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You're arguing that we should go try and win all our money back at the triple zero roulette wheel. Twitter is juicing conservative extremism, and you're gonna be bringing piss to a shit fight if you think you'll be anything more than the whipping boy on those platforms. Attention is the currency, and brother, not much aside from amygdala response gets the attention of chuds. Nothing matters until it affects them. Telling them how bad things are only encourages their actions to drag the bar lower. You're not gonna win with LOGIC and FACTS when they don't give a flying fuck about those things.
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2025 NHL Playoffs Thread - Let the madness begin!
Skipper replied to Longhorn_Fan68's topic in Other Sports
Edmonton is on a heater. After looking like they had the worst goaltender on the planet the first 2 games, they go to Pickard who wins 6 in a row, then he gets hurt, then Skinner who somehow posts back to back shutouts. Winning 8 of 9 in the playoffs really impressive. Will be a tough matchup for Stars if we can close this out. I wanted this series extended but F Vegas. Glad they lost. They are right there with the Avs for my most disliked team. I didn't watch after the 2nd last night but Vegas certainly look older and slower. Was surprised how little juice they had in a home elimination game from what I watched. It was a contrast to game 1 where they still were flying up and down the ice. -
2025 NHL Playoffs Thread - Let the madness begin!
C-Man replied to Longhorn_Fan68's topic in Other Sports
Have the Sharks ever beaten the Stars in a playoff series? I don’t think they have. Edmonton is damn good, beat us last year and are playing great now. We beat Vegas last year and they looked old this series. I wanted it to go as long as possible. If Dallas moves on, we will have our hands full with the Oilers. Of the seven teams still playing, I think I might pick the Oilers as the Cup favorite right now. McDavid and Draisaitl are winning a Cup sometime. It’s inevitable. -
If we were truly winning, we'd be able to go back to the days of Chinese delivery for a family of 4 for less than $25
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The Dallas Stars 2025 Playoff Thread
Longhorn_Fan68 replied to Longhorn_Fan68's topic in Other Sports
not jinxy, it's the way we've played all season Jamie could take a few less penalties and be doing 100% of what he needs to be doing. We don't rely on him for scoring anymore. We rely on him to set the tone and keep is lineups honest and the other side in check. Anything beyond that is gravy exactly. it's not alarming that Robo or Duchene or Mush haven't "gotten going." That was by far Robo's best game since returning from injury and he had a point to show for it. Mush and Duchy looked better last night and the latter also got an assist. I think the fact that we've now returned two starters and this is the first time playing with our full lineup there's gonna be a few continuity issues, but luckily others are stepping up in the meantime. that's gonna pay dividends the further we go. we've outscored the Jets 11-5 in our three win (3.67-1.67avg). I like our chances to win one of the next three. -
The Dallas Stars 2025 Playoff Thread
GoldAppleCorps replied to Longhorn_Fan68's topic in Other Sports
We live this life in the Central. We've played the odds-on favorites to win the Cup (the Avs), and now play the President's Trophy winners. These aren't jagoff teams glad to be here. Last season, the Stars fought through a suddenly reloaded Vegas team, then drew the Avs with all their top guys going. It would be more comfortable to just roll over teams, but that ain't realistic. My nerves would be better if we could stop the shooting gallery on Otter, but so far he's holding up. You're going to need that to contend. Last night, the Jets knew this game was critical. Yes, they have 2 more games at home where they're tough, but Dallas already won there once. As such, they came out to play a ferocious tempo. They got nothing on the scoreboard, and watched Granlund toss one in from the middle of the zone. Dallas played a counterattacking style - waiting for the Jets to get caught out. The Stars PK is so thorough that they can afford to wait for penalties to even out (though that's no reason to take dumb ones). Robo is almost completely back up to speed. Miro got the plastic wrap off. Rather than struggling, the Stars are powering up. Just keep in mind they're doing so against the top points team in the NHL, and are respecting that power. Obviously I'd like to close it out on Thursday, but I'm expecting Hellebuyck to do his thing. The Stars can beat that thing, but he's definitely an equalizer when he's on. I know the rules are different than in the Hitchcock era, but there's still value in taking the air out of the game, and just believing that your squad's talent will carry the day when the variables are reduced. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
immamac replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
Also, there's a lot besides his play that has to do with that narrative - I also think that without Quinn coming back that Texas would have taken significantly longer to become dominant, and that's not because he was just some guy that put everyone on his back, it was because it made Texas relevant and he was a significant draw for A LOT of additional talent, especially on the offensive side of the ball. He also started off with a very high floor, even when quinn was playing poorly it was still good enough to win the majority of the games. He definitely had some help with schedule etc early on with a really weak big xii and an Oklahoma that was floundering etc but lets not sit here and fucking pretend that we are where we are without Quinn transferring in from Ohio State. The gravitational pull he had, and kept even after his first season was incredible. Now did that fade going into 2024? Sure, he got passed up by Arch and everyone really wanted Arch to have been playing and Quinn to have left anyway, but if he just plays 2022 and 2023 seasons I still maintain that everyone here think's he's a fucking legend. In 2024 the team made back to back semifinals, the only team to have done it and that wouldn't have happened without Quinn's involvement in the program. I don't think that means that HE GOT Texas to the Semis, it just wouldn't have happened without all the steps that happened because he was around. There's a lot more than the first order effect of him playing that went into the evaluation that he brought Texas all the way back. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
BurntOrange&White replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I never took away any credit for how well we did, in fact show me where I did. But I'm also not going to pump sunshine and act like that was all because of him. The teams he played on the past two years have had more NFL players than any other teams in the history of our school(see record number of picks). Outside of RB due to injuries it is not out of the realm to say that QB was the weakest position of the team in 2024. It also happens to be the most important position in the game. And I don't see how you can say having better QB play could net worse results, that's just pure idiocy. Tom Brady going to Tampa and taking the same team Jameis played on to a winning super bowl shows this. But that's the thing with the people who blindly say Quinn is the reason, Quinn did well, Quin did blah blah blah, they can't admit the opposite. It took until after Quinn was done playing for ThatGuy to admit that Quinn had faults instead of blaming everyone else but Quinn. -
The Dallas Stars 2025 Playoff Thread
Hagbard Celine replied to Longhorn_Fan68's topic in Other Sports
where there is a will there is a way i think back to going out to sharks and avs teams i felt like we outplayed but all they did was find a way to win it feels jinxy to say we are just finding a way it would be nice if the seguin and benn would stop faafoing and miro gets going -
A few years back we heard fan bases bitch and gripe about seeing the same teams in conference play, how one divisions was stronger than the other, how the systems favored teams in multiple conferences and so we get these garbage unbalanced schedules. That only gets compounded by the growth of conferences that are frankly too damn large to manage with divisional splits in some fashion that makes sense. The result has been multiple issues in multiple conferences in multiple sports where schools are playing much easier schedules and there really is not easy way to compare then and as result we get a bigger imbalanced pile of garbage than we did under the old divisional formats. West Virginia is most likely going to win the Big 12 this year with a completely garbage schedule as example.
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I love Pete. I think he's hands-down the smartest candidate in either party and he would make a great POTUS. But this thread is amazing. Okay, let's just assume that a gay man can be elected POTUS in 2028. I seriously doubt it, but it's not even close to the top of the list of concerns. 1. Joe Rogan and others will continue to work on young people for the next 3.5 years. We all thought the GOP would be in trouble when the Baby Boomers started dying off. Well, not really, because they've won Gen Z. And they've done shockingly well with Latinos of all ages. They are simply winning the messaging game, even with a deeply flawed head of the party. This is a problem that isn't going away any time soon, even if Trump drops dead tomorrow. 2. A significant percentage of Democrats will have moved out of the country by 2028. 3. A significant percentage of Democrats will have been deported or otherwise disenfranchised by 2028. 4. There is a significant chance that we don't even have an election in 2028. There are many ways this could happen; probably the most likely is that we're in a major war and the election is "suspended," (and then it never comes back). 5. If there is an election, the GOP will cheat its everloving ass off. You guys are listening to Pete preach to the choir like, "Man, he sounds great." Yeah, he really does. But it doesn't change anything. This isn't getting fixed in 2028. I'm not trying to be a dick, but I think the sooner we all move past the denial phase, the better. Strap in for the long haul, or make an exit plan.
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Tuning in now to watch Aaron Gordon hit another game clinching three. Wouldn't mind seeing OKC win though, to keep the "new champion" theme going this year. Cannot believe it's either New York or freakin Indiana coming out of the eat to the NBA finals! Coulda been my Magic if we didn't have so many injuries this year!
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So I was talking the Kendall Scudder, the new state chair for Texas Dems. You might have seen some vids of him sprinkled about the CR. I asked him if he would be willing to sit for a Zoom type meeting for the Surlyites who would be interested in attending. He's on board. I figure this is your chance to hear what the state party is trying to do to rebuild and win, as well as put your own two cents in, directly to the man himself. While Texas is not a huge player on the national scene, we are going to be. He explains all that much better than I can. And I am glad he is looking to engage with people outside our regular blue bubbles of activists and wonks. I can host the Zoom and you folks can attend anonymously, but I think in all fairness we should use our screennames here as our identifiers there, so I can monitor for trolls and boot them. If there's enough interest, we'll drop a poll as to best time and make it happen. It won't be until mid July though, I imagine, due to his schedule is really packed, and he and his wife are expecting their first child in early July. So for the months of July and August he'll be doing a lot of virtual meetings.
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D1 Chat excerpts. Boyd's World states no more wins needed to be Top 8. Hope they are right. http://boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/rpineeds.html If we all realize RPI is a flawed metric. Why is that the cornerstone of what we use to determine host sites? I mean I think EVERY metric is flawed, is the thing -- if there were one infallible formula we could rely upon, we could just let the computers pick the field and not bother having any of these debates. That said, the RPI's flaws are well documented, and the committee has at least (finally!) taken steps toward improving the process, first by incorporating the KPI last year, and we think there's a real chance that DSR becomes part of the process soon, perhaps even next year. The committee has shown an interest in modernizing the process, and that's encouraging. But for now, RPI is still king (even if the power of its monarchy is showing signs of crumbling), so that's what we have to go by. If LSU takes 2/3 at South Carolina and a win or so in Hoover, do you believe they will be the #1 overall seed on Selection Monday? Gosh, this question is way more difficult than it feels like it should be this late in the season -- who the heck is going to be the No. 1 overall seed? Honestly it still feels wide open. Texas is STILL in first place, two games ahead of Arkansas and three ahead of LSU, and Texas does have the head-to-head edge over LSU, but not over Arkansas. Georgia and Auburn are ahead of all of them in the RPI, but behind in the standings. LSU is down at No. 7 in the RPI right now, which would be historically low for a No. 1 national seed, I suspect. I think LSU is deserving of being ranked No. 1 in our rankings, but the metrics don't love their case as much as our Top 25 methodology. So I would stop short of saying a series win vs. SC and a one in Hoover would get them the No. 1 national seed; that frankly might not be enough. Yes, Texas is at the top of the SEC standings, but do the Longhorns feel like a diminishing product right now? It feels like most #2 seeds would choose Austin over the next 4-5 SEC schools.. I think I'll be a little concerned about Texas if it goes on the road and once again doesn't do much offensively against Oklahoma. Riojas didn't look very good over the weekend, but otherwise the Longhorns did what was needed to be done from a pitching standpoint. I feel like the offense is starting to slip a bit.... maybe the book is finally out on some of these guys? At any rate, I would not want to enter the postseason having lost three-straight series if I'm Texas. Big weekend ahead from a confidence standpoint. How many of the Top 8 come from the SEC? at the moment you can argue 6 teams have legitimate top 8 resumes but will the committee allow that many from the SEC? you'd have to think LSU, Texas and Arkansas are locks. Right behind them UGA, Vandy and Auburn have practically identical resumes at this point so it's gonna be interesting to see how many the committee allows You're spot-on, it's so SEC heavy at the top right now. It's wild that the top ACC team in the RPI is Florida State at No. 9! And the only non-SEC interloper in the top 8 is Oregon State, which has its own resumé flaws (notably, the 0-4 against Oregon). I still think 6 of the top 8 feels too rich for the SEC, but I would bet on 5 when the dust settles. A&M is REALLY done now, right? Right??? Tell us they're done - please! Not done yet -- but the pulse is about 12 beats per minute. The Aggies will have to win the Georgia series AND do some damage in the SEC tournament with a win or two at minimum. The weird thing is this is still a team that could go on a run in the NCAA tournament, but it's not a crew, as of today, that deserves to be in the tourney. I expect things to get rather interesting in College Station in short order with the Aggies lose that series this weekend.\ Winning the SEC tournament looks to be the only path Texas A&M has to reach the post season, would you agree? If they lose in Hoover, would their season represent the biggest crash and burn in all of college baseball history? Are there any other teams that even come close?\ I don't think it's the only path. if A&M wins the Georgia series and gets to 15-16 wins in the conference tournament, I think it would likely easily be in the field at that point. But again, you're asking a team who is the opposite of consistent to win 4 or 5 games in the next 8-9 days.... I'm skeptical. Is this one of the best years for parity you guys have seen? Of the teams in the top 10: LSU,texas, georgia, auburn, vandy, & oregon state have all been swept, Florida State got run ruled twice at home in a series, and Arkansas has lost 4 of their last 5 series. Almost crazy to see - is this the most wide open title race in memory? I'm with you, it is the most wide open it's been in a long time (which feels weird to say considering 7 of the top 8 in the RPI are all SEC -- but again, there's really not a clear-cut favorite out of those 7 SEC teams). Wide open right now, and I think that's super fun. Let’s say Texas loses 2/3 at OU this weekend but still holds on to win the SEC because Arkansas only wins 2/3 against Tennessee. What do you do with Texas in terms of a top 8 seed? It feels harsh to push the SEC champ down outside the top 8 but that would mean they went 2-7 in their last 9 SEC games and we know the committee considers how well you’re playing late in the season. Texas would still be a top eight -- but probably in the 6-8 range instead of the top five. Boomer, does Oklahoma have enough gas in the tank to host or should I get ready to go up to Fayetteville? Randy -- I think OU is going to have to get to 16 wins minimum, probably 17 to host. A Texas series win this weekend would be a good start - I just think the Sooners are behind too many contenders at the moment. FYI -- OU cannot go to an SEC host.
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Unsure if this means we are going to win the super or lose the regional.
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In the history of human civilization have you ever heard of a police force that tells an incoming authoritarian to fuck off? That their authoritarianism isn't going to fly and that steps up to stop it? If so, let me know because I don't know of that ever happening. The people that do that kind of policing job are almost exclusively wannabe authoritarian shitheads themselves. This type of illegal fascist shit is what approximately 90% of them want to do. The other 10% just go along with it because they're too scared to defy the 90%. The sooner Democrat leaders acknowledge and accept we are currently in a civil war, and they actually take steps to start fighting that war, the better the chance we defeat fascism. You can't win a war against fascism without leadership even acknowledging they're in one.
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I see 3 issues at hand offensively: 1) Injuries. This one is obvious. Not only is it just missing Belyeu, but Mendoza is playing hurt, Rodriguez is playing hurt, Williams keeps coming in and out of the lineup. 2) Our best players aren’t being our best players. Schloss himself said preseason that our top guys were going to have to carry us this year because the depth wasn’t where it needs to be 1 through 9. Flores is struggling badly. Gasparino is in a bad funk. Galvan has cooled of late. Winfield was benched a month into the season. 3) We have a few guys playing who are just not quite the quality of player you need to compete in the upper class of his league. We know who they are. A few of them could still be good players down the road but they are struggling to keep their head above water right now. Issues 1 and 2 could be fixed in the next few weeks. Issue 3 isn’t going away and could be what ultimately caps the ceiling. I will also say that the offense has struggled numbers wise for a while, the pitching was just bailing them out and we were winning the low scoring games. Now we aren’t.
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I think he is pretty good. Got us to #1 in the rankings and we are very likely going to win the vaunted SEC in our inaugural season and be a top 4 national seed.
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I get it Vivi is good but some of these talking points are painting her like she was Vince young or Colt McCoy. Yes she was a top 5 player on this team but to say she would’ve saved us from all of the problems this team has showed all year is pretty crazy. No matter how good Vivi was she had nothing to do with pitching and the downward spiral they have had the last three years, or how some of our hitters (Stewie) has regressed I do believe MW is a top coach but I also believe he got complacent, he didn’t go after better coaches, better players or better development and if he’s the coach he should’ve said something if Mac and others are eating their way to the bench. One thing that caught my attention was how the announcers mentioned how the A&M players stayed all summer because they were on a mission. Why is that not Texas!? What did we win for us to feel like we made it?? Yes that’s on the players but ultimately that’s the coach. Sark demands excellence and always mentions how he has that fire because we haven’t won shit at Texas even though we’ve made the final four two years in a row. Just my thoughts yes he went after the Stanford Pitcher but it was also other great players out there and we’ definitely could’ve did better than Katie Bennett. I love how Sark approaches it - yea even though we have good players you still go out and try to recruit the best because you never know what can happen. (Injuries, transfers, Etc)
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This is one reason I like you. Ballsy. Not afraid to go against the grain. Yes. Throughout a season you’ll need the offense to win a handful of games. Auburn when not run ruling USC they won 11-10. And we are short on blowout wins and coasting too. I had a flu shot. Still got the flu so who knows.
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Sunday is gonna be so fun. No one had us winning the series. Just having a chance to go up 3-1 at home against the Thunder is an amazing place to be. We win and Thunder are cooked. Seconded on MPJ last night. Not only did he come out hot and stay hot, but he also hustled and played urgent which he hadn’t been doing as much. AG so clutch again with the 3 to put us in OT with 27 seconds left. I can’t believe we didn’t go back to AG for the last second shot in regulation with how Jokic had been shooting all game.
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we were razor thin with pitching. getting that first win on Friday night is big. now our #3 is going against their 2 and so on.
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Good thing about it, with everyone else winning in Texas athletics he gonna feel that pressure . get better coaches and recruit better players. He seems to have gotten lazy this off-season like we won something instead of going in with his hair on fire . The Mack Brown itis strikes again
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Yes. If LSU wins out, we would need to go 3-3 for outright, or 2-4 to share. We have H2H over them for whatever that is worth.
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I'm going to start an Oklahoma Football 2025 thread on the football board and post my initial thoughts on their outlook for 2025. It's odd to me that we don't regularly do that but fuck the metathread as the sole football board place to discuss our arch rival. I look forward to us storing receipts on the media clownshow fawning over them during the offseason. As to top WR in the portal, uhh, no. There are plenty of candidates for that and the dude with a fractured leg from UAPB who might not even play this year isn't that guy. What a fucking joke. Every year some new dipshit is proclaimed to be the next great OU WR. Anyway, Oklahoma Football 2025: Grab Your Ankles; Oklahoma Football 2025: Brent Venables Will Chew Through You; Oklahoma Football 2025: Less Wins Than Teeth; Oklahoma Football 2025: Staring At Your Ass Pressed Firmly Against A Mirror. I don't know, still working on an initial title, got some time.
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