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Blake, everyone is there now because it says 7:10.

Thoughts and opinions from worst to best. Interested to hear what others think. Vanderbilt: Better than predicted, but still not better than anyone else remaining. Florida: They may end up being worse than Vandy if they fall apart, but offensively they have some life. Criminal Sooners: Horrible on offense, and, despite all the talk about their defense, only in the upper 40s nationally. Arkansas: Not as good as the criminals defensively, but they can run the ball and have the ability to score. Kentucky: This team is better defensively than the criminals. Offense is limited, but not completely terrible. A&M: Not sure they're really better than Kentucky, but they have more talent and are likely to keep improving. Georgia: No real explanation needed.

Criminal interloper fans can be fairly knowledgeable, but they are delusional about QBs because of their recent QB history, which, of course, is primarily attributable to Riley, and now they hate Riley. They were convinced Arnold was a Heisman candidate before the season. Now they think Hawkins might be the next Jalen Milroe. Aggies are completely delusional. I agree with Gerry that Michigan fans have become quite delusional since the Stalions deal. I'm sure there are plenty of delusional fan bases that just don't get much attention.

I will say when I mentioned a few months ago that Pettijohn started drifting away in late May, early June after Texas went after Faraimo, Gerry said he agreed. That's not necessarily a culture problem, but it can't just be wished away either.

Is he Catholic? If so, there are plenty of private Catholic schools with better academic credentials than Notre Dame. I'm thinking his primary concern is getting ready for the NFL, not a Catholic education. Furthermore, Texas is a better overall academic institution than ND. Now, I'm not saying ND is a bad football choice for a linebacker, but it's not a better educational option.

Not too hot on Pettijohn. He backed off when Texas went after Faraimo. Looks like now that Faraimo is clearly Notre Dame, he's back to maybe coming along. Not sure that's what Sark would call a "culture" fit. But Sark knows better than me.

If I hear "for sure" or "one hundred percent" again, I'm going to stop watching and listening. It's worse than idiots saying Ryan Williams is 17 two hundred times.

Let's look at a comparison of the criminals vs. Michigan schedule from best to worst. Texas (Michigan) is better than Tennessee (criminals). USC (Michigan) is better than Auburn (criminals). Minnesota (Michigan) is better than Tulane (criminals). Fresno State (Michigan) is better than Houston (criminals). Arkansas State (Michigan) is better than Temple (criminals). The point is that there are no excuses for Texas not taking it to the criminals. The Longhorns are significantly better across the board.

I didn't change anything from the original post. The criminals do not have a better offense than Michigan. Michigan has something they can hang their hat on. The criminal offense does not. Michigan has a better defense. Venables disguising looks and creating turnovers against below average QBs doesn't make the criminal defense better. Look at the numbers. Michigan has played better competition so far. It seems to me that many are trying to hedge because of past problems the Longhorns have had with the criminals. I'm saying that's no excuse. The criminals are not a good team. In totality, they're a little above average on defense. Offensively, they're horrible. This should be at least a three score game.

Both Army and Navy have a better offense than the criminals this year. The criminals can't run or pass. Michigan can run. Michigan has three first round picks on defense. The criminals don't have any first round picks on defense. The criminals have a pretty good run defense. Venables is better at calling the college game than Martindale. That doesn't change any of the facts about their vulnerabilities.

The criminals have the worst offense the Longhorns have faced this year. The criminal secondary has been abused by both SEC teams they've played. I don't want to hear excuses about "throw the records out." Sark better blow those pederasts out of the building.

Just watched some of the latest Soonerscoop podcast, and, although they didn't get carried Saturday, they did get carried away today. "That win makes anything possible." Of course, they also admitted Auburn lost the game more than the criminals won it. The best throw Hawkins made was a five yard slant. Without multiple Longhorn turnovers and some non-offensive scores, it's hard to see how the criminals stay in the game.

Sark thinks they'll need Blue's playmaking ability in big games and for a possible playoff run. That's almost certainly true. Because of this, Sark will give Blue every chance to stay engaged, improve his ball security, and help the team reach its potential. I'm thinking Choice is telling Blue that if he fumbles more than a time or two again this season, they have no choice but to look elsewhere.

The criticism is based in reasonable analysis, but it's overdone. As noted above, the criminals can't really run the ball, and they certainly can't pass it much either. They must rely on Hawkins running around on broken plays. That's where Hill will shine. Hawkins is a good athlete, but he's not running away from Hill. Better chance that Hill puts a few bruises on Hawkins than the criminals somehow take "advantage" of Hill.

I remember watching this in the theater in March 1998 and thinking this guy is a criminal interloper fan. Apologize for the cussing, but it's too true to pass up. From the licking and polishing bowling balls to the pederasty, it's pure criminal sooner stuff: FBI raid in the late 1980s, probation for cheating after every title under Wilkinson and Switzer, one of the most penalized programs in the history of college football, have always had to pay to get most of their players from out of state, but they think they're respectable. As Jesus says, "It's laughable, man!"

I was expecting some irrational exuberance from the Soonerscoop boys after their game, but there really wasn't. They pretty much admitted that Auburn is the only team in the SEC that will literally just give you the ball and then fold their tent. Differently stated, the criminals avoided disaster for the week, but there weren't any signs for hope that the major problems are close to solved.

C'mon dawgs! We need that 1 vs. 2 game.

Haven't you ever watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Blake?

By the way, the conversation with Sorbonne critic at the restaurant in Spearfish was in French, German and Spanish. She assumed that I was a typical American who only spoke English. She started in French, which I know enough to understand, but not to speak comfortably. I responded to her in German, knowing that the French always throw their hands up when the Germans appear. She knew a little German and started her reply in German but switched to Spanish, which McCarthy often reverted to in his writing. I knew Spanish tolerably well and carried on. Rick spoke Spanish to her. People in the restaurant were staring at us like a terrorist attack was about to descend upon them. That's the kind of thing you get in to when dealing with such people.

Another fun fact here that has a connection to the University of Texas, Clint Eastwood and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: the guy who was the editor of the Cormac McCarthy Journal at the time was Rick Wallach, who was the nephew of Eli Wallach, who of course went to Texas and starred with Clint in the famous Sergio Leone film. Rick was an adjunct professor at the University of Miami at the time. Rick was a raging lefty. I don't know if you can tell by reading the essay, but I'm not. In any event, Rick always stuck up for me when I was attacked by lefty nutjobs in the academy, in large part because he personally knew McCarthy and knew that my interpretation was in line with McCarthy's views on sociopolitical matters. That and he and I really got along well and loved to talk about Eli Wallach's wonderful performance in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. In fact, I originally presented that essay at a conference held at Black Hills State University on 28-30 September 2009. I ended up winning an award for having the best paper. At the end of the conference, I was at dinner with my wife, two young daughters and a bunch of McCarthy scholars from all over the world. A famous literary critic from the Sorbonne lit into me right in front of my children while we were eating buffalo steaks. She was upset that I had the audacity to claim McCarthy or any author worth anything could be conservative. Rick chewed her out, told her knew for a fact that McCarthy held the views I claimed in the essay, and told her she should apologize, She didn't. She left instead. After that, my daughters (who were eight and five at the time), had a long discussion with Rick about the cinematic greatness of Leone, Eastwood and Eli Wallach's performance.

By way of proof of ownership, I have given permission to several university presses (including the University of Texas) to publish the essay in anthologies on Cormac McCarthy as an author or specific volumes dedicated to Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West in particular.

I don't know how to say this so that one grasps the totality of the situation, but they claim the "rights" to publication of the essay on that website, meaning one cannot retrieve it and republish any portion of it from that website without their permission, I can do whatever I want with it because I'm the author and the original copyright holder prior to its publication on that website. In other words, before they published it on their website, I copyrighted it. Their deal is with the Cormac McCarthy Journal. I didn't cede ownership of the intellectual property to the journal; rather, I gave them permission to publish and distribute the essay with the legal proviso that its mine (that's what copyright does). That's why I alluded to the judge from Blood Meridian, who, if you have read and studied the novel, claims to own the universe. My claim is far more limited but airtight nonetheless.

I read a story that quoted Gabriel's response to Venables' claim that Gabriel transferred to Oregon so he could be "closer" to Hawaii. Basically Gabriel said he's just glad he's out of criminal interloper land and that God put in him in the right place. It's surprising to me that Venables is proving to be such a mealy mouthed cover up artist. He must be under quite a bit more internal pressure over this Arnold debacle than is being openly reported. I can understand him just being stupid about how to manage QBs, but this obvious dishonesty is basically guaranteeing not only that he will get canned by the criminals, but also that he won't be a head coach again.

I feel about the Canes about like I do Notre Dame, although I realize they have a much higher ceiling than the Irish pretenders.

I don't think Grammarly owns this one either. https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE|A270372894&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00491675&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon~4f7fb9fd&aty=open-web-entry