Everything posted by Dirk X West
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Roy Moore will never be Governor of Alabama.
This is a good thread.
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Urban Meyer and all of Ohio suck.
Columbus is an absolute dump. I went there for a conference while I was grad school and was stunned at how shitty it is. Guys were selling crack in the middle of the afternoon across the street from their state capitol building. On the same trip, though, a friend of mine who went to undergrad in Ohio (at Wittenberg College) took me and some other friends up to Yellow Springs. That's a nice little college town.
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Urban Meyer and all of Ohio suck.
There have been a lot of great rock bands over the years from Ohio. Otherwise, though, it really sucks.
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Big 12 Happenings
Yeah, it's an interesting question. I tried searching a little bit to see if anyone's put together some data along these lines, but I couldn't find anything with concrete numbers, just opinions. And, of course, like anything, there are lots of different people who have a financial stake in pushing the narrative that one path to the pros is better than the other. I guess my perception is that, leaving aside transcendent talents who either skipped college or were a one-and-done (like Kobe Bryant or Kevin Durant), who were likely going to be great regardless, most of the others didn't amount to much, but that could just as well be true of guys who did two years or more of college.
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Tell me about Texas Tech
We can only hope, though that at best only offsets my concerns about how close together his eyes are.
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Tell me about Texas Tech
You might want to have a look at this thread, Spicoli:
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Tell me about Texas Tech
None of these guys were charged with anything like sexual assault or misconduct. Jett Duffey was suspended for something along those lines last year.
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Tell me about Texas Tech
Who's in trouble for sexual misconduct?
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Big 12 Happenings
That's true. Again, I know a big part of his decision will be how bad he needs the money. These young guys have to be noticing, though, that a lot of past "one and done" players don't ultimately make it in the NBA. So, do you want one rookie contract and that's it, or do you want to prepare to have a long career?
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Big 12 Happenings
He's not ready to play in the NBA, and he knows it. I know lots of guys are tempted by the money - and I don't know what his family background is money wise - but after another year of college, where he'll be the star of the team, he'll be a lot better player. We'll see, but lots of people are saying that behind the scenes he's telling people he's staying.
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Big 12 Happenings
He's not leaving this year,
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Four Texas Tech players arrested
Kliff has recruited poorly, granted, including brining in a lot of low character guys (including guys who are just lazy and entitled, not criminals). That being said, he's been pretty consistent with kicking them off the team when they get in serious trouble and has rarely given second chances. This has been one of the few things I think he's done well at as a head coach.
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Four Texas Tech players arrested
Duffey, at least, was a fairly respectable recruit. I don't remember was his star rating was coming out of high school, but Kliff definitely recruited him thinking he would ultimately be his starter.
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Four Texas Tech players arrested
I don't think there's any doubt about that at this point.
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Four Texas Tech players arrested
Nic was the worst QB of the Air Raid era at Tech. The only QBs he's close to are Seth Doege and Taylor Potts (post getting his bell rung by Sergio Kindle). Sonny Cumbie and Cody Hodges had limited arm strength but were accurate and could make quick decisions under pressure. Shimonek could not.
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Four Texas Tech players arrested
Kliff's had a lot of issues, but Mr. Duffey might just be the one to get him fired. If Kliff boots him, then for 2nd straight season, he'll have to start a QB that isn't up to par (like Nic Shimonek) because Jett couldn't stay out of trouble, and Kliff can't anything less than a solid winning season.