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About the time we stop taking our shoes off at the general airport security. Our government does very illogical things in perpetuity until enough people force them to change it.

Has any told the Longhorn defensive backfield?

But those places don’t make defense contractors money like European conflicts or places rich with energy reserves.

Are you in College Station?

His timing from having the West potentially in an energy crunch was actually pretty good, maybe could have done this prior to Olympics due to the country being largely mud now. Maybe even his invasion strategy and initial approach on paper was potentially clever. I won't take time to look but several non political commentators were gravely concerned about the start of this war given we vaguely knew Russian military strength. Maybe our intelligence knew a lot more and kept it close to the vest. But almost everything about the actual execution, crappy Russian military officers and enlisted, insufficient supply chains, outdated equipment and not anticipating the World's response has been a Fyre festival event. But mostly Putin is unexpectedly outmatched by Zelensky, the Ukrainian military, Western aid and the overall will of the Ukrainian people. Without these components, he would have won quickly. He may still "win" in Ukraine from throwing sheer resources at the war (including Russian bodies) and his sociopathic approach. We can only hope that someone from the inside takes him out before we end up in a regional or world war. So to answer your question, I don't see anyone, at the beginning of March and one week into this tragedy, touting Putin's approach.

That’s disappointing but maybe we won’t get the human version of WOPR like Putin.

Because of two decades of shady and crappy foreign/energy policy in Europe. That includes us but mostly western Europe. So yeah, I think we (the democratic world) could have done something to dissuade Putin. Maybe not in the last two weeks. So if y'all want to keep talking like the football field is 10 yards long and celebrate 1st downs like Baylor and OU then be my guest. Nobody is near the goalline on this one. We are herding cats because we didn't spay the cats to begin with. Yay us! And none of this is a conversation without the badassery of the Ukraine people. Their grit and sacrifice has allowed us to get off our assesses and try something.

There is way too long to go and too much complicated history to start slob knobbing our government and particularly Biden in this fiasco. The facts are that there are millions of Ukraine citizens in the line of fire of a crazy man, likely thousands of dead Russian soldiers involuntary slaughtered and the world‘s energy and economy looking fragile. I guess you can say the shit sandwich taste better than you thought but it’s still a bunch of crap and there needs to be an evaluation of how this could have been avoided if at all.

Ugly win is win.

Or they can’t do an effective job of invading the city bc they’re watching their back door. A little mind game in play?

You down with OPP?

I would trade a lot of dead Russians for one dead Putin. SOB is sending Russian sons off to die or kill innocents in an unjust war.

There's a CR thread for this. Go back there.

The start of this thread did not age well. It would have been unusual for any team to continue the unconscious shooting TCU had in the first half. I think Beard made good half time adjustments. He was dying on that 3/4 to 1/2 court press and he used it more strategically in the second half. And it was subtle, but Carr played more heads up last night and didn't get himself trapped under the basket or in the corner. TCU absolutely would have taken advantage of the turnovers with fast breaks and they have the athletes to punish teams on the fast break. Texas has not seen a lot of "pretty" wins but that is Beard's style and this team sits at 20 wins and hopefully enough momentum to take on Baylor in a few days.

It appears Beard tried to put together the most talented transfers he and his staff felt would make a complete team. IMO, one of the glaring weakness is we do not have a dominant inside athletic player who can consistently change opposing teams offense in the paint. While Mitchell is missed, even he isn't that guy. AND, Texas absolutely does not have a guard that can get to the rim (even considering the tough defense in the Big 12) OR at least breakdown a defense and create open looks for other players. Yes, I'm looking at you Carr and Askew. Have a plan if you're dribbling into the paint or to the corner. Texas is pretty good at setting up screens, moving the ball around the perimeter and getting mid range looks. In a bad matchup and with a dearth of consistent long range shooters, the mid range game won't cut it. I hope Texas gets a decent couple of match-ups in the tournament or it's an early exit. I like the look of Beard's system but it's not working with this current roster. I give him credit for getting some elevated play from Jones and Ramey bc they would have sucked under another year of Shakablah.

If our other inside big men had the tenacity and ball smarts of Cunningham, this would be a different game. Bishop’s inside game is so frustrating.

What is Febres’ +\-???

Elbow completely on purpose.

He has one maybe 10% of the time. How do you get to be a D1 guard with that bad habit. You teach out that blunder in middle school.

Love to see families sitting their asses on the baseline with arms crossed during Tech free throws like they’re at the ballet.

Come on. That’s a foul

This needs to be a game where Ramey steps up and controls the flow. Not sure if Carr is up to it. But still need good minutes from him.