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Posts posted by Nueces River Rat
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20 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:
I get so up for football that I’m scrolling the internet come July for CFL games. I happily watch the Whatever Kickoff Classic between Eastern Idaho and UC San Luis Obispo in August because it’s football. But the Oilers are the only NFL team I ever cared about and since they left I haven’t really paid much attention to the NFL other than how Texas players are doing.
I try to watch NFL games but the whole format puts me off. The rules effectively make the game a constant 2-minute drill, the announcers make Cesspool and Desmond seem insightful, and the whole President Camacho delivery of the show makes me feel like a mark. I can’t get into it.
It is nice to have Sunday free, too.I watched some clips of old games between the Redskins and Cowboys this weekend which were during the Staubach era or the original glory years of the Cowboys . If the league had directives from the owners to enforce rules like they have today such as roughing the QB, every defense would have racked up 150 yards of penalties per game. I watatched Staubach and Theismann get roughed up, literly picked up and thrown out of bounds a few times. Today? You can't even bump into the QB or a flag is thrown. The sad fact is this shit is bleeding into the college game too.
The NFL owners have made the game the No Fun League
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I could give two shits about the strength or weakness of the Big 12. Do you think Clemson fans give a shit the ACC was weak sauce this year and last for that matter?
No. The only conference that has a fanboy following is the SEC and it’s all part of their marketing plan in order for the media to build up their teams, solidify early poll positions and make every week a critical week in that conference even though teams like aggy can only manage to win their non conference cup cake games and beat teams with losing records.
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SEC refs are just as bad on the targeting bullshit as Rig 12 Refs.
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STFU Kirk
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Gosh I hate Herbie that big douche.
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And the OU band plays the sewer pipes on a missed FG.
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This SEC commercial is worse than any of the Big 12’s.
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4 minutes ago, hookem48 said:
LSU caught lightning in a bottle this year with that QB, Bama losing Tao and half their defense, we'll see next year if they keep it up or go back to being Bama's bitch.
They will take a step or two back next season kind of like we did in 2005. They might win the SEC West, but come short of going back to the playoffs. I think there is a good chance we see some new faces in whatever bowls are the playoffs next season.
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Have they started taking credit for LSU’s win over on TexasAgs?
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OU getting called for holding on D as well.... lol.
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OU probably has more holding calls against them in this half vs the whole Rig 12 season.
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Conflicted about this game. I hate OU and wish the whole city of Norman would just fall into a flaming pit. But I hate the SEC hype a tad more.
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Big 12 Refs. Lol.
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Miami kind of sucks.
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Garrett is always just standing on the sideline. He never talks into his headset. He never gives a command. Never an angry face or a happy face. He’s just there. Every so often he lifts the microphone to spit. That’s it. How much money does he make for doing absolutely nothing?
He does clap well. He and Mack Brown are the best clappers in football.-
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Are you from a hispanic family or married into one (I fit the later)? If not, go find some loud Latina women to help.
I've never seen quiet people make tamales.
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4 minutes ago, RGBIII said:
Super K says Yurcich is nearly a done deal, its at least in the contract phase and thinks contract could be in hand right now
Is it safe to post a "Fire Yurcich" thread? I've always wanted to start one of those threads.
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9 hours ago, Lobo said:
I think the Cowboys long benefited from the ubiquitous TV coverage they enjoyed in the 70's and 80's that most franchises did not. Much like the Braves on TBS, the Bulls on WGN, the Fighting Irish on NBC. But unlike those teams, the Cowboys opted to not win games over the last several decades.
Having said that, picking on people for being Cowboys fans is a strange gambit. It's the NFL that is a complete and total waste of time and money. People will bitch and moan about too many college football bowl games and then will watch some obscure Falcons/Jets game on PPV because they need to check in with their 2nd team TE for their fantasy football league team.
Cheering for the Cowboys is much like staying with your political party or organize religion of choice...it's stays with us largely because of our childhood. But we believed in those things because we were children. And back in our naive childhood is where all that bullshit belongs.
Yep. I was a big Braves fan in the 80's because of TBS even tough they sucked most of that decade too.
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59 minutes ago, Mantis Toboggan, MD said:
Man I felt sorry for that Guyer freshman QB. Kid got rocked all game long. Tiny. Looked like a kicker playing QB. There is a big difference between a 14-15 year old and an 17-18 year old when it comes to playing football.
Yep. The transition period for most kids is their Sophomore year. Some kids can handle better mentally and physically because they might have their birthdays earlier in the school year and they are 16 much sooner than others. Of course genetics and few other things fall into places where a Sophomore kid has no problem competing with the Junior and Seniors. And then you have some parents who have a kid who might have a birthday in the summer who hold their kids back which helps a Sophomore kid who should be a Junior compete well.
Look at your own yearbooks (or your kids) from the Sophomore and Junior years and the transformations of the kids in all sports is very noticeable for the most part. You still have a few who are late bloomers who might not show up until their Senior years which makes the struggles to get there a footnote for most except for the kid and maybe his/her friends who watched them bust ass.
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12 hours ago, WBT said:
Yeah I find it hard to believe there isn't a junior or senior that played qb as a freshman or jv that would give them a better chance to move the ball. You can't fault the kid at all as he is giving good effort but he just doesn't look strong or fast enough to be competitive.
That was my first reaction too. You mean two schools in the largest classification with good football participation numbers doesn't have an upperclassmen who is ready to go at second string. And having said that, the commentators in both games noted ( and maybe they got their info wrong) the Ducanville QB had not taken snaps until last week and Guyer QB until last night in a real game situation. I looked at both teams body of work during the season and playoffs and it looks like there were several opportunities for both QB's to do so. I do wonder if both coaches kind of calculated things along the lines they think they might have a chance to be back next year or the year after and decided to use what time was available to get experience for both instead of going to an upperclassman?
Westlake did a good job trying to intimidate the poor Guyer kid with not helping him up after they plastered him, probably calling his mom a few choice words, etc. And for the most part, he picked himself up and got back on his feet and went on about his business.
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9 hours ago, ButtFumble said:
you have to wonder if CBS is walking away for good or if they said $300+ million for one game a week and a CCG fuck that it is more than the PAC 12 or Big 12 make for everything let ESPN bid against themselves
CBS just bid for a part of the MWC so they are not completely walking away from college football and I doubt a part of the MWC is all they will stick with
Fox went in pretty heavy on the Big 10 and they have part of the MWC too so they are not walking away and supposedly going to bid on the SEC SEC SEC content
NBC is the strange one that is content with just Notre Dame, but who knows
there are a lot of companies out there with a lot of "incomplete" channels that could use some more quality content and they seem content to NOT bid for it....then there is ESPN that has way too fucking much content already and bids against itself and starts networks to compete with themselves
sports programming stupidity
ESPN has done a good job the last decade with signing broadcasting deals with entities with football programs who either suck or swim in a sea of mediocrity.
Longhorn Network= I think we all know where we stand in the football world since this network cut teeth.
ACC Network= With the exception of Clemson, the whole conference has been a clusterfark before and after the deal.
Look at some of the professional sports and see where TV ratings stand such as MLB and Monday Night Football.
Maybe this is a bad precursor for the SEC? Personally I don't think the new decade is going to be as good for the greatest conference to ever walk the earth and the up coming bowl season might be a sneak peak of this.
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Why is Smart still our coach?
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I thought I was watching the NBA on NBC , 90’s circa with their bumper music.

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Oh I know. I grew up watching the 70's and early 80's versions of both the Oilers and Cowboys. Qb's and RB's took abuse big time. And defensive players were allowed to their jobs, but were not looking to be in the human highlight films of the day. This is the problem today or at least part of it, hence the league and football at all levels has now gone overboard with protecting QB's, targeting, etc. Of course it all revolves around money too.