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  1. not for nothing, it’s his site
  2. Whatever you say. The core group over there were mainly Republicans on Hornfans, and that’s relevant to the plot.
  3. Agree, but (serious question) do they use forums like this?
  4. I don’t really think that’s completely true. I think they provide a useful framework for quantifying achievement and diagnosing problems, or comparison in highly similar context, but I don’t think they are more than that.
  5. Well I’d certainly put Ewers ahead of Simms, but I tend to view statistics as providing important quantitative information inside a particular context- the offense, the players around them, the game planning philosophy of the coaches involved, etc. Charlie Ward is universally acclaimed as the GOAT of FSU, and I agree. Charlie Ward isn’t clearly an all time top five QB at Florida State statistically. That doesn’t mean stats aren’t important (he led the country in QBR his heisman year, if I remember correctly, but the passing leader was the Nevada guy. The top statistical QB in FSU history is Chris Weinke. A good player! Not on Ward’s level. Im sure you would agree, btw, based on where you have Street and Carlisle (and Layne). My point is that Ewers was very productive and the team around him was good, particularly this year’s defense. But I saw every snap of his body of work, and I’d rather have Applewhite’s killer instinct and capacity to shake off adversity (even the self inflicted kind) or a healthy Jame’s Brown than QE. And that’s not disrespect.
  6. I agree with your first tier, and I’m fine with Carlisle at 5, but I’d put Applewhite and Brown next, with Ewers at 8 rounding out the second tier. in the Third tier I’d have Simms at 9, then Sam and Gardere, with Akins at 12. Quinn Ewers is ahead of him because of how far we got with him, but I see Ewers and Simms in the same category of very talented but also very frustrating. I rank Brown a lot higher than most people for two reasons: 1) when he wasn’t hurt, he was absolutely electric, as good as anybody on this list other than Layne, VY and Colt, and got the most out of his ability. He was also a tremendous leader of the offense. 2) We were trending towards permanent mediocrity at a critical time when he came in, with key people in the athletic department literally saying that it was unrealistic for Texas to be nationally relevant on a consistent basis. I don’t think the modern era of Texas football happens without James Brown.
  7. Incidentally- in my opinion the problem with the CR is not so much that it’s an echo chamber (it’s not) but because it’s full of ex Republicans and other politically homeless people who are mostly politically motivated by anger and fear, however legitimate. It’s just very hostile vibes. Still funny and sharp at times and occasionally everyone gets their hopes up but hostility is the prevailing mood.
  8. I think what made the Shag what it was were the circumstances of how we came together. In 2007 blogs were very important. We still all read the sports pages in the morning. Social media was more about affinity/connection and less about curation and everyone online was primarily consuming/creating long form written content first and pictures second. The GenXers that formed the original core of the shag came together as a result of our online but also real life shenanigans, after having already been together for 10 years on 2-3 other forums with the same handles (Hookem, OBs, Hornfans etc). Our exodus from Hornfans (basically because we wanted a place to freely talk shit and crack wise) attracted chaos-agent millennials, and the result was chaotic but routinely hilarious. But it was also a smart group, so even the cloak room/west mall content was good, not because it was tolerant, but because it was serious, thoughtful, and sharp. Not to mention that it was in good faith. The angry ex Republicans on today’s CR were still Republicans back then. Now we’re all 15 years older, which means the GenXers are simply old and the millennials are in the busiest part of their lives. Those of us that are left either still have the same sense of humor and care about the team, but rarely have the energy or patience or time to read, let alone write 500 words at a time, and aim not sure people younger than us think about content in those terms. Twitter sucks. I agree. This place is better and I do come here first. I hope this place is around longer than I am. But the medium is the message and honestly I’m not sure what kind of future forums like this one have beyond your generation.
  9. Bozo_Casanova

    LBGTQ

    There was a Caberet, and there was a master of ceremonies, in a city called Berlin, in a country called Germany, and it was the end of the world.
  10. NOT GOOD!!!
  11. Real ones know. Say yes to your future!
  12. How about an Immamac looks like a Gilbert Shelton Cartoon thread
  13. Im so sorry for your loss, brisket. It was a honor to meet him and shake his hand before he moved on.
  14. @Wulaw Horn - sorry to pull you into a CR thread. Does this impact VA loans and applications in process?
  15. The descendants of covered wagon era western pioneer families sometimes still have family traditions that girls don’t eat eggs or that only boys should like eggs, passed mother to daughter, because of the brutal nutritional shortage that many frontier families lived with. The most nutritionally dense foods (and eggs are the single most nutrient dense and plentiful food on most farms) were allocated to the men and boys first, and women lived on what was left.
  16. This is really impressive and I’m going to copy you. I was a witness to a horrible crash that became the subject of a major lawsuit a few years later and the first person to arrive and render aid to the victims (one died, the other probably wishes they had). As I ran up to the truck, empty handed, I realized that I had no plan and nothing to offer other than a limited capacity to keep the area clear until actual help arrived. I don’t want to be in that situation again.
  17. Sit down, stand up, head down, hands up, and…
  18. Win elections. Put winning first. Right now, in 2025, Texas Democrats are discouraging straight white men from seeking nominations in Texas over representational concerns, even in some gerrymandered Republican-held offices, literally telling them that a straight white man will have trouble getting past the primary base. Stop organizing to lose Texas. Stop putting money ahead of attention. Stop running tickets from the top down. Stop appealing to groups. Stop chanting litanies of magic words and using insider shorthand like “project 2025” and “opportunity economy” that only the base and The Groups understand. Put winning first. Contest every race from county commissioner up. Recruit good local candidates in the reddest of red races. Invade their spaces. Go on their podcasts. Be a guest on their shows. Stay on Twitter. Get on Truth. Be interesting. Be funny. Be cool and athletic and popular and good looking. Run the guy/gal who fucks. Only talk about real shit in real people terms. Make fun of questions about fake shit and work the refs. Saying Democrats need better messaging is like saying people with AIDS need to dress appropriately for cold weather.
  19. The original name of They Might be Giants was “El Grupo de Rock and Roll.”
  20. I know. I really do. And I know it’s easy for me to say because they aren’t coming for me (yet). But in part because of that, i think it’s critically important that those who are at risk of losing their personhood under the constitution, along with their allies, not only raise the stakes for their would-be oppressors but wrap themselves in the flag when they do it. We will reach the point this starts to be about the consent of the governed and when that day comes we will need to people on the sidelines to be able to tell who the good guys are.
  21. There’s no outcome where we “control Greenland” any more than Denmark controls Greenland today (which is even less than we control it today). No matter what president thinks: this is about what Greenland wants and who they want to sell their nominal allegiance or nominal independence to. They will determine the outcome of this*, with an outcome probably determined by pitting us against the Chinese for access to rare earth minerals. * community note: according to Surly lefties, assertions of Greenland’s agency are right wing propaganda.
  22. Don’t take my word for it, I’m not the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
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