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Alabama's recruiting is interesting. As of now, Alabama has one Texas recruit: Casey Poe 4* IOL .9593, 6 4.5 290 If I recall, Saban has been to Dangerfield, TX twice in the last few weeks to see Aeryn Hampton, the 4* CB committed to Texas. With no disrespect to Mr. Hampton, but It wasn't long ago Saban could cherry pick Texas for the Waddle's & Brockermeyer's (Fuck the Brocks) of the world. It appears that Saban is wanting to get some more Texas kids on the roster to keep that channel open. And as a number of you have mentioned, Texas' response has been "Get the fuck out of here!"

I don't pay for f*ckin shit, other than Burnt Ends ... but I've read a lot of f*ckin words about a lot of f*ckin kids going to a lot of f*ckin places to F*ck around, and best I can tell, nobody went any f*ckin where to do any f*ckin thing and didn't find out f*ckin shit. So where does that leave us? F*cked!!!

Senor Weidner? Seriously, this guy looks like the runt of the litter compared to Jerrick Gibson

Where you from? Southwest! Do you like it ? Hell Yes!!!

Tommy “Hester Mofet” Moffitt, The rest of me …

The 3 skill guys are not the product of S & C, quite the opposite. The big uglies LSU brought to Austin in 2019 were some of the worst conditioned D1 athletes I’ve seen in a long time. They live in Baton Rouge, and couldn’t handle the heat and humidity in a night game in Austin. “Holding the roster together and trying to salvage a recruiting class that was already coming apart at the seams prior to Jimbo Fisher’s departure …” Yeah, that’s not the narrative I remember … The picture of his office w/ the notice to the NFL is going to go over really well with recruits. The Tom Herman method of building a G5 staff to compete in a P4 world.

You sir, get an A+ for reading between the lines. "Hey mate...what is the heroin situation here in Texas?' Brought the shit back in immaculate condition and asked for directions to San Antonio." Saw that first hand. No f*cking way. I was into "Just say no!" way before Nancy. Pulp Fiction gives me chills. Good times, growing up 60's. Blessed to grow up with my guitar playing ('68 Gold Top) older brother and varsity cheer leader older sister. Drugs (light, not heavy), sex (too young, or dumb, to know better, but the endless parade of bouncing high beams), and the Music (LZ in '69, Santana in '70, The Who in '71, Stones in '72, etc.) Some of the organizers of the "Feast" worked at the commissary on Bergstrom, food galore!!! I think the "Screaming Yellow Zonkers" came from someplace else. I remember squeezing into a VW bus with the older kids and going to the "pep rally" for the 69' Texas-Arkansas game. Most people I'd ever seen at one time. I knew I was going to Texas. Time for Texas Football to come full circle for me, back in Austin, where it started.

I got mine. @immamac , you f*cking rock!!!

I saw the pics from the Fayetteville road trip. Definition of hammered shit.

I was wrong. Damn, that's hard to say. In answer to a few questions, Led Zeppelin played at the Municipal Auditorium in Austin on August 14, 1969, the day before Woodstock (Aug 15-18). Tickets were $6. My mother took us (4 kids) for my 13th birthday. Jimmy Page borrowed 3 Marshall stacks from Strait Music Company for the concert. Led Zeppelin declined an invitation to play Woodstock; "I said no because at Woodstock we'd have just been another band on the bill." Reason # 1041 why I love my hometown, Led Zeppelin blew off Woodstock to play in Austin. Led Zeppelin, Austin, August 14, 1969

More than a few, ~ a hand full, #6 Enai White DL 6'-5" 240 SO Philadelphia, PA #7 Tyreek Chappell DB 5'-11" 185 JR Philadelphia, PA #8 Tony Grimes DB 6'-0" 190 SR Virginia Beach, VA #9 Jahdae Walker WR 6'-4" 210 JR Cleveland, OH #10 Fadil Diggs DL 6'-5" 260 JR East Camden, NJ #26 David Bailey RB 6'-0" 235 SR Ridgely, MD #28 Josh DeBerry DB 6'-1" 180 SR Grosse Pointe Park, MI #34 Isaiah Raikes DL 6'-2" 320 JR Woodbury, NJ #39 Sam Salz RB 5'-6" 155 JR Philadelphia, PA #52 Naquill Betrand OL 6'-6" 340 FR Philadelphia, PA #59 Ty Banco OL 6'-1" 295 FR Washington, PA #70 Derek Ferraro OL 6'-6" 320 SR Purchase, NY #71 Chase Bisontis OL 6'-6" 320 FR Ramsey, NJ

So the #7 team from the SEC is taking players & coaches from the #6 B12 team.

My kids graduating class was 1000+ kids. Surprising, but not really, how many extra-curricular activities HS's have. There is something for everybody. I was a photographer for my sons HS team. Only FB parents had field access, pissed off a bunch of parents. I took lotsa pictures of everything, posted them for free, pissed off a bunch for-profit photographers, made me very popular with the parents, and coaches, and cheer leaders. Nothing nefarious, the access area on the sidelines was limited (wink). It's amazing how many kids get on the field through out a "football game." Players, trainers, equipment handlers, cheer leaders, dance team, band, choir, flag bearers, weekly honorees, etc. Who woulda thunk that "Crazy Train" would be the 2nd most popular song in America, after the Star Bangled Banner? It is (used to be?) played by every HS at every game. Listening to Crazy Train w/o Randy Rhodes' guitar intro is criminal!!! (I did get to hear it every day when my son got home.) These kids are committed to their craft as much as any HS kid is committed to anything. Good kids from good families... I was a Boy Scout Assistant Scoutmaster, and 4 out of 7 of my patrol are Eagle Scouts. A very small group of kids, but the cream of the crop. All things being equal, that will always be the differentiator. The thread was a good read w/ a few good links. "If Texas is #1, we have to be #2, right?" Like the waves of the ocean, it never ends. It's not close. Texas has way more ultra high net alumni. https://universitybusiness.com/the-20-colleges-and-universities-with-the-most-ultra-wealthy-alumni/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_by_number_of_billionaire_alumni#:~:text=Counting all degrees%2C Harvard University,total number of billionaire alumni. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/07/31/wealth-x-the-20-american-universities-that-produce-the-richest-grads.html Your loss. I took my pre-teen boys to see the ' 99 HS Playoffs in the Astrodome, Katy v. Houston Madison. Katy beat 'em up, but got to see a lanky Soph with a lot of promise. Went back in '00, same teams, same result. In '01, same teams; I'd asked my brother to drive over from Austin to see this one kid play. Taking my brother and kids to see Vince Young play in High School are some of my fondest memories of my kids growing up. Saw some other phenomenal players in HS; Fozzy Whitaker, Trevor Gerland, Roderick Wright, Russell Shepard, Sam McGuffie. FIFY. The first Band I saw was Led Zeppelin in 1969, ~ a month after Woodstock. My first out of town band was Santana at Hemisfair Arena in '70, as a 13 year old, including my "First Feast", total immersion into hanging out with Hippies and everything that went with it. I have a ton of band stories. The MOB satire of the UT Tower and the suicides in the 70's was ... memorable. They made an outline of the tower, and had a few kids run down the sides of it Nothing was woke in the 70's ... Aggy has a bunch of northeastern kids who will probably end up back east.

This was as enjoyable an interview as I’ve ever listened to. Sweat is a deep, multifaceted individual who accepted the guidance from his coaches to change in a way that would benefit those who looked up to him. He accepted that leadership role, and we all see the results. So many nuggets here, a Pappadeaux’s calamari-etoufee-shrimp kinda guy; 100% momma’s boy, in the best way possible, she’s only missed ~ 4 games of his, ever; his laughing set off Bo Davis on his viral rant; big KD fan, still has never met him; roommates with Johnathan Brooks; pregame playlist? 100 country (he’s from Huntsville). Do yourself a favor and have a listen.

No, I have not watched a 13 yo boy for 2 minutes, NTTAWWT

I save this for Commits, but you asked for it ...

Waiting til after his brother played in the B12 Championship Game, and then the availability of his HS facilities for the ceremony.

A couple of things. Your body is 98.6 °F, so putting on a thermal barrier of sorts will keep a body at rest near that temperature, for a short period of time. As the hoodie warms to ambient temperature, the heat transfer to the body is faster from the hoodie than the heat transfer from the ambient air, so you will warm up quicker. If you are doing strenuous activity that accelerates the heart rate, raising the body temperature and causing perspiration, the hoodie is no bueno. If you are in direct sun, any thing that covers your body is preferable to being exposed to the direct sun, unless you are working on your tan. If you want to warm the house up, open the refrigerator door ...

Same for me. MF'ers!!!

"What starts here changes the world." Surly ...

The last 3 days have been like … un f*cking believable!!! I feel like it’s 1975, flu & strep throat, missed a whole week of classes, thermodynamics prof told me to drop his class, you’ll never catch up. Couldn’t do that or I’d lose my scholarship. “Buckle up, Dorothy, you can do it. Make us proud!” So glad for all your posts and stoked that I went back to get caught up. The best part of getting old is I can go back and read this every month, and it’s like …

"In case you're still wondering or unclear of how Elko runs the defense since becoming Head Coach, his Defensive Coordinator is going to be the one calling the games while the new Aggie boss, wait for it, actually serves as the head coach running his entire team and managing the game." - Liucci Somehow, Elko doesn't strike me as the CEO type, the guy whose attention to detail is apparent in everything about him. "FACT: Most American men dress for failure. They do so because they make one or more of the four suicidal mistakes: 1. They let their wives or girlfriends choose their clothing, (Sark) 2. They let their favorite sales clerks choose their clothing, 3. They let designers and "fashion consultants" choose their clothing, (The Longhorn work uniform is Orange & White, a lot of their casual clothes look Ron Burgundy good.) 4. Or they let their backgrounds choose their clothing." Dress for Success - John T. Molloy Knowing how important first impressions are in all aspects of life, this is Aggy's choice for leadership? (self edit - maybe knowing that is not as common as it used to be?)

Got mine, I think.