Hank Kingsley

Ok, man. You think A&M will be a cakewalk, I get it. I hope you're right.

Look at the people who own legacy media.

Wrong. They emotionally reacted to being left at the altar by Lincoln Riley, and gravitated toward an older coach with no HC experience because they knew he loved OU and would be loyal. It was a shortsighted and reactionary hire and they are getting burned. In the end, to the people that matter, football has to be good. They don't want to be known as a softball school. And this is way more embarrassing for them as a member in the SEC now.

Beshear doesn't have the juice. That said, I can't thing of any good candidates at the moment. Democratic Party needs to enter the 21st century first, and then maybe a viable candidate will appear.

It feels like even Fox News is a relic of the past at this point. It helped the Trump in 2016. But after 2020, a lot of people moved on to other right wing media. Everything is moving very fast in the media space. I'd guess by 2028 there will be a few VERY popular media channels that aren't on our radar now or don't even exist yet.

Legacy media is dead, and if anything this election proved it died years ago. I'm Generation X and don't really watch any regular TV anymore outside of sports. With the ease of streaming and modern TVs, I find myself on YouTube a bunch. It's completely free. I can imagine younger people on tighter budgets not paying for any cable TV at all. You can find streams of any live sports game if you search for it. And the right has smartly taken advantage of YouTube and dominates it. Rumble is almost entirely right wing political content. But I think even the right got caught off guard with how dead legacy media is. In their wildest dreams they were not expecting this sort of electoral domination.

It's a code red situation in Norman. Just talked to a Sooner friend and they are passing around the Augie locker room video on social media to rile themselves up even more. It's not just Venables. Their AD is understandably coming under fire too.

I know Sooner fans are pretty bummed about this season, but I hope this one really hurt.

Look, we are better than A&M, but they have talent on the D-Line and the atmosphere is going to be bonkers .

Quinn had a good game. The Moore drops were unfortunate. OL protected well and he was comfortable today. The concerns about Ewers are not on an every week basis. He didn't get consistently pressured today and did well. I think most people are understandably eyeing the A&M game as a concern.

These guys were not persuadable in this election IMO. Maybe they will be in the future. I don't think going on Rogan would have changed anything for Kamala on Election Day. Dems went with old school campaigning and it was too late to make a difference. BUT I do agree future candidates 100% need to do these long form podcast interviews moving forward.

Maybe. But my point is you have to keep is simple and be disciplined when dealing with Trumpism. Says something evil or stupid? Just call him a dumb motherfucker every time. Don't equate his supporters with him. It's all bait. If we ever can convince people that he is a shitty President, it will be through focusing on actual failures while keeping half of American voters' names out of it.

Nothing Trump says hurts him. It's been proven over and over and over. But people twist in knots over every goddamn thing. Move on from dissecting the rhetoric. It doesn't work. Focus on the tangible results or lack thereof.

JFC, I can't believe this shit still has legs. The bolded makes it very clear he's talking about her going to fight in a war. I understand it's hard to watch the right get away with fucking everything, but keep your sanity.

Good first step.

Also, a lot of Tech and AI is a scam. They know the right audience to buy their bullshit.

That's interesting. David Pakman is legitimately a very good YouTuber. He is a leftist, but reasonable and measured on his show. I'm not aware of him using harsh and/or hysterical language toward MAGA. He is not a #Resistance Lib and doesn't even consider himself a Democrat.

Someone smarter than me can maybe answer...who is lobbying to keep marijuana federally illegal? Big Alcohol? The Prison Industrial Complex?

Can't be a Tom Herman kind of asshole and have CFB success in the portal/NIL era. He's cooked.

Yep, I deactivated my Twitter account Tuesday night. So I'm one of the followers you lost. Sorry. I can't do Threads or BlueSky. It feels like those were both created in response to the political climate on Twitter. We need someone to develop an app that can properly mimic what moderated and demonetized Twitter used to be 10 years ago, which had more of a focus on entertainment and laughs while also being a news feed.

Completely agree. The Democratic Party needs to enter the 21st century and they should be embarrassed that Republicans beat them by quickly adapting to this modern, ever-changing world.

I was a very heavy Twitter user for a long time. I get the idea of letting it roam free, but the results of that are only gonna get worse. And FYI, Elon himself and others get community noted sometimes. But a lot of the bullshit does not. Plenty of people have tried to community note clear falsehood to no avail. Factually, his algorithm skews heavily to the right. It also promotes violence (fight videos, footage of people getting shot and/or killed) and porn with zero warning or restrictions. The former will pop up in your feed uninvited. I'm assuming it's only gonna get worse.

That's true, but the landslide victory this time around changes things. The Trump administration will have legitimate power with fewer checks and balances. I know some people that voted for Trump with the assumption (and hope) that gridlock would keep things pretty much the same. But that's not what the majority of his voters want. They want to see change. And the excuses not to do things might actually piss them off.

Yes. He will be a 2nd/3rd rounder at best. Which would actually be the ideal situation for possible success. He's nowhere near ready, hopefully some HC with a good franchise sees potential and sits him for a year or two. He needs a lot of good fortune to make it in the NFL. His relatively slight frame and injury history will scare off most. If I had to bet on it, I doubt he ever sees the field as a chosen starter. He's made good NIL money and will be fine.

I appreciate you bringing this subject up. It's fairly easy to assume no guardrails will be applied to social media during a Trump presidency. And I didn't hear any concern from the higher ups in the Democratic Party, so I doubt a theoretical Kamala presidency would have helped either. Even if you remove anything political on the app, anyone that has used and engaged with Twitter for a long time can see how much Elon fucked it up. It's not just one decision by him, it's a series of massive errors that have made it sooooooo bad. Monthly payments, blue check power, monetization, ridiculous algorithm, and no moderation. Sports twitter is a disaster. Entertainment twitter is a disaster. Reading replies is a worthless exercise and cesspool. The ads are for nothing but scams. Clearly political twitter is a disaster. Tons of #Resistance Libs posting stupid shit to rile people up. I won't tolerate a "both side" equivalency though. It's much worse on the right. Elon's idea of "citizen journalism" is an absolute joke. People openly lie for engagement and $$$. And most lap it up. We have free speeched ourselves into an Idiocracy. But I don't know the right answer to make things better.