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Horn of Gabriel

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    @Thatguy maybe you can write a little on how we can continue this at Georgia.  From what I remember, their corners played up and either jammed or gave very little space for that short passing game last year.  That forced Quinn to hold the ball which is death with their D line.  And QE was elite at finding the quick pass but he was seeing ghosts after getting lit up a few times.  No short passing game, and no running game vs. UGA seems like it might be bad.

  2. 1 hour ago, smokebomb said:

    Cignetti’s buyout from Indiana is $15m. If Sark left on his own, he’d owe Texas $4m if he did it before the end of this season, $3m otherwise. That means Texas would be on the hook to come up with $11m-$12m to buy out Cignetti. I don’t see that amount being an issue if Sark left & CDC wanted Cignetti. 

    Brace Yourself Here We Go GIF by MOODMAN

    CDC doesn't have shit to do with the HFBC hiring or firing decision at Texas.

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    His teams are tough and play hard, and his o-line is really good.  Currently undefeated this year and played Georgia a lot closer than we did last year with way inferior talent.  Not sure how he'd be at the bullshit parts of the job.

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    As bad as it feels for BB, I feel more for the graphics design guys in the room who have to stand there while she shits on their faces with the "I could do this in 3 minutes in Adobe Photoshop" bullshit by a zero-taste, low-IQ golddigger who seems to think putting animated gifs on a website is in any way the same as building motion graphics for a television production.  Every job looks easy until you're the one doing it, bitch. 

    I'm thankfully at a point in my life now where I generally don't have to work with people I don't like, and I can walk away.  That one guy leaning on the table looking at the ground probably doesn't have a tongue anymore because he just bit it right off.  Good for him for being the bigger man, I'm not sure I wouldn't have snapped back at her when she showed her ignorance.

  5. For reference, we were west side upper deck.

    Things that were improved:

    • Entry/Ingress: we were in our seats an hour before kick, but once we actually found Gate B (which has really shitty access and is wedged between the edge of the cotton bowl and an exterior building), we had an easy ride up the escalators to our seats.
    • Restrooms (slightly)
    • Walkways: they were less cramped than years past and expanded outwards?

    Still needs improvements:

    • Squatters
    • Signage
    • Sound system (please don't make it Zillatron level pain but just enough to hear announcements)
    • Seat labels in our section were basically gone
    • Wifi/Cellular coverage: put up some temp towers Verizon/ATT!  And yes, our focus is on the game not our phones but we also have kids at home that we're trying to stay in touch with...

    As immamac said above if they pushed out the upper deck concourse another 25 feet all the way around, they could build a ringed walkway around the entire stadium, which would make room for more concessions, more restrooms, and better flow.  It would probably cost $100MM too.  Some of those buildings that abutt the stadium are ancient and are not what drive tens of thousands of people to the fair.  Knock down and relocate the damn foot court building to make room for expansion of the stadium!

  6. Aside from beating OU by a million, what is your ultimate TX/OU weekend list of stuff to do outside of the game?

    For this weekend, we are leaving from Austin on Thursday around noon.  We'll stop in West at the Czech Stop and get some kolaches/klobasknics and gorge on those on the drive up.  From there we're bypassing Dallas and heading up to Choctaw casino to burn some money and steal some from the Okies. 

    Friday morning we have a 8:30AM tee time for the couples on the trip, after that unwind back at the casino and get a decent steak dinner there.

    Saturday drive down early to enjoy the fair, beer in a wax cup and corn dog and see an OU beat down.  We're old so after the game we don't have a ton planned - maybe hit a bar and watch whatever other games are on.

    Sunday sleep in and get brunch somewhere (recommendations?) before heading back down to Austin.

    What are your go-to's, aside from the obvious "beat OU by infinity," and "get a beer in a wax cup and corndog."

  7. I want to know what is the PE asking for in the deal?  They don't give money without getting a positive ROI back, and that means control.  Are the universities and AD's willing to cede control over hiring/firing within the AD?  Or the coaches?  Or changing how they do sponsorship deals? Or their scheduling?  Those are all things the PE are going to want.  Of course the PE is dating, not married, so they're going to paint a rosy picture of the future, but having been through multiple PE transactions myself, it will never work out the way that they say.  They always say "we're going to invest and make the business grow!" ...more likely they're coming to feast on the carcass and squeeze whatever revenue they can before they flip it to another more ruthless PE firm who will do it again until the whole thing collapses.

    You can tell me experience with PE has been sub-par.

  8. 1 minute ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    Totally agree they deserve a raise, but comparing salaries to the NBA is nonsensical.  The league already offered a sizable increase as their base offer, and if they negotiate above that, they will all receive a large increase across the board.  Their focus though, is on comparing percentages to the men which is not a good faith argument.

    It's a negotiation, at least partially happening publicly in the media.  That's why we get owners lying about their true costs, or at a minimum not correcting people who make egregious assumptions about "the W has and never will turn a profit!," and the players are going to do it from the other side to appear reasonable by saying "hey we're just asking for the same deal the men have, not on a dollar but on a percentage-basis."

    Like any negotiation, it will land somewhere in the middle.  The owners don't get to set the value of their labor, that is set in the market and the players do have alternatives that currently pay them more, especially the stars.  The owners just need to decide if they're willing to pay the new market rate, or go for a lockout.  And I guess the players need to decide if the value of the WNBA's amazing platform is worth giving a discount to on their salaries.  

    I come down more on the side of the players than the billionaires, but none of us here know what's actually going on in the room where it happens.

  9. 5 hours ago, Js1 said:

    By who? The owners like her. Adam Silver likes her.  Most players and fans hate the commissioners

    She’s allegedly on her way out anyways. If not, it would likely be a stipulation of the new CBA because the players hate her so much 

    I'm not sure Adam Silver liking Cathy is a flex.

    The arrogance is demonstrated in that quote by Cathy, but I'm sure shared by the owners because as you said she's just a mouthpiece.  Anyone who believes that CC "wouldn't be making any money if not for the platform of the WNBA" is not living in the real world.  CC was making millions before the WNBA, and if she wanted to she could go join that stupid 3v3 Unrivaled league and make $1M/season playing over there too, plus her shoe deal, plus her Gatorade endorsements, plus more.  

    The arrogance displayed by the WNBA's management and ownership is the kind of thing that if it continues could cause them to get disrupted.  What happens if Unrivaled decides enough-is-enough and opens a 5v5 league that directly competes and pays players more?  I could see a PGA vs. LIV type split in women's ball because the WNBA's "platform" isn't' nearly as strong as they seem to think it is, especially if their stars start opting out.  I'm sure the TV partners wouldn't like that much either, and if their lawyers are smart (they are) they put some clauses in the contract for just this type of contingency.

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