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    This is awesome, and the IR8 in a nutshell. There is no recognition that TCU, BU, UH all think that they have a “special” series with Texas, too. (Not to mention, we just learned that we were one of ISU’s main rivals just last week) There is no recognition that Texas will be renewing stronger rivalries with Arkansas and TAMU. And, of course, calling out a school about to add SEC blue bloods to the schedule, a school that has already been scheduling too SeC, PAC and B10 teams, as chicken. I swear- the IR8 have the self awareness of my 13 year old daughter.
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    It really is impossible for us to show less respect for the tragedy than the Ags do.
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    Thats the gross impact, but I don’t think each crew is equally bad. None of the crews did us any favors, but some are worse than others. Here is what I have: Rice-Salaam Wyoming-Mar (bad, but didn’t matter) BU-Anderson KU-Boitmann OU-Alvarez (bad) UH-VanderVelde (bad, until a decent spot at the end convinced everyone they were for us) BYU-Anderson KSU-Mar (bad) TCU-Salaam ISU-Boitmann (bad) Johns did the OU-OSU game. Id like to see Salaam or Anderson again, but I fear we’ll get Alvarez or VanderVelde. Those two, and Mar, put the biggest screw to us over the last three years.
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    Nope. NCAA hired basketball and baseball officials. Conference only hires football officials.
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    Not much UT can do. The objective stats showing the disconnect between calls in UT games and no -UT games would absolutely carry weight in a court discrimination case (that’s how discrimination is proven), but there is no way the media can understand them. However, they do understand, “Texas is a whiny titty baby”, which is how the B12 office would explain it. Plus, that’s a juicier story. I think Texas is doing the right thing, with Sark’s subtle post game jabs and in game yelling. It’s all we can do.
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    Crazy idea, but… ISU OL talking about how “Texas doesn’t know what it’s walking into…” He got that from his coaches. They had some offensive and defensive wrinkles; did Texas just handle them all? Yormark at the game, out of all the games he could have attended, the officials’ thumbs on the scale… Was this game set up as some kind of trap, between the league and ISU? Not a real collusion, but maybe ISU let Yormark know they had special packages ready for us, and he may want to be there?
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    Granted, that’s easier than a graphic of every time a favored Horns team destroyed a plucky underdog’s dream
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    For me, the worst was the intentional grounding. You never see it on a long pass into the end zone, when there is a receiver in the end zone. Every other time, everyone shakes their head and says, “they must have been in the wrong page”. Last night, if they could call it on Texas, even if a little unreasonable, they called it on Texas.
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    Israel

    statsman replied to SmokeyBear1861's topic in Cloak Room

    I think it would help if Iran were kept from using the Palestinians as part of their own game board.
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    I don’t know- this conference does what its members want. $6m divided by 12 to each school for UT making the playoffs? Or the satisfaction of sending Texas packing without having to watch Ewers hoist a trophy, smoking a cigar? I’m not sure they’ll be rational about this.
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    Israel

    statsman replied to SmokeyBear1861's topic in Cloak Room

    Are Palestinians in Gaza and the WB citizens of Israel? I thought Israel did not recognize them as citizens, nor did the Gazans and WB residents consider themselves Israelis?
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    Israel

    statsman replied to SmokeyBear1861's topic in Cloak Room

    Well, I don’t see how any reasonable person could argue with broseph Stalin
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    Israel

    statsman replied to SmokeyBear1861's topic in Cloak Room

    What do you mean “against the law”? Which law? Whose law? This is not a police action. It is a war. ICC laws may apply. Geneva convention may apply. You may have a political disagreement with US aid, but I don’t see it as illegal, nor do I see any of Israel’s actions as illegal. How many Palestinian civilian deaths are acceptable? None. Nor were the deaths of the innocents acceptable. Nor the killings of the hostages. Nor the captivity of the hostages. T is all horrible and none can be celebrated by a right thinking person. Hamas has a lot of Israeli and Palestinian deaths to be held accountable for. I blame them for all of this.
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    Israel

    statsman replied to SmokeyBear1861's topic in Cloak Room

    It certainly takes a brave Gazan to criticize Hamas and argue for new leadership. That should be noted at the top of their obituary. Im sure a lot of Gazans are antisemites. Ever hear of “Hitler’s Willing Executioners”? It’s a 30 years old history book that put the lie to the idea that the Holocaust was all done by the Nazis and average Germans weren’t ok with it. The average German was ok with it. Antisemitism was in the air that they breathed, the water they swam in. Years later, Germany has come a long way. It turns out that if you stop feeding hate to people, they can lose it. That is my hope in the ME.
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    Israel

    statsman replied to SmokeyBear1861's topic in Cloak Room

    There is an old joke about a debate club, that was so experienced in their arguments that the points and counterpoints of the argument were replaced by defined “code” letters, to save time. This debate is kind of like that- the parameters and reasons are well known and well worn. It is a very tired game that needs something to change for it to end. I propose a change- get Iran out of it. Iran gives missiles to Hamas and Hezbollah; if that ended, Israel could ease blockades of Gaza’s port. Iran supports the more militant Palestinian factions; ending their support would provide room for other, calmer and more peaceful voices.
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    Noa Marciano was a IDF soldier taken by Hamas, shown alive a few days later. Now, she is dead, Hamas claiming IDF bombing killed her. I’m skeptical of that. I don’t think Hamas has given a real accounting of hostages, and considering the slapdick way they were nabbed, some are probably in really volatile situations. There really doesn’t seem to be anything to keep them from being abused and killed.
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    You’re a good guy, and I apologize if it seems like I’m posting at you. When I write these out, I do it with a combination of dislike for Yormark, Campbell, et.al., mixed with a dispassionate observation of how things will be going down.
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    I think the right way to play this is to suggest to parents that they invite the soon-to-be-ex wife/DIL, without telling their son.
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    Side note- I remember when WVU joined the B12. They entered saying that they needed a rival, and had decided to select Texas. That was certainly smarter than picking OU, at the time (wins would come easier), and certainly more fan recognition than any of the schools in between. CDC admits that TCU focused (focuses) on Texas. The same equations yield the same results for too many schools.
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    I can believe you, but Jarod didn’t mention KSU. Texas has slipped over the last ten+ years, and become vulnerable, and teams like ISU, OSU, TCU, etc. have taken advantage of it to score some high profile wins. Teams can really focus (game planning and player intensity) on 2-3 games per year, and a lot of B12 teams have decided Texas would be one. That’s fine, the games are played to see who is better, but these same teams haven’t taken care of other business. They lose to Ohio, or S. Alabama, and so, if Texas wins, there really isn’t anything for Texas. Texas feels like Gulliver, waking up to find out that the Lilliputians that he thought were friends decided they would rather work together to tie him down.
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    He is an ambassador for your team. He is parroting what he hears from your coach. Texas is one of your two biggest games.
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    ESPN, not Fox, or ABC. And the week before, ISU was on streaming against Baylor. The only “bit” is the one where ISU fans are going on about being Texas’ rival, circling the date along with the Iowa game. Let it keep you warm at night. After Saturday, win or lose, we’ll remember the Cyclones less than we remember SMU. “Oh, Iowa State! We used to play them.” “Yeah? Where are they?” “Somewhere in Iowa…Sioux City? River City? Something like that”
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    It shouldn’t matter. Texas needs to win for other goals than to show up some yahoo. To me, the most interesting part was when he admitted that ISU circled the Texas game along with the Iowa game. I get it- it’s their only chance to play a night game on a major channel. Targeting the Texas game has a more consistent payoff than targeting the OU game, lately.
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    I have a lot more hatred for the Iowa Hawkeyes. I remember the 1984 Freedom Bowl. Bastards. I don’t know that I’ll ever think about the Cyclones again after Saturday, win or lose. Any memories will just be confused with KSU and OSU games, most likely.
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