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  1. 2 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

    I forget the year, but Gus’ team was the only team since double elimination was implemented to lose the CWS with only one loss. It was a one year deal where there was a single championship game instead of the current best of three. 

    1989 v. Wichita St.

    I thought the one game format lasted until 2002 when Texas  beat SC.

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  2. On 6/25/2024 at 4:09 PM, Orale said:

    Anyone done a longer cycling tour in the Northeast? I'm exploring a two week scenic ride somewhere in the NH, Vermont, Maine area in September camping where I can. I'm looking at different routes here https://cyclingnewengland.wordpress.com/bicycle-touring/

     

    Always wanted to do something like that out west. In fact, I built my bike for that specific purpose.

    It's nice that it is fully supported so you dont have to cart a bunch of shit with you...which I also want to do.

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  3. 31 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

    2004 was to your daughter what 1989 was to me (as an ~8 yo).

    fuck CBS 

    aggy bitching about coming so close that one time. Cry me a fucking river.  2nd places since I've been paying attention...and there are more.  Those rubes have no idea what heartbreak is. 

     

    84, 85 , 89, 2004, 2009

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  4. 1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

    2004 was about as disappointed as I have ever been.  Jason Fucking Windsor made my daughter cry.

    I am still convinced that was the best team we've had.

    Gus had a  couple of single digit loss teams that dod not close the deal. Those teams back then were stacked.

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  5. 18 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    Can someone confirm that CDC used the term natty today? Because if so I will see to it that he not only doesn’t use that term in the future, he will apologize on Twitter for it. 

    Natty - cringe term of the 2020’s. 

    The cringe goes farther back  than that. Originally it seemed like schools that used the term were rarely a threat to actually ""use it" when referring to their own school's accomplishments. Back in  the late 90's and early 2000's it was kind of frowned upon here and other longhorn boards.

    I guess the thinking back in the day was that a MNC or an NCAA championship was pretty hard to come by so when mentioned we spelled it out or gave it a proper abbreviation rather than just naming it after a marginal lite beer that gave you the trots.

    If I remember  correctly, aggy was fond of it, so it was dismissed.

    The whole world of nomenclature and dynamic of NCAA sports has changed in the last few years so what do I know.

    Far be it from me to correct  the guy that is hanging out in cemeteries to escort his new coach to safety and makes more in one year than I need for retirement.

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  6. 4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    Brutal ….

     

    ...and henceforth, from that day on, whenever an athletic director snuck into town to poach a coach and transfer them back to their own institution, it became known as "snookering". The school losing their coach will have been said to have been "snookered" or a victim of "the snook".

    In a sentence: The documents were all signed and the only loose end was completing "the snook".

    Also in a sentence: After "snookering" South Austin's mom, I had a cheeseburger.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    I can’t fault him for snapping at that reporter. You just lost a 1 run game for the title after being up 1-0 in the series and it’s been all of 5 minutes. Bohls would have absolutely done that same shit too

    Absolutely.  It was the 800lb gorilla in the room. Had to be asked.

    As I stated in a previous post, it was my belief that this deal was in the works for possibly years and would be pursued if the circumstances broke in the right way.

    Now if I can believe that, right or wrong, then aggy admin was certainly aware of it and took a calculated risk that just didn't work out for them, but was nevertheless the right call for them based on my loose evaluation of the odds.  Still aggy picked the one coach in all the world that had the highest likelihood of being poached by Texas however small that likelihood was.

    Additionally, a bunch of circumstances had to break the right way too: Aggy not winning it all, other top notch coaches availability, Texas' own performance, aggy admin relationship with JS, timing of aggy and UT facilities projects, the Jimbo factor, NIL, and CDC/JS relationship.

    Who knows, in the end, it may have aggy's own goofiness in the AD and school cult that ultimately sealed the deal.

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  8. So, all of this is objectively awesome for Texas and Jim S. was my #1 choice and it is nice to poach him from aggy without having to absolutely money whip him.

    But let's not act like this deal could have been done had CDC and JS not absolutely loved working with each other. Any othe AD and this deal is iffy. It would not surprise me at all if this deal had not been in the works for years. JS has long stated that Texas was his dream job.

    Towards the end of the season, I figured this might be a done deal if Pierce was canned. I also figured that JS might be a viable candidate for other top shelf blue blood coaching jobs should they open up.

    In fact, Im pretty sure CDC and JS had a wink wink agreement that once JS proved himself at a legit school in a legit conference that we would take him.

    We are making much  out of drinking aggy's milkshake, but they made the right hire and took a risk, knowing CDC and JS's relationship and it brought them to heights unseen im their baseball history, but again it was always a risk that they were perfectly aware of.

    As much as I would.like to be all puffy chested about this, I can't.  This turn of events was all CDC and aggy reaching for the stars. They almost made it, and it would have been worth it for them had they closed the deal, but they didn't.

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  9. CSB: I got to see the Rockfordmobile on my tour of Universal Studios back in 1977.

    We had just been through the Jaws thing where the shark jumps up and scares everyone on the tram. We turned the corner and some dude was parking it on the grass and just threw the keys on the driver seat with the window open and walked off like they were using it to go get pizza or something.

  10. I might catch some slack for this based on the reviews, but watched the remake of Total Recall last night.

    It was not terrible. I liked the reimagined setting with its Bladerunner feel, all star cast, Kate, Jessica, and the fact that it was free.  I've wasted my time on lesser movies.

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