Magus Ossis

Worth. Every. Penny.

Briles doesn't slaughter babies on a ceremonial altar before every team meeting and press conference. He generally projects a folksy "Aw shucks" Texas good-old-coach persona to those who are not already in his tight circle. I know a couple of guys who also thought they knew Briles pretty well but were shocked and dismayed by what came out regarding the rapes at Baylor. Given the nature of cults and personal loyalty to strong figures, it is certainly believable that assistants who came into the Briles organization without any history of shenanigans could morph into junior versions of their leader. And it is believable that these assistants would live in a cognitively divided world in which they sing hymns with the rest of First Baptist on Sunday before plotting cover-ups for wayward players on Monday. When one's boss, whether suddenly or after an imperceptibly gradual transition, starts directing an obviously evil enterprise, one must choose. Resist openly, confront him behind closed doors, depart for lack of will/ability to effect change, or become complicit. The last option, sadly, tends to be the one often chosen, because to do so requires no difficult or disruptive speech or action.

That rule may not have been enacted. I regret the error.

Lisfranc injuries are bad but not the kiss of death. Properly treated, they are a a bit slow to heal but have a high recovery and return-to-sport rate. With surgery in January, he has a good chance to be ready for summer camp, but spring is pretty much shot.

Context-specific spelling corrected

The French had super-morbid obesity already solved. Of course he might still need the towel and stick for tightly adherent dingleberries and for drying off, depending on the model of shitter/washer. The Japanese have come up with some doozies.

Coaching staff permitted: HFC+10 assistants. Only these 11 may recruit off-campus. There may also be 4 enrolled grad student assistants who are permitted to contact players in practice and games as well as to wear headsets. Undergraduate coaches are not limited in number but may not wear headsets in games. 4 player headsets are permitted. One statistician headset and two non-coaching technical support personnel strictly to ensure comm systems function. In addition to the 11 off-campus recruiters, up to 19 additional personnel (designated in advance) may contact recruits remotely and recruit on-campus. Strength and conditioning staff may work with athletes in conditioning non-practice activity. QC assistants, analysts, and other "non-coaches" may not coach athletes in practice or games. An area in which I am not sure I understand exactly what the rule is: analysts going over opponent or own-team film. From NCAA bylaws, This seems at odds with what I understand to be the role of guys like Fedora. If a newer rule is out there or if there is an NCAA interpretation clarifying why it is OK, I would love to be corrected/updated.

Am I crazy (not sure I want an answer to that)? I understood floor to be minimum expectation: low floor means chance player never does squat. I understood ceiling to be potential: low ceiling means he will not be a star even if he does amount to something.

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Allegedly, and with no more proof than serum testing of multiple players. And confirmation sample testing.

I was arguing about success relative to resources. Leach has more success relative to what one would expect based on WSU resources. Ditto Snyder at KSU. Saban won at LSU and Bama but not at MSU. Even Mack won once with the resources available by virtue of being at Texas. Ole Miss, aggy, and a number of other programs are happy to do whatever they can to win. Those schools haven’t. Cheating isn’t going to win a title at Rutgers, and not cheating didn’t stop Texas in 05. I never said we were a superheavyweight under Mack. I said we could be under Herman. If you disagree that Snyder, e.g., made a game-changing difference in the level of success at his school, I don’t know that any argument I could offer will change your mind. My fundamental point is that lack of a conscience may play (especially in the short term) in on-field success, but it is neither necessary nor sufficient to win. I offered two alternate factors, namely school resources and HFC.

You hate to see a guy who is obviously so down on his luck face such a crippling further setback.

I would argue that willingness to cheat and lack of respect for academics can be factors in success, but I would characterize neither as necessary and neither as sufficient. Some coaches are very good at football and are able to achieve what others could not in similar circumstances. I would put Saban at the top of the list. I would also include Purple Wiz, Mike Leach, Urbs, Dabo, and Mr Tom “S&P+ doesn’t know why I win” Herman. Some of those color further outside the lines than others in different respects, but they are certainly not all dirty. I think Texas has a legitimate shot be to one of the teams mentioned on the short list of super heavyweights soon without our going dirty.

Is similarity not symmetric?

Pandolf eats shoots and leaves Looks like the punctuation nazis are getting mixed up

As a rule I am opposed to package deals. But our roster is shaping up such that a game-changer RB in 2020, even a FR, could potentially be the piece of the puzzle that gets us a national championship. It is not a high chance, but one worth taking this time around, if needed. Having said that, as the picture becomes clearer about how good our other linemen are and how good Texas (v other) commits/prospects are in general, I doubt that Evans' recruitment is going to come down to taking George.

Don't be the rebound guy. Be the next guy.

Name for the aggy OL = the muppets?

It's crazy. My sarcasm detector goes off so strongly that it pegs with some aggy stuff that gets copied and pasted over here. And then time and time again, the info is confirmed. Like the vegan libertarian aggy wannabe, Daddy98, and of course all the traditions like flaming jazz jars. My reality is very different from theirs.

That episode gave me more than a few chuckles.

You can see, surely, how hard it will be to give him a title he already has? This will take some problem-solving, but I trust the coaches to find a way.

Agree sometimes ambitious guys want to climb the ladder. That is why I think the org chart might have to me configured to let both be #1s. On the field we have an OC and a DC. in recruiting, maybe we would have a division of analytics and one of operations, or some such.