MarkInAustin

Nobis was also the best offensive guard in the SWC by far. A few years earlier I had seen the only other SWC lineman who was the best at his position on defense and offense. Like Nobis, Holub was a unanimous All American LB. And he was an astonishingly good offensive Center. I believe that if Nobis had played OG in the NFL he would have been as good as Fuzzy Thurston of the Packers. Holub did get to play OLB at an all AFC level with KC until his knees got banged up and then he became an All AFC Center. Three linemen/LBs I saw live 1960-1965 were outstanding [when I was at Rice and then UT Law].. Nobis, Holub, and Lilly - in that order. Lilly was only best on D, at least against a good Rice team that went to the Sugar Bowl in 1960.

That was one nail biter of a football game. I believe that Texas, USC, and tOSU were simply better than everyone else that year and Texas claimed the Natty by beating the other two by a total of one TD split between the two games. That OL had a fine moment I like to rewatch as much as I love 4th and 5. On the play after VY's TD they went for two, and the Texas OL stormed USC so remarkably that VY ran straight in for two points.

Hawaiian in Ann Arbor winter? See ya in the portal.

Some talk at the Spurs SBN blog [Pounding the Rock] that Harper would be redundant, because he is much like Castle and Fox. To me, Indy's run featured depth, especially at Guard and Wing, that says Castle, Fox, and Harper would be a feature, not a glitch. San Antonio at 14 could take a BIG if they can get someone who spaces the floor well or who alternatively is a banger underneath, since Wemby can play in space.

At least in 2020, based on US News survey of faculties, Stanford had the single strongest faculty. Eleven of the 67 schools on the list below have all academic departments ranked 30th or better in the nation. The private elites in this group are Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell; the public universities in the group are UC Berkeley, Michigan, Wisconsin, UCLA, and UT Austin. Texas was #14 overall, while being one of the eleven with every one of the 15 departments surveyed in the top thirty. Faculty may not be the best and certainly is not the only measure of a university, but it would be difficult to ever say Stanford has "slipped" if it has the strongest overall faculty in America.

There is a typical mix of undergraduate courses that med schools require, rather than a major. The STEM load required is less than for any science or engineering degree and could be managed by a history major. The trick is to have a near 4 point average in those required courses. Most American med schools, for admission, do not require undergraduates to have taken any calculus or calculus based introductory physics, for example, among the 10-11 required STEM courses. As a practical matter there is no barrier to med school raised by an Aggie undergrad education. I suggest that the undergraduate environment for a football player who must maintain a high grade point average and schedule his labs to not interfere with football practice requires a strong commitment from the school and the athletic program to provide individual attention to scheduling, mentoring and tutoring. Typically private elites do this well as a matter of course, but I suspect that Texas and Michigan, public elites, and Aggie, a strong near elite, will do this well upon demand.

This looks like a team that might compete in AA if it did not have to play every day. That is what SEC ball is all about, however.

The East's best NBA teams each lost their best player to bad injuries during the playoffs. Hope both those guys heal well.

USC is the national men's track and field champion. Oregon is a perennial contender in T&F. Texas currently is neither.

Hope there is no recount

In an infield that was shaky, Mia, on one leg, was a greased lightning star.

That BS interference call raised my blood pressure until it was reversed. Congratulations to the whole softball program. Hook 'em!

Oh damn

Agreed, Bird was a great passing lane anticipator/disruptor, and on my six men for one game team he would look like a great defender because he could freelance with the man defenders around him. Under current rules MJ would also be unstoppable, and West would benefit, as well [no hand checking]. Because four of my six were very good distributors no "true" PG would be necessary [the other two, MJ and Timmy, were certainly not black holes]. Instead, for one game they would each play 40 of 48 minutes and always have passing, shooting, rebounding, ball handling, and defense on the floor. There are other combinations one could put together that would tickle the imagination, but the total skills [and will] would be hard to match.

And the BS call leads to an unearned run. Sick.

I first saw Jerry West play when I was in HS and he was at WVa. Then I watched him for years in the NBA. To me he was the second best guard ever. In college, WVa had an All American 6-10 center, but West jumped center. His defense was the best. His shooting was the best. Only Steph has been as deadly from distance. He even led the NBA in assists one year. He still played a foot above the rim in his 30s. If I could have only six guys to play one game they would be Jordan, West, Bird, Duncan, Wilt, and LeBron, who would be able to sub for everyone else with virtually no drop off.

I will be out tonight so I am saying "good luck" now - and goodbye to both watching the game and this thread.

If Jonah were at full speed he would be useful batting leadoff or second.

Lineup, please.

No one would have predicted OU and UT to have the top two DLs in the SEC in their second year in the conference. Someone might have predicted the newcomers' QB strength from history, but not DLs.

Jeff, do you have a clue as to how Gasparino's once hot bat went ice cold? It was almost a surprise that he made solid contact again. He is too solid in CF to take out of the lineup, but early season his bat was a feature, not a glitch.

He had the single best Texas HS Champ Game I ever saw.

SJ St may be legit, but your point is well taken.

I watched Joel Klatt on YouTube yesterday. He was grading QBs, and said Klubnik was the best returning QB. I have thought highly of Klubnik since his Westlake days and IIRC Gerry and Bobby and CJV think well of Klubnik now. Klatt thought that because he trusted Sark’s process and Arch’s dedication [along with Arch’s talent] that Arch would be the second best QB returning. Klatt said that he watched Washington State film for the entire season because he had to prep for being their Bowl game commentator, and he thought Mateer was the third best returning QB. To me, Klatt sounds reasonable and not like a hype machine. What is your take? Do you think Klatt is value added? Many of you here have opinions supported by football experience, which I do not, so I enjoy the community guidance about who are trustworthy football commentators and who are not.

Tennessee lefty is really tough - his curve is too much for Texas' lefthanded batters and hard on the righties, too, although I cannot tell why from the TV. It must look late breaking from behind the plate.