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First of all, he was not charged with felony drunk driving. In his police report he was charged under 49.04 TPC which is a class B misdemeanor (or class A if your BAC is over .15 and Beto blew .136). Second of all, the police report makes no mention of his alleged attempt to leave the scene - which would be notable to omit from a DWI report. Third, his punishment of going through "DWI school" is not an uncommon thing for first-time DWI offenders so I don't know where you're coming from all high and mighty. Fourth, he was not burglarizing a property - he was charged under the burglary statute for forced entry while sneaking onto his college campus for a prank. And the charges were dropped. I'm not posting this to really engage with Johnny because he's worked up a lather at this point. I'm posting this because facts are important and you should call out bullshit when you see it.

I have completely given up projecting and evaluating OL. I'm pretty sure watching Tray Allen's HS film and trying to reconcile it to his college career cured me of that fool's errand for good. Look at the 4 and 5 star busts we stockpiled for years with disastrous results, only to finally field a competent line for the first time in a decade comprised of: a 2 star LT transfer from fucking Rice, a 3 star C who we snatched last minute from Kansas State (other offers: Army, ASU and Cincinatti), a 3 star G who was a Wickline special who's best offer was Colorado (other offers: Arkansas State, Arizona State and Fresno State), another 3 star T who looks like a future all conference player and was a late addition to Herman's transition class (offered by Memphis, Houston and TCU), and Patrick Vahe (the only 4 star of the bunch and arguably its weakest link). And the next best player we have on the Oline is Kerstetter, another 3 star who Herman pulled from Okie State with competing offers from juggernauts Bowling Green, Colorado State and Houston. In the meantime, here are the 4 and 5 star OL we recruited between 2007 and 2016. This list is more stomach turning than Vic's POF thread: Tray Allen (5*) Michael Huey (4*) Kyle Hix (4*) Aundre McGaskey (4*) David Snow (4*) Mark Buchanan (4*) Mason Walters (5*) Thomas Ashcraft (4*) Paden Kelly (4*) Garrett Porter (4*) Trey Hopkins (4*) Dominic Espinosa (4*) Sedrick Flowers (4*) Garrett Greenlea (4*) Josh Cochran (4*) Curtis Riser (4*) Camrhon Hughes (4*) Donald Hawkins (4*) Juco Darius James (4*) Jake Raulerson (4*) Rami Hammad (4*) Patrick Vahe (4*) Pat Hudson (4*) Jean Delance (4*) JP Uriquidez (4*) Denzel Okafor (4*)

Someone claimed the first play the aggys ever ran on offense in their first game ever (October 20, 1894 against UT) was a fumble that was recovered by Texas and returned for a touchdown. I haven't been able to confirm that, but I can confirm in that first ever aggy game, their team simply quit at halftime and asked that the second half be called off. Source: Dallas Morning News, October 21, 1894, p.12

Negged for moral vacuity, obfuscation, and the absurd notion that the USA has no interest in making efforts to protect the press and reporters. Further, anybody being murdered in an embassy is not the same as say a cop blasting a negro here in the good ol' USA or all those accidents that keep happening in Russia. You have no clue what the USA means to be at its best. This country just exists to make your life happy. Just. Your. Life. A dozen of you are not worth smallest piece of Kashoggi sawn off his body by your president's close personal friends and investors. You boys have been broadcasting the seeds of hate for decades. Now we all get to burn in the fire. Thanks, man.

We're the absolute greatest, bestest fans that ever existed in this history of ever. Here's a recent post by a visitor.

FBI is working on a profile right now. reportedly likely: white male rural southern late 20s early 30s. extremist religious views associated with the right mediocre with bombs

Given a confluence of things about the Baylor game (our offense became a dumpster fire after Sam got injured; Machinator had a solid post highlighting some of our nice B.J. Foster-centric blitz schemes, and I was out of town all last week for work), I didn’t end up posting anything last week. In the last Xs & Os thread I posted, the posts turned to a really nice discussion of the mesh concept, the different ways its implemented, and how Urban Meyer/Herman have developed that concept separately from the air raid folks. With that discussion, I thought it might make sense to use this bye week to highlight another passing concept (and some of its variations) that I’m a big fan of: Mills. What the Fuck is “Mills”? Some of you are asking this exact question. “Mills” is a pass concept originally developed as part of the West Coast Offense scheme (originally called Fox 2 X/Y Hook), a play action pass designed to find an open tight end over the middle for a medium-sized (10-12 yard) gain. Here’s the play: The progression for the play is designed to hit the TE on a 10-12 yard hook route, filling in the space between the Mike and Sam (who must honor the run threat on play action) and the strong safety, who has to stay deep to honor the threat of the post. So why is it now called Mills? Because Steve Spurrier took this play and shot it up with crack. Instead of focusing on an intermediate route to a tight end, he fixated on the post. And the player who gained notoriety for streaking downfield and catching bombs on the play? Ernie Mills. How Does Mills Work? The question Spurrier had to answer was: How do you get the post open? How do you convince a safety with deep coverage responsibility to take an intermediate route, letting the post route fly past him? Spurrier’s answer: Find the person responsible for deep coverage, and run someone right at ‘em. Then, have that person break (either on an in-route or a hook) right in front of the defender, pulling them up in defense and letting the post sneak behind. Here’s what it looked like: The Evolution of Mills Some of you are watching that video and noting that those plays are run out of 21 personnel—a tight end, running back, and fullback—and only two wide receivers. You might be thinking to yourself: Why the fuck am I still reading this? There’s no way this concept still works. Except it does. It is true that defenses have been cognizant enough of this concept that it’s not generally workable as the only route concept being run on a given play. And linebackers are much more athletic than they were 20 years ago, so they’re able to get drops that disrupt the deep in. But coaches have found ways to mix Mills with the quick passing game, to attack every level of the defense at once. Here are some examples: First, over the last thirty years, Mills (and a similar play called “DDP” (Dig, Drive, Post)) became so prevalent in college football that pro teams using the concepts lumped them together in a concept called “NCAA”—named that because “everyone in the NCAA runs it.” Here’s what Mills/NCAA looks like, with a drive route and hitch on the backside: Oklahoma State Remember all those times the past few years Oklahoma State would fake inside zone with Justice Hill, then Mason Rudolph would step back, coolly wait a few seconds, and then throw a bomb to James Washington, streaking wide open down the middle of the field? You guessed it: Mills. Here’s oSu running Mills against OU: OU presents a pretty clear Cover 2/Cover 4 look. oSu runs one slot on a dig route (this is the Mills/NCAA concept I mention above). Their other slot runs the deep hook, right at the deep safety. Washington runs the deep post and by the time the ball gets to him, he’s three yards in front of the defender. Here’s another example against Tulsa: Now the outside receiver to the boundary runs the shallow cross (completing the Mills/NCAA route combo). The boundary slot receiver runs what appears to be a corner route, although it’s not very easy to be 100% sure, with the camera angle we get here. To the field side, the slot receiver runs the deep in (right to the sticks, giving the safety even more pressure to come up in support), and Rudolph puts the ball right in Washington’s breadbasket. This shit is almost not fair. West Virginia So Oklahoma State has continued to use Mills to great effect. It makes sense that WVU has, too, right? Here’s their look: It’s impossible to tell what the boundary receiver does on this play, other than to know that he doesn’t run an in-breaking route. That means WVU is not running Mills here with the NCAA (dig route) variation. Instead, they rely on their bubble screen look to freeze the defense. The strong safety actually WAY overplays the bubble screen, meaning he’s not even getting caught up in defending the deep in (although that’s the only route he can get back to cover). By the time Sills makes his break, he’s four yards in front of the defender and Grier has put the ball right on his hands. Would Mills Work at Texas? So now you’re saying: Great. Here’s a bunch of air raid teams running Mills. How the fuck is that useful to me, a Texas fan? Well, it’s useful to you because the one time I’ve seen Texas run Mills this year, it should have been a touchdown. What play, you’re wondering? I bet you remember it after I show you: That’s right. Sam’s overthrow on the first drive against KSU was running Mills. Here’s how we ran it: And here’s a better shot of the routes as they were run on the play: If Sam doesn’t miss on that ball, it’s a 55 yard walk-in TD by Duvernay, perfectly utilizing his skillset. Lethalize Mills So the shit I wrote above is basically the post. But I’d be remiss if I posted this without touching on one more concept that’s near and dear to my heart: Fully weaponizing Mills to its most lethal potential. Ignoring the fact that he’s one of the great chodes in the coaching industry, Bobby Petrino’s version of Mills is the best, most “weaponized” version I’ve seen. And it perfectly fits the personnel we have (big wide receivers and speedy, pass-catching running backs). Ostensibly, Petrino’s version is actually his preferred method of running the shallow cross. But Petrino bolts the shallow cross onto Mills with a Wheel. It’s totally fucking captivating. Check it out: The reads on this play are relatively simple: Is Post covered by the safety? If yes, is the Wheel covered? If yes, look shallow cross then to the deep in. Another variation that I’d love to see us run is a trips receiver set running Mills with a wheel route underneath. Something like this: Put Duvernay at X for this play, LJH at A, and Collin Johnson at Z, and you’ve got fireworks. Or flip those—put CJ at X and Duvernay at Z, and now Sam has a throw down the sideline to Duvernay that he’s much more comfortable with. Let’s hope we see some fireworks this weekend.

THE. FUCKING. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Is saying this shit. How is that okay? How is any of that fucking okay? QUIT FUCKING EXCUSING HIS SHIT. Hell YES people are calling him out for that -- because HOLY FUCKING SHIT THE FUCKING PRESIDENT SHOULDN'T SAY SHIT LIKE THAT. He's the president of the ENTIRE FUCKING COUNTRY, not just his cultists. I have NO FUCKING PROBLEM being "divided" against shitheels like you. Jesus fuck, being "divided' isn't a bad thing -- it's a fucking GOOD thing. It means I'll NEVER fucking excuse assfuckingholery like his. And yours.

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I read that they found a vase onboard that had this inscription: "its 400 BC and OU still sucks."

Mack just wants OU to bukkake all over his face again. He loved it so much over the years.

Knowing the U.S. postal service they were probably mailed by some guy who hated Grover Cleveland.

Murder at the Saudi consulate of an NY Times journalist. Sack, is this a bad thing? Depends on where it occurred. He was maybe in the Muslim Brotherhood, ya know. But I'm all waiting and seeing. Bombs being sent to citizens' houses. Sack is this a bad thing? They didn't go off or anything and it might have been the victims sending the bombs to themselves. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm betting it's the Dems, so, yea, it could be a bad thing. I'm off to look at my vast investment portfolio and how good it's doing since Trump replaced Obama.

I hear Hand likes to take guys who are too big to play tackle and spin them inside to play center. His ideal center is 7'5 and weighs 450 pounds. That's why Hand is always at hospitals recruiting. He has a bunch of connections with endocrinologists and they tip him off when they get patients with gigantism or pituitary gland disorders.

That's got to be a boring gig. [Transcript from the Idaho Neo-Nazi club house:] Heil Hitler --Heil ----Zup Nothin much. Wanna go scare some mud people? --We got pizza coming I mean after pizza --I guess ----I mean, it's a drive, but if you got gas I got half a tank. We could make it to Boise, yell at Nabil --Nabil at the Shell station? You know any other Nabil? --I dunno ----Nabil lets me buy beer without ID, man Well how about the black guy then? --uh, sure. I guess. ----Black guy's in Montana, guys. Fuck yeah, we ran him off. --YEAH! ----He got a job promotion. Fuck. Motherfucking fuckin fuck affirmative action. So what else we got? -- I can talk black. Listen "I'za beeza nee-gro man yall hey yall beeza vote for me yo." ----Hey that's pretty authentic. Do it again while I record it....

I love this new Trumpkin. Step 1: completely wrong about basic facts Step 2: False flag! Both sides! Protect Trump! Step 3: Well sir I am using facts and logic and you have resorted to ad hominem attacks. Also more false flags. Step 4: It's really the media's fault. And both sides.

You should totally start a caravan to Guatemala or El Salvador.

And Gary must sit out a year

You, sir, are a true hero of the Fourth Reich.

Oldest intact ship known to mankind has been found. The mast is still upright. I love stuff like this. https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659808976/oldest-intact-shipwreck-known-to-mankind-found-in-depths-of-black-sea?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2052

“I was sexually assaulted but I’m afraid to fly” “Lulz fuck you lying bitch! Catch a covered wagon!” ~Explosive devices sent to every single liberal boogeyman of the radical right’s fever dreams~ “Don’t jump to conclusions guyzzzzz!”

Two greatest days in a boat owners life: The day he buys it and the day it sinks into the Black Sea for 2400 years.

I’m tired of civility. These motherfuckers are irredeemable. Fuck your “both sides”. Your side is batshit fucking crazy. Have a seat and shut the fuck up.

I’d like to kick Jeff Flake in both sides of his dick.

The Woodlands is like any other Texas bedroom community. It’s full of people who are convinced they’re rich because they earn a low six-figure salary, own a 3500 square foot builder home on 0.2 acres (on which they’re paying a 30-year mortgage), drive two mid-prices luxury cars (both leased), own a ski boat (financed with a 10-year note), and vacation at Sandals (still carrying the balance for that one on the credit cards).

In Trump’s defense, John Bolton is a no talent assclown.

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Not much, but here's the short version:

Holy shit. Dotus licker on CNN just said if the president stays on script tonight at rally and condemns bomb attempts again and Dems don't praise him for it, "it will be a tragedy".

This fucking spineless nematode needs to get off the public stage as quickly as possible.

I'm with everyone on Jones, including you. I'd like for him to stay and I think he'll make a mistake leaving early, but I don't blame him and I hope it works it. You also mentioned Elliot, and I'd just like to offer that I view his situation as different. He was a cancer within the program and he left because Herman wasn't Daddy Chuckles, and that made poor Elliot mad. He made a stupid choice, and then, he made an ass of himself in the summer time and ran Texas over in the process, in public. So fuck him. I don't cheer against him, but he's not someone I want to see associated with the program. I view his behavior and circumstance as night and day to Jones'. Just my 2 cents.

All of this should be laid at the feet of Donald Trump. His rhetoric is dangerous.

No one is changing your mind. You’re clearly too fucking stupid for this discussion

We don't need to look at an outside force to do that. We can listen to the ACTUAL WORDS, said by the ACTUAL PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: He has called Democrats "treasonous," "un-American," a "mob," and hell, flat-out said: That's not some pundit. It's not some guy calling in to the local radio show. The fucking PRESIDENT said those things. Fuck right off with your "maybe there's someone trying to keep us at each other's throats." YOUR FUCKING PRESIDENT IS DOING THAT.

Begun, the Brisket War has.

Everyone on one side has been saying enough is enough for quite a while. The other side supports a president who just cheered a candidate body-slamming a reporter.

People get paid to write articles that consist primarily of embedded tweets. What a time to be alive.

If that is true, I hope we can get back in his recruitment. /pacmancarlwinslow.

Helluva read. Good stuff. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/what-the-hell-happened-to-darius-miles

and THIS, folks, is why the ACLU will continue to receive my money. I encourage any of you that think supression is a serious issue to donate to the ACLU. They're fighting the good fight.

Well, except for you second amendment people. And folks who body slam reporters who cover stories in a way you don't like. And the POTUS promising to pay the legal fees of people who punch protesters. Oh, and calling on the forceful tactic of imprisoning our political opponents for both POTUS and Texas Senate. I mean, except for THOSE things, political violence has no place in the United States. Fuck that fucking fuck right in his fat fucking face.

What the clues point to so far: 1. Knows how to address and send physical mail----> Person is 30+ years old 2. Addresses are all caps--->Person is 60+ tears old 3. Addresses show genetic inability to spell or proofread---->Person has engineering background 4. Used non-padded envelope---->Person has no consideration for fellow humans 5. Sent a pipe bomb---->See #4

Assuming the letter is true... I'd probably stop being a bitch avoiding their texts/attempts to contact you and tell your tenants to get the shit cleaned up while appreciating the fact the neighbor actually gives a shit about the property condition at all.

That de-escalated quickly.