That was a stupidly sloppy game on all sides, but I do think the crew came ready to throw every single flag they could after OU-Auburn. The penalties (earned) were a higher killer for A&M than War Eagle.
In a previous life I worked indirectly on one of these. Forecasting is fraught with avenues to look stupid, and these usually avoided them which is an accomplishment. Intelligence isnt meant to align with policy, it’s too bad we didn’t let the Soviets teach us that.
Worth skimming the 2008 “Global Trends 2025” version. Check the pandemic bit!
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Global Trends_2025 Report.pdf
Lol. Sorry for the self-quote but the truth is not that far off from this. LULZ.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/26/hegseth-meeting-details-00582791
Question for Bateshorn, has there ever been a shutdown that a party or admin thinks they “won”. My recollections are usually that everyone regrets it and that the exits are harder to identify and bring fewer benefits than the drawbacks to all.
Good idea, bleh execution.
I am a WWII aviation fan and leaning into the P-40 Warhawk angle is cool. But they use an actual hawk on all their other branding. The mascot was chosen to honor Chennault so why not make that the primary focus?
The shark mouth is cool but it’s itching to be the helmet mark, not a sleeve. It is one of the most iconic WWII era symbols and should have pride of place.
Move the Louisiana with the roundel to the sleeve. The roundel in the middle of the jersey is odd. Why not use the Flying Tigers’ actual squadron symbol if you’re doing this tribute instead of the roundel? Walt Disney did this for the squadron.
Gray sucks. Go with the airplane’s actual olive drab if you’re not doing school colors.
Well, Russ Voight has told agencies to use this as a chance to do mass layoffs. It will be bad for any fed, but worse for others.
The politics are one thing but the admin is deeply prepared to do real harm to actual people and the economy, which will be a calculus for many Ds who still see politics as the means not the end.
Do the Dems have a Siberia to fall back to?
Paydirt Pete is great. I do also like the pickaxe as the T in “UTEP” and the single pickaxe. UTEP has some great and unique stuff to work with; and should completely ditch the modern miner mark that just looks like a cowboy.
The baby blue is so great, much better and eye catching than the navy. Kind of the inverse of the classic Gulf racing livery.
I welcome all moves back to brighter colors and away from muddy tones and shades of gray/white. It’s just much nicer to see colors and contrast on the field. That’s part of why the Cardinals stuff sucks, just a bunch of muted “desert tones.” The AZ flag is great and iconic because of the colors and they took them all out.
We must stand against any rhetoric that encourages political violence. Except for calling to execute teacher union leadership, that’s just some funnin’. Goofin’.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-nominee-jeremy-carl-demanded-political-opponents-death-before-tweet-purge/
This is one of the great weekends of college football this season.
I think the fighting Kiffins beat LSU. My pick for most likely upset, followed by Oregon over PSU although that’s not much of an upset TBH.