Everything posted by Tex Long
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2025 Week 12: Texas @ Georgia
Considering last season, he might be right. We're fixin' to find out.
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2025 Week 12: Texas @ Georgia
Which way?
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ESPN and The Mouse vs. YouTube TV
All good on the Last Frontier. 5 by 5. Enjoying Saban's insights, as usual.
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The Athletic Scoops Sark interested in NFL Jobs
All things considered, Sark's biggest problem seems to be that he still chases Coordinator Glory. Until he realizes that he's pursuing a subjective title (Best OC) and changes to the objectivity of full-spectrum Scoreboard Dominance, we're almost certainly going to continue to see a couple of WTF performances every season.
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We need to talk about David Portnoy
Hyperbolic Morons - another pick'it amongst band name, song title, and motto.
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Coach Sark Press Conference 11.10 - 11:30am
Not much of one. The bottom line is ... unclear. I think Sark may have figured out that while he isn't necessarily on a hot seat, he is in a position where he needs a W. Close but no cigar won't be close enough.
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Coach Sark Press Conference 11.10 - 11:30am
Court Jester was pretty funny, and a couple of good-looking women in Glynis Johns and Angela Lansbury (yeah, she was younger once). Personally, I laughed at Danny Kaye in several movies, and The Inspector General was a lot funnier. The "pocketa-pocketa-pocketa" in Secret Life of Waler Mitty was straight outta the book - I still hear it anytime Danny shows up on a screen...
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Gunnar Helm
Judging from the expressions, I'd think there might be a Wide Receiver in the mix.
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2025 Week 12: Texas @ Georgia
"Angry people win football games." -- some old guy.
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Coach Sark Press Conference 11.10 - 11:30am
Hmmmm... probably true, but I think the situation calls more for John Moses Browning.
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Brian Kelly to L$U
I've not encountered it anywhere, so I figured it doesn't happen. But, damn, it seems like a pretty obvious method of getting into a situation where a school can ditch a coach and put him into a position of being amenable to a negotiated exit.
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Brian Kelly to L$U
I've asked, but never seen an answer, whether coaching contracts do or might contain language allowing the school to assign the head coach to another position (keeping the salary, of course) and/or to assign another person to a position of authority over the head coach? I mean, you know, like like like, you know, not "you're fired" but like "you aren't running the team any more, asswipe, go stand over there and keep your mouth shut." Somewhere in the Contracts there are clauses relating to insubordinate behavior...no? Probably within a page or two of the Morality clauses?'
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Brian Kelly to L$U
Was thinking about working that in...
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Brian Kelly to L$U
Kelly couldn't catch a bottle full of lightning if it hit him in the hands.
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Brian Kelly to L$U
Why would you not say that?
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Brian Kelly to L$U
Be fair: Thread of Invoking is a decent band name, especially in Luzyanna, although probably better used in Voudon contexts.
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Brian Kelly to L$U
Napoleonic Code says "pourquoi non?"
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2025 Week 12: Texas @ Georgia
I've got a bit of optimism. I think we can win, but it'll take errybody playing well, not another one where offense or defense or specials fuck up and the other two carry the load and prevail. If all three play well, we win. Any one of them establishes pooch-screwing, and we likely lose... two eat shit and we definitely take the L. Bottom line: there are multiple scenarios that end with a W for the Good Guys, and I won't be surprised at either outcome.
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2025 Week 12: Texas @ Georgia
English... how do it work?
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Brian Kelly to L$U
So... no Morality Clause in Kelly's contract? Maybe just no proof of violations (yet)...
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ESPN and The Mouse vs. YouTube TV
Something like "awwwww, shit"? It's not what they could say, rather what yje could actually do about it. That could be the holdup on the purchase. Mouse already basically owns SEC. Would be interesting to see the effect if CBS et al quit carrying SEC games. Maybe there's some relationship between broadcast and network...
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ESPN and The Mouse vs. YouTube TV
Was talking about this whole fuckup, and someone opined that the intent of The Mouse is to keep things shitty untill his purchase of NFL network is approved, which gives him almost complete control of all Football. WTF?
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2025 Random Games thread
Can confirm. Had a client in Eugene and spent some time there one summer, guys who sold tennis shoes or something. It was cool to coldish and wet, with lots of trees dripping on everything. They claimed there was a sun somewhere on the other side of the trees, but I never saw it.
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ESPN and The Mouse vs. YouTube TV
The real culprit here is Disney, which seems likely to own all of the HD antenna companies. Things won't get back to "normal" until the antennas hit their sales target. Get out there and buy. Now.
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SEC Refs Suck
Yes, he is... well, trying to, any road. Defender is not required to get out of his way. It matters how he got there, but the clip doesn't show that. From what we can see, the defender is back-pedalling and looking back, and the receiver pushes him over backwards.