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Tree Fidy

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  1. This is probably something for the unpopular opinion thread but OU has been a good partner and relatively honorable in their dealings during the 25 years we’ve shared a conference with them, and although they are certainly historically a dirty program I think they’ve reformed themselves and are probably the best team not blatantly cheating on a massive scale over the course of the last decade. 
    I’d say Texas could make that clam for the previous decade. 
    Fuck OU. 

    This is fair…but, they have no issues keeping rapists and criminals on the roster. I’m actually not sure which is worse now that you have presented your case.
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  2. Well, now that's the problem isn't it. There were dirty, got clean, and now need to get dirty again.
    You would know this if you were paying attention, which I assume your are and that is just a shtick. If not. bless your heart and all that. 

    I’ve had your back here before brother, and this is the hill you choose to die on?
  3. FWIW - Nahlin just put out an article advocating for the need for a 'GM' to handle a lot of the non-coaching responsibilities.  Ketch did a video last night speculating about a GM position and how that might be a fit for Patterson.
    Smoke around GP joining Texas as a GM who reports to the AD?

    First, fuck that fat POS Ketch. Next, GP in a GM role sounds really interesting. Lastly, I don’t have anything else to say.
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  4. I frequently feel differently about organizations after I've joined them, sometimes better and sometimes worse. So by the time you really learn about the company you keep, you're already tainted by the association.

    Hey man, you do you. Just count me in as someone who has no interest in breaking into prison. I appreciate your contribution to the board - not that I agree 100% of the time, but who says I bat 1,000.
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  5. [mention=921]UDontKnow[/mention]
    UDontknow: Do you or do you not think Riley will have a hard time recruiting the West Coast because of the presence of Oregon's bag game?
    Emphatic, no. SC will out recruit Oregon, and the Trojan's will recruit at the level of Bama/Georgia/A&M. Riley was going to sign at top 5 class to come to Norman-F'in-Oklahoma, including several top 100 defensive players.SC's tradition equals OU's, and SC will pay for players, and SC's in LA. Riley will crush recruiting.
    I think it's weird that you (collective) think Lanning's going to recruit that much better than Cristobal, who already had all the advantages that Lanning's going have and also the same negatives. I lived in Oregon for six years (Portland), and looked a job in Eugene. Norman is diverse compared to Eugene. The only Black people in the town are at UO and only 2.4% of the student population is Black. That's a big turn off for someone of color. Eugene is a good 2 hrs from Portland, so basically really far from most population centers. This means that it's too far for some family from the jump.

    UDontknow: Also, please refresh us on the nature of Riley's complaints regarding OU compliance. I guess most of us on this board are still puzzled that OU even had a functional compliance department in the first place. The most recent example that supports the aforementioned view is Joe Mixon.
    First, OU handled Mixon as a legal matter. The compliance I'm talking about is benefits to players.
    When the Bomar situation occurred in 2006, OU was already dealing with a mess created by Kelvin Sampson. A few years later, Jeff Capel created another recruiting scandal.
    OU outsourced compliance to a law firm, first, I think, after the combined Sampson/Bomar scandals. The law firm increased scrutiny of the athletics dept after the Capel issues. Good consultants know that you build job security by continuing to find errors in your client's practice.
    OU's cheated to the level that UT, Michigan, etc, but not to he Ohio St, SEC, Clemson, Oregon level. OU's lost players to late in recruiting cycles to the aforementioned programs the other program has had little-to-no contact with the player for most of the cycle. I can't remember OU signing a player who was "openly" seeking bids. By no means do I think OU was clean, but I don't think they went as far as other schools or Riley would've liked.
    UDontknow: And lastly, why do you think Riley left OU for USC? What was the bottom line there?
    Everything I say is conjecture, but here's how I see it. Riley's a 38 yo guy who's never lived in a really desirable place. His current employer had taken a big step (moving to the SEC), without telling him. This employer had ignored some of his small requests (better training table, more analysts) and big requests (bag game, NIL) that would be needed to take this next step. Plus, expectations were really high. People were questioning his offense after consecutive years with freshmen QBs.
    SC came and offered him a new place to live and tangible evidence that it would support him with whatever he wanted. He'll be the biggest dog for 1500 miles. He can recruit skill position talent from California and linemen from the islands. For the next 4 years, expections will be relatively low.
    To me, seems reasonable that he'd go.

    You seem like a reasonable guy able to articulate coherent thoughts. My question is really simple - How in the fuck did you attend that meth palace for 4 years and live amongst the trailer park dwellers?
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  6. I was trying to figure out how someone who played in 19 games in two years could be a redshirt freshman. But I assume they just tack on the covid year to everyone’s eligibility now. After playing in 7 games as true freshman and 12 games this year they would have to be giving  Watts a covid year. Maybe all y’all already knew that and I’m just the dumb one. Carry on. 

    We all knew. Well, maybe not everyone, but yeah everyone. It’s ok, we all have our blond moments on here from time to time.
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  7. Fuck dude.  I thought I was going to survive the second dropout dig but the middle school girl one was the haymaker that did me in. 
    I'll go back and study the Surly bylaw that says I shouldn't voice an opinion about something being aggy and lame as fuck.  I'm seriously here to eat crow though-  if the petition moved the needle then I sure hope we get to hear about it.  But if it didn't and I am right, I'll stop trying to be such a little bitch about it.

    It would be a lot cooler if you did.
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