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  1. 3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    You sure people aren't saying that at IT?  He'd do that kind of thing at BC, but when people there, and "here," and elsewhere were saying the things he took on.  Usually someone like echeese.

    Maybe there are a handful at IT or elsewhere on the internet, there's always idiots.  I think Waddlington is doing a straw man argument to make himself look smart vs. "the others."  Both can be true.

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  2. On 9/16/2025 at 4:11 PM, Bobby Western said:

    Scipio does this weird thing where he can’t make a point without pretending that there’s a swath of people who have been arguing the opposite. It’s not enough to analyze the offense and say the OL is weak at the point of attack. He has to build this pretend group of people who are saying they just need time to gel or they’ll be okay because they need experience. No one worth listening to is saying that! He can’t just be right—someone else has to be wrong. To Scipio’s credit, he knows he’s arrogant. 
     

    At any rate, he def loses some credibility not just for taking Clemson in all these bets but also for saying he knew they’d be awesome the day after they lost to UT in the playoff (while others only came on later to Clem). 

    That said…I’ve read just about every word he’s written since early Barking Carnival and always enjoy his stuff. 

    Yes!  You put words on it, that's what bugs me.  "...and for all those people who just want to say 'the OL is fine and it just needs time to gel!', well you can continue to say that but you'll be wrong!" ...Uhh, NO ONE is saying that.  At all.  It's fine to point out obvious stuff but inventing and pretending there is some huge group of naysayers taking the opposite opinion just to puff up your own obvious takes is annoying.

    I also have an allergic reaction to arrogant people, especially if their arrogance is unwarranted.  You can be arrogant if you've earned it; Paul Waddlington hasn't.

  3. 10 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    I think stacking the box would be a major mistake. OSU went mostly light boxes and dared Texas to bet them running the football. If UTEP didnt feel the need to stack the box, why would anyone else? The only thing Arch has done at a reasonable level is run the ball and throw deep. No need to open yourself up to explosive plays. I would say the same for blitzing. Why give Arch easy reads or open yourself up for him to scramble, while your DBs have their backs turned in man coverage. 

    PK would destroy this offense. Just take away explosives and force them to execute 8-10 play scoring drives. You can always adjust if out of the blue the offense finds a running game or a consistent short passing game. 

    Mostly because I don't think Arch can hit enough of those plays to make a difference.  Sark is obviously going to be running Arch more so I'd be run blitzing to wreck Arch on those, and if he is trying to throw he shows a propensity to hold the ball for way too long which will create sacks.  The 3-high shell limits explosives.

  4. We are going to wreck Sam Houston, but then this problem on offense will get worse before it gets better.

    If you're a SEC defensive coordinator, you're licking your chops.  Texas has a QB that is having trouble with basic short and intermediate passes, but sees his strength as the deep pass, but is easily rattled.  What do you do?

    • 3-high safety shell to take away any deep ball - UTEP did this
    • Single cover the WRs who the QB can't hit anyway in short passes and/or play soft zone - all SEC defenses can do this easily
    • Stack the box to kill the run game that the Texas O-line can't push anyway - cantwait.gif
    • Blitz over and over

    Even if Arch stumbles into a handful of slants or seam passes, SEC defenses are going to make him dink/dunk down the field now - because he can't do it.  And we can't run it well enough either.

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  5. Waddlington has obviously read Rippetoe's Starting Strength Basic Barbell Training and subscribes to the methods described there as "Strength = Ability to Apply Force against an External Resistance."  What he leaves out is that Rip also says that a novice will demonstrate incredible strength gains for months or even years, especially a genetically gifted 18-year old, even in a sub-standard training program.  Basically if you weight train an undertrained novice, they will progress, period.  Of course a better program with a Novice Linear Progression is always best.

    If Waddlington is going to go with Rippetoe, the better definition would be Power (aka Explosion)which is the ability to express Strength rapidly.  The standing vertical jump is a good examples of demonstrating and measuring power production vs. squat or deadlift for strength.  Unfortunately, power is less trainable than strength, it's very genetic.

    Nowadays, kids showing up are usually trained.  They've been doing weight training for 5-8 years at least.  They're beyond the novice phase and into intermediate where the gains are slower.  So the training programing needs to be different.  I suspect that while yes maybe the S&C program could be improved, the issue in the o-line is less raw power and more technique (pad level, leg drive), genetic gifts, and especially coordination.  It's not lack of strength that is making our O-line trip on their own feet and fall on their face, or dive and miss a cut block, or miss on a reach or combo block.

    https://startingstrength.com/article/the-state-of-strength-conditioning-coaching

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  6. 19 minutes ago, Ricky Butler said:

    I remember how proud he was this summer to tell his audience that he got great early odds for Clemson winning it all. He’s always ahead of the game, even when he’s behind. 

    I can't for the life of me figure out why Paul Waddlington, who maxed out as an undersized LB/EDGE in H.S., has a following.  He's not a coach, aside from his kids peewee team.  He doesn't have experience.  I guess he uses big words to sound smart?  He points out obvious stuff and uses rhetorical traps to call anyone who would disagree with him stupid?

  7. On 9/10/2025 at 3:59 PM, SydneyCarton said:

    For what it's worth, there were literally architectural reasons that the bowl couldn't be closed completely and that technically the SEZ is not connected to the rest of the stadium. Closing in the bowl, in no world, was ever an option. 

    Can you say more about this?  The model that @MrBig posted I think looks great, even if not feasible/practical.  Today our stadium looks like someone threw it together using 4 different lego sets.

    But you know what makes people not give a shit about what the stadium looks like?  Winning.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Pound Town said:

    You can't do it yet. We have to be out of playoff and SEC contention before you do that. 

    I do think that whomever is the backup, you let them play with the 1s some at Sam Houston. 

    Why the hell not?  Saban had the stones to pull his QB in the national championship game.

    If we're worried about recruiting elite QB talent, which is worse: 1) If you're a total failure we will keep trotting you out there to get destroyed and then mocked after your post-game presser until you crater the season and then transfer, or 2) We will give you every opportunity to grow and succeed and make the best of your talent - and we will always put the needs of the team over the individual.  Nothing is guaranteed at Texas including the QB spot and if you're an elite talent you should welcome that ability to come in and win the spot by outplaying the other 5*'s around you.

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  9. 4 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

    looks like a rebuild on offense to me. The Oline is young, and so is the QB, and unless we get our RB back so is our RB.

    First, Texas should never have a rebuilding year.  We're Texas.

    Second, in the age of the portal, there is zero excuse for a rebuild-year.  Texas can go pluck almost any player at almost any position they need if they feel they are too young, too inexperienced, or too injured.  If we have a rebuilding year, that is 100% on Sark and his coaching staff.

    Either:

    • Arch balled out in the Spring/Fall camps and Sark didn't anticipate that he confidence would get shot by a bad game vs. OSU - in which case it's Sark's fault for not contingency planning, or
    • Arch truly sucks because he can't handle the pressure of being the guy or didn't play strong HS competition - in which case it's Sark's fault for mis-evaluating

    Coaching is a zero sum game. You're either a winner or a loser.  Right now Sark is 2-1, so great for him but we can all see where this season is going: 9-3 is our ceiling.  7-5 or 6-6 is more likely, with losses to OU, A&M, and Georgia.  Texas has the #2 team talent composite rating in the nation.  You can't go 7-5 with that. Even 9-3 is embarrassing barring major injuries.

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  10. Just now, Brian Fantana said:

    Citing Jeffrey Epstein's attorney and a man who has personally been accused of rape and pedophilia several times over as an anti-cancel culture source certainly is a choice.

    Ah I see the guilt-by-association and guilt-by-accusation fallacies have come out

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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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.

  17. 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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  18. 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.

  19. 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.

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