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If you seriously don’t know that when Georgia hired Kirby Smart they went on a systematic and large scale cheating jag I don’t know what to tell you. You are either doing a willful blindness act or are dumb enough that I’m surprised you were able to turn on your computer and find this site. We have always maintained at Texas that we don’t do large scale institutional cheating the way they do at the following schools: Bama, Georgia, Aggy, (OU in the past- they’ve actually cleaned their act up in the last 30 years), Ohio State, Clemson, Auburn, LSU, USC, and at times Ole Miss and Tennessee. The proof of that, literally, is when it was taken out of the murky depths of dishonesty Texas went from never winning a head to head against those schools to winning almost all of them. Gee, wonder why that was? Texas, Michigan, and the Domers are the blue bloods (I suppose Nebraska too) that never seriously played the bag game and their history of being up and down sort of shows that. Let’s just say we won’t ever miss out on classes anymore because someone decides that they are going to outbid us and leave it at that. Georgia will be fine in the new paradigm. You might have to get a coach that isn’t a barely functional retard between here and there, but yall have enough passion and advantages from being quasi urban as opposed to backwater hicks that I think it will be more or less ok for you. But it won’t be Texas. And, right now, we are also smarter than you, so, uh, yeah- good luck with all that.
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To further contextualize it: OU could have had 1st and 10 at their own 25, down 7-3, with 2:21 to go in the second quarter Instead, they had 1st and 10 at their own 25, down 14-3, with 2:21 to go in the second quarter Bolden put 7 on the board through pure hustle/heart/etc. He took away OU’s opportunity to go into the half with the lead. Without his play, does Hawkins feel as much pressure to make a play and cough up the ball scrambling? Does Sark trust Wisner enough to give it to him on the next offensive snap? Does Wisner keep his confidence and score? OU received the ball to start the third. The lead or small deficit completely changes the dynamics on both sides in their favor (though we probably still win handedly). Legend
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https://gigemgazette.com/power-ranking-the-sec-after-week-7-new-top-team-as-ut-uga-bama-falter-01ja5p6adymq Power ranking the SEC after week 7: #3 - Texas The Longhorns notched a big milestone this weekend by taking care of OU, who has been the perennial burr under their saddle. The triumphant return of Quinn Ewers to the quarterback spot saw the senior QB get his second win in the Red River Rivalry. However, the scoreboard destruction of Oklahoma still masks some of the issues that have been persisting with this Texas team. It’s becoming increasingly clear that the Horns have yet to be tested, and they’re not really passing with flying colors in every facet. There’s no one, dominant team this year, of course. Everyone has holes. But when I see that the Texas pass offense put up a worse performance against OU than did the Auburn Tigers, of all teams, that has me concerned. So too does the defense. The Longhorns have yet to play a team with the ability to complete a downfield pass, and they’ve been able to dedicate scheme and numbers to the run game as a result—yet they’re still not as dominant as they were last year. UGA will be a test in that respect, so we’ll find something out about the Longhorns this weekend—one way or the other. Next Power ranking the SEC after week 7: #2 - Georgia The Bulldogs have still not quite been as impressive as most hoped so far this year. They have won convincingly in several games—that Clemson win just keeps looking better and better, in particular—but games like this previous Saturday against Mississippi State have been a thorn in their side. Yes, if you look at total yardage, it was a convincing win. But this is the type of game that was a wholesale destruction under previous championship squads under Kirby Smart. We can write it off a little bit as a lookahead spot for the Bulldogs, who will be traveling to Austin this Saturday. But the alarm bells are still there for UGA. If they don’t win on Saturday, 9-3 is a real possibility in Athens. That might still be enough to get them in the playoff, but it won’t make many Bulldog fans happy. Power ranking the SEC after week 7: #1 - Texas A&M Why not? We need a larger body of work, to be sure. But it looks more and more like A&M’s performance against Missouri—efficient and explosive on offense, and suffocating on defense—is one of the most complete and dominant games we’ve seen out of any squad in the nation this year. They have to follow it up with some more big games, no doubt. But it’s encouraging that, upon Weigman’s return, the Aggies looked so dominant against a quality team. Again, there is more that has to be shown. But if that Mizzou game showed what the Aggies are going forward, there are almost no holes in this team—and those holes that are present are at spots that have been improving every single week. It’s looking more and more like the Ags may have the best defense in the conference, with down years in Athens and Tuscaloosa. They’re certainly more tested in that respect than others who may lay claim to that title. If the offense can keep up what they did against Mizzou, this Aggie team could be a conference title contender in year one under Mike Elko.
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Harvdog replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
This will be a fun game for the Agroids. MSU payed well against Georgia and respectable against us. Aggie will go in thinking they will win by 30 coming off their upset of Mizzou. I think MSU will win. I think their defense will shut down their running game and Weigman will be forced to make decisions. The meltdown will be fantastic and so on par for the start of the downward Aggies rollercoaster season. i do love the fact that now that we are in the SEC, the league isn’t as good and all the teams are underachieving. You truly can’t make up the shit that Aggies say and believe. -
Attended in person. Watching a replay and looking at stats today it is really starting to set in what a thorough ass kicking that was. I mean, obviously that was evident to a major extent yesterday but taking a step back and having less beer in the system brings some clarity. That was the best performance by a Texas defense I have seen in a very long time. OU obviously cooperated with that seeing as they are refried ass on offense, but those two units did not belong on the same field. Awesome to watch them just tee off on Oklahoma. In hindsight, the offense played a better game than I realized at the time. Honestly, Quinn Ewers was the weak link for Texas. He did get better later on in the game but never really got it going. Without his several somewhat inexplicable misses Texas could have set a new record for victory margin in the series. Here's hoping that gets cleaned up this coming week and we get a great performance back home vs Georgia. I started at UT in 2010 and haven't seen a ton of Ws in this series. I'm really optimistic Texas is going to rack up some wins over the rest of the 2020s, and that's exciting as hell. OU sucks.
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Technically, they don't shell out millions for those games. 95+% of conference revenue comes from conference games. The out of conference slate is barely valued at all. This includes the blockbuster games where they'd put Texas vs Alabama or Michigan. Those games would serve more as one offs where the schools would get a bonus for taking the "made for tv" event. The reason they aren't valued has less to do with Michigan vs Holy Mother of the Blind Goats and more to do with when they make these contracts up they don't know the full extent of out of conference games. Regardless of who wins or loses in any given season, they KNOW someone will with the SEC or Big Ten or Big 12 and so ratings will be relatively good somewhere as those battles play themselves out any given year. But on the 3-4 out of conference games, they don't know. Since they don't know if its against Michigan or BC or the Citidel, they aren't valued. This is the first piece of the missing money left with CFB. If you did nothing else but say, "keep it what it is, but the A4 only plays each other for all 12 games" each conference would see a boost in valuation of between 30-50% in future contracts. All they'd have to do is sign a long-term scheduling agreement with each other and work it into their media contracts. Each would get credit for their home games. The second piece left on the table is the bigger one, the NFL one. The one they may need congressional help to get. The moment they can go to market with a shared media deal they'll dwarf these numbers you see today. They'll seem as quaint as the SEC paying out $9m a school 15 years ago. We all rave that the B1G gets $1B for their games a year. The NFL gets that for one game, on Thursday nights. The A4 are giving away a massive amount of money negotiating against themselves and this is the major reason why PE wants to come in. No other sports league does this. Its fucking stupid. If I'm a network I'm lobbying hard to tell everyone conferences standing on their own is the best thing about college football because it saves me 2-3x the money I spend today.
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Ok- so here's the deal about the SEC- they are playing a rigged game and this whole entire edifice of dominance is a feedback loop built on nothing. I hate that we are in this conference (not that I mind we are gone from the big 12) with these morons, but here we go. Basically- Alabama is the 800 Pound Gorilla. They run things. They swath babies in houndstooth checkered diapers (or maybe just let them shit in those hats- I dunno all their odd customs). Bear Bryant is hallowed and revered. Royal never lost to them. I think we are something like 8-2 against them. Both losses were barely losses after we our starting QB went down. Basically- for Alabama to beat Texas they need luck, help and our QB getting injured and then the game is likely to be 1 score or less toss up with 3 minutes left- even if Garret Gilbert is driving the bus for Texas. Or Hudson Card. Or some other not our standard QB that wasn't ready for prime time and thus wasn't the starter. When our QB stays upright the whole game we swat them. Now, we are getting to the point where sloth (Mack) and stupidity (charlie and Herman) no longer run the program and even if the starter doesn't stay upright it's not a big deal b/c we will come with Arch on your ass. Literally- no team in the SEC beat St. Nick by 10 at their place. Until we scheduled that game. Georgia is next. They became a national power by cheating their asses off and winning every auction in town for a 5 or 10 year stretch, while Kirby Smart managed to squander "all that talent". We had kids spend their entire spring break in Austin, love it hear and then the check from Georgia cleared and they showed up to Athens without a visit to UGA. And yet- for all that Georgia still loses every time they see Alabama on the other side of the field. They are used to being beta submissives. Do they talk a lot of shit? Undoubtedly. I remember how they were so big and bad and tough they were going to beat up on a meathead Tom Herman team. Funny that- we won by 28-21 b/c Turtle Tom is fundamental incapable of winning by more than a score- but anyone who watched that game pointed and laughed at the concept that Georgia was better than us. And that was a shitty Tom Herman team that I believe lost 4 games that year. Whatever. Georgia will learn to bend the knee to Bevo the same way they always have to Bama. And, for added benefit this Bevo has shown that he would just as soon gore UGA as look at him. I like that in Bevo. I assume the football team will be the same. Missouri has a 100 year history of being irrelevant. They showed up and immediately won the division twice with "Big 12 players". Yawn. Just means more. Or something. aggy showed up with big 12 players and promptly had their best year in forever, johnny 8-ball won a Heisman and they went 10-2. Old 8-4 aggy finally found a game they could beat and it was the mighty SEC. Fun fact- their win percentage in the SEC is basically dead ass on the big 12 or SWC all time- but like every so slightly higher in the SEC. So, although they can be mediocre anywhere they can be slightly better in the SEC, even though it's that much harder. Ole Miss- thanks for Archy and Eli's grandson/nephew. Y'all I suppose were almost relevant while they were there. Enjoy rooting for Arch to win 2 Heismans and be on 3 national championship teams wearing burnt orange. Miss State- HA. I can't even summon the energy to write about you. Auburn and LSU- I'd go on and on but you'd just have to have someone read it to you and that would embarrass both me and y'all. Everyone else other than Vandy is a big blob of dreck as far as I'm concerned. Vandy though- I see you over there as the only team in the conference (I believe) to have a winning record against Texas. We are coming to take that away from you in the next decade and then nobody in the conference will have a winning record against us. Y'all have built a national hype machine through ESPN where y'all were the worst of the worst cheaters, and insular thoughtlessness allowed y'all to get away with losing extra games and still playing for it all because it means more. We roll in and see the SEC with 6 of the top 7 teams in the country and all I could do is laugh. Mizzou? Sure Jan. Tennessee? Ha. Lose to Arky, barely beat Florida, beat that abortion of an OU team by 10? Nah. Bama- lose to Vandy. Congrats. Georgia- of course you roll over and expose your belly to Bama. Ole Miss- yeah- any game that looks remotely important you find a way to lose. So- all those schools that were supposed to be so good and we are at the half way point in the season and it's just Texas that has an unblemished record. This is the game that was circled on everyone's schedule around dixieland. It's where big bad Texas is going to get its comupance. Usually, SEC fans are used to drafting behind Bama and riding their coat tails but Sark & Ewers rubbed their nose in it last year. So, now it's up to Georgia to beat us and not expose this conference as the bunch of overrated clowns that we've all, I suspect, deep down, known them to be. Not gonna happen. Texas plays their A game (I'm not talking perfect I mean like what we brought to Michigan and Alabama last year) and it's a 3 score win. Texas plays a B game and we win by 10. If we bring our sloppy bullshit offensive selves to this party (which to be clear I don't expect) that we did against OU (or Washington last year) we are in a coin flip game. I'm not even going to entertain the idea of us playing poorly and not getting up for these yahoos. Texas has pride. Texas has athletic arrogance. Texas has the horses, and the headsets and I think everyone is about to see that there is one team, head and shoulders above the rest of the schools in this conference, and that is Texas. Y'all should have never invited this camel to stick it's nose under your tent. Now that we can play players and don't have to deal with the perception gap yall are about to see what a motivated Texas, with a good signal caller, and everyone pulling on the oars at the same time and in the same direction can do. And it won't be good. For yall. The only problem with this game is I have to wait another 6 days to see it happen. Seems completely unfair. IS he a Georgia dipshit? I thought maybe it was someone who was mad that I used a dirty word or something. Whatever.
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best Texas defense statistically through 6 in what, 70 years or some shit like that? Yeah, we might have a really, really good football team. 34 points against our main rival in what seemed like a sleep walked game. yet 5th largest margin of victory against them in series history? just routine running and flare passes and a few to the TE for a "never in doubt" win. I've said it multiple times, Kirk did on the broadcast, OU wasn't going to score again after the end of the first quarter. This team is dominant, evidenced by okay play with scores like 35-13 and 34-3. Hopefully after next week that will be crystal clear to the whole country.
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the only thing i really didn’t like was his body language early on when things weren’t going well. he appeared shook, and defeated, and i started having flashbacks to his first year here. he was just kind of listless and stunned instead of having any sort of emotional reaction. he got over that after the 1Q, and sure, he still was a bit erratic throughout the game, but being this was his first game action after a fairly long term injury, i really can’t find it in me to bitch about QE after this game. he’s still our leader and the guy we need at QB to win the whole damn thing, and he’s earned that. we just beat OU’s ass and we have another huge game on the horizon. this is no time to be jumping ship or bitching about QE. that’s our quarterback. get behind him or gtfo.
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Sark is a DAWG going for the fucking throat then going for the first down there execute the damn plays and we win by 100
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Let’s settle in and start the rout. This game is their SuperBowl and it damn well needs to start being the same to ours bc the outcome of this game almost always matters. Missed it! No points for you BlowU! Now get in there and let’s ride! this game fucking matters now go in there and take that win! We got this.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Hugo Stiglitz replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
I like how the fate of the free world is going to rest on the voter turnout of a few radicalized incels in rural Pennsylvania. Hell of a system we have here. My unlikely morbid fantasy this election is for Trump to win the popular vote and lose the electoral college. -
Lots of reasons to be bummed if Trump wins but I'm kind of ashamed to admit that I honestly think the biggest one is that the trials won't go forward. I think that should be a campaign issue. Walz should be out there talking about how much fun it would be to see the trials going forward and how we will all miss out if they don't.
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Cal taps NASA specialist amid concerns over ACC travel Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff Oct 10, 2024, CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- Moving to the ACC has been a boost for Cal and Stanford from a number of different standpoints, providing both schools with a long-term home in a power conference after the Pac-12 fell apart in the summer of 2023. But the change also has brought worries over travel during conference play, with nearly every road trip in January, February and March involving a multiple-game swing and several days away from home. "I'm absolutely concerned about the travel," Cal coach Mark Madsen said Thursday at ACC Tipoff. The Golden Bears, however, are taking steps to minimize the impact the long-distance travel will have on their student-athletes, Madsen said. In the offseason, Golden Bears athletic director Jim Knowlton brought in a NASA specialist to give a presentation to the school's sports teams. "He specialized in recovery across time zones. How the body can recover under duress. It was very informative," Madsen told ESPN. "We were there with all the head coaches. A lot of great information was shared. The bottom line is we'll come out during conference play, we'll come out either two days early or one day early, depending on the academic workload." "We're not going to leave a single stone unturned," he added. "If it means one or two additional wins across 10 different teams, the preparation level, we're going to do it." Madsen also said he spent time in the offseason thinking about how to incrementally improve the performance of the men's basketball program, from nutrition to how to help players visualize scouting reports. And among those potential improvements was drinking water while flying. "Hydration on long flights. Can we get a little bit better? Yes," he said. Stanford coach Kyle Smith has similar concerns as Madsen, although the travel problems Smith had during his time at Washington State the past five years prepared him and his staff for this season's trips. "I imagine it's something you probably have to get used to," Smith said. "Our staff's ready because we were at Washington State and we were going commercial. So it was a bus ride, a flight into Seattle, then Seattle to, it might be another stop. So everything -- honestly, it'll be less time. Our time travel [was] more in Pullman. And it's chartered." Smith is cognizant of how it could impact his players, though. "Players, that's going to be different. The time zones. That's real," he said. On Wednesday, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips spoke about the travel -- pointing out that the conference already had a preview of any potential issues with the league's fall sports. "In the end, I really feel we've scheduled well. We've come up with travel partners for the first time, so when you go out to California, the teams that are on the East Coast, they'll play two games. When Cal, Stanford come in this direction, they'll play two games," Philips said. "I think it makes a lot of sense to do that. We've gotten an early kind of snippet view with our Olympic sports. I think it's worked out pretty well, but I'm sure it won't be perfect. I just know that because we've gone now outside of our footprint that we had for 71 years. "So we'll adjust and make some changes as we go into the future, but so far so good." The ACC isn't the only league dealing with new logistical concerns, with the Big Ten and the Big 12 both expanding out West. UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington all joined the Big Ten, while Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah all went to the Big 12. Oregon coach Dana Altman said at Big Ten Media Day that he is talking with NFL and NBA teams who are helping him find ways to keep his team fresh when the Ducks have to make multiple trips to the East coast and Midwest during college basketball season. "We've done a lot of calling around to the NBA, to all the West Coast teams in the NBA, and even some NFL teams and how they travel when they go east," Altman said. "Everybody talks about how tough it is to go east and west and all the numbers prove it out, the road records and so forth. So we've studied that." He said those teams have given him tips, such as making sure players don't fall asleep on flights so they can adjust to their new time zones when they land. "I'm going to have to do a better job of cutting back on some days of practice maybe, which is hard for an insecure coach to do because you want to go over everything one more time," Altman said. UCLA's Mick Cronin said he's not as concerned as Altman. He said his players have been traveling the country since they were teenagers on the AAU circuit -- although he wants his team to have chartered flights that have lounge chairs so players can relax on their flights. "I think it's all a little overrated," he said. "But [Altman] and I have talked about it, trying to get a certain type of charter flight. You've seen them in the NBA, with the lounge chairs. But is that really going to matter with victory? I think recruiting and toughness and shot-making matter more."
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Game Week Thread Game week thread, Week 6, Red River Shootout
orangebird replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
This. I have seen enough of these to know better. Yes, on paper, we should fuckstomp them back to Bolivia. But I have seen a lot of Texas-0U games where the better team (on paper) doesn't always win. I'm not going to celebrate this one until the scoreboard shows Texas with more points than 0U with zero left on the clock. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
troph replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
that 1987 game highlights the importance of rivalries. the season within the season and a lot of Texas fans didn't care to lose A&M or Arky before that, but those dark years in the 80s could always be made a bit better with a win over these toothless fucks and our bumfuck country step brothers from College Station. of course, that didn't happen as much in the 80s as we would like. But go 2-1 vs OU, A&M and Arky and it was at least some sort of salve in an otherwise shit sandwich of a year. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
SydneyCarton replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
I read it as: When we look back on this election, we'll remember that Democrats always panic, and Republicans even when getting pistol-whipped will insist they're going to win and that their policies are universally popular. But today is not the day for reflection, today is the day that democrats panic. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Bozo_Casanova replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
There are other explanations. We certainly hope that there is a “hidden Dobbs vote,” and there is reason to believe that, but we don’t know it. Trump support could also be undercounted by 3, which has also been true in the past. Also - polling has been off by an average of 2-3pts over the last five presidential elections. If Harris gets a normal miss in her favor in the swing states (more or less consistent with post Dobbs results), she wins 312-350 EVs, and puts another 20-30 If Trump gets a normal miss in his favor (which has been historically the case) he gets around 300. And of course if the polls are exactly correct right now she would win 279 EVs, but then it’s a jump ball and there are certification fights. No matter what happens on Election Day, it’s going to be pretty grim between 11/5 and mid February. But the important thing for Democrats right now is to stop fretting about why Trump support isn’t collapsing and focus on GOTV. He’s more likely to be behind than ahead right now and I’d rather be in our shoes than theirs. -
But to the practice I tell ya what, winning in a business divorce/fiduciary duty case or other corporate governance type situation is the best kinda drug if you ask me. Having been bullied on the playground as a kid, I consider winning these disputes (sometimes with and other times without litigation co-counsel) as my playground revenge. I had one just the last week, gets me going, fuck that guy, he crossed the wrong folks on this one. reminds me of the time I got to write a public letter response in a corporate governance ordeal to a hack job done and publicly shared by a former Texas Supreme Court Justice. I probably had 12+ drafts as it emerged to perfection - and it was perfection. And I fucking eviscerated them. It’s rare my work gets publicized in any meaningful way and the audience included many colleagues and business folks in the community. I’ve had other really fantastic outcomes but to have one on display as a corporate lawyer was really, really satisfying. In the end we demolished the opposition, which is the only way I like to roll.
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Week Seven Preview: From Blood Week to Red River
PencilPusher replied to texifornia's topic in Football
Welp...all those trendlines from prior weeks just blew up spectacularly on a week that should have been boring. Where do we see the playoffs now? SEC is on the verge of potentially only having 3 teams from the league make the show as opposed to 4. That's what happens when standard bearers get punked by the likes of Vandy and Wooo Pig Sooie... teams that won't be anywhere near the Top 20 when all is said and done. You can forgive losses to other top teams in the league, but lose to a second/third tier league team puts more pressure on you to stack wins against better teams. Alabama still has roadies to Tennessee, LSU, and OU to come. Vols still have the Alabama game and a trip to Athens to come. One of these teams may not make the show after showing out pretty well in the month of September. In steps LSU and the Ags to the discussion but don't see either team making it out of the year with fewer than 3 losses. LSU has Ole Miss this weekend, a trip to Kroger Field, and Alabama still to go. The Aggies will do Aggie things and lose a couple between now and then. Big question...how many SEC teams end up with 3 losses and who gets the invite(s)? Hopefully the Longhorns learned something while watching the carnage this weekend on how to approach the remaining schedule, particularly after the Georgia game. Big 10 may benefit from the stumbles in the SEC last week as the league has 4 undefeated teams remaining and on balance the league is top to bottom worse than the SEC. Buckeyes/Ducks will be a good game but the loser would still be on track for a playoff spot. Watching Penn State head to USC...if Penn St wins, they should also have an inside track to a spot. If they lose (and with James Franklin on the sideline that is a reasonable possibility), maybe not. Indiana is the other team that should be watched. 4 of their last 6 at home and only Ohio State in Columbus is a ranked team in that schedule. It is not out of the realm of possibility that IU is 11-1 at the end of the season and is in the Big 10 championship game. If all 4 of Ohio State, Oregon, Penn St, and Indiana are 10-2 or better, can't see why they all wouldn't be in the playoffs. ACC still a 2 bid league with Clemson's resurgence and Miami's theatrics. Miami though feels like they might drop one (or more) they shouldn't given they could have easily lost the last 2 (and some argue should have) which could change the calculus here. Say hello to Pitt who is 5-0 but their back half schedule seems rife with loss opportunities for the Panthers. Is SMU a candidate? Their schedule is easier than Pitt and their close loss at home to BYU is looking pretty good right now. Still don't know what to make of the Big 12. Iowa State is undefeated and looks like the best candidate but sure seems like a lot of teams will have 3+ losses when all is said and done. The SEC chaos certainly benefits the Big 12 and its ability to get 2 teams in if they somehow end the season with 2 teams with 2 or fewer losses. One thing I do know...Oklahoma State and Kansas have to be the biggest disappointments in the league so far. Won't even suggest a G5 team for the show. However, here is an interesting thing I'll be rooting for. Since Army and Navy are 5-0, if they get through the AAC schedule undefeated, they could meet in the AAC championship game a week before their scheduled game. How is that going to work? Seems like we may need to move that game to Thanksgiving weekend in future years but boy wouldn't that be fun this year. Of course it probably won't happen because it would just be too incredible to comprehend. But here on week 7, it is fun speculation. Really only one game this weekend but since there are other teams playing I'll comment on a couple of games: Ohio State-Oregon: Big 10 finally has an interesting watchable matchup featuring ex Big 12 QB's. Either QB could end up being a hero or a goat, but to me Ohio State just seems more consistent and built to win a game like this on the road. Will Howard will show up and bite the Buckeyes in the ass...but not this week. LSU-Ole Miss: Big game for both teams and could be an elimination game for a playoff spot with both teams remaining schedules. Ole Miss got right last week but heads into Death Valley without having a lot of recent success there. Believe it or not, Ole Miss sports the better defense in this matchup which should give them the edge. However, Caden Durham has been a revelation for the TIgers and makes their offense more dangerous and will be able to test the Rebels. LSU's defense is quite mediocre and lacks playmakers so I will reluctantly take the Rebels though I expect lots of points. Penn St-USC - Just feels like a trap for the Nittany Lions. Neither coach is a "big game" coach by any stretch but Lincoln has more Top 25 scalps than Franklin does. Still Penn State's defense is really good and USC's has just leveled up to middling. So reluctantly take the Lions but won't be surprised if they lose and even lose bigly And now for the game...the only one that matters. Texas/OU - Always a 50/50 game and the Sooners start an unknown at QB. Normally that would be a bad sign for Texas, but in this game it is usually the guy that comes in during the game that causes the problem (see Williams, Caleb a couple of years ago), not the QB who starts the game. I suspect OU will have their usual assortment of chicanery for this game, but Texas is experienced, deep, and way better at QB and defense this year. Golden Hat returns to its rightful place -
Maybe you think Texas is just going to stand there and do the same thing for 60 against OU that they did against Mississippi State. Seems unlikely to me. Sarkisian specifically said what their defensive approach was, and it was “if that’s what you want to do, bang your head for 4 yards a carry, we don’t even give enough of a fuck to change anything because you can’t beat us that way.” Almost certainly — and maybe I’m wrong, it wouldn’t be the first time — Texas played that game the way they did because, first, Mississippi State couldn’t win that way and, second, why show OU what you’d do in a similar situation if you don’t need to. Again, maybe I’m wrong and that was the best defense Kwiatkowski and staff could figure out and they were completely baffled as to what adjustments to make, but I feel certain they have something a little stronger in store for OU. I suspect we’ll find out.
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With Ewers starting, Gunnar is likely gonna be important in sustaining drives for Texas offense on Saturday... Going into last year's Red River Rivalry game, Texas Longhorns tight end Gunnar Helm didn't know what his role would look like. Starting tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders was battling the injury bug and didn't know if he would be able to play. Helm embraced the challenges and had his season-high of 67 receiving yards and one touchdown in the loss to the Sooners. Now, a senior and known leader in the locker room, Helm expects and embraces the extra work. He topped his previous season high in receiving yards when he had 98 in the Longhorn's win over Michigan. Part of the star-studded Texas receiving core, he can sometimes get lost in the hype but knows the importance of his veteran role. One of the main areas that Helm brings experience is playing in the Red River Rivalry game. Last year, Helm's touchdown gave Texas the lead for the first time all day. Quarterback Quinn Ewers found Helm, who had been left wide open in the middle of the field with a clear path to the end zone. "It was fourth and one we were going into on their side of the stadium," Helm said. "And so, you know, obviously everyone expects a run play, downhill run play, and got fortunate enough that they busted their coverage and just kind of slipped through wide open and the rest is history." Though Texas was not able to hold onto its lead and ultimately lost the game on a late touchdown by the Sooners, Helm knows this team is different. Texas' receivers may be star-studded, but they lack experience in this game, something that Helm has gained through his four years at Texas. Helm knows that his fellow receivers have played in big games and know what comes with that, but the State Fair is a different beast. "One of the most challenging parts about this game, actually, is bringing along the young guys who haven't been a part of this," Helm said. "The transfers, obviously, they've played in big-time games as well. Isaiah Bond, coming from Alabama, playing in the Iron Bowl, playing against LSU, and these big games, these prime time games. Matt (Golden), coming from a big program like Houston, Big 12, beat a lot of great teams. I'd say the biggest challenges (are) the young guys who are new to college football, the guys that play a lot for us, so just keeping them reeled in, not letting them lash out and be emotional." In a game where emotions are at an all-time high, it is expected of the veteran players to keep the younger players on task. No matter the rankings, Oklahoma always brings its a-game, and it's the same for Texas. This year, Texas is ranked No. 1 going into this game for the first time since 1990. Helm and the rest of the Longhorns are seemingly up to the task of beating the Sooners, something is a challenge every year. The Red River Rivalry game will kick of on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 2:30 PM and be broadcasted on ABC.
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
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Surprised it has taken him this long to produce the sunshine article By Billy Liucci October 7, 2024 Texas A&M opened the season with a golden opportunity to make a statement in game one of the Mike Elko era. When Notre Dame walked off of Kyle Field the winner after four tough quarters, a large group of frustrated Aggie fans — and most of college football media — immediately wrote off the Aggies in 2024. After just a single game, the general consensus was that A&M would scrap through a “rebuilding” season while Elko established his culture and eventually flipped the roster. It took Elko and the Aggies all of five weeks to flip what was a ridiculously premature narrative (even at the time) on its head. Following the 23-13 loss to the Fighting Irish, it was evident that the Maroon & White needed to make significant and immediate strides on both sides of the ball. If not, forget about down the road showdowns later this fall, A&M getting out of September sans another blemish would have been unlikely. A road trip to “The Swamp” to take on a desperate Florida team followed by a senior-laden MAC contender and then the annual circus vs. Arkansas in Arlington. Mix in the fact that Conner Weigman suffered an injury in the season-opening loss that eventually sidelined him for three games, and it's almost understandable that many without any inside knowledge of Elko, his staff or team would write off the Aggies' chances and shift their focus elsewhere. However, a funny thing happened on the way from Notre Dame to a bye week that rests squarely at the season's midway point. The Aggies quietly came together and got better. Marcel Reed played like a seasoned veteran during his first career start in Gainesville, and a team determined to end a two-plus year road losing streak managed to put Florida and the 90,000 Gator fans in attendance away early. A week later, the Aggies appeared to lose some focus but didn't flinch when staring down what would have been a season-derailing upset, winning the fourth quarter and disposing of Bowling Green. At Jerry World, the Aggies again rose up when the game was on the line, thanks to Le'Veon Moss running hog wild and Jay Bateman's defense smothering Bobby Petrino's Arkansas offense down the stretch. September lessons were learned, and as is always the deciding factor in year one of a head coach's tenure, the A&M players remained engaged and were receptive to Elko's messaging. When the Aggies went on the road and raced out to a 20-0 halftime lead at “The Swamp,” it became very clear that the culture was quickly changing in College Station. The next step, of course, was winning the fourth quarter and closing out tough games. That happened in back-to-back weeks — and against two very different foes — against Bowling Green and Arkansas. The September wins were a great indicator of things like improvement and buy-in. The Aggies began making more big plays than allowing them, the run game showed marked week-to-week improvement, they began protecting the football and began regularly producing momentum- and game-changing plays on defense. The result? College football's only ranked matchup of the weekend, with 4-0 and No. 9 Missouri taking on No. 25 and 4-1 Texas A&M in front of the 12th Man. It goes without saying that Elko and the Aggies took full advantage of the chance to force their way back into the SEC and national conversation, taking Missouri to the woodshed and handing the Tigers the kind of beating that led to A&M making an eye-catching 10-spot rise in the polls. An earlier-than-expected shot at redemption for the Aggies, as A&M got a second shot at a top-25 showdown against a top-10 opponent at home before mid-season. It goes without saying that Elko and the Aggies took full advantage of the chance to force their way back into the SEC and national conversation, taking Missouri to the woodshed and handing the Tigers the kind of beating that led to A&M making an eye-catching 10-spot rise in the polls. The newly-ranked No. 15 Aggies drove 60 yards on eight plays into the end zone on their first possession and had Mizzou in a seemingly insurmountable 24-0 hole at halftime. When Moss took a handoff on the first play of the third quarter, saw a gaping hole and sprinted 75 yards to paydirt, the Ags led a top-10 opponent 31-0, and it sure looked like Eli Drinkwitz's Tigers couldn't get on the plane to Columbia fast enough. For four quarters during a 41-10 trouncing of the Tigers, the Aggies played like a team capable of beating anyone on the remaining schedule. Weigman (yes, the lede has been buried here, but we'll get to #15 in a moment) was absolutely dealing, and the passing game clicked like we haven't seen all season, with his targets catching everything thrown their way. With a physical offensive line paving the way, the running game once again carved up an SEC defense as Moss rumbled his way to 138 yards and three touchdowns on just 12 carries. Defensively, the Aggies held a Mizzou offense loaded with skilled playmakers to a single touchdown and barely 250 total yards. A five-game winning streak, the Aggies' first 3-0 SEC record since 2016 (their second since joining the league) and a top-15 ranking had the national college football voices singing a very different tune about Texas A&M football by Saturday afternoon, as top-10 teams around the country continued dropping like flies. And while field stormings and goalpost takedowns in Nashville and Fayetteville ultimately stole the weekend headlines (deservedly so), the Aggies beating the hell out of Missouri was the top-10 “upset” that didn't feel like one. The Aggies looked like a top-10 outfit on Saturday, while Missouri looked like a fringe top-25 squad. Seemingly out of nowhere, A&M looked elite in all three phases of the game. The ease with which the Ags disposed of a Missouri team that came in 15-2 since the start of last season — combined with what took place around the SEC and college football — changed a lot of opinions when it comes to A&M's potential in year one of the Elko Era. Four top-10 teams went down on Saturday, and five of the top-11. Four of those five losses came to previously unranked opponents, and a fifth top-10 upset was narrowly averted because Mario Christobal's Miami Hurricanes appear to have cut a backroom deal with ACC officials. If college football as a whole has been a six-week thrill ride thus far, what's happening in the SEC would qualify as a three-ring circus. In the last two Saturdays alone, A&M beating Missouri by 31 points hardly registers on the insanity meter. Kentucky stormed into Oxford and beat then-No. 6 Ole Miss on the same day Alabama raced out to a 30-7 lead, fell behind and then knocked off Georgia in one of the wildest games you'll ever see. Fast forward to two days ago, and the same Arkansas team the Aggies just beat held Tennessee's high-flying offense to just 14 points, and the Hogs — with a backup quarterback, no less — knocked the No. 4 Vols from the ranks of the unbeaten. And then there's Vanderbilt. Without wasting too much energy trying to describe the magnitude of perhaps the most stunning upset in recent college football history, the ripple effect the shocking result in Music City will likely have on the SEC title race could rival the waves a certain set of goalposts made in the Cumberland River on Saturday night. In four thoroughly impressive quarters, the Aggies went from Southeastern Conference also-rans to joining the likes of Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss and perhaps even LSU as candidates to reach Atlanta. The same applies to the 12-team playoff discussion. And as folks begin to really dig into the Aggies' remaining schedule this week and during the upcoming bye, the chatter surrounding Elko and the Aggies is only going to get louder. Make no mistake: This is exactly why I said following the Notre Dame loss that the Aggies could play their way into another very meaningful tilt vs. a top-10 foe at Kyle Field. It's also why, leading up to Saturday's kickoff, the thought of what things would look like if A&M outlasted Missouri was tough to ignore … and that was if the Aggies managed to win close. By looking so dominant en route to a five-score win, the Aggies are now the latest en-vogue pick to reach the expanded CFP, to the point that even those who rarely give credit to anything Maroon & White-related are taking notice, including none other than Joel Klatt, who said on Monday: "Wrap your mind around this … Aggie football has a good shot at the CFP … in fact I would put money on it right now." Again, this is all highly complimentary stuff, and it's a combination of how good A&M looked on Saturday, a suddenly wide-open SEC race and the remaining schedule. It also has to do with folks now realizing the Aggies played a more challenging first-half schedule than many realized. Graham Mertz has Florida playing better ball as of late, and the underdog Gators just handled UCF fairly easily. Arkansas did to Josh Heupel's Vols what they couldn't do to the Aggies, and the Hogs now sit at 4-2. Notre Dame is back in the top 10 and will likely be favored in every game from here on out, while Missouri is still in the top 25 and sitting at 4-1 with a realistic shot at 10 wins. While all of the positive attention makes sense, and there's no reason the Aggies shouldn't enjoy the sudden spotlight (so should all of you as fans), it's also a good time to point out that the “A&M and Texas could meet at Kyle Field on Nov. 30 and again a week later in Atlanta” chatter is fun and somehow at this point not even fantasy. The Aggies' remaining schedule is still full of potential landmines. While outside entities will tell you A&M will cruise towards resuming the rivalry, one look at the schedule would tell anyone who knows anything about the Southeastern Conference that the Aggies' path to carrying a 7-0 or even 6-1 record entering the regular-season finale will be daunting. No matter what the current records say, road trips to Starkville, South Carolina and Jordan-Hare are tough, tough games to win. The Aggies' history against Mississippi State has been spotty at best, and coming off of a big win followed by an off-week, that one has a trap game written all over it. Shane Beamer's Gamecocks have a bye week before hosting the Aggies for Homecoming in Columbia, but they're coming off of a beatdown at the hands of Ole Miss and have Alabama followed by a road trip to Norman before facing A&M. While Auburn appears to be spiraling on the surface, War Eagle was very close to running Oklahoma out of the stadium a week ago and hung tough with Georgia for much of the game on Saturday. And we know what kind of talent the Tiger roster features. Oh, and there's also this pesky little home game against a team in Purple and Gold from Baton Rouge. LSU is quietly sitting at 4-1 overall and inside the top 15. Regardless of what happens against Ole Miss at Death Valley on Saturday, the matchup between the Aggies and Bayou Bengals promises to be a four-quarter war at Kyle Field. That's the cautious look at the Aggies' second-half schedule. There's also a reality that what Elko's squad put on display against Missouri is what the current ceiling looks like. The team we saw on Saturday would be a real problem for anyone in the country, including the teams currently residing inside the top five. While the Aggies have a challenging road ahead, the likes of Jeff Lebby, Brian Kelly, Beamer and Hugh Freeze all know they're likely to have real problems with A&M if this team continues to improve at its current rate. The reality is that while the Aggies won't be able to sustain that level of across-the-board excellence each and every Saturday from here on out, this team has only scratched the surface when it comes to how good it can be. Perhaps the biggest reason the Aggies began to unlock their full potential against Mizzou is none other than Weigman. Throughout the offseason, I tried to convey what NFL scouts and the national media believed Elko and Collin Klein had at the quarterback position in #15, and I fully expected the junior to emerge as one of the SEC's breakout performers. Then, Weigman played his worst game as an Aggie in the season opener — clearly not himself in his first game of action in nearly a year — and everyone seemed to forget the talent he flashed when healthy. While Reed did what can only be described as a sensational job stepping in as a completely inexperienced backup, leading the Ags to a perfect 3-0 mark, Elko made the choice to go back to the dude who earned the QB1 role based on his performance throughout the offseason. It was a gutsy call by the first-year head coach, but the reality is that Weigman's experience and NFL-caliber passing talent open up everything for Klein's offense. On Saturday, Weigman got rid of the ball quickly and in rhythm, hit deep shots down the field and kept a couple of key drives alive with his legs when needed. He also played with a lot more confidence and emotion than he showed against Notre Dame, looking much more like the fiery field general everyone expected to see entering the season. He connected on 18-of-22 passes for 276 yards, and his pinpoint passing led directly to the Aggie pass-catching corps enjoying their best game of the season by a longshot, with a suddenly-hot Noah Thomas, Terry Bussey and Jahdae Walker making big plays. As expected, backing Missouri off by throwing them out of heavy boxes led directly to things opening up in a big way for what was already a deadly effective ground game. Moss now leads the SEC in rushing following the best outing of his career, and #8 has run for 228 yards on just 18 carries in the Aggies' last five quarters of action. The Aggies have been good on defense from game one, but the unit has really turned it on the last two Saturdays. With Nic Scourton playing like an All-American (3.5 sacks and 5.5 TFLs in the last two games) and the defensive line looking very much like the best in the country, A&M demolished the blocking plans of both Arkansas and Missouri. In three SEC games, the Ags have amassed 11 sacks and 23 backfield stops while giving up an average of just 116 yards per game on the ground. A deep, athletic and talented back seven is flying around and getting hands on a lot of passes, a combination that has led to the Ags forcing six turnovers in three conference tilts. With so much new talent playing in a new scheme, Elko and Batemen know that there's still plenty of room for improvement for a unit that has a chance to be as good as any in the league. While the Aggies obviously put it all together against the Tigers, there's still a lot of room for this newly-minted contender to improve, which is perhaps more exciting than anything we saw from the home team during a 31-point rout (the second time A&M has dismantled an SEC opponent in three tries this fall). What the Ags can't do is lose focus, a point Elko is certain to hammer home throughout the bye and into next week's Mississippi State prep. The Aggies fought their way back, and the fight only gets tougher in order for this team to stay in power in the SEC and playoff races. Entering Saturday's second shot at a top-10 team, Missouri's head coach, players and even the Tigers media decided it would be wise to talk an awful lot of trash. Drinkwitz was yapping about Elko's quarterback business, Brady Cook called out the 12th Man, and Theo Wease Jr. arrived at Kyle Field wearing a blanket supposedly gifted by Will “The Blanket” Lee III. But it was a simple post by the Tiger account on X that looked the most foolish by sometime around the second quarter on Saturday. "Time to make a statement." Elko and the Aggies were not amused, and a motivated bunch in Maroon & White did just that. Statement made -
Sisters getting plowed Skoal, Keystones, meth, and fatness Here come the sooners Fucking bastard cunts With their god damned two-note song I hate them so much We are gonna win By so many freaking points Go home loser chodes
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This. Saban saw the writing on the wall. It's fairly easy to make an easy run for a championship every year when your entire team is made up of 5 star players and everyone else's talent level doesn't come anywhere close. Avoid any real OOC matchups, crush the weak SEC teams that you've gotten your ESPN media buddies to talk up into legitimate/ranked/whatever, and win your 1 or at most 2 tough games a year. Done. With the portal and NIL upping the talent level across the board? Yeah, you're not going to see ultra dominant teams anymore in the college game. You might get one for a single season, but establishing a dominant program that just repeats over and over? Especially now that there's an actual playoff? Good luck. I'm honestly surprised we haven't seen more of this type of shit. These players are King Shit of their high schools. They have major D1 programs fighting over them making them the Belle of the Ball. Then they become King Shit at college. Except now they're actually getting paid real money to play. And there aren't too many (if any) college coaches that are going to risk losing games by enforcing discipline. If you're making $5+ mill a year to make it to the playoffs and win titles, that's a lot to risk by suspending your best player(s). Oh, and now there are other teams happy to pay them NIL money as well and take them off your hands if you piss the little princes off.
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