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nice ovation for Morris. Texas bench not happy with the blonde ref.

looks like we’re neighbors.

snagged an individual national champion though!

yikes, that's even worse than forgetting her.

I also didn't see Charlbi Dean - you know, one of the main actresses in a Best Picture nominee who tragically died at 32 in August.

my eyes are happy and my ears are bleeding. Vitale is the worst.

very helpful, thanks!

where are people getting the idea that Murphy's injury is related to the high school injury? Is that sourced anywhere?

0-5 in first sets, none particularly competitive (11, 14, 14, 14, 15). Phillips/Crownover lose. Other 4 matches losing in the second set. Gotta start somewhere. I'm looking forward to watching the team grow as they gain experience.

it's not a blood clot. The issue is a deep thigh bruise and Morris is healing very slowly. Frustrating, to be sure.

Idk how true it was, but wasn't there talk of X having a broken bone in one of his hands? this is true - happened late October.

I don't think this is right.

Finally got to Elvis. It has been a while since I hated a movie this much. I just need to knock out The Fabelmans and I will have seen all the best pic noms. I'm still at EEAAO/Banshees/Tar.

Texas is 0-2-1 all time against Syracuse. Flipping that be worthwhile.

The reason he let her go was a darker version of this scene in Ratatouille. Margot saw the picture of Chef posing at the burger joint in his residence. In asking for a well made cheeseburger, she cut through all the pretension and reconnected him to what originally made him love cooking and set him on the path to being the best chef in the world. Travelling that path and being immersed in food culture ultimately corrupted his original, pure, love of cooking. He lovingly made a humble and honest dish that looked absolutely delicious - what a chef should be without all the pretentious crap that status signaling foodie culture dumps all over it. That moment softens him enough to let her go, but doesn't ultimately make him reverse course on his overall plan.

no reason for concern here.

This is correct.

yup

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Having Burke move on will hopefully help on that front. Last year was crazy and I hope White learned from the experience and will have a better handle on the locker room this year.

i agree, except I thought the first 90 minutes was good and the last hour a mess. I, also, looked up Charlbi Dean after seeing the film and was stunned to find out she died (August 2022) due to complications of having her spleen removed. I'm still in on Ruben Ostlund, but I'm concerned about his trajectory. Force Majeure was one of my favorite films of the decade. I liked The Square, but thought it was a step down from FM (no shame in that though). Triangle of Sadness is another step down, in my book.

he wasn't, and it is ridiculous to believe otherwise. Beard was the singular presence setting the tone and direction of the program. He certainly sought and obtained top assistants and was willing to delegate, but in no way, shape, or form was there any kind of "co-head coach" as far as who was in charge of the program.

I appreciate what Terry has done in very difficult circumstances that nobody anticipated going into the season. The team has stabilized and is performing well. He deserves credit for that. He also has a team full of experienced players who have been around the block and have learned how to manage adversity. He did not build this team and he did not create the culture. He is playing the hand he is dealt and is playing it well. The skill set of stepping in to maintain something someone else built and the skill set of leading all facets of a program are very, very different. For better or for worse, Terry has not demonstrated that as the leader of a program he can be anything better than mediocre. Some guys are fantastic assistants and just aren't cut out to be fantastic head coaches. Terry appears to be that. If he isn't, he needs to prove that at a program that isn't Texas. Honestly, even if Terry would win the national championship, I wouldn't want him to be the head coach. Getting hot at the right time and guiding a team of upperclassmen to 6 wins isn't enough. I'm not naïve, and if he did manage to pull it off I'd fully expect him to get the job and I wouldn't complain. How is Texas Tech feeling about Mark Adams in Year 2? Year 1 went well enough with Beard's players and with Beard's culture still mostly instilled. One year later and things are starting to look much different. The things Beard did well - and the things that make top head coaches so valuable - are not easy to find.

I legit think about that cheeseburger like twice a week.