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#591, Tommy Brockermeyer, OT, TCU

The plan works against most teams. It is predicated on getting the ball to fast players in space, and forcing the defense to make one on one tackles. Georgia, Texas and a few others have NFL players at all 3 levels of the defense, and routinely make those plays. A&M has a good DL, but their LBs and DBs are average at best. It’s not the plan, it’s the execution of the plan. Even with Moss, they were never going to run over us. Without him, Reed is getting chased and hit all night long. Sometimes, I think, that I might not have got into Texas these days. Then I read this board, and those silly thoughts disappear. Maybe, just maybe, T. York will morph from a 6’-0” plug into an NFL linebacker. Or, maybe he won’t. 4 of the 7 drives were in the 4th quarter against Michigan, MSU, Vanderbilt and Florida, when the games were never in doubt and we had emptied the bench. Arkansas had the best chance to run on our defense. They got 2.4 yds/at. FIFY They may use some chains, but most of the “structural integrity” is provided by bailing wire. That is used for, among other things, holding bales of hay together. Using pencil-lead-thin wires to hold together ~ 2,000,000 lbs of logs, and taking 12 lives in the process, … criminal level of incompetence.

Thanks for the info!!! For good reasons, the schizophrenic US policies have to be unnerving, for everybody. At the end of the day, you need equipment that works, and is cost effective. How close does US continued support for Ukraine correlate to the EU, NATO and others buying US products v. other countries production? Similarly, behind the scenes, how is the US doctrine of "controlling" how the US made weapons are used by Ukraine viewed from the other NATO countries. If the US turns its back on Ukraine, does that marginalize US contractors from feeding at the trough for reconstruction? It seems to me if that is the card we play, the US influence within the EU and Nato will be substantially diminished.

My $0.02 worth ... President Trump inherited a populace that is as fragmented and splintered as any in history, as well as the foreign policy hairballs of Russia, Iran and China. As complicated as it is, his first move goes a long way in corralling the foreign policy side of the equiation. Trump's has aspirations of being our greatest President and cementing his Legacy. Here is one benchmark. As of today, The new administration is looking for a 1 day solution to a centuries old issue of Russia's expansionist doctrine. Is this the Legacy Trump wants, that he stood in the shadows and sprinkled holy water on Russia's state sponsored terrorism and invasion of a sovereign country that brought a wave of war crimes, brutality and and human suffering not seen since WWII? The bombed out shell of what used to be Bakhmut would make a good backdrop for that. Or, does Trump want to something else, to have the same legacy that Ronald Reagan has for being the force behind the tearing down all of the Berlin Wall and ushering in a new era and one of the most important inflection points in the history of Europe? In my mind, that is a very binary choice. Do you support the democracies of the world in offering a hand to the rest of the world, or are you stomping on them with a black boot? How Trump handles Russia and Putin goes a long way the rest of foreign policy issues. As with most things, follow the money. Iran must be treated delicately, for now, as the Iranian oil production is needed to balance and help stabilize the world economies. Other than Russia, there is not enough idle production capacity to offset a significant decrease in Iranian production without a price spike. Increasing Russia oil production provides more options on Iran, and while Trump can influence that, he can't control it without alignment from the other interested parties. Bringing Russian oil back into the market, in a manner that funds the rebuilding of Ukraine, would have broad support and long lasting support. Equally important, it somewhat isolates Iran in an Iran issue, and reduces one of the possible ripple effects on the rest of the world. Positive moves (in the eyes of the civilized countries) in dealing with Russia and Iran goes a long way in dealing with China. Will it be Ronald and the Donald, and does Donald get remembered as a Russian lackey? I am hopeful that Trump's Ego comes into play, in a manner that makes him pause, and think, how his actions will be remembered, for eternity.

FIFY Of all the Treaties and Agreements and Contracts and Deals that have been broken since the dawn of man, this one is very close to the top of my list. The US and Russia and Ukraine agreeing that Ukraine would give up its Nuclear Weapons in exchange for a peaceful existence, backed up by the US and Russia. Give up you weapons ... and FUCK YOU. Why would anybody trust the US Government for anything? The Vietnam War & Watergate created a huge distrust between the American people (me) and our government. The US capitulating to Russia and ignoring their Crimes against Humanity will accelerate and magnify the distrust of the world and the US. The US isolationist dream that allowed Hitler to run amok over Europe has come full circle, only now the US cannot simply flip a switch and take what it wants from other countries, unless we choose to be Russia 2.0. Yes we can isolate ourselves, but the US is not self sufficient and needs what the rest of the world has. That isolationist behavior will come at an unforeseen cost. Well said 956, as we have come to expect. Not just to 956, but to so many of you. There is not any one issue that really affected my thoughts on the election more than Ukraine. Almost 1% of America agreed with me. Other than a quick glance at pre-market economic activity and the "news", this board is the first thing I read. Joe Biden's first words on Ukraine soil, "How are the kids?", was a high point for me. Unfortunately, it has been a long slide downhill since then. I feel like I need to apologize for being an American. So sad. I want #3, but would accept #2. FAFO. Foreign Policy was deemed the most important issue by ~ 2% of the electorate. Growing up on an an Air Force Brat on SAC bases tend to give one an alternate view of reality, but it is my reality. My father was a jet engine mechanic, in the Philippines in the early 60's and in Taiwan and Andrews AFB during the Vietnam War. Foreign policy issues were kind of a big deal for us. Call me a 2 %'er. China's shenanigans in the South China Seas gave been going on for ~20 years. The Middle East has always been a powder keg, but now Israel and Iran are playing and smoking and using the keg for a table. The world is in turmoil, and a lot of the Americans that work thinks they are entitled to work from home, 30 hours a week, and retire before they are 40. They have access to all the information in the world, and they just don't care about anything other than their own little idealistic lives. I don't think they will ever take a hard look at anything.

That is the personification of a “Bad Mother F*cker.” Running Back John Walker “Skywalker”, Texas schoolboy High Jump Champion. Always loved the way the ref signaled touchdown. Mickey Richenbach, from Taylor, Texas, mid 70’s.

Saw this bad boy Monday afternoon, at the house, before we went out to the ranch. I see bigger deer here at house than almost any deer we've ever seen at the ranch.

We would be better off taking a knee on 1st down, rather than handing off to a RB running parallel to the LOS and losing 3-4 yards. That NEVER works against OU and we did it repeatedly. Same thing w/ Georgia and Vanderbilt, with the same results. Forcing a running game with the remaining, smaller backs is Sark's biggest brain cramp. Short passes in the flats has worked well, when coupled with a downfield passing offense. When the majority of passes to the WR are in the flats, the defense collapses to the LOS and there is no place to catch and run. QE is a 3rd year starter running the same offense, with one of the best WR rooms in the country, and he is playing more like a red-shirt freshman. Scoring 6 points w/ 77 yards passing in the second half against Vanderbilt is criminal. If QE can not or will not throw to the middle of the field when it is vacated by blitzing LB and DB, the offense will stall, the defense will get worn down, and we will lose games we have no business losing. Sark doing the slow pucker from "All Gas" to "Turtling Tom Herman" is the most disappointing thing, that he thinks he can win the SEC with half the play book going unused.

ALL GAS, MY ASS!!! What a fucking abortion of an offense. A 2 yard pass on 3rd and 8 is a very low probability throw. Quit doing that shit. Calling a running play parallel to, and 4 yards behind, the LOS works maybe 1 time a game. You can’t start 2 and 12 half of the time if you aren’t even going to throw the ball 10 yards downfield. I like that our WR’s are good blockers, but they are better receivers. It would be nice to throw to them down the field sometime. How many passes did QE throw 15 yards past the line of scrimmage? Most of QE long throws were not close enough for the receiver to touch, much less catch. Best WR room in the country and we can’t get a pass to them. Texas can win with QE if we start fast and get a big lead. QE does not have the “it” to lead Texas in a come from behind, 2 minute dill. Quinn started 18 for 19 for ~ 211 yds. He ended up going 27 of 37 for 288 yds, meaning he finished 9 of 18 for 77 yards, or a little over 4 yards per attempt. That’s some Mendoza Line kind of production. 6 points in the 2nd half? Boo!

That must be the cost of the bags at Home Depot to make a yard. We used to estimated the cost of concrete, (forms, poured, finishing) @ $350/yard, ~ 30 years ago. No way in hell $150/yard would cover the cost of poured concrete today.

Texas had a once in a lifetime opportunity to storm into the SEC in our inaugural season and knock Georgia off their pedestal, and assume the leadership role and the dominant position in the SEC and all of College Football. And, ...we laid a fucking egg. My repost from Saturday morning: I’m doing something I hate that others do… I ain’t reading all this bullshit. I expect Saturday night to be as special as any game in our proud history. Biggest sports night in Austin, ever. The perfect setting. Home in Austin, Texas, baby! We have been through so much, for so long, and we have come so far. Texas is a team and organization that has earned the respect of others, with the full commitment and support of so many. Sark, and the young men who choose to honor us, as they represent us, will deliver, and we will take the place we were destined to be. Hook ‘em!!! For me, 1977 was the worst. My senior season, and Earl's, going against Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl. Texas was an overwhelming favorite, and got embarrassed. This may have been "a run of the lill loss" in some ways. But it is the worst in so many ways. Texas had a perfect, and unique, situation to accelerate and reinforce all the good things that have happened for the 1st time in a generation, and knock the SEC dick in the dirt in the process, and we fucked it up. Now, we are simply one of the many floundering around trying to figure it all out, and worse, we have legitimized all the BS of the SEC! SEC! SEC!, that we, meaning you, will here about for eternity.

QE won't wait 2 seconds for the play to develop before he is throwing the check down to a receiver 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage. This becomes exponentially worse when QE won't run the ball. There was one obvious play QE handed the ball to the RB (who got swallowed by 2 defenders), instead of pulling the ball and running to the open field. His aversion to contact is crippling the running game and giving Texas very little chance for success. IF QE can't or won't play his position the way he is supposed to, he needs to be sitting down.

Eminem - Lose Yourself, 2005 Rose Bowl Tribute

My kinda morning.

Heard a lot of media talk all week about our “untested” secondary"? They play every day against the deepest WR receiving room of in the country. FAFO

Yesterday, Sark gave McAfee a Muscle T-Shirt w/ "FAFO" on the front and a smack Longhorn on the back. McAfee looked at the the shirt, some bewildered, "Fast as Fuck?" Sark, with the staff laughing in the background, and I'm paraphrasing... "that's are mantra, that's who we are"

I’m doing something I hate that others do… I ain’t reading all this bullshit. I expect Saturday night to be as special as any game in our proud history. Biggest sports night in Austin, ever. The perfect setting. Home in Austin, Texas, baby! We have been through so much, for so long, and we have come so far. Texas is a team and organization that has earned the respect of others, with the full commitment and support of so many. Sark, and the young men who choose to honor us, as they represent us, will deliver, and we will take the place we were destined to be. Hook ‘em!!!

My feelings exactly. I would have Tonya Harding'd his ass if something like that existed back then. I've looked for that video many times in the past, never found it until this week. The TV replay was brutal to watch, 100% intent to injure a player, probably for life. The Theisman injury was an unfortunate injury during a normal (violent) football game. Pat Thomas is a POS and he deserves to rot in hell.

Pate pushes AcademyA&M, but he has been behind Texas since at least last year. He has an agenda he needs to push, but he has a pretty good depth of understanding about what Texas brings to the table.

Sark said he reached out to PK, because PK gave Sark's offense fits. Not a comfort hire from the good ole boys club, but someone he didn't know other than as as opponent. That showed an awareness that is unconventional in coaching circles. If that isn't enough, Sark is letting man do his job, and the defense rebuild was much more challenging than the offense.

Cross posted from: Sub-Educated Cretins: The SEC screenshot mega-thread thread. My dislike for A&M is eternal. The best running back in the history of my HS choose not to go to Texas, for a very good reason. He went to A&M, and we were lifelong friends, until his passing. May he RIP. Ironically, the reason he didn't go to Texas is similar to the reason for my post. 1975 was #2 A&M v. #5 Texas, in College Station. Marty Akins (Texas QB) was coming off a knee injury from 2 week prior. On Texas's first play, Pat Thomas (A&M DB) came in like a missile and put his helmet directly on Akins' knee, taking him out of the game. Game over. This is an old post from Hornsfans: hamhorn Nov 5, 2009 "FireRC, there' no history of the Aggies intentionally trying to injure Texas players? Ask those of us who watched Jackie Williams take a dirty shot to Roosevelt Leaks' knee, putting him on the ground and out of the game during the 1973 game at Kyle Field. He said in the dressing room afterward "God help me for doing that. I was just so fired up". Two years later, I was sitting on my Aggie father-in-law's 40 yard line seats when early in the game Pat Thomas took Marty Akins out with a cheap shot. All the Aggies sitting around me stood up and cheered. Please don't come over here with descriptions of your people as being good sports. Whatever y'all can do to beat "t.u." is considered "good bull", from selling your souls to hire Jackie Sherrill to desecrating Memorial Stadium ( a stadium dedicated to all Texas war dead, including Aggies). It's not for nothing that we call y'all dirty cheaters." Aggy personified is at 35:08 of the video. For damn near 50 years, I have never apologized for my beliefs towards A&M, and I'm not sure what might ever change that. I'm asking if one of you sleuths can make a video or screen grab, of find something in the archives, to memorialize it and to provide others one more data point validating the history and depth of Aggy transgressions. Thanks in advance.

My dislike for A&M is eternal. The best running back in the history of my HS choose not to go to Texas, for a very good reason. He went to A&M, and we were lifelong friends, until his passing. May he RIP. Ironically, the reason he didn't go to Texas is similar to the reason for my post. 1975 was #2 A&M v. #5 Texas, in College Station. Marty Akins (Texas QB) was coming off a knee injury from 2 week prior. On Texas's first play, Pat Thomas (A&M DB) came in like a missile and put his helmet directly on Akins' knee, taking him out of the game. Game over. This is an old post from Hornsfans: hamhorn Nov 5, 2009 "FireRC, there' no history of the Aggies intentionally trying to injure Texas players? Ask those of us who watched Jackie Williams take a dirty shot to Roosevelt Leaks' knee, putting him on the ground and out of the game during the 1973 game at Kyle Field. He said in the dressing room afterward "God help me for doing that. I was just so fired up". Two years later, I was sitting on my Aggie father-in-law's 40 yard line seats when early in the game Pat Thomas took Marty Akins out with a cheap shot. All the Aggies sitting around me stood up and cheered. Please don't come over here with descriptions of your people as being good sports. Whatever y'all can do to beat "t.u." is considered "good bull", from selling your souls to hire Jackie Sherrill to desecrating Memorial Stadium ( a stadium dedicated to all Texas war dead, including Aggies). It's not for nothing that we call y'all dirty cheaters." Aggy personified is at 35:08 of the video. For damn near 50 years, I have never apologized for my beliefs towards A&M. I'm not sure what might ever change that. I'm asking if one of you sleuths can make a video or screen grab, of find something in the archives, to memorialize it and to provide others one more data point validating the history and depth of Aggy transgressions. Thanks in advance.

Tomatillo? Tomatillo, where are you? Tomatillo, are you gone? Sark's offense is built on numbers and mismatches, getting guys in space, and hitting them, which we have had plenty of in every game. Even with dropped TD passes, poor throws and untimely/questionable penalties, we have scored with ease. All that means is we might have a few faster guys trying to catch up, while we have the ball and are running away. They may reduce the YAC, but I don't see them stopping the passes. I watched some of Ikard & Lehman (OU honks) last night; They commented that OU's defense seemed lost, looking at the sideline for signals and getting aligned while Texas was snapping the ball. I expect Georgia to have similar issues, trying to figure out what we're doing, oh, shit!, they snapped the ball, and off to the races. Well said, Wulaw. I was going to further elaborate for Tomatillo, but ... I see Georgia's off the field antics bleeding into their on the field performance, which has been somewhat inconsistent in every game they've played. Seeing Kirby's antics looks like a coach on the edge trying to keep the ball from unraveling, not a guy gently nudging the steering wheel. We know Texas is good this year, we just don't know how good. I do know we have a great scheme on offense and explosive play makers at every position, and an OL that knows that it all starts with them. As good as our offensive numbers are, they could and should have been considerably better. I thought I read that Georgia had 2 injured OL that are coming back this week, and some had been critical of how poorly they have looked. I expect them to better than OU, but not like what they have had in the past. I think it almost comical the constant SEC refrain that Texas has never been in a high stakes game or played in a hostile environment before. The new end zone keeps more of the sound in than before. The Alabama game was very loud, and hot as hell. The atmosphere at DKR in 1977, after beating OU for the first time in 6 years, Texas rising to #1, with Earl playing for a Heisman was electric. I expect Texas v. Georgia at DKR on a Saturday night to be as loud as its ever been. I think it almost comical the constant SEC refrain that Texas has never been in a high stakes game or played in a hostile environment before. Texas has ended commendable home winning streaks of Michigan, Alabama, USC, Ohio State, & Nebraska, and has scoreboard on all of them, as well as Oklahoma & Notre Dame. We're Texas! One Riot, One Ranger. Its out time to lead from the front, again. DKR has been so loud you couldn't talk to the people next to you, many times. Its hard to compare being in the middle of the student section v. being in the end zone or upped deck. Miss State had back to back delay-of-game penalties. That is plenty loud enough. In 1974 against Arkansas, freshman Earl Campbell, after scoring on a 68 yard run, blocked a punt that Doug English returned for a TD. That was probably the loudest thing I'd ever heard that wan't connected to a jet engine. Ricky's record run against A&M was like slowing cranking a bank of 100 W Marshalls from zero to 11, with the crescendo sustained at the end for who know's how long, making your ears and head, and eventually, your throat hurt. I'm looking forward to some similar experiences Saturday night.

Another video from the original thread: Initially, you can here the woosh sound of of high pressure gas leaking and igniting with a distinct column of fire. Than the woosh sound quickly changes as the tank ruptures, and the rapidly expanding vapor cloud ignites into a catastrophic explosion. BLEVE - or Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion, is a catastrophic explosion that occurs when a pressurized vessel containing a liquid at a temperature higher than its boiling point ruptures. The rapid depressurization of the liquid (tank rupturing) causes it to instantly transition into vapor, releasing a large amount of energy. I've posted previously that they usually find the photographer's camera and the body nearby. Based on the google earth picture, the large tank rolling towards the camera did not rupture, though it is leaking from the relief valve and there is a small plume emanating from the tank. The tank that ruptured appeared to be one of the smaller tanks, ~ 500-1,000 gallons. The tank rolling and tumbling towards the camera looks to be ~ 40-50,000 gallon capacity. Good thing the bigger one didn't rupture. Edit: Holy Fuck!!! I didn't see the 2nd video til I posted. The tank rolling along the ground in the first video's is seen airborne in the last video.