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I like Gibbs too, but running inside at Bama isn't exactly a test for any RB. Ask Trent Richardson about that. As he was for us, Gibbs is an explosive play RB and the best receiver among their RBs. But a Mason inside he was and is not. I hope he lands on a team in the pros with a decent OL. If...

I think this whole business of permanent metal goal posts is like not using paper ballots in elections: completely unnecessary and should be be deep-sixed asap. I think it all started for appearance reasons and because replacing wood goalposts became a maintenance issue. To <the nether region>...

FIFY. By Sims, of course.

Seems about right. Despite their record, they are a very dangerous s team. We'll have to improve our play again to win. Imho, of course.

Yes, I forgot the pros.

You did, I think, see the field conditions as well? I would have gone conservative too, especially if I trusted my D. We lost that game on pure, simple, unaltered bad luck. Btw, I was ready for a change as well.

That's what Tech has to change, imho. Not by lowering standards, but by attracting students with a different interest. I'm a political scientist, and, believe you me, I'd put the best (what Tech should be after) in my field up against anybody on the Tech faculty for analytical and scientific...

You left out that your fellow officers could, you know, help you and your men and women avoid being killed. Now, that's a different dynamic.

Good Lord, yes. We had exactly this happen at our college when we got a new president. He comes in at the start of the Great Recession and never even makes an attenmpt to find out how the place works or who his allies are. He finds a few syciophants and starts making changes often without even...

I think the way for Sims to improve is easy: he has to run the ball more. As long as he sits back there and waits, he is indecisive. He needs to run. He has the size and the speed to become a real threat to our opponents. All he needs is coach who will use his real talents. We'll see if Long is...

I know you're right (again!) about the specialized history degree at Tech; I have a friend who used to teach in the program. But it wouldn't be that hard to expand that to a real history major. The main thing would be to get Tech to quit screwing around and really expand the offerings. For one...

completely possible, I think. Illinois is a classic Big 10 team: good QB, great RB, good lines on both sides, simple "Me Stronger!" football. We'll see if that works against UM. Also, UT only has one serious road block to the final 5: Ugag. I think they will win that, but you never know.

Update: I also watched da U and VT. If we continue to improve - we'll see come Thursday - we can beat VT; a Duke- type effort would do the job, I think. And we could beat da U. As usual, they have great athletes, but they are woking out kinks and it is beginning to look like the kinks may be...

I watched the Bama - UT game and was reminded of the UT teams in the late 60's. Those outfits were the fastest group of people I ever saw and this crowd is just as quick. The Dwags are in a heap of trouble; I doubt they can beat UT. This may be their year. And which teams came in second, you...

1. Yes. And political science is easy on that. We study how people ar governed and how states work. Bingo. 2. That's because they are ignoramuses. It used to bother the <nether region> out of me that when we had questions about educating our students we didn't ask the education scholars what we...

Yes. Forensic is right (two times in two days!). The two fields are quite different. Here's what Tech's public policy undergrad program looks like: https://spp.gatech.edu/undergraduate And here's Rice's political science undergrad program...

The difference is that the night games at Grant Field are naturally spectacular. I remember seeing a Washington game where they showed the surroundings of Husky Stadium. The Rockies in the end zone, boats pulling in to see the games; tailgating on boats is the rage there. When you look at the...

I think Tech might be able to get the BoR to go along with expansion of several of the minor programs - history, philosophy, the languages, sociology, political science - into full majors. Rice, VT, and Purdue - the only schools like Tech with, you know, athletic programs have full majors in...

Yet Army beat Missouri in its bowl game and App Stste lost to da U by (I think) 2 points. App has a rep for knocking off ranked P5 teams as well. Then there's Cinncy. But … we'll never agree on htis, I think.

I agree. A lot depends on Cabrera and his success in facing the problems with our athletic program. Problem = he has what could only be called a full plate already. If he meets substantial headwinds he might find that the rest of his job needs more of his attention. I don't know enough about the...