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  1. I’m kind of hoping that, with ACC (I assume that they won’t give us B10 or SEC officials, given the coming realignment) officials, we’ll find out that Texas has a better pass rush than thought
  2. I just love the cries from the Ags that something must be done to sync the portal window to better fit programs that just fired their coaches. None of the coaches and at best 20% of ADs (the ones that know they’ll be firing their coach) want that.
  3. You know, you’d think that when you really needed autocorrect…
  4. It’s incredibly cynical. Don’t forget the Ukrainians from occupied areas that Russia press gangs and puts in Storm units. It would be as if LBJ had decided, “Let’s fight in Vietnam with mostly drafted prisoners, ethnic minorities from the inner cities, duped residents of our territories (like Peurto Rico, the Phillipines) and any poor soul dumb enough to cross our borders looking for work”.
  5. Not my circus, not my monkey.
  6. I’m ok moving on. Disentangling from Baylor is reason enough to leave this conference. We started playing them because there was a railroad between Waco and Austin, so the game was convenient. That stopped being a good reason almost 100 years ago. However, check out their Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylor_Bears_football They list Texas as a rival, and say the future of the rivalry is uncertain. I don’t think it is uncertain. (Ok, I edited it)
  7. Different topic- I really don’t know much about the Aggie roster (seems like 15 years ago, I knew most of them). I gather there are guys sitting out the bowl game because they intend to go to the NFL and want to avoid an injury. I gather there are a lot of guys in the portal. Some are key guys from the two-deep and (presumably) some aren’t. Can anyone give a rough overview of who they are looking to miss, from their two-deep, in the bowl game? I assume they have a policy of “if you’re in the portal, you don’t play”? Is that right? Are they trying to get their deals worked out with any in time for the bowl game? Or is that not a deadline they really care about? Is Elko calling the shots on whom to try to keep, and how much money to commit? Or is there some other Ag AD decision maker doing that? (Bjork? Liucci? Someone else?) Thanks, and I’ll hang up and listen
  8. I’m ok moving on, and leaving Yormark to be in the memory cells next to Steve Patterson (I looked it up-he seems to be “retired” in Phoenix).
  9. This is why I think the west needs to prioritize defense budgeting Alarm is growing over Europe’s weakened militaries and empty arsenals. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed the risk. https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/alarm-nato-weak-military-empty-arsenals-europe-a72b23f4?st=kly7ar39d2e6a1i&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
  10. “Hi, I’m Bob Stoops. You may remember me as being a particularly joyless guy, and for sucking the joy out of a game for all my players. Party, Stoops-style with Stoops Tequila. Nothing goes better with a big bag of dicks!”
  11. I heard a podcast from a former ambassador to the PRC, who said it is a mistake to think, because Jimping is a dictator of an authoritarian state, to assume China acts under a single will. He said the PLA leadership is extremely hawkish and spoiling for a war, so don’t count on rational actions. Of course, that may just be their version of strategic ambiguity.
  12. What is the deal with Stoops? I thought his XFL stint was a way of getting his name out there again, for a HC job (NFL? College blue blood?), but I never see it mentioned.
  13. There are some huge issues coming up, involving the state of college football. The NCAA, in an attempt to stay viable, floated the idea of AD funded player salaries. That is an idea that would appeal to the 90% of programs that are not P4 (allows funds from AD and school revenue to level the field, although there is that pesky Title 9). It would not appeal to the 5% of programs that are in the SEC and B10, who are leaning into exploring a major power split from the NCAA. What do the ACC and Big XII think? They need to figure this out. Problem is- conference officials, university presidents and ADs have 3-5 year outlooks, by nature of their contracts. Like or hate the SEC and B10, they have shown the ability to think long term (with the exception of fucking Rutgers and Maryland)
  14. When Texas Football is flying high, nothing else in college football generates more money. They must have forgotten
  15. I, personally, have an agenda, and I’ll admit to it. I think the world has a lot of bad actors that are unwilling to adhere to accepted order. Russia has already invaded Ukraine. China is increasingly aggressive in the Pacific, and there is a very good strategy proposed for them wrt Taiwan- a naval blockade. What would the U.S. do, if that happened? Also, Iran has been destabilizing the ME for well over a decade. Russia, China and Iran have an alliance, an axis, based on mutual opportunism. Each sees opportunities to further their own goals by weakening or distracting the west (the US) in the other theatres. My agenda is that I would like to see US foreign policy emphasize deterrence by increasing the defense budget. We are entering a new Cold War, and winning it will require a commitment. I agree with the old answer, from the first Cold War, in regards to how much the U.S. should spend on defense- “enough to keep us out of a war and not one dollar more”.
  16. Is this the first time the Cowboys copied the Horns’ “icy white” uniforms?
  17. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-war-ukraine-economy-policy-7428ef7b?st=g7z2lt3k6aqa9sh&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
  18. I’m starting to wonder if Iran isn’t just a friend we haven’t made yet.
  19. Russia sees that the west is not producing enough shells for Ukraine, that Israel is embroiled in a war (that heats up as soon as Hezbollah enters), and…a potential Taiwan blockade or invasion. Really, the U.S. and NATO need to recognize the reality and commit to major increases in defense spending. No bad actors are currently deterred.
  20. I went back and read the resolution. I didn’t see any calls for Hamas to cease military actions nor any concerns about Israeli civilians. There are two war zones in the world. The UN resolution calling for Russia to cease its invasion was voted against by many nations calling for Israel to cease its attack on Hamas. Fascinating
  21. The UN is an illiberal democracy.
  22. My preference would be for college campuses to be like UT in the ‘80s- a broad and expansive field for debate, even offensive debate. But that’s not common among the most popular universities. FIRE ranks campuses for tolerance for free speech- Harvard ranks last and Penn second to last. They are comfortable codifying the boundaries of allowed speech. Which, they are allowed to do. So, when asked about incidences of tolerated speech that is offensive and even threatening to Jewish students, they start talking up free speech, sounding like Voltaire. That is disingenuous (just as, you noted, these former proponents of free speech ante now calling for regulating), and that’s what they’re being called out for.
  23. Those dumb fucks don’t realize that there are portal agents that handle contacting schools and negotiating.
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