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Magus Ossis

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  1. On the crawler it showed LSU -7 but FPI prediction 51%. Somebody's model could use a tweak.
  2. I haven't heard a Joe Bloggs reference in a while.
  3. Whisky Tango Foxtrot!
  4. I don't have the data, but there is probably some metric that shows blowouts past a certain margin are extremely rare, and I suspect that affects lines for teams that have not yet made a habit of proving themselves to be an obvious exception.
  5. I'm not arguing against that. Who 15 years ago would have guessed that we would be discussing the possibility of the Pac12 coming calling for Texas State or the likelihood that they are better off turning down the offer?
  6. I'm no expert at conference building. Is there any chance they would try to add a couple of "partner" schools from Texas to get a market presence here? Some combo of Rice, TXST, UTSA, UTEP?
  7. I hope every fan base in the country adopts the horns down. It is not just rent-free living in their heads, it is free marketing. MLB fans don't all hate the Brewers; they hate the Yankees. I don't want to be SW Missouri St. We are Texas.
  8. Disagree. We get a top four seed if and only if we win our conference. Nothing our conference-mates do is going to keep us from getting into the playoffs when we are good enough to have a legit shot at winning it all. If we have some 9-3 season in which we are hoping for a chance to get our teeth kicked in during a playoff game, there is a non-zero chance Bama-Wiscy affects our odds. There will always be enough talent and, more importantly, reputation and propaganda in the SEC to help us.
  9. About as much as it does football, I guess. I suppose cops versus civil liberties isn't inherently political, that much is true.
  10. @immamac Can this thread be moved to CR, please?
  11. Texas 63 UTSA 0 Ewers 220 Arch 140 Other 0
  12. Agreed. My 13-YO son pointed out that all you have to do is reliably get 3 or so yards. I remember watching them throw on 3rd/4 relatively early in the game and end up punting when they likely could have run for 4 in two carries if they'd had the stones to use all four downs.
  13. Lesson: if your arms are going to be all the way out like that, discontinue contact to make it harder to get called for holding.
  14. Haha yes I like our negative ST rating, and I like both ND and A&M in the top 20. That thing needs more data to have more meaning.
  15. Aggy may not like it, but we are finally home with our original conference-mates like Auburn, Bama, and Vandy. Our first conference (1896-1903) was the SIAA. They later played in that conference as well, before following us elsewhere.
  16. If he has NFL aspirations, there may not be much that can be done, ultimately [crosses fingers and hopes this is a "lesson" he has learned from Saban]. If he likes the college game, I am cautiously optimistic that he ends up staying quite a while in Austin.
  17. You are correct. I could not get my keyboard to let me change it to "entertaining" after looking at what I typed first. I'll stand behind the scorpions and frogs reference, though.
  18. Exciting while it lasted. Turns out you actually need a roster. Scorpions and frogs, etc.
  19. But sir, the objective FPI has ND at #10!
  20. [Olin] Violets are purple, roses are not our passing game is feculent snot
  21. I don't remember your previous 5400 posts as this obviously daft.
  22. After reading Daddy98's (I think) insurance sales analogy, I am at least 50% convinced he is a Surly sock running a long con.
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