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Absolutely. It was the 800lb gorilla in the room. Had to be asked. As I stated in a previous post, it was my belief that this deal was in the works for possibly years and would be pursued if the circumstances broke in the right way. Now if I can believe that, right or wrong, then aggy admin was certainly aware of it and took a calculated risk that just didn't work out for them, but was nevertheless the right call for them based on my loose evaluation of the odds. Still aggy picked the one coach in all the world that had the highest likelihood of being poached by Texas however small that likelihood was. Additionally, a bunch of circumstances had to break the right way too: Aggy not winning it all, other top notch coaches availability, Texas' own performance, aggy admin relationship with JS, timing of aggy and UT facilities projects, the Jimbo factor, NIL, and CDC/JS relationship. Who knows, in the end, it may have aggy's own goofiness in the AD and school cult that ultimately sealed the deal.

No charge.

Far be it from me to interrupt the nuts dragging narrative with actual facts and measured response. Carry on you magnificent bastards.

So, all of this is objectively awesome for Texas and Jim S. was my #1 choice and it is nice to poach him from aggy without having to absolutely money whip him. But let's not act like this deal could have been done had CDC and JS not absolutely loved working with each other. Any othe AD and this deal is iffy. It would not surprise me at all if this deal had not been in the works for years. JS has long stated that Texas was his dream job. Towards the end of the season, I figured this might be a done deal if Pierce was canned. I also figured that JS might be a viable candidate for other top shelf blue blood coaching jobs should they open up. In fact, Im pretty sure CDC and JS had a wink wink agreement that once JS proved himself at a legit school in a legit conference that we would take him. We are making much out of drinking aggy's milkshake, but they made the right hire and took a risk, knowing CDC and JS's relationship and it brought them to heights unseen im their baseball history, but again it was always a risk that they were perfectly aware of. As much as I would.like to be all puffy chested about this, I can't. This turn of events was all CDC and aggy reaching for the stars. They almost made it, and it would have been worth it for them had they closed the deal, but they didn't.

Man. Illinois and Indiana lighting it up. I guess the deep south had " other means".

"Child sex tourism"? What will those assholes think of next?

CSB: I got to see the Rockfordmobile on my tour of Universal Studios back in 1977. We had just been through the Jaws thing where the shark jumps up and scares everyone on the tram. We turned the corner and some dude was parking it on the grass and just threw the keys on the driver seat with the window open and walked off like they were using it to go get pizza or something.

I might catch some slack for this based on the reviews, but watched the remake of Total Recall last night. It was not terrible. I liked the reimagined setting with its Bladerunner feel, all star cast, Kate, Jessica, and the fact that it was free. I've wasted my time on lesser movies.

What are worrying about? This deal was probably docusigned during the 7th inning stretch and the press conference will be zoomed from Bora Bora and a golf course in Fiji.

Helobious has been right exactly one time. Unfortunately, I forgot what it was.

Yes. When my carbon wheels were out of commission, I used my alloy gravel wheels which have 38s , for my road rides. With proper inflation, I noticed no difference in performance despite the alloys being much heavier. The 38 tires do have a nice smooth bottom, so that also helps v. more aggressive tread. Really I was just pointing out that I was trying to whittle it down to just one bike, well plus a mountain bike.

I use my Ti CX bike for almost everything by swapping wheels. I am seriously considering moving up to 32mm tires (from 28mm) in my road set up and forgetting about the swapping. I run a 1 x 12 set up.

Sounds like somebody is not happy with their Secret "Service" detail.

Nice bike. I want to live on Colorado so bad for cool rides like that with amazing views.

Bars? Hell, they could fit a brewery and a couple dozen tasting rooms in there and still have room for indoor cornhole tournaments.

Did not see Ordinary People mentioned. MTM stole the show in that one playing gigantic bitch of a wife and mother, so DS often gets overlooked. DS was also really good in Pride and Prejudice.

20th Century was rough. 21st Century is almost 1/4 of the way done and we are behind by one world war already.

It's like an all seeing crystal shot glass. I actually have no problem with the 10 commandments being displayed on someplace like the capital grounds or other "law" type of government building since they do form part of the western legal tradition how ever tenuous. Classrooms, gtfo.

A Quinn Martin production?

Disagree. Much of the world and the American elite did nothing during his rise to power, despite detailed knowledge of the relatively minor atrocities committed prior to the real ramp up of extermination when the empire was shrinking. Had Germany committed to a limited war with takeover of Germanic or partially Germanic territory and even a few that were not like France and the Nordic countries, then I think US involvement would have been limited. I say that with the caveat that Japan also affected the decision. This list of American titans of business that all but aided the Nazi cause is long, deep, well funded, and very washed over by history. Germany had a very stout army and could have very well succeeded in a limited takeover of Europe had they not been bat shit crazy. There are numerous scenarios where an invasion of Europe by the US could have been difficult and unsuccessful. To say nothing of a measured approach by Germany leading to their development of atomic weapons without interference from multifront wars. The world was truly fortunate. Germany had it there for the taking and just fucked up. History really did stand on the edge of a knife.

..and , they get started when nobody takes them seriously. I probably would have been one of those people back then. First time I saw The Apprentice, I thought nobody would take this shit seriously...then my very liberal wife who speaks 4 languages, has a degree in architecture, and was a construction manager for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work was absolutely hooked. I despised that show so much that I would just go and practice my guitar whenever it was on...and get drunk attempting to make sense of it all.

...and the whole world was fortunate in that they were just bat shit crazy enough to invade Russia. A little less Crazy and we live in a different world.

I declare we have reached peak off season. He could get some sweet NIL deals from Depends, Reverse Mortgages, Catheter Tubes, Robot Insurance, and My Pillow.

Good god, I can believe the guy in blue is going to be ok...according to the NY Post.. sigh. Driver must have been hopped up on something.

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