Magus Ossis

Mahomes brings something to the table as an NFL quarterback that Elway, frankly, never could. An ACL in his left knee. Playing a postseason on a high ankle sprain was impressive. Playing a career on a blown ACL is crazy.

There will be no blue bloods, but I strongly suspect there will be haves and have nots. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Sadly, some actually were upsets over the last/lost decade.

I don’t know about anyone else here, having myself no particular NFL allegiance. I for one though always look forward to reading well-thought-out arguments that rest on propositions such as, “that admitted infraction doesn’t meet my unstated personal preferred threshold of egregiousness,” or better still, “blah blah blah fans of team that didn’t play in the game.” These posts make this place interesting and educating, and they demonstrate the insight of their authors.

Aggy should have the two schools we least worry about recruiting Texas as its other two "rivals," if we are wish casting what's best for Texas. Keep those other schools out of our backyard as much as possible.

Yeah, I'm pretty new to watching football, so maybe you can help me. It will be little effort on your part, I have little doubt, to post representative stills of the Philly Jersey sticking out on an illegally held receiver on each of the Eagles' offensive plays-- I won't ask you to do it for KC. Your blanket statement about holding is a commonly accepted one, but in the context of offensive holding at the LOS, not defensive holding when the receiver makes a cut in the secondary. I would be interested to see your objective criteria for "pretty egregious" defensive holding which facilitate fair and reproducible snap officiating decisions at the time of the foul.

To summarize Bow: 1. Yes, I know the defender held an eligible receiver running a route in the secondary 2. Yes I know it turned out to be the intended target of the pass. 3. Yes I see the still frame of the jersey sticking out proving the hold. I get that this is a way refs are trained to identify holding. 4. Yes I know the refs saw the foul and flagged it. 5. Yes I know the defender admitted unequivocally he was holding. 6. Yes I know the defender knows holding is a penalty but did it anyway to try to impede the rout, hoping to get away with it and influence the game. 7. Yes I know an improvised play when timing is off is more susceptible to error. 8. Yes I know defensive holding is holding before the pass and thus is not penalized based on its EFFECT, even when the player held is never considered for a target. 9. Yes I know it rewards and encourages rule-breaking and conspiracy theories to ignore penalties. 10. I have judged the style of this hold unworthy of a flag, based on my vast expertise of skiing technique. I also think Jimbo would never have put his team in such a vulnerable position. That’s why he’s got a natty.

Or affect and effect 😀

We’d scream it because we know holding isn’t pi. Defensive holding isn’t judged on catchability

If Texas is throwing for a TD on third down, and if we see that jersey sticking out toward a db hand, and if the call is not made, every person here screams at the tv “holding!— why didnt they call it?!? You could see his $(@& jersey being tugged!!!”

Not only will there be no pods, the absence of pods will keep a few potential "rivalries" from being implemented. For example, if our "official rivals" are OU, pig, and aggy, that restricts theirs somewhat. If aggy has us and pig, they can't be rivals with OU. This is better for aggy anyway. The turdition/myth of "running out of time" is harder to square with reality (though likely less so for aggy, as reality intrudes so seldom and so minimally into his mind) when one annually plays the team you begged successfully to run the clock whilst they gave you historic beatdown.

Reading between the lines, there will be no divisions. There will be no pods. The decision has been made, and the 3+6 alignment has already been determined. At this point, details are being ironed out, ruffled feathers are being smoothed, and one or two schools that didn’t get their way are being given a chance to get in line. Just because we only just got the announcement that Texas and OU were joining in 2024 does not mean that this has not been in the planning stage for a very long time.

Historical irony of Tech being ungrateful to Texas after we helped them into their dream of SWC membership and after they blackmailed their way on our coattails into the big 12.

This graphic is from Navigate and reflects their projections done last year for conference revenue. If the ballpark is correct, the delta between playing for a power 2 conference and another of the old power 5 is $40M- $50M per annum by 2028. As the revenue bell cows of the other 3 flee to the power 2, this effect could be exacerbated beyond what is already projected. Paying $50M once to get in on $50M annually is such a no-brainer that I have to wonder about people who ask where we'll get the money or whether it will be worth it. What do you call the Big 12 5 years after Texas and OU leave? The C-USA AAC Big Nothing (CUSAAACB0). They will still get an autobid for March Madness, nor will they need it-- they will play some great basketball. They will send in 10-12 seeds to the 12-team CFP with regularity. Tech can't sell out its own stadium against teams not named Texas or OU, let alone draw a national audience to support a rich TV contract. And they are one of the relative big boys in the CUSAAACB0. The Pac 12 refugees could add some credibility to the league, but the truth is that the LA schools gave their old league the lion's share of what value it had. The four corners schools will be leaving a sinking ship to get on a floating barge. Good riddance to the league, and good luck to the orphans of fate (e.g. ISU).

And the first SWC title. I am with you.

Or how about let other teams play who they want OOC and not worry about it. Bama's playing the Carolina College for Amputee Klutzes has not made them an unworthy opponent for us. Let's schedule good teams and enjoy beating them and mind our own business.

Think how much cooler 2005 would have been playing Western Kentucky than these guys.

Based on the average recruit rankings by school for 2023 per 247, there is a clear line separating 15 schools from the rest in terms of quality. Among the top 15, Bama (#1 class, #1 average of 94.78) and Clempson (11, 15, 90.76) are the bookends. For the rest of the top 50, Ole Miss (27, 16, 89.84) and Illinois (43, 50, 86.23) bracket the list. I find it at least mildly interesting that the lists don’t overlap at all and that there is little fall-off as one moves down through the second tier. data from 247 as of 2/8/23

Is that the same thing as a passed-out tub of lard?

If history is any guide, the question is not whether "The Eyes" gets the axe, but rather when. This is the world in which we now live. It stinks, but so does a great deal of reality.

Correction: yell

1. I agree that his era is closing, largely due to NIL. 2. There have been a lot of talented teams that failed to win anything meaningful. 3. There have been a lot of cheating programs that failed to stack Sabanesque talent. 4. Dude has won 7 CFB titles. 5. Let’s kick him closer to retirement this September— Hook’em!

It’s not technically beer, but this is an excellent choice after being out in the sun.

Everything is negotiable. If TPTB at each of the major players in this game want a deal, there will be a deal. The irony is that the process of “making whole” involves making sure all the people who were getting rich off the demand for Texas get as much money as they were lead to believe they’d get off us. Some of that was merited, much of it was freeloaded or politically acquired.

People do dishonest or unfair things for monetary gain, and they do it for power, and they do it for pleasure. People give in to their biases deliberately, and they succumb to them unintentionally. To suppose that the above does not apply to sports officials, that refs are somehow superhuman, would be comical. Most officials are doing their best on most games. That leaves a lot of room for exceptions, however.