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  1. Just going to put this here, likely to be an unpopular take: a huge number of people are killed by guns in this country in this country each year. While mass shootings are becoming more common with time, only around 2% of gun deaths are from mass shootings. Of the other 98%, more than half are suicides. That’s icky, I know: sad people offed themselves with pistols. Hard to relate to. We had better avoid talking about that one. I heard somebody say recently that healthy societies argue over distribution. Unhealthy ones argue over recognition. The debate about guns in this country seems to me more about winning culture wars than saving lives and preventing suffering and violence. I am sorely angry with American Republicans and gun owners generally for fanning the flames of violence and promoting a gun culture or paranoia and agoraphobia while they cry crocodile tears about the mentally ill whom they refuse to care about. But- the catechistic Democrat line of banning AR-15s as a mechanism of preventing mass shootings continues to strike me as mostly performative and non-responsive, in the same way that Ivy League college admissions are a performative and beside the point way to think about affirmative action in education to address racial justice and inequality. At some point we have to ask ourselves whether we value human life and want to protect it, and to prevent tragedy and human suffering. If we do we will institute strong red flag laws, reform the NFA, control problem products like the AR-15 and hi capacity magazines, and focus our attention on our unaddressed mental health crisis, and nobody seems to be interested. A staffer for a current Democrat office holder tell me they know AR-15s aren’t going anywhere and there’s room for progress on things that would actually move the needle on gun violence but the politics of the base don’t support it in either party. Republican staffers have told me the the same thing. And honestly, guys- cut the bullshit. Do you even care? It seems to me that if there is a bipartisan consensus about anything in this country, it is that we really don’t want to fix this. We’re too invested in the problem and the opportunities it creates to wave bloody shirts. Enjoy your crime scene porn. #winning
  2. I was really, really, really hoping Jim would testify in court tomorrow; and that he would go all Col. Nathan Jessep when called to the stand....something like this Son, we live in a world that has stadiums, and those stadiums are coached by staffs that have to win. Are young to do it? You Mr. Snooping reporter? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for us losing of low level staffer Stalions, and you curse the UM coaches. You have that luxury from the Press Box, You have the luxury of criticizing decision after the game. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That losing Stalions, while tragic, probably saved UM football games. That OSU cheats, and Michigan State, Notre Dame cheats, hell they all cheat. And while my existence and that of the whole money laundering entity that college football has become is grotesque and incomprehensible to you, it saves games. Have you ever coached, on the sidelines, in a stadium with 100,000 fans yelling,? You have no idea the pressure I feel. You don't want the truth, because you know deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, or in newspaper columns, or on talk shows, you want me on that sideline, you need me on that sideline. We use words like give 110%, dig deep, fight though the pain, train hard to play harder, Go Blue, and Hail to the Victors. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent winning football games. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain how football in an age of NIL, and $100 million coaching contracts to explain to a reporter how all these things impact the very game that your rise up every Saturday (or Tuesday in the MAC) the very game you are paid to discuss. I would much rather you just said thank you and go on your way. Otherwise I suggest you put on some pads, and play a position. Either way I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to. You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! Yes I ordered Connor Stalions to spy on other teams, do determine there signals, and to find a way to allow us to alter our play calling to take advantage. I'm being charges with a crime, Is that what this is? This is funny. That is what this is. What do you mean I get another 3 game suspension, I will rip the eyes our of your head and piss into your dead skull. You fucked with the wrong Wolverine!
  3. If you're Kiffin, do you have your agent drop a hint - "Lane isn't saying he's interested, but Lane sees this as an opportunity to win national championships and he would need $20mil per year." What's the downside? Maybe it gets back to Ol Miss? What are they going to do - fire him? He's all but locked up a 10-2 record and a potential top 10 finish - they might give him a raise. If they say no, and keep it quiet, no big deal. If they leak it, Lane can say "that's what I'm worth and I wouldn't go there for less than I'm worth." Is there a chance aggy gets turned down a time or two and has to bite? Maybe? Maybe those that say Kiffin wants the job left out 1/2 of the story. Kiffin does want the job, if you pay him $20m. I could see Kiffin doing the weird moves at yell practice for that kinda cheese. [A]ggy can give him 20m per year for 5 years and tell all their friends "Wed didn't get tricked again like last time - this time we only signed a 5 year deal." Win/win.
  4. NO. Actually going to be in Baton Rogue at the LSU v GA State game which kicks at the same time as the UT game, so I won't even see the UT game live. First game I will have missed on the TV in maybe 15 years? My best friend is the baseball coach at GA State so he's going to the LSU game and had me come along as a guest of the school. Figured before the year- sure- that Iowa State game shouldn't matter. We should win easily and there should be low stakes. Ha. Messed that one up.
  5. Column: F1 learns it overestimated fan demand for Las Vegas, the most expensive race of the year There is no such thing as a flawless first-year event, so go ahead and accept that there will be bumps and bruises in Formula One’s $500 million Las Vegas Grand Prix. The warning signs were as bright as The Sphere when early pricing opened for this week’s extravaganza, the most expensive grand prix to attend on this year’s 24-race calendar. With multimillion-dollar hospitality packages, exorbitant hotel rates and an initial average “get-in price” of about $2,000, this race was never about attracting new fans to the global motorsports series or growing the American audience. F1 owner Liberty Media clearly viewed a race in Las Vegas as an international showstopper for the highest of the high rollers. Renee Wilm, CEO of the grand prix, vowed “we will be sold out by the time of the event” on a Nov. 3 earnings call by Formula One Group. Well, the big race has finally arrived and tickets are still available, both directly and on a dramatically reduced secondary market. Hotel prices along the Strip have plummeted and all signs suggest first-time F1 race promoter Liberty appears to have grossly overshot the price point for drawing in new fans and spenders. Ticket prices slashed as much as 60% for some of the days ahead of Saturday night’s race are only a small part of the behind-the-scenes heartburn. Locals were infuriated by the daily disruptions caused by construction of the 3.85-mile (6.2 kilometer) street circuit that utilizes a large portion of the Strip while highlighting several Las Vegas landmarks with a 17-turn layout that’s been likened to a " flying pig.” There were early reports that F1 was demanding exorbitant licensing fees from any business that had a view of the track. F1 eventually relaxed its fees, but not before reportedly threatening to erect structures that would block the views. There are fresh concerns as to how casino employees will get to work once the Strip is closed so Max Verstappen can win another race in a season where he long ago clinched the championship. The Caesars Palace Grand Prix ran in 1981 and 1982 on another mocked course, that time because it utilized a huge chunk of parking lot. This race has had almost two years of hype; this is F1’s baby, backed by Liberty, which spent $240 million to purchase property at the end of the Strip for construction of the paddock area and a permanent pit building. That investment was included in one-time costs Greg Maffei, president and CEO of Liberty, highlighted when Ben Swinburne of Morgan Stanley asked on the earnings call “are you guys still expecting this sort of approaching $500 million of revenue?” “I think those revenue numbers approaching that (are) still a reasonable estimate on profitability,” Maffei replied. “We’ve seen some one-time and start-up costs that may have been larger than anticipated. But remembering how this is impactful to us, not only directly, but indirectly, this is a very profitable race for us. Once we get past some of these initial start-up costs ... it will increase. Let’s be clear, this year, we optimize for being there, being on time and having a great race. “That’s not to say we won’t have some of (those) objectives next year, but I think we’ll be able to optimize on other variables as well and increase profitability.” F1 and Liberty want Las Vegas to become a long-term fixture on the F1 schedule. This week will be deemed a success by its promoters when all is said and done because F1’s return to Las Vegas after 41 years is a star-studded entertainment event. When the race was announced in early 2022, Liberty was clearly chasing the Netflix-driven, newfound popularity of F1 within the United States. Las Vegas’ addition to the 2023 calendar is the third stop in the U.S – more than any other country – and fifth in North America. Before the behind-the-scenes “Drive to Survive” docudrama that exploded at the height of the pandemic, Austin, Texas, was the home of the lone F1 stop in the U.S. until Miami was added in 2022. The U.S. last hosted three F1 races in one season in 1982. But nothing about this weekend is targeted toward the new American fan, starting with the pricing or when cars are even on the track. The Saturday night race itself isn’t scheduled to begin until 10 p.m. local — it is meant to be televised in Europe during the Sunday morning hours — and as such Las Vegas’ nighttime temperatures are expected to make for the coldest race in series history. There is plenty to do while waiting for the actual racing. The parties and special events run all week and feature “The Netflix Cup,” a live event that will pit drivers from “Drive to Survive” and golfers from “Full Swing” in a match-play tournament. Verstappen, who clinched a third consecutive world championship with six races remaining and has won 17 of 20 races this season, is unimpressed. “First of all, I think we are there more for the show than the racing itself if you look at the layout of the track,” Verstappen said. “But you know, I’m actually not that into it. I’m more like, ‘I’ll go there and do my thing and be gone again.’” And that’s the other problem with this ballyhooed event. Barring a complete disaster, Verstappen and Red Bull should win again this weekend and American racing fans don’t find his dominance all that appealing. Viewership on ESPN this season is down 8% from last year, but his Nov. 5 win in Brazil was still the most-watched show that day on the sports network and averaged a larger audience in 18-to-34 demographic than the NASCAR championship finale, according to SportsMedia Watch. F1 is still hitting high marks with its global audience, which appreciates the nuances of the racing series and understands the best competition isn’t usually for the win. F1 President Stefano Domenicali touched on that with investors. “The other teams are still competing firstly, with tight battles all the way down the field at every event,” Domenicali said on the earnings call. He noted that six different teams have scored podium finishes this season, and Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes have improved. “We have more battles left to witness for the remainder of the season, even with the number of teams shifting focus to their 2024 cars,” Domenicali said. “With gaps in performance appearing to be closing over recent events, we hope for a real challenge for Max next year.”
  6. Interesting, indeed. It's funny how we're so used to them shitting in their own punch bowl that the fact that they are firing him because they're afraid he'll win a big game doesn't stand out so much. Jimbo has to go. We need to fire him. Okay, as soon as the season's over we'll make the move. Good headstart. We can start preparing the search. Not so fast. Oh? I'm worried he'll beat LSU with a third string QB. Worried? Isn't that a good thing for A&M. No. Not if he does it. If he does it, we can't fire him. You've already decided to fire him. Yes. But if he wins the LSU game, I'll be forced to change my mind. Annnnnd, why is that? You just don't get it, do you? What if he beats LSU forcing me to keep him and then he beats tu next year? Huh, smart guy? What then? These are not goals you want to achieve? The goal is to get rid of him. I've made up my mind. Are you paying attention? Especially if he wins. Now you're getting it, son. I knew that I shouldn't have taken this job.
  7. Vic Mackey

    9-1

    Florida State isn't going to get any leeway if they lose this late. Our best bet is to have either Florida or Louisville knock them off. We can jump them. They are easily the weakest of the 4 playoff teams currently. I'm curious what the voters do if Bama beats Georgia and both end with 1 loss. Do they take them both as they have several times before? They took both Michigan and Ohio State last year. Bama and Georgia the year before. We beat Bama head to head. I guess the committee could say it was before Milroe got good but we still did it and on the road.. Another good scenario would be to have Oregon somehow lose one more game to get them to 2 losses and then end up winning the pac 12 championship game.
  8. ESPN, not Fox, or ABC. And the week before, ISU was on streaming against Baylor. The only “bit” is the one where ISU fans are going on about being Texas’ rival, circling the date along with the Iowa game. Let it keep you warm at night. After Saturday, win or lose, we’ll remember the Cyclones less than we remember SMU. “Oh, Iowa State! We used to play them.” “Yeah? Where are they?” “Somewhere in Iowa…Sioux City? River City? Something like that”
  9. Who could replace Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M? Texas A&M made a big bet on Jimbo Fisher, and the former Florida State coach proved to be an enormous dud for the Aggies, costing them almost $80 million to get rid of him after six massively underwhelming seasons. Fisher had one good season in six years, in the COVID-19 season of 2020. He landed a lot of huge recruits, but the losses kept coming. His team hasn’t won a road game in more than two years. The school paid a fortune for a coach who produced one top-15 season, and in four of his seasons, his teams didn’t even make the AP Top 25 and couldn’t even get bowl-eligible last year. As a source told The Athletic earlier this season, “It’s Year 6. What is Fisher going to do now that’ll convince anyone at this point that he can lead them to a national title? What’s another 8-4 gonna prove?” Fisher did win a national title at FSU, but he left that program in disarray before bolting to A&M. Still, he was a splashy hire for then-athletic director Scott Woodward, and now the Aggies are searching for another coaching savior for a proud program that hasn’t won anything since World War II. A&M has had two top-five finishes in the past 67 years: one under Kevin Sumlin in his debut season and one under Fisher in his third year, and both of those coaches fizzled out before getting fired. Talking to industry sources, there doesn’t appear to be as splashy an option this time around for A&M to throw money at. Texas A&M has had two top-five finishes in the past 67 years. (Jerome Miron / USA Today) Power 5 head coaches Kansas’ Lance Leipold is expected to be high on A&M’s list. What he has done at Kansas has been truly remarkable. Kansas was the bleakest program in college football that hadn’t won more than three games in a season in 11 years, and by his second year on the job, Leipold had it in the top 20. The 59-year-old from Wisconsin, who won six Division III national titles at Wisconsin-Whitewater before transforming Buffalo into a Top-25 team, knows how to build a program and develop a winning culture. The Jayhawks are 7-3 despite playing much of this season without star QB Jalon Daniels. They beat then-No. 6 Oklahoma for the first time in 26 years and defeated a top-10 team for the first time in 15 years. We know Michigan State would love to have him for its vacancy, but we wouldn’t be surprised if A&M makes a big run at him as he has a much longer track record as a head coach than some other coaches the Aggies are gonna be intrigued by. Former Fisher assistant Mike Elko was highly regarded in his four seasons running a ferocious defense in College Station. The 46-year-old from New Jersey left to take over the Duke program, where he has been superb, going 9-4 in his debut season. Elko and his Blue Devils built on that momentum by whipping then-No. 9 Clemson 28-7 in the opener this season. This year, they’re 6-4 with all four losses coming against ranked opponents, and they have had to manage with standout QB Riley Leonard being banged up. People inside the sport have been impressed by Elko, who knows he already has overachieved at Duke. His sample size as a head coach isn’t long, but he will get a lot of consideration for this job, as he will for Michigan State … if he thinks it’s a good time to leave Durham. Similar to Leipold, Kansas State’s Chris Klieman is a proven winner who won a bunch of national titles at a lower division — winning four FCS titles at North Dakota State, and like Leipold, he and his staff are respected by other coaches who think their players are always well-coached. Last year, the 56-year-old Klieman led K-State to the Big 12 title, going 10-4. It’s 7-3 this year, including an overtime loss at Texas. Klieman has a good situation at K-State working for an AD he worked with previously. We think he’ll be in the mix, and his stock could surge if the Cats can finish the season with a flourish as they play Kansas in Lawrence next. Oregon State’s Jonathan Smith has been one of the best-kept secrets on the West Coast for a while since pumping life back into his alma mater’s program. The former star quarterback went 2-10 after inheriting a dismal situation in Corvallis in the wake of the Gary Andersen tenure, but Smith and his staff poured into this program and laid a foundation. By Year 4 in 2021, the Beavers went 7-6. Then, last year, they broke out, going 10-3, and they’ve kept elevating this group despite massive conference chaos in the Pac-12, where the Beavers are getting left out in the cold. They’re 8-2 this year with wins over two top-20 opponents, including a dominant showing against then-No. 10 Utah. Smith is on Michigan State’s radar, and as highly as he’s thought of as a coach, we do wonder if the southern California native would seem like a fit at A&M or even would be tempted to jump into this situation. Smith and his team are going to be in the national spotlight in a big way the next two weeks as they face undefeated No. 5 Washington next and then finish the regular season against their archrival, No. 6 Oregon. Smith will face competition from two other Pac-12 coaches who each have gotten hot since last year. In Oregon’s Dan Lanning, you have someone who has coached in the SEC from his time at Alabama and Georgia. The 37-year-old from Missouri has been killing it in Eugene and has a legitimate national title contender there. The Ducks are 19-4 since he took over and 9-1 this year with a close loss at Washington. We hear he likes it up there. His buyout is also pretty big at $20 million, although not that big by A&M standards, it would seem. We definitely could see A&M wanting Lanning. The timing might not be great here for A&M. Would it be more tempting for him to keep building on what he has at Oregon a little while longer and know he could be in a good spot when Nick Saban ultimately decides he’s done coaching at Alabama if he wants to run a big SEC program? Washington’s Kalen DeBoer, 49, doesn’t have SEC roots, but people inside the sport know he probably could win anywhere. Washington was reeling when he was hired from Fresno State, and he took a 4-8 team and promptly led it to an 11-2 season. The Huskies only have picked up speed since then, going 10-0 this season. DeBoer developed as a coach outside the shadows of major college football and won three NAIA national titles at Sioux Falls, going 67-3. Overall, he’s 100-11 as a head coach. He’s setting down some strong roots in Seattle, but the AD who hired him, Jen Cohen, left a few months ago to run USC. DeBoer’s situation might be somewhat similar to Lanning’s in that the prospect of the Alabama job after Saban could be a consideration long-term if DeBoer has any temptation to make a move to a program with even bigger resources. Florida State’s Mike Norvell is another coach who has a team in the national title mix. The Texas native did the heavy lifting to clean up a mess in Tallahassee that first started to decay at the end of Fisher’s run there. Norvell has been masterful in working the transfer portal and overhauling this program. The Seminoles are 20-3 during the past two years. A&M has more money and resources than FSU, but that move to College Station didn’t work out well for Fisher. If the Aggies make a run at Norvell, does he stay on the fact that coaches have won a lot bigger at FSU than A&M? Group of 5 head coaches Two Group of 5 coaches who might get some consideration here are UTSA’s Jeff Traylor and Troy’s Jon Sumrall. The 55-year-old Traylor won a bunch of state titles as a Texas high school coach and is beloved there. We could see him getting some traction at a big Texas college. He has done well in San Antonio, going 29-8 the past three years, but we do wonder if Texas A&M brass will think he’s a big enough name to compete with Saban and Kirby Smart. The 41-year-old Sumrall has been awesome at Troy. He’s 20-4, including last year’s 12-2 debut and top-20 finish at a place that had been struggling. He’s a terrific recruiter and has a great ability to connect with people and a commanding presence. We believe the former Ole Miss and Kentucky assistant will be a big-time SEC head coach before too long. Sumrall was at Ole Miss, by the way, when A&M AD Ross Bjork ran the Rebels’ program. The wild card There is one big wild-card wish candidate for the Aggies. Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is one of their own. The 47-year-old Texas native played at A&M. Campbell epitomizes everything we suspect the school would want in a head coach, and if you’ve watched any clips of him in front of his team, you’ll see why. He has jumped into what was an abysmal franchise and has that city thinking there’s finally a Super Bowl in its future. The Lions went 9-8 last year and are off to a 6-2 start this season. Could A&M lure him home despite all that he has done and is doing in Detroit, getting all the buy-in he has gotten? It would seem doubtful that he’d walk away from all that. As one source said Sunday morning, “The timing for him (with A&M) is horrible.” The Aggies need to be ramping up their search now. He has a team rolling toward a playoff run. (Top photo: Justin Ford / Getty Images) Bruce Feldman Bruce Feldman is the National College Football Insider for The Athletic. One of the sport’s leading voices, he also is a sideline reporter for FOX College Football. Bruce has covered college football nationally for more than 20 years and is the author of numerous books on the topic, including "Swing Your Sword: Leading The Charge in Football and Life" with Mike Leach and most recently "The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks." Follow Bruce on Twitter @BruceFeldmanCFB
  10. Verlander needs to hit 140 innings to trigger his 2024 option, of which the Mets will pay half. We definitely want that to happen, as he's a bargain at 17.5m and it also fucks the Mets which is always funny. 140 innings is 28 starts with going to the 5th, or 24 starts averaging the 6th. Hopefully he's healthy and good for it, and we can win one more with him before he retires.
  11. mdmost

    9-1

    He's 100% correct. Not that we need to worry about that just yet given what's in front of us on Saturday and the following Friday. Not to forget if we win those two we either get to replay an opponent or get another's last shot at us. But yes, if we win out and Bama wins out, we are suddenly going to lose that special OOC win we had over Bama. Head to head matters until the committee decides it doesn't. They will find every reason to keep us out. "Well Bama was a different team then" or "Texas isn't the same team without Brooks (probably true)"or "look what Bama overcame and then ended up winning the SEC, they have to be in". Oregon may get to avenge their loss to Washington. What we really need is FSU to lose but that's not happening.
  12. Also, the NFL playoffs are rarely very random in the playoffs. Yes, there are outlier years but normally, the very good teams make it far while the lesser tier teams get bounced. Dallas is rarely a top tier team. This looks to be another year we will have to win 3 straight road games to get to the Super Bowl. Very unlikely that happens. If playoffs started today, we'd go on the road to SF. Anyone really think we win that? This whole team turns soft when we play them. They own us the last 3 seasons.
  13. Maybe, maybe not, maybe go fuck yourself gif Here is how I see the arms in the organization right now- glass half full (Need 1500 innings more or less) Proven starters ready to go opening day (750 innings) JV- Ace- probably want to limit him to 25 or 28 starts, Framber- ace adjacent- serious innings eater- 180-200, Javier- Ace possible- need to limit him to 130 innings, Brown- Possible #2 type starter based upon what we saw start of last year- limit to 140 innings, Urquidy- BOR innings guy with a little more upside if he performs well- figure on 125 innings you want out of him- tops. Reinforcements/minor leagues/guys maybe not as good as what you have coming but can fill in in a pinch- 250 innings LMJ- if you get 50 innings out of him that's awesome Garcia- if you get 50 innings out of him that's awesome France- would hate to see him get more than about 12 -15 starts- pencil him in for 75 innings Spaghetti- 75 innings- I'm fine with saying that he's probably going to be like France was last year (minus the luck maybe). 5 ERA. Proven Bullpen- 180 innings Presley- 60 innings, Abreu- 60 innings, Graveman- 60 innings those are your leverage guys right now Give them a chance until reinforcements get here- 210 innings Whitley- 30 innings, Blanco, 30 innings, Bielak- 50 innings, Martinez- 50 innings, Souza- 50 innings That's 1400 innings with nothing going well and all guys we have seen (other than Whitley and Spaghetti) at the big league level not shit themselves. You are only asking for 100 innings out of those 2 guys, not an unreasonable ask. I'm fine if we don't add anything and see what happens. I don't have Montero in there- b/c I don't know what category to put him in. Someone will get hurt. I left a LOT of room for the starters to throw more innings than they did- there's a lot of meat on that bone. Break camp with these 13 guys: JV/Framber/Javier/Brown/Urquidy/France/Presley/Abreu/Graveman/Beilak/Whitley/Souza/Montero. The last 4 aren't great- but hey- somebody has to pitch in the blowouts when you lose big or when you are winning big. Maybe some or all of them can work their way into higher quality. Whtley and Bielak start out up b/c they are out of options so try them in the mop of duty and see what you have. That leaves: Spaghetti, Blanco, Martinez in the minors waiting for a call and Lance and Garcia on the mend penciled in to return at the ASB. If you have injuries or bad performance you can get an arm at the deadline. If someone wants to trade you something interesting for France then Spaghetti starts in his spot- he's tradeable and might actually bring back some value and he's probably not strictly necessary. I wouldn't mind moving on from France, Meyers and Dubon if you could get someone that was a good LHH outfielder for those guys, and a backup catcher- with a prospect or 2 sprinkled in. Do that and you don't have to sign anyone in FA if you don't want to. I'd rather they spend into the LT (it's such a minimal penalty up to 250M and Uncle Jimbo is minting money and this is our competitive window) on a guy like Hader (or better yet Snell) and ride them for a couple years and then trade them away if you need to go into rebuild mode- but it's not my money and I bet we don't do that.
  14. The following are Jim Rome’s thoughts on aggy that he broadcast on national radio: Thoughts on Texas A&M… Fox Sports Show And Radio Host Jim Rome They won’t shut up. They have to go on about spirit, and old army, and red ass, and how bonfire represents the burning sensation they have in their urine to beat UT, and blah blah blah. Shut up. You start to get the feeling the entire school was built to spite UT. Forget the fact that when the Texas Legislature back in the 1870’s passed legislation to start a state university they also decided to have a subsidiary branch of the main school (University of Texas) that would teach agriculture and mechanics. Aggies love to say their school is older, from where they get that I don’t know … the fact is, the state intended A&M to be a branch of UT. They are like the afterbirth from the original creation. Like Danny Devito in “Twins”. So they apparently have this complex, so much so, that they must devote their entire school to trying to prove to UT that they are just as good. All the while, nobody at UT denies that A&M is a good school, yet they won’t shut up. So they write a fight song … about? … Texas, and how they want to beat them. They have a Fish Camp for freshman where they tell them how bad Texas is and how good A&M and all its traditions are. It is the world’s largest known case of penis envy, and it is manifested in everything A&M does. The people at A&M. Now we all have friends who went to A&M or are at A&M. There are some nice people there. However … There is the Corps. East Texas’ answer to dreams of ROTC kids everywhere. For every boy scout who never learned to stop playing with his GI Joe Toys, there is the Corps. Now, forget the fact that A&M will actually let people with sub-par grades enroll if they agree to join the Corps. Forget the fact that the Corps looked like a Gestapo-hate rally while beating down students on Kyle Field in 1995. Forget the fact that along with the numerous hazing charges that have been filed against them, and swept under the rug over the years, they just this past month have had one Corps member bring charges against another Corps member who apparently had been propositioning others for a little actual sodomy. Not only could I go on with more instances of idiocracy by these Khaki-clad-shaven-headed-dorks, I am sure each of you have your own stories. The point is: We all respect West Point, Annapolis, The Air Force Academy; however, nobody respects the Corps. I imagine they are kind of the laughing stock of the military world. Just because you dress like the Army, and try and act like the Army, does not make you the Army. People at A&M don’t even respect these clowns. It is not cool to shave your head and dress up. Halloween is only supposed to be one day of the year. If you want to carry guns and beat up civilians, move to Israel. It is even less cool to slobber on somebody’s daughter on national television and call it a tradition. Dry humping 18-year-old girls in the stands at football games is not cool. Not only is it not cool, it should be against the law. I know that in College Station, students are just prone to mount each other on the campus lawn, or in the middle of class, or anytime anything good happens you can just grab the girl sitting next to you and start sucking on her face. But everywhere else in the world, it is looked down upon. Especially if you are doing it on my TV. That is why we have moved the game from Thanksgiving. Because people across the nation were gagging on their turkey when in the middle of watching a football game, some boy scout is tongue thrashing some overweight co-ed during somebody’s Thanksgiving dinner. We do not need to see burly women engaged in a suckfest every time your woeful offense manages to put points on the board. Some of these girls are in desperate need of a trip to the Clinique counter. Screw that, forget make-up, it is too late for that, just give them a veil. “T.U.” is not funny. It is not insulting. It is dumb. Just imagine if folks from Texas kept talking about M&A and giggling. That would not be funny. In fact, it would be retarded. That’s why UT fans don’t do it. Please learn. You want to lose the image of country bumpkins, of a people fond of sheep, of people that aren’t stupid? Then quit building things that fall down. Quit chasing cheerleaders around with swords on national TV. Quit whooping in church. Quit whooping period. Quit putting up scoreboards for the enjoyment of dead mammals. Quit spending your Friday nights practicing how to yell. Quit telling rape jokes to reporters when you’re running for Governor. When you are filling out season ticket renewals, and the form asks for your phone number, h&w. quit putting 258-3999, Height 6’3″, Weight 185. Just, collectively, stop making asses of yourselves. Go to East Texas, tour every small town, and ask every red neck with a fifth-grade education why they cheer for A&M and wear maroon. That is your fan base. This is why you are perceived by the educated masses as stupid. Nobody cares if you think your band is better. They might be louder, they might march in neat little zig zags, but they have no musical ability. The point is, nobody cares who wins halftime. Quit getting geeked up about marching bands. I find it hard to believe you stood through your high school band’s entire halftime performance. And why? Cause nobody cared then and nobody cares now. Plus, you can hear them fine sitting down even if you do care. Why is it cool all of a sudden now that you’re in college? Men should never let out high-pitched whooping sounds. Perhaps the only justifiable situation in which this can be tolerated is perhaps during an anal probe. Oh wait…I understand now. Dogs are not ladies. They don’t look or smell like ladies. Dogs eat their own feces and should be treated accordingly. Finally, College Station is an arm-pit of a town. Quit pretending that it is a great college town. It is a town, and there is a college there. That should be the end of this comparison. If you feel that life doesn’t get any better than the Dixie Chicken, and enjoy being stuck in a never-ending “Dukes of Hazard” episode, then move there. More importantly, don’t move to Austin … They are trying to create an educated, technological, and open-minded population base. Austin is, and will continue to be, the birthplace and final resting place of all that is cool. As my friend, Stephen Johnson, once said: “If the world were ever to get an enema, College Station is where you would connect the hose.” If you go to school at A&M, please don’t be an Aggie. God bless the great state of Texas.
  15. Allred isn't going to win this year. Cornyn won by 10 in a presidential year. It's not an environment conducive to a Dem winning. Maybe 2026, if Cornyn retires and it is a Trump presidency midterm (assuming we still have elections), do Dems stand a chance with the right candidate and the Texas GOP nominates someone like Paxton. If it is a Biden second term midterm, not even worth running someone with a future just to lose by 20. Then the next chance is 2030, which, if history is any indication, would likely be a GOP president's first midterm and ripe for the picking - either against Cruz or whoever replaced him when he was appointed to SCOTUS. Wow, I need a shower now.
  16. It would be nice if our last Big XII road game was more like the game in Waco earlier this season in which it was never really in doubt that we were going to win comfortably. I think Baylor was 10x as motivated to send Texas out with a loss, but they're fucking awful this year.
  17. Hookem2147

    9-1

    K-State is a top 20 team in the country and we beat them with our backup QB. The committee doesn't care how it happened. They are a good/great team and we beat them. That is a quality win in every sense of the word. Houston and TCU are the two real stinkers from a "style points" perspective, but are they any worse than Washington not scoring an offensive touchdown against ASU or needing a 4th down stop to beat Stanford? Or Bama beating 3-7 Arkansas by 3 a home or a mediocre A&M team by 6 on the road? Or FSU beating a bad Miami team with a backup QB by 7 at home? It's a 12-game season, you are going to have 2-3 ugly wins. Seems like we as a fanbase always get in this mindset where our warts are so much bigger than other teams because we overanalyze every nook and cranny of this program. I see a lot of "we could easily be 6-4" comments. Well we are a lot damn closer to being 10-0 than 6-4.
  18. TexArcher

    9-1

    Okay, so we've had three meltdowns, one of which was against K State, who is pretty good. And, we could throw Wyoming in there, which wasn't a meltdown, but it was 10-10 after three quarters. I told anyone who would listen that that was a pretty good 8-4 type of team. And Wyoming is 6-4 with two very winnable games left. So, basically, everyone is shitting their pants because we let two overmatched opponents come back into their games. But, but, TexArcher, we could be 6-4 or even 5-5 if things had gone perfectly wrong for us like we're used to! But, they didn't. We're 9-1. We're winning the games we used to blow. So, everybody can put their battered fan syndrome away and let's go win the conference.
  19. To pick nits, if we go by the current AP poll, Washington has the best win in the country, followed by OU then Texas.
  20. Ruling grants Oregon State, Washington State full control of Pac-12 Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff Nov 14, 2023 A state judge in Washington granted Oregon State and Washington State sole control of the Pac-12 board of directors on Tuesday, issuing the ruling at a preliminary injunction hearing in Whitman County Court. Judge Gary Libey granted a stay of the decision until Monday -- at no objection from OSU and WSU -- as the 10 schools leaving the Pac-12 following the 2023-24 school year initiate the appeals process. The decision comes roughly two months after Libey granted a temporary restraining order at the request of OSU and WSU that prevented Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff from calling any Pac-12 board meetings. "I grew up where conduct spoke louder than words. That's how my parents treated me, and that's how I treated my children when they were growing up," Libey said before issuing his decision. "With that in mind, this court finds in favor that the plaintiffs are likely to prevail on their interpretation of the bylaws." In a small Whitman County courthouse, roughly 15 miles from WSU's campus in Pullman, Libey heard arguments from three parties: OSU/WSU, the Pac-12 and the University of Washington, which entered the case as an intervenor, working on behalf of the nine other departing schools (Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC and Utah). Over the course of about 2½ hours, all three parties argued for different outcomes. OSU and WSU argued -- as they have done for weeks in written briefs -- that conference bylaws were clear that when schools announced they were joining other conferences, they immediately surrendered their seat on the conference board. That, they argued, was how it worked when UCLA and USC announced they were joining the Big Ten and, again, when Colorado announced it was leaving for the Big 12. It was not only until the other seven announced they also were leaving, OSU and WSU argued, that those schools' interpretation of the bylaws changed and claimed that all 12 deserved a seat on the board. "There isn't a single document that's been produced which shows that the University of Washington thought that this was the correct position until it provided its notice of withdrawal and now the shoe was on the other foot," argued lawyer Eric MacMichael, for OSU and WSU. "But parties are not allowed to just blatantly flip-flop on the meaning of contractual provisions just so they can have their cake and eat it too." The conference attempted to maintain an appearance of neutrality, lobbying for the terms of the temporary restraining order -- which required a unanimous vote on any major decision -- to remain in place. The conference's attorney, Mark Lambert, was less assertive when addressing the court, acting more in a capacity of obligation. Asked by Libey if the Pac-12 wants to continue in its business in the future, Lambert said, "Frankly, that is up to Oregon State and Washington State at this point, and the conference and the commissioner are sensitive to those issues and also sensitive to the notion that without a board that makes things difficult." The departing schools asked Libey to rule against OSU and WSU outright, which would have essentially given them the right to govern the conference with a 10-2 supermajority. At the heart of the dispute is forthcoming revenue. The departing schools, as they did in writing earlier this month, expressed concern that OSU and WSU could withhold revenue set to be distributed during this academic year. They also made the case that OSU/WSU's fear that the departing schools could vote to dissolve the conference -- then evenly distribute the remaining assets -- was irrelevant because of their belief that process could be conducted without any board action. "It's simply the fact that the members could decide to dissolve that they wanted," argued Dan Levin, for Washington. "Of course, in all this time during these proceedings and before, no member has called for such a vote." It's unclear if the departing schools would attempt to act on that mechanism if they don't win on appeals. "We are disappointed with the decision and are immediately seeking review in the Washington Supreme Court and requesting to put on hold implementation of this decision," the remaining 10 members said in a statement. "As members of the Pac-12, participating in ongoing and scheduled competitions, we are members of the board under the Pac-12 bylaws. We have the right to the revenue earned by our schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, which is necessary in order to operate our athletics programs and to provide mental and physical health services, academic support, and other support programs for our student-athletes. "We remain committed to the best interests of our student-athletes, athletic departments, and university communities and will persist in our efforts to secure a fair resolution." Meanwhile, WSU president Kirk Schulz and athletic director Pat Chun lauded the court's "common-sense decision." "It has always been our view that the future of the Pac-12 should be determined by the remaining members, not by those schools that are leaving the conference," they said in a statement. "This position is consistent with the action the Pac-12 Board of Directors took when the first two schools announced their departure from the conference more than a year ago. "We have always been committed to protecting the best interests of the conference, our student-athletes, coaches and fans. Today's news allows Washington State University and Oregon State University to start that process as the controlling members of the Pac-12 Conference Board." OSU president Jayathi Murthy and athletic director Scott Barnes offered a similar sentiment. "We are pleased with the Court's decision today that Oregon State and Washington State constitute the only remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference Board," they said in a statement. "We look forward to charting a path forward for the Pac-12 that is in the best interest of the Conference and student-athletes. Our intentions are to make reasonable business decisions going forward while continuing to seek collaboration and consultation with the departing universities."
  21. I talked with Sark and he is playing 4d chess. He is going to beat ISU and lose to tceh. Then we get an auto win in the title game for bending the knee to the commish. Book it!
  22. Actually those two things are the most important things if he were going to try and steal the election in 2024. With that said, it would arguably be far easier to simply flip three states that have the needed electoral votes, states that went for him in 2016 and that he lost by close margins in 2020 (as mentioned by @Snake Diggity above). Just get on the road stating in 2021 for a few months out of the year in three states, criss-crossing them, keeping people energized, and keep repeating that every 6 months up through next summer. But that's three years of work in a lot of places he didn't give a shit about or would want to hang out in, with a lot of time away from Mar-a-Lago, and that would drain his campaign coffers, so he didn't. Oh, and he has to maintain all of the states he won in 2020 as well. But here's the problem for him: If he wanted to steal the needed electoral votes, that's arguably harder than him simply flipping some states he won in 2016 but lost in 2020. And it has to be those battleground states. He's not going to steal the electoral votes from New York or California, it's got to be a state he at least won in 2016, where the margins are closest and fuckery pays off the most. It's harder to steal for a few reasons: He's not in the White House, so everything hinges on having everybody in place in November of 2024. He can't campaign for folks who are running for office in 2024 to steal the election for him, they have to already be in office by 2024. He has to have helped elect the right people in 2020, in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Over 95% of his campaign time from early 2020 until now was probably spent on himself, so that ship has sailed. Tied to #1, he would have needed to identify a large number of people who would not only steal an election for him, but what offices they need to be in (local or state, legislative or executive or judicial). Tied to #1 and #2, he would have had to work with the RNC to get campaigns organized at the local and state levels to get those people elected prior to 2024, which also means he would have had to share resources (money and his time on the campaign trail) with the RNC and that he couldn't make it about him. We know that's impossible. Also, his endorsements are clearly not an automatic win. He would have had to spend a big chunk of the hundreds of millions he raised solely for his PACs on those states/elections, and that ain't happening. He would have needed the judiciary at the local/state levels firmly in his back pocket, and the 60+ lawsuits he lost in those states, including his own appointees, shows he didn't. He would have needed a tight lock on not only the legislatures in those states, but also the statewide offices (Governor, AG, etc.) and that's not worked out for him, not in enough states with the needed electoral votes. Anybody who would be willing to cast fake electoral votes for him has now seen several people associated with such a thing either be indicted on felony charges or face indictment and they've also seen that Trump isn't covering anybody's legal costs out of his own funds (or his campaign's). Again, it's far easier/simpler to just outright flip some battleground states back to Trump, but he hasn't even tried to do that.
  23. I was talking to my wife about the future last night and I truly do not see the United States existing my entire expected lifespan. I think the country will splinter with California and some west coast friends forming a country, Texas and the old confederate states becoming a country, New England becoming a country, and everyone else either joining one of those or being independent. You just can't run a country like this for much longer. As for military, I maintain that they won't follow illegal orders from trump even if he wins the election. Tubs is holding promotions hostage but will never get traitors appointed. He's just throwing a fit and wasting time per the gop platform. Along those same lines, I don't see the military going to war with California or Texas if and when they declare independence. It'll all just happen and be weird, especially when it comes to who can move where. I sure as fuck will flee the new confederacy when it happens. There are many other possible scenarios but I'm quite certain that the US won't exist much longer unless we can make it taboo again to openly support traitors and racists while suppressing votes and elections, it just won't stand. A full scale revolution is also possible and the US might still exist but will be under a new constitution.
  24. Chris Simms was the #1 player in the country coming out of high school. He was very similar to Arch Manning in a lot of ways given his family pedigree and skills. If Mack had done with Simms what we are doing with Arch, everything would have been so much better. Imagine the following: 1998 - Major Applewhite starts while Ricky wins Heisman 1999 - Major Applewhite starts and earns Big 12 Offensive PoY. Chris Simms redshirts 2000 - Major Applewhite starts. Simms gets mop up duty instead of splitting 1/3 the stats. Same 9-3 record but both QBs keep confidence. 2001 - Major Applewhite starts. We still barely lose to OU, but this time we beat Colorado and play Miami for the title. Simms gets a lot of run since we had nine blowouts. Major Applewhite graduates with two Big-12 titles and a National Title appearance. 2002 - Chris Simms starts as a RS-JR - Maybe a more confident Simms improves on our 11-2 record, we beat Tech and play for another title? 2003 - Chris Simms starts as a RS-SR - There is no Vince Young vs. Chance Mock debate. Instead Vince backs up Simms and gets plenty of mop-up time. At this point Simms was a great QB. No way we lose to Arkansas. Instead of 10-3, we go 11-2 or 12-1 and likely win another BCS bowl. 2004 - Vince Young starts Those teams were absolutely loaded and the QB mismanagement cost us at least one trip to the MNC game, maybe two.
  25. All this handwringing (I’m doing it too) for a team we have a .750 record against. Of our 5 losses to them, 3 were in Ames. Texas has whooped that ass in Ames 7 times. We are going to win. Likely going to be ugly and come down the last couple of drives, but we are winning.
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