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Poor guy caught himself a 0 on the hot axis and an 11 on the crazy axis

Well worth the watch and a reminder that men are simple and p***y is undefeated.

Sark has the sec concerned.

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What’s up yall! It’s your former bball writer. Hope all is well. Writing for SI now about the NBA draft, so wanted to ask some of the hoops heads around here

For those of you into bball scouting, who are some guys in college that have popped for you this year?

Here’s my list of “dudes”

Cody Williams — Colorado FR
Stephon Castle — UConn FR
Donovan Clingan — UConn FR
Ja’Kobe Walter — Baylor FR
Yves Missi — Baylor FR
Reed Sheppard — Kentucky FR
Rob Dillingham — Kentucky FR
Daron Holmes II — Dayton JR
Kyshawn George — Miami FR
JT Toppin — New Mexico FR
Dillon Mitchell — Texas SO
Dylan Disu — Texas SR
Dalton Knecht — Tennessee SR
Jared McCain — Duke FR
Kyle Filipiwski — Duke SO
Dillon Jones — Weber St SR
Saint Thomas — No. Colorado SR
Bub Carrington — Pitt FR
Ryan Dunn — Virginia SO
Colin Murray-Boyles — S. Carolina FR

I’m forgetting some too

...so we talked football for 15 minutes. He said everyone in the SEC knows Texas is going to be kicking butt for the foreseeable future. He said they truly loved the Pirate and his death was a shocker to the community. Had great things to say about Sark! Also, he said NIL is a game changer that favors us because we are loaded.

For you 80’s fans, to me “Vision Quest” is one of the most underrated sports movies, but also one of the best movie soundtracks put together. Was on a twitter (X) thread talking about the peg board scene, Mathew Modine actually responded in the thread, said he actually did the scene himself, took several takes but he did it. The songs are classic bangers and absolutely make the movie great:

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Transvestite who butchered cab driver smirks at victim's family, claims victimhood after getting off the hook for murder...​

The Driver who was murdered was a Texan living and working in Portland, and by all accounts, simply murdered by a psycho for fun!

FAFO:

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Here is the recently approved playoff format that should be of interest to every Texas Longhorn fan:

"IRVING, Texas – The College Football Playoff (CFP) Board of Managers today unanimously revised the qualifying criteria for the 12-team event to now include the five highest-ranked conference champions, plus the next seven highest-ranked teams as determined by the CFP Selection Committee.

“This is a very logical adjustment for the College Football Playoff based on the evolution of our conference structures since the board first adopted this new format in September 2022,” said Dr. Mark Keenum, President of Mississippi State University and Chair of the CFP Board of Managers. “I know this change will also be well received by student-athletes, coaches and fans. We all will be pleased to see this new format come to life on the field this postseason.”

"This change modifies the original plan, which called for the bracket each year to include the six highest-ranked conference champions, plus the next six highest-ranked teams.

"Under the 12-team playoff format that begins this fall, the four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded one through four and each will receive a first-round bye, while teams seeded five through 12 will play each other in the first round on the home field of the higher-ranked team. (The team ranked #5 will host #12; team #6 will meet team #11; team #7 will play team #10; and team #8 will meet #9.) The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in the New Year’s Six bowl games, the national championship game will continue to be at a neutral site. No conference will qualify automatically and there will be no limit on the number of participants from a conference."

Dec 4, ahead of Conference Title Games... seems dumb.


“The biggest reason we’re doing this is to clear up the football recruiting calendar so the signing period and the transfer portal don’t overlap,” Wistrcill said. “The feedback we’ve received from all coaches is that December is a mess. Especially with the expansion of the CFP coming next year, that just creates more chaos in December. This should help.”

Found her off IH 59 and Trinity River.

They need to just kill that dude in jail who was last seen with her.

Truly a sad story. Shocked there wasn't a thread started after her disappearance. RIP Audrii

Not necessarily that visible, as he wasn’t a position coach, but Cleve (Assoc. AD for Football Operations) was crucial to Mack’s success. He was the “bad cop/disciplinarian” to Mack’s “good cop.” A lot of outsiders thought Mad Dog Madden played that role, but at best, only in the weight room. Cleve was the man you saw when you weren’t doing things right. Dude could be scary AF (Level 1). He is one of the big overlooked reasons Mack’s fortunes went downhill, after Cleve was dismissed for his own “not doing it the right way” moment. In fact, problems were setting in well before then, where Cleve (and Mack) were no longer on top of Important internal team and staff issues.

So, Ketch or other mods, who has that role for Sark? Or is it shared in some way, or is there something about the culture (remember we are talking about teenagers where discipline is still a developing skill), that the role isn’t part of Sark’s approach?

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When Quinn Ewers entered the 2023 winter conditioning program, he did so as an almost broken man.

"There weren't a lot of sun shining, rosy days for him in his first year as a starting quarterback," Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said of Ewers at Big 12 media days in July.

Ewers laid off the Chick-fil-A, lost weight, lost the mullet and went to work. In the process, he gained confidence in himself and gained the confidence of his teammates. He needed that confidence to guide the Horns to their first Big 12 title since 2009.

Changing his body and changing the mindset of the team was a big hill to climb.

This year’s offseason workouts may come with an even bigger challenge. If last season was all about learning how to win, this season is all about learning how to win when you're expected to win.

“The reality is that excessively high expectations rarely result in high-level performance,” wrote Dr. Patrick Cohn, a sports psychologist. “When expectations are high, so is the pressure to meet those expectations.”

The Longhorns are among the odds-on favorites not just to make the expanded college football playoff, but to win it all … so no pressure there.



The 2024 Horns need to learn how to not let the pressure of the outside expectations get to them.

Of course, high expectations come with the territory when you’re at the University of Texas.

"I mean, I think there's always a target on our back," Ewers said at Big 12 Media Days. "A lot of people are expecting a lot of us, but we’re squarely focused on what we can control inside the facility.”

And of course, Sark isn’t doing anything to lessen the pressure on his team.

“I came here to win a championship,” Sarkisian told the press during his national signing day press conference earlier this month. “If I can get one, I want to get two. I’m borderline obsessed with it at this point. I know what it tasted like last year. I know how close we were, and I couldn’t wait to get back. Hopefully that’s what our team really starts to exude, is this obsession with being the best.”

Those expectations will be even higher on Quinn Ewers, but Sark is confident in his quarterback’s ability to grow just as much this year as he did last year.

“I don’t think Quinn was a finished product yet. I think there’s plenty of room for growth and improvement and development in his game going into year three,” Sarkisian said. “I do think his experience and maturity are all going to be things we can benefit from. We’re going to need his leadership.”

That leadership is already on display during winter conditioning … a time when championships are built.

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If any team knows what it’s like to play with high expectations … it’s the UT swimming and diving team. But not far behind them is the baseball team. The Horns are expected to make it to Omaha each and every year.

This team is good enough to make it to Omaha again if everything breaks right. But there were also a lot of doubts about whether that will happen this year after the opening weekend against San Diego.

The Horns won the series, but they needed a grand slam in game one and they lost game two in 11 innings.

“We’ve got a lot to work on,” Texas first baseman Jared Thomas said after Sunday’s game. “Going into the rest of the year, especially this week, going into our Tuesday game and then having a series against another California team this weekend, we know that we have to work on that. So it’s going to be a good week of work and work hard to get back to it.”

Then came Tuesday night's game against Houston Christian where the Horns scored three touchdowns but missed the extra point in the 20-3 win.

Tuesday night games, especially against teams such as Houston Christian, are not really good barometers of how the season will go. You’re frequently seeing pitchers take the mound who are not front-line starters, so it’s hard to see the 20-3 win and start booking your hotel rooms. But the HCU game was good for one thing … getting a bunch of guys some critical game experience.

Nineteen Horns got an at-bat Tuesday night, pounding 24 hits, including seven doubles, one triple and three home runs.

"A lot of times, especially later in the year, people think that they're just subs and right now they're still competing for jobs," UT coach David Pierce told the Austin American-Statesman. "There's some young players that are really good. I want to see them go out, get comfortable and really just not miss a beat with our defense and have quality at-bats. I thought we saw that for the most part."

Texas has a young team and getting these freshmen up to speed will go a big way toward determining how successful the year is.

Just look at this absolute blast from Casey Borba!

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This early season stretch is important in one other way as well. Besides getting young players experience, now is the time when the Horns need to pad their College World Series resume.

I’ve written extensively, ever since @Ketchum hired me, about how 40 wins in a season is a critical benchmark for Texas to make the CWS. If the Horns can win out the rest of their games this month then they’ll be 7-1 and almost a fifth of the way there.

Texas still has a three-game series against Cal Poly at home this weekend and then another Tuesday night game against St. Johns before the season really kicks into high gear in March.

Texas plays LSU on March 1, Texas State and Vanderbilt the next two days and then they’ll have a Tuesday game against Texas A&M before starting conference play.

So enjoy the Cal Poly series this weekend and know … each and every one of these wins will make the W-L total at the end of the season look better.

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I played catcher growing up until my playing career came to an end far too soon … so I always keep a close eye on the backstops.

Catcher was one of the biggest question marks heading into this season but Ryan Galvan had a breakout game Tuesday night. I’ve already cautioned against overhyping expectations based on a Tuesday night game against anyone – but especially a team like Houston Christian. But I have to say, if Galvan has developed a hitting game then Texas is going to be good this year.

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I doubt Texas scores 20 again this weekend … but the bats are getting hot just as the weather is getting hot. Coincidence? I think not!

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Ichiro Suzuki may be one of the boys of Summer, but it sounds like he doesn’t exactly love the heat.

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I hope that what Cordova did was just a moment of stupidity from a teenager. I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was not trying to murder his teammate. And I am all for giving people second chances (especially young people), but having a second chance doesn’t mean it has to happen at UT.

The bigger question is how Texas got to the point of offering him in the first place. Someone didn’t fully vet that offer and what it would mean for the local community.

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I’m really looking forward to next week’s NFL combine. I love the draft as much as anyone.

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The culture at Texas was definitely fractured in the past.

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Did I mention Texas is a betting favorite next season?

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Ummm… what?

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I know a lot of you may be sick of hearing about the Kelces, but I do like me some Jason Kelce.

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He may not be the hero she wanted, but he’s the hero she needed.

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Anyone on OB live in the city? Looking for a sublet this summer in Manhattan. April thru September ish. This will be my first time living in New York so any tips from current residents are welcome.

Civil suit has been dropped. Hope he sues everyone into oblivion!

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This isn’t coming from insiders but is actually up on public boards. It is what I mentioned a few months ago about how this Spring could be interesting in Ann Arbor. Here are the rumors now:
AD Warde Manuel is out! Major investigation being announced soon regarding,

1) sign stealing and advanced scouting that took place under Manuel's watch.

2) cover up of rape allegations against the Michigan men's hockey team

3) Juwan Howard

4) Potential coverup of men's basketball team

Sounds like they are going to try to pin it all on the AD.

I’m still not giving up hope on some transfers this Spring!😁

Thought the board might surely enjoy teeing off on this for some laughs.....

It's all over the usual suspect media stations now. Didn't these idiots learn from the humiliating ass kicking they took on this issue as the truth came out? Note to the faithful - Putin invaded The Ukraine under Biden, not Trump.

Good afternoon all. I have two tickets available for both Saturday and Sunday for this weekend. These are 2 of my season tickets and are located in Sec 110.

DM me if you're interested

@Prison Mike. Great poster.

The Longhorns (24-3, 11-3) and the Red Raiders (16-11, 5-9) face each other for the last time as conference foes in the regular season with the 2 teams going in very different directions.

For some reason, I thought I'd see if Tech had improved since the Horns beat them 74-47 in Lubbock on January 3rd and subjected myself to their game Sunday at Baylor. I've seen better performances from multi-directional Oklahoma schools against Top 5 teams. At the END of the 3rd quarter, they were down 45-18 (29 turnovers will do that). With the benches emptied in the 4th, the Red Raiders were able to score 14 to make it "respectable" en route to a 61-32 loss.

This Baylor team is not that good. They beat the Longhorns 85-79 on 12/30 in the Longhorns' 2nd game without Rori and then won their next 2. Since? 5-6 with losses to Kansas, ISU, KSU, Texas, BYU and OU (sux).

Tech has lost 5 in a row, scoring 52.2 points per game. So what does Texas Tech do well? Not much.

• 40.6% shooting from the field, 31.3% from 3
• +1.4 on the boards
• +2.3 Turnover rate
• 0.8 assists to turnover ratio

Same metrics for the Longhorns:

• 50.1% from the floor, 35.7% from 3
• +12.1 rebounding
• +6.2 turnover rate
• 1.2 assist to turnover ratio

Unless some incredibly freaky regression to the mean occurs in Tech's favor AND the Longhorns play their worst game since the OU (sux) game, Texas should be able to cruise to a conference win, send the Sand Witch back to the Panhandle, and start prepping for back-to-back road games to Orlando and Norman.

Sheryl Swoopes was calling the Baylor-Tech game and was doing her level best to put the lipstick on the pig but she was struggling by the end of the game.

• Tech's HC Krista Gerlich was the starting PG on the Swoopes national championship squad and you could tell Swoopes was biting her tongue at times about the state of Lady Raider basketball.
• When the topic of this year's freshmen class came up and her broadcast partner was raving about Juju Watkins (Southern Cal) and Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame), Swoopes made sure to include Madison Booker in their company and raved about her for a couple of minutes. That isn't the 1st time the Tech Legend (momentarily a Longhorn) has been very complimentary of Booker.

Madison collected both Big12 FOTW and POTW honors Monday, averaging 20.5 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in games against Houston and Iowa State last week.

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