2012-2013 NCAA Football Season

[I WUB PUGS]

Add UCONN. I'm not down on football, the ACC is just as competitive imo as the Big 10 or Big 12 right now, probably as much as the Pac 12. I really don't care to bother with trying to compete with the SEC. The ACC has better academics and is a successful multi-sport conference.

Sure UCONN may not be the best academic school, but neither is FSU or Clemson.

[frozenprince]

The ACC gets a bum wrap every year, they churn out pretty good to great teams usually. They just aren't as good as the top tier SEC teams, and other than USC and Oregon, who else is?

[the_mango55]

As of right now ND isn't joining in football, so we likely won't be adding another team, so that we can keep an even number of football teams. When ND does join in football we will probably add a 16th, probably uconn or rutgers.

[frozenprince]

Most likely UCONN, just to make the ACC the basketball super conference.

[I WUB PUGS]

UCONN has stated they won't come until ND does. I fully expect to see the 16 team expansion done when ND runs out on that NBC contract.

[MadBurgerMaker]

TTU has signed a deal with FSN to go along with the Sooner Network and TCU's thing (Kansas has had a "Jayhawk Network" for a while now, and K-State started selling their tier 3 stuff more than a year ago I believe. I don't know what's going on at Iowa State). Okie State and WVU are also apparently in talks with Fox for similar stuff. I will now call my provider and demand that they remove Fox Sports Net from their service and give me discounts for having the audacity to have this sort of programming in the first place.

Oh wait. I'm not a retard aggie, who has been doing that since U-Verse added the Longhorn Network. More college sports on TV = good, not bad, no matter who it is, you gigantic babies.

In related news:

http://www.utexas.edu/news/2012/09/1...h-engineering/

Longhorn Network Earnings Draw Top Scholars in Philosophy, Math and Engineering

Sept. 12, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas — Internationally renowned engineer and mathematician Francois Baccelli and philosopher Galen Strawson have been appointed to two new endowed chairs at The University of Texas at Austin, effective Sept. 1.

The appointments make for a total of seven endowed academic chairs funded by earnings from the Longhorn Network.

The Simons Chair in Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, held by Baccelli, was allocated $1.5 million in Longhorn Network money. These are matching funds that will be added to a $1.5 million grant from the Simons Foundation.

The Chair in Philosophy, filled by Strawson, was allocated $1 million.

“Just as the Longhorn Network begins to achieve major distribution, we also are now seeing the fruits of the agreement in ways that will benefit our academics for years to come,” said President Bill Powers. “The filling of these important chairs is a milestone worthy of celebration. I couldn’t be happier that Francois Baccelli and Galen Strawson have agreed to join our world-class faculty.”

Baccelli, who has a joint appointment in the colleges of natural science and engineering, is a member of the French Academy of Sciences and a pioneer in combining mathematics, telecommunications and network information theory to fuel innovative research. As part of his appointment, he will develop a new Center in Information and Network Science.

The center will bring together faculty members at the university — from disciplines as diverse as communications, biology and the social sciences — with the aim of finding governing principles common to a variety of network applications.

Baccelli comes to the university from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris, where he was director of computer science research. He also is resident “network wizard” at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control and head of TREC, a joint research team involving INRIA and the ENS de Paris.

During Baccelli’s career he has built deep industry connections with telecommunication equipment vendors such as Alcatel, Qualcomm and Intel, as well as service providers such as Orange, France Telecom and Sprint. He has used his powerful theories to provide design insights and to guide cellular system implementation and optimization.

“He is the right glue to hold the two sides of the new center together,” said Alan Reid, chair of the Department of Mathematics in the College of Natural Sciences. “He’s a mathematician by training who has a strong track record of research in electrical and computer engineering. He’s also had a great deal of experience building up the kind of program we envision here at UT.”

Noted British philosopher and literary critic Strawson, who joined the College of Liberal Arts this semester, is a preeminent scholar on the philosophy of mind, metaphysics and moral psychology. His scholarship has focused on the works of John Locke, David Hume and Immanuel Kant, among others.

Strawson most recently was professor of philosophy at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, and he has been consultant editor at The Times Literary Supplement for many years.

He has been a regular visitor at the City University of New York Graduate Center Philosophy Program, where he was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy from 2004 to 2006, and he is a regular book reviewer for The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Independent, the Financial Times and The Guardian.

“The appointment of Galen Strawson as our college’s first Longhorn Network Chair demonstrates our commitment to attracting some of the world’s most prominent scholars to the College of Liberal Arts and The University of Texas at Austin,” said Randy Diehl, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. “Our students and faculty will greatly benefit from the addition of Professor Strawson to our world-class Department of Philosophy.”

Strawson is the author of numerous books, including the groundbreaking “Freedom and Belief,” in which he thoroughly examines the problem of free will. He also is principal author of the controversial “Consciousness and its Place in Nature,” which sparked renewed debate of the mind-body problem. A selection of Strawson’s philosophical papers titled “Real Materialism and Other Essays” was published in 2008 by Oxford University Press.

He will teach a first-year graduate seminar in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of mind.

In addition to these two endowed chairs, Longhorn Network funds have made the creation of five additional chairs possible. The chair in Latin American Art History in the College of Fine Arts was filled by Professor Andrea Giunta in September 2011, and a chair in mathematics was filled by Professor Thaleia Zariphopoulou in January.

The following chairs have not yet been filled:

- Governor Ann W. Richards Chair for the Texas Program in Sports and Media/College of Communication

- Chair in African and African Diaspora Studies/College of Liberal Arts

- Chair in Physics/College of Natural Sciences

[HissingNewt]

Oh wait. I'm not a retard aggie, who has been doing that since U-Verse added the Longhorn Network. More college sports on TV = good, not bad, no matter who it is, you gigantic babies.

You mad bro?

[MadBurgerMaker]

You mad bro?

Nice one, aggy. That is the ing dumbest possible response to that. You need to re-read it, a few times if necessary, and figure out who it is that is mad about the LHN.

E: One thing I've wondered about you dumbasses is why haven't you been demanding the complete removal of ESPN/ABC/Disney? They're the ones making the payments to Texas. TO THE PHONES, CLETUS! One of the funniest posts I saw from Texags was some tool talking about how he was calling and demanding that they remove that one single channel, LHN, from his TV package, while totally ignoring that it is just another ESPN channel. I wonder if those people realize their money is, and has been for a while, going to Texas and vv no matter what happens with the LHN?

[frozenprince]

Hook em'

[HissingNewt]

He's mad guys.

I read that part multiple times and have no idea what you're talking about with people asking for discounts. First of all, asking for a discount (even if it's a bad reason) sounds like a good idea, and second, Aggies aren't some hive mind. I don't know what the rest of us are thinking, and I've never even heard of someone asking for a discount or channel to get removed from their cable service.

Besides that, Longhorns slip into condescending name calling way too easily. I mean, all I had to say was "you mad bro?" for that reaction? Really?

[MadBurgerMaker]

He's mad guys.

Mad? Aggy, there is no "mad" when it comes to you. There's only 27-25 and 76-37-5.



Now get out your shinebox.

E: Hey an edit so there's more from this dude:

I read that part multiple times and have no idea what you're talking about with people asking for discounts. First of all, asking for a discount (even if it's a bad reason) sounds like a good idea, and second, Aggies aren't some hive mind. I don't know what the rest of us are thinking, and I've never even heard of someone asking for a discount or channel to get removed from their cable service.

If you read it multiple times, you might have noticed the "Texags" part. You know you can find it there (unless it has been deleted after getting so much attention. that site is pathetic).

Besides that, Longhorns slip into condescending name calling way too easily. I mean, all I had to say was "you mad bro?" for that reaction? Really?

For what reaction? Calling it a really dumb response, which it is, then noting more about aggy whining, which caused your lame "UMADBROLOLOLOLOL" garbage in the first place? Boo ing hoo. You yourself were crying about LHN when it was announced, using talking points straight from the hivemind.

[HissingNewt]

Mad? Aggy, there is no "mad" when it comes to you. There's only 27-25 and 76-37-5.



Now get out your shinebox.

Are you actually proud of that cripple fight called the last Lone Star Showdown?

[I WUB PUGS]

Why does Texas (UT) suck so bad?

[MadBurgerMaker]

Are you actually proud of that cripple fight called the last Lone Star Showdown?

Didn't want that win anyway, eh?

[HissingNewt]

Didn't want that win anyway, eh?

No, I'm saying it's like watching a boxing match between somebody in a wheel chair and somebody using crutches. It's just painful to watch because neither team is good. I really wanted that win, but when you're honest, both teams were bad.

[MadBurgerMaker]

No, I'm saying it's like watching a boxing match between somebody in a wheel chair and somebody using crutches. It's just painful to watch because neither team is good. I really wanted that win, but when you're honest, both teams were bad.

Yeah, they were terrible. Texas only ended up winning 8 games. That's awful. It doesn't matter though. A win is a win.

It's not just the win, however, it's how it came about. Dumbassery by a terrible QB, who was in charge of the second worst Horns offense I've ever seen (along with one of the best defenses in the country, of course), gets the final W ever in College Station in front of a whole bunch of people wearing those 11.24.11 t-shirts? Hilarious and perfect.

Even better than Garrett ing Gilbert going up to Lincoln and beating Nebraska in the last game vs them when they had been bleating about "revenge," for one thing or another, the entire offseason. That was pretty funny for the "BIG 12, BIG 12, BIG 12" chant you could hear from the Texas fans who made the trip though. Also because...well...it was Nebraska.

E: Oh yeah. News! Wilson is out for the Pigs - Bama game. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...tball/20182422 and the Penn State backup kicker ( how bad was this dude?) bailed. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...-backup-kicker

E: I think THujone captured the McCoy run perfectly:


(http://prevailandride.blogspot.com/)

[HissingNewt]

Yeah, they were terrible. Texas only ended up winning 8 games. That's awful. It doesn't matter though. A win is a win.

It's not just the win, however, it's how it came about. Dumbassery by a terrible QB, who was in charge of the second worst Horns offense I've ever seen (along with one of the best defenses in the country, of course), gets the final W ever in College Station in front of a whole bunch of people wearing those 11.24.11 t-shirts? Hilarious and perfect.

Even better than Garrett ing Gilbert going up to Lincoln and beating Nebraska in the last game vs them when they had been bleating about "revenge," for one thing or another, the entire offseason. That was pretty funny for the "BIG 12, BIG 12, BIG 12" chant you could hear from the Texas fans who made the trip though. Also because...well...it was Nebraska.

And we got the last win in Austin. BTW, the shirts are called Maroon Out shirts.

[MadBurgerMaker]

And we got the last win in Austin.

You also won 36 other games in the series, sort of like Texas won 75 others. None of them were the last one.

BTW, the shirts are called Maroon Out shirts.

Good for them.

[HissingNewt]

You also won 36 other games in the series, sort of like Texas won 75 others. None of them were the last one.

Cool. Texas has vastly more resources and wasn't an all male military college in the middle of nowhere for over half its existence.

Good for them.

I'm telling you that because the date means nothing. It's like calling Democrats the blue guys. Sure, people may know what you mean, but it's not at all correct. And then you top it off with a snarky comment when informed of that.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Cool. Texas has vastly more resources and wasn't an all male military college in the middle of nowhere for over half its existence.

Sounds like a you problem, not a me problem.

I'm telling you that because the date means nothing. It's like calling Democrats the blue guys. Sure, people may know what you mean, but it's not at all correct. And then you top it off with a snarky comment when informed of that.

The date clearly meant something, otherwise it wouldn't be on there. It meant that was the day of the Texas game, which was also designated as the Maroon Out game, apparently. It still doesn't make me care what you call the t-shirts though. It's still just a t-shirt with 11.24.11 on it, as I said. In front of a bunch of people wearing said 11.24.11 t-shirts, Case McCoy, Justin Tucker, and the Horns D broke your hearts and sent you out right. Scoreboard forever.