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Aren’t you the guy that wrote dissertations about the genius of the Tom Herman offense?

LT jumped early on that fourth down. Philly should be kicking a FG right now. That’s an atrocious missed call

I hope one year of Will Howard is worth it lol

And yet here we are watching

I'd love to go back to the regionalism of yesteryear as much as anyone but that ship has frankly sailed with the amount of TV and NIL money in the sport. Money is the number one factor at the administrative level as well as for the talent on the field. There is no going back. What I hope we get to is the top however many schools forming their own NFL lite super league and competing in a separate division, essentially autonomous from the NCAA or at least governed with their own set of rules, and we can get back to sensible conferences for the rest of the sport. As dumb as it is that Washington, Oregon, USC, and UCLA will be playing conference football games against Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, and Ohio State; Cal and Stanford will be playing conference football games against Syracuse and Georgia Tech; and Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State are playing UCF and West Virginia... it is orders of magnitude dumber that those are now conference games in more schedule/travel intensive non revenue sports. It's one thing to acknowledge, implicitly or explicitly, that football is purely about money now, but the latest round of realignment will really fuck with non-revenue sports where athletes are actually students. Let the cash cow that is football fund a good experience for students, alumni, and fans of the rest of college athletics.

No kids, not yet anyway. Looking into rents and home prices, Tacoma seems more or less on par with the Heights and similarly desirable neighborhoods in Houston. Higher cost/sf but frankly the utility of additional space really starts to taper off pretty quick with it just being just the two of us. We would have way more options to buy in Tacoma, whereas in Seattle we’d only be talking entry level condos or smaller townhomes. Can afford rent in either one and would most likely look to rent initially for the flexibility anyway. Definitely don’t have a bad impression of the place, it wasn’t really on my radar initially just given where we’ve spent our time up there and where my SIL lives, but I’m finding it pretty easy to talk myself into it. It may be a little small/sleepy for our taste but it might be a better value prop than Seattle proper, and fuck them suburbs. That sense of character seems to be a recurring theme and coming from Houston that is honestly is appealing. Houston has a similar lack of polish and it’s one of the more endearing things about the city (except when it starts manifesting into actual dysfunction). Seattle is great overall but it is definitely more analogous to Austin with both having a massive influx of tech money and the degree of cultural sterilization that comes with that.

Bumping to solicit intel from locals/formal locals/frequent visitors. We've been to Seattle before, granted in the summer, and my wife's sister lived in Seattle for a little while and is now on the east side. We're kicking around leaving Texas for several reasons and the Seattle area is at the top of the list. Wife is currently interviewing for promising a job in that would potentially base her out of... Tacoma, which we're not as familiar with. Might still opt to live in Seattle depending on the specific working arrangement; but commuting from Seattle to Pierce County more than like once, maybe twice a week is probably a pass for her, understandably. Looking at going up and visiting for a long weekend next month to experience the short, dark days and get some time on the ground in Tacoma. My read from perusing the local subreddits is and the like that Tacoma is absolutely still rougher around the edges with more crime than Seattle, but also more diverse and has cleaned up quite a bit from the 80's-90's. More affordable than Seattle, although it's experienced rapid housing cost increases as well. Dining scene obviously smaller than Seattle but seems to be okay for what it is. Easy enough to get to Seattle or the east side on the weekends if needed. Seems like the greater North End is where you want to be, in general. Anyone have any reason to dispute that, or anything to add? And any Tacoma food/drink recs for visitors?

No, I am basically only sensitive to schedule and price, in that order. I live in Houston and United/Southwest are typically the only two competitive options on that front unless I am going to someone else's hub. For what it's worth I've had pretty solid experience with United the past couple years. Prior to that Delta had been the best airline in my experience but United seems to be competing to be the least shitty. Knock on wood as I have a couple bookings with them early next year.

lol the Seahawks do not take a back seat to a MLS team

Tell me you post on texags without telling me you post on texags

No, not even that. Like I said, I don't pretend to understand the full experience of parenthood, the emotional, psychological, and social aspects. He seems to believe that if you haven't bought groceries for three, four, or five instead of two; traded up for a minivan; upped your health insurance to the family plan; or paid for select soccer that you couldn't possibly... Do the basic math required to understand the financial implications of having children. The only real reason to think that is some monumental feat is if it is for you, yourself. It's really a hilarious self own in a roundabout way.

I don't pretend to understand all of parenthood but you can understand it from a personal financial/economic standpoint, which is what is being discussed here. The math isn't really hard to grasp. Has it ever occurred to you or @Poe It Up that a lot of people without kids don't have them because they understand the level of commitment required, financially and beyond? I can't speak for you, but for Poe apparently not because he is a Texags-grade moron who lacks the ability to conceptualize anything he has not personally experienced.

Laurel, MS what up

Idk that 9th game adds a lot of quality losses.

9 games with 3-6-6 scheduling makes too much sense so it’ll take painfully long to get there.

I mean outside of Georgia and kinda sorta Florida that home schedule is refried dogshit and would fit in fine with Big 12 schedules in terms of intrigue and quality. 1.5 games out of 7. Not unlike 2022 with Alabama, TCU and who cares.

OU and Georgia back to back lol. I figured OU would be 10/5 and there would be a bye between.

A two hour special? Jesus

There’s a zero percent chance that was anything but completely made up

Yeah. Whether that’s wise when UTD and UH especially are considered equal or better schools than a lot of those flagships at this point and have their own strong aid packages for qualified students is a different topic, but it’s definitely a thing.

Any B student from Texas go get a generous aid package from OU or LSU, Arkansas is likely the same.

I hate OU because they have earned it. I don’t hate aggy. Losing to them in football sucks but mostly I’m kind of weirded out by them.

“Fuck them kids” - CTJ

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