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  1. On Sooner Scoop, they are discussing their transfer WR Burks (they went into the season counting on him; I guess they invested a lot of their NIL). Rumor is that he had an abdominal injury (maybe similar to Ewers’?). Venables stated that he hopes he plays against Texas. The fans took that cue and are questioning his toughness and commitment if he doesn’t play.
  2. I think that if a good franchise with a solid foundation had the #1 draft choice in 2026, there would be a concern of him leaving (with it all worked out in advance). Conversely, if some basket case franchise (like my Dallas Cowboys) had the top choice in 2027 and refused to let him find another spot, he might return. Point being- the Mannings like being in control of their destiny and they like being in good situations.
  3. That’s like the Russell Westbrook turnovers stat (or missed career field goals); he’s the NBA champ of the hollow stat accumulation. Bill James used to argue that, given the choice, you’d be better off with Graig Nettles at 3B than Pete Rose. Nettles had a crappy BA, but decent OBP and really good SA, plus he was a terrific fielder (if you measure by range and throwing, rather than just error percentage).
  4. I became a huge MLB fan in the late ‘70s. That was before the great statistical awakening brought by (mainly) Bill James. That’s why a right handed.320 hitting 1st baseman of modest range with a .365 OBP and .395 SA was considered one of the best players in the game. He was pretty-to-very good fora long time, though, and was competitive in a sport where the long seasons make that difficult. I got no problem with him being kept out of the HoF. Shoeless Joe was almost certainly a better player and he can’t get in.
  5. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-n-agency-issues-fresh-warning-over-iranian-nuclear-activities-509ba50f?st=SZqoUU&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
  6. Guilty pleasure this week- Sooner podcasts. Credit to them- they are 3-1, ranked, with their only loss to the nation’s #6 team, and they are freaking out. It’s clear how they got into this situation, from listening to them. After a quarter century of exceptional coaching and roster management, they truly believed that 5-star QBs should be ready to go from the start, that players mastering complex plays is a given and that something in the water in Norman makes players more resistant to injury and better at blocking and tackling. They overstate how much of their success was due to tradition and desire and understate how much exceptional coaching was happening. They’re probably going to whip Auburn. If so, the podcasts won’t be nearly as much fun.
  7. So, what is the deal with Weigman? Out for some unannounced reason (injury, misbehavior)? On second team, but competing to play again? Relegated for good? Looking to transfer? Some combination?
  8. You had a long post about how Israel was holding back Gazan development. Gaza has another border, with Egypt. I thought that was worth noting, during all the speculation about Arab state stepping in and helping with necessary services- there isn’t really anything stopping them now. I guess they figure the UNRWA and Israel got it. As to your question-I support a sovereign liberal democracy Palestinian nation. As I posted before, I don’t think the world needs another aggressive authoritarian state (but, that might be what we get).
  9. Ok. Now do Egypt.
  10. This is going to shock the hell out of you, but none of the ON3 Sooners noted that there is no way in hell the B1G would accept them academically
  11. What has kept Gaza from using that UNRWA funding to develop their own utilities? And a foreign office to protest Israeli actions? Oh, yeah, the Hamas autocrats who rule Gaza. They take the money for themselves and leave the people dependent on Israel for needs a functioning government would provide. You don’t say anything, Bolverk, about the Iranian weapons smuggled in. One thing to remember- the missiles are for Israelis, sure, but the rifles and bullets? 90% of the time, Hamas has them in use for keeping the Gazan civilians in line.
  12. You say “blockade”. Isn’t a better description “inspecting approaching ships for weapons from Iran”? If there were no weapons from Iran coming to Gaza, do you think Israel would still insist on boarding approaching ships? I guess we’ll never know…
  13. I think thats a distinction without a difference. Israel left Gaza, the PA held an election, Hamas won, the UNRWA gives a bunch of money that enriches terrorist leaders and buys tunnels (not weapons; Iran gives them for free). Israel provides utilities and medical care (Egypt provides neither), and in return the Gazans hate them and the world pilloried them. I don’t see how writing the letter you composed would make anything different. I think the last thing this world needs is another authoritarian and aggressive state. How about this- the Palestinian people organize into a liberal democracy (there are a lot of examples) and then they get a state?
  14. How is this different than pulling out of Gaza in 2005?
  15. Well, here is the thing about choices- the best option and the least part option are the same thing. Without that extension, how easy will it be to hire a new OC for next year? Or do you prefer to hire a new HC for next year, with an even more difficult schedule (addition of Michigan)?
  16. Their AD knew the schedule was rough this year and next, so he decided to extend Venables now, knowing it would be controversial after (assuming the rebuild arc continued up) 8-4 seasons. Funny how things work out.
  17. Great analysis, and it’s too bad the B12 didn’t figure this out years ago. KSU was the single worst program in America, the one that Mississippi State looked down on. Snyder got there and adopted a strategy of playing nothing but patsies in non-conference. He treated the games like the NFL pre-season (he wanted to polish his team’s proficiencies), but the games counted, so he wanted wins. In unequal revenue sharing, this wasn’t so bad. TV didn’t want those crappy games and his program didn’t profit financially from them. Then, every little program in the Big XII adopted that practice, AND they had equal revenue sharing. Yes, the B12 needs to be like the divorced spouse that addresses all the issues their ex had been bitching about and try better the next time.
  18. There was a bitch down the street that phoned in an anonymous complaint of drug dealing on the Tuttles, because she had a beef of some sort. She was convicted a couple of years ago. That got the”investigation” started. It was assigned to Goines, and he handled it like his other investigations. He got a warrant for bogus reasons, brought some “evidence” to the scene in his vehicle, and the rest is history.
  19. I googled for the numbers, wondering the same, and couldn’t find them.
  20. You are overthinking sociopathy. The people in that house meant…nothing…to him (them). Their extinguished lives weighed no more to him, as he went to sleep at night, than concerns over whether the eggs in the refrigerator are expired or not. I still suspect that the officers that were shot were actually shot by other officers, but I don’t think we will ever know.
  21. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ Brett Yormark must absolutely adore Deion Sanders. Decent ratings for Utah-OSU and KSU-BYU. Check out ASU-TT, TCU-SMU and UH-Cincy! That’s pretty bad.
  22. Me too, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Just let it happen. OU is 13-4 over the last two seasons. Their fans think they’re going 8-4, with a shot at beating Texas (based on “Sooner Magic” and “Texas is soft”). They’re ranked 21st in the AP, and if they beat Auburn, they’ll come into Dallas a top 20 team. They have the #11 ON3 recruiting class. Let them enjoy those hopes. All Texas can do is play them (and beat them) once. Let’s just enjoy this season as it unfolds.
  23. Well, I can’t argue with that…
  24. I disagree that Israel is an apartheid state. It is formally a Jewish state, but Muslim and Christian citizens have all the rights Jews do, with the exception of institutional adjustment to the constraints of Judaism. It is a liberal democracy. South Africa was an apartheid state. Black South Africans, born in South Africa, had limited rights and liberties in almost every aspect. To call Israel an apartheid state, you have to argue that Palestinian refugees (born and residing outside the borders of Israel, in the WB, Gaza and other regions) are or should be citizens of Israel. Is that the argument? Isn’t this what the whole “right of return” is about? It seems to me that Israel being an apartheid state is fully a matter of opinion- opinion over who should be a citizen or not. In my opinion, it isn’t. (Obviously, if the “right of return” were granted, after the first vote Israel would become an Islamic state and that would be that).
  25. Why would he talk to the coach. Why wouldn’t his agent have a conversation with the GM, to settle it? Thats why there are agents and GMs, so as to not intrude on the competitive aspect.
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