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Everything posted by Brian Fantana
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Yeah I mean it's going to take time if it happens at all. The goal this year was to win a Big 12 championship. We're on track, half a season to go. We'll see what happens. Can't build a program overnight, etc. Anyway, all of that RB talk makes me super pissed about Quinten Joyner getting hurt before the season started, especially considering that we would also have had a true triple threat at RB, though our dual threat is doing pretty good and I'd probably place it in the top 10 in your list: Cameron Dickey - 91c, 591y, 6.5ypc, 8td J'Koby Williams - 68c, 358y, 5.3ypc, 4td My point about OSU's WRs that I don't think you caught was that Illinois also bottled them up in a similar way and they don't have anything resembling an elite defense. That's all I was saying. They're obviously good and talented but they haven't been amazing by any measurement. I've said this 100 times but it's not even close to just Cody Campbell donating, he's just the most visible guy/the one that set up the NIL collective. There are actually quite a few, most of them don't have their names in the headlines. Several have their names on facilities (namely Pat Mahomes and the guy who the football and basketball facilities are named after) and/or rooms in the facilities, but most prefer not to have their names in the news. Both of those guys could die tomorrow and it would continue completely unabated. Also, no one is saying there is parity in football now, just that there's a lot more parity than there was 5 years ago, which is objectively true, at least at the FBS P4 level. That's actually a big part of the reason why no one has really separated themselves from the pack nationally (arguably Ohio State but again, arguably as we've discussed) and it's difficult to say with certainty if a number of teams are even good, Oregon being a great example. Ole Miss being another. Hell, they are ranked top 5 and have scraped by with 1-score wins over 3 of the worst P4 teams and have a shit defense. Look at the B1G. Tell me who is objectively good in that conference outside of Ohio State and Indiana. You can't, because there are a million ifs and buts. Oregon only lost by 10 and got a few shots in, but if you watched that game they got physically put in a coffin by Indiana, a team that on paper has much less talent than they do, and it wasn't close. They got handled, I'm not sure Indiana wouldn't win 10 times out of 10 if they played that many in a row. With the SEC, there is at least more data there to point to some good teams. Are any of them great? Bama looks like they are trending in that direction after getting embarrassed in the season opener. A&M at least has an impressive road win. Texas finally broke the seal, and IMO looked pretty good doing it, but Oklahoma is fucking dogshit and we all know it, despite their top 15 ranking. Tennessee has a really good RB room (as you mentioned) and a pretty good QB but their defense is absolutely horrendous. We know they're not winning anything. The point I'm getting at is the reason everything seems so silly right now, like Ole Miss being top 5 even when everyone knows they're not, is the increased parity. Rankings are a disaster because no one knows where to put anyone outside of a few outliers. Computer models are probably far more reliable at this point. No one is saying true parity has come to college football, that would be silly, but the parity level has noticeably increased and it's goofy as hell to pretend otherwise.
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Also, the tortilla toss thing was pretty mild and barely a blip until the Big 12 decided to make a big deal about it in the preseason and now every fan wants to throw tortillas to spite Yormark. Nice Streisanding, dumbshit.
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I think they're more pissed that all this is a result of the KU head coach straight up lying about something being thrown at one of his staffers instead of something we actually did.
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I can't express how disappointing that shit is. He should know better, he probably does know better, which makes it worse.
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France and Britain refine plans at UN for Gaza force resolution | Reuters This seems to fly in the face of the narrative that Western countries don't want to be involved.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Brian Fantana replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
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You guys are way too obsessed with helmet stickers. Ohio State would be favored maybe 3 points over Indiana right now on a neutral field. I would say closer to 10 over Oregon. I'm still waiting on an answer on how exactly their running game is somehow far and away better than everyone else's. There is no data or set of results that backs that claim up even a little bit. The line about Texas being the only team to bottle up Smith and Tate is also not even true. What is going on here? I'm not saying they shouldn't be the favorite to win it all again this year, until proven otherwise it's their crown to give up, but some of this is going a bit far. I'll take what their defense is selling any day of the week, though, that's for sure.
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Chappelle of old is still the goat for me, but when he started punching down instead of up his comedy turned boring and shitty, at least in my opinion.
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Joe Rogan being the arbiter of comedy "killed" comedy. A painfully unfunny ninja turtle looking motherfucker being the gatekeeper along with his painfully unfunny friends is asscheeks. It's not a coincidence that the funniest comics are the ones that haven't sworn any fealty to him over the years.
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My first question would be: Why haven't we lost some of those types of guys already, then? We weren't really talent poor except for a couple positions on the OL, defensive line, and CB last season. We have a number of guys playing and thriving this year that weren't portal guys that easily could have transferred out and gotten paid by a blueblood. Jacob Rodriguez is the perfect example, he is arguably the best linebacker in college football, was a well known quantity before this season, and would easily have made a mint anywhere in the country. I keep telling you guys, there's more to this conversation than money. There's a level of buy-in here that they actively seek when going after the guys they get. It's never going to be 100%, it's not for anybody, but fit, money, facilities, coaching, it all rolls into one for most players. We have the money, we have premium facilities, we have coaches that players really seem to like, and it seems to work for everybody so far. I guess we'll see.
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Also, am I missing something about Ohio State's running game beyond so far beyond everyone else's? They're 62nd in the country in rushing offense and have played exactly one defense that I would classify as top tier and they had 2.3 ypc in that game.
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I think the team that just manhandled Oregon in their own stadium might have something to say about who meets Ohio State in the CCG.
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His point was non-portal development, none of those guys listed were portal players.
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This is the part that's weird. Most people forget that we did beat them last year and we managed to bottle Skattebo up, this was their stat line: Our defense was awful last year but it was mainly due to us having a non-existent pass rush and a below average secondary. We did fairly well against the run considering our deficiencies on the D-line. This year I think it would be extremely difficult even for Skattebo.
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You ain't never gonna catch me turning up the heat to 91 in my house
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It still remains to be seen, but it'll be a fun ride. Utah is probably a decent barometer. They're one of the best running teams in the country, their offensive line consistently grades out as one of the best in college football, they have at least 2 first round draft picks on the OL, and we completely manhandled them in their own stadium. The difference this year, at least so far, is that we really pass the eye test. I've watched a lot of Tech football and this team just looks and feels different. We've completely dominated everyone we've played so far in the trenches, and we can run the ball very well. It will be interesting to see how our numbers hold up through the 2nd half of the season: Total offense - 1st Rushing offense - 14th Passing offense - 3rd Total defense - 9th Rushing defense - 1st Passing defense - 41st The main thing I am concerned about moving forward are our pass defense, which honestly hasn't really been tested, as in facing a good, veteran QB with multiple weapons. Kansas sort of fits that bill but only sort of. They have a decent passing offense, but not great. Baylor and TCU have good passing games but we don't play either team. We have good talent in the secondary, they are really good in run support, but they've really just been able to coast so far in the passing game and it's only a matter of time before they get punched in the mouth. We face [probably not 100%] Sam Leavitt this week and he has one of the best WRs in America to throw to, but who else do they have beyond that? Not much, really. The secondary thing is the obvious one: Morton's health. Dude has the absolute worst luck, got his leg rolled up on in the Kansas game in a really awkward way that re-aggravated some calf/ankle issue he's been dealing with. I think he probably could have kept playing, but it's good that we can pull him and keep him out as a precaution because there's not much drop off between him and Hammond. Still, we need him to stay healthy and play well to get where we want to go. We kind of have the same questions as Ohio State, not trying to draw a comparison here between our programs at all, but who have they really played? No shade to Texas, I'm pretty much discounting entirely a week 1 game against a super green Arch Manning that had just been handed the keys facing the defending national champions in their own building. Outside of that game, they have really played nobody at all and there's a chance they won't play another ranked team for the rest of the season unless Michigan turns their season around. It's difficult to know exactly how good they are. Same thing with Oregon, they got physically dominated by the only good team on their schedule so far, in their own building, and the only good team left on their schedule is USC in late November.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Brian Fantana replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
He is a donor, is involved in NIL and was instrumental in our switch to Adidas. Our uniforms are his co-branded apparel and feature his brand logo. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Brian Fantana replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
That was for the other guy not you -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Brian Fantana replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
This is just wrong, actual factual bullshit. They're not even close to the only 2. Pretending it's a T. Boone Pickens or even a Phil Knight situation is just pure cope. Both of those guys could die tomorrow and it would continue unabated. -
Fondly remembering this grim reminder that Zionism is, in fact, Nazism.
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This is what rivalries are all about, baby
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