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PTINS

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  1. I saw the PFF grades for DL posted here somewhere. Anybody got it? Thanks!
  2. Their show after the Texas-Alabama Game. "Number 11 Texas, went to #3 Alabama, and they whooped that ass! And we are Stupid, Stupid Idiots!" - Ikard "Um Hum! Um Hum! Um Hum!" - Lehman Ikard & Lehman on Texas-Alabama
  3. Answering a ??? from another thread, Brook's has a tattoo for his father on his forearm, and he is honoring his father after every touchdown. Some questioned JB's numbers at 3A Hallettsville (70 TD), but his twitchiness clearly translates to D-1. FYI, Jordan Whittington played at 4A Quero, ~ 30 miles down the road. Not bad for a couple of rural country boys. JB does so many things well, but one of my favorite plays is the botched QB sneak-first down v. Alabama. We always hear a RB runs too high, but what is the alternative? JB, picking up the ball, and running, with his knees a few inches above the ground and a center of gravity ~ 2 feet above the ground.
  4. Texas has a very good team. We only have 5 games with a complete tool box; lot of meat still on that bone. Equally important, they have a great COACHING staff who is getting the best from the players. Like Patrick Mahomes has given Andy Reid the QB he always wanted to make his offense go, Sark has the skill guys he needs to get his engine purring at 6,800 RPM. The last 2 games were getting the large humans in sync. Time to put it all together and really stretch our legs Saturday. My favorite Fred OU quote, "... something, ... something..., I'll tell you one thing, they better have their headgear strapped on tight."
  5. I think this team is special. They manhandled Alabama and Saban at home. Shutting up the SEC BS, the haters and honks from across the country stating on camera, on their shows and broadcasts, they were "stupid" or "idiots" for underestimating this Texas team. Some here drank the Kool-Aid early and believed, most are coming around. They have the potential to run the table. By design, not by accident. We are only 4 games in, by game 12, this could be one of the most explosive offenses in ... well, a really long time. Sark has realized going jumbo in short yardage situations makes a lot of sense with the large humans we have. I liked Rod Babers' take, that Sark is opening up the play book to get more things on tape, so every week, other teams prep work will have sensory overload. Come game time, they will hesitate trying to figure out what they see, and then it's too late to do anything about it. Btw, Sark offense in 2023 >>>>>>> Greg Davis offense in 2005. Sark is year almost one third into year 3 while Mac was finishing year 8.
  6. As a proud graduate of a University that very recently was "a backwater of the CFB landscape for years", I won't hold that against them. Lived there in the early 90's, when Colorado Football was good, and it was fun. Slick Rick had is going, until he screwed it up. Saw Ricky in '96. Watched Colorado unplug "'Lectric Leland" and aggy in '95, and lived through Rashaan Salaam's '94 Heisman run. Colorado is full of "Trust Fund" babies, Colorado State is for serious kids that have to work. Not absolutes, both kinds of kids at both places. I could give a shit about Nebraska, Missouri and aggy leaving the B12, but I always liked Colorado. Perfect setting for college football. If I had been to Boulder before my teens or early 20's, I never would have left. Moved there in '93, w/ a 6 handicap and skiing double black diamonds. Boulder & Austin were probably very similar in the 60's & 70's. Boulder is still the same. Austin is in the midst of a 50 year gang rape by developers.
  7. Deion was the GOAT CB, as mentioned by others. With the ball in his hands, probably the most exciting player of all time. The first time I saw Deion was a story before one of his FSU games, Neon Deion sitting in a convertible in his shades with all his bling. My first reaction, "Who is this pompous ass?" After watching the game, Holy F*ck, that guy is amazing, speed to burn. I saw Lam Jones, Curtis Dickey & Carl Lewis run in Memorial Stadium (before DKR); there's straight line speed and football speed, and Deion's speed on the field was the standard by which you calibrate the scale. He is the definition of "talking the talk and walking the walk." Sorry, Duke. Speed. Talent. Charisma. Style. Damn, he sure did that Star proud!!! Look at the faces behind him ... The ultimate compliment; I never really got into playing football video games, but I remember playing Sega? (maybe?) when Deion went to the Falcons. Who ever picked the Falcons, won. Deion's video player was so much faster than everyone else, it wasn't fair, but it was funny as hell. Deion blazed many a trail, his way, from college to the NFL to the present day, and he has the scars to show for it. He energized a football program that was left for dead. He inspires his players. I'm good with that.
  8. The play that CW got hurt, they went 5 wide without either a RB or a TE for protection behind the sieve they call an OL. Over/under on Johnson making it to Halloween?
  9. Something about the water in the Brazos River.
  10. The plane looked like it had a lot of airspeed, and ground speed; usually those big cargo planes look like they're barely moving.
  11. I can't imagine there is an easier target than a railroad. The heat signature of a static rail line has to be a benchmark you could use to calibrate thermal imaging equipment. Dial in the bridge coordinates, and send fire a single, high explosive round; repeat as necessary. Let 'em build it. It will facilitate Ukraine's reconstruction efforts. I was looking at Tokmat on Google Earth; It is a logistics hub for vehicular traffic, but the rail line is basically a too and through line w/ a few sidings w/o any discernible logistic/lay down yards adjacent to the tracks. The rail importance appears to be that it is the only line though the area more so than the facilities available.
  12. Somebody get me some SRV, please!!!
  13. Walking unassisted and limping past the parked utility vehicle on his way to the locker room. You know, rough tough real stuff ...
  14. All Gas, No Brakes!!!
  15. I purposefully stayed away from the game thread last night, 'cause I knew what I would find on there. Yes, I shouted "F******CK!!!" at the top of my lungs after the 2nd muffed punt, but I didn't run to the board just to ridicule a hard working kid that already knew he screwed up. This morning I woke up happy (above ground), opened Surly, and dove in head first ..., and what did I read? You mean other than "... PK is finally doing what I had hope he would do on defense when he was hired." Finally? Year 1 he had no zero impact on recruiting, and inherited a mindset of entitlement and players sitting back on their heals and watching people run by you. Year 2 he had 2 DL and a LB drafted and a LB that should have been B12 Defensive POY. This year, Year 3, he has put on the field one of the strongest defenses in college football. I will wait patiently to volcano on all the "Seven win Steve" people on here, scorn those you say, "I will eat crow" and think all is forgiven, and then smile and watch the axles bend from all the weight on the bandwagon. Some here have the patience of a gnat, thick success is a point and click away, and think being born on 3rd base is the same as hitting a triple.
  16. So, you expected, PK to walk in, flip a switch, and take Herman's poorly coached retreads, with a staff that was hired for him, most (all?) of which he had never worked with, and turn them from soft marsh mellows into a life taking, ball-hawking defense? Red Foreman would like a word with you. The DL and LB play has gone from the weak link to the strength of the team in a short time. 2 sacks in the first 3 plays is something you don't see every week. Like Never!!! The DB's are good players, just not fast. The younger and faster guys are learning. I'm betting we get some top shelf guys in a few months. Now, if we could just find someone who can catch a punt...
  17. This! @immamac, you Rock!!! You check a lot of boxes, friend. "I'm going to go spend some time with the kids ..." ❤️ Killer job on the brisket, on top of everything else. very enjoyable day. Ambled through the other tailgates, ... the "Texas Cheer & Pom Girls Alumni" tent ... Damn!
  18. Consider that most of the team completely out-talented guys in HS, and never had to be "coached up" to perform at a high level. They will make mistakes, learn, and get better. Ant Hill, for example, will be a great player at Texas, but he will make obvious mistakes. Sark is not responsible for the mistakes, he is responsible for coaching it out of him. Hayden Conner's false start on play 1 is not on Sark; poor Hayden can't play OL with his head up his ass. Sark did not throw a bad pass last night, or drop any passes. He did call the game, and that is squarely on him. Perhaps the best way to get guys into the game early was to get physical early. We stubbed our toe big time out of the gate, and it got worse. Other than the busted long run for a TD, the defense played solid. Too many hungry guys there, they will be ok. Much more important to finish the games strong. The team will be okay. Now for some of our weather-vane fans ...
  19. I'll be there 4ish.
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