Magus Ossis

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.

I don't know what games the LA Times report cited. I don't know whether their math was correct. I have not sifted through the internet to collect or verify data, for the most part. I do seem to recall that we had the same crew for the OSU and Baylor games this past year. The stats when we had that crew did look a bit suspect to me. I am open to whatever the numbers suggest.

If that was part of the deal to get out the conference, great. My guess when I saw it was that the 12ish would call it an "oh why would you look at that-- didn't notice before" situation.

I do not allege, nor have I seen it seriously alleged, that the refs as a group are "out to get" Texas. One premise is that, since announcing departure, the departing schools have been penalized statistically significantly more often than have their opponents-- multiple teams over a multiple game span. The assumption is that this is not purely stochastic. If you wanted to run some statistical tests to rule out the null hypothesis more formally, you are welcome. The conclusion is that, given a known disparity in penalties, one reasonable explanation is that this represents (whether consciously or not) bias on the part of the officials. I do not see dispute regarding the penalty data nor regarding the fact that everyone has bias. Feel free to offer evidence to the contrary. I am not sure though that I fully appreciate what your line of attack is on the argument in logical terms. Is your argument that bias can't cause disparity without conscious intent?

This. All humans have biases. Normally it doesn’t result in a statistically significant change this easy to measure. There are likely isolated cases of conscious calling one way or another, but the data support that the refs may have a bias against the departing schools.

Jimbo 2024: you said “tape” twice

Spoiler alert: a defense of humor. Don't read it if Sydney's shenanigans trigger you.

He'd be doing them the favor of turning them into a redass

Time for a new thread title: after the shave

https://www.kbtx.com/2023/01/28/police-mutiple-texas-am-students-sexually-assaulted-by-same-suspect/ Link doesn't call out an OL but sounds a lot like one.

OU will not vanish from the CFB landscape. They will however, as all other schools including Texas, have to survive in CFB 3.0. The SEC is not going to allow any one school an easy path to annual or near annual conference championships. Barring a fall of some of its powers, there won’t even be terribly easy paths for traditional powers even to play annually in the CCG. OU brings reputation and institutional commitment, but memory can be short, and many schools want to win. Going forward, getting Jimmys and Joes is going to depend heavily on a well-managed and funded NIL and portal operation. A Wilkinson-style desk full of cash helped launch some programs, but neither OU nor aggy nor even Bama can coast forever on that part of their past. OU may turn up a billionaire angel to keep them competitive— who knows. The day before our first B12 meeting against Nebraska, few would have predicted that they’d be in a ditch and the LA schools joining them in the B10 25 years hence. TLDR: OU has an enormous beta, both next season and long term. They are not a giant or terribly wealthy school.

Recruit the minister of culture to make some pitches

Words really fail to convey just how amazing that '05 team was. What adjective is best for a quarterback so unstoppable that the #1 ranked team refuses to punt out of fear of him with the ball one more time. Watching the Horns Sound video reminds me of what that season felt like. THANK YOU VY!

Kliff Kingsbury says hi

I guess I don’t get what a softball poll is doing here.

Sometimes you know the answer but can't help wanting to shout "How could you be such an idiot?"

Hahaha not sure BO&W represents many other posters on this board.

Their recruiting rankings are undoubtedly getting some "Bama shine" from the 9.95ers, but I am not entirely convinced that Bama has hit the inflection point yet. I also don't know whether Saban is constitutionally capable of acknowledging that the game he has played and won for so long is not going to be there for him in this age of NIL. If he has an eye for his legacy, he will throw everything into one last hoorah and try to go out having broken UGA's streak and won one last NC. He might well lose several games, but his toughest OOC game is us on his own field. He also gets LSU and other UT at home. If we do not pull the upset, he may well roll into the CCG so far up in the rankings that, like TCU this year, he is almost guaranteed a playoff spot before he even takes the field.

Our game in Tuscaloosa will be the movable object (Portal-era Bama) versus the resistable force (road Sark).

As always, I appreciate your information and your takes. The idea that small children could be nubile, however, is rather interesting. I think perhaps another adjective would be more suitable.

I was poking around because of news that a TCU safety commit will OV to Texas and noticed no QBs in their incoming class. According to the 247 recruiting page for TCU, the Our Lads TCU depth chart, and news of Jackson's transfer, TCU has exactly one scholarship QB expected on roster for 2023. Do they have a secret stash?

They prefer guys sitting for #1

In retrospect, especially in light of MSfTCU#2, is there some cognitive dissonance in your first complaint?

Publicly identifying Banks as aggy probably gives him ground for a libel suit.