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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent
PTINS replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
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Wishing you the best, young man. Hook 'em!
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You're doing it wrong. I stand in front of the big screen to get the full immersion effect, like being at the game. In '05, I jumped out of my chair and almost knocked the ceiling fan down (it was off). I can't get that height from a standing start. Great post. My kids are in their 30's. I took them to see VY in High School. Watching the Rose Bowl changed their perception of me. My hollering and screaming at a TV, jumping around, scared and unerved them, like "Who is this crazy person and what did he do to my dad, the usually float through life Mr. yoga type person?" They realized how it affected, and how important it was for me, in the moment. The don't completely understand it, but they have come to embrace it over the years. This year was the first time we all went to an OU game, saw me drunk on the streets Friday night, and not the designated driver. First time they saw Texas play as the Number 1 team. Oh, yeah!!! Still making memories with my grown kids. Time of your life, kid!!! User name checks out. When you measure some of the best parts of your life a song at a time, I guess the season is kinda long. Michigan kicked ass. Changed my perspective on the midwest talent. I've been wanting to go to Ann Arbor since high school. I'm in my 60's now, flew solo and stayed up there for a week. I'm harmless, and my Texas gear drew 'em like flies. They loved my accent. They let me hold their hands while I showed them the proper way to Hook 'em, so they could do it wrong correctly. They were tee'd up and ready. Had one gal ready to go trade shirts, until she said it rather loud. Her boyfriend/husband started walking up and I disengaged. Surly 10's? I'm older and wiser and have more insurance. I don't fish anymore, I hunt occasionally. I could wait for a double drop tine Muy Grande, or take the trophy 8's and 10's we see every year. As my friend Jill told me many years ago, "I'm not looking for Mr. Right. I'm looking for Mr. Right now." About that midwestern talent that was tee'd up and ready? It's Surly, not Chinatown, Jack.
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@immamac , I've enjoyed your posts all year, and watching Gunnar's evolution as a young Texas fan this year has been a treat for us, and something that you both will always cherish and remember for eternity. My coming of age happened in the late 60's in Austin, when Texas Football and Austin were the center of my universe. Those early memories of Texas Football resurface every year like the wildflowers across the Hill Country. True happiness means enduring the times of despair, and coming out the other side. Texas Football is both ends of that spectrum, and thankfully for the beautiful people, we are on the other side on the path to true football happiness. The year started with so much promise, a stacked team at every position. Losing RB1 & 2 before the season started was huge. Not having a power back was always going to be tough to overcome, especially at the end. Our stellar 6 deep WR group getting reduced to 2 and 2 halves was too much. Disappointing finish, yes. Wisdom teaches us to adjust expectations for unforeseen circumstances. I've spent most of the fall for the past 20 years at the ranch in the Utopia, with an occasional football game or 2 at DKR. This year was 100% football with far fewer trips to the country. It was still as good as it gets. After a steady diet of "little brother" schools for so long, a season of Michigan, OU, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Clemson, and Ohio State was cool as f*ck. Adding in the "physical annihilation" of OUR little brother in College Station is guaranteed to make you smile every time you say those words. I lived in Jester East my freshman year with Earl and the other athletes. That year was magical beyond compare, as I took my seat in the 3rd row of the Cotton Bowl to witness the crowning of Earl's Heisman season. My spirit was crushed by Notre Dame. I learned from that, to challenge everything I read and here; i.e., Don't drink too much Kool-Aid! (That is why I dislike Kirk Bohls, he convinced me Notre Dame didn't have a chance. That is also why he probably dislikes Texas.) Note: When Notre Dame caused a Georgia fumbled deep in their own end, I jumped off the sofa, through up a double Hook 'em, and was shouting at the TV. Talk about a true come to Jesus moment! Where the fuck did that come from??? I watched VY play in High School. I knew he was a generational football player and told my brother to drive from Austin to watch Vince Young's playoff game against Defending Champion Katy in the Astrodome. VY dominated that game. He also brought salvation and the happiness back to Texas Football. Enjoy it when it happens. but don't let a win or loss rule your life. It is but a small piece of it. Gunnar, and the other young 'uns, like me, will always remember the moments and the smells and sounds and colors, and the pretty girls. That is what always brings us back. I learned a long time ago to enjoy, and support, these young kids, putting on a Texas Jersey, and playing football. Playing for Texas, not just at Texas. This team played hard and fast and physical and violent. They represented us well. Made me proud.
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I'm disappointed in the outcome. OSU played good enough to win, and good enough to lose. They won. Their defense playmakers played well. Their explosive downfield passing game was well defended by Texas. The executed one QB run play really well, and that was probably the difference. Texas also played good enough to win, and good enough to lose. We lost. QE had a great run at a critical point, but it wasn't be design. Overall, we played better than we have most of the year, against the best and most balanced team we faced. We had to play a clean game to win, for a lot of reasons. One big reason is our roster is but a shell of what it started with in 2 key places. We lost RB1 & RB2 before the season started, the bigger guys to run between the tackles. We were going to have to deal with that all year long, and put more on the passing game. We started the year 6 deep at WR. Of the 6, we were down to 2 who were at 100%. That is a big negative for a position group that is expected to be the strength. Bond - hurt and less than 100% Moore - less than 100% Cook - flaked out and gone. Wingo - 100% good to go Golden - injured last night, limited his snaps Bolden - 100% good to go We were down to guys who didn't start the beginning of the season. I was wondering if we were going to see Parker Livingston or Aaron Butler last night. Not a good feeling going against a good defense. Our playcalling has been suspect all year, and last night was no different. I'll leave it at that for now.
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent
PTINS replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
With Becks surgery, very low probability he plays anywhere next year. Baseball players take a long time to recover, and they don't have 250 lb missiles trying to rip the arms out of the sockets. I know NFL GM are amongst the biggest kool-aid drinking, dumb asses on the planet, but drafting an injured QB that had already had question marks seems like this is one you don't touch. Given that reality, transferring to some desperate program for some guaranteed NIL and a chance to rehab in a normal time frame seems like the move. -
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Tangentially related to bowl travel. Winter storms should be named after Surly posters; You never know many inches your getting and how long it's gonna last. Safe travels.
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent
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"You better watch it, Dr. Death! I'm pretty damn fast for a Caucasian." https://clip.cafe/the-best-of-times-1986/you-better-watch-out-dr-death/ -
Not calling anyone out, this applies to most of the comments in this thread... Ignorant, adjective - not having enough knowledge, or information about something. Perhaps a remedial understanding of the history and evolution of college football would help some of you. If not for Street, the Wishbone offense probably gets scrapped. The Wishbone glorified running backs and Quarterbacks like never before, ushering in one of the greatest eras of college football. "He's a Longhorn Legend" As the only undefeated Texas QB with more than 10 wins in history, Street is probably the only Texas QB that never gave fans a reason to bench him.
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent
PTINS replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
No one would ever confuse DKR w/ Mack. Mack just wants to be welcomed back into the inner circle of all things Texas. He doesn't deserve that. He torpedoed the program on his way out the door, leading us to the worst period of Texas Football. That is his Legacy.- 7142 replies
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