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  1. 56 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    SMU needs a travel partner, probably Tulsa, but the MWC is a much better football conference. The geography sucks, late games suck, but they’d be the only Texas team rountinely playing on the West Coast. 

    As camel said, SMU might not care and could be cool in playing in a shitty SWC redux. 

    Don't forget they would make less money.  So basically they would give up money, add a bunch of travel for their athletes, play a lot of late games, play games on channels nobody sees, all so they can play UNLV and Utah St. instead of UTSA and North Texas.  Got it.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Lobo said:

    I remember Wheeler posting "Inside source says coordinator to be fired/force retired after Holiday Bowl debacle versus Washington State" in 2003.  Anyway, I was positive that meant that Greg Davis was on his way out.  Days later, it's Carl Reese.  Whom I'd love to have back here at UT right about now.  

    That game was so much worse than the final score (we picked up a desperate late TD by Roy Williams).  Hated Washington State after that.  Then Leach goes there and that goofy fucker has always entertained me, and they got pretty good from 2015-2018, better than us anyway (at the time).  But other than those instances, you just never think of them as being part of the Pac-8/10/12.  

    Fun fact though, it was Washington State and UCLA that were the primary two schools that started the final implosion of Texas to the Pac-10 back in 2011/12.  Powers indicated the deal was about 48 hours from being finalized and then papered up.  WSU and UCLA brought everybody back into the 'room' in an attempt to get more concessions financially on TV and poke holes in our ESPN/LHN agreement.  The V&E partner in Austin tells the story much better since he was in the room having negotiated the whole LHN thing with the Mouse to begin with.  Anyway, they had a few points but it gets half the other schools' reps rumbling, "Yeah, that is unfair...they can't keep that much revenue when our teams are on the channel as well.  Blah, blah, blah."  Mob rule sets in, lawyers sent scrambling, and Days later the whole thing is toast and we settle in for a rather long decade in the Big XII.  /csb

     

    Fake story.  There was no LHN in June 2010.  In fact, up until October 2010, everyone thought Fox would get it for about $3 million a year.

    Sure that V&E guy is a real lawyer and not a con man?!

  3. 1 hour ago, camel at sea said:

     

    I think the Sun Belt might raid a couple of schools from CUSA to get to 12.  I'm not sure that anyone else will raid CUSA unless it's in a trickle down scenario.  It's hard to see any way that CUSA survives without raiding the FCS ranks and it looks like they're going to have enough schools left over that they will likely decide to do that.  But maybe they go all in on being an eastern conference and make a push for Liberty, UMass, football-only UConn, Army, etc.  

    That said, I think more movement is pretty likely.  Boise and Memphis are likely to go to the Big 12 at some point.  I'd really like to know what SMU brass/donors think about sharing a conference with UNT, UTSA, etc.  Joining the MWC might be viewed as a way to elevate their brand above the other G5 schools in the state.

    Sun Belt just said it is not expanding.  Sun Belt is the bottom FBS conference in just about every category but football strength.  CUSA and Sun Belt make similar media money.  Sun Belt has the lowest budgets and least success in non-rev sports and basketball.  They are in the smallest markets and have the least prestigious schools.  There's a lot of talk about the Sun Belt raiding the CUSA, but I think that's a lot of big talk from the conference that is at the bottom of the totem poll, kind of like the AAC talking about raiding the Big 12.

    Its no accident that the Big 12 took 3 schools from the AAC and none from any other G5.  Its no accident the AAC is taking 6 CUSA schools and none from any other eastern G5 (they would have loved to have gotten MWC schools).  CUSA is higher on the pole than the Sun Belt.  And CUSA isn't bogged down with basketball schools and UL-Monroe who has a budget that would be mediocre in FCS.

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  4. Moving quick:
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    The applications from the six Conference USA schools are trickling into the AAC, according to sources. The application is really a one/two-sentence declaration of interest. The earliest the 6 schools could start in the AAC is 2023-24. An announcement is expected later this week.
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    The AAC is on the cusp of expansion, per sources. Full @YahooSports story on the impending applications of six new schools from Conference USA, the fallout and financial reverberations. https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-the-aac-close-to-massive-6-school-expansion-to-reshape-conference-014015069.html
  5. 4 hours ago, Laxtonto said:

    So this may be dumb question, but I haven't really seen an answer for this on any forum...

    What happens to the playoff payout structure if all of the sudden if there is one less G5 conference?

    Does the change in payout get split up among all conferences or split among the remaining G5? If they are going to increase the split for the G5 into a G4, there is a huge incentive to go ahead and axe the CUSA before they can back fill more with FCS schools and further dilute the distribution pool.

    I've always seen it written that there is a G5 pool and they decide how to split it up.  So presumably they would divide the same money 4 ways instead of 5.  That would be an incentive for AAC, MWC and MAC to expand.  There are 56 G5 teams (+ 5 indies).  4 conferences X 14 teams =56 and absorbs all of them.  AAC is apparently going to 14.  MWC claims it is not, but they might change their mind, especially if MAC is able to pick up a couple of CUSA schools.

  6. 3 hours ago, 'stache said:

    So another 8-12 programs will join from FCS. At what point does it end? Sunbelt and C-USA leftovers need to merge and be done with it. No more shitty bowl games. I know the money is better, but at least in FCS there is a playoff and these teams can win a championship, or at least compete for one. Western Kentucky's peak would be playing a 6-6 Big 10 team in the KFC Greasy Sandwich Bowl. I don't get the appeal, for fans at least who don't have any benefit of the TV money. If some of these teams formed a new division with a playoff, I bet there would be TV money in it if it was promoted correctly.

    Hopefully Sun Belt and CUSA realize adding more FCS schools just makes it tougher for their existing members.  More competition for recruits.

  7. 13 hours ago, immamac said:

    You need to shut the fuck up and move on or you are going to get banned. I'm not going to sit here and let you just spout random bullshit. It's okay to be skeptical, it's okay to defend other people that are skeptical. What you are doing crosses that line. 

    This isn't random bullshit.

    Now he isn't stating that the rate of death in England is much higher among the unvaccinated, but there are a lot more vaccinated than unvaccinated.

  8. 13 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Not nearly as easily and breakthrough infections are much more rare than someone unvaccinated contracting the virus.  These are all facts.  It's called the preponderance of evidence.  Anyone can find 1-2 articles showing bullshit one way.  The way we practice medicine is we look at ALL the studies then form a consensus.  Sorry, science is not on your side.  There's a lot of doctors in buttfuck america supporting your view too...like I said preponderance of evidence.  Am I saying the doctors in major academic centers opinions count more and their studies are better?  Um...yes, yes that's what I'm saying.  

    The facts are that breakthrough infections occur.  Fully vaccinated people do die from Covid-see Colin Powell.  Vaccines and medicines sometimes are found to be unsafe years later.  People have died from the vaccine and have had serious health consequences from it.  Yes those are not common, but they do occur.   If you want facts, look at the Israeli studies, not US media.  They say you are better protected by natural immunity than by the vaccine and the vaccines wear off over time.  One study shows Pfizer only about 40% effective after 6 months.

    Now the Israeli studies say you are much less likely to get it, much less likely to get a serious infection, but if you get it, you can spread it just like an unvaccinated person.

    And all the studies say if you are under 40 and in good health, you are about as likely to die from the seasonal flu as from Covid.  If you are over 80, Covid is really, really nasty.

    I got the vaccine as soon as I could.  I had my 19 and 20 year olds get it as soon as they could, even though my 19 year old already had the virus.  But I can respect those who are skeptical as long as they are using safe practices when they are out and about.

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  9. Also from the article:

    "...As for when this would all transpire, that remains unknown.

    "This probably is in the hands of Texas and Oklahoma," said a source from one of the six Conference USA teams exploring the AAC. "The sooner they go, the sooner we can go....""

    Well we all know the land thieves will cheat and go out sooner....

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  10. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/american-to-review-expansion-candidates-with-six-conference-usa-teams-expected-to-apply-for-membership/

    MWC not expanding.  Apparently AAC beat them to their targets: 

    "...Mountain West sources told CBS Sports on Monday night that the conference will not expand beyond the current 12 teams in football. MWC presidents see no value in adding teams. A contributing factor is that the MWC's rightsholders, Fox and CBS, would be unlikely to increase their contracts if the league expands, MWC sources said. Teams in the league earn an average of $5 million per year, and the MWC's current TV deal expires in 2026.

    "I don't understand the value of 14 [in the AAC]," said a high-profile source familiar with media rights worth of schools, "but more power to them."

    MWC commissioner Craig Thompson admitted this weekend that he had spoken to "four to six" schools while investigating potential expansion. Three of those were thought to be North Texas, UTSA and Rice with an aim of creating a stronger recruiting presence in Texas...."

  11. 3 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

    Rockets in the '90s were always getting fucked over by the refs and the Jazz, because the Jazz were an easier cakewalk for MJ in the finals. I fucking hate the Utah Jazz to this day even though I've not sat down and made a point of watching an NBA game this century. 

    You have entire Hall of Fame careers based in large part on illegal play.

    Toss it to Shaq, Shaq bowls defender over, lobs in baby hook, AND ONE, which he bricks. If the refs called it by the rulebook he'd have half the stats he wound up with. Karl Malone was somewhat similar but a little more skilled and that little rat Stockton would have been out of the league in 3-5 years if he had ended up on some anonymous squad like the Hawks or Clippers. 

    Well the NBA refs hated Hakeem for some reason.  If they called fouls against Hakeem the way they did against the Celtics and Lakers stars, he would have had all world stats.  There were a couple of refs who would always call technical fouls on Houston.

    NBA is absolutely the worst because every play has a foul.  And NBA refs have the biggest egos of any refs.

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  12. 5 hours ago, F250 said:

    Yeah, the Time of Possession difference in the 4th is pretty bad. The offense is screwing the defense with a bunch of 3 and outs. Not to mention Casey was getting beat down in the backfield a lot.

     

    And the defense is falling apart in the 4th.

    Yeah the offense made it more difficult, but the defense was horrible in the 4th both the last two weeks.  25 points and 16.  At that rate, that's 82 points a game.  Nobody gets a pass for that horrible a result.

    Its not like soccer where you run constantly for 60 minutes.  Our players are not in shape if its fatigue.

  13. 17 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

    Clock management is way, way down the list of things this staff hasn’t done very well.  Like number 60.  Overall it’s been pretty good.  Focusing on this one detail of a coaching aspect that has been not terrible seems…lame. 

    Its the 2nd week in a row they've made the same mistake.  And both times critical plays and they rushed in and failed to execute.

    It could really bite us late in the game if you can't even get it at the end of the 3rd quarter.  Just flat out stupid.  Too often over the past 6-7 years we rush into a play in a critical situation and fail to execute.

  14. 6 hours ago, USNALonghorn said:

    I'm not opposed to criticizing and questioning our coaches' product on the field, even when considering the resources they have to work with. Sark's play calling has been an upgrade, but there are still a few WTF moments per game. The defensive side of the ball is a bit more concerning. The defense did not lose yesterday's game, but they were the unit that needed to sustain performance when the offense got shut down. The personnel decisions and defensive formations still lead me to question whether PK is the right hire. Right now, I'm holding my final judgment of Sark until I see his recruiting classes and portals, since talent is our biggest issue right now.

    That being said, holy shit... We have 7-8 redundant "look at me" threads on the football page right now. You would think that the "This is Who Steve Sarkisian is" thread would be enough. But no, we need a poll about Sark being a fraud, our fourth quarter yardage, and some other bullshit hypothetical debates. These two losses have been incredibly painful, but you're not the only one disappointed and pissed. There's no need to clobber a good football page with drunken idiocy. 

    Then we have people posting on this thread about how Mack's success was only because of VY and it was a "fluke". HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Get a hold of yourselves. Ten straight ten win seasons was not a fluke. We had four BCS bowl game appearances, two of which were National Championships, and three of which were victories. We had a solid recruiting pipeline with a badass defenses and special team units. Also, if Mack wasn't an unlucky motherfucker, we would've had another MNC appearance in 2008 and probably a win in 2009 if it wasn't for a freak injury. VY was a generational talent, but there are 22 positions on a football team. These rosters were stacked with talent and we were the most complete team in the nation in 2005 and arguably in 2008. This was no "fluke". I know that Mack Brown left on incredibly poor terms, but you can still appreciate what he did before his fall. 

    Lastly, there's the "we will never be good again idiocy". It literally takes one correct hire to change things. Our resources didn't disappear overnight. The right coach will establish the recruiting machine and being in the SEC will only HELP that aspect of the program.

    We had the BEST winning % in the country from 2000-9.  We had the highest number of AP Poll points.  We were in 2 title games.  We were one quarter of Mack's stubborness on Chris Simms from a 3rd and a dropped INT from a 4th.  That dropped INT and a fluke hit on Colt McCoy kept us from winning 3 MNCs in that decade.  Meanwhile in that decade (which included 3 Nick Saban seasons) Alabama only had 6 winning seasons.  If you take out their forfeits, it was only 4.  Even ignoring the forfeits, they only had 4 seasons better than 7-5.

    W'ell be bakh.

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  15. 8 hours ago, ATXhorn17 said:

    Newsflash: If you watched yesterday, Baylor is a well coached team. We’re not going to beat them either.

    This was not sold as a rebuild, but we’re looking down the barrel at 4-4

    If you were honest with yourself, you were thinking 8-4 or 9-3.

  16. 8 hours ago, sportsbay said:

    While I too hailed the move to the SEC, I have come to terms that the future will be more of the same, if not worse.  If I, as a Texas graduate, am going to continue to follow Texas football, there are some terms that have to be accepted and understood.

    1.  Texas will not be good in the SEC at football.  It's taken Arkansas 3 decades to get close to .500 ball in the SEC, Texas will be the same.

    2. Teams like OSU, Tech, and TCU in the Big 12 will have a better chance at making the playoff most years than Texas while in the SEC.  

    3. Our Athletic Department does not understand and will not do what it it requires to win at the sport of college football.

    4. The amount of money created by the move to the SEC will remedy short term accounting needs for our AD but long term viability is cloudy at best.

    5.  We will be really good at non revenue sports and I believe that Texas basketball has some great potential.  Baseball looks good too but football...... well moral victories are going to be the name of the game.

     

    We are going to have to accept that winning on the field is not everything and that financial dominance is everything.  Even if it's your wallet that is the engine.  

    We'll get them next year!!!

        

    I think the OP was meant for you.

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