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Where’s the pressure!!!

Terrible 4 play sequence. Kick out of bounds. Did they take a nap at halftime?

UTSA had 8 returning offensive starters from a 12-2 team (Sr QB and 3 Sr WR w/ 5,000 receiving yards between them). 68 yd, 20 play drive, included a few Texas penalties ... ~ 3 yards/play. UTSA QB was sllppery, and made a lot of good, short throws on the run. Not much you can do about that. Nothing was terrible. Texas game plan was to run the ball, knowing UTSA would stack the box. UTSA started well, used their trick plays, and got their butts kicked. Sark did well. Texas did not play bad. UTSA made some plays. Yes, without our offense and defense we may have got the short end of the stick. Dumbass! UTSA QB is better than the majority of P5 QB's. UTSA is a feeder school for UT Austin. Bingo! Frustrating to watch, but you have to give UTSA credit. UTSA will finishing w/ 10 wins this year, again. Yeah, based on the postings here, we got lotsa of stupid here.

That feeling you get when you know it's coming, and it can't be stopped. We're Texas! Now that's a flyover! "Well the house is a rockin' don't bother knockin'Yeah the house is a rockin' don't bother knockin'Yeah the house is a rockin' don't bother come on in Walkin' up the street you can hear the soundOf some bad honky tonkers really layin' it downThey've seen it all for years and got nothin' to loseSo get down on the floor shimmy 'til you shake sumpin' loose" My favorite pic of the day, I know the kid is from Texas, ... wearing Alabama colors, grandpa? decked out in Crimson, parents in neutral black ... Admirable kid, watched and learned, no complaining, after sitting in the heat & the sun for 4 hours. Him, and his parents stayed for The Eyes of Texas, as did most everybody in the house. Little guy had seen the "Hook 'Em Horns" all day, and was looking around to make sure he did it right. He did. ( I wasn't going to post his face) Only pic I took at the Burnt Ends tailgate; Good times, nice putting faces w/ screen names. Thanks again & again to @immamacand @RGBIIIand to everyone else who helps make all this happen!

Thank you all for your passion and continued input into the most important event in my lifetime. Ukraine standing toe to toe with Russia, and repeatedly pushing their shit is in inflection point in the history of the world. Selfishly, for the US and the free world, it doesn't get any better. Ukraine, with our our substantial, and increasing support, is doing all of the heavy lifting while we cheer them on. God Bless Ukraine!!! Surly, you rock! The amount of information from all the postings and links takes more time to read & digest than most people are awake every day. Donny, who wandered into the middle of a hurricane, ..., sorry, dude. It is hard to boil down the last 6 months into a short answer on the present status. When progress is measured by tiny towns that Google Maps doesn't recognize, 10 miles from small towns nobody has ever heard of, 100 miles from any city that at best is vaguely familiar, it's hard to put the puzzle pieces together to make a picture that you don't even know what it looks like. If one was left to make sense from only the mainstream media, I don't think that's possible. The educations, life experiences and backgrounds you have meld into a combination of factual information and insight that is unique and enlightening. Ironic that it's hosted on a college football message platform, where those same inputs lead to such drastic outputs. I'm glad I played Risk as teen, and more glad that I played it with my kids. If you know nothing of history, the game teaches you of the pitfalls of attacking asia. How a beaten Russia comes out of this, and what scorched earth they inflict along the way, are hard things to project. That is where we, and Ukraine, end up. Onward, thru the fog!

Most of this is cultivated farmland, with small/tiny villages scattered here and there. No place to run and no place to hide. Eyes are everywhere.

This. Mac built a small fortune hawking discount furniture. He didn’t have iPhones to sell, or cheap air line tickets, or Disney passes, just furniture and a quirky personality. He’s done many unorthodox things over the past years, and always ended up in a better place. He has endured himself to many people many times over. Along the way, his charitable ventures are off the charts. Offering Super Bowl/World Series bets v.” Free furniture” was a zero sum hedge, but it moved a lot of furniture and earned him a lot of goodwill. He routinely bought a lot of the champion farm animals at the Houston Livestock Show. His relief work for Katrina & Harvey victims was immediate w/o the bureaucratic red tape. I wouldn’t bet against him.

Re: Haynes "Spaceballs" King throwing the "deep" ball. 66 Yd Td was a 31 yd pass and 35 yd run after the catch 63 Yd Td was a 23 yd pass and 40 yd run after the catch 43 Yd Td was a 28 yd pass and 15 yd run after the catch

The University of Texas' mobile earthquake machine is based on the Vibroseis technology developed by Conoco to support oil & gas exploration. One of the meaningless facts that I learned 40+ years ago that I have been waiting for the opportunity to work into a conversation. Thanks! Vibroseis "A seismic vibrator is a truck-mounted or buggy-mounted device that is capable of injecting low-frequency vibrations into the earth. It is one of a number of seismic sources used in reflection seismology. The ‘Vibroseis’ exploration technique (performed with vibrators) was developed by the Continental Oil Company (Conoco) during the 1950s and was a trademark until the company's patent lapsed. Today, seismic vibrators are used to perform about half of all seismic surveys on land."

I like Rod. He knows first hand how hard you have to work and what it takes to compete when others around you are more talented. He has a passion for life and Texas football and thats good enough for me. His takes on Quinn winning the locker room on day 1 were very insightful. It is radio. 3 hours to fill on days when not a lot of sports news is news worthy. Not all of his data and analytics hit the mark, but he offers insight and perspective that is grounded with factual information.

Always liked this pic of the kiddo's on the USS Texas. Pretty sure they had not seen Dr. Strangelove by this time... Fun trip for all. Got to go down in the bowels of the Texas. Hard to imagine working in the engine room on a daily basis. We also did the trip to Corpus Christi for the "Stay Aboard" on the Lexington, complete w/ the SOS for breakfast. Nothing brings the realities of history to life like seeing the artifacts. We went to the Smithsonian and the kids were talking about the attributes of the various weapons in each exhibit. The other people around us thought it was cute at first, and then slowly increased their distance from us.

Texas 56 ULM 13 Bijan 153 rush, 56 rec

Tell them what you're going to say. Say it. Tell them what you said.

My bad on DC. I did not go back and look at the time lines on various coaching hires. I remembered we worked down the DC list past the top few choices and the Stoops fiasco ... and I shot from the hip. I'll take the hit. Not better fan. Just a fan, or not? Binary choice. Better or worse. Good or bad. Positive of Negative. All the decisions on this program are made by others. My choice is to support them, or not. Loyalist? Yes. Blindly? No. I know from this board you have are involved, generally supportive and interested in UT athletics. Thanks for that. "With the utmost respect and reverence, Don @closetojumping. If the first 2 likes you get on a post are from @satyanash and @JFKFC, you may want to look inward and allow a little self doubt to creep in."

"No actual Texas fan wants to see Sarkisian fail so they can claim foresight." That's a Bingo. Your definition of Actual Texas Fan is different than mine. Much different. Tell me how all of the negative posting does anything to help this University. Does your posting make it better or worse? I sense to some posters here that "being right" is more important than Texas winning. Agree to disagree, but that attitude is not far below the surface. "Sarkisian was a terrible hire on paper. Indefensible." Terrible; extremely or distressingly bad or serious, causing or likely to cause terror; sinister. Who or what do you want? Sark has a few coaching attributes that are at the top of the food chain; a brilliant offensive mind and he relates well to players, recruits & parents, and other coaches. He's not the best at everything, but that's a great starting point. Sark's choice for DC was vetoed. I agreed w/ the veto. We ended up w/ a DC who did not know and had not coached with all the assistants. Can't put that all on Sark. Sark is not the same person he was 10 or 20 years ago. He faced adversity and overcame the challenges. Can you not see that fact resonates well with recruits and their parents, the lifeblood of a college program? Is that terrible or indefensible? Top HS players want to play for Sark. He has signed and got commitments from top players that were heavily recruited by the last 3 National Champions, including 2 of the 3 highest rated QB's of all time. Is that terrible or indefensible? Poor decision making and execution by the players on the field is 100% controlled by the players on the field. It's the coaches role to coach and the players role to play. Some of the players last year had the talent, but not the attitude. Sark made a mistake in equating one with the other. Regardless, those were the players he had and the only ones he had to choose from. The culture and character of the Texas team has been suspect for some time. Last year showed what it really was. There wasn't a lot on that team that was symptomatic of a championship level organization. Was it coaching or the players? Based on my 50+ years of watching Texas Football, I think it was the players. The players quit. The program needed to be rebuilt from the ground up. I like Sark. But then again, I'm an actual Texas fan.

The vibe from so many Texas "fans" ...

I wanted to start this thread, but Wulaw beat me to it. Thanks, sir! I am a big Sark fan. Primarily, because he faced his demons head on and made the best of a second chance. I like what he has to say, and the way he says it. I've heard nothing but praise for him from former players, coaches, and parents. He was high performing college QB, knows the position first hand, and is able to relate to players in a way that few do. He will attract talent. Imo, the biggest mistake Sark made is seeing the talent he inherited and comparing that to other places. I saw as many wtf moments by Texas last year as I have seen in the past 50 years. That was the worst excuse for a "Texas Team" that I have ever seen. How many "pick 6's" did we have? Don't answer that, please! I saw them all. The Okla State one vaporized the emotion on the field and in the stands. We were a rudderless boat spinning around in circles. Were was the leadership on the field? How many "ole" blocks by the OL that resulted in QB pressures and sacks? How many times did Bijan get hit in the backfield? How many defenders had the ball carrier run right by him without even touching him? 100% of this happened on the playing field, not the sidelines. 100% by the players, 0% coaching. Yes, we had talent, but attitude & performance was for shit. He got rid of the bad apples. "I think it will come down to the collective mindset of the team that just got too comfortable with losing without feeling angry." - UTEE97 It starts w/ the culture. We've turned the corner, but are we there? I think so. Can Sark get the most out of the players we have? Not sure. The offense will perform. Too many good players not too. The defense DL is the big question. Is the DL coached to just occupy space? Coburn, Ojomo, Broughton, Collins were all highly recruited. I'm wondering why? Do these gentle giants even have a killer instinct? I'm glad they're good people that will graduate, but they need to play up to their expectations. Whether the expectations are higher than the potential is the question. I'm hopeful PK, Bo and Patterson will get the most out of them, I just hope it's enough. Please pass the Kool-Aid.

Filmed at old Del Valle High School. "High school is a lot like prison: Bad food, high fences; the sex you want, you ain't gettin', the sex you gettin', you don't want."

Not the practice clip, but the new report is no surprise ...

Damn! I already posted this morning about the shit posting upthread. Football IQ? medium double digits maybe? this shit looks like TexAgs! Yeah, I said it. Sark lost to Kansas. Herman's entitled, me first, right now, players quit on him. The players he should have kept from that team would have fit on the short school bus. If Vince doesn't run for 22 yards on 4th & 18, Vince, Mack & Texas loose to Kansas in 2004. Should we have left them all in Kansas? I watched DKR go 5-5-1 with Earl Campbell, Russell Erxleben, Brad Shearer, Johnny "Lam" Jones, Steve McMichael, Johnnie Johnson & Raymond Clayborn. All-Americans. Do you Nancy's want to take his name off the stadium? I watched "all defense, no offense" Fred Akers, a coach that a lot of people didn't want, ditch the Wishbone and run from the "I" (one the biggest offensive adjustments in Texas history), and go 11-0 on Earl's Heisman season. That was story book, romance novel, kinda stuff, up until the last page. Run Fred out of town too? So, we gave a new coach a rare second chance, who happens to be an offensive mastermind btw, a chance to blend a superstar RB, w/ a top rated QB from a Texas football factory, who can "throw a football over that mountain", w/ a couple of cat quick receivers, and damn near a ton of prime beef on the OL. Think of the possibilities.

Immamac; You sir, get a pass, for all that you do for all of us. The chronicle of the Arkansas Road Trip was legendary and would have lived in infammy, but for the fact Texas laid a gigantic turd on the field. For the rest of you whiny, spineless, weasels w/ nary a grey hair, or any hair at all on your nads, This. Just taking out the trash and refreshing the attitude is a step change from last year, even if the remaining personnel was exactly the same. The personnel is better at every position, with the possible exception at RB, which was already among the best in college football. The coaching is better. The Defensive coaches were hired thinking we were getting Muschamp as a Coordinator. We didn't. That was tough spot to put Kwiatkowski in, new players, new coaches, and a new league. Us olds new Fayetteville would be a pressure cooker, too bad Sark didn't know the depth of passion Arkansas has for Texas. Think of Sam standing on the field for "The Eyes of Texas", alone, by himself. One of the most disappointing things I have ever seen by any Texas player. That is but a part of the bag of shit Sark inherited. If you can't see the difference between that and (i) a true freshman, Kelvin Banks, trying to boost Jordan Whittington after a drop in practice or (ii) Junior Angilau, sporting a knee brace two days after a season ending injury working, with the freshmen OL at practice, or (iii) Worthy, Ewers, & Co. actively recruiting for Texas, then perhaps mommy & daddy's money got you into Texas, cause it doesn't seem like your elevator is making it all the way to the top. Sark gets nothing but praise from every player and coach that offers an opinion in the press. Every one. He'll make mistakes, like over valuing the players he inherited, or trying to hire Stoops. He's in offensive savant who connects with players and their parents, and that's as much as you can ask for. Finally, Johnny, maybe when you're not hunting & fishing & falling in Texas, maybe you can get a guest spot w/ Liucci and discuss the symptoms of Battered Aggy Syndrome.

Is Burke the guy that was an "elite" lacrosse player? 6'-7" 234 lbs?, perhaps they were nacho-cheese Doritos?

I agree w/ most of all of this except the apologies. Those fucking fucked fuckers can just fuck off. It's nice to have multiple platforms covering Texas football, but I get tired of the constant negative crap. Glad to see 'em get played and choke on their own vomit. Babers had a good take this afternoon. He knew Quinn was the guy simply because of the way the play makers reacted to him. Worthy changed his picture the day Ewers committed; he knew who his QB was. If it wasn't QE, Sark was gonna have some new locker room problems. We need a QB who can hit a long pass. Its been 10 damn years! You guys and gals are my heroes. Your wit and sarcasm, warped sense of humor, and passion for Texas Football always puts a smile on my face.

you guys are slipping ...