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Magus Ossis

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  1. Since we beat Missouri like a drum, they have posted an 8-4 regular season record and lost to Okie Lite in the Liberty Bowl. If only we had recruited better, developed a star QB, and shown program progress since then, we might not be ranked behind them.
  2. Looking at the SP+ preseason page at ESPN (I feel a little dirty for giving them the click), BC appears to include some marginal input in his formula: W/L from 5 years ago Freshman class recruit rankings While excluding a few data points that might be relevant: HFC/coordinator turnover 3rd year class recruiting ranking/retention Key offseason personnel losses to injury As a result, he has Texas, WSU, and Nebraska at 31, 34, and 39, while clustering Auburn, Mississippi St, and aggy in the 8-11 range. I am not a gambling man in general, but would happily bet that he has this wrong. I’ll pay 5 to 1 that at least one of those lower-ranked teams finishes above at least one of his list of higher-ranked ones, despite the gulf of 20 spots between the clusters.
  3. But you’re forgetting that the “highly scientific and reliable” model that got Texas wrong last year doesn’t think we’re very good this year. With all the S&P+ SP+ tweets coming out over the last month, you’d think that middle school math project magically took the remaining stink out of SEC and ESPN shit.
  4. [satya 1/5/06] I hope the ncaa refs don’t take the “VY knee down TD” off the scoreboard from last night’s game and retroactively award the championship to USC [/satya 1/5/06] Finish will be 13+ games, barring losing 7 or more of the first 12. “Finish” had not been clarified to mean pre-bowl before CTJ opined. Sheesh. We’ve gone full surly. Never go full surly.
  5. Not that either was kicked out, but look at the McCoy brothers for a great Case study in how parenting is only one factor in how young men comport themselves.
  6. They were thinking green, but turns out they don’t have enough to make it work.
  7. I started to like this, but your apology comes off a little like you're less sorry that you came down on CS than you are that it was upsetting. She may be crazy-- I don't care. She might be better off keeping this under her hat-- irrelevant. She is an abuse victim, proven so, and is coping. People in her position need some slack, a lot of support, and the benefit of the doubt. She isn't slinging unsupported accusations; she is giving up electronic records.
  8. You would certainly increase the market for SAT score influencers
  9. Like they said-- just need a QB
  10. tOSU and Pedo State aren't two schools I find myself wanting to join. We just got free of our own aggy not long ago.
  11. Maybe Herman is trying to name a starter who is allowed by NCAA to start. edit: Katfid beat me to it
  12. Herman answered to the effect that he likes starting with a G5 as a warmup and then playing a marquee game.
  13. The first notice they gave of the date is less than 2 months out? No save the date notice? They shouldn’t be surprised or upset that people have lives. Politely decline and send them salt shakers or whatever your means allow off their registry.
  14. True. A lot of us (MO included) are generally pro-Herman, but still anti: Casey Horny hiring Underperforming assistant retention Q4 turtling It may turn out that he has good reasons for what makes us crazy, but we don’t accept it as granted.
  15. I feel like we should be accumulating some kind of Chevigny Steinmark Brown Papa Ehlinger win one for El Ced mojo for this season.
  16. This is a forum for anonymous (mostly) adults to spend hours reading and arguing about games played by strangers on account of an affiliation with one of the many schools we’ve attended in our lives. Looking for truly objective and logical bases for what we post would seem an exercise in futility. With that as the background, his arguably hypocritical (hello, Coach UM), cowardly (shout down the sips from CS), and inaccurate (nothing could be more purifying than cleaning our athletic, mainly football, leadership out at that time) statement, make him an obvious candidate for mockery and grudges.
  17. This is the answer. For those who don’t want to lie, cheat, or steal (versus aggy who loves unfulfilled lip service to the concept) but wish to stream the ‘Horns, PS Vue is the answer. Double check what they offer you, but the core package should be $55/month, free for 5 day trial. It should have both LHN (LaTech) and CBS Sports net (Rice). Cut your cable and use ps vue instead for the fall. If you can’t afford $55/month from late August through early January, you may not be cut out to be a Surl whale.
  18. Hate to say it but he may be headed xfl
  19. As much as we may not want to admit it, he has a point. Sumlin barely averaged 8 wins (not counting bowls), and only won his first 3 bowls. By comparison, Jimbo won 8 games plus a bowl his first year.
  20. Other than the possible exception of the bolded text, I don’t think one could find a dime’s worth of difference between our opinions.
  21. It is a gas at STP. It can easily be stored as a liquid, though, by closing the container to prevent escape of the vapor pressure. Think cigarette lighter. You’d need a special container, but a butane cocktail is theoretically possible. What is trickier is getting it dissolved in vodka, at least at reasonable temperatures.
  22. Not really. Light-headedness is usually from all the blood going somewhere else. Football doesn’t cause what he seemed to have. The problems are (1) his condition might have taken away brain function he needed, (2) blood thinners he might take to help prevent recurrence put him at unacceptable risk of serious bleeding with contact while he’s on them, and (3) unrelated to football, he could have another episode.
  23. Glad to see their writers don’t pump sunshine.
  24. We never got an exact diagnosis or results of any testing for predisposing conditions. My working guess has been a venous sinus thrombosis, blood clot in a big brain vein. Some authorities think anticoagulation (blood thinners) afterwards should be long-term, some a year, some 3-6 months, and some argue they aren’t appropriate. I can’t imagine he’ll be cleared for contact while on blood thinners. Strength and conditioning, etc should be fine. If I’ve guessed his condition, if he gets an average duration of anticoagulation, that would mean he is probably arguably OK to start back when desired at this point. They’re probably going to watch him be a student for a semester before they let him be a FB player again though. disclaimer: that took a boatload of guesses to answer
  25. Pretty much this.
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