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A couple of followup comments on this. Regarding Franklin's "step back and point" response to questions, any leader, lawyer, or "whatever" affiliated with PSU would have had a canned response ready - in advance - for the coach to make. It would have been succinct, clear, etc. If a followup question is asked, he could either say, "I have already addressed that" or he could repeat the prepared answer, adding "that is all I will say about this topic." Something that makes him look (1) professional and (2) prepared. A while back, going directly to the coach made sense, even if it was the wrong decision. Go to police. Before the PSU, MSU, and Baylor debacles, there was a general distrust of the police, especially on college campuses. Moreover, there was a ton of victim blaming going on. And the police oftend did not take things like this seriously. "Oh, she got drunk. She was wearing blah blah blah." Go to university administration or dean of students. Similar to the police, but the "problem" would eventually make its way to the coach. Wrong... Going to the coach directly. The perception is that the coach is an authority figure for the player and reporting to him could cut out 4-5 levels of indirection. And, the hope is that the coach is a moral/decent human being and would punish the player or kick him off the team. A coach's incentives revolve around winning, and a morally bankrupt coach... That's how we get to the above problems festering. Bad people are supported by bad leaders and bad authority figures; in many cases they are rewarded for it.

Against Incarnate Word https://mcneesesports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=5991&path=football Scoring Summary Qtr Time Scoring Play UIW MCN 1st 14:48 UIW - Hite, Desmond 96 yd kickoff return (Perez, Jose kick) 7 0 1st 04:50 MCN - Raborn, Gunnar 35 yd field goal 13 plays, 62 yards, TOP 5:06 7 3 1st 04:28 MCN - Foster, Calum 42 yd interception (Raborn, Gunnar kick) 7 10 1st 02:40 MCN - Burton, Colby 51 yd interception (Raborn, Gunnar kick) 7 17 2nd 08:44 MCN - Tabary, James 1 yd run (Raborn, Gunnar kick), 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:39 7 24 3rd 13:44 MCN - Hamm, David 54 yd run (Raborn, Gunnar kick), 3 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:16 7 31 3rd 09:49 MCN - Pratt, Justin 7 yd pass from Tabary, James (Raborn, Gunnar kick) 4 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:41 7 38 3rd 08:45 MCN - Hill, Dominique 38 yd interception (Raborn, Gunnar kick) 7 45 4th 08:43 MCN - Raborn, Gunnar 30 yd field goal 10 plays, 46 yards, TOP 5:10 7 48 4th 07:01 MCN - Foster, Marcus 29 yd interception (Raborn, Gunnar kick) 7 55

Excerpt... A longtime assistant coach, Abdur-Rahim spent time on staffs at Georgia, Texas A&M, Charleston, Georgia Tech and Murray State. While on Tom Crean's staff at Georgia, the Atlanta native helped the Bulldogs sign top-five recruit Anthony Edwards, who went on to be the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NBA draft. Before Abdur-Rahim left Georgia for Kennesaw State, he called Edwards to get his blessing. "Signing a guy like Anthony, that's a relationship that had been four years building and in the making. There were people around it that I had real relationships with that trusted myself and the coaching staff at Georgia, that trusted me to be there," Abdur-Rahim said on the "Coaching Origins" podcast in 2022. "Before I accepted the job, I called a few people, I called Anthony and I just said, 'Hey man, I got this opportunity, but if you need me here, I'll stay. I'm perfectly OK with it.' "I wouldn't have been able to recruit the players that I've recruited if it weren't for those, I call them, real relationships. Whether I got the kid or not. That person over there was going to be OK with me no matter what, and I was going to be OK with them."

Franklin stepping away from the mircrophone is a horrible look. The SID should have prepared a statement nearly identical to what the athetlics department shared prior. And the AD should have had Franklin first read it and add some sort of comments sounding like he had an opinion - this is bad, guys are no longer with program, let legal system do its job, etc. That entire department is broken. For reference, here are some stories from pennlive.com https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2024/10/former-penn-state-football-players-raped-underage-girl-in-on-campus-apartment.html https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/10/pair-of-former-penn-state-football-players-facing-felony-charges-of-rape-sex-crimes.htm

Based on this statement, I deduce at least 1 solution to this problem. Another is to not let the 1% misery dominate the 99% of joy.

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Found this randomly. Dan Rather interview w/ Brett Michaels of Poison. https://www.crackle.com/watch/b13593c4-2e0e-43b0-be30-7993ea7b298d/the-big-interview-with-dan-rather/bret-michaels

On3 lists Sloan, ETSU's Tre Lamb, Clemson's Garrett Riley, Tenn DC Tim Banks, among others. I agree w/ you that Sloan would seem to be the frontrunner. https://www.on3.com/news/ecu-head-coach-hot-board-candidates-to-replace-mike-houston-joe-sloan-garrett-riley-tim-banks/

I only chose that aTm game because of the lost financial opportunity. There was ample evidence that Texas would get beat, and soundly, by that aTm team. Agree 2006 was more difficult to stomach... In 1993, Rice was crushed in Austin. However, I can still see the 50 yard run by Bert Emanuel. IIRC, Rice spread the field, no RBs. Emanuel takes 1 step back and then sprints up the middle for a TD. Rice 10-7. It was all Texas after that, but that was quite the play.

following a couple comments above 3 worst Texas games I have attended - in no specific order... 1997 UCLA at Texas - 66-3. Sat through the entire thing, thinking, "It has to get better. It has to get better." It did not. 2012 OU-Texas - 63-21. Texas starts the game with 2 decent defensive plays, then OU proceeded to march down the field and score a TD. Texas blocked the kick and returned it. 6-2! Texas/OU/Texas then went 3-and-out. Then the rout was on. 36-2 at half. 46-8 after 3. Stayed for the entire thing. 1994 Aggy at Texas - 34-10. Aggy cheatery meant this game was not on TV (and not on T+1, either). BIL and I were offered 4x face for our tickets in section 108. "Nah; let's go." Down 21-0, we said, "We could have used that money to buy beer at crown and anchor and listen to this on the radio." Oh well. As I have posted here, I attended both UND@Purdue and Nebraska@Purdue. Both had 1997 UCLA/Texas vibes, but with less talent on the roster.

Composite of all computer rankings has Texas at 4 and Vandy at 35. https://masseyratings.com/ranks?s=cf Coincindentally, one ranking system, Ray's Rankings has Texas at 28 (Texas' lowest of all rankings systems) and Vandy at 10 (Vandy's highest). Sagarin, whose predictor is a decent proxy for point spreads has Texas at #2 (91.5 predictor) and Vandy at #67 (70.49 predictor). 91.5-70.49 estimates a 21-point spread on neutral site. -18 at Vandy. Draft kings has it as Texas -18.5.

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I recall 1994 being the year of the opposing RB. (W) Texas At Pitt, Curtis Martin ran wild on "Tony Dorsett day." 28-251 (L) Colorado at Texas, Rashaan Salaam ran for 317 and had 362 total yards (W) OU ran for 253 (L) Rice ran for 241 (L) TT ran for 187 (L) aTm ran for 157 (W) Baylor ran for 260 (W) UNC ran for 196 Needless to say, that defense struggled to stop the run. It's difficult to find deetailed stats from 1994. My #s are derived from the net positive rushing, assuming the negative yards are from sacks - which could be wrong.

Hence, why I choose not to engage

84 year-old FIL is voting for Trump. Why, in his words... Trump is a successful businessman and will do a better job managing the economy. Biden (and now Harris) will take all of our money with their tax changes Trump's position on immigration Trump is a Christian Judicial appointments Trump tells it "like it is" about the media bias I do not engage whenever he brings any of it up. Not worth it, as we are not going to change each other's mind. SMH

Ed Reed is a bottom 10% interview so far on the Manning cast.

Holy crap. Dortch is shorter than Kyler.

I am looking for a new primary care physician (PCP) in the Austin Area. I live NW, and am willing to drive to the right person. I neglected to visit my "normal" PCP for a couple of years and the are now treating me like a new patient, of which he no longer accepts. For my annual physical last year, I went to a random doc and it was "so so" but I got all the blood work. What say you, SurlyHorns?

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That's the spirit!

Kirby Smart is a clown. He has some fool on staff who is responsible for pulling at his belt to keep him off the field. I do not care how good of a football coach he is, he's a stinking clown.

This. And the NFL does not have a playoff system and/or incentive structure that influences conferences to properly "stack" teams to maximize playoff and bowl opportunities. The new playoff system motivates the SEC and B1G to have the top-4 to top-6 or so of its teams all at the same record/level/etc. for as long as possible.

+7500 as of the screenshot I just took. Tied for 7th. Tied for 12th EDIT - crap - wrong screenshot