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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Here's what I don't get: what is the downside of publicly calling this behavior out? Phil Jackson would always get in front of a microphone when he was coaching the Bulls and talk about the foul discrepancy and magically, the next game it would even up. We're already getting blasted in the media for sucking, so it's not like being silent and taking the high road is about avoiding any of that. Sark or more likely CDC should show up to a presser with stats like above and just rationally show the difference in calls, and not just procedural false starts, even if you take those out we are way ahead on the judgement penalties as well. It doesn't matter if it's unconscious bias or a conscious screw job just calling it out would 1) illustrate to the Texas team and fans that they are aware of the issue and they care, and 2) put the conference on notice that we're not going to take it lying down either, fuckery will be called out.
  2. Really interesting technology at play here, with tools like DALL-E and Midjourney. Some of the images they spit out are incredible, and some are trash - much like human artists. But aside from the interesting tech and the threat (?) of AI-artistry to human-artists, the article raises another big implication: are AI-generated images copyrightable? Currently it looks like the US Copyright Office says no: But what about the human input to the AI? These tools could be considered like a paintbrush - they don't do anything on their own, it takes a human hand to give the right prompt to create the image. And while the prompt could be really basic like: "Elon Musk holding a Twitter bird," some are also very specific and detailed, like: "Close-up of [pick your favorite person] in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, emerging from black mud, long hair with dreads, war blue paint, paint fading, angry expression, dirty face, finely detailed eyes, moody, viking clothes, epic scene, epic composition, Photography, Cinematic Lighting, Volumetric Lighting, ethereal light, intricate details, extremely detailed volumetric rays" Some other examples in a variety of styles: If you want to go down the rabbit hole: https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/
  3. 8 games would be retardo-maximo and only serves two purposes: 1) for aggy to avoid us like the pussies they are, and 2) for lower-tier teams to schedule pad with cupcakes to get to bowl eligibility, which is hyper-dumb with the 12-team CFP and further dilution of bowl games anyway. Hopefully the adults in the room win out and get to 9 conference games w/ the 3 locked-in + 6 rotating.
  4. It seems like PK's philosophy is to deploy a soft zone shell and keep everything in front of the D, no over the top plays. He's content giving up chunks of 7+ yards a pop and forcing an offense to consistently execute over and over and figure we'll bend but not break. It's really not pretty football to watch. OTOH we did get two turnovers but we also got really lucky with a drop on a wiiiide open deep ball and a few others by ISU. If we had any kind of push in the front we'd be twice as effective in our zone because it would force the QB to make a faster decision. Unfortunately we don't.
  5. Shittiest team has worse odds now than the Duncan era yes? Like a 9% chance of top ball or something?
  6. Maybe there is a better thread for this, if so I couldn’t find it. We are taking the family to the fair and game for the first time in about 15 years. Anyone have logistics tips for parking, etc? We are staying up near the Hilton Anatole area. I had figured to leave pretty early Saturday to park in a fair lot and get in with enough time to get a corny dog and beer before the game. Any recommendations on best approach to to fair park or where to park? Or timing?
  7. Bob Cole reminds me of the “How to speak Texan” sound track they play at County Line. Is that really how he sounds? That drawl seems so put on.
  8. Brett Venables playlist is Boomer Sooner with the occasional Baby Shark mixed in
  9. I would never, EVER bet TX/OU. Or any rivalry game for that matter.
  10. Hammer that over. This is going to be a 43-47 type game not a defensive struggle.
  11. Nope, gotta show the face painted hellraiser clowns the whole game! 🤡
  12. 1) Texas' standard is not to beat up on FCS JV teams. The fact that you and others would call for that is bitch-made. Just because Ole Miss does it doesn't mean we should. 2) In moving to the SEC, we'll be on equal footing schedule-wise with those teams and will schedule as they do. I'm sure if the SEC keeps the 8-conference games we'll follow suit with the JV teams, as pussy as that is. No one NO ONE gets excited to see Texas vs. TxState or SFA on our home schedule. Thankfully the SEC will make the wise decision to go to 9 conference games, because... 3) In the 12-team playoff world (which is what we're building schedules out for now) a loss to a power in-conference team is not just acceptable it is expected. So your argument on needing 10 wins to make the field is as irrelevant as it is pussy. The only SEC teams who want 8-conference games are those low-end teams who are worried about padding the schedule to be bowl eligible. If Texas needs to beat SFA to go to a bowl we have bigger issues anyway.
  13. Which is exactly when the next poster pulls out the DKR/Mack quote about "bb's in the box" to cite that coaching at Texas ISN'T like everywhere else because of all the stuff that surrounds the job that we've been unable (or unwilling) to extract the coach from like booster management, LHN commitments, etc. The poster after that talks about how "WE'RE BY GAWD TEXAS GODDAMIT" and should only accept a Saban. Oh and we should be able to "money whip" literally anyone to come to Texas. Because apparently money is the ONLY thing that matters to coaches, more than job security, sanity of the fanbase, ease of winning their conference, and so on. Just money, that's all that matters. After that we hear from someone supposedly plugged into the Houston-BMD crowd and their favorite vs. the Dallas BMDs and their favorite (which is never the same). Then we get someone blaming the AD, when we all know that in football hires they have little-to-no sway. Then someone blames the coaching search firm that we hire, even though they do nothing other than serve as a lawsuit shield. Round and round we go. A good coach at Baylor or SFA won't necessarily be a good coach here. It is different. Aranda would not do well in the booster or media environment at Texas. Maybe he could win enough that it wouldn't matter but he'd be swimming upstream the whole way.
  14. Tell me more about Arch firmly on campus in the era of free transfers?
  15. That QB played over his head, as usual for a QB against us, and was pretty accurate given his reputation. We did put some pressure on him but couldn't bring him down and he effectively checked down. We didn't look very complimentary in the the secondary - I kept hearing how we'd line up our DBs in press but I saw a ton of bail coverage and 5-7 yard cushions - maybe fatigue as we got further in? Tech converted what like 6 fourth downs in that game? It seems like if a QB is even halfway mobile we are so paralyzed we can't do shit.
  16. Love this thread. I just got my BGE a few months ago and have been experimenting. The last few times I've tried to smoke, it seems like I'm having trouble getting the temp low enough - after I fire the coals with the Looft lighter (shout out to whoever recommended that!), I let it sit top-open for a few minutes and then close it down to get the temp right before adding in the smoke wood and grill and it's settled in around 300-350. I close off the top and bottom, and it settles around 245 and just wants to live there. Am I firing the coals too much to start it or something? What's the go-to startup procedure for low/slow?
  17. Well, let's go get 'em. Maybe we'll see QE take a series or something but probably not. Bubble wrap until next week and warm up for OU.
  18. LOL way to bounce the throw off the turf to a wide open receiver Casey. JAG
  19. Sources cannot confirm or deny Bob Stoops at the scene of the crash.
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