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  1. 4 minutes ago, Foosters said:

    sorry to cherry pick, but I can't let this go.

    Cancel Culture was a right-wing thing LONG before it became a left wing thing. 

    What was anti-gay legislation and criminalizing same sex relationships?

    What was McCarthyism? 

    What was the reaction to the labor movement and the suffragette movement in the early 20th century?

    What was the reaction to the Dixie Chicks 25 years ago?

    The right-side, throughout history, has used pressure, social stigmatization, legislation, and even imprisonment to "cancel" anyone who questioned the prevailing societal norms of the time.

     

    I agree with you.

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  2. 13 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

    In all seriousness, I think people often incorrectly assume they're being "cancelled" (which again, is not a real thing) when someone yells at them for saying/doing something stupid or shitty.

    If you're expressing a viewpoint that a lot of people find abhorrent, getting yelled at and being called a fucking idiot, etc, is not getting cancelled. If you can't handle your half-baked thoughts being challenged...I don't know maybe either shut the fuck up or learn to support your arguments like an adult. Or maybe engage in a little introspection and/or critical thought before you open your mouth in a public space.

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    Sure freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.  But to say cancel culture doesn't exist is asinine.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlynborysenko/2020/02/12/the-dark-side-of-metoo-what-happens-when-men-are-falsely-accused/

    Dershowitz recounts his side of the story in the book Guilt By Accusation: The Challenge of Proving Innocence in the Age of #metoo. His case is particularly interesting because it started before the #metoo movement and continues today. When asked if he noticed a difference between perception before and after, he said it was very noticeable. “There’s no question. Before the #metoo movement, I had won. It had gone away. I had the submission, I had the tapes, the recording, the emails, I had a full investigation by the former head of the FBI who said it was false, I had a judge who struck it [down], the lawyers had withdrawn it...it was over! It was completely over. And then the #metoo movement came, and suddenly it was resurrected.”

    “If you call a women a liar, even if you didn’t do [what you’re being accused of], you’re guilty of calling a woman a liar, so there’s no way out. If you don’t deny it, you’re thought to be guilty. If you do deny it, you’ve committed an additional political sin, so it’s a trap. And it feels just horrible...They either assume your guilt or they assume you shouldn’t be asserting your innocence. 

    ...

    Dershowitz described the challenges he has faced in being accused, including the financial cost of fighting the accusation, to the embarrassment of having to tell every potential client of the claims while he is pursuing it in court, to the impact it has had on his family, including his grandchildren: “It’s been terrible. No one who knows me believes it, none of my personal friends. Even those who are really upset at me about the Trump thing don’t believe it because they know I’m not that guy. I’m not a player. But it has still had a terrible impact on my grandkids who are in school where people believe everything that’s said, and on my children. It’s had a terrible impact on us. I’m a victim, and no one wants to treat me like a victim.”

    Or if Dershowitz is too powerful/monied to possibly be a victim, how about this guy who was anonymously and falsely added to a list of "Bad Men" and was chased out of his work at the Washington Post and had to take the only thing he could get: janitor at Dave & Busters:

    https://nypost.com/2020/02/01/being-wrongly-metood-has-ruined-my-life/

    A side note to the accusations leveled at me was the claim that an “HR file at The Washington Post,” where I was an editorial aide from 2005 to 2008, existed that presumably backed up the accusations. The Post keeps scanned personnel files on all employees, so a file on me does exist. But when I called the newspaper for verification, I was told my file contains no mention of accusations, investigations or disciplinary actions.

    (Ed. note: The Washington Post declined to verify this.)

    Baffled, I reached out to the former co-worker I had assumed was my accuser, a female reporter in my office whom I felt sure had at times found me rude or inconsiderate. She said she didn’t write my entry and didn’t know who did.

    Obviously, I’m drawing attention to the list now. I’m tired of trying to hide in plain sight, of feeling psychologically broken for actions I never took. The top of the Sh-tty Media Men spreadsheet admonished readers to take the allegations with a grain of salt because its charges are uninvestigated. But in my experience, more than a few people have equated inclusion on the list, regardless of the alleged offense, as proof that a man is undeserving of ever being hired or heard from.

    And there are many others as well who were given career death-penalties with scant evidence as part of these various movements, not for things they said or did, not under adjudication by a jury of their peers with evidentiary rules, but by the mob seeking blood.

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  3. 6 hours ago, Derka said:

    there’s a difference in being hurt and being injured, and nobody who plays high level football doesn’t play while hurt at some point, and that definitely includes Arch’s uncles and grandfather. it’s entirely possible that he’s having pain and/or is hurt but not injured, and his family are probably the last people on earth- both from their own football experience and from displaying class and professionalism when it comes to “handling” arch or meddling in our program- who are going to tell sark/arch that arch needs to sit out until he’s pain free. 

    i really can’t explain this crowd who thinks that there’s 0% chance that he’s in pain and that anyone who wonders if he’s in pain is crazy. we all watched arch last year; he never looked like this. from his feet to his throwing motion, he did not look like this. same with the results- all of these balls landing at people’s feet? didn’t see those last year. and after having an entire offseason at the age of 20 to grow both physically and as a player, arch doesn’t look any better than he did last year. but i’m crazy to wonder if he’s in pain? no. i don’t think so.

    Maybe Sark secretly prefers playing rested and NFL-ready KJ Lacey, but is just playing Manning to protect his draft stock.

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  4. 2 hours ago, dieucla98 said:

    Looks like there is padding underneath the turf - is that right? What kind did you use? I can't imagine ever getting a chip to hold that surface if it's straight turf on wood.

    Yes, it's a 6.5mm foam shock pad that designed to go under putting green fake grass.  It's still really hard to get a ball to sit on the surface.  90% of the time I when I hit it, it bounces off unless I do a huge flop shot and even then.  But, it's a good challenge.

    Here's the build, spoiler because it's long:

    Spoiler

    The sides are 2x6's and the top is 4'x4' plywood.  You could buy a single sheet of plywood and have Home Depot rip it down the middle, might save a tiny bit of cost, I bought two 4'x4' pre-cut squares because they were more solid/finished than the 8x4' plywood pieces.

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    Had to cut off the ends of half the 2x6's so they'd fit nicely

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    Then gave all the wood a low-grit and high-grit sanding so the stain would stick better

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    Measured and used the paddle bit to cut what would become the holes for the carrying handles

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    Holes drilled, wiped off the dust, ready to stain

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    Went with the Behr semi-transparent in Padre Brown, 2 coats

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    Hook 'em

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    Stain done, really brings out the color in the plywood, lol

    Time to pre-drill screw holes and glue and clamp

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    Good trick when pre-drilling to depth is to put tape on the drill bit to the correct hole depth

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    I bought some simple screw in feet attachments as well, which raises it up slightly but also allows a tiny bit of control over the height if I want to add a slope

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    Box 1 complete

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    Lesson learned on Box 1, the standard bits I had were not long enough for the 3" screws, longer bit to the rescue!

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    Box 2 clamped, glued, and screwed

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    Picked up that 6.5mm shock pad from TurfHub

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    Time to drill the hole for the cup!  4" cup, 4" hole saw, here we go!

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    I forgot to take good photos but you can see I also glued and screwed the top down to the sides

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    Looks perfect!  Except I fucked up!  The cup needs a 4.25" opening.  The hole needs to be a quarter-inch wider.  Shit.

    Welp, I have a router at least, I can widen the hole.  It ended up being redneck engineering but you can't see it and it works, so...

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    Time to cut the shock pad and grass

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    Last, glue it down to the box.  Bought 2 of these, ended up using 5!  Be super careful to get the right kind that is foam-safe or it will destroy the foam pad.

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    Gift from the wife and whiskey break

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    Last step, add the carrying handles, I used some nylon rope

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    All done!

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    Parts list:

    • 2 4'x4' finished plywood, I think it was at least 1/4" thick - plenty strong enough for me to stand on
    • 8 4' 2x6's - I think all the wood was maybe $50
    • 24 3" brass wood screws for the frame - $10
    • 32-ish regular wood screws for the top - $5
    • 2 Quarts of Behr stain - $30 (guessing on this price I can't recall)
    • 5 tubes of Fuze-it liquid nails - $50
    • 1 container of Titebond wood glue
    • 2 golf cups with mini flags - $40
    • 2 masters mini flags because why not - $40
    • ~40 feet of nylon rope (didn't use all of it) - $10
    • 32 sq ft of SYNputt fake putting green grass (purchased at Lowes, minimum purchase was 12'x4' so I had 4' of waste) - $150
    • 32 sq ft of 6.5mm foam shock pad (purchased at TurfHub, minimum purchase was 15'x4' so I had 7' of waste) - $50
    • Milam & Greene Whiskey

    Tools used:

    • Miter saw
    • 1/2" drill
    • Router
    • 4" Hole saw (should have been 4.25")
    • Paddle bit
    • Rubber mallet
    • Clamps
    • Electric sander
    • Caulk gun

    Total price, not including tools was around $440.  You could probably rebuild it cheaper with lower quality wood, not staining it, just getting the golf cups without the sticks, not putting handles on the side, and finding cheaper fake grass.

     

     

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  5. Maybe y'all will be interested in this, I saw this online somewhere and thought "that looks fun" so I built my own cornhole-style chipping boxes.

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    Basically you chip from one to the other. Put them as close or as far as you need.  I was working my 60 degree and had them kinda close in this picture.  It's actually super hard to land it, you have to put a ton of backspin on the ball.  7 points for holing it, 3 points for getting on the box, otherwise 1 point for closest to the pin.  Play to 21.  It's fun and you get to work on your short game.

    And no, I don't water our backyard grass during the summer :)

    I did a pretty extensive set of photos during the build process, LMK if anyone would like a post on the build.

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  6. 1 hour ago, 'stache said:

    It’s not gonna happen for a ton of reasons, but wouldn’t Texas be expected to dominate that division, and then have 5 non-con/non-division games to play other bluebloods? 

    In theory but Texas plays best when we are challenged and can play up to our competition.  If we're playing Houston, SMU, and Tech those games mean 10X more to them than to us (aka "jihad") and we get complacent and soft.  That's not an excuse for losing those games, it's an observation of how it actually worked.

  7. On 8/29/2025 at 10:49 AM, Hagbard Celine said:

    64 teams 8 divisions 8 teams each

    72 teams 8 divisions 9 teams each

    80 teams 8 divisions 10 teams each

    Texas will end up in the Southwest Division

    God help us if we end up back with a SWC redux of Tech, Baylor, UH, TCU, A&M, and SMU.

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  8. 1 hour ago, BevoAbyss said:

    Here are the offense and defense points per game since Sark arrived.

    2021

    offense = 423 points / 35 per game

    defense = 373 points / 31 per game

     

    2022

    offense = 448 points / 35 per game

    defense = 28 points  /22 per game

     

    2023

    offense = 501 points / 36 per game

    defense = 265 points / 19 per game

     

    2024

    offense = 528 points / 33  per game

    defense = 245 points / 15 per game

     

    2021-2024 TOTAL

    offense = 34 per game

    defense = 21 per game

    KEY POINTS

    -- Sark's offense has averaged 33-36 points per game all 4 years

    -- Sark's points per game has not improved -- regardless of QB (whether it is Casey, Card, QE, Arch). 

    -- Defense is the MAJOR improvement.

     

    2021-2025 VS Top 12 (record is 3-10 ... 1-7 v Top 5)

    offense = 24 per game

    defense = 31 per game

    -- Sark's offense drops 10 points per game, so he is not the play calling wizard against top teams.

    -- defense gives up 10 more points per game.

    -- not a title winning formula.

     

    Offense VS Non Top 12  (record is 35-7)

    2021 399/12 = 33

    2022 365/9 = 41

    2023 406/9 = 45

    2024 410/12 = 35

    -- Sark racks up point on lesser teams. No surprise.

     

    CONCLUSION:

    Sark is the constant on offense across all 4 seasons of 33-35 point averages.

    Sark has serious trouble beating top teams. Offense scores less, has trouble in red zones, defense gives up more points. This has serious implications in the playoffs, as we have seen past two years. 

    Unless, these patterns are changed, he will not win a national  title. 

    That's the bottom line.

    I don't think it should be shocking that we score fewer points on elite teams.  Everyone scores fewer on elite teams.

    There isn't a chasm between Texas and Ohio State.  It was a one score game and we didn't play well at the QB position.  Last year it was also close in so called "big" games, other than UGA1.  We're not losing due to systemic deficiencies, it's in the margins.  Flip 1-2 calls or plays and the result flips.  I believe Sark can get us there.

  9. You might as well post "Alexandria Daddario should suck my cock" because it's about as likely to happen as Sark hiring a real OC.  Narrator: it's not going to happen.  

    If the administration tried to force it to happen at some point, Sark would probably leave.  He sees game planning and play calling as one of his strengths and views hiring an OC to do that as depriving the team of that strength, which to him would be dumb.  You can disagree, but you don't get Sark the recruiter without Sark the play caller.

  10. The Good

    • Defense - holding them to 14 when we aren't doing anything on offense was commendable
    • Run defense - held them to under 2.5 yards/rush is good
    • Pass defense - minimized explosive plays to 1 and took Smith out of the game again
    • Punting - Boom-meister lived up to his name and buried one inside the 5.
    • O line - about 200 yards rush, and they got a pretty good push.  Pass blocking wasn't perfect but was good enough.  Baxter had a really good blitz pickup at one point.
    • Baxter - coming back from the injury, great to see it.

    The Bad

    • Sark's offensive gameplan and script - looked to play to Arch's weaknesses instead of strengths.  Not many screens or bootlegs.  Didn't put Arch on the move where he had an option to pull it down and use his legs.  Minimal motion compared to other big games, which helps decode the defense for the QB.  No pony package to help force the defensive alignments.
    • Penalties - too many false starts and holding.

    The Ugly

    • Arch's accuracy - far too many passes were either airmailed, or in the dirt.  Threw behind receivers (like Wingo on the 2nd to last pass), under threw (interception), or missed open receivers.  Some of that is 1st real game timing issues, but for the first half it was really ugly.  37% of passes were off target per ESPN, highest by a Texas QB in the past 10 years.  Woof.
    • Arch's footwork and mechanics - related to the accuracy issue above but he threw many off his back foot and tried to sidearm several throws which was unnecessary.  The Mahomes-effect?
    • WR separation - namely the lack thereof.  Wingo didn't break free much, and Moore was MIA.  Credit to Jaggerson for getting just enough open on the TD catch.
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  11. 7 minutes ago, troph said:

    The ONLY point of we would have won with Quinn today is to put to rest the idea that Sark left two national titles on the table out of some fealty to Quinn. 

    This can't be, because I know I've read multiple Derka posts on this thread about how Quinn was the 4th best QB on campus and Sark had "a fucking Manning" rested and ready on the bench.

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  12. 1 minute ago, Had Enough said:

    There is the potential that opening game timing makes life more difficult too. A tad anyway.  The 3rd down miss to Wingo on the last drive.  Wingo needs to catch that.  There  may be an element to not throttling it down.  We’ve all heard it said the most improvement occurs between weeks 1 and 2.  Timing is likely part of that.  You also can take a cue from Joe Burrow who played this preseason in an attempt to start stronger.  Why do you think that is?

    You play the schedule you get.  Sayin didn't seem to have accuracy issues.

    That last toss to Wingo can't be on him.  You're asking a WR who has created separation and has nothing but green field in front of him to anticipate that his QB is going to put it short and behind and throttle down?  That's dumb.  Arch straight up missed that throw, it wasn't even behind it was WAY behind him, and Wingo had to stop and contort his torso just to get a finger on it.  If it was on target that was a first down minimum and potentially even an explosive play.

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  13. 2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

    I thought his pocket presence was already way better than Quinn and this was game 3 in a very difficult environment.

    Long ball was a bad decision but accuracy seemed fine. Would've been caught if the second defender wasn't there.

    Are you referring to the 1st one he threw into double coverage, or the 2nd one he threw that got intercepted?

  14. 2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

    Arch is truly the anti-Quinn in almost every way. It's almost bizarre. Think about it:

    Arch's pocket presence was a very pleasant surprise. Stayed calm, shifted around, scrambled when necessary, kept his eyes downfield. Quinn was all happy feet and self-sacking.

    Arch's short-intermediate accuracy was piss poor. Quinn was nails.

    Arch's long ball accuracy is good (we think - really only one shot today which was well thrown but totally covered) while Quinn couldn't hit any of them.

    Obviously total difference in athleticism.

    Mmmm gonna have to disagree with you on some of these.

    His pocket presence was OK and he didn't self-sack, which was good.  But he did rush several throws and ended up airmailing or throwing them into the dirt.

    The long ball shot to Wingo was bad.  It was forced into coverage, it was under thrown, and it was to the inside where the coverage had leverage instead of the boundary where at worst it would have been incomplete.

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  15. 1 minute ago, Derka said:

    yeah well there’s a whole bunch of objective observers who completely disagree with you. again, i can only assume that you all have completely purged QE’s play from your memory if you can’t realize that tOSU’s first half defense- blanketing our wr’s while the pocket held strong- would have seen quinn ewers repeatedly self sacking as he was as skittish as a baby deer on ice in the pocket, and as he had a penchant for turtling and freaking out whenever his first read wasn’t open, even when he wasn’t under any pressure. if QE was out there today he’s taking 8-10 yard sacks throughout the first half, and we’re down by double digits if not 2+ tds at half time. arch was really bad throwing the ball today, but he didn’t kill us in the pocket like quinn did routinely.

    You're maximizing QE's bad and minimizing his good.  Yeah he had self sacks.  He also was elite at hitting the short/intermediate throw on target, which was a key missing element today.

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  16. Just now, The_Great_Hornsby said:

    Think of it this way, we played terribly and lost by 1 yard today. Defense is gonna keep us in games, just need the offense to improve (and they will).

    Agree with this.  But in the heat of the moment right now people are gonna say "that's aggy thinking"

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  17. It can be, and in this case was both the QB and the OC at fault.

    OC faults:

    • Ongoing stubbornness in the red zone and on 4th down
    • Not taking the points after getting stonewalled
    • Poor game planning: minimal bootlegs, waggles, moving the pocket.  Seemed to play to Arch's weakness vs. his strengths.
    • Pre-snap penalties

    QB faults:

    • Inaccuracy, even with minimal/no pressure in his face - I counted at least 4 throws just totally in the dirt and another 3-4 way over the head of the WR
    • Forcing the throw to Wingo for the INT, coverage was there and throw was inside not to the boundary
    • Missing wide open WRs to go to the higher risk option (first toss/fade in the end zone to Jaggerson)
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