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  1. 10 minutes ago, Lidig8r said:

    Literally two minutes after I posted info about TMS and ketamine, on my Facebook feed, this quote popped up:

    "Ernest Hemingway once wrote: The hardest lesson I have had to learn as an adult is the relentless need to keep going, no matter how broken I feel inside.
    This truth is raw, unfiltered, and painfully universal. Life doesn’t stop when we are exhausted, when our hearts are shattered, or when our spirits feel threadbare. It keeps moving—unyielding, indifferent—demanding that we keep pace. There is no pause button for grief, no intermission for healing, no moment where the world gently steps aside and allows us to mend. Life expects us to carry our burdens in silence, to push forward despite the weight of all we carry inside.
    The cruelest part? No one really prepares us for this. As children, we are fed stories of resilience wrapped in neat, hopeful endings—tales where pain has purpose and every storm clears to reveal a bright horizon. But adulthood strips away those comforting illusions. It teaches us that survival is rarely poetic. More often than not, it’s about showing up when you’d rather disappear, smiling through pain no one sees, and carrying on despite feeling like you're unraveling from the inside out.
    And yet, somehow, we persevere. That’s the quiet miracle of being human. Even when life is relentless, even when hope feels distant, we keep moving. We stumble, we break, we fall to our knees—but we get up. And in doing so, we uncover a strength we never knew we had. We learn to comfort ourselves in the ways we wish others would. We become the voice of reassurance we once searched for. Slowly, we realize that resilience isn’t always about grand acts of bravery; sometimes, it’s just a whisper—“Keep going.”
    Yes, it’s exhausting. Yes, it’s unfair. And yes, there are days when the weight of it all feels unbearable. But every small step forward is proof that we haven’t given up. That we are still fighting, still holding on, still refusing to let the darkness consume us. That quiet defiance—choosing to exist, to try, to hope—is the bravest thing we can do."

    I do things. I’m the one who does things. For her. For my daughters. For my parents. For her mom. For her brother. For our niece. For people who matter to me. It doesn’t matter if I feel hollow. Things need to be done and the universe doesn’t give a fuck if I want to do them or not. I do them because they need to be done. If that means sitting in the hospital where I got the worst news of my life, and on the one year anniversary of that news, so that my daughters knows that she’s loved and important to me, so be it. 

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  2. 17 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    So basically you're scared of Notre Dame becuase you violently bought into the Charlie Strong hype, stuck to that position unwaveringly for years, and used to wield that 18-wheeler fueled win like a cudgel on this board as proof of Charles The Great. And now you're still somehow blaming Notre Dame for this trauma isntead of looking in a mirror. 

    While it all makes more sense now, it isn't any less of stupid. 

    I don’t know that’s it’s about being scared of Notre Dame, so much as fuck Notre Dame. The first time I saw Texas lose, it was to those fuckers. I’m still bitter. The 1978 Cotton Bowl didn’t help. 

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  3. 1 minute ago, Chili dog said:

    And my point has never been that there was a perfect OL out there. In fact. I was pretty clear that I was just wondering how to fix the problems we have and that I lack the knowledge or expertise to theorize an answer. I just know what we don’t do well, and I know there are teams who don’t seem to struggle at those things.

     

    So now that I know what you’re getting at, I’ll ask you to skip both the Socratic and the cocksucking. 

    Ask whatever you want. 

    It sounds like you struggle with the issue of seeing every wart Texas has while seeing mostly highlights of everyone else. That isn’t to say that Texas doesn’t need to improve, but “needs to improve” isn’t a plan. If there are guys out there who can produce better OL play within Sarkisian’s system, someone should make a list of potential replacements for Flood and move forward. 

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  4. 1 minute ago, Chili dog said:

    How did they look after that? Or before that? I’m not sure I understand where you’re going with your questioning.
     

    It’s pretty well established that Ohio State changed their scheme after Michigan and it worked well. Also, Ohio state didn’t run particularly well against us other than in short yardage when they had to have a touchdown or a first down. You saw that, right? it was frustrating to watch them get necessary short yardage when everyone knew what was coming. I’m not saying we dump flood and moneywhip anyone. Just observing that there are teams who can do what we currently cannot and wondering why that is.
     

    So instead of going all Socratic on me, just get to your point. Maybe it was just play calling and it has nothing to do with position coaching. I really don’t know and don’t pretend to know, but we seemed to have multiple occasions this year when we couldn’t get the ground game rolling and it hurt us. 

    I asked who has no OL concerns and you pick one aspect of Ohio State’s OL performance in one game. 

    So, skipping the Socratic, it was kind of a stupid answer 

  5. 44 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

    It may be a scheme issue, too. Being a predominantly zone running team may be problematic on the goal line when we are trying to switch to a man scheme? I never played in the trenches, so I’m completely guessing. 

     

    I have two toddlers, so I don’t get to binge college football like I used to, but Notre dame has looked good on the ground in the games I’ve watched. Ohio State was able to get short yardage on us when they had to have it. Thats all i’ve got, and I can’t remember how Notre dame looked in pass pro. They can’t pass for shit, statistically. 

    How did Ohio State look against a Michigan team that the Texas OL went in on without lube?

  6. 18 hours ago, Chili dog said:

    Guys who’ve played OL whom I trust have expressed concerns over the product on the field, especially in the running game.
     

    Obviously what we are currently trotting out there far exceeds what we put on the field going back to the early 2000s, but looking at other schools’ ability to displace opposing DL, we still leave a bit to be desired.
     

    I’m not qualified to pinpoint the exact issue. Maybe it’s personnel, and maybe it’s coaching. Hard to believe it’s personnel, given the number of guys on the roster.
     

    That said, Flood is a hell of a recruiter, and his players love him, so I’m not trying to run him off. I do think it might be helpful to bring on more analysts and coaches who can identify the issues and address them, though. 

    Whose OL has no concerns and how much does their coach make?

  7. 2 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

    It is a thing. Not sure what to tell you. I'm not saying it's happening at Texas, but it is definitely happening. I know of specific examples where it absolutely happened.

    What’s the going rate? I like to learn, I can get them the grade of their choice, and I’m kind of bored. Not more than 15 hours a semester, though. 

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  8. 25 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

    Eh, go fuck your own face. There's no such thing as "just taking Elon's money". We take his money and we have to let him have a piece of the action, and as far as I know he doesn't give a shit about sports. He'll want to ruin our entire university. He's not the charitable type unless he gets something in return. The only "charity" he gives to is his own foundation, which is nothing more than a shell company that he controls to covertly further his own business interests while dodging taxes. 

     

    It doesn’t sound all that covert, then. Just when you have me convinced he’s a douche, you say he furthers his own business interests and dodges taxes — though, granted, he paid more in one year than your entire genetic line has ever even earned — and I’m torn, again. 

    Can we get back to telling me whether Moncrief is in shambles and I should panic or if everything’s going to be fine?

  9. 7 minutes ago, The Dog said:

    IMHO Sark's offense needs a mobile QB who is at least a credible threat to run. After the injury teams knew if Quinn dropped back that they didn't need to worry about him taking off - because he wasn't going to.

    Every offense can benefit from that. What it requires, in my clueless opinion, is someone who can hit passes to take the top off so the intermediate RPO stuff has room to get the ball to fast guys on the move. 

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  10. 2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    We have a generational talent at QB in Arch. We should absolutely try to capitalize on that window.  Success brings more elite and generational recruits, which continues to keep us in contention.

    I’m not saying don’t try to capitalize on it. I’m saying don’t sell the future to try to do it and try to capitalize every year. 

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  11. Just now, AlrightAlrightAlright said:

    This sounds like battered Cowboy fan syndrome. You wouldn't take a shot at going all in to win 1 title at the hope of going on a Bama type run?

    No. Certainly not at the expense of tanking after that. 

    I get that this isn’t a binary, but I’d rather see consistent success and consistent chances.

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  12. 6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Wat 

    Not looking at these two years as some kind of do or die window.
     

    I’d rather not see Texas as a program that needs to go all in to try to catch lightning in a bottle over the short term because of this player or that player. I’d rather Texas expect to be among the last standing every year and putting in place whatever pieces might help with getting those last wins against other elite teams year in and year out. Alabama, not Auburn.  

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  13. 39 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

    To be fair, I wouldn't pay Ewers that either.

    But honestly, I don't understand the economics of the NIL world.  Not sure how it's "worth it" for Miami.  Their program doesn't make any money.  They only had like $75M in revenue in 2023 (cooking the books to show $0 profit), while Texas had $183M in Revenue and $122M in profits in 2023.  Our profit almost doubled their revenue.

    Must be just a couple of ego driven boosters.

     

    Economics? If I had the financial wherewithal to buy Sarkisian the roster he wanted to win the national championship, it would be done. And not for economic reasons. 

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