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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. LOL I'm in my 40's, so I guess I am an old now. I don't care about the age of the people on CGD, I care about how stupid they are, and McAfee is 100% an idiot. Don't care if it's an act or genuine stupidity, or if ESPN has decided that turning on dumb-mode is how to attract a majority dumb audience. Not for me, or many others. But I guess the WWE crowd enjoys it.
  2. LOL why Plymouth? 1970 Cuda is commie now?
  3. Imagine how SICK our blocking schemes will be with a player who can turn his head all the way around backwards...amazing job Sark/Flood!
  4. Pretty sure our program apex was roughly 1 year after we beat Michigan in the rose bowl in '04, and we haven't surpassed it yet.
  5. Same, and I love Corso. It's hard to watch and it's been hard to watch for several years. On one hand I want the best for him and empathize, because my lived experience with my father is that once someone stop working and "loses their purpose," they can degrade very, very rapidly. It's probably healthy for him mentally and physically to put on the suit and do all the prep even if he can't express himself verbally as he once did. I'm kinda surprised that they haven't transitioned him into a Tom Rinaldi type and do packaged pre-recorded video hits of him; live shots play to his weakness. But OTOH his strength is his chemistry with the team. Aging sucks.
  6. I think Saban will actually be a plus addition and will be able to be more loose and funny now that he's not wearing the coach hat. Can he please replace MClownAfee?
  7. Agree we are heading to the P2. Disagree w/ the 2nd part about the only path for former P5 is to join the P2, because at some point soon the P2 economics on expansion won't make sense to grow larger. I think it's more likely that after FSU, North Carolina, Clemson and Virginia are sorted out that we're done. Then the shift will be the SEC/B1G will change the playoff to reserve 9-10 spots for themselves, leaving 2-3 for "everyone else" to maintain the facade of access and avoid anti-trust. The final step will be the SEC and B1G syncing and then jointly negotiating their media deals, which is where the real money shows up.
  8. What is fucking Dartmouth playing with here? Do their alumni give two shits about their basketball program? Maybe they do...but they're an ivy right? Their president should welcome the team to unionize if they want and then shut the thing down if they choose that path. Decisions have consequences...turn mbb into a club level all-volunteer thing and make the issue moot. What are they trying to get from unionization anyway, ivies don't even offer athletic scholarships? Are the players looking to be on salary? L-O-fucking-L if so.
  9. To each his own. To me those look like clown shoes. #GetOffMyLawn
  10. Sark can still grow, every coach can. DeBoer screwed up his clock management in the Sugar Bowl and got very lucky to squeak out with a win considering how they outplayed us. He would have been dragged hard if they ended up losing that game. But Sark is probably a legit top 5 coach right now when you consider the full gamut of coaching responsibilities: 1) talent acquisition and roster management, 2) assistant coaching hires, 3) off the field CEO stuff w/ the AD and boosters, 4) in-game coaching, 5) player development, etc etc. I'd put Kirby ahead on #1, even on 2, 3, 4 and 5. I'd put Harbaugh ahead on #4 and 5, behind on #1 and #3, not sure on #2 I'd put DeBoer ahead on #2, 4 and 5, behind on #1 and not sure on #3 That's who I'd put above Sark but after Kirby it's close. Below Sark... Lanning is maybe ahead on #3, slightly behind on #1 although he's done well in the portal, slightly behind on #2, slightly behind on #4 and unsure on #5 although Nix was developed he was also 8th year, so... Day is slightly ahead on #1 (ranks ahead of Texas in 2023 team talent composite) Riley is slightly behind on #1 and 3, and way behind on #2 and #5
  11. I might actually listen to Kannel's show for once just to taste his salty salty tears if this happens. Fuck that bitch
  12. DeBoer would crush it and be scary w/ the talent they have already. The bigger question for Bama is what would they look like in 2-3 years. Saban would stack #1 or #2 recruiting classes over and over and over. The AVERAGE player on Bama's current roster is a top 100 player. That's insane. Kirby has shown he can do that, but DeBoer?
  13. Agree w/ Vogel's tweet here. Texas' Defense certainly wasn't great, but it wasn't lack of scheme or effort. Murphy had Penix dead to rights after shaking two blockers on a play and Penix casually sidestepped him and dropped a 20 yard dime. Penix is just damn good, and has 3 NFL wide receivers. Babers made an interesting point on the OTF podcast: he thought that UW was going to attack the safeties, which are a coverage weakness, but mostly they didn't - they attacked the corners. Ryan Watts, even Barron. They all got cooked at one point in 1-on-1 coverage, and most of Penix's big completions were outside the hashes where a safety isn't going to be a big factor. UW neutralized our biggest strength in Sweat and Murphy by 1) good protection, 2) running away from them, and 3) Penix being elusive in the pocket and getting the ball out quick.
  14. How does this work exactly? When you buy the option if it hits, you get a ticket but is it "whatever they have available in the nosebleeds" or can you buy an option for a certain type of seat?
  15. Just a warning we got here an hour ago and every seat in the joint is full! Standing room only!
  16. 13 and 15 y/o sons will be down for that! Will report.
  17. Where’s a good halfwayish stop between AUS and NOLA? Was thinking Lake Charles but anything there worth eating aside from at the casino? We want quick but not drive thru.
  18. From a regionality standpoint and rivalry standpoint yes. From a TV and recruiting perspective, no. SEC already owns Florida and the southeast. Why add a new brand there that dilutes your recruiting for existing members, and adds eyeballs you already have anyway? Might be a few net-new FSU and Clemson eyeballs but I bet they already watch SEC a ton. No way that's worth the $60-80M/yr ESPN would have to pay out. Especially when ESPN has them at a bargain rate now. It's gonna be a lawyer war for awhile.
  19. Press man with inside leverage disrupting the free release slant, with cover 2 safeties over. 4 man rush with edges focused on setting the edge (they like to run outside), DLs run stopping between the tackles and giving interior push, and LBs in zone. Switch to nickel on 3rd and medium+ or when they go 4+ WR. Accept Penix throwing for 300+ if it's mostly between the 20's and make him consistently execute underneath and give the Dline more opportunities for interior pressure. It's a risk and Penix definitely can execute against it but I see it like stretching out the risk...the more times he passes like DKR says 3 things can happen and 2 of them are bad. More passes, more opportunities for bad stuff for UW and good stuff for Texas. The key to doing all of that is run stopping with an honest box and not having to walk down a safety, but I think we can.
  20. I put it next to a workout shirt I'd call more burnt orange. The hoodie isn't offensively bad; but it's like that old UT shirt that you have held onto for 10 years and gotten washed out like it was left in the sun too long. That said, it's incredibly comfortable, so...
  21. Tbh it looks like they tried to split the difference between Texas orange and Tennessee orange so they could use the same hoodie and print different words on both. I’m traveling this week but will grab a pic when I get home. It’s a shame because I love everything else about it.
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