Prayers sent.  Sorry to hear this OJ.

Hilarious!  The Spurs as the walking dead is perfect.  And who was the dragon?  Chris Bosch?  LOL!

 

I would have liked to have seen the Pacers, though. 

I'm just sick of these POS athletes coming out with this crap years after the fact. If you can't report it as soon as it happens, don't bother to later.

Interesting thoughts from our resident crimson buddy   

Maybe, but our "best rushing team in a decade" is kind of like the tallest midget at the circus.  We haven't had a really good, dominant rushing team since 2001.  Coincidentally or not, that was also our last real NC contender.  We should aspire to get the rushing game back to that level, and 2013 wasn't even close.  Better than our other recent teams, for sure, but still not what it needed to be.

I don't disagree that 2001 style would be much better than anything since.  OTOH, if we end up throwing the ball 40 times a game with a complementary run game and win the NC, I am all for that also.  What matters is that we win and not how we do it. 

I would submit that the running game success last year was due more to the improvement in the RBs as the greatly improved.  The backs hit the correct hole and seemed to have better vision in the zone blocking scheme.

The line play improved some IMO, especially the right side but there were still constant breakdowns, especially against teams with good DLs.

Well, that's an opinion.  My point is, you can't argue that the running game was bad, because it wasn't.  Objectively, the run game was the best it had been in quite some time.  A few seemed to think it sucked though.   

And to the extent the running game was good, the OL had to at least be decent.  They were not the problem with our team last year, though they seemed to get as many complaints as the rest of the team put together.   We had much larger issues at QB, WR, and pretty much any part of the D.

It does make you wonder if he didn't come out in order to enhance his draft status.  Hmmmm....

another NFL owner? http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/browns-owner-says-johnny-manziel-is-a-backup-quarterback-right-now-150831725.html

Do you mean Jones?  I don't see it.  Jones would have already declared Manziel the starter and possibly fired his coach for protesting that.    

Saban can kiss my ass

 

[Stop pretending like you didn't know the crimson tide has been doing this for years.]

Stop pretending like you didn't know the crimson tide has been doing this for years. Still glad I turned down a Corvette to become a mountaineer."[/i]

Nothing to see here! Move along....

Well, I think that in large part, the rushing totals were a function of having no experienced QBs or WRs coming into the season.  We weren't going to be throwing it all over the yard even if Chaney were still here.  This season should be a different story.

Yes.  The argument that we just ran a lot.  Well our per carry total was also the best in ten years, and that's what convinced me that the OL was "pretty good".  Was there hype in saying they were one of the best in the country?  Probably, but they were certainly better than most other SEC lines, and for last year's team, that was "good enough" for me.

In the future our expectations can and should be higher, provided Butch keeps recruiting at this pace.  But for all the criticism, last year's OL was about the only decent unit we had, along with the RBs.  If anyone thinks another group did better, other than Palardy, then they are smoking something that is now legal in two states.   

cool. you can never start too.early.these days

Some thought that group was highly over rated from the get go. 

Honestly, the only thing that surprises me is that somebody didn't take a chance on Tiny in the middle rounds, and that James was picked about a round higher than I thought he would be. 

That UT group was definitely over hyped going in to last year. 

I expectecd 3 to be drafted but was not  surprised by 2.

Agree about tiny...really surprised no one took him.  I will be surprised if he does not sign somewhere though.

I guess my expectations for the OL were lower because Iwas happy with.our best run game.in ten years.

Other than James, who was drafted in the first round, a really poor showing at the NFL draft

Tiny undrafted, Bullard undrafted, Stone undrafted, and Fulton got taken very late by K

only tiny and james projected high.  bullard was not pprojected at all and stone/fulton were 7th to free agent types


tge big shocker is tiny not being drafted. james did better than expected and the rest did about what they were projected to do

Jack WILL find you. Beware.     

lol

Jadaveon Clowney 

I was convinced Jerry was gonna pull the trigger.  Somebody must've reasoned with him at the last minute.   

I never thought so.  Jerry has always been extremely loyal to his starting QB and he seems to still like Romo.

Heck, he kept Aikman around for a year or so when apparently stepping over a yard line would cause a concussion.   

Outstanding.  With Richardson back and maybe Thompson, we might not completely suck.   

Stupid NFL scouts.  Don't they know our OL under-achieved all year?   

I still get to use XP on our test stations at work (all our test software is dependent on the use of XP) and it such joy to go in under the hood and make the OS perform as opposed to having to work around the OS.

Well that will probably end...XP support just ended.

Which ALSO suxes.   

 

[Brev (briv) - adj. Having or pertaining to the quality of suckiness found in Microsoft Windows products. "My new windows phone is very brev."]

Well, I do.  I got the 8.1 update (developer beta) and it is freaking GENIUS!!!  Anyone?

Well, I haven't got any direct experience with Windows phones, but I noticed that the song they play in the background while adverting the Windows phone is "Brave" by Sarah Brandeis.  The chorus that plays in the background is "Honestly, I  wanna see you be BRA---AAA----VVE!"

Like, you have to be "brave" to buy a windows phone.  Which makes me think it suxes.  

It reminds me of their Bing campaign....yes, we suck compared to Google, but that way you don't get distracted as much.   I mean, come ON.   Bing SUXES!!!!    

Actually Ms. Brandeis sounds like she is actually saying "BREV".   I guess her pronunciation just suxes.  Which leads one to wonder if that's not actually a new word:

Brev (briv) - adj.  Having or pertaining to the quality of suckiness found in Microsoft Windows products.  "My new windows phone is very brev."

Transferring.

Who?

I'm due an upgrade in a couple months, so I'm starting to look around.

Frankly, I'm getting sick of the trend of smartphones getting bigger and bigger.  These 5"+ monsters may be great for women, who can just throw them in their purse.  But when you keep your phone in your pocket, it's a real pain.  If I need a bigger screen to watch video or play games, that's what tablets are for.  I don't need that on my phone. I wish someone would make a 3.5-4" phone with premium specs.  The iPhone 5s was the only phone that fit that description, but they've been surpassed by the latest Androids (HTC One M8, Galaxy S5), which have faster processors, better cameras, etc.  And it's sounding like the iPhone 6 may be following the big screen trend, if the rumors are true.  Which means that I'm out of luck.  I can either get a small screen phone with substandard components, or a superphone that won't fit in my pocket.

Between the HTC One M8 and the Galaxy S5, which do you prefer?  It's about time for a new phone for me.

As for Cuonzo being to blame for the player's current attitude, I am sure he did not help matters.

But based on statements by McRae and Maymon after the tourney run, I think the players got plenty pissed all on their own, and I don't blame them a bit for it.

That's good because I've heard Thompson, Hubbs, and Davis are requesting releases. Jeez.

Hubbs we need, and need badly.  Thompson is experienced, Davis, I don't even know who he is.

Hopefully the new coach can recruit...we needed that anyway.