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I need to hear more about why a school chose "Blue Hose" as it's mascot. And perhaps more importantly, how have I never heard of this before? I have so many questions right now.

Getting the margin of victory wrong has a larger penalty than than getting individual scores wrong. There is a 2 point deduction for each point that the margin is off by (let's call it margin error) whereas there is only a 1 point deduction for each team's score (Texas error/opponent error) The calculation: 200 - (margin error * 2) - (Texas error) - (Opponent error) So 37-17 has a margin error of 0, a Texas error of 1, and opponent error of 1. IOW, 200 - 0 - 1 - 1 = 198 38-17 has a margin error of 1, a Texas error of 0, and an oppenent error of 1: 200 - (2 * 1) - 0 - 1 = 197. 45-24 has a margin error of 1, a Texas error of 7, and an opponent error of 6: 200 - (2*1) - 7 - 6 = 185 45-19 has a margin error of 6, a Texas error of 7, and an opponent error of 1: 200 - (2*6) - 7 - 1 = 180 The margin of error is what is getting you.

I rewatched the game and it's nice to see players making plays for a change. For years, it seemed like no one could break a tackle. If a run was blocked for 3 yards, we got 3 yards or less. We had guys making plays all day yesterday. Bijan probably picked up half his yards after contact. RoJo embarrassed guys on his two receptions. Whittington went into beast mode a couple of times. The entire defense knew what they were supposed to do and tackled well. It's amazing how that works. I don't remember a single play where guys were obviously confused. Even on the long touchdown run, Gbenda just lost a foot race. The d-line wasn't great or terrible, they were fine. The linebackers, however, are legitimately good (at least the starters). They consistently diagnosed the play and were where they needed to be. Overshown is going to have a monster year. This is a good game for the coaches. The team played really well and still has significant room for improvement across the board. Card looked great, but needs to throw the ball away rather than take sacks. Bijan is a stud... who needs to block better. We did a great job of converting third downs, but need to clean up the penalties and blocking that led to third and long. Run blocking was the only thing that was consistently bad.

Napier would be perfect for LSU, which is why they'll probably hire Jimbo.

The first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club.

LSU looked legitimately shocked that UCLA not only wasn't intimidated, but was kicking their ass.

That's a bummer of a weakness.

Johnson is rattled.

UCLA looks like they're having fun out there.

I watched the first half and Arkansas' offense was awful. Their defense wasn't impressive either, but it looked like Rice's offense was really bad too.

Those holding calls on the o-line would have resulted in punts last year. It was nice to be able to pick up first downs ever after penalties.

I like how many guys played today, but I'd rather than see Bijan after the game is decided. While the defense wasn't dominant, tt was sound. I don't remember a single wide open receiver down field. We gave up a lot of underneath stuff, but no total busts. Special teams also played well. No one was confused in any phase of the game.

Game thread is open

Texags isn't really in a position to make fun of cheer leaders.

I didn't realize Meatloaf was the Arkansas coach.

Arkansas offense in a battle with the Arkansas defense for who sucks more.

Well, we know how LSU fans are getting to the game.

Obligatory, "that's not his leg!" Also, I have no idea. Looks like he has a boil scar and two kneecaps.

Napier is getting a lot of attention, but Coastal Carolina seems to be the better team. Their coach has only been there two years so I'll be curious to see how he does for another year or two. ULL outperformed CCU against common opponents one time (Southern Alabama), and lost to CCU head to head. CCU dominated most of the teams they played. Georgia St: ULL won by 3, CCU won by 51 Texas St: ULL won by 10, CCU by 35 Arkansas St: ULL won by 7, CCU by 22 South Alabama: ULL won by 28, CCU by 17 Georgia Southern: ULL won by 2, CCU by 14 Appalachian St: ULL won by 3, CCU by 11

So who's going to start the collection to endow the "Texas A&M Penile Enlargement Pump and Me, by Jimbo Fisher" position and rename "Kids Who Don't Build Good Field"?

I watched the ISU-ULL game last night and it seemed like a perfect storm for ISU. It was an ugly first game back from a long covid break that was decided on three plays. Both offenses stank, which isn't surprising given the circumstances. ISU gave up 257 yards of offense including 78 yards on one play. The defense essentially quit on the last drive when the game was over anyway. Otherwise, they physically dominated ULL as you'd expect. Take away the long TD pass and the last drive of the game and ULL's offense got its ass kicked. On the other side, ISU's offense stank. The line sucked, the play-calling sucked, Purdy really sucked. The interception wasn't totally his fault, but he had some terrible throws that should have been picked off. When he was on target, the receivers dropped the ball. ULL's defense, particularly the secondary, played well as evidenced by ISU's 297 yards of offense. But none of their guys stood out and they weren't doing anything special scheme-wise. They didn't kick ISU's ass. It was more like our offense circa 2014 - ISU's line missed assignments on play after play, receivers whiffed on blocks, etc. ULL was good enough to take advantage of the mistakes and even cause of few. That said, they seemed like a bunch of well coached JAGs. They out ISU'd ISU. There's nothing at all scary about ULL and they need help to win. If Strong or Herman were still around, we'd probably oblige them. I'm hoping Sark isn't as charitable. Our defense should absolutely murder their offense. It's the first game of the year under a new-ish system so I'm sure we'll have some busted plays and probably give up a couple of scores. If we don't shoot ourselves in the dick multiple times on offense and special teams this should be a comfortable win.

That's what solar panels are for.

Napier kind of sounds like Tom Herman.

Before you get too caught up in Scipio's prognostications, remember that he had this to say about hiring Charlie Strong: "This is a decade hire, not a one year hire. If your attention span only functions in milliseconds, go follow Kim Kardashian on Twitter and watch Skip Bayless. When we're playing for the national championship four years from now, remember those doubts you had and chuckle at how hard you tried to make it all seem. This is Texas. We just hired a kick-ass football coach with a chip on his shoulder the size of a redwood."

I'm all for being realistic, but let's not make stuff up. Chris Petersen is a fantastic coach and eventually got UW rolling, but he went 15-12 his first two years. Sark was 15-10 over his last two seasons. 2012: 7-6 (Sark) 2013: 8-4 (Sark - doesn't count bowl win after he left for USC) 2014: 8-6 (Petersen) 2015: 7-6 (Petersen)