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So, time for my annual playoff rant (though I mean it less this year than most years b/c the Astros team hasn't played as well this year as it has in years past). I love baseball b/c it's like the sound track of the year for me. There is a game every single day (more or less) for 6 months. You can always count on it. It's always there for you. It's not appointment viewing, but you know it's always an option. I'm not pissed off if I miss a game, the way I am with a college football Saturday if I miss, because those are so rate. The ubiquity is it's specialness, not the rarity. It's comforting. Because of that, baseball is a war of attrition. You just don't see a ton of flukes in the game. You assemble your squad, hope you stay more or less healthy, know you won't be perfect or even good every day, but you know that with 162 (or 161 for us this year) opportunities, for the most part, water will find it's level. Are there bad breaks that happen in any particular game? Sure. That swing the outcome? You bet. But with 162 that more or less levels out, and we know who the best team is. But, after a marathon of 162 games where team strength is tested, organizational acumen is tested, willpower, the ability to get up day after day and put one foot in front of the other and trudge about at a difficult job all comes into play, the calendar turns to October and it's a different sport. Instead of a marathon we are in a sprint. Instead of one bad game eliciting a shoulder shrug it all matters. More than everything else that's come before it. And in the sport that is the fairest (major American division) in grinding out an aggregate winner over the course of 6 months it becomes the least fair sport in determining any particular one game winner. Most good football teams will beat bad football teams, over and over and over. You can pretty much tell which NBA teams are going to the playoffs after about 15 games (look at the schedules and be amazed at how little they change from Christmas time to the end of the year), and it's almost always the case that the better team wins a best 4 out of 7. But baseball? you can have historically terrible teams like the Tigers win series against the Yankees or Astros and nobody bats an eye or notices. Why? Because that's just baseball. So, here we sit on the precipice of another run and your local 9 is facing a team that they are just flat better than. But, they have the best pitcher in the game (maybe 2nd best after the LSU kid in Pittsburg whose name I won't spell right) and any one day the starting pitcher exerts more control than any other position in any other sport (even QB in football) on the mound today. Ours? He's merely going to finish like 3rd or 5th in the CY Young. Our biggest of big bats, the guy who can single handedly swing entire playoff series by throwing a team on his back is hurt- and questionable to play in this series. Tomorrow and Thursday we have the pitching advantage, but bad days are always possible and some brilliance from Skubal today and one bad day for the Astros can end this whole run after 2 or 3 games. It's basically at the point in time where anything is possible and randomness starts to overwhelm the system. This Astros squad though- we are going on a decade now of not being done in by randomness. I think it's still the case that in every Astros playoff year since 2015 we've either lost to the WS Champs or been the world series champs (KC, HOU, BOS, WAS, ATL, HOU, TX) yes- there's nothing in there about 2020 b/c that wasn't a real thing and the fact that it's the only year the Dodgers ever won it is glorious and sort of proves that. 7 ALCS in a row. Randomness never gets us (at least early- fuck we were so much better than WAS in 2019) and we just keep grinding away playoff W's year after year after year. Some day, the script will have to change. We will come up short and those that haven't followed the game for a long time will be stunned to see the Astros not get it done. Those of us who follow the game our whole lives will know, that's just baseball. Unfortunately, and what's cruel about playoff baseball is instead of saying- oh well- lets get them tomorrow, there is no more tomorrow for 6 months. The longest and most cruel 6 months of the year. The half a year that sucks b/c there isn't a baseball game on every night. Now- when you win playoff baseball games? Pure nirvana. But, it's such a mess and jangle of nerves I almost can't take it. Excuse me while I go throw up the meager breakfast I was able to choke down. Playoff baseball is here and I will be a neurotic mess for somewhere between 2 and 33 days. Good luck out there.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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Gerry Hamilton Texas Longhorns recruiting: Yes, maybe or no The October 1 edition of Yes, maybe or no takes a look at whats left in the 2025 class with coaches on the road late in the week. The criteria this week is pretty simple. Yes is has a visit scheduled or made this season, and OTF currently really likes Texas' chances. Maybe is has has a visit scheduled or already made a visit, and the Horns have a shot. No is there is not a visit currently scheduled, and there needs to be one for the flip or win to become realistic. Here is the latest installment of Yes, maybe or no with the understanding that the majority of these battles are national or SEC powers fights - and you will never win them all. Yes Michael Terry II, ATH, San Antonio (Texas) Alamo Heights OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ OTF %: 75% for the Horns. Daylan McCutcheon, WR, Lucas (Texas) Lovejoy - *FSU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ The juice: Visited for the Mississippi State game. McCutcheon and family spoke with Coach Sarkisian and Coach Jackson multiple times since the visit. OTF %: 75% for the Horns with the final push. Javion Hilson, EDGE, Cocoa (Fla.) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Next visit: Georgia game October 19 most likely. OTF %: 75% for the Horns. Maybe Joseph Mbatchou, DL, Loganville (Ga.) Grayson OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Visit note: OV scheduled for Georgia game October 19. Texas, Alabama and Georgia battling here - as of today. Walter Mathis, DL, Savannah (Ga.) Calvary Day *LSU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Visit date: Unofficial visit to Texas targeted for October 19 for the Georgia game. Kevin Wynn, DL, Greensboro (Ga.) Greene County *FSU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ Visit note: Wynn wants to visit Texas, but Texas wants both parents to make the trip. Georgia may end up the compromise school. Riley Pettijohn, LB, McKinney (Texas) High OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ The juice: Texas working to get the DFW area star on campus October 19. Pettijohn, himself, preferred Texas for most of the process. No Dallas Wilson, WR, Tampa (Fla.) Tech - *Oregon commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Dakorien Moore, WR, Duncanville (Texas) Tech - *Oregon commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Note: He will be in Austin during the season to see family, of course. Kelshaun Johnson, WR, Hitchcock (Texas) High *Texas A&M commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+ The visit: Johnson told OTF he plans to attend the Georgia game October 19. Will Texas choose McCutcheon over Johnson, and go to the portal for the jet pack WR to replace Bond? That's seemingly trending right now. Michael Fasusi, OT, Lewisville (Texas) Tech - *Oklahoma commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Note: Still not in communication with Texas as of Monday. Lamont Rogers, OT, Mesquite (Texas) Horn - *Missouri commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Note: Remains in communication with Texas as of Monday. But will have to get to Austin for it to get real. Jahkeem Stewart, DL, New Orleans (La.) Edna Karr OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Note: Stewart and his circle are in communication with Texas, but a long shot at the moment. Floyd Guidry Jr., DL, Spring (Texas) High *TCU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Note: Texas has talked with Guidry multiple times. Zion Williams, DL, Lufkin (Texas) High *LSU commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Visit note: Williams has now talked to Texas about the possibility of a game visit, but still a long shot. Madden Faraimo, LB, San Juan Capistrano (Calif.) J Serra Catholic OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Note: Notre Dame again trending here according to those in communication with the circle. Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng, LB, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Visit note: Official visit bumped back to November 22 for the Kentucky game. Devin Sanchez, CB, Houston (Texas) North Shore - *Ohio State commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Note: Texas still attempting. Dorian Brew, CB, Conroe (Texas) High - *Oregon commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ OFT note: But we are monitoring the Georgia game weekend. Dijon Lee, CB, Mission Viejo (Calif.) High - *Alabama commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star++ Note: Game visit not out of the question, but flipping from Bama is a long shot. Georgia still trying too. Na'eem Offord, CB, Birmingham (Ala.) High - *Ohio State commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star Note: A game visit isn't out of the question, but nothing concrete. Cobey Sellers CB, Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek - *Texas A&M commit OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star Note: Talks with Texas multiple times per week. Remaining pretty solid with the Aggies this season thus far. Guy can't even get on the field at Tech, hard pass. -
Way too early, down and dirty 2024 House elections thread
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Bacon tries to walk the line between MAGA and moderates, but I think this year there just isn't a line to follow. The State Party refused to endorse him because he isn't MAGA enough. Then he pissed off another chunk of voters by endorsing winner-take-all with 40 days left in the election. But have no fear, the fucking Ashfords are here to save them. Ok, Brad's dead, but Ann still wants to show everyone how centrist she is by endorsing Bacon. Little background: Brad Ashford was the last elected Dem in the district, riding Republican dissension with the incumbent in 2014. He was a boring, milktoast, generic D that Republicans were willing to live with to get rid of the dumber than shit incumbent. He promptly lost to Bacon in 2016, in part because he never held town halls. In 2018, he was upset in the primary to Kara Eastman, a progressive. Kara lost to Bacon by 2 points, which was closer than expected. Early in 2020 Brad said he wasn't going to run again, Kara announced, and then, relatively late, Anne announces she is going to run. Why, I have no idea other than the Ashfords just felt it was their fucking destiny. Kara beat Anne by a good margin, and then, late in the 2020 cycle, Brad endorses Bacon. Bacon wins again. (I ended up seeing Brad in the park a few months later and told him to go fuck himself.) About a year later, Brad dies. (I am so glad we had our talk before he passed way. I would hate to have left anything unsaid.) Now, 2024, and Vargas looks like he is going to beat Bacon. And fucking Ann Ashford endorses Don Bacon. I don't think it's going to matter much. Nobody gave two shits about Ann when she was running. It just pisses me off soooo much that I voted for conservative/centrist Democrats cycle after cycle on the generally accepted belief that a progressive stood no chance. But, when it's the other way around, these fucking cunts feel they need to trip up the viable Democrats who could actually effect meaningful change. -
Intro: Bye week coming off win is great as an undefeated team. First year going into bye undefeated, always loses right before the bye. Bye week happy is positive. Totality of first 5 weeks of the season + looking at the last game for bye week. Meeting this morning centered around that. Great balance offensively passing gets notoriety just under 200 yards on the ground and 300 yards in the air per game. Credit to the O-Line. 3 backs coming in as RB1 and having the main carries. Credit to the QB's 2.5 games each, and big play making ability from the receivers. 8.4 yards per play vs ms state almost a first down per play 1/4 explosive play rate which is good. +2 on the turnover margin is not where they want to be. They turned the ball over more than they have in the past. It's easy to point at Arch or Jaydon Blue and say hey it's them, but he's focused on how general protection comes instead of specific players. Big loss of focussness and bullshit penalties are fucking everything up, gotta stop fucking up the easy stuff and they are gonna work on it in practice. 5 Holding calls, Gunnar's hold was bullshit, but still lots of holding they gotta fix that. 53% conversion on 3rd down, but gotta stop getting into bad situations. Need to push the WR to get into blocking and make it clear that they have to block out wide to set up screens etc. averaging 7 points a game, given up 3 touchdowns in 5 games. 3rd down defense is great, rz defense is great, sack number is going up. Need to understand where the breakdowns occurred, it was alignment and assignment issues. One of their explosive plays was a miscommunication that needs to be cleaned up. Impressed overall with the unit, collectively playing well, ms st tried to get cute and it worked a bit first drive but then after that they figured it out and then after that they shut them down and fuck them. Kick return game has been frustrating, not much going on there. Silas had an explosive return. Will Stone has been having a great season, haven't had to tackle on a kickoff that he can remember. Get fresh get healthy need those sports science numbers back up. Proud of guys through 5 games, not a third of the way through the season if they are going to accomplish what the goal is. Question 1: What is the schedule this week and what do you want to accomplish? Did meetings today to review game and lifted -- no practice or walkthrough. Practice tomorrow (replacing Monday) introduce OU and scouting stuff. A day delayed all week and install the gameplan and then Friday lift and no practice and totally off till Monday. Spend time to get right mentally spend time with family friends etc and come back refreshed and hit it hard like a normal week next week. Question 2: is there a mental push over a physical this week? through 5 games is there differences in officiating for the SEC vs Big XII? Concerned more about the duration of the season. Started a week earlier this week for camp, first game in August and they are aiming for January 20 so that's a long season. Keeping up the mental intensity for that whole time is a big concern and challenge. Wants them to get mental break this weekend as well because it'll be needed. Hasn't seen much different from the SEC vs Big XII Question 3: 7-3 coming off bye weeks. Common themes coming off of bye weeks for your teams? He can't even remember what those 10 games are. It's all about identifying needs and addressing needs. Every season is different and it's a self audit. Where are they emphasizing to get better and where do they need to be for the next couple of games schematically. Assess players and sports science numbers. Who needs time off, pushing further and maybe some nursing etc. Question 4: oline gave arch a ton of time, do you track the time they give him explicitly? Doesn't keep track of a metric like time. Cooking steaks is what they call it. Deandre moore second touchdown he had a tremendous pocket and blocking. They blocked the 5 guys who they needed to on a blitz and arch knew exactly where the extra was because the protections were so clean. Veteran group who take pride in protecting qb. Question 5: take us through quinn's process, how do you get him ready for OU in the bye week, and what do you think of their defense? He's rehabbing and making progress one day to the next. Steady progress. Stronger more confident. OU's defense is solid they sack the QB a lot Venebles is really aggressive and attacking they want to hit the qb and force turnovers. Question 6: do you tell guys to watch football in the off week? Georgia alabama game did you watch that immediately? He does encourage that. They like watching football. This team watches a lot of football and comments to sark more than other teams. That game he watched in the office and then rushed home to watch the second half. Kirby smart is a great coach he didn't think they were going to roll over. What an epic game how it all played out. Puts things into perspective for this team. He said that Saturday they needed adversity and they got it and seeing how Georgia refocused and played through the end of the game is the focus he wants. Incredible SEC football at its finest. Question 7: Since they have split 2.5 games each how have you compared the two and their performance? He doesn't really look at it that way he looks at it as a body of work for the offense. He looks at the totality of the performance. They had a bunch of stuff come up, fumbles, dropped passes, "coach taking points off the board" could have been a 56 point game easily etc. Nothing had really anything to do with Arch - he had his own issues that he got his ass ripped for. He looks at it that there are 2 very capable players that are great at the position. Great to have 3rd year starter getting healthy and a backup who is getting incredible experience he may need to lean into later in the season. Question 8: You've done a great job quinn hits the ground running when coming back from injury, how do you do that? It starts immediately following the injury. They pull him closer. They get into game planning and very engaged the entire time mentally. Throughout the week he needs to assess things that he's most comfortable with, if he's already gonna play they go with the 10-20 plays that he's comfortable with and had tons of reps. They stay away from what looks sexy scheme wise and fits what he's been doing well. Selfish sark used to call the best play not the right play. Question 9: Staff can go out and recruit what does that look like? Loves going recruiting where they are going out and recruiting as an undefeated team. This is unique because 2 bye weeks this season. They are going to approach it a little differently this year because of that but they are going to be aggressive and have another round in November. They like to see the guys play and see their personality and character. Question 10: maybe a question about blocking? couldn't hear it. He wants more of something. He thinks run game is close. Challenge receivers a lot of the chunk runs are a byproduct of the WR making that last block. Tre Wisner had a long run and deandre moore sprang tre for a long run because of a great block. Has a championship caliber run game well versed in scheme have good runners good oline close to breakout game. Arch is nuances he got on him about something and the quarterback sneak he scored and because he got up the officials couldn't see it by the time they got there, he needs to stay on the ground so they can call it. The Refs even told him to remind him to stay on the ground after that. Question 11: Arch wants to be coach hard, how do you go about that that and who really wants to be coached hard or not? That's what they look at hard in recruiting, they try very hard to do that during that. Not listen for what you wanna hear but the real answers. He thinks that's why he came to Texas is because they wanted him to be coached they did their due diligence. They know him professionally for a long time. That's a key thing to grow and grow consistently Question 12: you played the holy war twice, what do you think about those two games? (Utah vs BYU is holy war) junior year 4 interceptions 3 in the first half they were booing him so hard his mom left at halftime. Senior year it was a blizzard he was like 7/12 for 80 yards and they rushed for 350 yards. He remembers those games vividly. He loves that rivalries are about this, he loves the tradition and pageantry with college football. The best way to enjoy a rivalry game is to prepare really well. People that get caught up in the game Monday Tuesday Wednesday go out and get whooped and have a bad experience. So preparation is key to having those great memories. Question 13: How is Jaydon Blue feeling mentally is he doing alright? He's doing great, physical errors are physical errors they are gonna work on that. They NEED Jaydon Blue he's an asset and a weapon on the team and they are going to work on getting him better. He's gonna get back to work. 3 things what take care of the ball better why cuz we can't fumble how what they are working on in practice. follow up about him coming out to media: he's a mature guy he thinks that the mentors he had with Roschon, Bijan, Jonathon etc were all great examples. as men we take accountability for our actions. Jaydon went and spoke to the media answered questions and moved on. Question 14: There's a 2 seam WR play (bond/moore) and he went to deandre moore instead of bond was that how it was drawn up or does arch have more of a connection with Moore because of the recruiting class together? First of all you call a play with a certain coverage in mind he didn't think they would 0 blitz them on a 3rd and long near the 50 yard long. They were anticipating coverage. They were trying to get 3 downfield. The beauty of it was the offensive line picked up the right 5, second arch knew who the free rusher was, third he knew where his man answers for where to take a shot. It was dealers choice - he went with dre to the field and it was a heck of a throw and a heck of a catch. Question 15: This week stars the second phase, do you name each phase of the season and whats the theme of this phase? He saves his creativity for the playcalling, it's just phase 2. This is a 4 week block to the next bye week. so it's 4 weeks and 3 games. It's a really long season so they break it into smaller segments to help the players focus better. Question 16: What traits does Isaiah bond have that allow him to be a trusted weapon so early in the offense? He's fast. He has elite speed. Helped him coming was his time at alabama, he learned a lot of the systematic things. The transition and integration to get comfortable was a lot easier than golden or bolden coming from other places. He makes plays at critical moments. QB's seeing that on TV gives him a headstart, hasn't disappointed yet on that. He's starting to become one of those guys who catches a curl route and he might just go. He has true explosive playmaking ability that can happen at or behind the line of scrimmage not just from a deep ball. Question 17: Jwhitt said deandre moore would be a leader have you seen that? He is the leader of that room, he is the captain of the WR room for sure. Studied everything about JWhitt from playbook to diet, to body to recovery to special teams work etc. It's paying off. The play he blocked for tre he got rewarded with a td 3 plays later. Jwhitt was spot on. Question 18: Simmons get off is that a unique quality you saw in him? Does that help open up the middle for the other guys? Wishes he could coach that or take credit. There's god given abilities like height weight strength arm size and get off. He was trying to figure out his get off early in the season because in high school you get so used to the handclap. Guess the clap etc. He's keying the back tip of the ball and rolling. He's using fundamentals and technique is incredible. DE to have 7 tackles is a lot of tackles. He does help a lot with the other guy. Collin is speed speed speed. Collin and Burke are bull rushers. Speed factor is huge. Question 19: Bye week comes at a time with lots of injuries talk about catching your breath and ease them back in throughout the week and relax? Knock on wood we haven't gotten bit by the injury bug that bad. There's schools down 2-4 offensive lineman. Losing critical pieces like QB and RB, a couple of safety has been an issue. Everything else is doing really well health wise. They need to get fresh and get healthy. Physical component, but a big mental component as well recharge the battery a bit don't be mundane, stale or going through the motions. He wants them to have positive energy and vibes throughout the season. Refresh is just as important as the get healthy part.
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The Veep Debate - Walz v. Vance, 9pm EST Tuesday, Oct 1st
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Takes on debate past performances for the two. Walz can show some excitability and does exude a bit of nervous energy, and Vance does come off as someone who's very comfortable lying. So, it might not be a total thrashing. We Watched Vance’s Old Debates. Here’s What We Learned. Senator JD Vance assumed his first public office just last year. But to win that job, he had to survive about a dozen debates, sharpening his chops when facing opponents onstage. Some politicians enjoy mixing it up with crowds on the campaign trail, while others revel in fund-raising. JD Vance loves debates. Mr. Vance, the first-term Republican senator from Ohio, will get his moment on the most prominent stage of his fledgling political career on Tuesday, when he represents Donald J. Trump’s presidential ticket in a matchup against his Democratic rival, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota. It’s a moment he has been anticipating for months. Mr. Vance spoke eagerly about the vice-presidential debate shortly after being named to Mr. Trump’s ticket in July. When President Biden dropped out of the race, Mr. Vance reacted with disappointment — because now he would no longer debate Vice President Kamala Harris. “Talk about take-backs,” Mr. Vance said at his first solo campaign event. “I was told I was going to get to debate Kamala Harris, and now President Trump’s going to get to debate her. I’m kind of pissed off about that if I’m being honest with you.” For his face-off with Mr. Walz, Mr. Vance has been busy with debate prep, including semiregular “murder board” sessions in which his top advisers pummel him with pointed questions and heated attacks. But his biggest advantage may be his recent experience. While Mr. Vance, 40, assumed his first public office just last year, to win that job he had to survive a gantlet of about a dozen primary and general-election debates. A review of those events shows that Mr. Vance, a best-selling author with a rebellious streak, brings a similarly distinct style to his debates. He is aggressive and bold in his assertions. His pugnacity often leads to over-the-top claims, but he is also careful to present as more polite and thoughtful than the caricature of him portrayed by opponents. Here’s a look at Mr. Vance’s debating style — and what it may tell us about his upcoming matchup against Mr. Walz. We Watched Tim Walz’s Old Debates. Here’s What We Learned. He may not be a lofty orator, but he has shown an ability to deliver punchy critiques with Everyman appeal. Before he was known to the nation as an affable Midwestern dad and a vice-presidential nominee, Tim Walz was a fast-talking political long shot in an ill-fitting suit, spoiling, in his Minnesotan way, for a debate-stage fight. As he stood next to his opponent — a crisply dressed six-term Republican congressman — Mr. Walz, a teacher by training, offered viewers a stark contrast at that 2006 debate, hosted by KSMQ-TV. Mr. Walz cast their choice as one between a political insider focused on “moving up in elected office” and the alternative he said he represented: “I live in the world that most of you live in.” Nearly two decades later, Mr. Walz is the one who has moved up in elected office, rising from congressman to governor and now, Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate. He is set to face Senator JD Vance of Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, in a high-profile debate on Tuesday. Mr. Walz and his allies have tried to set expectations high for Mr. Vance, emphasizing his Yale Law School credentials. And Mr. Vance is a practiced verbal pugilist who seems to delight in combative exchanges on cable news and Sunday morning shows. But a review of a half-dozen recorded debates over Mr. Walz’s career makes clear that while the camo-wearing, car-tinkering man from Mankato may not be his party’s most stirring speaker, he is in fact a seasoned debater himself. He is capable of both delivering punchy criticisms and exuding the Everyman appeal that helped propel him to the Democratic ticket — it was Mr. Walz, after all, who memorably branded the Trump-Vance ticket as “weird.” At times, though, Mr. Walz has been knocked off-kilter, too. “He can get a bit wordy,” said former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, a Republican. “But he’s an energetic and assertive speaker.” Here’s what we’ve learned about Mr. Walz’s debating style, and what it may tell us about Tuesday’s matchup against Mr. Vance. -
We are going to win convincingly this week again. but seriously I absolutely love us getting ranked lower than Bama. It’s the correct ranking, and it puts a little thorn in everyone’s side. Get healthy and get ready and geared up to beat the fuck out of OU
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I'll admit, I was super worried we'd go 1-1 to open SEC play with 2 road games. We have such a weird SEC schedule 2 road matches 1 home match 2 road matches 5 home matches 4 road matches 2 home matches They really couldn't split up the 5 home/4 road stretch of matches? Honestly, if we can go 2-0 or 1-1 in the Florida/Kentucky road trip, we have the inside track at winning the SEC. That 4 match road trip is just MSST, Auburn, Alabama and OU.
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
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Liucci Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 13:56:12) *Liucci walks in, jamming to “King of Wishful Thinking” by Go West and “Dirty Diana” by Michael Jackson* Texas' schedule is easy as hell. They have remarkably easy schedules in year one and year two of the SEC. Whereas, Oklahoma got hammered by the schedule. Florida got hammered by the schedule. Georgia has it rough. Texas has it easy. They hear me say that, and then they run to Twitter. They don't hear me say that Texas A&M got gifted a nice schedule for this year. Next year, it gets harder. It's mostly because of the flip between road and home. Next year at home, Texas A&M plays Florida, Auburn, Mississippi State and South Carolina. The way Florida and Auburn are going, you think that you should win all of those games. On the road, though, Texas A&M plays LSU in Death Valley, Texas in Austin, Missouri in Columbia, Arkansas in Fayetteville and Notre Dame in South Bend. I don't take offense if someone says that Texas A&M drew an easy schedule by SEC standards. It is still tougher than Texas' schedule. I normally visit friends at halftime or talk to some people in the stands. I just stayed down there. I was stressed. I told one of the news guys on our football staff that that is how the Arkansas game always goes. It is also how every Saturday in the SEC goes. Look at Georgia. Look how great Georgia is and how their last couple of games have gone. They have had to stress it out against Kentucky. They walked away feeling lucky to get a win. They come in this week and look up, and they're down 28-0. Georgia's last two weeks have been holy hell. I heard Kirby Smart say at one point in the game that they were down that big against Texas A&M at Kyle Field. I guess he was talking about 2013 when Alabama was down 14-0 and 21-7. It was never 28-0 or 30-7. Maybe it felt like that to Kirby Smart because no one scored on them back then. Texas is No. 2. They are no worse than one of the five best teams in the country, if not No. 1 or No. 2. Time will tell. They played a team that has looked like the worst team in the SEC, with a backup quarterback, at home and had a letdown. I still think Texas would have won, but it may have been a fourth-quarter game. That is the difference. You saw what Kentucky did to Ole Miss. Imagine if you had to go to Kroger Field this week. It gets really tough in this league. I wonder how many times Nick Saban had to win a game in the last five minutes in the past two years. Unless you are one of those top three to four teams in the SEC, every game is going to be like what A&M dealt with on Saturday. Even then, look at Ole Miss and Kentucky. If you can get two out of your eight SEC games to look like the Florida game, then you are either lucky or one of the top three to four teams in the league. Segment 2 (13:56:13 - 18:08:04) In 2012, we were up 20-0 against Alabama. The next year, we were up 14-0. An endzone pick on a fade that the receiver should have at least jumped up and broken up happened. I don't know if A&M would've gone up 28-7 or 21-0, but they were up 14-0 to start that game, and still, to this day, I think that was the loudest I've ever seen Kyle Field. When Johnny Manziel just fades to Mike Evans left and right. This was all built up as Nick Saban's revenge, and they ended up winning that ball game the next year. One of you, either David or Olin, said that Notre Dame was one of the worst quarterback showings that we had in a big game. I think you guys were going back to that Conner Weigman game against Notre Dame. Kyle Allen against Alabama in 2015. Three pick-sixes against Alabama in a game. Then Kyler Murray came in and threw a pick. People now make fun of it like it's not a bad thing because he didn't want to play because of the way they were moving quarterbacks, but that's not funny to me. That is the sign of a loser. That you don't want to go in and compete against Alabama and you threw a pick that half the guys on the team thought was intentional. That's not cool. I don't care if you don't like your coach. You don't want to play against Alabama? Segment 3 (18:08:05 - 20:07:24) The 2022 Alabama game was a fun game. Texas A&M went in there not expecting to win and came down to the final play. It is crazy what one play can do for a season or coaching tenure. You think of Jimbo Fisher, that play on the goal line, and the chance to beat Alabama again. You think about Kevin Sumlin, and if Deshawn Capers-Smith intercepts that ball, maybe you won't lose that first game to UCLA. It was not his fault. I picked one play out of thirty that I could have picked. I'll give you one play from Saturday. The Aggies are about to go for it near midfield early in the second quarter. Texas A&M gets a penalty, backs up five yards and punts. If they don't get the penalty and don't convert on fourth down, Arkansas gets a short field. Who knows if A&M would have gone down 21-7 or 17-7? Instead, you punt it and pin Arkansas deep. Shemar Stewart blew up a play, you recover the fumble, and then it's a tie game. You never know when these plays are going to win or lose a game or alter a season or coaching tenure. Segment 4 (20:07:25 - 44:41:24) I don’t think the goal is to trend along all year like that because, as we also saw throughout the Jimbo era, it certainly keeps you in the danger zone longer. If they can be playing the level of defense that they are playing now, which isn't perfect yet, but it is good, solid SEC defense without question. If they can keep doing that and if they were to get more explosive on offense, they would be a really dangerous football team. As it stands now, this team on that schedule can win every game they play. Until they get more big play explosive, you're going to be in the danger zone every week. That is most of the league for different reasons. LSU is explosive as hell but they're going to give up a lot of plays. Every team is trying to get out of that. LSU is trying to get better on defense, and A&M is trying to be more explosive on offense. I think they're getting closer. It’s hard to see. The running game is getting better, even though they struggled throughout that game. First of all, Marcel Reed was sacked three times and two of them were by Landon Jackson. I still think they did a good job of giving him time to throw and protecting him. The running game is hard to do when you're outnumbered. Le’Veon Moss started running like a man possessed. On Saturday, you had the 58-yard touchdown to Noah Thomas. If Marcel connects with Noah, you might've had a 75-yard touchdown. That was the closest we've seen to this offense opening it up, attacking down the field, making the opponent respect and back off. There is a ways to go before we say that this is an explosive, lethal, dangerous passing group. I am looking to see this week against Missouri, the following game after a bye week against Ole Miss. Can you make enough plays to win that one? Then when LSU comes in here, can you do that? I think it's moving in the right direction. I think people are underestimating that you had a quarterback that won the job, hands down. You have a very inexperienced quarterback who played four quarters of a low-quality ball game, and now he made his third career start on Saturday. He has shown so much as far as checking boxes, but he is very much still a developing quarterback and passer. When A&M's winning these games, you either get a much better Reed week-to-week or you get Conner back. As long as Marcel is progressing, I don't think you change it. This week will be interesting because it's three weeks in. They went neutral against Arkansas in a four-quarter game. They had an unexpected test with Bowling Green in a B-game, maybe even a C-game, but they won on an off day. If you had asked me where they would have been this week, I would have said 4-1, and they are 4-1. Maybe, I would have had them 5-0. But I think if they can beat Missouri this week, they really have a chance to get this thing going in the right direction. Arkansas probably won't be going to a bowl game, and Florida probably won't be going to a bowl game. I think they both needed to beat A&M to go to a bowl game this year. Most people don't know much about A&M this year except that we have a young quarterback and Mike Elko. I don't know why beating Arkansas close or beating Bowling Green close should catch anyone's attention. You win on Saturday, and you catch everyone's attention. Not only because you beat a top-10 team at home, but because you would be 3-0 in the SEC, you would be 5-0 on a winning streak. Then people start going, "You were actually close to beating Notre Dame." I'm looking at A&M's schedule and don't call it easy because it never is, but realize you could have been dealt a lot worse hand than you were. This schedule in year one for Mike Elko could have been a lot more tough. Jimbo's second year coaching here, you had No. 1 Alabama, No. 1 Clemson, No. 1 LSU and a Georgia team that was No. 1 earlier in the year. You had Bo Nix and Derrick Brown at a top-10 Auburn team. Like, let me get my footing. They've set it up so that once they get better, the Aggies can get their footing. Segment 5 (44:41:25 - 48:55:24) I think pass breakups, interceptions, and tipped passes intercepted for pick-sixes are flashy. How many pass breakups did Will Lee III have on Saturday? He had four. That is pretty special. He set the single-game record in the Southwest Classic. That secondary has been good. I said before the game that Arkansas was more of a test than we had seen. Not because Arkansas has a great passing game, but because of Taylen Green's elusiveness and mobility and their receiving corps. Green's passing ability is probably driving Bobby Petrino nuts. I think that the Arkansas receiving corps, Andrew Armstrong, Isaiah Sategna, Isaac TeSlaa and Tyrone Broden, is the best that A&M has faced so far this year. They don't have a guy to consistently get them the ball in rhythm. They are not like Alabama or LSU. There is no Malik Nabers, Justin Jefferson, Ja'Marr Chase, or Brian Thomas Jr. The secondary gave up some yards, but it was mostly the one big play. It was a busted play. Green should have never had that much time. He made a great move. Three Aggies had a shot at him. He did a great job of getting through that and finding a guy over the top for a touchdown. Other than that, I thought the secondary did a great job. It was nice to see Dezz Ricks get an interception. Mike Elko is still figuring things out in the secondary. Dalton Brooks has missed almost two full games from targeting penalties. He looked great on Saturday. Bryce Anderson only played 17 snaps because he is banged up, so you saw more Marcus Ratcliffe and Trey Jones III. You lost Tyreek Chappell, who you loved at nickel. You saw a mix of Jaydon Hill, who did some nice things in the box. You saw more BJ Mayes. They started Dezz Ricks over Jayvon Thomas, who still played and was impactful. They are still figuring out what the best look is. They fool good about what they have in the secondary. There will come a time when there is a defined four, nickel and dime unit. One guy that you know will be a part of that is Will Lee III because he has been really good. Segment 6 (48:55:25 - 57:53:11) Noah Thomas had six catches. He had five other catches outside of the 58-yarder, so he had five catches for 50 yards outside the big play. He had some important catches. I remember he caught one of them on a first down in a key moment to get ahead of the chains. Mike Elko and Collin Klein really believe Noah Thomas can be a big factor in the passing game. There was a quarterback change. I don't know what it looks like if Conner Weigman doesn't get hurt. I'm sure Thomas would have been a favorite target of his. He is capable of these types of games everytime he takes the field. He did it against Ole Miss last year. He is a big-play wide receiver who has gotten better in the possession-receiving game as well. He can do this more consistently. He can have 100 yards and a touchdown in any given week. He needs to make sure it happens by playing well, but he should be a five or six catches and a 45 to 70 yard-guy every Saturday. It would be amazing to see him stack performances like that. When was the last time we saw a receiver stack performance like that? Jahdae Walker did last year against Ole Miss and LSU. Before that, I don't know how long it has been. I would assume it would be Ainias Smith. They need that in this offense. Noah Thomas needs to emerge. Le'Veon Moss is forty yards off the SEC rushing lead. Ja'Quinden Jackson had about 200 yards against Arkansas Pine Bluff, so that is a little misleading. Segment 7 (57:53:12 - 1:01:00:13) The touchdowns for our tight ends will go up as they continue to show that they can make plays. I have liked Tre Watson since he got here in the spring. Theo Melin Öhrström has been a great find in the passing game, and I think he's getting much better as a blocker. I think that position is becoming a quality position. The credit for that goes to the coaches working with that group and credit to Collin Klein for getting them involved. It's so hard to get those yards in the red zone. Collin Klein at Kansas State was lethal in the red zone, and to get two plays from five yards out against any SEC defense that is especially that easy, just lob it out to your tight end. Those are the touchdowns you pray for. That is outstanding playcalling. I continue to be impressed with the tight end position. Hopefully, we'll see more of them. I think Marcel can find the tight end more as an outlet if he starts to go through the progressions as he continues to develop -
Sad for Gusto, stolen from another board In the Winter of 2016, Ryan signed up for one of my FloridaProspect events when I was still the youngest head coach in the state of Florida, his HS was listed ominously as Charlotte, NC. We had about 15-18 coaches there, probably only 55-60 kids. He signed up as a two way player, actually a switch hitting two way player. Ryan did not stick out all that much, he blended in talent and skill wise, however, he emailed me before the event introducing himself and told me that he was going to be in town a few days after the showcase and wrote, ‘if you like what you see I can come back the following day.’ Middle of event just as the bullpens were wrapping up, it started to rain. We told the pitchers to head home and we took all the position players and coaches to the cage. During his BP he really didn’t hit all that well but I noticed his physicality and upon closer inspection, OK we do have some athletic ability here, my pitching coach was next to me and I asked, ‘What’d you think of this guys pen?’ He said, ‘his curveball could play.’ OK so that was enough. I actually pushed him to a few coaches there, I ran the showcase it’s my job to work for the kids. I told him at the end of the day we would like to have him out the next day. Next day came and he threw live to a few of our hitters, struck a few out, got hit hard once or twice. I privately asked my pitching coach, ‘offer a walk-on?’ And he said, ‘yes.’ So I offered Ryan a walk-on spot at Broward College right then and there. He responded, ‘OK I’ll do it.’ Whoa! OK no talking to his family, just instant ‘yes.’ This was actually concerning!!! So I began to ask him a bunch of questions. ‘What HS do you go to? How was your year last year? Who is your coach? Tell me about your grades? Why did you just say yes immediately to a walk on and you’re from North Carolina!?!’ He told me he went to Providence HS in NC and that he didn’t make the varsity team. He was cut. He said he was going to be trying out again in a few weeks. He then told me that he wanted to come to Florida and help me win a championship. No lie he said that. Couple weeks went by and he texted me and told me he didn’t make his HS team again, but not to worry because he was going to be ready for when he came to me! Who on earth is this guy?!? So we had a bad year that year, coming off 2 conference championships it was a down year. Ryan texted me ALL SEASON. After Chipola won the national title he sent me a text and told me that he would be ready to help me beat Chipola when he showed up. That Fall of 2017 he showed up and he was still throwing 84! Still had unreal confidence. As a matter of fact, our team Captain who attended West Point the following year and was THEIR captain came to me and said ‘This kid Gusto throws 80-poo but swears no one can touch his shite.’ I said, ‘let him be.’ Two weeks or so into school something tragic happened. Ryan’s older sister Marissa passed away in her sleep. It was an extremely rare occurrence, her heart just stopped beating in her sleep. Ryan left for a few days to be with his family and his father called me and told me that Ryan needed and wanted to come back, that he needed baseball right now more than ever because it was something that his sister had always so strongly supported, coming to games and making friends with all of his teammates families and friends. Of course I obliged when Ryan returned and I made sure to check on him with, ‘Hey man you good?’ And he would always smile and say ‘Yes I’m good.’ Baseball wise he was improving. This team we had was GOOD, eventually this team would be ranked #1 in the country after starting the season 20-2, 5 guys are still playing professionally, 3 in AAA. My roster I always took 12 pitchers. As the Fall came to a close, Ryan was #13. Also at this time, Ryan’s family picked up from NC and moved down the street from Broward College. Yes they just picked up and moved down the street. Normally I let the kids know where they stand, but with Ryan under the circumstances, I hid it from him that he wasn’t going to be on the team. I did this because something told me not to let this player go. Well, two weeks into January we had a pitcher tear his labrum… and guess what, Ryan became my 12th pitcher. If Austin Genao had not been injured, I was prepared to redshirt Ryan. That’s the Gods honest truth. Ryan started as my 12th, but since I pitched everyone, he got his opportunities. His velo was now around 88 and the curveball played! He had an amazing season, becoming our #1 option out of the pen. We actually played Chipola and had a lead late against them and lost it. Ryan came up to me after the game and said, ‘If you had pitched me we would have won.’ The team lost in the state semifinal that season, Ryan went to New Hampshire to play Summer ball and they loved him. Mid-Summer I decided to leave and take the job at FSW. I called Ryan to tell him I was leaving and before I could even provide him details he said, ‘OK I’m coming with you.’ That coming Fall Ryan was around 92-93 and signed with WKU. In the Spring we opened our weekend with the 1st annual Marissa Gusto Memorial Tournament, something my staff and I honored her with. This tournament carried on every year I was at FSW (and I have plans to pick it back up). Dozens of professional ballplayers and multiple current major leaguers pitched in this tournament. We went to play Chipola on the road and they were #1 in the country, I made sure to pitch Ryan and of course he dealt in victory and then came and told me about it. I actually started him out of the bullpen that season for strategic reasons with the intention to have him start at a certain point. He had an amazing year, fastball now up to 96 with multiple other pitches developed, he led us to a conference championship and was named the conference pitcher of the year and the state of Florida POY as well. Charlie Gonzalez loved him, loved his confidence and drafted him in the 11th round. Funny because Ryan wasn’t going to sign. They kept offering him 125K and he kept telling them he would go to WKU and pitch himself to a few million dollars. Charlie called me and asked me what it would take and I said, ‘Probably everything you have left.’ Charlie listened and they gave Ryan all of their leftover pool money, he signed for $421,699. Ryan took pride in that, the fact that he didn’t sign for a round number and that they gave him what they had left. Ryan got Tommy John surgery shortly into his professional career, and has worked hard throughout his entire minor league career. As a matter of fact, his work ethic is lauded within his organization. Ryan’s family and mine are very close, they take care of our children sometimes, we stay in touch often. Ryan is the godfather to my youngest daughter Margot. I try to make sure I bring up Marissa when we visit, I love hearing and seeing the joy in their faces when they speak about how much people enjoyed her presence. Ryan is a great ballplayer, but his fierce loyalty and unwavering confidence are by far his greatest qualities. If you’re still reading this, you should be rooting for Ryan Gusto just like I am and always have since I met him. I'm on my way to Cleveland with my youngest child to cheer him on in his Major League Debut tomorrow.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
closetojumping replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
It’s not the thread, doofus. It’s the actual concept of how forums work. There’s a political forum where boring political comparisons and bad political jokes can be made. You can go there and even use really lame nicknames for the candidates you like or don’t like. It’s apparently a total blast for those so inclined. And then you have everything else here where the rest of us just don’t find it amusing, and it’s almost always divisive. So when you bring it out of that forum, it’s fucking irritating. This isn’t some scenario where you get it and we don’t, or you’re right and none of us can see that. You aren’t smart enough to win here and you do not have high ground. Now get right or get fucked. -
Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Hank_Hill replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Bama was tied with USF until the 4th but we’re going to get rolled by Georgia because we struggled to a 22 point win over a conference team. Got it. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Nice Guy Eddie replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
Everyone is fawning over bama winning the “best game in 40 years” or whatever. It was a freaking video game where each team looked like crap at time. My guess is that the winner was going to jump us no matter what. when we beat GA by 14, will they give us the bump over Bama? -
2024 Texas GameDay Stadium Experience Thread
TheYoungHorn replied to TrashMaster G's topic in Football
Hell, go back to letting the band play "All I do is win" for a few rounds if we are really trying to kill time to let them do post game on field interviews. -
2024 Texas GameDay Stadium Experience Thread
TheYoungHorn replied to TrashMaster G's topic in Football
The new "tradition" of playing "I Like Texas" which used to be the Rangers win song after the game and before the Eyes has to stop. I get that they are trying to vamp to give Sark/Players who are getting TV interviewed time to complete the TV piece before they run over to sing with the team, but listening to 3 minutes of Pat Green singing while the whole team stands in the corner staring at the band is awful. If you have to play a song, which I don't think you need to do to vamp, we never used to do this, then play something that will at least keep the post win energy going. It's crazy to watch our team and student section just stand around staring at the band. -
Couldn't say, but he's got athletes and at some point, you have to rely on them to do their job. We're a tough nut to crack with all our weapons and third year Quinn. If I'm Kirby, I'm going to try to get to Quinn and disrupt him as much as possible. He isn't Milroe mobile, but he's shown much better pocket presence and the willingness to scamper some yards as needed. The OL will need to peform like they did against Mich and Bama last season, and Quinn will need to be on his game. Venables will throw stunts, twists, blitzes and the kitchen sink at us during the RRS, so that's probably a great primer going into the following week. Just hope we're fully healthy afterwards. Georgia has a pretty easy slate with Auburn and Miss State, then us. After this loss to Bama, Kirby is going to see us as a must win game and their chance at redemption. He will have his team fired up for us. As always seems to be the case, we get everyone's best shot.
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Game Thread Texas vs. Mississippi State - 3:15pm on SEC Network
BurntOrangeBlooded15 replied to Pancho's topic in Football
This is where I am. Fuck you who don’t think we’re winning the sec sec sec year one. We played like shit and still scored 35 pts. We played like shit and only gave up 6 points through 3.5 quarters. We played like shit and our backup QB went 26/31 for 324. There’s gonna be games in a season where things don’t go right. The 09 team had 10 point wins over 9-4 Tech and 6-7 Aggie. 05 team played like dogshit against a 5-7 Aggie team. Hell it happens. Least we picked MSU with a bye week after to do it. We’ll beat OU 21 in a few weeks and the world will be back in order.- 3282 replies
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That's why you take the points. There's a reason it's fourth down; they've stopped us. Take the small victory of a field goal even if the world of sportscasters has decided it's something that is "settled for." They are wrong. They are dull-minded parrots. In this case, it puts Miss St. deeper in a hole that they're unlikely to climb out of. Psychologically, we're celebrating while they're lamenting. Texas victory looks increasingly inevitable. And, as stated above by @Jkwellborn, they have to change their game. Instead, we fail on fourth down instead of kicking, and they're fired up while we're lamenting. Sportscasters have also confused the words "stupid" and "aggressive." Coach is being aggressive here going for it on 4th and 2 on his own 38 yard line. What's on the line? A first down on your side of the field (not great odds for scoring from there) versus maintaining field position and letting your defense play and maybe getting the ball around the same spot later on. Sark is way smarter than I am. He's made this error fewer times (only this once?) this year than last year. I hope this failure of a decision re-inforces the restraint in these situations. It was a somewhat frustrating win that dropped me into PTSD recalling the runaway games that became shit fights with far lesser teams during the Herman era. However, we weren't desperately hanging on at the end. We should have stopped more runs at the line where the back often squirted out of pile for extra yardage. However, we kept them from scoring much. It had all the signs of one of those games that all teams have. Not sharp, but sharp enough. Hook 'Em!
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FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Dbeasy replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
I don’t want to bet dollars, but I’m pretty confident Bama passes Texas. And even winning out, including over Georgia, wouldn’t put Texas in front of an undefeated Bama, unless they smoke Georgia. Of course, given yesterday’s game, going undefeated sounds a lot tougher. But we might be seeing a Bama Texas SEC championship game. -
Game Thread Texas vs. Mississippi State - 3:15pm on SEC Network
Rockethorn1978 replied to Pancho's topic in Football
Georgia or Bama is leaping us depending on who wins that game and I’m glad we need to play with a chip going into ou. -
Just dropping in to say that the whole sequence where Sark took points off the board in a one score game in Q3, and then proceeded to call a 4th and 3 play Arch very clearly cannot execute, was one of the most hilariously bungled sequences I've seen on a football field in my lifetime. That reminded me briefly of why I was down on Sark for so long. The plus side is it's too funny to actually be upset. Any additional dooming is unwarranted. Sark is treating the game like a scrimmage and focusing on getting Arch reps, which I think is mostly fine notwithstanding the above. Similar to the BYU game last year. MSU is absolutely terrible and is not a threat to win this game even with how sloppy Texas has looked. They need to take a look at the run defense over the bye week. It's shown cracks all year and looks the worst it has all year today; fortunately MSU is not a threat anywhere else. That's going to cost them games down the line if they don't improve. Even playing sharper on offense, which I think we can safely assume upon Ewers's return, would help that in a complimentary football sort of way though. Let's get through this healthy and get on to Dallas.
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This is clearly gonna be one of those “everything going wrong for us, everything going right for them” kind of afternoons, but this team should still win this game. just gotta hope we get the “we knew it was gonna be a tough game” and “all credit to them, those guys are a good football team over there” type postgame quotes after a puckering win
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Ugh win or lose I’m going to hate to listen to “See Texas we told you about the SEC”
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Going back and forth between this and KY/Miss We need Michigan to win for SOS
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My brother said we should start practicing field goals every day to where it becomes natural and if we get selected for the money challenge we easily hit the FG and rob Pat of 40-50k. Remember, "it's not gambling if you know you're going to win."
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