Let’s have a show of hands! How many are like SiL and would look Jesus right in the eye and say “zero f_cks given.”

….because I sure as shit won’t be watching this freak show.

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Boebert has bunches of Nolan Amendment $1 salary firings of the Democrat Activists in motion.

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But I’m sure he and they think it’s worth it.

The Fake News Cartel went wild after FBI director, Christopher Wray told lawmakers, “With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.” Newsweek was among those who took the statement and ran with it, writing in a tweet, “Donald Trump might not have been shot after all.”

Thankfully, the whole world is watching this deep-state clown show.

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Goes like this....

"Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden's lower-cost prescription drug law, annual out-of-pocket costs will be capped at $2,000 for people with Medicare Part D in 2025."

What this means is, if your employer prescription coverage is not capped at $2000 (which it probably won't), now your prescription coverage is not as good as Medicare Part D, meaning you will no longer have credible coverage. Result: You'll pay a penalty in the form of a higher premium for Part D when you file, a penalty that will last as long as you're alive. Check with your employer to see if you will have a $2000 cap in 2025.

Thanks Democrats.

https://www.keenan.com/knowledge-ce...y-affect-creditable-status-of-employer-plans/

I love the piggie back ride for Lee lol
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Expected increases are as follows

Football increased to 105
Basketball bumps to 15
Baseball jumps up to 34
Softball jumps up to 25

The Pentagon book keepers are wizards!

Oklahoma State Cowboys College Football Preview 2024: Key Players, Schedule, Season Predictions​

2024 Oklahoma State college football preview with breakdowns, best players, keys to the season, and prediction with projected win total.

• PETE FIUTAK
• JUN 25, 2024

Oklahoma State College Football Preview 2024​

Who’s the anchor tenant in the mall?

That’s been my overused line about the Big 12 ever since it was announced that Texas and Oklahoma were leaving for the SEC, but really, who’s the star of the conference now? What’s the foundational program that should be the league’s standard bearer?

Oklahoma won 31 regular season Big 12 games over the five years, and Texas won 28 times.

Oklahoma State won 30. (Kansas State won 27, by the way.)

The program wins football games. Mike Gundy cranked up 18 straight winning seasons with eight double-digit victory campaigns the last 14 years, and …

OF COURSE everyone Texas and Oklahoma up high in the rankings, and it’s assumed Utah and Arizona will be big right out of the gate as Big 12 schools. That’s all fine, but we know what we’re getting in Stillwater.

Oklahoma State will come up with another winning season, it will probably win ten games, and it should be deep in the mix for the Big 12 title and expanded College Football Playoff.

So where’s the national respect?

Here’s the problem. In the ten years of the four-team College Football Playoff era, the 2021 Cowboy team - it came within six inches of probably being in - is the only one that would’ve made a 12-team playoff. (The 2016 team would’ve been the first one out.)

Oklahoma State might win a lot, and then - like last year - it will get wiped up by South Alabama 33-7 and lose to UCF 45-3 a week after a win over Oklahoma.

The 2022 team averaged over 40 points per game over the first seven games, and couldn’t score more than 20 the rest of the way.

And now Oklahoma and Texas are gone, the schedule isn’t bad, this Oklahoma State team is loaded with experience, and …

Yeah, this might be the best program in the new Big 12. This year, go ahead and put the College Playoff or Bust tag on it.

Oklahoma State Football Preview 2024: Offense​

- The offense was eighth in the Big 12 in total yards, ninth in rushing, eighth in scoring, and yet it all worked. There were times when the machine totally collapsed, but for the most part it was balanced, explosive, and came up with 29 points or more in seven of the last ten games.

The skill parts are strong, but it starts with an offensive line that was among the best in America in pass protection and was the best in the Big 12 in tackles for loss allowed.

Four starters are expected back, the depth is solid, and C Joe Michalski and OT Dalton Cooper are stars at their positions. They’ll once again pave the way for …

- Ollie Gordon II. Oklahoma State has itself a running back. The 2023 Doak Walker winner ran 19 times in the first three games. He scored twice, but he didn’t get a whole lot of work.

From then on, the Cowboys never lost when he ran 20 times or more. He finished with 1,732 yards and 21 touchdowns in a scintillating season, but now he’ll be a marked man.

- As good as the ground game is, and as strong as the O line might be, the receiving corps might be one of the team’s biggest strengths.

Brennan Presley is an all-star coming off a 101-catch season in the slot, Rashod Owens was second on the team with 63 grabs, and coming back is former Washington State Cougar De’Zhaun Stribling, who made 14 catches before getting hurt. Ohio tight end transfer Tyler Foster should be a factor right away.

Oklahoma State Football Preview 2024: Defense​

- The defense struggled against the run, the pass defense had its down moments, and none of it mattered when the takeaways were flowing.

The pass rush and plays behind the line should be good enough, and the big plays should keep on flowing. Last year the Cowboys went 8-0 when coming up with two takeaways or more, and it all starts with …

- The linebackers are fantastic. Nick Martin made 140 tackles with six sacks and 16 tackles for loss, Collin Oliver made 73 tackles with six sacks and 15.5 tackles for loss and four forced fumbles, and Justin Wright - who came up with 101 tackles in 2022 for Tulsa - is back for a seventh year after missing almost all of 2023 hurt.

The plays behind the line will come from the linebackers, but end Obi Ezeigbo is coming in from the D-II ranks to be a pass rusher on one side. 310-pound Collin Clay and 281-pound Kody Walterscheid are two of the good veterans up front.

- The secondary has some strong playmakers returning. Kendal Daniels is a star at one safety spot - he was second on the team with 105 tackles, fellow safety Trey Rucker returns coming off a 100-tackle season - and the starting corner combination of Cam Smith and Korie Black returns.

Key To The Oklahoma State Football Season​

Keep that running game going.
The passing attack will be terrific at times and should at least be efficient, but it’s all about grinding it out on the ground.

Oklahoma State ran for 134 yards or more nine times and went 9-0. It was 1-4 when running for fewer, and got obliterated in the three games when it failed to get to 100 yards. Since 2020 it’s 2-7 when it doesn’t get to 100.

Oklahoma State Key Player​

Alan Bowman, QB Sr.
First he was at Texas Tech, then was a backup at Michigan, then last year he finally got through a season healthy - and the gig was his - in his first season at Oklahoma State. It’s his seventh season as a college football quarterback.

He has good passing skills and the game isn’t about to slow down any more than it already has. Now he has to cut down on the interceptions (14) and start to be a bit more consistently accurate.

The Cowboys went 8-0 when the passing game hit 60% or better.

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This is the opening monologue of Nicole Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline White House show that started at 4 p.m. today.

“Take a supremely qualified elected leader, throw in a positive and optimistic message about the future, and throw in a dash of Beyoncé, and what do you get? A rousing start to a presidential campaign against a wannabe autocrat and convicted felon with a doom and gloom Earth 2 vision of the country which he seeks to lead.”

Then, for free, it played the new Kamala Harris for president advertisement.

This is a news network? What a joke!

Now I know that FoxNews is slanted to the right, but MSNBC is ridiculous. There should be some kinda warning label when you turn it to that network!

Had right leaning views. Just kidding he was a Tard like those here and amazing how they parrot the same shit like they are told.

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How NCAA rule change allowed Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy to add Sean Snyder​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman


STILLWATER — With the hiring of a legendary coach’s son on Wednesday, Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy took his first step into one of college football’s least talked-about rule changes.

While so much of the conversation over the last few months has focused on everything from the still-evolving world of name, image and likeness to the new uses of technology now being allowed in the sport, the elimination of coaching limits has flown under the radar.

Late last month, the NCAA Division I council approved a proposal to remove the limit on the number of on-field coaches, which had been capped at 10. Now, the analysts and other ancillary staff who fill out a college football team’s support staff are allowed to be involved in on-field coaching.

Less than a month into the realm of unlimited coaches, Gundy hired Sean Snyder to work with the team’s kickers and punters. Snyder is the son of legendary Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, and served alongside his father for several years.

Snyder was at Kansas State for nearly 30 years, concluding after the 2019 season. He was the team’s punter from 1990-92, then held a variety of football and administrative roles from 1994-2010. He then moved into his role as the special teams coordinator and associate head coach from 2011-18 and as a special teams analyst in 2019.

Since then, he spent two seasons as the special teams coordinator at USC in 2020-21, one season in the same role at Illinois, and last year, he served as the special assistant to the head coach at Kansas, where he also assisted the Jayhawks’ special teams.

Snyder’s hiring comes a few months after Gundy and athletic director Chad Weiberg worked to provide raises for the program’s 10 position coaches, plus strength coach Rob Glass.



Eight of the 11 coaches have been with Gundy for at least five years, and some for much longer.

“I think a big part of our success has been the consistency we’ve had,” Weiberg told The Oklahoman. “Also, it’s a reflection, in a lot of ways, of the market.


“When coaches get here and they do a good job, then we want to take care of them so they stay here and we have that consistency.”

Gundy, of course, would always love to have more money for his staff and support personnel, but programs have to be diligent in how they spend their funding. Still, Gundy was happy to provide raises for his staff — which included $100,000 bumps for Glass and associate head coach/offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn.


“There’s never enough money available for those guys,” Gundy said earlier this month at Big 12 Media Days in Las Vegas. “As we progress into this new league, our salary pool for our 10 guys who will be on the road recruiting — which I guess would be the best way to term that now, with the new rule — we need that pool to be up near the highest in the league, in my opinion, if we want to compete at a high level.

“So we try to continue to do that and take care of the people who have been loyal to the football program. It’s important to me, selfishly, to reward loyalty, and not make people feel like they need to take other jobs for compensation, when if they stay here and are loyal to our program, we’ll reward them for that.”

Now, with the removal of the on-field coaching limit, those position coaches have additional help from the seven analysts and other support staff.

That’s where Snyder’s hiring becomes important, because Gundy can adjust how his special teams coaching is managed.

Over the last few years, Gundy has used a special teams analyst — first M.K. Taylor, and now Joseph Foteh — to build game plans, but that analyst was not allowed to directly coach the players.

So a group of four position coaches were tasked with working with the analyst and taking the game plans to the players — one coach for each team, kickoff coverage, kickoff return, punt coverage and punt return.

Now, Foteh can be involved in direct coaching on the field throughout the week, and Snyder, with a wealth of experience as a special teams coordinator, can also be involved in the planning and preparation.

That could help to limit the additional work of the position coaches and build added continuity throughout each of the special teams units.

The Cowboys have not previously had a coach who works specifically with kickers and punters, often resulting in those players working together to help overcome any struggles. Snyder has an experience and knowledge base to provide useful feedback.

And Snyder’s experience, particularly at K-State where he was part of his father’s incredible forging of the Wildcat program, makes him a valuable voice in the coaches’ offices.

“Sean brings years of experience with kickers and punters and special teams concepts,” Gundy said in a press release. “We’re really excited about what he brings to our coaching staff.”

How Oklahoma State overcame unique obstacles for another top-25 Directors' Cup finish​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — With its fourth straight top-25 finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup, Oklahoma State’s athletic success rate is as strong as it’s ever been.

Led by the men’s cross country team’s national championship, OSU finished 19th nationally and second in the Big 12 in the 2023-24 Directors’ Cup scoring, and did so through some unique limitations.

“The Directors’ Cup is a good measurement of athletic success across the board,” OSU athletic director Chad Weiberg told The Oklahoman. “You look at the other people on that list and it puts us among the elite programs in college athletics.”

OSU does not sponsor women’s volleyball, which is a mandatory sport in the Directors’ Cup standings, and OSU does not get credit for equestrian’s third-place finish in the national championship, since equestrian is currently not an officially sanctioned NCAA sport.



“There are some things like that working against us, but I think that makes it all the more impressive that we’re finishing in the top 20 in the country,” Weiberg said. “That shows how competitive we are across the board.”

OSU’s point total of 896.0 was based on 17 sports, while the majority of teams in the top 25 counted 19 sports toward their totals. Texas won the title with 1,377.0 points.

Adding to the constraints OSU faced in accomplishing another top-25 finish, the university ranked 46th nationally among public Division I universities in total revenue and 45th in total expenses for the 2022-23 school year, the most recent fiscal year in which such data is available.

Five Big 12 universities had higher revenue and expenses than OSU in 2022-23, but only Texas finished higher in the Directors’ Cup standings.

Of the 14 public universities that finished ahead of OSU in the Cup standings, 13 had higher revenue for the previous year and 12 were top-20 revenue earners. Only UCLA ranked behind OSU in athletic revenue.

Oklahoma State teams that placed in the top 10 of the 2023-24 Learfield Directors’ Cup standings were men’s cross country (first), women’s cross country (third), men’s indoor track and field (seventh), softball (seventh), women’s indoor track and field (eighth), women’s tennis (ninth) and wrestling (10th). An additional seven teams finished in the top 30 of their sport.

“We are very fortunate to have successful programs here at Oklahoma State,” Weiberg said. “We have the philosophy that if you’re keeping score, you might as well win. So we pride ourselves in being very competitive in everything we do.”

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Big 12 football running back rankings: Oklahoma State's Ollie Gordon II headlines the list​

Justin Martinez
The Oklahoman

The Big 12 is loaded with talent, and the running back position is no exception.

From upperclassmen such as OSU's Ollie Gordon II and Texas Tech's Tahj Brooks to up-and-comers such as West Virginia's Jahiem White and Iowa State's Abu Sama III, there are plenty of lethal ball carries in the conference.

Here are the rankings for every projected starting running back in the Big 12.

16. Cam Cook, TCU​

Sophomore Cam Cook is now TCU's lead running back following the departure of Emani Bailey, who ran for 1,209 yards and eight touchdowns last season before going pro.

The potential is there for Cook. He's a former four-star prospect who has good patience, and he runs with strength.

But Cook only recorded 16 carries for 58 yards last season. And while he'll have every opportunity to show what he can do in a lead role moving forward, he's too unproven as of right now to be higher on this list.

15. Parker Jenkins, Houston​

Parker Jenkins contributed right away for Houston as a freshman last season.

The former three-star prospect ran the ball 99 times for 464 yards and three touchdowns. He also caught 15 passes for 81 yards.

Jenkins gets the edge over Cook on this list because he has some experience in a lead role. Still, it'll be difficult for him to fully shine in the run game alongside dual-threat quarterback Donovan Smith.

14. Dallan Hayden, Colorado​

Redshirt sophomore Dallan Hayden is another young running back who's looking to prove himself.

Hayden began his career at Ohio State, where he ran the ball 111 times for 553 yards and five touchdowns as a freshman on a 2022 team that dealt with injuries in the backfield. He then appeared in three games last season and finished with 19 carries for 110 yards and one touchdown.

Hayden now plays for Colorado, which ranked last in the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game last season (68.9). He'll look to take some pressure off of quarterback Shedeur Sanders and the Buffaloes' passing game.

13. Dominic Richardson, Baylor​

Dominic Richardson, a McGuinness graduate, spent the first three years of his career with OSU before he transferred to Baylor last season.

Richardson ran the ball 125 times times for 519 yards and one touchdown as a junior with the Bears. He also caught 21 passes for 152 yards and one touchdown.

There's an argument for Richardson to be slightly higher on this list. But the senior's production will be limited next season as he shares touches with Richard Reese and Dawson Pendergrass.

12. Micah Bernard, Utah​

Micah Bernard recorded 106 carries for 533 yards and four touchdowns as a junior in 2022, but he suffered an off-the-field injury after the first game of last season that sidelined him for the entire campaign.

Bernard is now back in the mix. And while he's a veteran ball carrier who can provide steady production, he'll have the share touches with Jaylon Glover.

Utah will also surely air the ball out more with quarterback Cameron Rising, who missed all of last season due to a knee injury. Because of those factors, it's best to temper expectations for Bernard's comeback campaign.

11. LJ Martin, BYU​

LJ Martin recorded team highs of 109 carries, 518 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns as a true freshman last season.

It was a good showing by the former three-star prospect, all things considered. BYU had one of the worst offensive lines in the Big 12, and the team ranked second-to-last in the conference in total rushing attempts (360).

Martin is a strong runner who excels at shedding tackles, and he has the chance to be a breakout player in his second season as the lead back. But he'll need more touches and more help from his offensive line.

10. Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Arizona​

Arizona entered the offseason in desperate need of a running back after it lost its top three rushers.

Introducing Jacory Croskey-Merritt, a New Mexico transfer who ran the ball 189 times for 1,190 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior last season. He earned an All-Mountain West second team selection for his strong play.

Of course, competing in the Big 12 will be a bigger challenge. But Croskey-Merritt is a do-it-all back who should have an immediate impact with the Wildcats.

9. Cam Skattebo, Arizona State​

Arizona State's offense ranked last in the Pac-12 in yards per game game (322.3) and points per game (17.8) last season.

But one of the rare bright spots was Cam Skattebo. The Sacramento State transfer ran the ball 164 times for 783 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior.


Skattebo is 10th among all active FBS and FCS running backs in career rushing yards (2,681) entering this season. He'll also be leaned on heavily by the Sun Devils, who are expected to start redshirt freshman Sam Leavitt at quarterback.

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What is Oklahoma State paying new wrestling coach David Taylor? Contract details released.​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State’s David Taylor is set to be the first college wrestling coach to earn $1 million per year.

The six-year contract will pay Taylor $7.45 million in all, opening with a $1 million annual base salary in his first year, plus $30,000 raises each year, according to the contract obtained by The Oklahoman.

The contract details, initially reported by Pistols Firing, also call for a one-time payment of $1 million.

The contract includes bonuses, such as $125,000 for winning an NCAA championship and $10,000 for each individual champion, while also allowing Taylor to choose for his performance incentives to be reallocated to the bonus fund for his assistants.

Taylor agreed to become Oklahoma State’s head coach in May, a few weeks after the legendary John Smith announced his retirement after 33 years.



Smith, who made $500,000 in his final season as coach, led OSU to five national championships and 490 dual victories.

Taylor, like Smith was in 1992, is a first-year coach fresh off a competitive career in which he was viewed as the greatest American wrestler of his era.

He was a four-time finalist and two-time winner at the NCAA Championships during his career at Penn State, then went on to win three gold medals at the World Championships and gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

He concluded his competitive career in April when he did not make the Olympic team at the 2024 U.S. team trials.

The hire shook the college wrestling world, considering Taylor’s status in the sport.

And the contract is a sign of not only Weiberg’s belief in Taylor, but also the magnitude of luring such a prominent wrestler into his first coaching job.

“I felt a huge sense of responsibility with this decision,” OSU athletic director Chad Weiberg said in May when Taylor was announced as head coach. “This job has not been open in over three decades and only eight times in its history. So I knew we needed to go through the process about doing the due diligence it deserved.


“We just had to make sure we did everything we could to find the next great leader, so we began the process that led us here.”