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I went back and re-watched part of the spring game. -While our OL definitely sucked, most of the worst offenders likely either wont' see the field or won't have to play that position. Pretty much every drive with Urquidez was a lost cause. Omenihu and Hager absolutely ate him up almost every time he was in. I know they wanted to try Kerstetter at C and move guys around but they made the offensive drives with him in there more or less pointless for the rest of the guys on the field. He was that bad. Imade didn't get flat out beat a ton, but he gave up way too much space in pass pro for a guy with his strength and missed some assignments in the run game. Okafor can't hold up on the edge. He gave up a sack or two and had a holding penalty. Urquidez and Imade almost definitely wont see the field, while Okafor will (fingers crossed) not have to take any snaps at OT this year. If we suffer any injuries at OT this year, it will get bad like last year. -For some of the guys who will be starting, Vahe is the same guy as always, amazing on the move. Decent in zone running. Not great blocking a DT straight up, below average at straight pass blocking and you can beat him on a stunt or delayed blitz almost everytime (see the third gif in this post). Shack and Rodriguez are similar. They won't straight up blow an assignment but they won't execute it well, either. They don't get good push in the run game and can often get beat and they both get pushed back too far in pass pro. We need one of Hudson, Grandy, or Okafor to win the RG spot if we want to have much of a running game this year. Putting Rodriguez and Shack next to each other will mean we can't run to A or B gap on the right side much at all. Rodriguez is fine as depth all along the OL, but he shouldn't be starting. -The drives where our OL most closely resembled a starting OL, they held up ok and Sam and Shane made some nice throws when they had time. Gives me a little bit of hope for the offense this year. Crazy how even average OL play makes the rest of the offense look way better. Sam especially made some really good throws, like the deep bomb to Duvernay and the post route to LJH near the north endzone. He still had some bad reads where he missed open guys and that fumbled snap can't keep happening, but he is progressing. Sam also missed a couple easy throws. On one drive, he missed LJH down the sideline, Leitao open down the seam and an out to LJH. This is one example of a throw Sam absolutely has to make, no excuses: -One play calling aspect I did like a lot was how much we motioned RBs in to the backfield. It can confuse the defense and give the threat of running to either side when we're in shotgun. Also, with guys like LJH, Duvernay, and Heard, you want the ball in their hands as much as possible. -Shane doens't seem to be progressing much. He's good at outside routes where he can release the ball quick and not think, but he gets scared at the first sign of pressure and makes some really dumb throws. Both of his missed to Burt were utterly inexcusable. Burt was wide open. On the first one (16:16), Shane had a bit of pressure in his face but not so much that he should be excused from missing such an open throw. Also note Vahe getting beat on a delayed blitz. Fourth year, same guy. On that drive, Shane completed lots of quick passes where he put the ball in exactly the right spot. You can still build an offense around Shane if he is your QB, but it's pretty limited and I don't trust Beck to stick to the stuff Shane can execute. Shane also did a good job of throwing jump balls to CJ when he was in 1 on 1 coverage, even if the DB was there, like at 27:15. -While Wheeler did better, he's still going to get exposed in space by B12 offenses. He and Adeoye don't have the speed to cover RBs in space or track down fast QBs, like Murray or Robinson at TCU. I think the optimal B12 defense for this team will be a dime package with one true LB--Gary Johnson-- and a big safety. Not sure who the best bet for that would be, maybe Foster? Regardless, I think the D will be very solid, unless it gets some unfortunate injuries at spots where we're thin. -BJ Foster just oozes potential. Insane to think he didn't even play S last year in HS. Him and Sterns are going to be really, really good. It's a shame we didn't get to see Sterns in this game.

I thought the appropriate response was to drive your ball into them while they’re still in the fairway.

You rednecks are hilarious. You make up numbers that can never be authenticated, and then insist those who disagree offer substantiated numbers. We know that between 1876 and 1918, 1,233 former A&M students had, at some time, served as U.S. military officers (only 668 of these individuals were actual graduates of A&M). Walk me through where I can verify your claims of the other 78,000+. I know of the whole Sr. Military College structure. It was essentially started in 1910 to identify different levels of military instruction at various colleges and universities. I am sure I understand the SMC structure far better than you understand the University Affiliated Research Center struture Now, some numbers about WWII: According to Henry Dethloff, TAMU historian (and yes, I have personally spoken to Henry about this), the figure of 14,123 TAMU 'alumni' who served as officers is equally divided between those 'alumni' who were graduates and were then commissioned as reserve officers and those who dropped out and received commissions through other channels. Supposedly, the total number of TAMU 'alumni' who served in all branches in all ranks was 20,229. According to the Annapolis Special Collections librarian, the number of USNA graduates who served as officers during WWII is 12,976 (call up to Annapolis and ask for the Spec Collect. Librarian. Ask for Adam. Tell him the folder is in the vertical files under Graduates - Graduates by class who died during WWII). The Association of Graduates at West Point reports 9,802 West Point graduates served as officers during WWII (The oldest USMA graduates to serve as officers in WWII were from the Class of 1900. There were 487 USMA graduates who died in battle during WWII). If you call to confirm that number, either ask for Suzanne or Elaine. You claim "West Point has over twice as many as USNA." You are an idiot. USNA had 30% more officers serve in WWII than did West Point. Add the numbers and you get more USMA and USNA GRADUATES as officers, than aggys of all ranks, officers and enlisted (both school graduates and drop-outs). You are a dishonest sack of shit who offers up lies with practiced ease to perpetuate fraudulent military claims. You are a disgusting individual.

This all makes sense to me. You know, I really appreciate you articulating this particular situation as opposed to charging me $9.95 and saying the situation with fluid.

So lets say a guy is pretty certain he is going to Texas. he wants to go there, his parents want him to go there. and then he goes to Ohio State and meets with Urban Meyer, are you telling me its surprising that Meyer would be able to persuade him that maybe Ohio State is the better choice? Do you think Meyer is bad or new at this thing called recruiting? Oh and they have your HS QB putting the full court press on you, you dont think that matters? So the kid becomes unsure of what he wants to do. He is torn between two great programs. Is that surprising to you? Not me. Does that mean he committed to OSU? No. And then the kid goes to Texas and loves it. Says they showed him everything he needed to see and then promptly announces he may push his decision back a little. And somehow you think that confirms he was committed to OSU? Uh, no. Im not getting into details here. But I know for a FACT Wilson did not commit to OSU. Did he really like it? Yes. Did his visit really open his eyes and make it seem possible to go there? Yes. Does pushing back his decision confirm anything other than the kid is torn between two great programs who are both making him a priority? No. He is in a great position with either school and neither is a bad choice for him. I wont be commenting anymore on Wilson's decision. Its his to announce and i believe he will announce it sooner than later.

At the end of last season, Sam was literally still a freshman.

I've spent > 10 hours trying to fix the imgur issue. I'll continue to work on it till it works I accedently deleted the spring thread, so there's about 20 pages that got lost. I'm trying to do some work every day, but some days it's tough to make time.

SIAP:

The most recent graduating class sizes of the Military Academies AIr Force. 795 Navy. 811 Army. 936 The entire corps of cadets at aggy is approximately 2,000. Only about 40% receive any kind of commission. Aggy needs to get their “facts” straight. Also, I dare you to tell any graduate of one of the military academies that they participated in a ROTC program.

Nothing sums up the 60's for me more than

It's probably better than "we won a championship when your great grandfather was five years old", though.

EJ after dark: More key stops coming up for UT staff

The olds/boomers are the ones who put trump in office. If you think about it, his election really is the best expression of that generation ever. Addicted to TV/propaganda, eats a lot of fast food, completely narcissistic, claims to not being racist when in fact they are, looks for the easy buck, puts their own self interest ahead of the generations of future Americans, etc. Trumps is the apex of the boomer generation and they will forever live in infamy because of it. Sorry for the good people of that generation, of which their are countless. You just got overwhelmed by the pieces of shit. Not completely your fault but youre not blamelesss either. Clean up your own house.

The military doesn't care about shit like this when it's a Republican. They still went like 70% for Trump after he attacked a Gold Star family, said POWs aren't heroes because they got caught, said he always wanted a purple heart, dodged the draft, and on and on. Turns out that the military eggshells that Dems have to walk on are just phony excuses to justify a preexisting partisan position.

Macron is playing Trump so hard and he’s falling for it. Trumps going to find himself pregnant and alone saying “but he said he loved me.”

Great post. Go fuck yourself.

That awkward photo story is gold and epitomizes Aggie "culture." An outsider remarks on them doing something idiotic looking. The Aggie explains that the idiocy is attached to their idiotically-named War Hymn. That they call their fight song a War Hymn and their cheers yells is more idiocy based on insecurity about their own manhood even though they constantly boast about their extremely masculine heterosexuality. Rough tough real stuff. Not tea sippers but manly men comfortable in their manful traditions. Phlegm can provide the visuals. They have no clue that their explanations are worse than the supposed misperceptions.

3,2,1,

This thread is about get Duke’d so hard.

That woman would have been in the wrong even if he had twelve hours to spare.

I, for one, support the cops being called for ANYONE (regardless of race, color, sexual orientation) who plays too slow on a golf course.

White people.

Anybody campaigning in Mississippi with a last name of Hood has a decent shot at winning.

Tried to skirt the law and got outflanked.

And 100% this. Macron is playing Trump. And that's good for all of us. He gets Trump to think they're pals. And Trump will go along with something from his pal...if his pal plays him the right way. It's all simple jedi-mind trick shit, and anyone worth a shit who's negotiated with a Gump-like adversary (or partner) has used them. Macron: "Man, Donald. We have always wanted to do X, but Obama just wouldn't go for it. That was really frustrating." Trump: "I'LL DO IT! OBAMA WOULDN'T, BUT I WILL!" If your job is "get Trump to do what I want," there are a lot of EASY ways to do that. And if you have to act like his bestest buddy to get there, that's the price you gotta pay.

He has said as much publicly. This is exactly what happened. The question is whether Texas did enough to pull even/ahead this past weekend on his OV. The longer this plays out as "tied," the farther from home C'bus looks.

Can't go to tomorrows 1:10pm afternoon game. 2 tickets section 129 row 18. First come first serve - PM me - assuming we can still do that here. You will have to download the MLB Ballpark app so i can transfer tickets. Edit: if it wasn't obvious - fo free.

Chill, knoxtnhorn isn't the only dude fucking your wife. No need to send all the rage his way. Spread it out.

$10 is $10 - Hannity

As far as I'm concerned, they can salute whomever that want. It just pisses me off when they feel the need to denigrate the military academies in order to feel special about themselves. And seriously, does any other school in the country show the spring game as a victory on their website? Did they kick all of the players on the losing team out of school?

The Penguin on ice skates with a hockey stick did it for me as a kid. That's why as a native Houstonian, I was excited when the Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 1991. I mean as a 7 year old, what is cooler than a Penguin skating around with a hockey stick?

Melania had the power to stop all Trump's nonsense throughout the campaign. She was complicit, standing by, a racist, dotty old man in the beginning throes of dementia get the power to launch nukes. No sympathy.

Is this a thing y'all are gonna try to do? It'd be a lot better if we just stopped doing this thing.

Naming your kid after a 2020 recruit? Bold strategy Cotton.

I understand your incredulity at the inanity of fake military saluting anyone. However, as a former real military member, I would have no problem saluting the funeral procession of a former First Lady, even if I wouldn't necessarily be required to do so were she still alive and currently First Lady.

Texas was at LT's spring practice yesterday and are again today.

Went to hang out with Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Had YouTube been around when she came along I wouldn't be the only one at this cemetery. Looking at the pic now I notice I should plan my shirts for the occasion better. SRT played almost exclusively Gibson. But I have a history of this...

The strings on Longhorn94's heart.

I think a fair number of liberal voters could be convinced to ban abortion from months 7-on, except for immediate health of the mother in extremely rare circumstances, if this came with an agreement to increase benefits for people who choose to carry those kids to term and increases to sexual education and public health programs to reduce unwanted pregnancies and help pregnant mothers identify that they are pregnant early. Calling for abortion to be eliminated while simultaneously cutting public benefits for kids and not funding proper adoption programs or proper sexual education is an intellectually dishonest position, but it's the position the bulk of the GOP supports. There are lots of ways we can reduce abortions. We should be trying to utilize as many as possible.

They also backpedalled when they put up their no carry signs at their retail store.

motherfucking fruit cake...it's honestly the only "food" i loathe. my mamere' you used to make it and fuck all hell that shit was...shit. just shit. nothing redeeming about it at all. just lazy as fuck candied shit turds wrapped in a shit blanket of shit cake.