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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 23h

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Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 23h

WEEK 9 SP+ PICKS

OU 28, Ole Miss 23
A&M 26, LSU 25
Vandy 28.3, Mizzou 28.1
Auburn 28.4, Arkansas 28.1
KU 32, K-State 26
USF 33, Memphis 28
Indiana 40, UCLA 13
Horns 27, #Clanga 20
ASU 25.5, Houston 24.5

Smallest avg SP+ vs spread diff since Wk1.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 1d

So we're basically number 29? Pretty damn good.

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

AP poll dropped. Here’s the good stuff.

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 1d

So uhhh does this mean we're retiring Jamal's number or...?

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 1d

Go Coogs imo

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University of Houston @uh.edu · 2d

With today’s win against Arizona, the Coogs are officially BOWL ELIGIBLE! 🔥

University of Houston Football wins its Homecoming game against Arizona, with a score of 31 to 28.

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 2d

YOUR SIX AND ONE HOUSTON COUGARS

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 2d

That was an unbelievably dogshit PI call in the end zone. Absolute gift from the zebras to Arizona to tie the game.

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The Scott & BOO-lman Pawdcast 🎃 @pawdcast.bsky.social · 3d

Did a quick look at some UH Soccer overall stats from the program's 2+ years in the Big 12 & its insane how much more competitive the Coogs are.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

170 and counting reasons why Brett Kavanaugh can eat shit

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 4d

Dana went 2-7 in Big 12 play and openly admitted he wasn't trying any more in recruiting. Fritz is 5-7 in Big 12 play despite inheriting maybe the P5's worst roster from Dana and is killing it in recruiting. But yea other than that they're basically the same coach. Do better, @davidubben.bsky.social

yawoocoog90.bsky.social @yawoocoog90.bsky.social · 4d

The Athletic wrote this claiming UH is getting "Similar Results" to Dana Holgorsen and it's a laughably bad take from a writer who clearly doesn't pay attention to the Coogs. We would probably be the worst P4 team right now if we didn't fire Holgo

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5d

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...

Is it racist to remedy racism? That’s the question at the heart of Callais v. Louisiana, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday. The case asks whether the Voting Rights Act gives Black Louisianans too much political power—and if so, whether the landmark law violates the Constitution. Unsurprisingly, the Republican-appointed justices seem eager to rule that it does. Throughout oral arguments, they suggested the VRA protects minority voters too effectively, dragging the government into race-conscious considerations that offend the equal protection rights of the white voters who sued in this case. And they floated various ways to gut what remains of the statute by twisting it beyond recognition or striking it down altogether. The result would be a windfall for Republicans, who stand to gain at least 19 seats in the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court frees them to gerrymander Black communities into oblivion. Such a decision would also devastate minority representation in Congress, eliminating up to 30 percent of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 6d

Always very fun to look at the early schedule and see things like "Marshall", as if that's a real school.

Mid-Major Madness @mid-majormadness.bsky.social · 6d

Love this slate. Each year we make up new colleges for low majors to play in November and it’s amazing.

DeSales Hive Stand Up

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rockedfaces @rockedfaces.bsky.social · 6d

This is from a really, really lovely piece in the Seattle Times. Absolutely made me cry. www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

Top-40 Houston Cougars lfg

Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 7d

The SP+ top 40 if there were no priors involved. All hail our Red Raider and Hoosier overlords (and LSU's top-ranked defense)!

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 10d

As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.

Justice for All - Truthdig

To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

www.truthdig.com

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

As the universe's only known Houston-Iowa State-UC-Irvine fan, the end of this list feels uniquely designed to elicit mixed feelings in me. Otz at 24? Sounds right. Russell Turner in the top 25? Hell yea! Both right behind Ron "Houston is my personal rival" Hunter? No, that's... that can't be right.

kenpom @kenpom.com · 10d

Adding a pretty useful coaching component to the preseason ratings algorithm this season. Here are the top 25 active coaches based on what they add to what is already captured by the model predictors.

Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

year. (Or the year before.) Maybe a function of there being fewer covid super seniors around this year. Means UH could very conceivably have a slightly worse team than LY and still be the best team in the country.

Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

It's interesting that Houston's projected raw rating (how many pts they'd be expected to outscore an average team by over 100 possessions) drops from 36.59 last year to 31.14 this year, but their ranking goes from #2 to #1. Kp is projecting a top tier of the sport that is not as elite as it was last

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

start of an home-and-home, for Houston's last non-conference game. But he said it was real difficult to get quality teams to come to UH, and ultimately the last spot got filled by another body bag game.

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

plus whoever Houston's 3rd opponent in Vegas is. But the number of 100+ teams on the non-con jumps from 5 to 7 (with 2 more non-con games being played). This wasn't entirely Houston's choice - CKS publicly stated that he was trying to find a quality opponent to come to the Fertitta Center, as the

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

Houston's non-conference schedule projects a sturdier middle class but with a bit more cupcake than LY. 24-25 saw the Coogs play #4 Auburn and #6 Bama but then a huge drop to #51 San Diego St, #75 Butler, nobody else top 90. This year it's #9 Tennessee, #29 Arkansas, #31 Auburn, #68 Syracuse,

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

9: K-State (both)
10: UCF (kp) / TCU (me)
11: TCU (kp) / OSU (me)
12: WVU (both)
13: OSU (kp) / Utah (me)
14: Utah (kp) / UCF (me)
15: Arizona St (both)
16: Colorado (both)
Kp likes UCF more than I do, but we both see the bottom half of the Big 12 being pretty tightly packed.

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

7 and Cincinnati. I made my projection before Jizzle James got dismissed from the Bearcats which would've caused me to drop them below Arizona for sure, but I still really don't see Baylor (huge roster rebuild) being in the same tier as the rest of the top teams like kp does.

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

7: Kansas (kp) / Arizona (me)
8: Cincy (kp) / Baylor (me)
We have the same top 8 teams, but in different orders after UH at the top. I said there wasn't much of a gap b/t these teams and kp's projections suggest the same. Biggest diff is I see a gap b/t the top 7 and Baylor, kp sees one b/t the top

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Dustin @dustinelviento.bsky.social · 7d

Just for giggles, here's how kenpom sees the Big 12 vs how I projected the conference after doing a roster deep-dive 4 months ago
1: Houston (both)
2: Tech (kp) / BYU (me)
3: Iowa St (kp) / Tech (me)
4: Arizona (kp) / Kansas (me)
5: Baylor (kp) / Iowa St (me)
6: BYU (kp) / Cincinnati (me)

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