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Houston Zoo for the win! Go early (before 10) to get a parking spot, or uber. Zoo Lights is nice at night but you don’t see the animals - Christmas lights in a beautiful setting. It’s in Hermann Park so nice outdoor area to wander through and not far (by Houston standards) from where you’d likely stay. Many museums near there, too.

Good restaurants of every kind all over town. BCN for upscale dining. All Hugo’s restaurants are great (Xochi, Hugo’s, Caracol)

Playoffs: Top 8 ranked teams (by either committee, computer, etc) are IN.

Next 8 (teams 9 -16) play each other in “play-in” games - these games replace Conference Championships because those are irrelevant now and lead to all the problems noted elsewhere. But everyone wants the revenue, so these 4 games get played and revenue split some way to the conferences/ESPN etc.

Then you have the 12 team playoff. This way, we find out on the field if ND is better than Bama or Texas or Vandy or Tulane etc. while not making Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia play an extra game they don’t need to play.

There are so many non-coaching positions that surely he can be valuable in one of those, or in Athletic Dept somewhere

I wouldn’t want him as head coach (since he’s said he doesn’t want to coach in this NIL environment and we need someone all in for that), but if he wants to consult on the coaching hire or consult in some capacity afterward, or if he wants to be AD, I’d be for sure interested

Can Republicans eliminate the filibuster now, and put in back in place later? While have majority, use it, then just in case, reverse it?

Inability to hire at least competently good coordinators at all 3 positions at the same time, and unwillingness to make a change to fix or even address those issues until end of season.

If Bk goes and you could choose which staff to keep, who would you keep? Baker? Frank?

I think the difference is between those who see the government as a huge wealthy entity that should help everyone, and those who see the government as an entity with my/taxpayer money and a responsibility to use it wisely and legally.
But yes, laws are laws! Either they should be enforced or changed - not ignored!!

Someone should lay out what the Democrats are asking and give a rebuttal in a clear, concise message - Republicans are typically awful at doing that. Dems say “we want to preserve affordable healthcare”; Republicans say “clean spending bill” - ??? Do they not have PR people?

Exactly - the principal says they foster understanding, empathy etc - kinda hard to believe that!!