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  1. Baylor was on ESPN+ for the third week in a row (they were sold out and on ABC when they played us). Tonight, driving home, I went by the Baylor stadium as they went to OT. You could see that the upper deck was almost empty. Last week, KSU played UH on ESPN2 at 12 and 371K watched (.18 rating). At 8, on ESPN2, UTEP played SHSU and 321k watched (.21 rating). Oh, yeah, the B12 will be ok.
  2. I agree, but I thank God that Sark and the team are more resilient than me on this. Letting it get to them, affect them, just suits their purpose.
  3. If we make the B12CG, count on Mar’s crew
  4. The replay booth hs to get ok from Tim Weiser at the league office
  5. A friend battling through prostate stage 4 told me this- you need to know your PSA number, not just that it’s “good”. If it jumps from .8 to 2.7 in one year, you need to snap to.
  6. Building on that analogy, that video of a professor, when asked if she denounced the terrorist of Hamas, replying, “It’s not a simple yes-no answer”. To my ears, that is akin to someone saying they couldn’t denounce the KKK (or white supremacists in Charlottesville). Nonsensical.
  7. I see three groups opposed to Israel: -antisemites - anti-Zionists - pro-Palestinians The latter two groups can make coherent arguments for their stances. I personally disagree that (as the UN once voted) that Zionism is racism. And I think the third stance (pro-Palestinian) is one everyone should have at least to some extent. The Venn diagrams of the group have debatable intersections (although I contend that every antisemite is also an anti-Zionist, although the reverse isn’t true. There are a lot of antisemites that aren’t pro-Palestinian) Of organized political parties, movements, forces and factions, I believe Hamas is more antisemitic than anything else. Frankly, they look to me like the Islamic version of the KKK. They have the extinction of an ethnic group as a primary goal in their charter. I think seeing their side is akin to trying to see the KKK’s side. I think allowing them to shelter in a civilian population makes as much sense as making a 40k strong , armed KKK shelter in a civilian population. I view Israelis as an ethnic group trying to deal with a large, hostile, armed and active group like the KKK. The West Bank? I’m not dumb enough to believe Hamas is staying out of the WB.
  8. Of course, you won’t be here next year. Why would you be? There will be OSU games on FS1 on Friday night to watch, big showdowns against ISU in front of 40k in the stadium and 300k on TV.
  9. Prayer is a great way to remind yourself that, no matter how much it may feel that way, you are not the actual center of the universe.
  10. Wow. Just like the Germans will never forgive the Jews for theHolocaust, you’ll never forgive the Jews for October 7.
  11. Well, the league (and all the leagues) can either bust Harbaugh and tighten up the rules, or every program needs to get some GAs on the road and buy the GA office some lamination machines. Either Michigan is punished or the whole thing gets tamped up.
  12. Baylor and TCU as a protected rivalry cracks me up. Yes, there is a long history. There is a ten year period at the beginning of the 20th century where they played 23 times (they were in the same city, Waco). There is almost no history of compelling games. There was almost 20 years where they weren’t in the same conference and Baylor big-timed TCU and wouldn’t hardly schedule them.
  13. WRT above comments on sources of casualty stats- I don’t think the UNRWA is the unbiased broker it represents itself as.
  14. The Baylor boards are calling for Aranda’s head. He is signed through 2029 (Rhule cashed in on his big season by going pro; Aranda cashed in with a contract extension). They have not yet come to terms with the new math of college football. 10 years ago, there was a simple formula for Baylor, OSU and TCU- find your coach, and pay what it takes to keep him. Players weren’t paid, the conference media money was shared equally, and if you make the modest fan expectations (contend every few years, make at least a minor bowl almost every year, don’t worry about recruiting rankings-you’ll get a few years to develop your guys) meet the coaches’ performance level, you had a happy program for years. You schedule three patsies every year, including a FCS team, to help reach bowl eligibility, because you’re not worried about providing interesting games for the media partner; that’s the blue bloods’ job. Things are now changed. NIL gives a big advantage to the teams with large fanbases. That’s money that just isn’t available to the smaller programs. The portal is a huge change, in that scouting and evaluation is a much bigger operation. SEC teams and B10 teams have media payments that are $40-50 million per year higher than the B12’s. They can afford to hire scouts and analysts. Smaller programs, that can’t afford to stand up a new NFL style personnel department will have to ask their coaches to assume the tasks. Which is a year round task, involving a nation and several generations of prospects. And Baylor fans think they can solve their problem with a new coach, that they really can’t afford. I am enjoying watching their journey.
  15. There are two conflicts here- first, between Hamas and Israel, fighting terror, debating policy. The second, like an umbrella over it, is the axis of Iran, Russia, China and closely aligned nations vs. the liberal democracies of the west. Iran, Russia and China see the local conflict as an opportunity to further their own goals. Iran wants to scuttle Sunni alliances and cooperation with the west. Russia wants to drain munitions resources and western attention from Ukraine. China wants to sow dissension in the western alliances and get its economic expansion going again (and see if the time looks good to make a go at Taiwan).
  16. A lot of great 19th century statesmen wrote and said things that are very cringey today. Douglas’ holds up really, really well. I’m planning to read one of his 4th of July speeches to my family next Independence Day.
  17. (Added because it’s too late to edit earlier post): For the record, I believe Frederick Douglas’ anger was every bit as fierce as Louverture’s. He applied it very differently.
  18. Actually, it’s worse than that. Blessed may be the peacemakers, but ask PM Rabin about how kind that part of the world is to them. The US south may have deserved a Toussaint Louverture, but it got a Frederick Douglas (America may really be blessed). We got a MLK, Jr., instead of a Patrice Lumumba. There may be (probably are) Palestinians ready and able to make appeals to Israeli, Palestinians, and the world’s better natures. I think Hamas and IJ will put a bullet in their heads before they get very far.
  19. So, second year back Ollie Gordon (OSU) is terrific. Backs that good need to get to the NFL ASAP, to start earning before they quickly age out. Does he portal this year? OTOH, he fits OSU and knows the team, knows the system. I’m sure they will give him the most NIL if he stays. OTOH, I’m sure guys like Kiffin are tampering, contacting him and trying to woo him into the portal. There are teams that can pay him more, and give him a higher profile. Wouldn’t there be a bidding war for him?
  20. Ok, you’re right. It is my belief that the concept of Rule of Law is codified in the governing documents of Israeli civil society.
  21. Hayden, are Iran and Russia resources for the Palestinians or are the Palestinians more of a resource for Iran and Russia? Iran is helping Hamas kill Jews, but I don’t believe it is actually advancing the Palestinian cause.
  22. Frankly, it does not help the Palestinian cause, in the west, that it is allied with Russia and Iran. War in Gaza helps Russia, as Israel competes with Ukraine for munitions acquisition. That is probably a lot of the reason Russia is carrying water for Hamas.
  23. In 2015, Jeff Lebby, a Baylor assistant, was on the Tulsa sidelines (against the rules) for a Tulsa-OU game. Lebby had coached with the Tulsa HC before at Baylor. There are some that just don’t care about the rules.
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