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  1. Anecdote from a former colleague whose kid went to UT. The kid said that, if he had to do it again, he'd have considered going to a slightly less prestigious university for undergrad, crushed the GPA, and spent more time preparing for the MCAT. That said, he graduated w/ high honors from UT and went to UT Southwestern before specializing. EDITED to add: IIRC the med schools are now taking the rigor of the undergrad university into account. Something like Lamar (~400 nationally) or McNeese (unranked) might lack rigor for serious consideration to a top med school, regardless of GPA.
  2. The 2025 timeline of the story is a little confusing. Moore was seeing Shivers from 2022-2024. Shivers received a salary increase from $55k to $90k in 2025. That raises a couple of questions: Was raise to buy silence or to incentivize remaining in the relationship? Was the stalking to insure silence? Some of the stories indicate it was an open secret around the department. As such, when she broke it off, it was only a matter of time before she or someone else would report it. Shivers will likely sue the university, as she is largely unemployable for the foreseeable future. As you note, they both violated policy, but the power imbalance is key.
  3. Enticement to pick up the ball? Be the toughest MFer - if only for a moment - in the game. It helped with kid toughness pecking order and, to a lesser extent, kid smarts pecking order. I was horrible at it and got crushed all the time, but it was fun as hell.
  4. The entertainment value would be much higher if he had screwed Ellison’s wife. And the entertainment value is really high right now.
  5. One article that includes the above photo of Moore: https://soonersports.com/news/2007/9/26/208400845 Some quotes from that 2007 article... Reading them with today's reality changes the interpretation "I take pride in putting family first," Moore said. "My parents have always let me go my own way and I love them for that." "My dad told me when it's your time to always step up and take action," Moore said. "Take action and do what you have to do." "You've just got to realize that you have to live life like you can and live your life the right way," Moore said.
  6. What a fool. Freeze was fired and did not coach for 2 years. Bobby Petrino was out of work for 1 year. Pitino was out of coaching for 1 year and had to climb back through Panithinaikos and Iona. Price was unemployed for 1 year and his consolation prize was UTEP. The big differences? 1 - 1 year has not yet passed. Let's see what happens. 2 - none of the above broke into another person's home and threatened murder-suicide (allegedly) among other things
  7. I can imagine teams - esp UND - telling the NCAA to f-off. “We will practice when we want to.” Edited to add - someone else also had this idea….
  8. Not sure we'd have been allowed to play them twice. But not a bad idea going forward...
  9. Big12 played the following SEC games. MSU over ASU 24-20 Auburn over Baylor 38-24 Missouri over Kansas 42-31
  10. This is exactly the type of game I would try to orchestrate if I were the Big12 commissioner wanting to get 2 teams into the playoff. Score kept close, "defensive struggle" (for those who do not watch), and large doses of Kevin Mar to help keep my thumb on the scale. And a dumbass coach going for 4th-and-2 where a field goal makes it a 2 score game.
  11. 11 plays 14; 12 plays 13 - these are play-ins for the real 11 and 12, but yes it is flawed.
  12. Given this is really just entertainment... Expand the playoffs to 14 teams. 12 selected as they are today. 2 more based on ratings and must have a winning record. Teams ranked 11-12 play the at-large "ratings teams" the same week as CCG - as play-ins. If the 2 at-large teams get crushed, who cares, we get another week of entertainment. If one or both win, we all win, dispatching a pretender before the get fed to the #5 team a week later. This year, Texas and LSU would be the at-large "ratings" teams (based on the above graphic).
  13. negged for using "natty"
  14. The wild thing about the Big10 - there are now 6 destinations worse than West Lafayette. Username.
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