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the... script.... Yikes! Terror! The reason Sark scripts the plays early is... wait for it... 1) he can. 2) to try to assess tendencies, and hopefully see the ones you are looking for! As the genius of Sark's offense and quite frankly his offensive mind is try to simply try to take advantage of natural defensive tendencies. Find something that defenders tend to do natually, no matter who is coaching and take advantage of whatever that might be. Think of something as simple as a stop and go route. The goal is to get the defender to "bite" and slow down for half a step, which then gives the receiver a half a step on the defender with a greater degree of acceleration. It's about trying to identify tendencies. And if you see one then call another play later to try to confirm it. It's about gathering data in real time. It's not perfect, but it's a methodology, to confirm or refute what you thought hours and hours of watching tape showed you. But either way, you have to admit that you would take a bite out of this... only if it wasn't the first one! (out of respect).
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Well I got bored and then got creative! We did a cool wreath of pigs in a blanket at Christmas and due to the massive piggy count on the batch from Costco, I wanted to ue them up rather than wasting them. I give you.... "Pigs in a Blanket Longhorn." I think I'm gonna go full three dimensional next holiday season! But looks cool and I love the undercooked dough from the pulling apart where the dough is more dense. But basically if you can envision it with piggies, you can build it!
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A celebration of NOLA and Louisiana at home
horn4life replied to Brisketexan's topic in Food and Travel
We went to Pappadeux... does that count? Made this pigs in a blanket Longhorn so I think I should get at least a partial credit! -
First let's talk about the game- Here's the deal. Sometimes the other guys are really good and they can make plays as well. Penix was making great throws, and to be honest our coverage was tight most of the time early, but the receivers were making fantastic catches! Hell if you look at our players offensively the stats are good individually but not cumulatively. Running Blue 6.6 ypc, Baxter 7.1 ypc, passing Sanders 12.5, Whittington 17.5, Worthy 22.5, Blue 11.3 with Baxter 19.5 yard per catch. The anomaly is Mitchell at 5 ypc. But Ewers completes only 55% of his passes. The complete ones were solid, the running game was solid, what was weak was completion percentage and fumbling the ball away. Even then you have to remember that one of Washington's TD's was a tip, And one 3rd down completion was a tip that took heat off a ball that would would have been overthrown. We also got lucky with the early muff. But let's talk about Sark. Bottom line is we nearly won a game with our QB only completing 55% of his passes against an undefeated #2 team in the country. The fact we came back at the end was a testament to the type of mentality this team has developed! The most difficult thing for a head coach to do is build a culture. At first coaches have to come in and be not only the coach, but the head disciplinarian and head motivator. And it's never, ever, ever successful... at least at first. Winning coaches develop a culture within the team where team leaders are the motivators, and largely take over the role of disciplinarian of the players producing accountability to the team and each other. THIS is the secret sauce to success over time. Sark has added this secret sauce to our team and now we are in a good position moving forward from an accountability and team unity perspective. And that my friends is light years from where we were, at 5-7 with us finding a way to lose and players not looking past the tips of their own noses in many cases. Today we have a solid two deep at every position like we have not seen in decades. OF course there are some holes to fill, but it's been a long time since we had backups of a high enough quality level to step up and step right in. Sark has in essence rebuilt the program. In his own image no less. I think that one of the things that I like most about Sark is his relationship with the players. You hear time and again how he genuinely takes an interest in their lives beyond football, and that's how he spends most of his time interacting with players on an individual basis. His past very public missteps also make hime more relatable to kids. As opposed to the dishonest "just be perfect" mindset so many coaches project, despite the reality. I think this makes Sark approachable and makes players and equally as importantly a player's parents comfortable with him. This has allowed him to kick ass high school recruiting. The other thing I LOVE about Sark is he realizes that continuity is so very, very important in maintaining a culture. He has been very selective in bringing in portal players, because he understands how one or two very talented bad apples can start a rot in the whole barrel. This is perhaps the most overlooked quality that I think Sark possesses. We had disappointment last night. But Sark has earned his money and we are in a very good spot going into the SEC in 2024. Imagine what might have been with 58% completions and only one fumble... If you are not happy with Sark you are a fucking moron.
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Feel your pain, flipped from Tennessee to Iowa with about a minute to spare... for the same reasons, or so I thought. Still a glimmer, but went the wrong way. Got lucky with LSU just now.
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So SD card is higher quality image at a lesser price is the way to go if you have access to camera, and do not need time sensitivity? I assume time stamps are on all images? Wifi/ Cellular is mainly for timeliness? I am also assuming that the card units are higher res? Or is that a misconception?
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Why Haven't I seen any of you degenerates start a ZZ Top Thread?
horn4life replied to Hornius Emeritus's topic in Music
I have a couple decent ZZ Top stories. First was when I camped out all night at Jeppesen Stadium for ZZ Top tickets at like 13 years old. (I drove my folks nuts) The lineup was ZZ Top, Wishbone Ash, Doobie Brothers and Willie Nelson, in the Summer of '73. Parents scheduled vacation on that date, and I missed the concert. Second one was a few years later in the Summer of 1979. I worked selling shoes in the Galleria in Houston at a very high end store called Morgan Hayes. I think I was making $8 an hour plus 8% commission, and the cheapest shoes we had in the store were like $175 sandals. One day I had this hip guy come in and I had him loaded up with two of the most expensive pairs of shoes we had pushing $1000, so the commission was like working a full Saturday hourly! At the counter the guy mentioned he was in a rock and Roll band. I asked "Which one?" At which point he walked out of the store and the commission was gone. Of course it was the only fucking member without a beard, Frank "fucking" Beard! Still makes me mad I asked that damn question. Third was at a bar called Juan Goldstein's on 6th Street in the winter of 81/82. It was sort of known as a coke bar from the old school close up phone booth with the mirror ledge in it off the bar. but they had great vibe and I took this gorgeous model gal there for some red wine and we split I think we split a lude. Well we are sitting in there and who strolls in but Dusty and Van WIlks (back when he still had some hair) and they take a table next to us in the nearly empty place. We sat and gabbed with them an hour or so, and us both being from Houston and ZZ having a house near my childhood home we had some good conversation. Well long story short is Billy picks up my tab, which was over $100 so that was a nice surprise. The other surprise was he got my model gal's number when I was in the can... 😉 I have seen them a couple times but twice supporting the Stones in 1982 once in Houston and once in Dallas, with the Fabulous Thunderbirds opening, and a couple other times. they were the total shit in the Late 70's early '80's. Jungle show here every holiday season is fun to see at least once. -
Well I really thought I was a smart Mofo at when OU put up 21 unanswered points! Funny how 6 turnovers can skew the outcome. Probably because I stated doing math on where I thought I would be after OU's victory... again WTFDIK!
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Why won't Nikki Haley be the first female POTUS?
horn4life replied to tantric superman's topic in Cloak Room
I thought the clip of her talking commerce and government overreach, and individual freedom, as fucking hilarious as a response to what caused the Civil War. The GOP [oliticians KNOW that they have to keep the racists in their party happy, and any mention of slavery is forbidden. Another perfect example of the elevation of stupidity as a necessity in the ranks of GOP politicians. Haley's not stupid, but she has to act stupid, for her stupid constituents. -
I was going to flip to both BC and Rutgers, but missed the BC lock time by 10 minutes. But again WTF do I know?
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haha - https://www.discogs.com/release/4276720-Aerosmith-Aerosmith had a lot of sort of first pressings but not the one I will look for. I may go nuts, but it will be a more gradual process, and more of a "deal search." I got a few records that look great but are warped like something was under an edge when they were stored flat? I actually have a heat press that would fit the album size I thought about trying to flatten them with. They were freebies from my BIL, that don's suck, like the original cars... but that bounce in the warp... I will definitely find some of the shit we listened to when I was a teen. My Daughter and SIL got me 128g Stones, Let it Bleed and Amy Winehouse. So decent quality on the new stuff.
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One of the best spontaneous Album covers ever. I'm sure everyone knows this, but the group is laughing because Duane is hiding the bag of weed he was just handed in his crotch. Just makes the album that much better! Just got a phono and amp set up yesterday. Prior to a couple months ago the last record I bought was at Asylum records... Probably after eating an Austin's Favorite at Mad Dog and Beans. So I have been out of this Record deal a while. But I started to buy some albums of bands I see, and am going to start accumulating here and there. I used to have a pretty nice selection including a true original pressing of Aerosmith's debut... But alas the rent house I lived in on Parker lane had the AC overflow and my collection was turned into a large brick. So I am not going nuts like I used to (at least yet) but wife got me a decent Fluance turntable and I got a combination tube amp for the warmer sound and quite frankly for the look next to my whiskey bar. I am going to occasionally splurge, and will probably do a Friday in Llano to see if the RATS place has anything of interest as my wife has to make a trip out there quarterly. I figured I would start stopping at every garage sale I see, watch craigslist, and mostly buy stuff from the artists themselves if they have vinyl at SXSW and on smaller tours. Fun to have the albums signed even if it may decrease the value. ONE QUESTION - What is a good newbie cleaning system? I picked up some albums from my BIL and most are in decent shape but were dusty, and some heavily fingerprinted. I saw some shit on Amazon, but what is a good system for a getting back into things? I'm thinking some of my finds my not end up being the cleanest.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
horn4life replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
You know one thing I never get tired of? Aggies using the word "elite" always in the future tense, and never in the present tense! -
I could argue Bob Dylan, simply as he has created and fronted so many bands it's literally mind blowing. But since he was always the front man except for Traveling Wilburys, you guys may not think it counts. Yet I could point at his move from a folks band to an electric guitar band as perhaps the single seminal moment of change in the history of modern music. But I understand if you completely disagree with my premise. 😉
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The Great Value Red River Shootout: Aggy vs. Okie Lite
horn4life replied to markstanco's topic in Football
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My father in law (rest in peace) would cook the shit out of hamburgers, so I began to pay close attention to having him put mine on last and pulled off early. Then I realized he was turning those burgers grey and then putting them directly back onto the raw hamburger pan they were taken off of originally to go onto the grill... So I could have just eatem mine raw with the same risk. But when it comes to cooking seafood? The best seafood is served the second it is done!!! Past that, you are wasting time and killing flavor. Here is a Cajun test phrase- " Dirty Tree and a turd..."
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We bought this book last year after seeing it on a chef's shelf. I haven't read the whole thing as it weights about 15 lbs and is pushing 850 pages, but it's fascinating if you are interested in Cajun/Creole food. It's interesting in that the beginning show how the different dishes came from the different food groups of originally the Indian tribes in the areas and how the foods and techniques gradually blended along with the population ebbs and flows. Anyhow like I said, it's one big ass book, but the first 100 or so pages on the evolution of origins of the flavors regionally and historically was very interesting to me. The other 700 pages are recipes and techniques, but more on the old school side .A lot of interesting So complementary to this thread.
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Yep- I was thinking about that "invite from the beach" that Coliseum show was July 15th 1978. You are correct on the Summit show. I had 10 seats on the first row balcony for that one. Good times... Thanks again to whatever gal invited me to Springsteen for that first show. It was awesome not having any expectations. Now the expectations are so high for Springsteen live that it's damn near impossible to live up to the hyped expectations. My BIL were talking about the 1980 show at the Erwin Center, he worked at Joske's here and got the ticket gal to pull the first tickets she could for him. Third row Center at "the drum." I was at that one too, but a lot farther back on the side. Regardless of all that, Springsteen's version of Santa Claus is coming to town always brings a smile to my face, for multiple reasons.
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My kids are out of the house for a while now, so anytime we can all get together is thrilling. Though I did seriously think of pulling one of my most evil pranks early on Christmas Morning. Just drive around the neighborhood at 4:45 am blasting my car horn helping the little ones rise early for Christmas morn... I think of a lot more evil shit that I do. But it would have been funny...
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duh. Guess I was auto logging in before, and when I woke up at 4 am I thought it might be site service or something. Thanks for the suggestion
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Anyone else having a problem getting in and changing confidence/picks? When I only see results now when I click on my name, and don't see my picks(ability to change picks). Anyhow just wondering if I did something stupid, or if other people are having the same issue?
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The other thing that has clearly happened within the GOP is an "Elevation of The Stupid." But once you are willing to disregard factual information in preference to lies that you can agree with, then you can end up anywhere and believe anything. So can you really be surprised at hand counting for "accuracy." The GOP has been elevating stupid for a while now.
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I have come to the very simple conclusion that in order to be Republican, the main criteria is the ability to completely discard intellectual honesty. This more than any other factor is a necessity in being a true Republican. You just really, really, really have to believe a lot of shit that is not true. You have to promote a lot of shit that is not true. And you have to adamantly above all, avoid actually caring about what is or is not true. I can take most any "important" issue for the GOP and show the intellectual dishonesty necessary in the political position. Take immigration for example. The GOP controlled all three branches of the Federal Government and packed the Supreme Court. Yet there was no effort at all to pass an immigration bill. Because... for the GOP they main thing is having something to complain about. When you control all the government and you fail to take any action, how can you honestly blame the other side? It's simply intellectually dishonest. Take the outrage of Hunter Biden! I have no problem at all going after Hunter Biden. But to pretend the prosecution of Hunter Biden is anything other than a selective political prosecution started by the TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is simply to be intellectually dishonest. But let's pretend that it is not intellectually dishonest! Now let's ask about Jared Kushner, who received $2 billion in Saudi money for a startup where he has no experience. This after using his office representing the United States in the Trump administration to negotiate this deal. So the Trump Crime family received $2 billion? Gotta be outraged by that if you are even a little irked by Hunter right? Not if you have the Republican cloak of intellectual dishonesty to protect your mind. Let's take a look about the love of the unborn, and the sanctity of life. Let's pretend this is a true principle of the Republican party! How then can you explain the abusive treatment of the only children in the care of the Texas GOP year, after year, after year in the Republican designed and implemented Texas foster care system? If the state of Texas treats foster children in a manner that would land individual parents in jail over the neglect and abuse. Why doesn't the GOP give a fuck about these children while cheering on Abortion laws creating more unwanted children, some of whom will end up in the Texas foster System. The solution to this? Simply use the GOP cloak of intellectual dishonestly! With the millions of Republicans in Texas wanting more unwanted children, is it a fair question as to why Republicans are not adopting these children after they are born? (cue up intellectual dishonesty defense here) Take any GOP issue supposedly based on "principles" and you will find the necessity of intellectual dishonestly by Republican voters and politicians.
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yeah UTSA was as close to a "lock" as I thought there was early in the picks. But WTF do I know, as one of you will likely be spending my money...
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