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re: OT-Anyone why UA doesn't do more with online degree promotion/additional degrees offered?
Posted by Crimson77 on 2/2/26 at 6:31 pm to Amarillo Tide
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I can’t speak for every grad from Southern New Hampshire but one of my supervisors at my last job (I’m retired now) was an SNHU grad. Dumber than a box of rocks. Made me wonder just how challenging that school is.
There are some really unfortunate HBCU's near me where nearly every graduate is like this. I feel terrible for the poor kids who end up there. They sell a dream of college to kids who have no business going to college and would be much better off with a 2-year degree, trade certification, or military. Instead they go and get tens or hundreds of thousands in debt, 75%+ don't graduate, the average time to graduation is nearly 7 years, and the graduates you do see (I see a lot in job interviews I do) can barely read and write. I work in litigation and we regularly sue these schools for various things. They're run by incredibly incompetent and corrupt officials who live off of the HBCU designation, the shield from scrutiny it provides, and ridiculous amounts of federal grant money that somehow never seems to make its way into improving their decrepit facilities and barren faculty departments.
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re: OT-Anyone why UA doesn't do more with online degree promotion/additional degrees offered?
Posted by Crimson77 on 2/2/26 at 6:26 pm to Amarillo Tide
Not really answering the question but I recall from my time at UA that we were strongly discouraged from taking an online class if we were physically in Tuscaloosa. There were a ton of them aimed primarily at active duty military.
re: You’ll never guess what MN AG Kieth Ellison said in regards to protesting and firearms
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/26/26 at 12:11 pm to coolpapaboze
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The left doesn't care if they're exposed as hypocrites.
What this has hopefully done, with the left all of a sudden defending first and second amendment issues, and the right attacking the same, is expose both parties as absolutely spineless. Neither of them care about these actual issues, they care about power. They will say whatever benefits them at that moment, and say the opposite the next if they think it helps them stay in power.
Both parties are a plague on our country.
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What do you think LEO does when fighting with someone and THEN discovering that they have a weapon and could possibly get to it?
Well typically it doesn't result in the individual having a mag dumped in their chest.
But regardless, my point isn't about whether the officers were right or wrong with what happened. It was a messy and complicated situation. Obviously that guy fricked up on multiple levels.
My problem is with Noem's comments. When she specifically said the guy was a threat, that he was there to hurt officers, purely because he showed up with a gun. He has every right to show up there with a gun. Should he have? Should he have done everything else he did? No. But you can't label someone a threat and justify using state force against them purely because they exercise a constitutional right, and that's what she said.
re: I don't know what will eventually come out about this shooting...
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/26/26 at 12:12 am to wackatimesthree
Honestly the response from leadership is way more indefensible than the actual shooting. The shooting is chaotic and the video is unclear. Nobody has a clear understanding of precisely what happened and why in the ~30 seconds or so from the time the altercation happened to when the shooting occurred. God only knows right now if that gun accidentally fired, or who said what, or where the guys hands were fumbling around relative to the weapons carried by the officers on top of him, or what was going through those officers minds.
But then today, Bovino said “If you call agents Gestapo and what they do kidnapping, there are consequences to your actions, and I think we saw that yesterday.”
Yesterday Noem said the guy was a threat, that he intended to hurt officers, and the shooting was justified, purely based on the fact that that he was lawfully carrying a gun.
These are core first and second amendment principles. If you said censorship and gun rights were important issues when democrats were in office, you shouldn’t stand for this response by Noem and Bovino now.
And the sad part is if you’re a true red-pilled MAGA - what they’re saying isn’t even remotely necessary to defend the officers in this case or justify their actions.
But then today, Bovino said “If you call agents Gestapo and what they do kidnapping, there are consequences to your actions, and I think we saw that yesterday.”
Yesterday Noem said the guy was a threat, that he intended to hurt officers, and the shooting was justified, purely based on the fact that that he was lawfully carrying a gun.
These are core first and second amendment principles. If you said censorship and gun rights were important issues when democrats were in office, you shouldn’t stand for this response by Noem and Bovino now.
And the sad part is if you’re a true red-pilled MAGA - what they’re saying isn’t even remotely necessary to defend the officers in this case or justify their actions.
re: Kapilovic (o line coach) reported to be gone
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/25/26 at 9:37 am to Diego Ricardo
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The resume just didn't seem like someone who should be coaching here. No real notable achievements.
This. If you look at sacks allowed and rushing yard per game, he hasn't had a top-40 unit in either category in eight years. He was a good recruiter, but not much to suggest he can coach a good OL in the current era.
re: Evaluations - The Name of the Game
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/20/26 at 8:32 pm to UASports23
It's not just the evals and old players. Cignetti demonstrated a model of essentially combining two programs. Penn State and Oklahoma State are about try the same thing.
He raided the entire roster of JMU when he left. He took guys he knew were good. It wasn't about an eval of tape. It was about having guys that he's already coached and watched on the field, in practice, for months or years, and knowing with certainty who's got it and who doesn't. Plus they already know your system, your playbook, your coaches, etc.
He essentially took the best halves of a top tier G5 program and a bottom tier P5 program and combined the two to make a title contender.
Although the one constant of the last forty years still remains true. Not much matters if you don't have the QB, and they certainly had that.
He raided the entire roster of JMU when he left. He took guys he knew were good. It wasn't about an eval of tape. It was about having guys that he's already coached and watched on the field, in practice, for months or years, and knowing with certainty who's got it and who doesn't. Plus they already know your system, your playbook, your coaches, etc.
He essentially took the best halves of a top tier G5 program and a bottom tier P5 program and combined the two to make a title contender.
Although the one constant of the last forty years still remains true. Not much matters if you don't have the QB, and they certainly had that.
re: Rumors that Byrne has called a meeting with Deboer
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/20/26 at 10:02 am to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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Then kids were playing from the heart and not the wallet.
The uncomfortable side of this is that back then kids were very much playing for the wallet too. It's just that the wallet got filled by the NFL, not CFB.
Even moreso than now, back then the majority of kids came from poor homes. The prospect of an NFL paycheck was a massive motivator for so money.
We've seen it in the NFL for decades: talented player comes into the league, gets paid, and loses motivation. He becomes "fat and happy." The drive that made him great in the first place disspears.
Now we're seeing that dynamic in CFB, because instead of getting their paychecks as rookies, they're getting it as freshmen.
re: Portal & Roster Tracker (see first 3 posts for updated roster/staff info) - NSD 2/4
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/19/26 at 7:11 pm to TideWarrior
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I read these are a combination of market value and their current social media platforms(clicks/followers). It is still a guess.
Yeah they don't have any actual data from teams on what players are getting paid.
It's a number they come up with based on industry data for value of various social media followers, with an adjustment they make up for positional value and recruiting rankings. Basically just a wild guess but it's a good marketing tool for On3's product.
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Mad respect for his toughness but why was he playing?
Well they didn't know he actually had a fracture until halftime when he got x-rays. He said basically he tried to give it a go, realized he was holding the team back, and told the coaches to put Mack in.
re: Ty Simpson Injury
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/14/26 at 8:33 am to UASports23
Tuscaloosa News also reported shortly after the season that he dealt with elbow bursitis and gastritis (why he couldn't eat, lost about 8 pounds) during the back stretch of the season. Plus the cracked ribs in the Indiana game. Ty was a warrior out there for us, and was a lot more banged up than people realized.
re: How did Alabama improve from 2024 to 2025 (article from 247 Sports)
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/4/26 at 11:32 pm to bamabonners
We fixed the constant penalties, I'll give them that. That's been a glaring issue that's made me want to tear my hair out for the last 4 years now.
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There’s not a shot in hell one of Jam, Riley, Or Hill isn’t equivalent to Brian Robinson and his cement shoe feet. Him and Hill are mirror images of each other.
Robinson has been solid in the NFL. Not sure any of our current guys will have that outcome. But I see your point, particularly with Hill. Robinson certainly had a much better OL in his money year for us.
I know one thing for damn sure, though. None of our current RBs could hold Brian Robinson's jock strap in pass protection.
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Indiana’s backs were 3-4 yard up field before contact
And here's the thing. For most of the game (excluding the last 20 minutes when we got gassed/quit), it wasn't that the Indiana OL was blowing us off the ball. We held the line of scrimmage decently well, Keenan was actually getting push on their IOL.
They just got a hat on a hat and prevented our DL and LBs from making a play. It forced the DBs or the backside players to be the tacklers, and if those are the guys getting the first hit, the RB is going to be upfield by the time it happens. A safety at a dead sprint from 10 yards off the line can't meet the RB at the line of scrimmage. And it was Hubbard playing cleanup in the run game all day because Indiana clogged up our front 7 players, and we couldn't shed a block.
That's what we have issues with and why we so often don't have holes. It's not that we can't get push. We just can't get our OL to get their hands on the defensive players they are assigned to block.
re: Some harsh realities and harsh questions
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/2/26 at 10:51 am to Amarillo Tide
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The casual fan thinks we have some billionaire alums like Phil Knight and Greg Byrne can simply pass the hat and come up with that money. Fact is, we have no billionaire alums.
You know one thing I've thought before, is the University would be very smart to start a significant fund for venture investing into students and recent grads' startups. Funding would come with a commitment to donate some percentage or sliding scale amount back to the University/Athletics.
Try to bootstrap our way into our own Phil Knight.
re: Bama's problems start with the strength and conditioning program
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/2/26 at 10:44 am to scottydoesntknow
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scheme and their assignments
This is the biggest thing to me. S&C is a problem, but not the biggest problem on OL for me (other than Proctor refusing to get in shape).
How many times do we have OL making a stupid shift and giving up a free rusher in the A or B gaps? How many times do we have a 1 tackle blocking 2 guys on the edge, while the guard and center combo block a 3-tech? How many times is the RBs first read in pass pro to the side of the field where help is not needed? How many times do we have a numbers advantage on the strong side, and then run weak side into boundary anyway?
Whether it's making poor reads at the line, or just a dumbass scheme from the very beginning, either way, the design of protection and run blocking is awful right now.
Even worse, when we do get it called right, half the time we have a guy completely play the wrong assignment, or whiff on a block. This is what makes me say it's not so much S&C. When we get a hat on a hat, we're not getting blown up. We're allowing easy penetration due to bad scheme and execution.
I've gone back and watched film of several games to focus on the OL. It is genuinely 50/50 on any given play as to whether or not we get 5 guys who play their correct assignment (regardless of if they are actually successful in executing against their assignment).
And on OL, if one guy plays the wrong assignment, the whole play is fricked. It's not like DB where if one DB plays the wrong assignment, you can still be fine depending on the offensive playcall or the QB's read.
re: How many truly great coaches are there in CFB right now ?
Posted by Crimson77 on 1/2/26 at 10:35 am to bamatide07
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How many truly great coaches are there in CFB right now ?
Two. Cignetti and Smart.
There's arguments for Lanning and Day.
We'll see what Lane can do with LSU. It could happen for him.
Dabo was a truly great coach and is still around, but he's far from great anymore.
re: Judge rules in Pruitt's favor.
Posted by Crimson77 on 12/16/25 at 8:19 am to Crimson Wraith
He'd be good as an analyst, but our defensive positions coaches have mostly been good. We really just need to improve at DL coach. Roach is a decent recruiter, but his player development and scouting has been mediocre for years.
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Thought someone said Georgia had several starting players hurt? Doesn’t really appear that’s so.
Bobo, Young, and Hall are all important starters. Jones was a contributor.
Injury report out.
Cuevas and Jam are questionable - positive news!
Overton is out and Dewberry is questionable - bad!
Cuevas and Jam are questionable - positive news!
Overton is out and Dewberry is questionable - bad!
re: Hair Law in Pennsylvania signed by the Govna, No More Hair Discrimination
Posted by Crimson77 on 11/26/25 at 7:58 am to GatorOnAnIsland
Agree with it or not, this is already federal law under Title VII and has been for a long time. This is just PA passing a state equivalent so you can sue in state court instead of having to go to federal.
re: Who would you like to punch in the nose from the PT forum?
Posted by Crimson77 on 11/21/25 at 7:18 pm to BarberitosDawg
Chicken
re: Deboer = Mark Richt
Posted by Crimson77 on 11/15/25 at 6:15 pm to bamabonners
When it comes to following up the greatest coach of all time, we could do a lot worse than a Mark Richt equivalent. Richt was a solid coach for UGA even if he never got over the hump. 2 SEC titles, six appearances, 7 top 10 finishes, 9 seasons with 10+ wins.
Not every coach we hire is going to win championships. In fact the majority have not. Look at other programs after legends retire or leave, they often crater. A Richt-level successor would be well above the norm.
I think DeBoer is better than Richt. But even if he’s just the same, and we eventually move on for the right hire, that’s a win for getting somebody to follow Saban.
That’s not to say people shouldn’t be upset at today’s results. I certainly am. But I’m not exactly eager to fire what looks to be a pretty high level (even if not elite) coach and risk getting the next Mike DuBose. If Kirby or Ryan Day gives our AD a call? Sure, pull the trigger. Until then, let’s give our guy some time.
Not every coach we hire is going to win championships. In fact the majority have not. Look at other programs after legends retire or leave, they often crater. A Richt-level successor would be well above the norm.
I think DeBoer is better than Richt. But even if he’s just the same, and we eventually move on for the right hire, that’s a win for getting somebody to follow Saban.
That’s not to say people shouldn’t be upset at today’s results. I certainly am. But I’m not exactly eager to fire what looks to be a pretty high level (even if not elite) coach and risk getting the next Mike DuBose. If Kirby or Ryan Day gives our AD a call? Sure, pull the trigger. Until then, let’s give our guy some time.
re: White House Press Sec: "October jobs data may never be released"
Posted by Crimson77 on 11/12/25 at 7:24 pm to SallysHuman
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That is not why they're stealing them.
They steal to resell, not for personal use.
Yeah man I'm sure they're stealing the 4 bottles of dove body wash that get stocked on a shelf at a time to resell on the black market. They must be making a killing on that $16 of street resell value.
re: White House Press Sec: "October jobs data may never be released"
Posted by Crimson77 on 11/12/25 at 7:08 pm to SallysHuman
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After November, you can extrapolate between September and November numbers to some success can't you?
Ha! You think we're getting November numbers? We won't get another jobs report while this administration is in charge if they can help it. They will just continue to tell us the economy is great. Meanwhile the local Walgreens (in a nice area of town) puts more and more items behind locked glass because folks feel compelled to steal basic necessities that keep getting more and more expensive.
The standard name brand stick of deodorant I've been buying for 25 years cost $3.99 in 2020. It's currently $9.99. Absurd.
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You prefer foreign dignitaries be hosted in an event tent that hits the taxpayers in the wallet for $1M every time it's pitched?
That tent is a better use of my money than the extraordinary cost of security arrangements for our president to spend every other day having his caddy toss balls up onto the green for him so that he can lie about his handicap to reporters on Air Force One afterwards.
re: Trump’s words vs Trump’s moves
Posted by Crimson77 on 11/12/25 at 2:55 pm to hawgfaninc
Trump's only move is to knock down half the whitehouse and build a giant golden diaper changing room in its place.
All the actual decision making is coming from the Project 2025 folks running the country now.
All the actual decision making is coming from the Project 2025 folks running the country now.
re: Trump: H1B necessary because Americans lack talent
Posted by Crimson77 on 11/12/25 at 9:24 am to LordSaintly
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This is a corporate talking point. There are enough talented Americans to do these jobs.
Yes, but then you would have to pay the Americans a decent wage to do it. Why would a company pay an American $24/hour to work a factory line, when Trump will let them pay a minimal fee to import a guy from Malaysia who will be thrilled to do it for $8/hour for years on end.
They want the benefits of working in America without having to actually employ and pay American workers a reasonable wage.
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They have to fire him.
He's done.
They will wait until a week before the Bama game so that the players are max-motivated to rally around Durkin against us.
Part of the problem (definitely not all), is the disappearance of work that these folks could do.
Some of these dumbasses forty years ago could get a job at a factory. Hey, slap a sticker on every one of these boxes as they come down the line. You can act like a monkey and manage to do that. But so much of that work has been automated or off-shored.
A much larger percentage of the jobs in our economy now require either intelligence or social skills. Which these types of people don't have.
Some of these dumbasses forty years ago could get a job at a factory. Hey, slap a sticker on every one of these boxes as they come down the line. You can act like a monkey and manage to do that. But so much of that work has been automated or off-shored.
A much larger percentage of the jobs in our economy now require either intelligence or social skills. Which these types of people don't have.
re: Tennessee vs. Oklahoma this weekend
Posted by Crimson77 on 10/28/25 at 10:17 am to bamatide07
Playoff eliminator game. I'll take UT but turnovers under pressure could undo them.
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