Posts posted by TreatyOak
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As many of you know, I am a busy poster on the the football boards. I've always avoided the Cloak Room cause it's always been referred to as "a cesspool." However, what little I've read here is refreshingly cogent and progressive.
I do think that there may some good that comes out of this event, as it exposes Trump's acolytes in a really ugly light and removes their false narrative about "saving the country" and representing "law and order."
Keep it up and with a little luck, we can get that mentally deranged sociopath permanently out of government.
Thanks.
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6 hours ago, Beau Vine said:
Class 6A Division I
Regions I and II
Southlake Carroll (11-1) vs. Duncanville (10-1), 3 p.m. Saturday at Globe Life Park
We’re going to see just how good Quinn Ewers is, because Duncanville’s defense is loaded with talent. Pretty sure that every starter on the Panther front 7 is a D1 recruit. I think Duncanville is better than they were last season. I think Ewers will play well, but he would need to play great for SLC to win.
Regions III and IV
Galena Park North Shore (14-0) vs. Austin Westlake (12-0), 2 p.m. Saturday at Legacy Stadium
The discussion upthread is a good one – Westlake’s defense is ridiculous, but they’ve never played a team like North Shore. Last night, I watched the USA junior hockey team win gold by upsetting a previously unchallengeable Canadian team, so part of me wants to pick Westlake here. The problem is that North Shore has Demetrius Davis at QB, and I can’t see him letting this team lose, and I know that Shad Banks will get lose for at least one long TD.
Class 6A Division II
Regions I and II
Denton Guyer (11-2) vs. Cedar Hill (11-1), 1 p.m. on Saturday at McKinney ISD
Guyer has been sleep-walking against teams not nearly as good as Cedar Hill. I said a couple of weeks ago that Kaidon Salter is the best 2021 QB in the state; he’s definitely a lot better than Eli Stowers. Because of that, I think the Longhorns win this one easily.
Regions III and IV
Katy (15-1) vs. Buda Hays Consolidated (10-3), 2 p.m. Saturday at Baylor’s McLane Stadium
Hays probably played as well as they could play in the second half last week, and that got them a regional championship trophy for the first time since ’96, so congrats to them and I hope they enjoy this week. But Katy is simply a terrible matchup for their 1-dimensional Pistol/SlotT hybrid offense and the Rebels are gonna get crushed.
Class 5A Division I
Regions I and II
Mansfield Summit (8-4) vs. Denton Ryan (13-0), 7 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium
I watched Summit win a sloppy but thrilling rematch against Red Oak last week and at no point did I think, “This team can beat Ryan.” The Raiders might have more talent than any team playing, 5A or 6A, with big-time playmakers at every level on defense.
Regions III and IV
Cedar Park (13-0) vs. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial (13-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday at San Antonio’s Alamo Stadium
Vets is not your typical CC team. The school has only been open 5 years, and they’re 46-7 in the last four years, the first CCISD team to advance to the semis since 1963. But they’ve played a very week schedule and CP is by far their best opponent. T’wolf QB Ryder Hernandez has thrown for 3800+ yards and has a 51-2 TD-INT ratio and he’ll be the difference.
Class 5A Division II
Regions I and II
Wichita Falls Rider (11-2) vs. Aledo (11-1), 7 p.m. Friday at North Texas’ Apogee Stadium
This is not your normal Aledo team. Their defense is good but not great and their QB is ass. Their offense is basically nothing but a big O-line and little RB Demarco Roberts and little WR Jojo Earle, who they frequently run out of the wildcat because it’s the easiest way to get the ball into his hands. Rider has a stout defense, led by playmaking DB Dom Horton and big DE Emaurian Banks (Tech commit). They have a stud dual-threat QB in Jacob Rodriguez (Virginia). And they have a bunch of guys who were on the field for this game in 2018 when a much-better Aledo team destroyed a not-as-good Rider team 63-7. So I wouldn’t bet money on them, but it wouldn’t shock me to see Roho pull an upset.Regions III and IV
Crosby (11-3) vs. Liberty Hill (12-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Bryan’s Green Stadium
Best matchup of the weekend! I kind of hitched my wagon to this Crosby team a couple of weeks ago when they stomped #5 Texarkana. Then they outlasted #4 Huntsville in OT. And they pulled their biggest shocker last week, rallying late to edge #3 FB Marshall. QB Deniquez Dunn is my favorite player still playing and the Cougars also rely on WR Reggie Branch to make plays from all over (he even played some QB last week with Dunn hobbled). They should wreak havoc on Liberty Hill’s defense which got exposed last week by the Fighting Marbergers. Liberty Hill’s SlotT machine will score points, but Crosby’s D is good enough to get stops when they have to.
Thanks, man. I appreciate your insights. Here is why I am picking my Chaps: my wife wanted to put away her reindeer statues that sit beneath the TV, but I made her leave them up since they graced our living room during our glorious 6A D2 championship run last year. They will provide the difference.
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Wow. Did anyone else listen to Jeff How today on 104.9 the Horn talking about Tom Herman around 11:45? It was really refreshing to hear.
He started it with "it doesn't really matter anymore, so I am going to say what I really think." That sure got my attention.
Major points:
- NO ONE liked Tom Herman-nada
- He had no allies, so no one stood up for him-at least Charlie had people rooting for him to succeed!
- His introductory press conference left the reporters with a weird feeling
- They never knew who he was and still don't!
- Forget Iowa State-they knew it was a done deal after OU and "EyesofTexasgate"
- The players hated him
- He is an incredibly inauthentic person who never demonstrated caring for anyone but himself
- And apparently, there are some pretty juicy stories or facts that haven't come out - Let's hope they do!

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Has the" tell all" firing article been published yet? I'm dying to read it.
In the glory days of business, at the dawn of the interwebs, big shots would get fired and find themselves locked out of their office. They couldn't get to their computer and everyone was too stupid to have copied all their files onto hard drives (which were huge and really shitty, anyways.)
When they fired our NYC chairmen mid-90's, they changed the locks on his office and he couldn't get in to get his shit. They said they would send it to him, but of course, the computer and his Rolodex (lol) was company property, so he was pretty screwed.
I read recently that he and his wife both died of Covid 19 within days of each other which is sad, as he was genuinely a nice guy.

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20 hours ago, Helobious said:
NS probably won’t be able to pass against Westlake much. It’ll come down to the run game, NS has an o-line like nothing Westlake has faced this year. I could see NS winning 28-14 or maybe 28-21. LT (or their fans at least) came in very cocky against NS in the semis two years ago and got absolutely fuckstomped. More humble last year and a little closer game. NS is top dawg in the state until proven otherwise.
Fair enough. I'm not picking us to win, but I don't think NS curb-stomps us, either. North Shore has everything in their favor - location, school-size (4,880ish to 2,780ish) extremely talented players and great coaching. Aww, heck, maybe they will curb-stomp us!
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31 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:
Has Westlake played anyone good this year? Seems like Hays and them haven't really played good teams other than each other. Look forward to the next games.
We haven't played the top competition this season, as the Southlake game got cancelled and LT also cancelled their game with us. We did beat Hays 59-6 and they're playing in the 6A D2 state semifinal, so I guess they turned out pretty good.
Not sure we can beat North Shore. I sure hope North Shore makes the same mistake Allen, SLC (twice) and Katy did against Westlake under Todd Dodge and thinks there's no way we can beat them.
Central Texas doing really well right now with 4 teams (Westlake, Hays, Cedar Park & Liberty Hill) in the 6A & 5A semifinals.
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18 minutes ago, Lonestar88 said:It's common knowledge that Strong's guys fucking hated Herman, and that includes Sam imo, who was originally a Charlie commit. I'm more interested in how guys who committed to Herman feel.
It wasn't just Strong's guys. I also heard from my spies on campus that the current players hated Herman.
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8 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:
It just pisses me off. Tom should have been the guy. These Bowl games show he has the ability to get it done here, but he was too fucking arrogant to put it all together.
I disagree with this. We have shitty seasons so we end up in bad bowl games against bad teams or teams that don’t want to be there. Big difference beating a bad team in a exhibition team and beating the teams we always lose to under Herman Munster.
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On 12/21/2020 at 8:27 AM, jinx said:I'm gonna go on record as stating this is the only thread that matters on Surly right now. Herman needs to be gone before the one thing he did right (recruit and build the roster) is burnt completely to the ground.
I have to think that guys like JQJ would still be around if they knew Herman and crew would not be. The fact that we keep holding on to this asshole while on double secret coaching search (or not, depending on what you believe about CDC's shitastic sound bite) is going to put this program back in the hole we have been trying to get out of for a decade.
I am soooooooooooooooo fucking sick of watching this slow motion train wreck. I feel like what aggers must feel like year after year.
Please just fire this stupid fuck. I don't really care who is next.
This, please. If you really want to torture yourself, go to the recruiting threads, and be amazed at good citizens posting about how great this 3-star, 3A RB is, or how amazing that 3 star WR is going to be. It's like somehow they haven't noticed that this head coach is UTTERLY INCAPABLE OF MAKING PLAYERS BETTER and now he can't even recruit the star players.
If you care about UT football, you should be doing everything you can to get rid of Turtle Tom. Send an email to CDC. Post on social media about how much he sucks. Do not send your money to UT. Me? I now send my nastiest memes to my boys at 104.9 the HORN in hopes that they will read them on the air. Sometimes, they do.












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I've been quietly waiting to comment on your uninformed post for a week now.
Actually, I usually really like your posts in general, but I am gloating. Let's see if you come on and eat crow.
Our Chaps are going to STATE baby!!!! Never count out Todd Dodge!!!!