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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Let's re-write this for your favorite coach Rick Barnes, could also do the same for Chris Beard: And yes I keep coming back to this because you said upthread that you use hyperbole as a device. Apparently you also use hypocrisy as a device as well because you are applying a standard to QE that you apparently don't apply to your favorite people. Either the standard is the standard or it isn't. And if you want to say "the standard is lower in mbb than football, football should compete for national championships every year and mbb the standard should be consistent F4 or E8," great - Barnes didn't hit that either. So which is it: Inconsistent standards based on your personal favorites? Or hypocrisy?
  2. "Not me, I'm 'fair-and-balanced,' it's everyone ELSE who is out of touch. If they'd just listen to my imminently reasonable and balanced takes, the Internet would finally FINALLY be at peace!"
  3. I agree with overall people being a bit harsh on QE, who will end up being a top 3 QB at Texas in most metrics. But the rest... Let's never bring up Simms v. Applewhite again please Major being a "shitty human" wasn't germane to what was happening in 2000-2001 You're overselling what fans say on an internet message board to how a player plays. Even if it does affect the player, these are paid pro athletes now. When you make millions as Texas QB you are going to have to take what goes along with that, which is people saying mean things on the internet about you.
  4. Those SEC shorts are silly but they have a couple of good one liners "Are we still letting the naysayers know?" lol Also I can't not laugh with their depiction of the aggy yell leader.
  5. LOL at the "grand Manning family conspiracy" and the "Sark is protecting QE's draft stock!" theories of Arch not replacing QE. Occam's razor and ask yourself which is more likely: The Manning family calls Sark every week to discuss Arch and QE and whether Arch should play or start Sark goes to the Mannings for permission to play Arch, at a time/place of their choosing Sark made a side-agreement/promise to QE to keep him as the starter no-matter-what as the price paid for him to xfer to Texas or something Or...maybe, just maybe: In the recruiting process, the Mannings looked at Sark's history of QB development and said "he's good." They discussed a plan for Arch to redshirt, with the understanding that in football, shit happens and we trust you to manage that shit Sark Sark consciously chooses to play QE over Arch because he believes QE, even as limited as he has been, gives Texas the best chance to win If you believe the first scenario, I don't know what to tell you because you probably believe the moon landing was fake. Sark is paid millions to win games at Texas, I have a hard time seeing how he would make a decision that works against his and the team's self-interest.
  6. Respect for this but as a mid 40's fat guy I'm ready for a new set of memories about classic games and Texas national championships that we can talk about when we're old.
  7. 1) Beat aggy 2) Avenge UGA 3) Win the whole damn thing
  8. Which SHOULD play to QE's strength of the swing pass, the screen, etc and let them beat one man and go
  9. "The QB on our 11-1 team in the playoff and SEC championship hunt isn't playing to our standard, we should bail on this season and toss in the inexperienced RS Freshman to get us ready for next year!" Never change, Surly.
  10. People thinking a 2-loss Texas because "brand" is a shoe-in need to step back. In the 2-loss scenario where we lose to aggy, these are our comparables in the SEC: 10-2 aggy, who would own H2H vs. Texas AND stronger SOS AND is a big brand in terms of TV viewership (not as big as Texas but not so big to make a difference when they own H2H) 10-2 UGA, who would own H2H vs. Texas AND stronger SOS AND top 25 wins vs. (16) Clemson, (11) Tennessee, AND is a 5* brand just like Texas 10-2 Tenn, whose SOS > Texas SOS AND has top 25 win vs. (7) Bama AND is a big brand 10-2 Bama, whose SOS > Texas SOS AND has top 25 win vs. (8) UGA AND is a big brand 10-2 Ole Miss, whose SOS > Texas SOS AND has top 25 win vs. (8) UGA vs. 10-2 Texas, who has the lowest SOS of the group and zero top 25 wins and in this scenario has taken the latest regular-season loss (and if that loss is to aggy won't have the chance to redeem it in the SECCG). We are a big brand though. ...SEC isn't getting 6 into the CFP. Probably not five. Who are the 2 you're leaving out of the list to put in Texas, if we lose to aggy? In that scenario aggy and probably Bama play the SECCG so they're probably in. 2 more spots. UGA gets one with the next-best resume. 1 spot left for Texas, Tenn, Ole Miss. I guess we could squeak over Ole Miss, barely?
  11. Are there still any scenarios where we beat the aggies and then see them again in the SEC championship? Guess Tennessee wins tonight and then loses next week?
  12. This is a shitty fucking comment regardless of how you feel about QE
  13. Maybe not but the howls from the media and every non-Texas fanbase would be awful. It's already starting, how "Texas doesn't have any top 25 wins," there is a huge article in the Athletic that basically says Georgia should be ranked above Texas since they won head-to-head even though UGA has 2 losses because "UGA has three top 25 wins to Texas' zero"
  14. 3/6/6 is best obviously, but the three big roadblocks have been 1) Bama (ne Saban) complaining that their 3 perm rivals were harder than everyone else (Auburn, Tenn, Georgia/LSU?), and 2) the small schools like MSU, UK, Vandy, SCAR wanting an easier path to bowl eligibility that comes from feeding on that 4th cupcake, and obviously 3) the $$$ that comes from hosting a cupcake is big - even after paying them to take the L, the home school gets all that ticket and concessions gate. Until Disney ponies up for the 9th game, the money makes more sense to host a directional school vs. giving up a home game every other year to a conference matchup if the TV-money is held equal. I think news reports said that Sankey was able to get over the Bama concerns but there was a roughly even divide between bigger/smaller schools with regard to the 8 vs. 9 game SEC schedule. SEC likes unison on decisions (or the appearance of unison), so it would not surprise me to see us stick w/ 8 games for another 2-year cycle.
  15. IU should be somewhere 2-4, they're being discounted due to history
  16. That must have been the game I watched then. tbh I thought it was kinda a cool tradition.
  17. Do they still throw a penalty flag on the visitors to start the game that home team declines for these?
  18. Almost...pussy, amirite or amirite?!
  19. So the answer is "no" then?
  20. Huh? Is there any evidence of this or is it conjecture? I can think of a much more logical answer, which is that Trump is stupid and entitled and walked out the door last time with what in his mind were "mementos" of his time in office that he wanted as keepsakes. That doesn't make it any less illegal, but there is a pretty big jump to "he was selling national secrets to Russia." Is there some other evidence of that I missed?
  21. What pussies! And to pre-empt the lame "you're comparing QE to Montana?" response, NO - I'm illustrating that every QB from pop warner through NFL HOF goes through runs where they have bad play, and that doesn't make them "pussies."
  22. Every single person on this board has taken actions in their life that other people would say "that was really pussy." Does that make everyone here a pussy then? No, because the sum of a man or woman is more than a few actions or a few football games. To label someone a pussy because they aren't playing the way you like is simplistic and lacking class. Unless that is you're asserting that you know enough to actually say QE is actually a pussy?
  23. There is a sizable difference that you majorly gloss over here between "QE is playing like a pussy" and "QE is a pussy." I'd halfway agree w/ the first. The 2nd is stupid and out-of-bounds and I'd hope someone who is so involved in paying players NIL would know that.
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