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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. I'm holding my nose and rooting for Ohio State. The last thing I want is Notre Dame truly returning to the national stage, coming into Texas for recruits, and having their mythology shoved down our throats for the foreseeable future. And believe me, their Touchdown Jesus / holier than thou / higher admissions standards / divine right / win one for the Gipper bullshit is the absolute worst in all of college football. And while I do like Freeman, I don't like him enough to endure that shit again. It was awful to listen to that crap in the 1980s. They were Duke basketball on steroids of college football. If they lose again, and hopefully in embarrassing fashion, they revert to their current status as an afterthought who can't really match up athletically and a product of a weak schedule and injuries to their opponents (i.e., Carson Beck). On the other hand, an Ohio State win doesn't really change much. They are what they are, no matter what happens tonight. I mean, fuck those guys and their fans, but they are still going to be a top 5 program win or lose. And maybe a blowout makes us look better as the clear second best team in the nation, for whatever that is worth.... which ain't much.
  2. It’s just the next stage in the evolution. He will be overrated as hell, only a product of the system and/or his teammates, not as good as whichever jag starts at qb for them, and then after endless shit talking about him for the next two years while he drags his nuts across their collective faces, he will magically become irreplaceable when he moves on to the next level. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
  3. OKC is fairly frightening. They are destroying the league without Holmgren and for the most part, without Hartenstein too. They are just small balling it with crazy shit like Jalen or Jaylin Williams playing center and crushing teams. Mobley and Allen should have dominated last night. Of course, it was a one off and OKC definitely had the motivation from the previous loss plus home court. Regardless, the depth and perimeter defense are pretty ridiculous. Also, they are doing all this while not shooting it great from three. They shot 39% last year and are at 35% this year. If the long ball comes around a little more... jeez. The only thing that would concern me long term a little is how dependent they are offensively on SGA creating on his own. Don't get me wrong, the dude is a fucking witch, but there's a ton of one on one. It's much more difficult to play like that in the playoffs when the refs allow more physical play and teams can really dial in on tendencies. It may not make a difference as good as they are defensively and as good as he is individually, but I'm just not wild about the offense they run.
  4. Well, not everybody.
  5. I'm still on board with Sochan. I just thought the record with and without him was interesting. He hasn't seemed right to me since he got injured. He really started off the season well. They need he and Castle on the court together and it's a big spacing problem. Hopefully Castle becomes more consistent from outside and the problem goes away because those two plus Wemby make for hellacious defense when you need fourth quarter stops.
  6. There's nothing worse than when mom and dad fight about Tight Ends and their willingness or lack thereof to block.
  7. I get where you're coming from. I really do. But this was personal because former teammates Chris Paul and JJ Reddick are reportedly very close friends. It was a friend lifting the spirits of his friend's kids who just lost all of their sports memorabilia that they had been collecting their whole lives. I have a hard time viewing that as tone deaf, despite how wealthy they all are.
  8. I saw the previews for this a few weeks back... and I was just so damn confused.
  9. Spurs this season with Sochan: 9-13. Spurs this season without Sochan 10-6.
  10. @Navin R. Johnson I know you are a random son of a bitch and a run of the mill bastard, but can you please stop quoting the longcats from Frenzy? Also... they have had a helluva lot more than 12 peasant years, with or without us in the same conference.
  11. You just put up the @Js1 bat signal.
  12. This thread has unsurprisingly reached a new low. And now, I have too, googling Carson Beck's Snapchat sexts. If only we had an actual football game coming up to distract us.
  13. Rough night. I think this team is due for a market correction on their record. I hope I’m wrong but they’ve had a home heavy schedule and a negative overall point differential. I think they’re a bit due to rack up some L’s. Ending up in the lottery again wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.
  14. Love the Cavs role players. They get so much out of Wade, Levert, Niang, Jerome, Strus and Okoro.
  15. This is a really entertaining basketball game so far. I can bitch about the excessive three point shooting in the league but there ain’t nothing wrong with the way this one is being played.
  16. What? Beating Old Dominion, Akron and Wofford didn't impress you? You think beating Mississippi State instead of Akron would have made a difference?
  17. Is the SEC really going to 9 conference games? Ignoring for a moment that ESPN would have to pony up to make it happen, I can't see it unless they get the committee to guarantee them four playoff spots. The SEC could only get three teams into the playoffs with an 8 game schedule this year. I can't imagine they are going to cannibalize their playoff hopes for more regular season cash. Seems like it would ultimately devalue the overall product and really change the narrative if they aren't dominating the playoff bracket. This conference made its bones off of bullshit scheduling and national championships.
  18. I’m a big fan of Liuzza’s on Bienville too but I understand they are under new management. Not as much of a poboy place but love those schooners of beer and killer food too.
  19. I second Parasols for the roast beef. I'm not a huge fan of the atmosphere at Domilise, but the poboys are damn good. The best poboys I've had in years were at Liuzza by the Track, when I was there a couple of months ago. It's not in the Garden District, but well worth the 15 minute uber to the Fairgrounds. BBQ shrimp poboy is the GOAT for me, and their other poboys were incredible as well.
  20. Welp, I just got the text from Southwest that my flight from SA to Dallas Friday morning may be affected by weather. If those fucksticks cancel my flight I'm gonna be pissed.
  21. Sochan is nearly unplayable at crunch time. That’s two straight games where nobody is within 10 feet of him at the arc at winning time and he isn’t even close to making it. It’s not an accident that he is that open. He’s killing the spacing and bogging down the entire offense. I agree with @ztejas that Castle needs those minutes. He’s a playmaker who can create for himself and others. But they definitely can’t play him with Sochan unless they want to multiply their spacing woes.
  22. Worst loss of the season. At least this helps with their pick.
  23. Can’t believe they are sweating this one out.
  24. Holy shit joker was open for that. So lucky to be playing ot.
  25. The cactus looks like it’s giving everybody the finger. Kinda respect the attitude and effort despite the geography challenges.
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