Everything posted by Magus Ossis
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Whisky Tango Foxtrot!
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Week 3, 2024: UTSA @ Texas
I don't have the data, but there is probably some metric that shows blowouts past a certain margin are extremely rare, and I suspect that affects lines for teams that have not yet made a habit of proving themselves to be an obvious exception.
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Realignment talk not going away
I'm not arguing against that. Who 15 years ago would have guessed that we would be discussing the possibility of the Pac12 coming calling for Texas State or the likelihood that they are better off turning down the offer?
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Realignment talk not going away
I'm no expert at conference building. Is there any chance they would try to add a couple of "partner" schools from Texas to get a market presence here? Some combo of Rice, TXST, UTSA, UTEP?
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Tell Me About Michigan
I hope every fan base in the country adopts the horns down. It is not just rent-free living in their heads, it is free marketing. MLB fans don't all hate the Brewers; they hate the Yankees. I don't want to be SW Missouri St. We are Texas.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Gunga Galunga
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SEC Catch-all Thread
Disagree. We get a top four seed if and only if we win our conference. Nothing our conference-mates do is going to keep us from getting into the playoffs when we are good enough to have a legit shot at winning it all. If we have some 9-3 season in which we are hoping for a chance to get our teeth kicked in during a playoff game, there is a non-zero chance Bama-Wiscy affects our odds. There will always be enough talent and, more importantly, reputation and propaganda in the SEC to help us.
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Tyreek Hill police body cam released
About as much as it does football, I guess. I suppose cops versus civil liberties isn't inherently political, that much is true.
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Tyreek Hill police body cam released
@immamac Can this thread be moved to CR, please?
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Prediction Contest 2024, Week 3: UTSA at Texas
Texas 63 UTSA 0 Ewers 220 Arch 140 Other 0
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Agreed. My 13-YO son pointed out that all you have to do is reliably get 3 or so yards. I remember watching them throw on 3rd/4 relatively early in the game and end up punting when they likely could have run for 4 in two carries if they'd had the stones to use all four downs.
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Texas O-line talk
Lesson: if your arms are going to be all the way out like that, discontinue contact to make it harder to get called for holding.
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S&P+ rankings: Overperformance or overcorrection?
Haha yes I like our negative ST rating, and I like both ND and A&M in the top 20. That thing needs more data to have more meaning.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Aggy may not like it, but we are finally home with our original conference-mates like Auburn, Bama, and Vandy. Our first conference (1896-1903) was the SIAA. They later played in that conference as well, before following us elsewhere.
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Official Coach Sark Thread of Dominance—haters back off
If he has NFL aspirations, there may not be much that can be done, ultimately [crosses fingers and hopes this is a "lesson" he has learned from Saban]. If he likes the college game, I am cautiously optimistic that he ends up staying quite a while in Austin.
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Deion Sanders "Coach Prime" Now At Colorado
You are correct. I could not get my keyboard to let me change it to "entertaining" after looking at what I typed first. I'll stand behind the scorpions and frogs reference, though.
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Deion Sanders "Coach Prime" Now At Colorado
Exciting while it lasted. Turns out you actually need a roster. Scorpions and frogs, etc.
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FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
But sir, the objective FPI has ND at #10!
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
[Olin] Violets are purple, roses are not our passing game is feculent snot
- Texas vs. Michigan - 11am on Fox
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
After reading Daddy98's (I think) insurance sales analogy, I am at least 50% convinced he is a Surly sock running a long con.
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Week 2, 2024: Texas at Michigan
Sorry for joining the sidetrack-- I'll post once and then leave it. Our society is perfectly designed to fatten up humans. Those who have said you can lose weight on your own are right for the overwhelming majority of people. Focus on a few simple (yet requiring commitment) rules. If you burn more than you take in, you will lose weight. Most adults reach a point past which exercise in sufficient quantity to affect their weight is unlikely, so the focus should be largely on intake. 1. Only eat at meal time, and stop when you are full. Most people snack or graze at some point. 2. Only eat food over which you have control-- your own from home. The restaurants and food trucks, the sales people with donuts, etc all want to feed your pleasure centers rather than help you moderate your intake. 3. All carbohydrates (except dietary fiber) are sugar. Don't eat sugar if you are watching your weight. You will likely get plenty of sugar even while trying to eliminate it (some people have a medical condition like diabetes or hypoglycemia and need medical supervision on this one). Throw away the sugar in your house from the fridge and the pantry and don't replace it with more. Meat, eggs, greens, and "keto" formulations (the tortillas tend to be edible) are not sugar. Chances are that whatever else you are tempted to buy/eat is sugar or is high in sugar. Fat intake does not lead to the metabolic consequences that make weight loss hard the way that sugar does. Some bacon is OK, but throw away your sugar. 4. As stated above, do not drink calories. Milk is sugar water. Skim milk is sugar water with the delicious fat removed and the sugar retained. Fruit and fruit juice are sugar. Water, unsweetened tea, and unsweetened coffee are not sugar. Artificial sweeteners and diet sodas may increase cravings and impair your satiety signaling, so consume even them with caution. 5. Tell the people around you that you are trying to get in shape. They will be much less likely to sabotage you by inviting you to unhealthy eating and drinking opportunities, and they might even actively support you. 6. Don't go crazy, but give yourself a meal once a week without all the rules. You won't lose all your progress from one meal, and we tend to do better with occasional breaks.
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Immamacs family adventure from Fargo to Ann Arbor for the Michigan Game
I can almost hear Gordon Lightfoot
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Week Two Preview: The Empire Strikes Back
The Michigan helmet is not original-- it was copied from Princeton. Bevo, our helmets, the Hook'em Horns, etc are ours.
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S&P+ rankings: Overperformance or overcorrection?
Nice model in a lot of ways. Humorous that it has ND at 10 and OU at 11.