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Professor Chesney

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  1. Major props to the tailgate and the game. Never had a better experience
  2. Been busy with a new job but was able to have lunch with one of the DTs recently. He was optimistic about the defense this year, said they’d be attacking more and there’s a better overall understanding of responsibilities generally. Obviously he’s biased but it is better to hear that than the alternative. Please Venmo all $9.95s to the Burnt Ends account.
  3. This makes very little sense on multiple levels. (1) Without a federal exemption, any type of agreement to arbitrarily cap player earnings will run into the same antitrust issues as before. This goes down a rabbit hole quickly. If EA sports pays a royalty to all athletes to use their likeness in the new video game, wouldn’t that bust the cap? The ability to legally prohibit the rights of third parties to contract is extremely limited, and I’m not sure what ground they will try to stand on to do so. (2) At the end of the day, the NCAA is going to have to prove that it is actually willing to go to the mat to enforce these rulings and pay the litigation costs for each instance some ornery booster takes them to court. If they wouldn’t do it for the blatant bag violations over the past decade, why should we think that they would be willing to do it now? (3) I’m sure our administration will nonetheless find a way to make this more difficult than it needs to be, until enough alumni and donors make enough noise to force change. Would love to see the AD staff restructured to support these initiatives, or at the very least take those expenses and increase professor salaries.
  4. I don’t know if these words have ever been included in the same sentence before now, but if so, then certainly not to greater effect than this. Top shelf.
  5. “A lot” can actually be singular or plural depending on the noun that it modifies. Further complicating the choice is that some nouns, like “bunch,” are indeterminate and can be flexible. Others are definitively plural, e.g., “there are a lot of dicks in this bag”
  6. I didn’t see the words “slam dunk” or “home run” used once in that 247 write up. They must be nervous.
  7. Ugh. That disaster of a post might only be edged out by the “Chief in the deer blind” copypasta. But it’s close.
  8. Is this going to be the new “what about the numbers?” Even at prestigious public institutions, registrar personnel and associate deans have strong discretionary power to allow registration changes. They just don’t do it often as a matter of practice because it opens the floodgates to whiny students second guessing their poor decisions. At a private institution that places academics as a tertiary priority, they can do whatever they want.
  9. Working with Harsin after spending most of the last decade at Stanford and Vanderbilt must have been a real shock to the system.
  10. It’s nice to see the other fanbase is already accepting that Neyor is gone while we are busy rationalizing that this just a “for fun” visit and not getting hopes up. The stoppable force meets the moveable object.
  11. Those are good points. My only caveat is that you have to go back 6+ years and the current game places a much higher emphasis on passing. I think we would have to disagree that Hill, Edelman (or Gronk), and healthy Alshon/Ertz aren’t elite. I am moving the goalposts with the tight ends though.
  12. I know you’re not defending him, but what was the last NFL team to win it all without an elite wide receiver? I can’t think of one. BoB failed twice with the Hopkins trade: first because he traded a player for a personal reason because the player did not respect his coaching style and quality (which was justified on Hopkins’s part) and second was trading that player, who was also your best player, for meager returns. Hubris and incompetence.
  13. Great points. This really shouldn’t be an argument.
  14. Sometimes doing things (JSN, Garret Wilson, Elijah Higgins vs Bru) is worse than not doing things. Wait, why are we doing this to ourselves? Don’t play this game.
  15. On their recent video, Nahlin seemed more bullish than Bobby on the chances of getting Sanders. But that could be the likely orange tinted glasses of whatever source he is relying on. I keep forgetting how much of a presence Arkansas has in the DFW area. Weird how that has become a thing.
  16. Seems like an awkward time to talk to any Alabama fans. “Well other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?”
  17. Would welcome thoughts on the lesser known places on this list. But wanted to throw out that Kerlin’s is my favorite spot in Austin, and criminally underrated. Brisket is right up there with Franklin’s and L&L, and the kolaches they serve on Sundays are at the level where they can convert kolache skeptics. Highly recommend.
  18. It’s weird to see commitments without even visiting. One would think the kids would at least check out the campus first. Or maybe they just needed to spend the Walter Nolan funds before it got returned to the LPs.
  19. Thank you for sharing, this is a good datapoint if we’re back on the carousel in 4 years. As others have said, it isn’t necessary for a successful coach to be an expert at all facets of the game if there are resources to support those weaknesses. There’s a ton of reasons to be optimistic about the direction of the program—finally bringing in a top QB, having a quality OL coach, stellar recent position coach hires — but frankly the Patterson hire makes me much more optimistic about the program because it indicates that the powers that be aren’t going to defer to a “trust the corches they forgot more than you ever know etc.” mindset. Defense and program logistics are a weak point, so push to bring in an established but still sweaty expert to consult and provide oversight. It looks like we’ve finally passed the phase of giving Charlie Strong and Tom Herman carte blanche to run a program like a gm without proving it first. All this positivity can (rightfully) be shot down with “5-7 and Kansas,” and our infrastructure still lags behind those of the other top programs, but there’s definitely enough progress to think the next few years won’t be a waste.
  20. How has no one mentioned that Whataburger is open 24 hours? The honey butter chicken biscuit is the undisputed king of the 12am-3am time slot, which is really the only time I can justify eating fast food to myself.
  21. it is a bit premature to write off a true freshman in a room with coaches that displayed questionable personnel decisions and deference to seniority.
  22. So we understand the scale, is the ability to not overthrow open receivers downfield or to throw screen passes that arrive promptly considered elite? Or merely above average?
  23. Watching the 4-6 poorly shot plays from this video, Neyor will Cleary improve UT’s WR talent level.
  24. Yes, but what if you’re underestimating their Community Adjusted EBITDA?
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