for him.
  18. This could be used to describe much of today's streaming content and network tv is dominated by about 3-4 show runners churning out mass amounts of crap.
  19. Nothing about it looked appealing. There is soooo much crap on the streaming services it reminds me of eating at a buffet and I am not talking a good one like the Mother's Day affairs you try once with your wife when your kids are little. I am talking Pancho's, CiCi's, Golden Corral level of crap that is poorly written, poorly acted, etc... simply to provide content to the services in the same manner ESPN shows axe throwing and dodge ball on ESPN 2 so they can make people pay for ESPN+ because that is where they put the content people really want to watch.
  20. Not sure if we haven't even gotten truly through the first chapter , more like the book that never gets written due to injuries, etc.....
  21. Would you rate him Cecil Cooper bad? Jimmy Williams bad?
  22. That guy doesn't look anything like Jordy Nelson.
  23. Interesting thought on this thread about the effective "life span" of a professional coach. I think that is one reason why coaches such as Saban, Knight, or on a lesser scale Patterson were able to be successful for longer tenures even though they were tremendous horses arses to everyone in their programs.
  24. Thanks for the info.
  25. Wow, just had a flashback to my first few years out of college when I live in North Austin. Far too many times a friend and I would pile out of some bar and hit the 7-11 on North Lamar only to find a couple of hot dogs in similar state. Much like the women we would make one final failed attempt at before closing time the hot dogs looked MUCH better at 2:30 in the morning and a large amount of whiskey in our stomachs. Now that I think about it, I am not sure I have ever eaten a 7-11 hotdog before midnight and not after far too many drinks. Not stomach issues either unlike those god forsaken greasy ass pork chops at the truck stop south of Austin that close long ago. There was hell to be paid the next day for any drunken menu choice that involved those damn pork chops.
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