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  1. 12 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

    I’m not convinced Corn is going to be great or even average under Rhule in year one.  When he gets the criminals in like he did at Baylor then Nebraska will be back.

    I don't think Nebraska will ever be back.

    The Big 12 nixed Prop 48/partial qualifiers, which was a sticking point leading to their decline. B1G doesn't accept them either. Where are they getting recruits these days? I don't care enough about Corn to look.

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  2. 2 hours ago, 66BUFF said:

    hanging Symbols and the Swastika

    Native_American_basketball_team_crop.jpg Chilocco Indian Agricultural School basketball team 1908-09

    Symbols serve as a significant way to express identity within society. Crosses generally identify someone as a Christian, a hammer and sickle as a communist, and black and white houndstooth as a University of Alabama fan. Of course, that simple equation provides an arena for significant competition about exactly which symbol represents which ideas. The apparent incongruency of Native Americans wearing swastikas on their basketball uniforms (Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma, 1908) derives from the assumption that symbols have a defined meaning. As with identity labels generally, the meanings of symbols like the swastika shift over time, and seldom does a symbol have only one meaning.

     

    The swastika is one symbol whose meaning is particularly contested today. In Europe and the United States, the swastika has become intimately tied to Nazi ideology since the Nazi party adopted it in 1920. Its use predates that adoption by millennia, found in artifacts from in North America, the Iranian plateau, South Asia, and various other locations. The meanings and explanations for these various appearances of the symbol are uncertain, but are generally assumed to be auspicious. (A 1933 pamphlet provides an interesting account of its presumed prehistorical meanings.) In regions such as South and East Asia (and among those who identify with those areas), the symbol is frequently used today not to convey a Nazi identity but as an auspicious symbol. While the Nazi swastika typically is right-facing, people in various parts of Asia display swastikas turned in either direction, often depending on the aesthetics of its creator and the context of its application.

    With globalization, the swastika has become a point of contention. People in Europe and the Americas who use the symbol feel compelled to explain their use of the swastika to distance themselves from Nazi ideology. The standard line is that the swastika is an ancient, auspicious symbol that Hitler misused. When some in the EU proposed banning the swastika, groups of immigrants primarily from India campaigned against the ban. Ramesh Kallidia of the Hindu Forum of Britain reportedly asserted, “The swastika has been around for 5,000 years as a symbol of peace. This is exactly the opposite of how it was used by Hitler.”

    While the swastika has apparently been used for millennia, though not always labeled with that Sanskrit-derived name, the narrative of pure origins and corruption homogenizes a complex symbol, assuming a singular, true meaning. Having no intrinsic content, the meanings of symbols, like identity labels, are constructed socially. Reading a meaning back into history or across communities misses that lack of inherent content. Therefore, both those who assume that any use of the swastika reflects Nazi ideology and those who assert that Hitler corrupted a positive ancient symbol construct a consistent meaning for the symbol that ignores the malleability of symbols

     

    How the world loved the swastika - until Hitler stole it

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    US Air Force aeroplaneIMAGE SOURCE,STEVEN HELLER
    By Mukti Jain Campion
    Kiev
     

    In the Western world the swastika is synonymous with fascism, but it goes back thousands of years and has been used as a symbol of good fortune in almost every culture in the world. As more evidence emerges of its long pre-Nazi history in Europe, can this ancient sign ever shake off its evil associations?

    In the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit, swastika means "well-being". The symbol has been used by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains for millennia and is commonly assumed to be an Indian sign.

    Early Western travellers to Asia were inspired by its positive and ancient associations and started using it back home. By the beginning of the 20th Century there was a huge fad for the swastika as a benign good luck symbol.

    In his book The Swastika: Symbol Beyond Redemption? US graphic design writer Steven Heller shows how it was enthusiastically adopted in the West as an architectural motif, on advertising and product design.

     
    Label from Swastika "eating fruit" (1930s); playing cards (1920s); and a Coca-Cola pendant issued for teenagersIMAGE SOURCE,STEVEN HELLER Image caption,
    20th Century fad: Fruit packaging, a Coca-Cola pendant, and a pack of cards, all from the US

    "Coca-Cola used it. Carlsberg used it on their beer bottles. The Boy Scouts adopted it and the Girls' Club of America called their magazine Swastika. They would even send out swastika badges to their young readers as a prize for selling copies of the magazine," he says.

    It was used by American military units during World War One and it could be seen on RAF planes as late as 1939. Most of these benign uses came to a halt in the 1930s as the Nazis rose to power in Germany.

     

    The Nazi use of the swastika stems from the work of 19th Century German scholars translating old Indian texts, who noticed similarities between their own language and Sanskrit. They concluded that Indians and Germans must have had a shared ancestry and imagined a race of white god-like warriors they called Aryans.

     

     

    Is that you, Dr. Jones?

    Harrison Ford GIF

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  3. 1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    Now let's do Affect and Effect.

    What to Know

    Affect is usually a verb meaning "to produce an effect upon," as in "the weather affected his mood." Effect is usually a noun meaning "a change that results when something is done or happens," as in "computers have had a huge effect on our lives." There are exceptions, but if you think of affect as a verb and effect as a noun, you’ll be right most of the time.

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  4. 12 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    What ideal home game number did CDC give in the virtual town hall? I think he said 8.

    That’ll be tough sledding with 1 game in Dallas for eternity.

    Regardless, Texas is going to need 2 guaranteed annual home games from their OOC schedule. So System school + Rice or the like. It’s not sexy, but it’s what they’ll have to do. 

    We only get 4 SEC home games every other year, right, with a 9-game league slate?

  5. 1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    But DiStefano said “there’s a very good possibility” the next deal will bring in per-school revenues ranking third among the Power 5 conferences, ahead of the Big 12 and Atlantic Coast conferences.

    This reads like a lot of these PAC assclowns deserve each other.

    Or perhaps he's giving CU an out if Klownkoff doesn't deliver?

  6. 18 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


    Ut scheduling has little to no effect on sec tv contracts 

    Then why are we moving to the SEC?

    Reason #1 is more TV money due to better, higher-rated games. Agree our future non-conference opponents has no effect, short-term. But, what about the next contract? Doesn't it make good, business sense to keep ESPN happy?

  7. 53 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I think Texas should explore a FCS game. Especially after the SFA acquisition. I’m sure that program needs every red cent they can find.

    I think we’ll see SEC teams like aggy and Auburn try to sneak in 2 FCS games if they’re forced into 9 conference games + an ACC game. I think Sankey will shut it down, but the compromise is probably 1 FCS game a year. 

    When will the SFA acquisition be finalized?

    All the more reason to throw them a bone to help raise their athletic profile. Home win, help out a UT system school, and keep the money in-house. Win, win, win

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  8. 9 minutes ago, 83Horn said:

    Wrong.  There is at least one reason.  We are not pussies like some other school that uses Texas as part of its name.  And I don't like the idea of scheduling any FCS schools.  I'd prefer that that kind of shitty scheduling in the SEC will stop.  No need to be playing the likes of SFA, Prairie View, or McNeese St. in November...or any other month.

    SFA is joining the WAC

    They'll be a low-level FBS team, moving forward, along with UTRGV now that I think about it. We can schedule home games with them, too, once they get ramped up. 

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  9. 3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I think OOC scheduling is Saban’s next big whine. I’m sure ESPN wants Bama-Clemson/FSU/Notre Dame every year. 
     

    It could be a pretty tough schedule for us. Clemson/FSU/Notre Dame + 9 games in the SEC. I wouldn’t be mad at all with a SFA home game in a Clemson year. 

    ...and ESPN should. Hell, fans and alumni who buy season tickets should raise hell too. Yeah, ESPN can dump the lesser, Tier 3 games onto SEC Network. But, no SEC or P5 team should be scheduling FCS stinkers. That's what the Sun Belt and CUSA is for.

    With a 12-Team playoff, one or even 2 losses doesn't necessarily hurt the bluebloods.

  10. Just now, billfromlaketravis said:

    You gotta think more big picture here. ESPN will want every Texas game on their network + CDC has already expressed interest in maximizing home game games. Louisiana Tech isn’t a sexy game, but it will be at DKR and that’s what the decision makers want.

    Texas Tech needs to get slapped. Did you watch the legislative meetings? Plus PUF shenanigans and their AD unilaterally announcing a 20 f***ing year home and home series. 

    Screw Tech

    The others participated in the Texas Legislature tantrum. They can also get f***ed. 

    No, I didn't watch the TX legislative meetings. Now I understand where you're coming from.

    Wouldn't playing TX tier 2 schools, who don't expect a return visit, accomplish the same thing as playing LA directional teams?

  11. 1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I think ESPN will “strongly suggest” ACC opponents to the top SEC teams so they have a guarantee that series is on ESPN. Also props up the ACC schedule.

    Anybody except for Wake, Duke, ‘Cuse, and Georgia Tech works for me.

    Enjoy the Michigan series and the Ohio State game at DKR. I doubt we’ll see it again unless it’s in the playoffs, God willing. 

    I think post 2027 it’ll look like this: 

    1 game against the top half of the ACC, home game against UT System School/Texas State, and home game against Rice/Louisiana directional school. 

    No

    No, what? You don't want to play Tech, TCU, and BU again, ever? Louisiana directional games suck, IMO. I'd rather play a Texas tier 2 program.

    Home & home with GaTech wouldn't be bad. Exposure to ATL recruits. If I had to rank my preferred ACC opponents, it'd look like this;

    FSU

    Clemson

    UNC

    GaTech

    Miami

    Pitt

    Louisville

    UVA

    I don't really care about the others. But, to each his own.

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  12. 25 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said:

    I would be in favor of giving scheduling priority to schools that increase recruiting exposure and are travel-friendly (i.e., no return away games in places like Manhattan, KS). Even the "filler" games need to be someone worth watching, even if the game isn't in too great of doubt. No App State, haha.

    I don't think it's realistic for any P5 not to expect a return game at home.

    But, yeah, I don't see the point in playing K-State. 

  13. Assuming the SEC moves to a 9-game, 3-6-6, league schedule to maximize TV revenues, I think our 3 future OOC games should include;

    1. a made for TV game against the top B1G, ACC, and what's left of the PAC (or MWC if it implodes). Notre Dame, obviously. Home & home
    2. a match-up against former Big 12/SWC teams. They'll expect home & home, too
    3. a TX-based D1 program; UTSA, UTEP, Texas St, ACU, SFA, SHSU, UNT, and SMU. We've really loaded up on our system schools, moving forward, playing one every season thru 2031. These are home games.

    Future schedules align like this, but what's the point in playing Wyoming? Or San Jose St? Yes, they're home games and should be gimme wins, but have gotta be TV ratings losers.

    Colorado St is okay, I guess, as a home cupcake. But, I'd rather see Tech, BU, TCU, UH, and OSU on some type of rotation for nostalgia. I don't want to play any of them too often. Indifferent to KU, KSU, and ISU.

    We really don't need as many cupcakes with a 12-team CFB Playoff, so I'd rather play fewer stinkers if it can be avoided. I think season ticket holders will agree. TV partners are pushing for it, too.

     

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  14. 9 hours ago, FartingDreamer said:

    TCU doesn't bring that much of the DFW market, nor do they have the potential to.

    TCU was just the best available at the time if you're willing to overlook Louisville.

    Other Big 12 schools, OU and OSU in particular, need to recruit DFW. TCU wasn't a tough sell to them, among others. I honestly don't know what DeLoss was thinking at the time with no Big 12 Network to sell. 

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  15. 11 hours ago, Okie State said:
    11 hours ago, DFW Horn said:
    And yet you're still here.
    Irony

    Yeah, I'm here for the intelligent dialogue. Nailed it. Dumbass.

    You still haven't answered why you're here.

    I imagine it's because the dialogue is even less inspiring on the okie aggie site. We're sure gonna miss y'all this coming football season and for the foreseeable future.

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