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  1. 11 hours ago, ztejas said:

    He's shooting poorly enough and turning it over often enough to keep my expectations somewhat in check. 

    He's already so fucking good on D, though. And hasn't shown anything to think his decision-making and shotmaking won't improve. 

    I think the turnovers last night were a bit of an anomaly because OKC has such ridiculous perimeter defenders: SGA, Wallace, Dort, Caruso, Williams. They are the best in the league as a group, and maybe the best I can remember in recent memory. No weak links. And without Wemby or Vassell, there aren't many relief valves or anyone else to create shots. He had to force it a good bit.

    The outside shooting was off even when he got good looks, but he had been on fire from three over the previous five games. I loved it that he had the confidence to take and make that last three after throwing up so many bricks. It was a huge shot and what a confidence builder. He also didn't get any favorable calls. The rookie treatment kept him off the line probably 3-4 times.

    And still, he just kept playing through it all. 8 assists while taking SGA head on all night. Kid is just a winner.

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  2. 23 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    We're hosting a Kentucky couple in our suite this weekend and they're great friends. The guy joining us played for Mumme and Leach at Kentucky and he's buddies with a bunch of guys involved in CFB and the NFL that he played with or got to know through playing for those guys. One of his good friends is Neal Brown, the HC at West Virginia. I've gotten to chat with Brown due to my friend a few times. That dude has dealt with some crazy shit at West Virginia. Anyhow, my buddy is a great source of non-UT CFB information and I present that here in threads when and where relevant. 

    As to road trips, we're planning on going to the UK trip next year and making 4 nights of it, with a couple in one of Louisville or Cincinnati, two of the only large US cities that neither my wife or I have ever visited between us. Our friends go and on about Lexington, and we'll be there with them, so I hope it's a blast.

    The small college town bit gets kind of old, in my mind. They all start seeming the same - been to Knoxville, Fayetteville (twice), Tuscaloosa, and Ann Arbor over the last 3 years. I was in Fayetteville this past weekend with the wife and BIL (arky alum) and it was fine, and the dinners were great, but it's always the same drill at the bars and restaurants near campus, and the same horns down and SEC shit-talking there and around the tailgates. 

     

    11 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    I love Cincinnati, super underrated city. The Bourbon trail is obviously a great time as well.

    I was going to say, I'd do Louisville instead of Cincinnati but I admittedly haven't spent as much time in Cincy and it's been at least a decade since I've been there. I just remember it being really spread out. There is definitely something to be said about the convenience of flying in and out of there though. Louisville has a neat downtown and a lot of history. And like Lexington, has some surprisingly really good restaurants. Lots of upscale southern inspired food if you're into that.

  3. 21 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

    Complete momentary derail, I would probably put Lexington in the top 5, maybe number 3 destination for road trips. Definitely #3 if you like Bourbon. Obviously, Vandy and Texas are 1 and 2. Yes, I know the game is in Austin. 

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    1) Texas

    2) Vandy

    3) Tennessee 

    4) Kentucky

    5) Bama

    6) South Carolina

    Bottom of the list aggie and MSU.

    You can fly into Louisville or Nashville Thursday night, road trip to Lexington and if you choose a wise path have a beautiful drive and hit nearly all the distilleries.

    Ambitious? Fly into Nashville, fly out of Cincinnati. Prepare to pay a lot of shipping costs for goods.

    Good Road Trip for Drinkers

     

     

    I've spent a decent amount of time in Lexington, and I also really like the area. The rolling hills and the horse farms in the countryside are beautiful. The city itself has a good vibe, a neat downtown, and surprisingly good restaurants. I highly recommend it for a road trip. 

    With regard to the game Saturday... I don't see how we lose barring a rash of turnovers or special teams fuck ups. On paper this looks like a classic trap game -- nestled between rival road games against Arkansas and A&M, with Kentucky essentially having two weeks to prepare.

    Kentucky is completely bipolar. Who knows how they are going to show up on Saturday? Outside of Florida, they haven't given up many points to anyone. Unless they've quit on Stoops, which is a distinct possibility, this feels like an ugly win where we complain about Ewers and the offense afterward but are in control most of the way. I don't care. Just win baby.

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  4. Georgia complaining about our strength of schedule is fucking rich. Don't get me wrong, their schedule this year is a motherfucker but those dickbags have been riding the second tier SEC east gravy train forever. Last year, Georgia essentially had a one game regular season schedule against Ole Miss (at home) and you could give them credit for a "tough" game against 9-4 Tennessee (who lost to every team they played who had a pulse). Their nonconference schedule was UAB, TN-Martin, Ball State, and Georgia Tech. 

    There are always going to be inequities in the conference schedules when you have way more teams than games available. That's life. Unless you want to go to a round robin like the Big 12 had and kick a few teams out, you can't control that. It's a function of luck and circumstance (and by god karma) that OU is terrible. We scheduled Michigan for fuck's sake, not Ball State. As if we planned for them to crater after a national championship.

    I suppose all this could be good motivation purposes. It may not be a bad idea to play the "lack of respect" / "we haven't beaten anybody" card with the team.

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  5. Not much you can do without three of your best players and especially on a tough back to back. Next to zero chance of winning that game before it even tipped. 

    10 hours ago, Kermit said:

    I’m so sick and tired of watching Keldon play basketball. He’s a one-trick pony, and that trick does not help the team.

    I didn’t watch any of last night but he actually seems to be finishing better overall. When he gets into the paint I’m legitimately thinking something good may actually happen vs oh shit here we go again. 

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  6. That foul on Paul was terrible. But they made a lot of mistakes regardless that cost them the game. Lots of teachable moments.

    Overall though, they are playing winning basketball. I don’t know where the record ends up, but they are on the right track. 

    And I’ve been saying it since before the Spurs even picked him, but Castle was the best player in the draft. He’s such a winner. 

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  7. 56 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    Big game tonight, fellas. At least - as big as they can be in November.

    Lakers -3.5 which I think is a tad high after we just covered twice at home - also considering we are above them in both SRS (12th vs. 15th) and net rtg (14th vs. 16th) on the season. I'm not used to having a bang-average NBA team - it's been awhile.

    Just need to weather whatever horrible lineups we come up with involving Branham and/or ZC. Really wish we would give Wesley and Mamu/Bassey respectively more run in those guys' stead but what do I know I'm just some asshole on the internet. 

    It's probably too early in the season for the SRS and Net Rtg numbers to really mean anything, but there's no doubt the Spurs are improved. I've only watched the Lakers sporadically. They seem to be running some more diverse stuff on offense. The defense seems to have taken a step back.

    If Vic can keep shooting 50% on high volume three's, I like our chances. His battle with the brow last year had some great moments both ways. It will be a good measuring stick for him. Should be a fun one outside of the Lebron/Chris Paul lovefest and as long as it doesn't devolve into a three point chucking / 130+ point game.

  8. That last possession was rough. If I'm trying to defend him, it looks like he's anticipating the screen and he's readying for the switch. He was being too smart for his own good. 

    But really, that's fucking horrible. The very first thing they teach you about defense is to stay between your man and the basket. The second thing they teach you is ball - eye - man. You need to constantly have your head on a swivel and know where your man is and know where the ball is at all times. Watch Jason Kidd as soon as he realizes how out of position Luka is. 

    The crunch time thing with the Mavs is weird. I know they've had some tough calls, but I think it's more of a small sample size issue. They will win more of these over the long haul. Between Doncic and Irving, they can almost always manufacture a decent look in the clutch.

  9. 17 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:
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    Does anybody else find the showrunner’s explanation for whacking Vic confusing as hell? She cited a deleted scene from The Batman as her reasoning. The only problem is, the deleted scene has nothing to do with Vic and Oz. Not even remotely. It’s all bullshit. We’re adults. Just stick Matt Reeves in front of a camera and have him say we didn’t have a place for Vic in Batman 2, so we ended his story. 
     

    It was a very shitty ending for what was essentially the heart of the show. A scene where Vic reminds Oz of his brothers, Oz goes nuts, and kills him in the heat of the moment would have worked better.

    Oz can’t have family around him because it makes him weak, yet he has his vegetable mother and girlfriend under his roof? Again it’s all bullshit. 

     

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    I had a different take on the mother. She begged him to put her out of her misery if she ever became incapacitated, and instead he keeps her alive in perpetual misery. Exactly what she did not want. He's not taking care of her. He's punishing her. It's just another example of what a depraved and psychotic sociopath he is. He's completely unhinged. Like some Norman Bates shit including his girlfriend dressed up and play acting like his Ma. Just general psycho fucked up stuff.

    I don't think he killed Victor because it made him weak. He killed Victor because he's a serial killer with no regard for human life. Vic wasn't of any use to him any more and he knew way too much. He almost wacked him multiple other times over the course of the show. It was time to get rid of him plus it showed that nobody is ever safe around him, however close they might be. There is zero value to anybody's life to him.

     

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  10. 55 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

    Jesus fucking Christ the dipshit ags are like 12-1 against the Arky hayseeds since joining the SEC and some of y'all don't want the free dub?

    Personally I am glad to have them back. Fuck them we owe them a message in blood for the next decade to offset the 2000-2021 idiocy.

    Unless I'm mistaken or there was a one off, they've also never had to play that game in Fayetteville. They always played in sterile ass Jerryworld. Let's see what their record against Arkansas looks like going forward when they have to travel into that snake pit every other year. Almost every one of those Jerryworld games came down to the fourth quarter, too. A&M has owned the scoreboard, but they have been far from dominant on the field against them.

    But I want the game every year regardless. OU, A&M and Arkansas every year plus 6 other SEC games is the way. Aside from the great big gobs of cash, it was the main reason jumping to the SEC made sense. Texas is the only school I can think of that actually gained its historical rivals in realignment. Rivalries are what makes college football great. 

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  11. Absolute stud. He’s working his way into the top five of an absolutely loaded draft. He’s a walking bucket. Great shot mechanics. Great range. Great handles. Really good finisher at the rim. Gets his stuff in the flow off the offense and doesn’t force anything. Good effort on defense. Way better than advertised. 

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  12. Great series, great finale.

    I still don't completely understand the doctor.  How does he go from being Sophia's accomplice in cutting off Ma's finger to being back on staff at Arkham delivering her mail? He kind of seemed like a useless character altogether.

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