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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
Mitch Cumsteen replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
You probably have the right perspective on this, but I just can't find myself pulling for A&M. Or for Notre Dame either for that matter. Rooting hard for the earthquake. -
SEC 2025: Never invite a vampire into your home
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Mitch Cumsteen's topic in Football
I'm trying to keep this thread going where we get some actual SEC football discussion. There are some really interesting games this week as we get into conference play: Georgia at Tennessee - Georgia is a 3.5 point favorite on the road. They have a tendency to look like crap against garbage opponents and then show up when they need to, but does anyone really believe in Gunner Stockton, much less believe in him and Mike Bobo on the road? Georgia is really young this year. Still talented as hell, but young. Arkansas at Ole Miss - The hogs have demolished two bad teams and their QB can be a problem, but they are 7 point dogs at Ole Miss at night. Austin Simmons got injured last week against Kentucky but he's listed as probable. This seems like a game that Ole Miss has no business losing, but inexplicably finds a way to do so just to reaffirm their fans lot in life. Florida at LSU - LSU is a 7.5 favorite at night in Death Valley against a Florida team with its back against the wall. LSU somehow lost to them last year in the swamp. I think Nussmeyer is one of the most overrated players in the country, but LSU looks a ton better on defense. I gotta think LSU puts some more nails in Sunbelt Billy's coffin on Saturday. Vandy at South Carolina - I never thought I would be fired up to watch Vanderbilt play South Carolina, but here we are. This game has two of the most interesting and dynamic QBs in the conference. This is a sneaky huge game and should be a great environment at night in Columbia. A&M at Notre Dame - ND has had two weeks prepare and the rest of their schedule is mostly dogshit. So for playoff purposes they need a W badly against a team with a "name", as much as A&M qualifies as a name. A&M is notoriously horrible on the road. The Irish are 6.5 point favorites. I don't think ND is anything special, but I would be stunned if A&M beat them in South Bend at night. Wisconsin at Bama - I guess Bama got right last week, but they are laying 21 at home against Wisconsin in an early start. That seems like a ton of points for a team that got pasted by Florida State week 1. I still think Luke Fickell is a decent enough coach and they are running a new offense with Jeff Grimes (remember when Mack Brown desperately tried to make him the highest paid OL coach in the country and he told Mack, "hell no") as OC and have a bunch of transfers... so maybe they're improved? If this game is even competitive in the late third/early fourth quarter I can't even imagine the pucker factor for Kalen Deboer. OU at Temple - The Sooners should kill them, but that's a horrible sandwich game for them (between Michigan and Auburn) on the road with an early start on the east coast against a team with a really good coach. I'm not ballsy enough to pick Temple, but this one has a lot of potential for some early hilarity. That line went from OU - 26.5 to OU -21.5. That's huge movement without a significant injury. Just saying... The rest of the conference plays a bunch of tomato cans, but overall this is a pretty good slate. I was never that fired up to move to the SEC, but there are more interesting games this Saturday in this conference than there were in an entire season in the Big 12. -
I think a let down against SJSU should have been expected. They had just lost "the biggest opening game in the history of college football" against the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year. They put so much into that game all offseason, got their bubble burst, and then had an early start against a team that plays a completely different style than they typically see. There's obviously a lot to clean up, but I don't know how you could expect them to be as dialed in as they were against Ohio State. I think we're going to be okay.
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For me, there are four things that stand out that make this so egregious: The termination of the deal if Kawhi didn't play for the Clippers The no show element of the contract where he got paid for doing nothing, especially with the crazy number of dollars involved The $48 million total amount was equivalent to the $50 million Ballmer invested in the company The allegations of Uncle Dennis and his team asking for under the table deals and endorsement guarantees when Kawhi was a free agent. You already knew they were unscrupulous from the way they handled that plus their dealings with the Spurs. There are just too many coincidences for me to believe that this is anything other than a blatant move to circumvent the salary cap. I don't think that the league can sweep all of this under the rug so to me the bigger question is, what are they going to do about it? If David Stern were still commissioner, there would be hell to pay. I don't know that Silver has the balls to do administer such a beatdown.
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2024 Texas GameDay Stadium Experience Thread
Mitch Cumsteen replied to TrashMaster G's topic in Football
I couldn’t have a conversation with my daughter sitting next to me without yelling. The volume remains an abomination, an unyielding, unrelenting, constant assault on the senses. Also the rotating pictures of our players on the video board is just stupid. If a guy makes a play and you want to show his pic/bio, sure that makes sense. But I don’t get the rotating slide show. A complete waste of space I think I’m done with the home games, which absolutely sucks now that I have a kid at UT. I’ll see you in Dallas but otherwise? -
Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Mitch Cumsteen replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Our offense looks a lot different this year to me. Way more running between the tackles. A lot fewer quick game actions to the perimeter. A lot more downfield attacking. Hardly any RPO's. Seems like Manning has already taken more snaps under center than Ewers took all of last year. The downfield concepts are essentially the same -- they run a lot of digs and underneath shit to put the defense in conflict and then try to get somebody loose over the top or on a wheel route. But everything else looks markedly different to me. There are going to be growing pains with this line, an inexperienced QB who has been surprisingly inaccurate and with more gunslinger tendencies than I thought on top of a receiving corps that isn't consistently creating a lot of separation. I *think* it's going to get better with more reps and experience and this defense should keep us in just about every game. The most concerning thing to me is the dumb penalties and generally stupid decision making -- roughing the QB and punter, taking kickoffs out of the endzone, the holding and procedure penalties and whiffs on the oline. Clean that shit up and the formula is there for this team to win : don't turn it over; let the defense and punting game win field position; hit some big plays when you can and let Arch's legs be a weapon when you need it. -
OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
Mitch Cumsteen replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
I agree with all this, but they are running some creative shit on offense to get Mateer free and to keep the defense off balance. They were able to break Burks loose a bunch and involve their TE. That throw from their own endzone was fucking ridiculous. You can say what you want about Burnt Vegetables, but that fucker can run a defense and make life difficult on a young QB. And it's the RRS, the most unpredictable game in college football. Anybody that is EVER overconfident about the TX/OU game doesn't understand what that game is about. My eyes have seen way too much fuckery in that stadium to be confident about anything other than the lines to get in being a giant clusterfuck, the longest concession lines in history and the bathrooms smelling like raw sewage. I will also repeat what I said upthread.... I think they are going to struggle some at Temple this week. Early start in Philly against a Temple team with a new really good coach and a bunch of transfers and an experienced QB sandwiched before a big home game against Auburn with the return of Jackson Arnold. This is a classic let down game after everybody pats them on the back and tells them how great they are for beating an impotent Michigan all week. -
Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
Mitch Cumsteen replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
Now there’s an apples to apples comparison to the all sec schedule Covid year and a team with Najee Harris at rb, the heisman winner at WR plus Waddle and Mechie. Not to mention a more experienced offensive line. Just fucking brilliant. -
SEC 2025: Never invite a vampire into your home
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Mitch Cumsteen's topic in Football
Florida, wtf was that? Otherwise the bottom of the conference really showed out yesterday. Vandy, Mississippi State, Mizzou. I hate to say it but Oklahoma looked a million times better than I thought they would. Their qb may end up paralyzed but he was giving me Dillon Gabriel in the cotton bowl ptsd vibes. That guy is a gamer. I hope Michigan really is that terrible. -
This dude gonna take a beating this year.
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Kawhi isn't like any other superstar. He was going home to play in LA no matter what, Toronto knew he was a one year rental and that's one of the reasons they got him so relatively cheap in the trade. He was never about winning. If he was, he would have never left San Antonio. They were 61-21 the last year he actually played for them and were a Zaza Pachulia foot slide away from who knows what in the playoffs. Also, there's nothing more on brand for Kawhi Leonard to get an endorsement deal (legal or otherwise) where he doesn't have to even show up to work to get paid. Even Ben Simmons was jealous of that deal.
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It's a bit too early to throw in the towel on the Deboer era... but I thought the guy would be a slam dunk hire. College football is so odd that the guy who seems perfect for the job rarely turns out to be. Tom Herman was the hottest coach in the country when we hired him. Pete Carroll was like USC's fourth or fifth choice. Sark wasn't anybody's first choice here.
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This is a great question. I would say that the Clippers have been punished enough by God over the years that they should be allowed to get away with this, but I imagine the league could get creative and figure out a way to suspend Kawhi and give them a hard cap at the luxury tax line but with second apron penalties essentially handcuffing them from making just about any moves. They could also suspend Ballmer for multiple years and you know it would kill him not to be on the baseline acting like a jackass. Further, a large fine might amount to change that Ballmer found in his couch cushions, but it isn't necessarily small change to the other teams in the league if they get a distribution of it. You think the Jazz or Grizzlies or the Spurs wouldn't want to pocket a few million extra bucks off of this? Or the league could just ban them from playing in the Duke's Mayo bowl.
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Message Board User's topic in Basketball
Saw Mark Cuban talking about this on twitter earlier and he was defending Ballmer saying that he was probably ripped off by this company too and that he had nothing to do with the KL contract. If it weren't Kawhi and his uncle's crazy shit during his free agency, I would be more inclined to give Ballmer the benefit of the doubt. But it doesn't pass the smell test. If he is guilty, it's not only the Clippers ass but it is going to be a fun one for the players union, too. They're going to have a lot to say about any punishment of Kawhi. Also, karma is a bitch, motherfucker. -
NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Message Board User's topic in Basketball
It really will. Stern was such a hard ass but I don't know that Silver has the balls to really drop the hammer on them. He kind of has to though. He's going to get massive pressure from the other owners. The original penalty Stern dropped on the Wolves was something like 5 FRP and they suspended their owner and Kevin McHale. Of course, the big winner in all of this will probably be OKC who has control of the Clippers FRP for the next two years. Typical of the way things have been breaking for them. -
NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Message Board User's topic in Basketball
Yes. That is exactly what happened more so with the Lakers than Toronto. I don't think he had any intention of living outside of southern California but for sure this was deal killer for the Lakers. From back in 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1481876/2019/12/23/improper-requests-an-investigation-and-a-superstar-chase-gone-sideways-the-untold-stories-from-kawhi-leonards-free-agency-that-left-the-lakers-fuming/ -
NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Message Board User's topic in Basketball
The Uncle Dennis special. Of course he did this. I can’t believe Ballmer went along with this. This is way worse than the Joe Smith deal. That was a wink wink deal that Kevin Mchale was just too stupid to put onto paper. Back then, lots of players signed below market value contracts that gave them bird rights so that teams could give them bigger contracts after the bird rights came into play in the future. This? This is straight up paying a dude completely outside of the structure of the cap and CBA. This is like an SEC bagman but in the process they defrauded every other team in the league from getting their share of the additional luxury tax. Just unbelievable. They are going to get the book thrown at them and deservedly so. -
SEC 2025: Never invite a vampire into your home
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Mitch Cumsteen's topic in Football
To summarize week 1: Bama looks like ass. LSU looks to have found a defense. Tennessee looks to have won the QB trade with UCLA Scar looks to be at the very least, competent. Auburn is either pretty decent or Baylor sucks ass. Or potentially both. Everybody else played an exhibition game. Other than OU/Michigan, the slate looks pretty blah for week 2. Ole Miss has a revenge game against Kentucky in the only conference game on the schedule. ASU vs. MSU could be interesting as could Mizzou vs. Kansas. Maybe Vandy and Virginia Tech? The rest? Woof. -
I have zero concerns going forward [OP is a Fucking Liar]
Mitch Cumsteen replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
His inaccuracy is a major concern and really unexpected. He left a lot of yards on the field that should have been easy money. That said, we won the stats but just didn’t make the winning plays you need to win games like that whether that be in the red zone or anywhere else. The offensive line was a big plus for me. I can’t remember the last time we ran it like that against an elite defense. And Arch wasn’t running for his life. Other than Baker blowing that last block, I was pleasantly surprised with how well they played. Sucks to lose to Ohio State in almost the exact same way as last time but this team and Arch Manning’s best football are all in front of them. -
Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
Mitch Cumsteen replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
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I know there is a catch-all thread and other threads dedicated to specific teams, but I thought it would be convenient to have a thread that primarily discusses on the field stuff specific to this season and the standings in the SEC so we don't have to wade through the other bullshit. If someone thinks this is a bad idea, I'll delete. Some quick predictions: LSU is wildly overrated. Bama is going to be better than most think and will end up in the CCG Georgia is going look more pedestrian than they have in years but still make the playoff OU has the biggest delta on their success of their season -- it's either going to be surprisingly good or a trainwreck Mike Elko will still be morbidly obese and A&M will still be 8-4 Hugh Freeze is going to make an ass out of himself Tennessee's offense is going to be dogshit South Carolina is going to regress back to the mean, despite Sellers still being a beast And oh yeah, we're going to run this shit and the Texas animosity will be greater than ever. Like I said, never invite a vampire into your home.
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New SEC divisions and pods thread (Page 38 starts recent discussion)
Mitch Cumsteen replied to mdmost's topic in Football
Of course you would think that.
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