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RomaVicta

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  1. We train them to harden their hearts to killing. We send them to a war zone to experience enormous stress where they kill people. We'll treat their bodies when they undergo horrific damage. Then we fly 'em home, say thanks, and barely fund anything that actually helps them readjust. "Thank you for your service" is to veterans what thoughts and prayers are to mass shooting victims and their families. We really like sending soldiers into the field. We really hate abandoning our hopelessly naive view of soldiering.
  2. For morons, any retort is a good retort. You can also read the moronicity when the "retort" becomes all any of them can come up with. Still, they launch it as though it's devastating just like they think the horns down is badass.
  3. Yes, the trend so far is a fucking disaster. Sark is killing the program. I hate making the semi-final for the national championship and clearly belonging there.
  4. Texas has used the quick kick many times. Colt McCoy made the kick a few times. Great tactic because nobody is back to keep the ball from rolling towards the goal line.
  5. I did say the first, but the question was about the second. You've proclaimed you disagree about the first (give me time to get over that), and you shy from the second. I bet you were a pretty snappy 2A high school debater. I'm filled with admiration and awe. Run along now.
  6. Poor persecuted Aggies. First, the reasonable post.
  7. Gaping vaginas? He was objectively stinking it up. Anyone not alarmed was a gaping idiot.
  8. Verdad.
  9. Man, how far down the AP list do you have to go to find a team you're sure the Aggies would beat? They've got a punchers chance against some of those teams. I guess Oklahoma is about their level? This poll will look silly to us by season's end. I like the feeling that anything can happen. I have no opinion about our ranking. Our greatest achievement is a close loss. I'm not an Aggie, so I won't hang my hat on that. After seeing the SHSU stats and the reaction on the board to the improved Manning, I'm excited for the game this week. I wouldn't be had Arch not shown signs of life. Hook 'Em!
  10. Go back and read the posts. My query was clearly about the quality of those two receivers. Your proclamations bore me.
  11. I likely don't have a full grasp of the new coaching world that is developing, but surely one can still become a millionaire by becoming a head coach just about anywhere. Plus, the title of head coach is what the majority of football coaches are aiming for. I think it was another thread where someone brought up parity. I'm thinking that since the top schools don't have the money to buy up all the talent, it becomes possible for the non-elite hoi poloi to pay for a few difference makers for themselves. That could lead to winning records against your peers and the occasional upset of an elite team. Or so it seems to me.
  12. Haven't those always been the jobs where coaches prove themselves and move up the ladder?
  13. Probably saved a lot of lives by doing that. They can't even build a pile of logs with carnage.
  14. Evidently found the stadium on his own.
  15. Yep. I was thinking it ironic that NIL may have leveled the playing field among top teams and given smaller teams more of a shot at an upset if they acquired a couple of players they wouldn't normally be able to draw. I didn't see that coming, if I'm right. God knows how bad A&M would be doing if they hadn't got two fast receivers.
  16. Elko has the Aggies looking pretty good. He might be looking at Jimbo-money if he keeps it up. Nine or ten wins and the 16-team playoff could put Morbidly Obese Mikey in the money.
  17. Plays like that stab me in the heart for that very reason. I wanted Georgia to lose because I've gotten to where I can't stand Kirby Smart, but to be that receiver? Man!
  18. I couldn't agree more. Often when I see an underdog make it to OT I think they should go for the win as soon as possible. We'll forever have the glorious Dave South call when Baylor converted the two point conversion to beat the Aggies for the first time in forever. I heard it live on the radio.
  19. Arkansas should move to the Big 12 which should change its fucking name which was always stupid anyway.
  20. Obviously, I'm very late to the discussion above. It's a good one and fair. When a woman makes an accusation of rape against a prominent athlete, the results will be terrible no matter which way the truth falls. Either the woman was raped and is now being toasted under public scrutiny (terrible) or the man is falsely accused and will rarely escape the stigma (also terrible). I recall a QB named Sanchez at USC who we wanted and who seemed exemplary in just about every way. He was accused. In that case, I don't think the accusation held up. See? I recall the accusation and am only pretty sure it was invalid. The incident is tied to his name even now by a college football fan (me) who is pretty sure he came out okay. I lean strongly towards the woman's side at the moment of accusation because, if true, she needs support. It's such a betrayal on those occasions when the accusation is false and makes it harder for actual victims. Again, compliments on the dispassionate analysis.
  21. I wonder how much the stupid phrase "settle for a field goal" and commentary stating that going for it is "aggressive" have wormed their way into the subconscious of coaches. You're not "settling" for anything; you're scoring three points. Just watch your team and fans when you kick the ball through the uprights; they celebrate a victory. The earlier in the game it is, the less you know about the value of three points. It seems that as the game goes on, almost always, the investment in those three points pays off very nicely in either providing a margin for victory or putting your opponent in the position of needing to score twice to overtake you. I've also noticed that sports announcers never revisit a decision to be aggressive when it fails. The attempts in the Ga-Bama game, as important as they turned out to be (Bama put Georgia close to their goal line; Georgia squandered a chance to tie and win the game in OT), were never re-addressed.
  22. Bama went for it on fourth and short at midfield and failed, thus flipping the field. Stupid. Georgia went for it on fourth within field goal range and failed. They lost by three. Amusingly stupid. Kick the fucking ball.
  23. You're getting tiresome. If you want to engage read the fucking posts. I. Am. Talking. About. The. Quality. Of. Those. Two. Receivers. Not the Aggie offense in general. Try to get that straight or just go to bed. You're having trouble parsing shit. The receivers were missed by the passer. That is not a statement about the quality of the receivers. Read this a few times. Then sleep on it. Then return and miss the point again. I find myself marginally concerned at the most.
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