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  1. 16 minutes ago, LOHorn said:

    I grew up in Texas where unions were some sort of bogeyman. Unions will ruin your business, take all the money, leave, etc...

    I have been a part of several different ones now, which is common in my field. Some were good, some were kinda useless. But I wholeheartedly support people's desires to band together and advocate for themselves. I don't get people who don't support that. I'm quite sure my employers were utilizing their extensive resources to drive down my pay. As I see, college athletes have had their value artificially deflated for a century now, and they should have every right to advocate for better working conditions. It means the end of the fictitious idea of a "student athlete", but that was always a ridiculous concept anyway. At least at the major college level.

    The only problem is when the unions get too big, and you can't *not* join them to work in a field. 

    In construction at least, unions are complete garbage. They will keep a crane operator sitting in a crane doing nothing all day because the union says he can't get out and do any other job. The ironworkers union and glazers they have in Austin are pretty much trash, companies from out of town that need extra men get them from there, and basically cycle through them daily or weekly because they don't know what they are doing or don't work. Not saying the SEZ and Dell Med School would've been finished on time if there was glazers employed by the contractors, but in Houston the glazers all stay with their companies for years and years and get really good (and fast). 

    From my perspective Texas isn't anti-union it's just a "right to work" state where you never have to be in a union to work a specific job. I think that freedom to go either way is probably best for employers and employees. 

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  2. 15 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    You’ve attempted this bizarre form of shittalking about my handle in the past. I see mouthbreathers do it from time to time and it’s always odd.

    You do realize that this handle wasn’t assigned to me, right? You understand that I picked it myself and like it and everything it connotes? It doesn’t seem like it. Then again, you chose to name yourself after a cow rapist and you’re an SEC fan, so I guess it all makes sense. 

    Wrong, I'm a Florida fan ;)

    You still didn't answer the question.

  3. 2 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    my crazy 686:1 parlay of the week.  Fade me, get rich.

     

    Utah State +8½      BYU vs UTAH STATE    09:00 pm
    Georgia Tech +3      PITTSBURGH vs GEORGIA TECH      12:00 pm
    Arkansas +18      ARKANSAS vs GEORGIA      12:00 pm
    Tennessee +3      TENNESSEE vs MISSOURI      12:00 pm
    Texas  -4      TEXAS vs TCU      12:00 pm
    Notre Dame +2½      CINCINNATI vs NOTRE DAME      02:30 pm
    Ohio State  -15½      OHIO STATE vs RUTGERS      03:30 pm
    Bowling Green +16½      BOWLING GREEN vs KENT STATE   03:30pm
    Mississippi State +9½      MISSISSIPPI STATE vs TEXAS A&M 07:00pm
    Fresno State  -10      FRESNO STATE vs HAWAII      11:00 pm

    They all hit except Tennishit

  4. 8 hours ago, 40acredropout said:

    Oof, hence why nobody should ride my picks.  Had no idea Thompson was hurt.  Part of me wants to cancel that bet out now and just eat the vig but I'll probably just let it ride and hope for some more K-State magic.  

    Just checked and line is up to 11 so the markets are in agreement with you.

    Find another book with different odds and bet the Arbitrage never lose

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  5. 3 hours ago, Texasrocks said:

    This is a weird season where no outcome is shocking. Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Clemson have all been regular playoff participants and are struggling so far, at least by their standards. NC State beating Clemson was an upset, but was it really all that surprising given how they've played? Would anyone be shocked if OSU lost to Indiana? I could see OU losing 3 or 4 games (or having a crazy series of fluke plays that allow them to pull out every game despite sucking). Bama looks like the best team, but they don't look like the soul crushing machine they were last year. Saban has only had two undefeated seasons and I wouldn't bet on a third this year. Though he'll probably win the championship. Again. Georgia has an amazing defense and who knows on offense. Plus Kirby Smart is contractually required to lose a game he shouldn't. Then there's a cluster of 10 or 12 teams who I wouldn't be surprised if they beat anyone in the top 10 or lost to anyone in the top 30. I could see Arkansas beating Georgia and losing to Auburn.

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  6. 31 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    I think UGA is the best team in the country. That doesn't mean I think they'll win the title necessarily - but they seem to have fewer issues than everyone else. 

    Hard to bet against Saban. Again. 

    Penn State makes me wonder - but I just don't think their QB is good enough. 

    Texas shouldn't be THAT far away from a lot of these teams. If we win the next 2 it won't be hard for me to believe that we could beat pretty much anyone on the right day. The drop off from the top 3-5 to the rest just doesn't seem as stark this season. 

    When Florida beats Jawja then will @closetojumping finally jump or will that just mean Georgia isn't good?

  7. On 8/11/2021 at 5:33 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

    Watching the summer league, the glaring hole is PG. I feel Wall may actually be good for Green and we may win a few more than we should. If that is the case hopefully we can trade Wood for a real haul because he stayed healthy and is a monster. I’m not sure we suck as much as we should until wall and wood have their annual injuries. 

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    Vet from Texas in there Rox will be fine.

  8. On 10/4/2020 at 9:43 PM, dcar00 said:

    TCU had maybe 2-3 bad no calls/calls there way.

    we had

    illegal motion called offsides, OPI, picked up DPI, picked up holding, no DPI on TCU Eagles, blocking downfield by receivers not called at least twice, bullshit hold on Okafor, the OL downfield called on us(technically may have been correct but TCU did it multiple times with no calls), did we ever see the holding call on the KO return?

    hm.. whats it going to be like this weekend boys?

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