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RomaVicta

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  1. Money is all that matters, otherwise everybody would be an Aggie. Texas is only good because of spending money on recruits. Teams are only good because they spend money on recruits. Let's spend all the money we can on top recruits to succeed just like we did with the '22 class that was a disaster. Yea, those trophys don't exist and you wouldn't win them if they did. You went 8-4. That's an El Niño year for you. Here's some of that great objectivity: [ETA: I got this wrong. It's still pretty stupid, though.]
  2. I feel like your wife wondering why she married such an intransigent moron.
  3. Well, here are the dear old Texas Aggies inventing repression: And ending with a nice bit of racism. DEI is the new N-word for some, I believe.
  4. You should really read an entire post before responding to it. Had you done so, you'd see that I ended up not being livid. Early in the game, it looked like it might be a horse race of scoring. I was okay with it. And there is the whole Auburn thing, another thing I mention in the post you didn't bother to read.
  5. Is it worth the times other teams have bounced back after a stop like that? I don't know about that. It certainly doesn't work every time. Here is our ranking on fourth down conversion success: They weren't all less than a yard, but they're usually pretty short distances. The percentage of Auburn making the kick is somewhat better. The impact of the kick would have been about the same as a touchdown. I still think Auburn's strange unreliability was a big part of the decision. Of course, I'm a football idiot, so who knows. I certainly don't share your certainty.
  6. I was livid when Sark chose to go for it. It gives the other side a chance for celebration and rejuvenation. The UH game is the perfect example. There are, of course, other examples in Sark's tenure and Herman's. I think the decision this time is mitigated by the poor performance of Auburn. That mitigates the decision, but does not fully justify it. Sometimes, I think head coaches get too tied up in the math of the score. Going for it yesterday may have been the best chance to score, but the risk was the victory the other team may get when they are on the ropes. Missing a field goal is a relief to the other side rather than a victory. I still think Sark should have kicked, but this decision wasn't as stupid as other times. I still think Sark is learning. He went with the running game yesterday. He blamed himself for not doing so more often in the past. I admire cold self-assessment in anyone. It's not easy when the world is celebrating your success. I really like our coach.
  7. I haven't read much about this stuff since the election, only just enough to get a FAFO chuckle out of what the US electorate announced they were good with. A thought does occur to me. Is it possible that Mush has bought all of Trump's debt that was available, legal and nefarious? Might this make Musk co-owner of Trump with Vlad? Trump hates sharing a stage. If Elon persists in crowding him, there will have to be a reason for it.
  8. Boebert looks like quite the intellectual in spectacles. America is in good hands!
  9. I doubt anyone will meet my rate.
  10. It's interesting that some of the TexAg-gies insist that all the 2022 guys who aren't performing well for the Aggies must be busts. I think, seriously, that it might be a good subject for research by a journalist or maybe a sports scholar. What brought those recruits to A&M? I mean look into the spectrum of influences obviously including money but what were the player expectations when they arrived in College Station? What were the other draws? How did they perform while at A&M? Did the unruly 5-stars arrive as such (likely) and did the environment culture there propel them further beyond acceptable conduct? How many were actual busts in the end no matter where they played? Why did they choose their new schools (see above) and what impact did choosing a school where they didn't stay actually have on them? Same questions for those who went on to do well. I know someone here will give simple answers to those questions ("money" to all of them would be probably least imaginative), but I'd like to know if it's more complex. I suspect it is. I'm not confident that sportswriters are the ones to sift through complication. They're largely dullards.
  11. I guess that I bought into Elko's intellect (Ivy League!) and his legendary accomplishments, that you describe, at Duke. Without thos filters, it's hard not to conclude that the guy may actually be kind of an idiot. From the 247 article on their DE pick up today from the portal. He wanders in his speech from the obvious to the impenetrable. 1 Really important to get really talented guys. Really, Mike? 2 Three lines to say "It's important (probably really important) to balance youth and experience on your roster." Instead, we get circumlocution and...well, maybe change the context: No officer, I'm not drunk. It's important, and I've read this and said it many times, that time and consumption of alcohol, really important, I only had a couple of beers two hours ago and who our future is. 3 Older guys and veterans are the same thing. 4 Is this to say, (see 2 above) that balance of youth and experience are important to your roster management? Have another drink.
  12. There is nothing remotely surprising about this second term for Trump. Who he is and what he plans to do was right there under everybody's noses in bright, clear sunlight. Ignorance is no defense. In my lifetime, there has never been an election that painted a clearer picture of the American electorate.
  13. That would be a shame. The first two seasons have been excellent. Anything well-done is good with me. If that is the case with the shapeshifting or if that is not a critical element of the narration, I'll be fine.
  14. I think their man-bun QB out of Pearland was second team All-district. I think that was before Jimbo, but I'm not sure. Ags were pumped. You may be talking about this guy. Elko, Coach "Culture," likes these guys to prove themselves in the Missouri Valley conference before bringing them in.
  15. The show is losing me pretty quick. I saw mention of the books being good. Is that so? I really liked the first season and the world that has been created. This second season is a lot of profound worry dialogue and the plotting is pretty dumb.
  16. Shapeshifting is the sci in sci-fi? Sounds more like fantasy genre to me. Also, shapeshifting is a lazy device in any kind of story. And I hate the word. Don't make me come off the porch and really scold everyone!
  17. Getting kind of Football Board in here. Smells like bile and shit.
  18. Reagan's self-fulfilling prophecy. Such a broad shit river of a legacy that figurehead for greed has left for that shining city on a hill. I've recently come to the conclusion that his presidency was more poisonous than Nixon's.
  19. Who knows how to win a national championship.
  20. Yes. I just accepted he must be a smart guy with great potential from his resume. The Ivy League thing seems more like Herman's Mensa membershit as each day goes by. There is nothing special about Elko's mind or philosophy. He sounds like a jock who has become a pretty good assistant coach. He doesn't look the part either. I'm a fat bastard, and I know going with a white mumu with a stupid image just below the mammaries and resting on the promontory isn't a great look. Nothing is a great look actually, but you can damn sure do better than that. He's not a bad guy like Sherrill or an asshole like Jimbo. It's a shame clearing those low bars doesn't make you a good head coach.
  21. I bailed 30 minutes into the first episode. Had I known a shapeshifter was to come, I never would have looked at it at all. This is like the week-old, unrefrigerated afterbirth of Dune which has been excellent so far. So much talk about things I can't see. Maybe make a movie to dramatize the story? Silo is falling into the same hole. Constant meaningful talk in slow scenes that don't advance any story. I feel like the writers fall in love with their story and feel it can't go wrong. It immediately does.
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