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Burt Macklin

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  1. Absolutely crazy that Max throwing a hissy fit in Spain and running into George cost him a title this year. I kind of hope he finishes one short of the record for his career now.
  2. That would be unbelievably dumb. Marion underachieved with a big budget at Sac State this year and has never shown much evidence he can actually coach.
  3. Sure, Leclerc’s used to the Ferrari, but Lewis has had a full season to adjust by now. The reality is age has caught up to Hamilton and Leclerc is a top 3 driver on the grid. Even if the chasm narrows next year with new cars, Leclerc is just significantly faster and better than Hamilton at this point in their careers.
  4. Unfortunately, for 2025 and out confidence in this staff’s evaluation ability, we have a lot of those. Fortunately for our portal prospects in 2026, we can free up a significant amount of money to make a push with Arch next year.
  5. Speaking of ex-coaches… I’m sure this is going to go really well for both Brennan and Deion. No way this turns into an absolute tire fire. And Marion is really committed to his streak of never holding the same job for more than about 12 months.
  6. Ah yes, the classic “he was really our first choice all along for an eight figure position, but we sent the initial offer to the wrong email address and then completely gave up until we whiffed on 30 other candidates” excuse.
  7. lol wut. That’s not even remotely in his favor. it took him 8 games to figure out who his best 5 was, not because of a bunch of individual development along the line. That’s probably the biggest indictment on him. He had no fucking clue who his bets guys were and he tried 4 other options before he lucked into that lineup due to injury.
  8. The burning question for this race is if Max is in 1st, Lando’s in 4th and Oscar’s in 2nd or 3rd, does McLaren give Oscar team orders to drop and swap with Lando and does he follow them? I’m guessing yes to both because Oscar has done everything the team’s asked him so far even when it’s BS, but that would really test the limits of his loyalty.
  9. Yeesh. This seems like a huge mistake. JMU has placed 2 coaches to good P4 gigs in the last 2 years. Seems like they should have kept with hiring up and comers with the promise of a big time gig rather than a guy who just flamed out miserably with all the resources a coach could want. Billy just isn’t a good coach.
  10. Some play their best football in blue jeans.
  11. Newy is dead on here and people need to stop repeating moronic talking points like the one petscii makes above. If Texas played Texas State at home instead of the #1 team in the country on the road, we would be ranked #8 and guaranteed in the CFP. Texas isn't getting punished for losing to Florida. We're being punished for scheduling a meaningful, challenging OOC game. The Committee spouted a bunch of bullshit in the offseason about weighing strength of schedule and is now almost entirely going off of W-L record to seed teams. They probably just killed almost all good OOC matchups for the foreseeable future. More than anything, this sucks for the sport. Secondarily, it sucks for UT this year who are absolutely one of the 12 best teams in the country and would be a no doubt CFP team if we only had the Florida and UGA losses.
  12. Perhaps an ex-QB who views the Honor Code as more of a guideline?
  13. Sure but if Lando hadn't had an engine blow out in Zandvoort, then the title would've been already wrapped up in extremely boring fashion. Max also threw away some very valuable points in Spain when he threw a fit and drove into George. That should be the most talked about "what if." He threw away points for no reason because he thought he had no chance at the title. Those points could easily end up being the difference in him winning or losing the WDC.
  14. lol wut. He was in the lead. He gets to decide when he pits. He should have told the team he was pitting on lap 25.
  15. Braindead move by Piastri to not demand to pit on lap 25. He had a 4 second lead and would’ve been safe from the undercut. Norris would’ve had to pit on 24 and would’ve had one less lap to build the gap to Alonso.
  16. This race is such a joke. 11 car DRS train behind Alonso going slow as fuck but no one can do anything about it. Fuck Liberty and FOM for taking this money grab.
  17. Qatar is a motogp track and it shows. Way too many high speed turns for cars to be able to follow close. Plus you have the ridiculous tire rules. But Liberty’s gotta get that Middle East money.
  18. There was an article on the F1 reddit about the FIA finding a skirting of the rules by teams in Brazel related to the skid block being made of a material that compresses when heated to avoid skid wear and be able to run lower. Probably not a coincidence that right after the FIA catches this McLaren has both cars DQ'd for skid wear.
  19. Really good idea. Kirby Smart, UGA alum, is totally open to getting money whipped by other schools.
  20. Im sure he’s on his high horse constantly about the portal. Shaka Smart is so busy buying his own bullshit that he doesn’t think think he needs the portal.
  21. That would absolutely be a crazy stupid move by Kiffin. He is much better geared towards CFB than the NFL, and with all the major jobs out there, he could easily come away with 9 figures fully guaranteed whether he stays at Ole Miss or goes to a blueblood. He won't get anything like that in the NFL. NFL HC pay is way behind college. Daboll was making about $5 million per year. Kiffin stands a good chance to make three times that amount fully guaranteed for the next 5-10 years. Even if the Giants make a big offer for him, it would probably be less than half the guaranteed money he could get in college.
  22. I'm in a similar spot with the team. I do think Hutson at LG and Robertson at C is the best OL starting 5 we've had all year and that is a significant improvement, even if the OL still isn't great. I want to believe Sark has finally figured out what Arch and this offense can execute well, which is more of a true spread offense with quick screens, spreading the defense out, and giving Arch easy reads, but the fact Sark said in his presser that the offense we ran against Vandy wasn't really the game plan and he just kept calling it because it worked seems like quite the red flag. I think this UGA game will come down to whether Sark actually understands what this offense needs to run. UGA's pass rush is worse than it's ever been since Kirby Smart took over. They get very little pressure with their front four and have to blitz LBs to create pressure, which leaves them vulnerable to QB scrambling and quick hitting WR screens and slants. That is basically the offense Sark should be running, so if he can pull his head out of his ass, I think we have a very good chance to win. If he wastes the first quarter or two trying to revert back to what he wants this offense to be able to run, then we probably have no shot. Gunner Stockton is a very good college QB. I expect our defense can slow him down, but they will be able to put up points and move the ball against every defense in the country. We need our offense to score at least high 20s to have a chance at winning.
  23. That's right. Everyone knows the first place you should look for transfer OL is one of the worst offenses in all of CFB.
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