Asithappens

I think of Elko as Gerry Faust 2.0. Or maybe 2.5. He's probably a consistent 7-5 coach with an occasional 8-4 thrown in. (which makes him a 2.0 Faust). aggy will be a competitive team in the bottom half of the SEC. Same if they go to the Big 10.

Yeah, Jackson and the wife are basically white trash. Harsh, but true. But the KC crowd is riding the Mahomes wave so they don't want to upset that boat. They seem to have stayed out of the news better this year than last year. Good thing Taylor has been around to soak up the media attention.

After seeing this guys name I couldn't help but think of Bob Loblaw.

And thrown the football over them thar mountains.

I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, but...., I'm damned proud of what Sark has done, what the team accomplished, and can't wait for next year. Longhorn football is fun again. It's been awhile. Hook 'em!

Yep. Losers, whiners, and pouters always have a reason for why they are losers, pouters, and whiners. Just look at aggy.

He omitted the 4th "F": Failure.

So do I. aggy has always been a fruitful fount of the almost perfect combination of insecurity, ignorance, arrogance, and cult-like behavior. The Dunning-Kruger effect made flesh. To me, the pinnacle of this is "the only problem with signing Jimbo to a 10-year guaranteed contract is that we couldn't sign him to a 15-year guaranteed contract." aggy laps that shit up with a ladle. They are like the cults whose leader predicts the end of the world on a specific date/time, and when that doesn't happen the excuses and next set of predictions are trotted out, only to believed just as fervently as the past claims. Jimbo? Yes! What, no! Elko! Yes!

Or anybody else, for that matter.

Very true. Their veterinary school isn't too shabby, either. I admit I have a soft spot for them, and Stillwater. Don't know why, but I do. But not ou. Fuck ou.

Agree. He is what he is and some of it is ok. Loyal, looks good in a mullet, a really good coach (especially for Okla State). He's above average at a place that's pretty much below average in everything.

Exactly what I was thinking. That guy needs therapy. Lots and lots of therapy. He's sick and using Texas as his foil. I can see this guy renting a U-Haul and purchasing a lot of fertilizer in the future.

Yeah, I think he will (or probably will) be good. Not great. But there are a lot of factors involved. Mainly, aggy incompetence.

Agree. Part of that Athletic piece on why Jimbo was such a failure (which in all honesty could've been a War and Peace length novel) was that Jimbo just wanted 5-stars and ignored character. Could Texas use Stewart? Sure. Do they need him? Don't know. Would Stewart be a positive addition to the locker room? Maybe, maybe not. Personally, I say fuck him.

- This has been alluded to, but London is expensive af right now, even with the strong(ish) dollar. As an example, a run of the mill sit-down restaurant family meal (including a beer or mixed drink for each parent) that would be $75-80 in the states often ran $125-130 in London. Things may have changed a bit, but I found London to be very affordable. Of course, you can spend as much as you want when dining, but we went to a very good Turkish restaurant, Efes (1 Whitechapel Road) and the total bill for four of us was 82 pounds. And no tipping! We had/shared two appetizers, a Greek salad, and a two kabob plates (one plate was more than enough for two people). We did not have any drinks, however. We raved to the waiter and he threw in a free dessert! The curry places on Brick Lane had entrees for around 12-15 pounds. You can't begin to eat at Pappasito's for that. And when you're out walking around, you can hit up a Pret a Manger and buy a sandwich for less than 5 pounds, or go to a Greg's (we went to one in the Westminster tube station) and get a Steak Bake for less than 3 pounds or a sausage roll for around 2 pounds.

Just returned from a week in London. What a world-class city! We stayed in an aparthotel in the Whitechapel area: The Gate Hotel. It's a great location for catching the subway (Tube) and within walking distance of Brick Lane (London's curry district) and Tower Bridge if you're so inclined. Get a little Tube map and hit the Aldgate East station and the city is basically your oyster. And speaking of oyster, you don't need to get an Oyster card. Just use your credit/debit card and tap in and tap out. As easy as falling off a log. Some people are the museum types, but I don't know how anyone can go to London and not see the Rosetta Stone and the Elgin Marbles (Parthenon statues now) in the British Museum. Free entry, spend an hour or so and Bob's your uncle. The National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery are also pretty good. We had the great fortune of having a friend who's a local and he helped guide us around. Here's my take on some of the places, of course, ymmv: British Museum: worth it. Notting Hill: NOT worth it. Trafalgar Square and environs (around the Embankment Tube station): totally worth it. Brick Lane (street near our hotel) and the weekend market (mostly food stalls): worth it at least once. Borough Market: mind-blowing but you can't eat at every food stall and you probably don't need to do your weekly grocery shopping there, but worth it. Jack the Ripper tour, Westminster tour (both with guides) TOTALLY worth it. Bus tour to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Bath: eh, it's ok, but the downside is you get to Bath and have an 75 minutes to see things. It's a trade-off imo, quantity over quality. I liked Windsor Castle, Stonehenge was meh, and Bath was a notch or two above meh. Westminster Abbey: good, but not great imo. It was kinda dark that day and there's room after room (or alcove after alcove) of what I guess were famous people I've never heard of with a bunch of stuff written in Latin about them. That stuff gets old fast, imo. Also, the audio guide was not good. But I did like the Scientists "corner" (Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Paul Dirac, dudes like that, and the Poets' Corner. But even so, it's essentially a bunch of names on the floor. Worth seeing but don't put it on the top of your list, imo. Hampton Court Palace: Henry VIII's place. We had a tour guide and it was fantastic. TOTALLY worth it. Better than Windsor Castle and Westminster Abbey. Plus, there's a nice little pub nearby, The Mute Swan, that has good beer and good food. Speaking of pubs, we went to the Blind Beggar (favorite haunt of the Kray brothers - look them up if you haven't heard of them, catch a movie about them, NOT the Tom Hardy one but the 1990 movie "The Krays") on Friday night and it was basically a so-so college bar with a bunch of drunk 20-year olds. NOT how an American would envision an English pub. Same goes for the White Hart on Whitechapel High Street. Other than a sign that reads 1729 (iirc) it was just another hangout for slightly older drunks. However, the Churchill Arms in Notting Hill was good. Now, don't laugh too much, but we caught the ABBA Voyage show in the ABBA arena (specially built for the show) on Pudding Mill Lane, and it was incredible. Just incredible. Basically holograms of ABBA (but with a live band). TOTALLY worth it even if you're not a big ABBA fan. Depending on your views of hallucinogens you might want to imbibe a bit before the show. But seriously, I would consider the ABBA show a must see. We walked about 8 miles a day and took the tube basically everywhere. Go, spend a week in a central location, and enjoy yourself. Cheerio mate!

Don't get any. Using your credit/debit cards gets you the best daily rate. Thanks, man. That was the answer I was hoping for.

Heading across the pond soon. What the Surly recommendation for English pounds? Get over there? Don't get any - use a card?

How can you not? Their intelligence wasn't good enough to stop the initial attacks and things have been pure chaos ever since. I don't see any reason to think they have a good idea where Hamas militants currently are. They're reducing whole neighborhoods to rubble and they've bombed the crossing into Egypt, where tons of Palestinian civilians had fled to hoping to get out.

What? So because Israel doesn't have perfect or infallible intel they should what? Stop all bombings? Bullshit.

Extremists (and they usually seem to be religiously motivated - not just Muslim) don't care about how many lives they take in pursuit of their holy war. We've seen this time and time again. Imo Israel, being in the middle of a war/terrorist attack from Hamas, is under no obligation at this time (maybe later) to show "mercy". Israel is at war. They are fighting an enemy that calls for the destruction of Israel. They don't have the luxury of mercy.

They do. And I never want to hear Drake Stoops and legend in the same sentence again.

Other than the final score that was one of the best, most exciting, most entertaining games I've ever seen.

Fucking exactly.

No doubt Iowa will find a way to Ferentz it up. They are making aggy look smart.