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  1. Yeah, but it isn’t received well. Even when I played, which was a long fucking time ago. You stand down once a team goes victory formation. Regardless of your passion, your peers will think your just a dick. Even NFL guys don’t violate that formation.
  2. Let’s face it, it’s Kentucky. Until we actually see them win games like these it is almost impossible to believe they can.
  3. Solid post right there.
  4. The entire premise of the show is to simply feed the fan bases something to talk about until kick off. And fucking with Texas has been their MO for years, it shouldn’t surprise anyone.
  5. Uh, you could pretty much say the same thing about half the teams in the top 25.
  6. Why do so many give a shit about revenue stream? Y’all on the payroll or something? Ain’t a chance in hell that Texas is going to lose money.
  7. The Domers have found a QB. They will be tough to beat.
  8. Did his old man ever beat ou?
  9. It’s the pitfalls of independence. There is a reason conference teams plan their schedules the way they do. Especially the bye weeks. BYU has no such luxury. They are forced to take games when they can get them. And why those on here who scream independence are crazy as hell. Ask yourself what their record would be if they played the exact same teams, in the exact same order as Alabama?
  10. If you are comfortable doing some of the work. Shipping containers are the way to go. Especially since they are stackable. And come in 40’, 45’ and 53’. Obviously if your needs require it to be in a remote location the cost would offset any value of using the container. If not, they can be had cheap. Easy to work on, or modify.
  11. Pure bravado. One need look no farther then what MSU did to that same KSU team. Tulsa? Maryland?. I hate SEC as much as anyone, but their Achilles heel is offense chief. With a Texas team unable to stretch any offense 3 of 4 is bullshit.
  12. If you’re willing to read it, here goes. Short background. These were both failed landings at the Garrett Aireserch facility in Augusta’s Bush field (the only other facility was in Phoenix) on 1978. During that time those airframes with the TFE 731 and/or TPE 331 power plants were required to be brought in every 100 hours and gone through. Almost all of the customers were from central and or South America. You can do a quick google search and see what aircraft were equipped with these power plants. The attention of detail given to these aircraft during those scheduled maintenance programs when witnessed by even a casual observer, was to be honest, impressive. We even fabricated a test truck out of a 3500 GMC that allowed us to mount, test and validate engine performance prior to remounting on the aircraft. Basically a portable dyno. The staff at that time was close to 100% former A/P guys from the Navy and Airforce. There were also (3) F4 pilots who also worked there and would sit in the copilots seat and verify the aircrafts performance prior to its return to its owner. Notice I said sit, not fly. They also did a lot of shuttle flying of Garretts own aircraft for the obviously high end clientele that owned these types of aircraft. On the two flights I joked about upon (because I lived through them) occurred on runway 3. This is the runway that runs purpendicular to the main highway, and is know for occasional wind shear Alerts’s during late humid summer afternoons. Traffic control was still managed on site in the airport tower (it was shortly thereafter moved to Savannah). On both occasions the contracted pilots were executing their approach, everything looked good. We had three in the green and attitude, airspeed, everything good until we crossed the outer markers. It was then we felt a “push”. Followed by the aircraft feeling as if it simply lost its airspeed and stalled, and the landing gear made hard contact against the gravel and concrete pliers that made up the leading edge of the tarmac. Here is the leave it in the deck part: when the possibility of: best case (all the wheels, struts, are gone, but hydraulic fluid and tank fuel can be bussed close) allowing the pilot to attempt a belly to bring it to a stop. Obvious problem is the fuel. Without a dump you are dealing with a possible fire. Vs the worst case: partial gear on one side or nose gear inoperable, struts torn and partially imbedded into the fuselage (more of a problem on the Lear then the Mitz) loss of hydraulic fluid that is pumping out on to the surface of a hot airframe. And no way to determine fuel line ruptures, avionic failure, flaps, etc. And now you are back in the air. You leave it on the fucking ground. This was by the way the findings of the ensuing investigation on both mishaps. What actually happened is on both occasions both pilots pulled them back in the air. Not having any knowledge of the severity of the damage, including whether they would even fly at that point. The tower requested a fly by to try and attempt to evaluate what was hanging off, leaking from, etc. now, things may be different now. But in those days the guys fixing em, or employed by the company, even as pilots couldn’t touch the stick. Which was a big problem to us. Because we had a shit load more faith with the cat sitting in the copilot seat, who was one retired Capt. Benjamin Owen. Who had flown F4’s in Vietnam for two years. And had at least several thousand hours on the same aircraft we were in. Far more then the contractors who were at the controls. The point of the most anxiety came after we did the flyby in the MU2. Looking at a dozen guys in white shirts and ties looking back at us. They radio us and state. Micro Alpha 281, you do not have left landing gear, repeat left gear is missing..a slight pause and then Good Luck. As we banked we saw the fire teams putting jelly across the runway. I’m talking huge tanker trucks shooting that foaming shit everywhere. Benjemin looked straight at the pilot and gave him his options. As we flew around Augusta planning the next move and going over everything step by step we stayed over the swamp in case she just dropped. When we made the final approach we dumped the fuel, alarms went off. Emergency lighting triggered and we hit actually hit pretty soft. The problem was that the struts from the damaged gear grabbed the tarmac and shoved them up through their mounts into the hydraulic lines and electrical systems. And it spun the fucker like a top. Right tip tank jettisoned, fuselage broke, but stayed together. The spinning took us about 200’ off the runway into the adjacent field. Where all four of us walked away. It was a hell of a ride. And as I had been flying since 1962, it was the first time I experienced a controlled crash.
  13. Hamttx

    Retiring on a ship.

    Im very impressed by this. The closest I have ever got to trying something this bold was hitchhiking from Damascus to Jerusalem in 74. However, going to sea is an entirely different animal. I have a friend who did something on a much smaller scale. And we would debate for hours on the ethics of carrying firearms. He claimed he never did as maritime law. I told him I would never go without them. At a minimum a large caliber handgun, and a fully automatic rifle would have to be on board before I would consider being in international waters.
  14. Turnovers and big plays. Whomever makes less of the former, and more of the latter wins......Been that way more often than not in my 60 years of watching it. All the match up analysis gets skewed in this game. From that shitty Blake team knocking out a far better Texas team, to Herp-a-Derp kicking ou’s ass when they had a far better team. Match ups are deceiving in this one particular game. And most of the time the winning team has a signature play.
  15. Will be going in completely opposite directions......at extreme speed. fuck the corn.
  16. Really? Of all the shit you can pin on the dirt burglars you go with their ineptitude of their performance in NCG’s? Jesus, that is some aggy shit right there.
  17. It’s the pixels....
  18. Curious, how much time have you actually spent in that region?
  19. Sign suggestions: “I won as many bowl games as a college QB as Herbie did” “I couldn’t do more then 8-4”
  20. Hamttx

    byu @ Washington

    BYU sucks, but their independent schedule is about as unfriendly as a team could get. Outside of a conference they have to plug teams in when they can get them which causes problems in preparation. Because it is usually against teams they are unfamiliar with. Where in conference play you may have to face some tough teams back to back, you at least have the luxury of knowing them. BYU simply wasn’t prepared following Wisky. I don’t believe they are that much worse.
  21. Exactly, and why all the talk about leaving this conference is bullshit. Just win the fucking thing more often and the problem solves itself.
  22. Look, I hate the dick squeezing the SEC gets as bad as anyone. But, do you honestly believe the Texas team that you witnessed yesterday could go into Lexington, Columbia or Gainesville or even Starkville and win comfortably? And don’t forget what Miss St did to KSU earlier this year. So they may not be top 10 teams, but you’re in denial if you think they are push overs.
  23. I believe there are a number of reasons why we struggle playing in this format. The biggest in my opinion is, and I know some won’t like hearing this. The US players in general are a pretty pampered bunch. As ridiculous as it may sound, we would probably fair better pulling the top 12 guys from the web.com tour and sending them over to compete. Guys who are still hungry, and don’t have the bank accounts our pros have. The second point is our captain. In truth he ain’t in charge of shit. If he was he would pick and pair them to actually win. And not allow the players to pick who plays with whom. The reality is that he is forced to treat this as entertainment, because in truth that is what it is for us, entertainment. The players don’t even try to hide it anymore. There are sub-sets of the team that all have different agendas. You can’t develop a cohesive effort when you are forced to acquiesce to the whims of the players. If we REALLY wanted to win, a lot of guys would get their feelings hurt. And you would see some confrontation on occasion when someone fucks up. But, that wouldn’t play well once this thing was over. Television. That’s right, television. This is like a reality show. No matter how many times Sir Nick Faldo declares it is a bigger pressure cooker then any major, I say he is full of shit. Some of our guys look as if they could care less. Sure, they like having it on their resume. And do want to win...but on their own terms. But privately, to a man they would ALL take a major title over this exhibition. Precedent. Going back to the early 70’s the US was unable to find a single motocross rider that could win the world championships....in any classification. I rode a Yamaha works bike from 74 - 76. I am fully aware of the multiple strategies deployed in an attempt to identify and correct this problem. The manufacturers needed the US market desperately. And were willing to spend the money to find someone, anyone, who could dethrone the DeCoster’s and Mikkola’s of the world. It got so bad they were instrumental in developing Supercross. The data supported that to win those events required the riders to essentially live overseas 6 months a year. And those of us that rode in those years couldn’t or wouldn’t consider that. So we used to just sigh, and state, if you can’t beat em, invent a different sport. Since that time the revenue earned by Supercross events makes the World Moto seem like a local event in West Texas. Unless you spend a lot of time overseas it is extremely difficult to compete at a high level in a one shot winner take all event. The Euro’s on the other hand spend a huge amount of time over here. Hell, look how many live in Jupiter Florida. And ain’t none of our guys going to entertain, even for a second to agreeing to living over there just to get acclimated and feel comfortable for this one event.
  24. Actually, if Texas ran the table. Maryland would be exactly the talking point that would be used against us to justify leaving us out. The committee would conveniently forget a similar situation in OSU losing to Pedostate,
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