Disco Missile

I think it was a reality check. We've played 2 big games and both were devastating losses to rivals on a national stage (Arky is perceived by many to be our rival). The first one we were just manhandled. The second one the W was ripped out of our hands. For this year it means we settle for an early bowl game. Even if we get to the CCG, I don't see us beating OU. Saturday was our best chance for that. That's an incredibly bitter pill and I'm not getting over it. For recruiting, I don't think we'll out-recruit the SEC majors or OU in the near future, and aTm beating Bama turned a lot of heads their direction. Our program doesn't have much excitement to offer in comparison. In the broader scheme, Texas is out of the national conversation, except for a few half-hearted jokes about "being back yet".

Hard to like a coach that blows an 18 point halftime lead.

Lots of gas lots of brakes. Inexcusable to lose this one after being up 38-20 at half. We knew OU wasn't going quietly but 2nd half offense was terrible. Riley adjusted and Sark didn't.

Texas by two scores

This whole thing is disgusting. I get that we've moved past the Me Too moment when all accusations were treated as true full stop, but when over a dozen women who don't know each other come forward with essentially identical stories it couldn't be more clear. It didn't take me that long to see it for what it was, but maybe that's how many it takes for some people to see Watson's halo was just a trick of the light. From the beginning this reminded me a lot of the Ravi Zacharias scandal. A wealthy, influential man using his wealth and influence to pressure young female massage therapists for sexual favors and slamming them when they try to come forward. (The Zacharias thing was far worse - he was actually grooming girls for years) To a normal person, it doesn't seem so weird. A normal person might think that maybe a towel slipped, or maybe she misinterpreted him, or why would a wealthy and influential man do this instead of just explicitly ask for sex? Because that's how predators work. They put on the sheep's clothing and the other sheep think it looks just enough like them that maybe there's nothing wrong. That's how they get away with it. That's why sheep need to look a little deeper. For one, massage therapists are no strangers to towels slipping and erect penises. They see it all the time, and it doesn't shock them. It's natural. So the first thing people should ask is why are these massage therapists all so weirded out? Because something about this was different. They've said it as plainly as they can. Why would a wealthy influential man try to pressure a massage therapist into pleasing them sexually, when they can just get a prostitute or be explicit about what they want and risk rejection like everyone else? Because these men aren't normal. There's a pathology at work here. Something about this situation gratifies them in a way other situations wouldn't. I won't speculate beyond that. The ugliest part of this is LALA and others coming forward and saying essentially "hey, he was always good to me". At worst, it's victim blaming. At best, it's saying that the problem lies with the women making the claims, and not with Watson. It's along the lines of saying women get raped because they dress provacatively or people wouldn't experience racism and bigotry if they were more respectful and behaved properly. It always happens, and it always stinks. Professionally, I don't know what happens with Watson. The NFL has always been full of awful people. But Watson needs to be seen for what he is. A predator.

Just let this be Shaka's last loss here

Blah-ka maybe better

Hook'em and Happy New Year!

Numerous articles out today talking about how the LSU - OU game is evidence that 4 is the right number. It's the easier point to make than arguing for expansion, certainly - at least right now. I'm not seeing the appetite for expanding like there was during the BCS era.

This is glorious. Maybe better than the OU - USC Orange Bowl

I already did, when I went to see this movie

This movie was like the last one. You can watch it once and be done with it. Silly story and silliness throughout. Nothing made sense. Didn't really care about anyone. No sense of wonder or mystery. It was pretty, though. It's just hard for me to understand why they can't make a compelling story or characters. It's like making a Western and just assuming that if you put a guy with a white hat and a guy with a black hat and give them guns, you can't go wrong. Instead of creating a narrative with a strong story and relatable, flawed characters with depth and empathy, they give you live-action cartoons and provide details in text crawls and throw away dialogue about things that happen off screen. Very meh. I expected nothing less.

Bob Iger bought the franchise from Lucas after Lucas had a public tantrum because fans hated his movies. But Iger isn't a visionary. He just acquires things that make money, to make money. So he put Kennedy in charge. But Kennedy isn't a visionary either. She's a control freak who was more concerned with messaging than creating great stories and characters. I don't believe anyone associated with Disney Star Wars was ever really in love with Lucas' Star Wars the way the fans were. They just wanted to profit from it.

I'm with Landomatic, and I've never understood the appeal of granting conference champs autobids to a tournament. Why is there an appetite for this? In the BCS era with all the automatic bowl bids for conference champs every year there was some dark horse team with a pedestrian record that would pull an upset in a CCG and earn a major bowl, and subsequently there were bowl games with very little interest or appeal. Looking at the data from the past 20 years the chances of a mediocre team reaching the tournament as a P5 champ with an autobid are high.

Not bad for a guy that can't remember his zip code or the names of his key players.

Boyd essentially nails the offensive problems right here. Just like Charlie, Herman has good skill players but his offense is falling apart because of injuries/lack of quality depth on the OL. But that's just part of the issue. The scheme isn't working and there's a lack of attention to detail, which is the opposite of what Herman is known for.

The team gave up on him. I guess he didn't think they had, but they did. I've been a supporter but it's apparent that he doesn't have any answers right now.

OPs gaping pussy?

Excellent 4th post. 5/5 stars.

This is where the rebuttals fall short. While we can agree that Texas doesn't deserve a halo and no doubt has (past and present) people willing to do shady things to help the program or get access, you should have stopped there. Texas simply doesn't have the long and public history of recruiting/keeping/protecting dirtbag coaches and players that other programs do. Even the examples you provided are laughable. You compared Joe Mixon to Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander. - Joe Mixon: punched a woman and broke her jaw after she pushed him, claimed she called him the n-word, got red-shirted by OU. Video was seen by OU but not released for a year. Bob Stoops later said that had it happened in a 'different time' the punishment would have been more severe. - Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander: suspended from Texas after being CHARGED with sexual assault, later Sanders was exonerated and charges dropped against Meander. Both played elsewhere afterwards. You compared Dusty Dvorachek to Cayleb Jones, Demarco Boyd, and Sergio Kindle. - Dusty Dvorachek had a long history of violence even before playing at OU and was involved in no less than 3 assaults (one sexual), but the victims always declined to press charges. He finally went too far and put his roommate in the hospital his senior season, and the Sooners dismissed him. Who could've seen that coming, eh? - Cayleb Jones was kicked out of Texas for assaulting a male tennis player. - Boyd was kicked out of Texas for assaulting a driver that caused an accident. - Kindle got in a wreck and fled (likely drunk), which is a misdemeanor, and was also suspended for a DWI. Texas likely covered for him since no one was hurt, so I'll give you this one, but I'll raise you a Baker Mayfield resisting arrest. And then we can discuss things like Justin Chaisson, the Switzer era, Baylor as a whole, Sherrill's aTm legacy, SMU, Rodney Anderson, Rhett Bomar. The list goes on and on.

Correction - Jackie Sherrill, not RC Slocum.

You're mixing up coping mechanisms with excessive self-confidence. Most of our self-confidence is justified. We don't have a long history of Joe Mixon's or Dusty Dvorachek's or RC Slocums or Art Briles, we win a lot, and we're an excellent school. Our unwarranted sense of entitlement is not justified at all.

I've met quite a few that have, in their more reasonable moments. But you're part right in that a lot of people think Texas is just as dirty and unscrupulous as anyone else. That's called projecting. It's a coping mechanism.

He's right. Hopefully the sports world can move on from this dude now. This was a critical moment, and he didn't rise to meet it.

I'm pretty sure LSU has a 100k stadium *- they do