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  1. Billionaires who get richer from the comfort of a luxury box in conflict with millionaires who get rich playing a game. I won’t shed too many tears for either side.
  2. Bill Nye trivia: he does not have an advanced degree nor any pure science (BS eng, Cornell 1977) degree. He worked days at Boeing and did comedy on the side until quitting engineering to do comedy full-time in 1986. He launched his TV show using federal grant money in 1993.
  3. Good but looks like a mild case of microcephaly.
  4. Aggy likes to talk about how even the series is lately, how they don't lie, cheat, or steal. The NCAA has publicly documented cheating with regard to AT LEAST the 82-88 and 92-94 aggy football seasons sufficient to warrant findings of MAJOR infractions. Taking out (not counting as forfeit, merely disregarding) aggy wins achieved while documented to be cheating, the H2H records for the last 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 games are: 7-3, 13-7, 19-11, 28-12, 37-13, 45-14-1, and 52-17-1, respectively. In no one of those ten-game-spans did they play us evenly. In case aggy is reading this and wonders, there is no multiple of 10 games, even counting the ones aggy is known to have cheated to win, going back from the present which could be used as a window to say aggy has won more than we have overall. Waah waah waaaaaah.
  5. The wilderness through which we wandered before hiring Mack (and, some would argue, after keeping him on so long) should be a cautionary tale. Even blue bloods can have hard times. With Clemson looking so good, Mullen apparently bringing Florida back, Manny looking like he might stir some excitement in Miami, UGA being UGA, and Bama rolling along, there is not going to be an easy path to snapping up the players they need in order to win big. They are surrounded by ravenous wolves, and Florida recruits are more picked over nationally than they were when Bowden started his rise. If Taggart flames out as badly as he appears ready to do, they could be staring into the abyss.
  6. For today's installment of "Texas fans are irrationally exuberant," we will compare and contrast Texas' deficiencies with the strengths of a team with a higher initial S&P+ rating for 2019, the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Texas: embarrassing early September loss to Maryland, 29-34 Minnesota: embarrassing late September loss to Maryland, 13-42 Texas: racked up 4 losses over the season, including only one over its last 5 games, to #5 OU (71% wins on season) Minnesota: 6 total losses, 2 in last 5 games, both to unranked teams (54% wins on season) Texas: won Sugar Bowl over #5 UGA, holding them to 72 yards rushing (30% of average) Minnesota: beat unranked GT in Quick Lane Bowl, limited GT to 206 rushing (63% of average) Texas: 5 wins over currently ranked teams Minnesota: winless against ranked opponents Texas: trending up, improved 5 wins in 2018 over previous regime in 2016 Minnesota: trending? still 2 wins in 2018 worse than previous regime in 2016 Texas: turns over much of defense, leaving only 7 returning defensive players who were rated over .95 composite Minnesota: loses both DTs but returns one defending player who was at least .89 In short, Texas did not do well enough, is not trending favorably enough, and looks exposed on defense compared to the higher-rated Gophers. Hopefully, this breakdown will help you Longhorn homers stop complaining that S&P+ is flawed or somehow has the 'Horns underrated at #35.
  7. Worth. Every. Penny.
  8. Briles doesn't slaughter babies on a ceremonial altar before every team meeting and press conference. He generally projects a folksy "Aw shucks" Texas good-old-coach persona to those who are not already in his tight circle. I know a couple of guys who also thought they knew Briles pretty well but were shocked and dismayed by what came out regarding the rapes at Baylor. Given the nature of cults and personal loyalty to strong figures, it is certainly believable that assistants who came into the Briles organization without any history of shenanigans could morph into junior versions of their leader. And it is believable that these assistants would live in a cognitively divided world in which they sing hymns with the rest of First Baptist on Sunday before plotting cover-ups for wayward players on Monday. When one's boss, whether suddenly or after an imperceptibly gradual transition, starts directing an obviously evil enterprise, one must choose. Resist openly, confront him behind closed doors, depart for lack of will/ability to effect change, or become complicit. The last option, sadly, tends to be the one often chosen, because to do so requires no difficult or disruptive speech or action.
  9. That rule may not have been enacted. I regret the error.
  10. Lisfranc injuries are bad but not the kiss of death. Properly treated, they are a a bit slow to heal but have a high recovery and return-to-sport rate. With surgery in January, he has a good chance to be ready for summer camp, but spring is pretty much shot.
  11. Context-specific spelling corrected
  12. The French had super-morbid obesity already solved. Of course he might still need the towel and stick for tightly adherent dingleberries and for drying off, depending on the model of shitter/washer. The Japanese have come up with some doozies.
  13. Coaching staff permitted: HFC+10 assistants. Only these 11 may recruit off-campus. There may also be 4 enrolled grad student assistants who are permitted to contact players in practice and games as well as to wear headsets. Undergraduate coaches are not limited in number but may not wear headsets in games. 4 player headsets are permitted. One statistician headset and two non-coaching technical support personnel strictly to ensure comm systems function. In addition to the 11 off-campus recruiters, up to 19 additional personnel (designated in advance) may contact recruits remotely and recruit on-campus. Strength and conditioning staff may work with athletes in conditioning non-practice activity. QC assistants, analysts, and other "non-coaches" may not coach athletes in practice or games. An area in which I am not sure I understand exactly what the rule is: analysts going over opponent or own-team film. From NCAA bylaws, This seems at odds with what I understand to be the role of guys like Fedora. If a newer rule is out there or if there is an NCAA interpretation clarifying why it is OK, I would love to be corrected/updated.
  14. Am I crazy (not sure I want an answer to that)? I understood floor to be minimum expectation: low floor means chance player never does squat. I understood ceiling to be potential: low ceiling means he will not be a star even if he does amount to something.
  15. Allegedly, and with no more proof than serum testing of multiple players. And confirmation sample testing.
  16. I was arguing about success relative to resources. Leach has more success relative to what one would expect based on WSU resources. Ditto Snyder at KSU. Saban won at LSU and Bama but not at MSU. Even Mack won once with the resources available by virtue of being at Texas. Ole Miss, aggy, and a number of other programs are happy to do whatever they can to win. Those schools haven’t. Cheating isn’t going to win a title at Rutgers, and not cheating didn’t stop Texas in 05. I never said we were a superheavyweight under Mack. I said we could be under Herman. If you disagree that Snyder, e.g., made a game-changing difference in the level of success at his school, I don’t know that any argument I could offer will change your mind. My fundamental point is that lack of a conscience may play (especially in the short term) in on-field success, but it is neither necessary nor sufficient to win. I offered two alternate factors, namely school resources and HFC.
  17. You hate to see a guy who is obviously so down on his luck face such a crippling further setback.
  18. I would argue that willingness to cheat and lack of respect for academics can be factors in success, but I would characterize neither as necessary and neither as sufficient. Some coaches are very good at football and are able to achieve what others could not in similar circumstances. I would put Saban at the top of the list. I would also include Purple Wiz, Mike Leach, Urbs, Dabo, and Mr Tom “S&P+ doesn’t know why I win” Herman. Some of those color further outside the lines than others in different respects, but they are certainly not all dirty. I think Texas has a legitimate shot be to one of the teams mentioned on the short list of super heavyweights soon without our going dirty.
  19. Is similarity not symmetric?
  20. Pandolf eats shoots and leaves Looks like the punctuation nazis are getting mixed up
  21. As a rule I am opposed to package deals. But our roster is shaping up such that a game-changer RB in 2020, even a FR, could potentially be the piece of the puzzle that gets us a national championship. It is not a high chance, but one worth taking this time around, if needed. Having said that, as the picture becomes clearer about how good our other linemen are and how good Texas (v other) commits/prospects are in general, I doubt that Evans' recruitment is going to come down to taking George.
  22. Don't be the rebound guy. Be the next guy.
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