Uncle Nate

Like Mike Leach always said, "I just don't understand why the powers-that-be think fans want less football rather than more."

So if Tech beats OU on the road, and TCU and Oklahoma State at home, that should give them 2 more quad 1 wins and 2 Quad 2, bringing the total to 7. If they get at least one win in the Big 12 tournament, that should be at least Quad 2, maybe Quad 1. Wouldn't that be enough to get in at that point?

I want you all to know that Bijan last night was as fine as a representative of the University of Texas as I’ve ever seen…this coming from someone who has an inherent bias against all things UT. After listening to him talk last night, and listening to others talk about him, I walked away with so much admiration for this young man and a jealousy of UT for having him be one of your student-athletes. From the charity he started while a student at UT, to his faith, to his long term plans and just simple joy for life, I was just so grateful to have that opportunity to learn so much more about him. And his grandfather, who Bijan considers his only real father and calls him dad, is just as impressive and cool. PAC 10 football official while Bijan was growing up, he was just an absolutely incredible mentor and guide for this young man to emulate. Funny story- his mom has kept everything he has ever broken around the house playing football so that if he ever made it to the nfl, he can reimburse her for all the damages. Got the second biggest laugh of the evening. Just wanted to share. What a special person. You all were truly blessed to have him be a part of your university family. I am a big fan. Now I need to go order some of his mustard.

I’m currently sitting at the Doak Walker ceremony. At the head table Sark is sitting behind Bijan (multi level headtable), and Ricky Williams is sitting beside him. Earl Campbell is in the audience. Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, and Chris Fowler are all up there. I’m here to see Donny Anderson receive the Legend award. This is a pretty damn cool experience. Happy to see Bijan get the recognition he deserves.

Yeah, I kind of get it and then I kind of don't. The modern era of collegiate athletics and the big money being thrown around really has nothing to do with academics. But I guess if the BIG is making fuck-you money, at some point the money is no longer the factor and now it is about how the BIG will be so much more academically superior to the other Power 5(4) conferences.

I never realized UVA was so coveted for an athletic conference.

Guess I'm kind of curious as to what types of expenses a conference would pay for instead of a school? Branding?

Lose vs. Loose is worse. It's the worst.

To redeem myself from my message board faux pas, I offer some humorous replies to the PAC-12 tweet:

Sorry if this has already been posted...I didn't see it, but that doesn't mean it wasn't. You know it's bad when they have to issue this statement. That's akin to an AD releasing a statement that they fully support a coach. EDIT: I see now it was posted with subsequent conversations. My bad. I missed Monday altogether apparently.

Water carrier, dick sucker. Tomato, tomahto.

Shaking my head at how badly the Pac 12 leadership has managed things for the past 15 years. Larry Scott should have done everything possible to grab UT, OU, OSU, and Tech in 2010-11 when A&M & Mizzou announced they were leaving for the SEC and Nebraska leaving for the Big 10. But all he took was CU...what a head-scratcher. He could've had the first super conference and who knows where the Pac 16 could be today. Then George Kliavkoff sat around and did nothing when UT and OU announced they were heading to the SEC in 2021. Just sat there with his thumb up his ass, not realizing that this move indeed made the Pac 12 vulnerable. Never would have dreamed in 2021 that by 2023 the new Big 12 would be in such a better position than the Pac 12. Just utter mismanagement.

"A lawyer player who represents himself has a fool for a client."

Well, a beer would have been inappropriate at halftime. Anybody else remember the gatorade commercial a few years back highlighting this old KC team (and EJ Holub as I recall). I guess Len decided to stick with what works for him instead, lol.

It always amazes me how TE's like Kelce, Gronk, Witten, Gonzalez, etc. could always find ways to be open. I mean, they are the biggest damn guy running past the LOS and still defenses find ways to lose them.

Nearly called my wife that when she wouldn't believe me that I wasn't sitting on the remote. But for some odd reason, "bitch" translates into "hit me upside the head with a frying pan", so I decided to refrain from using it.

The idea that grass designed for a golf course, that is grown on a tray and wheeled in (so no real established root structure), and then painted on top of that, would be good to play football on is beyond absurd. I'm no turf expert, put I did play football and I do play golf, and I know a thing or two about grass root structures that most everyone else knows as well, except of course for the NFL grounds experts. Anyone who has had to repair their divots on a tee box or fairway, or repaired their ball marks on a green, knows that that kind of grass simply cannot hold up to a football game with the weight of the players planting their foot for a cut. The Okie Light tweets yesterday confirmed it was grass designed for golf courses. Looks great, but not real functional for a foosball game, Bobby.

I agree completely. But I will contend that the OL have not made the same gains in athleticism and speed that their defensive counterparts have. Of course, defenders aren't allowed to even breathe heavily on a QB these days, so the only way they get to have a sack is if they chase the QB from behind it seems.

Speaking of the level of competition, and how different the game is today vs. the past when QB's weren't so protected, I would like to offer up a possible counterpoint: The defensive players of today are way, way, way more athletic than the defensive players of 30-40 years ago. The linebackers are so much bigger and faster, as are the d-lineman. They are literally freaks of human nature. If you took a time machine back to the 70's and 80's, and even early 90's, and told them that in today's NFL you have defensive lineman and linebackers who are just as big or bigger running 4.4 40's, they would tell you that you are either insane or everyone is on dope. Meanwhile, the OL have gotten bigger and more athletic, but not near to the same level as their defensive counterparts. So yes, today's QB and offense as a whole is way more protected than in the past, but the defenses today seem way more athletic, faster, and stronger.

It begs the question...how much of an influence is Eric Bienemy?

Ah, ok. Didn't recognize her with the smile. Baylor & Philly...wouldn't surprise me if she were also a Yankees fan to give me the hate-trifecta.

Ok, I really had hoped someone would have posted something after this giving me a clue as to who they are. So I have to ask...

This. It's why this is a rule to begin with.

Yeah he was. I shook his hand once at a basketball game...this is kind of what it looked like: