They are making a charge with money and BMw

Any olds on here?

Hope you gents are having a great one. Youngest got me sick as a dog so I’m gonna see how these germs hold up against some Basil Hayden’s later.

Happy 4th, friends!

56 men signed a document that changed the world forever. They were aged from 26 to 70 ( Ben Franklin) with most in their 30s yet they knew it would come with great sacrifice.
Signing the Declaration proved to be very costly. Five signers were captured by the British and brutally tortured as traitors. Nine fought in the Revolutionary War and died from wounds or hardships. Two lost their sons in the war, and two others had sons captured. At least a dozen of the 56 had their homes pillaged and burned. Several of these died bankrupt. Some had wives captured , tortured and killed.

Ben Franklin had the ominous line " we must all hang together or we will surely hang separately " that wasn't exaggeration.

An incredible moment in human and world history.

D Magazine just came out with a list of Best Hamburger places in Dallas and I'm wondering what y'all think. Sadly, there's nothing from Fort Worth.

What's your favorite burger place?

I've tried Maple and Motor and was very disappointed.



Here's the list from D Mag

Y'all heard of these? Saw a piece on the news last night, but can't really find much on the intertubes. Not talking about the creepy temporary housing you see in the oil patch, but camps where guys who I guess don't feel butch enough go get yelled at for a few days by wannabe drill instructors and do spartan race type sh!t.

What the hell is going on out there??

I was in CVS today in Ft Worth and walked by magazine section. There was a striking Sp. Illustrated type magazine. It has a all red cover with Pat on the front.

It traces his young life, etc. I wanted to pass this on fast because with 98 pages, it may go fast.

Headed out to Beverly Hills tomorrow with little to no plan. I know, watch out for the homeless, used needles, human feces, etc… It’s a mostly free trip otherwise I probably wouldn’t go, but some good friends invited us so we decided to tag along and make the best of it.

Seeing as how I’ve never had a desire to go there I have no real clue what to see or do. I think we will take it easy since we’re staying in a big house with a pool, but a couple of half day trips to see something interesting would be nice.

We have a dinner at CUT for the 5 adults and 2 brunches for everyone booked, but with 11 total (kids in tow) sit down meals are not high on the list.

The Red Raiders will be taking HC Joey McGuire, RB Tahj Brooks, QB Behren Morton, LB Bryce Ramirez, LB Jacob Rodriguez and OL Caleb Rogers to Las Vegas for Big 12 Media Days.

Tech’s up on Tuesday, July 9. Eight days from today.

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I’d been wondering about the proliferation of vehicles up here in McKinney with “Student Driver: Please Be Patient” stickers on them. Many are beat up mini vans, some BMWs and the like. Didn’t make a lot of sense.

Somebody finally let me in on the grift.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Tough one for our friends in Ft Worth

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https://cardswire.usatoday.com/2024...merson-cardinals-jonathan-gannon-budda-baker/

Last season, the Cardinals had a secondary without a true deep safety.

Budda Baker played the most snaps at the free safety position with 380 per Pro Football Focus, while Andre Chachere had 198 snaps at the position, and Jalen Thompson had 174. But as Baker is most effective in a roving/hybrid role, Thompson is better nearer the line of scrimmage, and Chachere was a journeyman option more suited to a backup role, Arizona looked to accentuate their deep coverage in the draft.

Jonathan Gannon’s team did so in the person of Texas Tech safety Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, selected with the 104th overall pick in the fourth round. Last season for the Red Raiders, Taylor-Demerson played 485 snaps at free safety, allowing 20 catches overall on 35 targets for 221 yards, 112 yards after the catch, three touchdowns, four interceptions, four pass breakups, and an opponent passer rating of 65.0.

Taylor-Demerson is a rangy defender with good ball skills, and he’s pretty astute in the box and the slot as well. His athletic traits allow him to roam just about everywhere in coverage.

When asked after the pick whether Taylor-Demerson had the wherewithal to play deep safety right away for him, Gannon said that was the idea all along.

“Absolutely, he’s played safety down there for them. Really his best attributes I’d say are his range and his ball skills. He really has a nose for the football. I think he’s going to be able to play the deep half of the field and then we’ll see what else he can do. Versatility will come after that, but we think he brings a versatile element and range to the back half of the defense.”

Last season, only the Chiefs (67.8% of their defensive snaps) played a higher rate of two-high coverage than the Cardinals at 64.9%. Taylor-Demerson’s addition gives Gannon and his staff a lot more flexibility to throw different things at enemy offenses, up to and including the three-safety looks they often implemented.

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Stat predictions from myself, @B. Golan and @J. Apodaca. Feel like these could go either way so let us know your predictions below‼️

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Serious question, who won?

“It’s like, ‘You can’t include that, that will set him off,’ or ‘Put that in, he likes that,’” said one senior administration official. “It’s a Rorschach test, not a briefing. Because he is not a pleasant person to be around when he’s being briefed. It’s very difficult, and people are scared shitless of him.”


The Democrat machine is finally telling the truth. Biden is in deep shit. No way he can withstand the shit storm Trump has withstood the last 7.5 years.

Oh, and donors asking for a refund from Biden’s campaign. I never seen that in my lifetime.

Very interesting article on how the recent realignment has benefitted every P4 conference team. The most interesting thing to me was how the author saw Tech. I think it is revealing of how others across the country see us. They do not spend a lot of time on the Big 12. They look at polls and overall W/L records. and his assessment is very likely why we see the disappointing rankings we do preseason.

We have addressed our coaching situation. We have addressed our defense. We have begun to correct our recruiting. All that is missing is a consistent, injury free year from QB 1 which we haven't had in half a decade or more. I think this is the year all of it comes together.

Here's the Big 12 comments...go read the rest of the article...very interesting on all of the teams in P4.

Big 12​

BYU: +5

The Cougars have finally climbed the mountaintop after spending their entire history either in a non-power conference or as an independent. They now have direct access to the CFP, and won’t finish ranked 16th with just one loss, as happened in 2020.

Cincinnati: +4

The Bearcats’ dream season in 2021 does not have to be an aberration going forward, as they won’t have to go undefeated to make the Playoff. And power-conference status should help them land more recruits in their fertile city and state.

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Houston: +4

After nearly 30 years in the post-Southwest Conference wilderness, the Cougars are back in a major conference alongside old rivals Baylor, Texas Tech and TCU. But achieving consistent success in the Big 12 is hardly a given after up-and-downs in the AAC.

UCF: +4

Like BYU, Cincinnati and Houston, UCF got its Power 4 life raft, and it’s not like the Knights were struggling beforehand. They’ve reached three BCS/CFP bowl games since 2013. The only question is how they’ll fare as a geographic outlier in the new Big 12.

Baylor: +2

Since 2013, the Bears have won three Big 12 titles and reached four BCS bowls but have fallen short of reaching the CFP. In a 12-team field, all of those teams would make it. And that was with Texas and Oklahoma in the conference.

Kansas State: +2

K-State could thrive in the new world. It would have made the 12-team CFP four times since 2011. It has sneaky-good NIL support. The biggest challenge will be revenue-sharing. Only three public Power 5 schools made less in 2022.

Oklahoma State: +2

Mike Gundy has fielded eight double-digit win teams, all of which would have been 12-team CFP contenders. Most of those teams lost to Oklahoma, against which Gundy is 4-15. The Cowboys no longer have to deal with the Sooners.

TCU: +2

The Frogs would have made a 12-team field three times since 2014, and, thanks to the Metroplex, they have the highest recruiting ceiling among the holdovers.

Colorado: +1

Anything would be better than the Buffs’ abysmal 13-year tenure in the Pac-12. The Buffs get back into the Texas footprint, which they benefitted from in the old Big 12. But the school still faces an uphill climb in the NIL world, with or without Deion Sanders.

Texas Tech: +1

The Red Raiders have largely flailed since the late Mike Leach’s 2009 ouster, but it’s not for lack of resources and fan support. Getting out from under Texas could help, and while CFP berths might be infrequent, they’re attainable.


Iowa State: 0

The Cyclones, who have not won a conference championship since 1912, will still have all the same evergreen challenges. They could benefit from a more level version of the Big 12, but they’ll still have to perpetually overachieve.

Kansas: 0

The same Iowa State blurb can be applied to Kansas, which has finished ranked roughly once per decade. An expanded Playoff gives the Jayhawks slightly more hope for glory, but 2007 seasons may remain incredibly rare.

Utah: -1

Utah enters its new league as strong as any of its programs, but man, did the Utes have a good thing going in the Pac-12. Not only did they reach four league title games in five years, but they could lord their Power 5 membership over rival BYU. No more.

West Virginia: -1

The Mountaineers have lost a great deal of their identity since leaving the old Big East for the Big 12 in 2012, and the further dilution of the conference won’t help. But they did at least gain their first geographic partner when Cincinnati joined.

Arizona: -2

Joining the Big 12 was great for Arizona basketball. Probably not so much for football, where it has little in common with schools in football-crazed Texas. History suggests the Wildcats will rarely contend for a spot in the Playoff.

Arizona State: -3

ASU president Michael Crow had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the Big 12. The pro-market school has little in common with the likes of Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, which, unlike the Sun Devils, have rabid fan bases.

Linkin Garcia INF/RHP from Huntington Beach, CA has committed for the 2025 class.

Here is the celebration:

"We hold these truths to be self evident. That all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Not any of this is guaranteed, it came and comes on the backs and from the hearts of patriots, those who stand for the constitution and fundamental rights through the rule of law and elected officials and appointed judges...all working for the common good.

Not easy to see, not easy to agree, common good. Working together to achieve something overall really good for the whole.

How do you see the cheaters? The ones who are not working in the above manner.

God Bless us all. Celebrate what we have, who we are, and who we can be.

...J Mac comes in at 10th. Neil Brown is 9th.

What do you think of this list?

CBS article

Big 12 coach rankings 2024: Utah's Kyle Whittingham debuts at No. 1, Colorado's Deion Sanders near bottom​

The Big 12 coaching fraternity is getting another makeover ahead of the 2024 football season​

By David Cobb

4 hrs ago•6 min read


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The Big 12 bid farewell to Oklahoma's Brent Venables and Texas' Steve Sarkisian after the 2023 season and welcomes in five new coaches for 2024 as the league undergoes another makeover. Of the league's 12 incumbent programs, 11 have the same coach as they did in 2023. Houston is the lone exception as Willie Fritz comes over from Tulane to take over the Cougars.
Utah's Kyle Whittingham has enjoyed the most success of all the four coaches coming in from the Pac-12. Deion Sanders is certain to grab headlines as he leads Big 12 charter member Colorado back into the league it helped create. Then there's Arizona and Arizona State, both led by coaches eager to prove themselves as Power Four winners in Brent Brennan of the Wildcats and Kenny Dillingham of the Sun Devils.
Elsewhere, there are a handful of well-established names who are accustomed to success and respected throughout the profession. Though the Big 12 doesn't boast any obvious national title contenders, it's got plenty of solid programs led by proven tacticians. That was on full display when the league produced eight of the top 30 coaches in the 2024 CBS Sports Power Four coach rankings. It's a number on par with the mighty Big Ten and SEC (each has eight of the top 30) and above the ACC (which fields five of the top 30).
Below is where all 16 Big 12 coaches rank, as previously voted on by the CBS Sports and 247Sports staffs.

Complete Power Five coach rankings: 1-25 | 26-68
Big 12 Coach Rankings 2024

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Tough loss for a long time Tech DL target.

Daeshon Morgan is still out there but the board is just about reset.

Some family almost gave an Onderdonk to Goodwill! 😂

Evelyn Lavielle is transferring from Texas to Tech. She will compete in the HJ.

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All I know is I'm gonna be pissed if KU wins a Conference Title before we do. They keep getting these high preseason rankings even though we still kick their ass every year. With that said, I'd rather they win it than Utah or Arizona.

If the Football Gods have any empathy whatsoever for the suffering our fans have gone through over the past decade, this year's Tech team finally lives up to last year's preseason rankings and we go 11-1 during the regular season and beat Kansas State in the championship game.

Utah finishes 8-4 with losses @ Xerox, Vs. Zona, Vs. Iowa St, and @UCF and we never again have to hear their fans talk about coming here and winning by default.

KU finishes 7-5 with losses @WVU, vs. TCU, @ KSU, vs. ISU, @ BYU.

Tech finishes 11-1 with a loss @ISU, beats KSU in the Big 12 Championship Game. Then of course we'd get served up to Georgia like Happy Hour Nachos in the playoff and at least play them closer than TCU did.

In August my wife and I will be married 15 years. In September I turn 40. We’re wanting to go on a trip at the end of September to celebrate a bit, but we want something low key and somewhere we haven’t been. Leaning heavy toward Denver.

So, aside from the plethora of dispensaries, what does the RRS collective recommend in the Denver area. I’m looking for nice hotels, nice dinners, laid back lunches, breweries, bars, outdoor activities, etc.

We only have 3 days and not planning to have a car so it needs to be within reasonable uber distance. I would rent a car for any sort of “can’t miss”, if that exists there.