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tokamak

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  1. That's pretty funny, in a way. "If Walter comes to A&M, we'll buy y'all a house" "Why the fuck would we want a house in a shithole like College Station?" "No, no, no. We'll buy you a house in The Woodlands. It's close enough but not a dump." "Oh, OK, that makes way more sense."
  2. What's interesting is that the cool thing with white, upper middle class suburban kids in Houston and Dallas - who I assume skew more Young Republican - is to go to an SEC school if they don't get into UT or A&M. I wonder if those kids end up coming back to Texas.
  3. You're correct in that his voting record is fairly straight-ahead Dem. Although he does seem weirdly obsessed with a pretty regressive vision of criminal justice. It's mostly just mistrust. He lost his nerve and bailed on his fellow Democrats during redistricting in 2003. All the bigwig local Republicans jumped on his bandwagon very early in the race, even though there were true Republicans in the race. They didn't make any effort to draft a candidate, either. Fertitta hosted his campaign kick off party. And a big part of his campaign message was literally "I'm buddies with people in Austin, so they'll stop picking on us so much". Obviously remains to be seen, but that attitude came across to me as hopelessly naive.
  4. I don't think that "this is what Tanglewood and River Oaks wanted" is quite the selling point you think it is. Anyway, we'll see on Whitmire. He got a lot of money from a lot of folks, some of them very, very conservative. We're about to find out what they want in return. SJL filed to run for her House seat today. Here's a live look at Amanda Edwards:
  5. So if we ain't getting Korie Black, why has Kobe pushed back his commitment date like a dozen times while the $9.95ers all still act like he's locked in? That doesn't add up.
  6. At this point I've forgotten (or never knew) all the twists and turns with Hampton, but maybe he's the classic "not a bad guy but immature and needs to get the fuck out of Daingerfield and away from some knuckleheads"?
  7. Since we're on the topic, my rankings head scratcher this year is Daniel Cruz. His junior and senior tapes are just a steady stream of pancakes and by accounts he's been good in camps. 247 thinks there are 65 better players in Texas this year?
  8. I like The Athletic. I pay money for The Athletic. But their recruiting coverage is so hilariously bad that it makes me wonder why they even bother. Here’s a scorching hawt take from a recruiting roundup article posted today. You’ve been warned.
  9. Truth. Remember Nebraska going insane and outbidding us for Ochaun Mathis? That worked out great for them. Really the missing piece in their triumphant 4-8 season.
  10. If we win the Sugar Bowl, these are going to go into the stratosphere and anyone buying now will feel great about themselves. On the flip side, if we lose, you're probably going to lose a few hundred bucks per ticket (especially factoring in fees).
  11. You gotta hand it to Napier. Must've taken a lot of work to identify 19 prospects that apparently don't have televisions or internet access.
  12. It's been repeated here several times by people in the know that a small handful of medium donors are carrying most of the NIL weight for us right now and they are close to being tapped out. Apparently TOF is not where it needs to be yet, either. I assume aggy is in a similar position, probably even worse since they just had to pass the hat to buy out Jimbo. Where the fuck are they getting the money to re-up a guy like Nolen?
  13. Sorry to be that fucking guy right now, but are we at any risk of scaring off Cook and/or Moore if we land 2-3 badass portal WRs?
  14. We’re up shit creek, boys. If Oregon wins the media and committee are going to fucking jizz in their pants about their “ePiC CoMeBaCk!!!”
  15. Basically they're both badasses and wanted to reward them both. Kind of like MVP and Offensive/Defensive PoY in the NFL.
  16. First off, the idea that the committee would or should leave out an undefeated FSU is preposterous to me. I simply refuse to believe that's even possible. That being said, the thing that Finebaum and the "maybe FSU shouldn't get in regardless" squad seem to be forgetting is that Louisville is a solid team. Probably overrated at #14, but definitely top 25-ish. If FSU takes care of business against them, that's another feather in their cap.
  17. There's no science or anything behind that Athletic article people keep quoting. It's just Stewart Mandel being Stewart Mandel.
  18. I'm typing this all out for my own benefit. Not covering any new territory that hasn't already been covered in this thread. If it helps someone else keep it all straight, great. There are 7 teams that could conceivably end up ahead of us in the final rankings. We need 4 or more of these to end up below us. In alphabetical order, they are: Alabama - vs Georgia, +5.5, Saturday 3:00 PM. Should be below us with a win, due to head-to-head result, but the committee will still be very tempted by a 1-loss SEC champion Bama. Will certainly fall below us with a loss. Florida State - vs Louisville, -2.5, Saturday 7:00 PM. Definitely in with a win. Would fall below us with a loss (as a 1-loss team that did not win its conference). Georgia - vs Alabama, -5.5, Saturday 3:00 PM. Definitely in with a win. Should be below us with a loss, as a team that didn't win its conference. Committee might be tempted a little by SEC SEC SEC and recent run of dominance, especially if it's a close loss against Bama. Michigan - vs Iowa, -23.0, Saturday 7:00 PM. Definitely in with a win. Should fall below us with a loss as a team that didn't win its conference. Ohio State - no game. Did not win its conference, therefore should be below us in final rankings. Would be major committee fuckery otherwise. Oregon - vs Washington, -9.5, Friday 7:00 PM. With a win, Oregon's position relative to us would be a pure beauty contest. Best to assume they'd be ahead of us. Would fall below us with a loss. Washington - vs Oregon, +9.5, Friday 7:00 PM. Definitely in with a win. Would fall below us with a loss as a team that didn't win its conference. So Ohio State and the Pac-12 loser will be below us no matter what. The Pac-12 winner is probably above us no matter what. So we need any 2 of the SEC loser, FSU, and Michigan to end up below us. Probably not happening with Michigan. We need Louisville to come through badly. I think we want Georgia to win the SEC, so as to knock Bama completely out of consideration. There's a chance that a Bama win could put us ahead of both SEC teams, but that's risky. For the Pac-12 championship, we probably want Oregon to win. We know that Washington will be above us with a win. There's a (small?) chance that Oregon could end up behind us even with a win. Rooting interests this weekend, in order: Louisville/Iowa >>> Georgia > Oregon.
  19. But a big part of Texas’ argument right now is the OOC win over Bama. If we had played UTSA that weekend on FS1 and beat them easily, do you think our chances of making the playoff as they stand today would be better or worse?
  20. So sayeth SRV's ghost, so shall it be written. Forever and ever, amen.
  21. I have a bunch of friends and family that root for those two, and we’ve played those games for a million years. Regional rivalries is what makes college football really fun, IMO. Playing Alabama is cool, but I’m not going to be able to roll into work in Monday morning and talk shit about our big win over South Carolina, Tennessee, or Ole Miss. Those opponents mean nothing to me personally. Clearly I’m in the minority on this.
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