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Lidig8r

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Lidig8r last won the day on May 8 2021

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  1. This is Surly after all ... dude... your mom is kinda ... fit. Forgive me.
  2. A Yellow Jacket holding a hockey stick?
  3. From far North Dallas, the shirt says it all ... TEXAS !
  4. Gonna try to make it. If so, you will recognize me because I am bringing this wood-headed burnt orange colored dog with me.
  5. It seems like for many people, if Texas wins a game against another helmet program or in the CFP or against a turditional rival ... it is NOT a big game. IF Texas loses that game ... it is a big game. Bunch of pre-Madonnas in here.
  6. So, the guy who built that momentum. The guy who led us to the past few seasons. The guy who has improved recruiting. The guy who led Texas to the playoffs the last two seasons. ... is now in over his head? At what point did he reach that low point? Now, this season is far below expectations and to be blunt, this is not a championship caliber team. We get that. Our offensive line looks like a bunch of dancing bears on roller skates. Our running backs are either perpetually injured or are as average as everyday wash. It's easy to be a good coach when the winds are calm, the ocean is tame and you are basking in the sun. Well, the storm is coming and this program could be dashed against the rocks. What Sark does in this off-season will define his coaching legacy. He will either rectify matters, make tough decisions, and do what it takes to build a championship team ... or he will become just one more former Texas coach who fails at whatever other school he goes to after receiving his walking papers here.
  7. Technically, shouldn't that be phrased, "All Y'all?" Since presumably you are referring to more than one person?
  8. Dude... that's a Floriduh thing.
  9. From North Dallas, just home from the dog park ... TEXAS !!!
  10. The Big Whatever should think long and hard about letting PE into its operations. On the surface, it sounds great. Oh boy! PE firms are going to invest BILLIONS in our conference! But, if the revenue is not as projected, and the first tranche of investment loans come due, what will be the consequences if there is a default? And keep in mind, the PE firms assemble multi-billion dollar investors (in some case, university endowments) to participate in each venture. It's about dollars and cents. And again, make no mistake, the PE firms and their underlying investors only care about one thing... return on investment. Profiteering. According to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, private equity firms were involved in 70% of the largest 2024 US corporate bankruptcies. They have pretty well played out the retail industry having driven a number of retail stores into bankruptcy. PE firms investment in mental health has been devastating. Mental health treatment centers, which used to employ medical doctors as employees, now employ them as part time independent contractors leading to worsened treatment outcomes. Staffs are slashed. In the past year alone, I know of at least 5 eating disorder residential treatment centers which have closed. They simply could not generate a large enough profit. So, the PE sharks will come in ... will get the universities and conference to waive any sovereign immunity defenses they may have and when the defaults start to happen ... will the property on which the universities sit be auctioned off? Look at what PE has done to nursing homes ... https://pestakeholder.org/news/new-pesp-report-reveals-private-equity-continues-to-acquire-and-bankrupt-nursing-homes/ The Big Whatever Conference would be well advised to steer clear.
  11. If you are talking at the University of Tennessee, you are correct. If you are talking about the state in general, Vanderbilt bids you a fond hello.
  12. Fair is fair and all. Mrs. Baker Mayfield should have a hall pass to give me a beej anytime she wants. I will just hang up and wait.
  13. Apparently, all of the work I am doing in this feckless, hapless, hopeless, petulant eating disorder community is because I have righteous indignation. https://adadsjourneywitheatingdisorders.home.blog/2025/09/20/righteous-indignation/
  14. From aesthetically diverse and pleasing Far North Dallas, Beauregarde and I both say ... TEXAS !!
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