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  1. That Billy Bowman slide is beautiful
  2. What? Is it your contention that posting a link to a news story from the news reporting (not editorial) section of the WSJ is shit posting? Can a moderator chime in on whether that is the standard here?
  3. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-tunnel-entrances-abut-u-n-peacekeeping-position-israel-alleges-4b821c03?st=jJpDNY&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
  4. I thought I would share my lessons here, on the chance it might help someone who didn’t know this already. Mods, feel free to another forum if it’s more suited there. I bought a pair of tickets to the RRS on StubHub two weeks ago. Good price for pair in sect 117 (direct Ctr of NEZ upper deck). After I bought them, I realized that they were in that small sliver of OU seats in that section. I figured that would be ok; there would be plenty of orange around. With the game approaching, the tix had not been transferred. I called StubHub; they said to not worry until game day. Friday, they sent a message- the seller notified them he could not deliver the mobile tix. I was offered a replacement pair that was in the SEZ. I talked with my buddy, and after reviewing prices for tickets on the Texas side, decided we’d go for it. Those tickets weren’t delivered either. Day of game, determined to get in, we were preparing to bribe a ticket scanner to get in (I am far too old and square to be entertaining such notions, but really wanted to be at the game). Called StubHub again, tried a new ticket pair, and these were actually sent by the seller with an hour to spare. Yea! Spent the game among the Sooners in the SEZ (probably about 5% Texas fans). Lesson 1. A friend told me later that SeatGeek is better for these games than StubHub, that the ticket transfers work better. Also, for big games, he buys two pairs to increase the chance of receiving at least one pair (assume he sells or otherwise dispositions the extra if it comes). Lesson 2. Why did two pairs of OU tix, out of three contracted, not arrive? I have a theory. I suspect the seller puts the tickets on StubHub at a low (certain) price and on SeatGeek at a high (aspirational) price. He doesn’t have to deliver until game day, so when someone like me “buys” the value price, he has a bird in the hand and is happy to wait to see if the two in the bush will come through. Lesson 3. Don’t enter into a commercial agreement with an Okie if they can profit by not fulfilling their side of the deal.
  5. OK, wrt Fletcher’s- I pulled in early and there was almost no line. I told the guy I wanted one really well cooked (I can come across more polite in person than on the board). It was perfect, all the way through. No temperature problem. I suspect this wouldn’t go as well at a time when the line goes back 15 yards, so I might have to just pick my spot.
  6. This was great, because it showed how lost OU is right now. Who is their QB next year? Hawkins? Someone else? Who is their OC next year? What offensive scheme? Do they have the personnel for the desired scheme and OC? Who is their HC in two years? There may be answers to these questions, but they won’t be easy, and they’re killers if they get them wrong.
  7. But, why? What problem does this plan solve other than “How do schools like Baylor get high profile games of national interest and stay in the big time?” It doesn’t solve Texas’ problem of “How to turn its blue blood status into competitive advantage and more revenue?” Or “How to get high profile games of great stakeholder interest?” It doesn’t solve the broadcaster problem of “How to get games with greater appeal (and advertiser revenue)?”. They would rather broadcast Texas-Arkansas than Texas-Baylor. This plan just re-established a status quo that Texas wanted to break.
  8. May need a little help. The ticket transfer just isn’t smooth. Does anyone know where the StubHub pop up office is for the game, if there is one?
  9. I listened to the Sooner ON3 podcast wishcast how Texas is worse on offense and defense than last year. Here is how: 1. A lot of guys on offense drafted. 2. Ewers and OL no better than last year (“We handled them before! We’ll do it again”). 3. A lot of guys on defense drafted. 4. New guys and returners aren’t better because…”I don’t think they’re better”. 5. Also, Michigan losing to Minnesota means the Wolverines suck. Of course, this analysis method requires you to ignore Texas’ performance to date (such as only one TD surrendered in the first half through five games).
  10. UN peacekeepers? What’s their mission? Keeping Hezbollah from firing missiles into northern Israel, so the 100,000 displaced Israelis can return home?
  11. What does the PE bring to the table? Access to capital? It’s like they don’t know what university presidents do for a living (it’s certainly not tending to academic standards. It’s fund raising). Ideas? Universities have sharp people all over the place (along with a bunch of educated idiots, granted)
  12. As far as the private equity group proposing it: the B1G and SEC don’t need a private equity group in order to get more money. They can do that on their own. Their games are that desirable. It’s the Mid2 schools that are interested in private equity. They need more money, and now.
  13. We don’t want to play in the SWC anymore. The networks don’t want us playing in the SWC anymore. The only ones that want us playing Baylor, TCU, TT and UH are … Baylor, TCU, TT and UH. Their votes don’t count. There is too much money in having Texas play bigger programs. Make no mistake- Arkansas is a bigger program than anyone in the IR8.
  14. Are “two-bite” laws (two police reports of a dog biting and the dog is taken away to be euthanized) ubiquitous? I think all serious dog bites (not counting the tiny dog snap that doesn’t break the skin) should be reported to the police.
  15. Can anyone say what this decision will mean for the Texas One fund?
  16. statsman

    Media Bias

    Yeah. House rules. Easiest way to stay out of trouble is to not post in DT.
  17. statsman

    Media Bias

  18. statsman

    Media Bias

    Nm
  19. Posted here, rather than in DT, because the linked story is from opinion page. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-yazidi-woman-is-liberated-from-slavery-in-gaza-connection-isis-hamas-jihadists-3e94060e?st=WDWonf&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
  20. https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article293368134.html
  21. Ok. We have to talk about Fletcher’s. I understand if you want to neg me; let me have my say. At the RRS, I have always made sure to get a Fletcher’s corn dog. There is always a huge line, and when the middle was not hot (even cold), I have just attributed it to a busy staff running them through the frier too fast. I took my daughter and her friend today, and decided to get a Fletcher’s, figuring it should be perfect, without much of a line. The first couple of bites were perfect. Then,…not hot. Not lukewarm. I may have to just hit Hans Mueller or get a turkey leg from here on out. It’s sad when legends fade.
  22. You know, every SWC school had at least one legendary coach- Neely for Rice, Yeoman for UH, Bell for SMU, Meyer and Martin for TCU, and so on. About ten years ago, I did a spreadsheet comparing achievements of coaches at schools, in comparison to the school’s performance without that coach. Royal still ranked very high, even as a UT coach. No one ranked higher by that metric than Patterson. I think Patterson’s first 15 or so years, along with their steady climb back to P5 status, convinced TCU that their program had achieved a new level, that they were no longer a SWC also-ran, that their floor as a program was a full level higher than it was from 1963-1999. Then, after firing Patterson and seeing Dykes take the team he inherited to the CFP CG, they felt affirmed. Right now? It’s looking like TCU, as a program, may be a Big XII also ran. (Cautionary tale for OSU).
  23. Is the 14.5 point spread quoted everywhere for real? Or an outlier being used for dramatic effect? Sagarins indicate Texas should be a nine point favorite. I’m pretty sure no one in the program is treating this like anything but a total effort game.
  24. It’s crazy how much career boost Harrell got out of the throw to Crabtree. If Gideon had caught that duck a couple of plays earlier, would he have half the recognition?
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