If Houston traded away Sengun for Giannis, I would consider walking away after 40 years of being a Rockets fan. It's already hard enough staying engaged with the current professional sports environment.
Sorry for the aside, but need to get this off my chest somewhere.
Was in the car with my 8 year old yesterday afternoon and we were talking about Christmas plans. I was about to bring up what he wanted from Santa, but paused. and asked him if he believes in Santa Claus. He immediately said no, that he came to that conclusion a while ago. For a second I thought "that's kind of a bummer" but then realized I was happy about it.
We don't live in a world anymore where that fantasy is healthy for kids to hold on to IMO. We are in a post-fact world, being gaslit and fed lies from this entire presidential administration and online through social media and other avenues on a hourly basis. Fucking AI has infiltrated everything too, making it difficult for people (especially children) to know what's real or not. Trump's America is a fucking disaster.
When we were growing up, we lived in a truth-based environment, or at least it was perceived that way from all of society. So Santa Claus was a fun thing to dream about and believe in. But truth is almost dead. I'm spitting nothing but hard facts to my child so he can live a life that is genuine and moral and real. IMO that's how we should "protect" them moving forward.
As Texan fans, feels like we've been sheltered from the Wild West of college football due to 2 straight semifinal appearances. Sark and co. retained a lot of the roster and sprinkled in some portal players.
Shit's about to get real after a disappointing season and missing the playoffs.
SIAP, but Adrian Phillips has a YouTube channel and this vid popped up on my feed. Great film study of Aggie offense vs. Texas defense. Hope he continues to do these next year, he does an excellent job.
Wisner will forever be a Longhorn legend for his OU and A&M performances but he should be a #2 back on next year's roster if he comes back. There will be plenty of significant upgrades available via the portal, just need to choose wisely.
Approximately 77 million Americans, or 1 in every 3 adults, have a criminal record. A criminal record—which can be an arrest record, criminal charges, or a conviction—creates barriers to jobs, occupational licensing, housing, and higher education opportunities.
https://www.ncsl.org/civil-and-criminal-justice/criminal-records-and-reentry-toolkit
If there was ever a day where Trump/MAGA faced true justice - from high up politicians all the way down to social media grifters - the first punishment should be that they get their ass kicked. Every single one of them.
Our country was handed over to fascist traitors due to a bullshit manufactured culture war and wide scale disinformation campaign. 80 million pathetic simps voted for these evil people. My god.
Hillary Clinton is a cancer that Democratic voters have remove in order to progress as a Party. The "I'm with Her" hanger-ons need to let her go. Stop giving her a platform. History will rightfully not be kind to her. Enough is enough.
Didn't know where to put this, just thinking out loud.
I wonder if next year Texas (and OU) benefits a bit from the SEC going to a 9 game conference schedule. Most of these upper tier SEC teams are used to playing November scrimmages vs. NW Southeastern Plantation Tech. No more weeks off for these teams late in the season, and an extra chance to stumble in a conference game.