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Magus Ossis

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  1. If it made it into the released information, it was a concussion. A concussion is a closed head injury ("bonk") serious enough to have symptoms but not serious enough to cause hemorrhage. If he saw stars, had headaches, or had any symptom aside from soreness at the part of his scalp where contact occurred, it was a concussion.
  2. There is no such thing as a normal spine MRI in someone in his 40s. And spine surgery, like all surgery, has inherent risks including failure. With that said, good surgeons who look at an MRI are looking for more than bulging of discs. Patients who have radiculopathic symptoms (problems that without an MRI are clearly caused by a problem with a specific nerve root where it comes off of the spinal cord) AND who have something (disc, overgrown facet joint, etc) clearly compressing the same nerve root on MRI tend to do very well with decompression by a skilled surgeon. They typically wake up better as though a switch has been thrown. Many people seek and have back and/or neck surgery for a lot of situations which fail to meet one or more of the criteria I listed, however. There is enough desperation among patients and money in operating on them that a lot of potentially avoidable bad results occur, not even necessarily through any conscious malfeasance.
  3. I don't remember hearing about it before he signed. If he needs surgery, it could be anything from taking out a small bit of disc, a one-level ACDF (fusing 2 of the 7 neck bones together), to a major intervention. Even a one-level fusion doesn't necessarily mean no football. My guess is that if he has not seen a spine surgeon yet (and often the referral isn't made until nonsurgical care has obviously failed), it may be that literally no one knows his chances for whether and when he may be definitively over this. Disclaimer: I have not operated on a spine in years and do not keep up with much of the latest and greatest.
  4. DGF's neck and stinger problems may linger, but with something this protracted, I like the fact that he has a positive MRI. Heaven forbid, but if he does not get better with time (bulging and extruded discs can resorb naturally), there is a clear surgical target. The frustrating ones to treat are the ones that have poorly focused physical findings or deficits that do not correspond to imaging.
  5. Sometimes there is something wrong with someone (e.g., drawn to aggy) that is obvious. Sometimes things look OK but trouble lurks under the surface. Sometimes we learn to spot the pattern only after the fact. He might have been doomed somehow all along by nature.
  6. AggySlap?
  7. Since 2010, had aggy sports supported their institution the way Texas has (to say nothing of the money actually siphoned off into athletics), they would have more than the $55 million they are requesting. Over that span, Bevo has given over $70 million back to the 40 acres. #BigBrother
  8. It is only a matter of time until DFigs launches a barrage of false-flag twitter hate, pretending to be a Horn. edit Instead of a Tea-sip, would that make him a T'ain't?
  9. Looks like a loaded junior day. Here's hoping Herman gets these guys planning return trips for the spring game while they are still here-- the aggy leans won't, but others may. With the biggest two competitors for recruiting Texas talent playing their spring games the same day, we have a chance to use it as a wedge.
  10. Herman is not messing around with OL roster management. I like how many irons he throws in the fire.
  11. Sycophant. Couldn't pass up the chance to use sic for the spelling of syc. Am I a Syco?
  12. I put him in this bucket.
  13. They have Mordecai and Rattler. Riley will likely be fearless in running Hurts against us, with their schedule otherwise quite winnable; he is a one-year rental, and they have a 5* sitting behind the #11 "dual" QB from the class of 2017.
  14. If not, the transfer portal is likely their next possible help. They have Mond, Foster, and Bairds-- and that includes the roster and signed recruits. Good chance Foster gets some snaps in 2019, so we may see.
  15. What percent of local or state LEOs in the field have 4-year degrees? I ask because that is what I (erroneously?) understood to be his line of work. I appreciate their service but thought most of the guys with more education wound up in more specialized roles or up in the command structure.
  16. I don't think anything regarding a cause will ever be publicized. There is always a chance some previously undiagnosed condition like sickle cell will turn out to be the culprit. edit in answer to your question, good chance the treating physicians have no idea.
  17. Sorry. I’ll just block him.
  18. It sounds to me, and correct me please where I have missed or misinterpreted your reply, as though you grudgingly admit you think S&P+ is too low in its 2019 win projection and offer no rebuttal to anything else I argue in the other rhetorical questions. And yet you sarcastically put down Texas fans’ rationality. I suppose we are irrational for agreeing with Vegas and virtually every major college football expert that Texas is likely to be at or near the top of the Big12 next year.
  19. How much would you bet on the under for Texas wins next year if we set the O/U at 7.5? Because S&P+ says we are most likely to win only 7. Or do you think we “defy math” when we win? Or that we objectively look like we shouldn’t even be in the 6 or 7 teams outside the polls “also receiving votes” to start next year? Or that our wins, as opposed to the ones he expected, were more characterized by luck last year? Connelly, as your second quotation from him in this post of yours shows, still doesn’t truly acknowledge that his model is missing something. With one breath he will say one modest thing about his model and with the next he will ascribe all its failings to “luck.”
  20. If OL don’t really come into their own until year 3, our timeline for Herman’s non-transition recruits to be ready would be something like: 2020 Angilau, Ghirmai, Jones, Moore (plus Cosmi, Kerstetter, Okafor, ?Urquidez) = Hopefully 7 developed guys 2021 Johnson, Hookfin, Shepherd (plus 2020 guys, plus Cosmi) = maybe upwards of 8 developed guys 2022 Parr, Majors, ?Lindberg, ?Garth, ?OLTBNL (plus 2020/2021 guys) = maybe upwards of 12 developed guys Even assuming a high hit rate, we look like going after grad transfers may be a good idea even as late as 2021 to make sure we have quality depth. One year rentals are great in that they don’t clog depth charts or scholarship charts but often plug holes nicely.
  21. Tate lawyer to tOSU: tell NCAA to grant my transfer, and tell them it is for my health, but there are sensitive issues involved. tOSU: ¿Mande? Lawyer: What happens in Zach Smith tOSU practices stays in Zach Smith tOSU practices, amirite? tOSU to NCAA: let him play. Seriously.
  22. Richmond is a poor man’s Anderson.
  23. AZ would be fools to draft him. Part of what Kliff is supposed to deliver is identifying/developing QBs. If you have to spend a high 1st round pick on a QB, you are admitting Kliff isn’t all that.
  24. We criticize Connelly and his S&P+ because he makes statements implying it is more than it is. He acts defensive when it is publicly noted to have an area of weakness rather than acknowledge failings. Huck doesn’t spout off making excuses for his adjusted stats when they fail to model everything about future contests. It isn’t complicated— the stronger claims one makes, the more strongly he should expect them reviewed.
  25. 105 limit in off-season. No limit during season.
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