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Cross-posting from Football board because, I am fucking proud of my work:

FIGHT ME. IMMEDIATELY.

Sup yall. New to the board. Hows it going?

This was a good attempt at covering your tracks, but that's not all the good stuff from your fake account. It appears you went on an editing spree last night, mainly in the thread you started with your sock (and commented on as yourself) asking us about the $9.95ers and which ones you should follow. lulz. Overall, though, good job. In today's day and age, I expected to see you bashing Super K and Andrew or making pervy comments about Jennifer Lawrence's leaked photos. You asked to know all the times they fucked up (even though you edited this out last night. lulz) and then responded to you own question with your real account: I'll just leave this here And in there you did also call EJ a douche. (Also edited out but Katfid had quoted you so it's still in there. lulz) And you got defensive about someone criticizing the $9.95ers and threw Kurt Bohls under the bus (not that I blame you cuz that guy sucks): Well then should I follow Kurt Bohls and the AAS for updates? I'd rather not. You also threw some shade at Hamm in this thread but you edited it before I could pull it so it's a watered down version. Personally, I think you should've left this one unedited.

Well Biff I think we’ve already addressed that and really if you think about it you’re the one that lies every day. Next question.

Can confirm

Hence why I'm learning you fucking dumbass.

Jeez y’all. I’m not infallible. Y’all can make fun of me and rib me for fucking up. I don’t expect everybody to like me and I don’t expect myself to be perfect. It’s just like how I outed myself over on shaggy. Humble pie. Thanks for the criticism. I’ll learn from it and move on. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

OK Nancy.

you sneaky sonofabitch

UTL's comb-through of 35dimes' history was hilarious. So too is the fact that you called EJ a douche, and he reads the board anonymously so frequently that he tweeted about it immediately after the call-out. UTL is also right that you appear to be a good dude, and the Surl is definitely better for having you around. And this post, owning up to your (generally hilarious) posts as 35dimes, is the kind of "apology" I can appreciate. Good on you, man.

You need to go have a campfire with @Napoleon and @The Earl of Texas and sing kumbaya. I don't get all the animosity, at least for non-Chip/Ketch types. Will's a good dude and he and TFB provide by far the best content of the sites. Who cares if he had a sock? At the end of the day, it provided some good laughs for us and there was no harm done.

Not really. Go fuck yourself for being a perpetual cunty wet blanket here. Bragg’s mom has been pro-Stanford from the jump. If he got in, he’s going there. If he didn’t, he was coming here. People reporting the latter isn’t problematic. And there isn’t a need to “return to the drawing board” you dim twit.

I’m Chef Hamm. With the ribs y’all

My boss was giving a presentation in a conference room with about 60+ employees. He had a link in his Power Point presentation and couldn't get it to launch. I was in the 2nd row of seats, so I said, "Hey, XXXXX. Just hit the start button in the lower left corner and launch your video directly from Windows Media Player." This was around 2003. He clicks on the start button. He clicks on Windows Media Player and it automatically launches the last video that he had watched on his laptop. It was porn. It was broadcast on the big screen for the entire room to see. He dove for the projector cord and ripped it out of the wall. I acquired the nickname, "Mr. Helpful."

You should've just pulled back and run your fingers through you hair and said "You're too slow!"

This is the recruiting board. You should never feel good about anything.

#teamBaizer

The real reason I outed myself.

Here's a little hint. America didn't get to where it got by citizens accepting bullshit treatment and unfairness. If any of you lazy dipshits got this worked up when a cop blew away an unarmed man by shooting him while he's handcuffed and then filing a false police report, police brutality would be drastically reduced by now.

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Thanks for fixing my grammar error on a fan board. I'm not writing an article. Jeez, dude. You have problems. Also sorry for having a private account? Mind shooting me your name since having an anonymous account here is such a huge problem? edit: By the way, you have two run-on sentences in your grammatical critique. I'll let you find them.

It’s the doldrums of the offseason, so I figured it would be interesting to visit an event that’s always intrigued me in various ways. I wasn’t even born yet, or close to being born yet, when the so-called “Game of the Century” was played in Fayetteville in 1969 between Texas and Arkansas. My dad played ball at Rice and was recruited by Texas as a DB until he tore a knee up during his senior year. He grew up a Texas fan and that’s how he raised his boys, even if we also got to see quite a few Rice games growing up as well. The first CFB game I ever watched with him, mostly because the neighborhood kids were all out of town, was the 1984 Cotton Bowl between Texas and Georgia. After the end of that gut-wrenching experience, my father stayed parked in front of a tv, still as a statue, for hours. That Texas/Georgia game may have scarred him but it woke me up to something that was dormant for the first 7 years of my life. If he could be that obsessed with this “college” team, whatever college was, well, then I could get hooked too. The first and most repeated story I heard from that New Year’s Day to this day about the fabled Longhorn program before my days was the “Game of the Century” – Fayettville, AR, December 6, 1969, Texas vs. Arkansas. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve revisited that story on my own, in part to understand reality vs family sports myth, and in part because it’s actually a pretty fascinating event within the sport I love religiously. There are documentaries I’ve watched and books I’ve read about it, and I’ve often asked people who were alive and cognizant at that time to share their thoughts. Outside of the way my dad explains it, my two other favorite versions of the game come from “Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming: Texas vs. Arkansas in Dixie’s Last Stand”, largely because it’s comprehensive and well told, and then separately, there’s an old documentary on the life of DKR that I can no longer remember the name of, but covered this game through the eyes of various people involved. Anyway, who gives a shit, 49 years later, right? Well, honestly, if you’re a fan of one of the two programs, or the sport itself, you shouldn’t be able to help yourself from being somewhat fascinated. Consider the following elements: Beano Cook called the shot that this game could decide the nation title winner during the summer of 1969. He was a young executive for ABC and convinced Roone Arledge to take a shot at moving this game to the last game on the schedule, in December no less. With Arledge on board, they then worked to convince the two programs to move the game and they somehow pulled it off. Frank Broyles usually loved to see Arkansas scheduled to play Texas the week after the Texas/OU game every year, so he wasn’t exactly gung ho about the concept of moving the game. Having the game in Fayetteville, as well as promising him ABC coverage against Stanford to open the 1970 season, gave him enough comfort to let it happen. Royal was on the opposite end of the spectrum, and was all too happy to see the game moved. This might have been the first conference championship game ever played in December. It wasn’t touted as such, but it turned out that way. Texas turned the ball over 6 times in this game and still won. Richard Nixon, a sports fan in a major way, invited himself to the game and ultimately declared Texas the national title winner in the locker room after the game. Nixon’s decision to attend stirred up all kinds of trivia. First, Fayetteville doesn’t have an airport close enough to handle Air Force One, so they had to land at Fort Smith, some distance away, and then have Marine One brought in to deliver the president to the game on time. Second, Vietnam protesters attended his appearance en masse in an effort to heckle and shame him. Third, an urban legend arose that one of those protesters, in fact the one who climbed up in a tree with a sarcastic sign about the war, was none other than a young Bill Clinton. Apparently, that last part has been invalidated due to Clinton being in Oxford, England at the time. Finally, there was another future president in attendance of the game, however, as George HW Bush, a congressman from Texas at the time, attended as part of Nixon’s entourage. A side effect of Nixon granting Texas the national title in the locker room was that another undefeated team, Penn State, felt they had a legitimate claim on the national title as well. Joe Paterno, a future piece of human shit who covered up child rape by one of his friends in order to maintain order within his regime at Penn State, whined endlessly about the slight for years. In fact, the Cotton Bowl actually invited Penn State down to settle the argument on the field against Texas on New Year’s Day, 1970. Paterno instead decided to take his team instead to the Orange Bowl, and whined from afar to the press at that game, and continued to do so right up until a grand jury opted to pursue Jerry Sandusky as a monster. I like to think that Joe Paterno has to watch the game of the century and Nixon handing Texas that trophy on repeat down in whatever level of hell he’s been thrown. Anyway, there’s a remaining odd lot of random shit that’s interesting about the surroundings of this game, but that isn’t the true purpose of this tome. What really brings me back to this game and a higher meaning for it in my life is the behavior of Darrell Royal leading up to this game and in the fourth quarter. Any time I think about strategy, forethought, cajones and courage under fire, this game is one of the random thoughts that pops in. Specifically, I find two things fascinating about DKR’s leadership in this experience. The man showed a mastery of game theory for his craft. Ahead of the game being played, and I believe on the flight up there, he talked to James Street about what they’d do if they were down by two touchdowns in the second half. Royal told Street that when UT scored the first time, they would then go for 2 points. Street asked him if he was sure, and Royal confirmed. Mathematically, this is actually the right maneuver, if rarely deployed. If they missed, they’d still have the chance to go for 2 later if they scored again, which maximizes their opportunity for either a win or a tie. A few years before, Ara Parseghian had played for a tie against Michigan State in a match-up of 1 vs. 2 and it paid off as Notre Dame eventually won the 1966 national title. DKR saw the world differently and hadn’t gotten as far as he had playing for ties, and he wouldn’t do so if given his own choice. As it turned out, Texas was down 14-0 in the 4th quarter when Street came unhinged on a keeper and scored from way out. They then called the play they’d discussed and converted the 2 point conversion. Awesome. Tom Osborne was later vilified, as it turns out on that same New Year’s Day in 1984 as the Texas/Georgia debacle, when he failed the game theory test and went for 2 points on the last score of the game against Miami, as opposed to going for 2 on the prior score. We discussed this in another offseason thread on Shaggy that I enjoyed at this link: http://www.shaggytexas.com/board/showthread.php/108875-The-1984-Orange-Bowl-Game-Theory-amp-Tom-Osborne-s-quot-Folly-quot Most importantly, the call on 4th and 3 from UT’s own 43 with just under 5 minutes left in the game on the play “Right 53 Veer Pass” where, in effect, Street’s only target on the passing tree was a rarely used tight end on a deep route. The TE was Randy Peschel and he was double covered on the play, yet he still came down with the catch, 44 yards downfield and in the Arkansas red zone. Before the play, Street basically asked DKR if he knew what he was doing and Royal responded with biting certainty. It’s an insane play call and the probability of success had to be incredibly low. Arkansas wasn’t even fooled as they had guys draped over Peschel when he came down with the freaking ball. Over time, DKR has taken on mythical proportions within the sport and particularly within the program at Texas. The man could turn a phrase, he won 3 national titles, he was an innovator and a hard ass, he hated cheaters and Barry fucking Switzer, and he won. That considered, my true belief is that none of that other shit matters in proportion to his mythology if he doesn’t call that fucking play and his guys don’t execute flawlessly. My view is that I hope to have the stones in my own life to pull stunts like that, as it’s a great example to me of a life being fully lived, and bringing so many others along on the same damned ride. I’m thankful to root for a school with legends like that in its repertoire, too. Thoughts?

This is a perfect illustration of why EJ Holland is a fucking moronic, which-way-is-up dipshit. I can't even craft a better illustration of how limited and out over his skis this guy is than the fact he can't even identify who the strongest competition in his own market is...and I like IT. The dipshit might have well fucking cited Orangebloods in terms of how stupid he looks shitting on TFB. I'm not sure this guy could tell a cock from a corndog, even with the lights on as it is being crammed down his throat.

Waiting for Trump to issue a pardon for Andy Dufresne after watching The Shawshank Redemption.

Here's what I was looking for. It's only part of a much longer answer so click the link if you're interested. https://www.quora.com/Do-we-have-extra-biblical-evidence-for-the-origins-of-the-Israelites - Deuteronomy 32:8–9 (Dead Sea Scrolls) As mentioned previously, in the Canaanite religion the head god El’s full name was El Elyon (“the Most High of all the gods”). He and his wife Asherah was at the head of the pantheon called the Elohim (meaning “children of El”), with the other gods in the second tier as the sons of the gods El and Asherah. So, the above passage in the Dead Sea Scrolls refers to El dividing all humans into 70 nations, giving his son Yahweh the nation of Israel as inheritance. This corresponds with the 70 nations that emerged after the flood in the Noah narrative in Genesis. It is also consistent with the notion in the other ANE polytheistic religions of different gods ruling over different geographical areas or nations like kings. The meaning of these verses are obscured in later translations (for example the Masoretic text), creating the impression that it refers to the 12 tribes of Israel (the 12 sons of Jacob), while it actually refers to all humans (descendants of Adam). It also obscures the fact that it actually refers to two deities (El and his son Yahweh). Compare the same passage in the King James Version with the Dead Sea Scrolls above, with specific reference to the phrases in bold: - ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭32:8-9‬ ‭(KJV‬‬) Other examples of biblical evidence for the polytheistic nature of the beliefs of the Israelites: The word Elohim (original meaning "sons of El" in the Canaanite religion), was subsequently used more than 2500 times in the Hebrew Tanakh, and was used to indicate anything from a range of gods, the Divine Assembly (see below), the god of the Bible, other gods (for example Chemosh, the god of Moab), and even kings and prophets. The Divine Assembly, also called the Divine Council or Synod of Gods, played an important role in the Canaanite religion, where El presided over the Divine Council. In the Hebrew Bible the god of the Israelites presided over the Divine Council. See for example Psalm 82, where God has council with the other gods in the Divine Council, accuses them of corruption and sentences them to death. Yahweh and the Israelites attacked the Canaanites, but they were unable to conquer them, because the Canaanites had the new technology of iron chariots. The matter of fact way in which the author relates the story is consistent with the polytheistic notion that gods were not all that powerful. Therefore, they did not blame Yahweh for his inability to handle the new technology, but sometimes perceived failures like this on the part of the god could lead them to doubt the power of their own god and to start worshipping one of the other gods instead. The Israelites attacked the Moabites, but the king of Moab sacrificed his firstborn son to their god Chemosh, causing a divine wrath to descend over the Israelites, forcing them to retreat. In Canaanite polytheism, the sun, moon and stars were considered demigods. In the Bible there are numerous examples of the stars singing the praise of Yahweh and falling from the sky, Yahweh reprimanding the morning star for trying to take position higher up with the other gods, the sun coming out of his tabernacle every morning like a bridegroom and so on. The origin of the name Israel in the Bible is itself also a clue to the polytheistic nature of the early Israelites. It is from a story with a rather mythological element in the Bible, where Jacob physically wrestled with either God or an angel throughout the night, after which God named Jacob Israel (Yisra'El in Hebrew), meaning "he who has struggled with El". Monolatry/henotheism in the ancient Israel beliefs: There are also many examples of monolatry and henotheism in the Old Testament, for example a number of references to Yahweh as a jealous god. One example of this is at the beginning of the Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:3-5, King James Version (KJV) References to "Yahweh and his Asherah" have been found, for example two different pottery shards dated to 800 BCE that reads: "I have blessed you by Yahweh and his Asherah" "Blessed be Uriyahu by Yahweh and by his Asherah; from his enemies he saved him!" In other words, Yahweh had a consort or wife called Asherah, which is the same as the wife of the sky god El. This is one example of how the roles of El (the Most High of all the gods) and Yahweh (El's son) were gradually merged together and it illustrates the evolution of the Israelite religion from polytheism towards monolatry. I have addressed more example of monolatry, henotheism and polytheism in the Bible here: Frans du Plessis' answer to The Christian God says there is no god before him. Does that imply that there are other gods recognized in Christian mythology? The advent of monotheism and Judaism: By the middle of the 7th century BCE, Israelite beliefs were still fluctuating between monolatry, henotheism and even polytheism, largely dependent on the political landscape and climate at the time. This much is clear from archaeology and from the Bible itself. This changed under King Josiah, who was the king of Judah from 641 BCE to 609 BCE and who instituted major religious changes. There is a wealth of evidence, both archaeological and written, that under the leadership of King Josiah there was a strong drive towards monolatry (not yet full monotheism) for the Israelite nation, with a mainly political purpose: binding a nation together and uniting them under one god. All worship of gods other than Yahweh were declared an anathema and the cause of Judah’s ill fortune. A vigorous campaign of purging foreign worship was started, including destroying shrines to “foreign” gods like Ba’al and Asherah in the temple of Yahweh and in the countryside, and killing their priests. Although much of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) was written earlier, it is widely agreed by modern scholarship that the Torah reached most of its current form during these few decades at the end of the 7th century BCE. This was done by a group of scribes, court officials and priests, who acted as editors and redactors. Polytheistic references were removed (although not all of them) and the narratives of the patriarchs, the exodus and the conquest of Canaan (some of which have been written previously) were finalised to create a history for the nation of Israel and to establish their claim to the promised land. This can be seen, for example, in the politics and geography of the narratives from Abraham to Joshua, which is almost in its entirety based on 7th century BCE geography and political landscape, in stead of the 2nd millennium BCE geography and political landscape, when the narratives are said to have taken place. The people who brought the narratives to its final form in the 7th century BCE were simply not aware of the geography and political landscape of several centuries prior to that. As part of the changes implemented by King Josiah and the leaders of Judah, the temple at Jerusalem was declared to be the only place of worship for the entire Israelite nation. Sacrifice to Yahweh was prohibited everywhere, except in the inner sanctum of the temple. The political ambitions of the leaders of Judah was to make the Jerusalem temple and royal palace the centre of a united Israelite kingdom. This was what we can describe as the birth of Israelite monotheism, the worship of one God in one place. For some time after this the worship of the God of Israel was still accompanied by the veneration of other divine beings, and the Israelite beliefs were not yet fully monotheistic (denying the existence of other gods). However, the groundwork was laid by Josiah and the Israelites were ready for monotheism. That happened some decades later during the 6th century BCE, after the Judahites’ captivity in Babylonia and their exposure to Zoroastrianism, an older monotheistic religion. Denying the existence of other gods only started to happen in those parts of the Hebrew Bible that were written after the Babylonian captivity. Modern scholarship agrees that we can really only start to describe the Israelite beliefs as Judaism, like we know it today, after this political drive by King Josiah in the 7th century BCE.

My prediction is that it will confirm that Comey and McCabe acted improperly when they did the things that hurt Hillary and helped Trump win, and that Trump will cite those conclusions as support for his claims that Comey and McCabe were out to get him.

Begin Sunshine: I know there is some bad news recency bias here, but we just picked up Jake Fucking Smith. We havent won out of state contests like that in a long time. We will win some and lose some, but the fact that we are now trying is very encouraging.

I've been using OnAComputer since I got my super early start when I made LonghornNation on reddit. I thought it was pretty clear who I was on here. Didn't try to hide it on this account. Sorry for misleading ya if I did.

Me over the last four years:

pageants are disgusting. that's all i really have to say. we wonder why little boys grow up objectifying women, when they parade around in swimsuits in trim bodies to gain an award for looking good. don't get me wrong, i'm a sinner, and i love a good looking woman. but we've got to get beyond this shit if we actually want our little girls in STEM type careers. i get alarmed enough when i see my peers' ten year olds on facebook in their dance troupes, all painted up like 2 dollar hookers. gives me the shivers.

i think the president has been clear on his position on lying.

We don't "learn from it" around here. We dig in our heels and loudly argue our poorly-informed positions with hyperbole and vitriol. You should already know this.

EJ Holland is a fucking douche and he doesn't know shit about the game. On top of that, he's a sycophant to the street agents and the players they pimp. He's a gutless bitch who hides behind mod status and can't hold his own for shit when it comes to taking and owning a position that isn't fed to him by someone else. I don't like the sock bullshit or the immature way Baizer played things here with his sock, but he's fucking light years ahead of EJ Holland in terms of knowledge, contribution, gumption, and approach.

Did he ever talk about grabbing pussy or pay off a porn star that he raw dogged or fuck a playmate while mom was at home nursing the newborn, cause if not, he should be fine. It doesn't appear to register with the electorate.

I'd forgotten how many Aggies are coal-minin', boot-lovin' horse-riders. Manly men who do manly things in a manly way to maintain their totally secure vision of themselves as manful males and not phonies. Howdy! I'm a cowboy-soldier! How do you like my manly military bearing? Howdy!

Why does it matter? Why does a protest have to confirm strictly to what you think is appropriate? I get the general concept that some people are trying to make here - honestly or dishonestly - that players are hurting their cause by making a protest during the national anthem. My response to that is. It was inappropriate when CKaep sat down during the anthem. Then it was inappropriate when players took a knee instead. Let's not kid ourselves, it will still be inappropriate when they protest during a press conference. And it will be inappropriate on and on and on until they just be quiet. That will be deemed appropriate. That's ultimately what people want. Be quiet so I don't have to think about the country's problems, because everything is fine in my living room where the beer is cold and I have lots of potato chips and no cop is going to bust down my door and shoot me and then say "whoops I have the wrong address, welp, mistakes happen".

The man who dodged the Vietnam draft, insulted a Gold Star family and mocked a decorated POW is lecturing us on patriotism. Yeah, I don't give a single solitary fuck about his opinion on the matter. I can't wait until he starts preaching about the sanctity of marriage.

Last weekend was nice.

I’m an expert in bird law and real estate finance, particularly where those two fields overlap.

Who's your favorite NBA GM and why is it Bryan Colangelo?

How is it possible that the following people are not already in the college football hall of fame? "Former USC quarterback Carson Palmer (who won the Heisman Trophy in 2002), Syracuse wide receiver Marvin Harrison, Wisconsin tackle Joe Thomas and Arkansas running back Darren McFadden are among other players making their first appearance in the FBS Hall ballot. The late Rashaan Salaam, who won the Heisman in 1994 for Colorado, and 2001 Heisman winner Eric Crouch on Nebraska are back on the Hall of Fame ballot, along with SMU running back Eric Dickerson, Miami linebacker Ray Lewis and Notre Dame receiver Raghib Ismail." 1) You win a Heisman, you should be in the HoF... probably first ballot, unless you are that QB from Miami or FSU or Florida who kind of sucked, but their team was undefeated. 2) How is Carson Palmer making his FIRST APPEARANCE on the ballot? (I went to the Coliseum to see the Top 10 matchup between USC & Notre Dame that basically won Palmer the Heisman... and that was about 16+ years ago!) I don't understand this being his FIRST time on the ballot. 3) How is Eric Dickerson just now "Back on the Ballot"? He should have been in the HoF about 25 to 30 years ago! 4) Raghib Ismail was the MOST FAMOUS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER for about two years in a row. People who didn't know anything about college football knew who "Rocket Ismail" was. He was so "FAMOUS", he transcended sports and was a part of American Pop Culture. INSANE that he isn't in the College Football HoF. 5) I saw Vince WALK ON WATER at the Rose Bowl 2 years in a row. Once Mack Brown took the reins off and allowed Vince to play, Vince never lost another game and was absolutely awesome in the process. He was a playground legend that we actually got to watch "make it". He was as legendary as his legend... and that almost never is the case.

Of course she was hungry.