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That is why they just built a 160 yard practice facility. 2-D Checkers.

Way back when, a friend from up north asked me, "Do you know the difference between the Texas girls and other girls? The other girls say, 'you can', and the Texas girls say, 'y'all can'. " FIFY The migration of the Texas deer hunter along I-10 west of Katy is a sight similar to the migration of the wildebeest, the Canadian goose and the monarch butterfly. The steed of choice would be the 4 wheel drive diesel, 'cause in a pinch, that is the only thing that will do. Sometimes, you need 2 trucks to pull the first one out. Don't ask how I know that.

This under the radar announcement is the equivalent of flipping the switch on the Death Star. Complete alignment from Steve Sarkisian to Chris Del Conte to Jay Hartzell to Kevin Eltife; from the Head Football Coach to the Athletic Director to the President of the University to the Chairman of the Board of The University of Texas System (256,000 students, $29 Billion operating budget, $43 Billion Endowment). Yes, Texas Football is important. Gone are the days of the fiefdoms and personal agenda's and pissing matches and ignorance of the various factions that advocate their "support" of UT athletics. (Please note the "7 win Steve" dip shits with the patience of a gnat are not in the chain of command.) "...great to know we’re officially set for the future, but we’re going to need more gas…🤘" "going to need more gas?" >>> Whatever happened before today, ... is not enough. How long will it take? I'm reminded of my talk with a pipeline contractor in the 80's. "How long will it take to lay the pipeline?" Pausing, as he looks towards the horizon, "Give me a 4 joint head start, and turn on the gas!"

If everybody you meet is an asshole, you’re the asshole.

I like me some Babers. My favorite analyst. "Go 'Stros!!!" He did it, at Texas and the NFL. Card carrying member of DBU, practiced and played w/ Michael Huff, Nathan Vasher, Quentin Jammer, etc. He earned the right to offer his opinion a long time ago. He talked about the talent and competition when he played here; he wasn't the biggest, fastest, strongest, nothing-est. If he played, it was because he worked the hard-est, on and off the field. He's a film study, numbers kinda guy. He is adamant about pressing and covering receivers; If you can, you do, if you can't, you don't. He knew the weakness on this team a long time ago. I imagine Rod is pretty stoked right now, with the DB recruiting/transfer haul and w/ his mentor coming back to influence all who will listen.

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It was easier then, he only had 7 numbers.

I think you were trying to make a point, but don’t besmirch Highland Park/ The University of Texas coed Jayne Mansfield in the process. Sophia seemed to find a couple of things about Jayne that were top tier.

Did you here Michael Strahan (I'm a big fan of his, nothing but luv!) refer to the NY Giant QB as Danny Devito, not Tommy Devito, on the pre game show. Great spontaneous outburst of laughter.

Did he quit coloring his chin pubes or has he aged 10 years is 6 months? He looks broken.

Just a one time use. You'll never see them from me again!

It was a back shoulder throw to Rome Odunze. The incidental contact affected his footwork to the point he could not turn and jump for the ball, and it sailed over his head out of bounds. Great play by the DB. I was going to say fucking Penix hit every throw against Texas, which is kinda true. The reality is his receivers ran down the field untouched and went wherever they wanted, with our guys waiting for them to catch the ball before they tackled them. Babers talked about this months ago; if you have guys that can play press coverage, you do. If you don't, you don't. Both teams had good DB play, a lot of good open field tackles. Can't blame W's DB's when the RB's run untouched for 40 yards. Michigan had some imaginative play calling, lot of pre snap motion, pulling linemen, isolating fast guys in space. McCarthy's 4th quarter runs changed the game. They have a good team across the board and were well coached. Deserving Champions.

Back in the day, in ME 202, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, we were given the task of building an "Aggie Cooler", a device to cool off over heated Aggies (the Association of Generally Gross Incompetent Egotists). It was well known when 2 or more Aggies got together, they would work themselves into a heated frenzy when talking about TSIPs (the Texas Society of Intellectual People). The Aggie Cooler was required to launch a water balloon from a safe distance (30 meters) to cool down the overheated Aggies. Please know that in your own way, you Surly Horn posters are continuing one of the most sacred of Longhorn traditions.

No reason to feel bad. (I know you don't.) In the year of Fucking Around and Finding Out, Stewart is the poster child of screwing up every thing possible in a situation that was heavily stacked in his favor. Being the top dog WR in the portal, and Steve "Second Chance" Sarkisian and Nick "The Rehabilitator" Saban won't give you the time of day, you fucked up, kid. Worthy initially gave off some suspect vibes, but when the helmets were strapped on, he gave everything he had, lowering his shoulder when he had too, and limping off the field, and coming back in, when he didn't. He earned respect by his performance on the field, not his antics off of it. That's a pretty text book comparison of developing talent in a complimentary way that serves both the team and the individual. Everybody talks about character and culture, but those things should be obvious without having to tell someone you have it.

A lot of these Permian Basin, West Texas/New Mexico towns, "grew up" around the remote oil & gas discoveries. Notrees, Texas was a barren plain until Shell Oil built a Gas Processing Plant and a labor "camp", including planting trees, for the employees who worked there. Companies drilled for oil, and any associated gas production was flared at the individual wells. With increasing oil production, the volumes of flared gas reached a point where the flared gas was captured and sent to centralized processing facilities that removed the impurities (water, CO2, H2S (hydrogen sulfide), etc. and the higher valued Natural Gas Liquids, from the gas stream, ending up with a salable product, natural gas, that didn't smell or smoke. Out of necessity, these gas plants included power generation facilities. As production increased, more clean processed gas became available, and commercial power plants were constructed, to satisfy the growing demand.

Think we’d read about it in the Sunday Papers?

That mindset existed in the mid 70's, that George Woodard was better than Earl Campbell. They do it to themselves, starting at fish camp, that everything aggy is better, just because. They see what UT has, take their delusion to obtain/produce "similar" results, and end up with something less than what they could have had. It is not the buildings that are important, it is the results of the people in the buildings that matter.

Trevor Gerland punted at Texas from ‘06-‘09. Went to my kids high school, was a 4.4 guy, all state in Football and track, finished second to Jamaal Charles at the 5A State Championship in the 110 m hurdles. Fastest punter I ever saw. It’s nice having multifaceted players.

People posted here about this. The combination of Texas Football, Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, New Years Weekend pointed to a massive clusterfuck Tuesday morning. No way I was gonna deal with an hour valet wait before a 500 mile road trip. We stayed in Metairie and we’re on the road before 10, had a 30 min (w/ lunch) slowdown/go around in BR (went by LSU). Ran into some rain an hour from Austin. Not a bad day for us.

Whiskey was involved. More later. Disappointed? Yes. Proud? So very proud. After starting with the first two passes batted down, we had a chance to win with a short pass on the last play of the game. This year far exceeded expectations and energized our fan base in a way that we are lucky to be a part of. Cherish it. “… other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play? My piece of the stock market dropped ~$20,000 yesterday. At least I got to enjoy spending my money, the old fashioned way, with cash. Going to The Big Easy, over New Years weekend, to see Texas take over New Orleans and play for a berth in the National Championship game Is as good as it gets. The Texas Kool Aid will never taste sweeter than it did this weekend. Met a lot of like minded souls, some old, some young, and the continuity of Longhorn love across generations can’t help but to make you feel good about where we are. Through an error in judgement, this whiskey drinking, firework watching, social security drawing, new year celebrating, 8th generation Texan, saw the southside of 2 am in the Quarter, on 1/1/2024. Woke up later, finished the remaining whiskey in the glass, and started getting ready for game day. Had some breakfast, got seated at a table next to a guy I used to work with, walked a bit, ended up at Mannings. Looking at the pictures on the walls, soaking it all in, I thought the next time I come here, Arch will have a place on the wall, wearing a Texas jersey. Sweet. ”Accidentally” walked into the Green Room where Bobby Burton was chatting with his guests. Talked a while with a grandad, his son and 11 year old grandson (T’Vondre Sweat is his favorite player.) Met some mid-70’s ladies: they have season tickets for Texas football, baseball, basketball, etc., travel to select away games. They’re trying to take it with ‘em, or having some fun on the way. Texas playing in the Sugar Bowl in Nuevo Orleans, plain ole good times. I used to live in Houston & Lafayette, so I knew I was driving. Had Taco’s a al Ninfa at Ninfa’s on Navigation, at 10:15 in the morning. Enjoy the ride…375 miles in 5 hours, including the trip to Ninfa’s (not the time to eat). Bobby Burton & guests. Recognize them? I started drinking whiskey way too early. Some guy parting the Red Sea? One of the many…Did I say Texas travelled well?