Richard Kimball

Get your official Dak Prescott playoff jersey!

This is either the greatest or stupidest post in the history of surly.

Belichick is a great X & O coach who also happens to be a horse's ass. He needed Brady, cause aside from being an excellent QB that understood the first rule of winning is "don't lose the game with stupid ass hero ball (Bret Favre)," he kept the team together and soothed ruffled feathers. Belichick ran off competent players cause he's a jerk. Deion surprised me because great players hardly ever become great coaches. Most of the guys who become great coaches were average to above average players, and they had to know the game intimately to make up for their physical shortcomings. Great players often depend upon their athletic ability, so if Deion got out of position, he had the speed to cover his mistake. I'm not saying he's a great coach, but he's outperformed what I thought he would. What I have trouble seeing is Belichick being able to deal with a college environment, where players can walk. If he can convince enough 4 & 5 star players that he can get them ready for the NFL, he's got a chance, but we're living in a world where a lot of these guys will make more money in college than they ever will in the NFL.

@Al_4_ISU vs @Upgrayedd as the game approached halftime:

Understand what you're saying, but now that we're SECSECSEC, we get the benefit of the doubt, so no complaints. The SEC will get multiple teams in because they've got a ton of clout and the 12 team playoff is a short term contract. If they don't get multiple teams in, they'll throw a wrench into the playoffs on the contract renegotiation. Last year, the only reason Texas got in was because Alabama beat Georgia in the SEC championship. If Georgia had won, it would have been Michigan, Georgia, Washington and Florida State. When Alabama won, Sankey had a presser, and basically said, "There better not be a playoff without an SEC team." The committee couldn't put Alabama in over Texas cause Texas beat them at home by double digits. So, they had to get Texas in so they could get Alabama in. If the SEC and the B1G don't get their way, they'll poach the best of the remaining teams from the other conferences, and have their own playoffs, with blackjack and hookers.

Funniest thing is that all four power conferences could be won by a first year member.

They don't sell Jenga blocks at College Station.

I know y'all hate Baylor, but this is awesome:

Just sent this to my nephew, an aggy;

Troof! What would be cool is if every P4 championship was won by a first year member, and there's a good possibility of it. Course, if Texas wins, anything else that happens is gravy.

Well, this was the trophy, so...

A sandwich walks into a bar and says, "I'd like a coke." The bartender says, "I'm sorry, we don't serve food here."

HEY! Don't pick on Patrick! Did you see how hard he reached for that ball?

Dittos. I dove for a pass once. Once. My forearm and lower leg looked like they'd been painted red. It was great back then, though, with the running track around the field and all the kids taking an evening jog, and the football and frisbee playing on the field. Sometimes the band would be out there practicing, and you could see the touch football games get a lot more animated when they were playing "Texas Fight!" Oh, well. You know the saying, "How many Austinites does it take to change a light bulb?" Seven. One to change the light bulb, and six to talk about how great things were in the sixties.

Understatement of the year. Well done. What's confusing about Jones is that I would love to have his ability to make money. He's personally responsible for the money fountain the NFL has become. Jersey sales go back to Jerry Jones. He convinced the other owners to split up the games into packages and put them out for bid. In that arena he's the best NFL owner, and there's not a second place. AT&T Stadium is a money machine. Why, then, does he blow his entire reputation by trying to prove he's a football guy?